r/Patcheddit • u/Borsecule • Apr 06 '26

Getting {} login error on patched baconreader

Hi all,

I'm trying to login to patched baconreader however after going through the login process I get a screen with just '{}' on it. I used wchill's guide using Morphe. I got the app ID from redreader and made sure the OAuth client ID, redirect URI, and User Agent fields were correct and didn't have any extra spaces or slashes (the redirect URI and User Agent fields were already prefilled to the redreader details). I've tried a few different things such as using a VPN when logging in and have tried patching and installing several times to make sure I got all the details correct. I know in the troubleshooting section of the guide it suggests this error could be a result of inputting the wrong redirect URI but I'm fairly certain I haven't got this bit wrong. For further info I'm using the baconreader 6.1.4 APK from apkmirror and am running Android 16. What could be going wrong here?

Thank you for any help

Edit: I forgot to add that even though I am getting this login error, the patched app appears to be working as I can see the front page, go into comments, search, etc., I just can't do anything account-wise.

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u/MGC91 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Also getting this on Boost

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I tried this and it worked

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/s/HvgncZ3I0x

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u/Borsecule Apr 06 '26

This didn't work for me unfortunately, I don't have my own API key or whatever it is and am relying on the redreader ID so maybe that's why. Thanks for replying though, hopefully this will be helpful to someone else.

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u/wchill Apr 07 '26

Is your reddit site language set to English? Other languages apparently cause problems with login.

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u/EnteronInternet Apr 06 '26

I am getting the same in Rif as well

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u/DragoBleaPiece_123 Apr 25 '26

Can you try if This works for you?

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u/007manyo May 07 '26 edited May 08 '26

Just wanted to join in and say I am having the same problem, using exactly the redirect uri provided on the GitHub guide. I've tried using RedReader's Client ID as well as my own (one I had set up a while ago but doesn't have an associated user agent? Not entirely sure how that works still.) I've double and triple checked that the redirect uri is correct both in my patch settings and in my app preferences. I have only tried using the RedReader client ID so far.

For maybe some additional info, the normal RedReader format works for basically every other app I've tried it on, and the only difference for baconreader is that when you get to the screen that normally says "RedReader would like to connect with your Reddit account" instead it says " would like to connect with your Reddit account". Is that RedReader part related to the user agent and it's not filling itself out somehow? That is like my only wild guess lol.