F-Droid cannot export or import its repositories
F-Droid has no in-app export or import of added repositories, so users lose their repo list when they change phones or ROMs.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
9 public reports · first reported 25 September 2026 · last reported 27 September 2026
What's going wrong
People who switch phones, ROMs or devices report that F-Droid forgets the extra repositories they added, so they must re-add them by hand.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 9 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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