Look, I am filing a completely fresh report for this because the previous tickets are getting closed out as "Resolved" when the issue is clearly NOT resolved for a lot of players.
I was told that the 1.26.32.2 patch was supposed to be the definitive hotfix for the multiplayer crash, but it didn't change a single thing on my end. Even worse, this exact network packet crash isn't even brand new—myself and several other players were already experiencing these same exact sudden force-closes back on version 1.21.31 when trying to hand-shake with external server IPs. It was never truly fixed then, and now it's completely unplayable.
Whenever I try to join an external featured server, a custom IP, or my friend's Aternos server, the game just hangs on the connection screen for about 10 seconds and violently crashes straight back to my phone's home screen. There are absolutely no error codes, no crash logs, and no messages displayed. It just force-closes the app.
Single-player worlds run flawlessly without a single hitch, so please do not blame my device hardware or tell me to clear my cache. The network protocol code is fundamentally broken when handling external packet data on specific Android architectures. Please actually investigate the regression from 1.21.31 through 1.26.32.2 instead of just auto-closing this.
My Device Specs:
Phone: Honor X8a
OS Version: Android 14 / MagicOS 8
Minecraft Version: 1.26.32.2 (Still completely broken)
And also some other android users experiencing it
The 26.32 changelog does not say that this issue is fixed. As mentioned in your previous report, this issue is being tracked at MCPE-239705, which is still open.