p.01 · Survive AI · Install guide
Install Survive AI on your phone.
v2.0.0 · 358 MB APK · Android 7+ · 6 GB RAM
p.02 · Install · One time
Ten minutes on Wi-Fi, then never again.
Do this on a normal day, not during the emergency. The one download that needs the internet is the model, and it happens once.
Get the APK, however it reaches you.
It isn’t on the Play Store on purpose, so it can travel where the store can’t. Download it, or take it from someone who already has it:
Download
Open the GitHub release in the phone’s browser and tap the APK.
USB
Copy the APK over a cable, or from a pen drive with an OTG adapter.
Bluetooth
Send the file from any phone that already has it. Nearby Share and Wi-Fi Direct work too.
Local network
Serve it from a laptop and open the address on the phone. No internet needed.
For the local-network route, run this in the folder holding the APK, then open the laptop’s address on the phone, port 8080:
$ python3 -m http.server 8080
Laptop · same Wi-Fi, no internet needed Let the phone install apps from outside the store.
Open Settings → Apps → Special app access → Install unknown apps, pick the app you’ll open the APK with (your browser or Files), and allow it. Older Android versions keep this under Security.
Tap the APK and install.
Open Files → Downloads and tap the APK, then Install. Play Protect may warn you, as it does for any app from outside the store. If someone handed you the file, check its fingerprint first (below), then tap Install anyway.
Open it on Wi-Fi, once.
Accept the safety note, then let it download the model: about 500 MB, with a progress bar. If the Wi-Fi drops, tap Retry; it picks up where it stopped and checks the file at the end.
Then the real test: turn on airplane mode and ask it something. From here on it never needs the internet. When Wi-Fi is around, it quietly fetches any updated guides.
p.03 · Troubleshooting
Stuck? Start here.
“App not installed” or it won’t open the file
Allow installs from the app you opened it with (Settings → Apps → Special app access → Install unknown apps). Also check the phone is 64-bit: the APK is arm64 only.
Play Protect warns about it
Expected for any app from outside the Play Store. Check the SHA-256 below first, then tap Install anyway.
The model download stopped
It resumes. Get back on Wi-Fi and tap Retry; it carries on from where it stopped and checks the file when it finishes.
The model won’t load
It needs about 1.5 GB of free RAM. Close the other apps and open it again. Phones under 6 GB of RAM aren’t supported.
Check a file someone handed you
An app that spreads hand to hand is an app nobody checks. On a laptop, run this and compare it with the fingerprint below. If they match, it’s exactly the file on GitHub.
$ shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/app-release.apk
SHA-256 · v2.0.0 · a65a1155ec936425a3b83c0d6bc1e4c505f4696d33d93e11319de31b8a765cf7
Setting up many phones
For an NGO or a family, install over USB with Android’s developer tools. Each phone still downloads the model once on first launch.
$ adb install app-release.apk
Set it up before you need it.
Survive AI gives general guidance from written guides. It is not a doctor. In a life-threatening emergency, call 112.
made by Samarth Saraswat. questions? raise a ticket.