From aa356df316a973e9b576bf56a9441c17bda164a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: M66B Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:03:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated FAQ --- FAQ.md | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 71188f53a7..0d16459598 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -3393,11 +3393,9 @@ the F-Droid build, but **only if** the version number of the F-Droid build is th F-Droid builds irregularly, which can be problematic when there is an important update. Therefore you are advised to switch to the GitHub release. -The F-Droid version is built from the same source code, but signed differently. -This means that all features are available in the F-Droid version too, -except for using the Gmail quick setup wizard because Google approved (and allows) one app signature only. -For all other email providers, OAuth access is only available in Play Store versions and Github releases, -as the email providers only permit the use of OAuth for official builds. +OAuth access is available only for Play Store and Github releases +because email providers permitted the use of OAuth for these releases only. +The responsible for a release, for the F-Droid build this is F-Droid, needs to ask for OAuth permissions. Note that you'll need to uninstall the F-Droid build first before you can install a GitHub release because Android refuses to install the same app with a different signature for security reasons. @@ -3871,8 +3869,9 @@ Related questions: * The Play store version does not support Android Auto, see [this FAQ](#user-content-faq165) for more information * The Play store version does not support [Gravatars](https://gravatar.com/), see [here](https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/app-5-0-fairemail-fully-featured-open-source-privacy-oriented-email-app.3824168/post-85226179) for the reason * The Play store version does not support Amazon devices with Android 5 Lollipop because there are critical bugs in this Android version of Amazon -* The GitHub version will check for [updates on GitHub](https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases) +* The GitHub version will check for [updates on GitHub](https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases) and is updated more frequently * The GitHub version has some different links and some options have a different default values (more geared to advanced users) +* The F-Droid build does not support OAuth, see [this FAQ](#user-content-faq147) about why not * The F-Droid build does not include [Google Play Billing](https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/integrate), so Play store purchases cannot be reused * The F-Droid build is supported only if the version number is the same as the the version number of the latest GitHub version, see also [this FAQ](#user-content-faq147)