i ALREADY outlined, in detail, the various regressions of SFOS 4.5 that i and others are facing, here and in individual bug reports.
while direct solutions to those regressions are MORE THAN WELCOME, its been months and no one has any. (two biggest ones are: element/realm-db is not working for anybody, android.media.providers.module/sdcard uses enormous CPU forever for me)
so, yes, i am in fact exploring workarounds. do you have any suggestions?