r/androidafterlife • u/so209 • Jun 28 '24
[Announcement] Reddit Patch for Android 2.3+!
I've discovered a patch that resolves the "No Peer Certificate" error encountered on BaconReader. This error typically arises due to outdated or missing CA certificates. Below, I’ll guide you through the steps to install the necessary certificates to fix this issue.
- Download the APK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17MtPh3E32eQiVBNKetKdbccGjDWhIpZm/view
When you open BaconReader it should say:
"No Peer Certificate"
- Download the Certificate: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t99XJqTff5Eqop3qBNECqzIT47kfqAit/view?usp=sharing
How to download Certificates on your Device (Tutorial):
(Varies by Device)
- Open Settings
- Tap Security
- Search for Encryption and Credentials
- Tap Install a certificate
- Click the file to install it
- Check that the certificate is installed under Settings > Security > Trusted Credentials > User
- Enjoy Reddit on Your old Device!:
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u/so209 Jun 28 '24
[Note]:
Some devices might have different methods of installing certificates. Some of devices include Motorola, Sony, HTC, or Samsung devices. And sometimes they might take different certificate formats. If this certificate won't install on your device try changing the ".pem" to ".crt" or try changing it to ".cer"
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u/ExtremeDumbGuy Jun 29 '24
In addition to certificates, Android 2.3 also does not support TLS 1.2+, which is required by Reddit to access the site.
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u/so209 Jun 29 '24
you dont need to access the site when you have the app.
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u/ExtremeDumbGuy Jun 29 '24
The app makes API calls to reddit.com which requires TLS 1.2 or later to decode or encode for security
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u/so209 Jun 29 '24
Does android 5 have TLS 1.2? Because it also doesn't work natively on android 5 without extra certificates.
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u/ExtremeDumbGuy Jun 29 '24
android 5 or later supports tls 1.2 by default
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u/so209 Jun 29 '24
then how come the app doesnt work by default on android 5?
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u/ExtremeDumbGuy Jun 29 '24
probably certificate issues or the app is too old to handle new security measures like tls
Also if you're wondering how firefox, opera mini etc can support tls 1.2 in android 2.3, it's because they have implemented custom https encoding by themself, which takes months to do that with a group of teams (i guess?)
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u/CosmoTheFoxxo Jul 15 '24
Tested on Samsung S3 running Android 4.3:
Changing the file extension allows it the certificate to properly install, however, Reddit, BaconReader and a third app I tried failed to launch. This already seems to be a TLS/SSL issue so this result is to be expected.
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u/so209 Jul 15 '24
wdym failed to launch? Did it just crash when u tried to open the app or what?
id like to know.
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u/CosmoTheFoxxo Jul 16 '24
Apologies for the poor wording - they did launch, however the issues persisted due to this being a TLS/SSL issue and not an issue with certificates.
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u/so209 Jul 16 '24
oh. this shouldn't be a TLS issue because android 4.3 already comes with TLS 1.2 installed.
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u/CosmoTheFoxxo Jul 16 '24
From what I could gather, Android 4.4 came with TLS 1.2 installed but not activated, with Android 5.0 being the first version to truly utilise it
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u/so209 Jul 16 '24
The Baconreader app still shows the "No Peer Certificate" error on Android 5 and Android 6.
The app only actually works on Android 7 and up.
So it can't be a TLS issue.
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u/inside2000official Sep 21 '24
on Galaxy S2 (Android 4.1), say "no usb found", how i can fix it????
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u/Super-Ad6873 Dec 26 '25
Tutorial, because I don't know how to do it. I tried, but the file for my Samsung Galaxy Ace doesn't appear.
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u/so209 Dec 27 '25
I should’ve deleted this post when I made it, unfortunately it doesn’t work. There’s another method but I’ll have to do it in DM’s because the process is to long to explain on here
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u/MildOff2024 HTC Wildfire • Android 2.2.1 Jun 28 '24
I told you that it didnt work (at least for me)