Crash Android 11

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Affected version

1.6.0

App Crashes On Android 11
### Below Are Logs

Steps to reproduce the bug

2025-12-19 15:06:53.422 10060-10268 ArtiTorManager com.bitchat.droid I arti: Sufficiently bootstrapped; system SOCKS now functional
2025-12-19 15:06:53.682 10060-10060 AndroidRuntime com.bitchat.droid D Shutting down VM
2025-12-19 15:06:53.683 10060-10060 AndroidRuntime com.bitchat.droid E FATAL EXCEPTION: main (Explain with AI)
Process: com.bitchat.droid, PID: 10060
android.app.RemoteServiceException: Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground(): ServiceRecord{a538a48 u0 com.bitchat.droid/com.bitchat.android.service.MeshForegroundService}
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2149)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:268)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8089)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:626)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:997)
2025-12-19 15:06:53.683 10060-10060 ExceptionHandle com.bitchat.droid I at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2149)
2025-12-19 15:06:53.683 10060-10060 ExceptionHandle com.bitchat.droid I at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
2025-12-19 15:06:53.683 10060-10060 ExceptionHandle com.bitchat.droid I at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:268)
2025-12-19 15:06:53.683 10060-10060 ExceptionHandle com.bitchat.droid I at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8089)
2025-12-19 15:06:53.683 10060-10060 ExceptionHandle com.bitchat.droid I at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
2025-12-19 15:06:53.683 10060-10060 ExceptionHandle com.bitchat.droid I at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:626)
2025-12-19 15:06:53.684 10060-10060 ExceptionHandle com.bitchat.droid I at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:997)
2025-12-19 15:06:53.730 10060-10060 Process com.bitchat.droid I Sending signal. PID: 10060 SIG: 9

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