Weird problems with certain apps (all Chrome based?)

[zll]

So my phone was working fine up until a couple of hours ago, but now I am experiencing a few issues with specific browsers and apps:

- Brave and Chrome either refuse to load or load and then display crash errors continuously
- Firefox loads but won't open websites
- Crunchyroll won't open
- Disney+ won't open

Weirdly, the DuckDuckGo browser works fine. Most other apps have connectivity as well, as I'm able to log into my banking, Netflix, Uber, and many others.

Have tried to reboot and turning it off for a while and turning it back on again.

I have a Ulefone Armor X32 (biggest mistake of my life as while the hardware and resilience is great, the software is crap) and am trying to confirm whether its a brand-specific issue or a general Android issue. Am not seeing any issues on the Ulefone subreddit.

 

[Gravedigger]

Smells like DNS-caching problems?

Have you tried on a alternative Wi-Fi network or switching entirely over to mobile data?

 

[zll]

Well the good news/bad news is it seems to be specific to my one phone. Tried my old phone (Motorola) and it works fine.

Disabled the wifi and tried both mobile networks on the phone and no luck.

They pushed through an update today and I'm guessing that's what's causing the problems. Going to see if their support can help me out.

Edit. Correction, I thought they pushed through an update today but I might be wrong. It was just when the device last checked for an update.

Edit 2: So it also seems some apps aren't crashing, but are just really slow. Crunchyroll, Disney, and Brave all loaded (eventually) when left for a few minutes. Brave is still display errors, but at least it seems to have started.

Edit 3: All working now. Touch wood.