I have a messy situation here. All the password managers I have used so far don’t work smoothly on my device. So far, I have used 3 password managers. ProtonPass, BitWarden & KeePassDX. I’m on a Samsung device btw. None worked good for me to be honest. In case of Proton Pass, passwords don’t show up while I’m on a signup or login page for me even when I have literally saved them! It’s pretty frustrating. They show up like less than 20% of the time. And in case of Bitwarden, I installed it from Aurora Store and the app wasn’t even opening or working properly. I tapped on the buttons and it didn’t react to my taps at all. So I deleted it and reinstalled from F-Droid through the Bitwarden F-Droid Repo. Then it worked the first time and only that time. I signed in to my account in Bitwarden. And also saved a few passwords. I closed the app. I went to some signup and login pages on my browser, but autofill didn’t show up in this case either. Then I opened the app again. I entered my Master Password. But the Unlock button wasn’t responding even when I tapped on it again and again. In case of KeePassDX, the app won’t respond to my taps at many times and again, passwords don’t show up while I’m on a signup or login page. And I have installed another one yesterday, it was called 1Password. I don’t really consider that I have actually even “used” it. I only just installed it from Aurora Store and opened the app. But surprisingly, this app responded to my taps well and was working pretty smoothly (even more than Bitwarden did the first time). But then came a red flag, it offers only a 14 day trial and nothing else for free. And then I deleted the app.

I’m actually looking for a password manager that is free, private and secure (basically a service I can trust my data with), and works smoothly on my Samsung device. I want you password managers with these 3 qualities. So, please suggest password managers. I’ll probably check and test a few more password managers, even I still don’t find one, I’m gonna stick with Proton Pass which may not work completely smoothly and also frustrates me at times because I have to manually open the app and copy the passwords to log in or sign in to sites but still it has worked the best for me so far.

Note: I forgot to add this but I accidentally once deleted Google Play Services on this device before. So this is a fixed device from a local shop in my area. So this might be the reason why. But I’m still looking to try more options on my device. If those still don’t work, as I said, I’ll stick with Proton Pass

New update in case of Proton Pass: I updated my Proton Pass recently and have noticed that it has gotten pretty good at autofilling. The option to autofill now shows up 80-90% of the time.

    • pir8t0x ( pir8t0x@ani.social ) OP
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      10 months ago

      I dunno if there is a permission like that. But in each case, I have always selected the password manager I’m testing as the preferred autofill service

  • RogueBanana ( RogueBanana@piefed.zip ) English
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    10 months ago

    Given you are having issues with clicks registering on 2 apps, I would guess it’s a device issue. Have you tried checking logs for those apps? What it your mobile model? When was the last system update and are you using any custom rom or root?

    Edit: Would also recommend a factory reset if possible given your play services was messed up. A full reset should usually reinstall all the apps that came with the mobile assuming you simply uninstalled it with adb.

    Although I am on grapheneos without play services on main profile and bitwarden works pretty well (except occasional issues with detecting login in apps).

    • pir8t0x ( pir8t0x@ani.social ) OP
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      10 months ago

      I use Samsung Galaxy Tab A9. I’m on Stock Android and no Custom ROM. My device isn’t rooted. Factory Reset was already done when I took my device to the local shop to fix it. And Google Play Services and all other bloatware are indeed back. I have deleted the bloatware again with Canta and Google Play Services is disabled. I wonder if this happens because Google Play Services is disabled or something though…

  • null_dot ( null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
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    10 months ago

    I use KeePassDX.

    passwords don’t show up while I’m on a signup or login page

    I don’t think they’re intended to with this app? They don’t for me. Yes it’s a mild inconvenience switching over to me password manager to find a password but you don’t need to do it that often.

    I’m actually looking for a password manager that is free, private and secure (basically a service I can trust my data with)

    KeePassDX is uniquely appropriate to these requirements because it’s an opensource app with no sync, where everything else is a commercial platform with a free tier. Nothing is perfectly secure but with your own password db on your own device(s) you just don’t have the same attack surface that the commercial platforms do.

    There might be other opensource apps I guess but they’re not going to have the same heritage, reputation and provenance that KeePass does.

    • pir8t0x ( pir8t0x@ani.social ) OP
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      10 months ago

      But KeePassDX freezes at times and doesn’t respond to my taps. So I can’t even open the app at times. So it’s a red flag and I won’t consider it.

      Edit: I forgot to mention this but no offense and I appreciate that you took your time typing your opinion and suggestion for me

      • Lka1988 ( lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
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        10 months ago

        But KeePassDX freezes at times and doesn’t respond to my taps.

        That sounds like a device issue. The A series is Samsung’s budget line of tablets, so it was already underpowered from the moment you bought it. I used KeePass DX for a bit on my Pixel 9 Pro and it worked really well… But I wasn’t a fan of the interface, so I switched back to Keepass2Android.

        • pir8t0x ( pir8t0x@ani.social ) OP
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          10 months ago

          That sounds like a device issue.

          What do you mean it sounds like a device issue?? It literally IS my device issue and this whole post has literally mentioned that. Seems like you didn’t read the whole post…

          You don’t even need to read the whole post, I literally gave a note later

  • Lka1988 ( lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
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    10 months ago

    I’ve been using KeePass for years: KeePassXC on my PCs, OG KeePass on my work laptop, KeePass2Android on my Android devices, and KeePassium on my iOS devices. They’re all compatible with the same 2.x database version, and all are synchronized with each other via Syncthing.

    I’ve experienced some autofill issues on my Android devices, but that’s mostly due to a lack of metadata in those entries. Outside of that, it works great ¯_(ツ)_/¯