by Anura Guruge
on June 30, 2022
This happened to me TWICE with my first Pixel 6 Pro in January of this year, & then a few days ago when I got another because I broke the screen on the other.
In the first instance I was transferring everything from my 2021 Pixel 5 to the Pixel 6 Pro.
The second time I was transferring everything from my broken (but still working) Pixel 6 Pro to the new one.
Each time, while the APPs, settings & data was being transferred — & the new phone being setup — the Google Fi APP was going CRAZY.
Starting up automatically & then aborting.
Tons of messages from Android saying that the Google Fi APP was not responding.
Scary, but I have learnt that no harm is being done.
Just ignore the APP. Yes, it is distracting BUT ignore it.
When everything has been setup, and all the other APPs have been updated, Fi will settle down.
You will then discover that can’t open it!
It will crash, each time you open it.
Don’t panic.
Restart the phone.
Check for any Android updates. Do all the updates since there may be more than one.
Once all the updates are done, go to SETTINGS –> APPs find ‘Fi’ … scroll down to STORAGE (see above). Clear data & cache. It is OK.
Just to be on the safe side restart the phone.
Start the APP. Sign onto Fi. You should be all set.
