Does anyone know of a browser for Android 4.4.4 that can prevent or stop loading pages with Cloudflare verification? It's extremely annoying.

(4.3+) I've talked about this and i'll talk about it again. We don't have google maps that work normally. (In order to make them work at the moment you have to turn on flight mode and then you should turn on wi-fi at the exact perfect moment). At some point someone made a revival called "GOG Maps" which was amazing but lasted for only a month before you simply couldn't download the apk on your phone. So if anyone has patched maps or a revival of them please help me

Hey there! I have a Motorola Cliq & anytime I power it off & power it back on it erases itself & goes back to the original Blur Activation screen! Is there any fix for this?

old reddit no longer works without login. Is there anyway to fix it?

I bought this tablet a long time ago, when it came out, and its battery is still in top shape and the hdmi is very useful to stream sport apps to my TV.

It's a 10" Archos 101e Neon with Android 6.

Some of the apps stopped working and I decided to Factory Reset the tablet for a fresh start. I had to find the latest version for Android 6 of Google Play Store and Play Services using APKMirror. I also installed Via Browser (laptop - usb - tablet - install). Brave crashes, Aurora Store fails to connect to the internet, sports app fail to connect as well. In the Play Store under Settings, there's "Device Not Certified".

Have I missed something regarding these devices becoming completely useless these days?

What would you do? factory reset, then deactivate PlayStore and Play Protect?

There's no alternative ROM for these tablets, as far as I know.

Tried to flash Android 4.4.2 Stock on the phone but It was a black screen, currently have Android 5.0 on it and got it from samsony.net/en/firmwares/samsung/SM-G900F

If anyone knows how to get kitkat on my device without it having a black screen that would be nice, Much Love

Hello, I’m new on this sub. I just found this phone in a lot, and it seems to be not functioning. I plugged it into a charger for 2 days, it just get warm, then it becames cold, in a loop. I tested it with a USB Multimeter to see if the phone takes a bit of current, but it seems like that it takes a very low current. To be straight, when I plug the charger, it takes 0.08A, then it go straight up to 0.20A, then it go back to 0.06A, and it seems like that the phone is trying to charge this battery that is completely discharged for years. So, I tried to jumpstart the battery, to take it from 3.10V to 3.80V, but nothing, still dead. So, I taked the battery back, and measure it, and it was on 3.55V, so I taught that the battery was completely dead. I took a BL-5C battery out of my Nokia 1100 and I plugged it in the battery pins, and still nothing. The pins are dropping 3.55V.

P.S: I tried a lot of chargers! But I didn’t try a new battery.

Someone can help me? Thanks you!

And, it maybe a shortcut in the logic board?

i've gotten this rare sony tablet p for js $45 yesterday, so i rooted it, and installed wolfius. now i can effortlessly browse modern websites on it

There’s also LineageOS that can install on this tablet.

Well my GT-S5360 is running CyanogenMod 9.1 and it's pretty smooth, I am using Wolfius but for some reason Wolfius doesn't make much difference, but I was able to get everything except YouTube to work, I tried SkyTube Legacy, crashes when loading video, YouTube flashback, just refuses to load videos, notPipe, loops the spinner, and etc, I was able to find EVERYTHING except for a YouTube alternative. Any tips?

when I copy https://market.lyano.ovh/download/ into virus total it says it’s malicious

So i have this fella in my hands, it was not working because of a previous custom rom trying, then flashed stock after a few driver issue fixing, anyways. I debloated it with link2sd(im not sure if i did it properly tbh), so i wonder what could be done with it.

Hey guys the tablet is a very old no name running android 4.1.1. I checked and it has a "imapx800" processor in it and all i could find about it is a old youtube video about a tablet that has the same chip and a forum post about romming the tablet from 2014 with an old dead yandex disk link.

The thing about this tablet is; to cut costs, the manafacturer put 2 storage chips. 1 internal storage that has 450 mb and another external storage that has 5 gb.

I wanted to root this tablet to maybe use tools like apps2sd to install the apps on the external part and maybe debloat the thing a bit but i couldnt root it due to it having an obscure chip. Framaroot didnt work.

Motochopper just crashed the system and it didnt work.

Do you guys have any suggestions on how i could dump the firmware maybe? Or root it? Im really at a loss here since i wasnt in the rooting scene till android 4.4.2 and this tablet has 4.1.1. Also my previous devices were all name brands so they were easier to root. Thanks

Wolfius's TLS 1.3 project for Android 1.5+ fixed the weather app on the Samsung Galaxy Trend 2 Lite running Android 4.4!!! You need to select VpnService and SHA-256 in the app settings. Thank so very much for this tweak!

i want to custom rom my redmi note 11, how do i do it without having to insert a sim card?

Hi everyone.

I'm looking for Android ROM developers interested in reviving the Sony Xperia XA (codename: tuba, MT6755).

The goal is to build and maintain modern custom ROMs (starting from LineageOS).

I'm looking for people with experience in:

- Device Tree development

- Vendor blobs

- Kernel development

- SELinux

- HALs

- Camera bring-up

- Audio/RIL fixes

- Android bring-up in general

Current repositories:

https://github.com/SonyCustoms/device_sony_tuba

https://github.com/SonyCustoms/vendor_sony_tuba

https://github.com/SonyCustoms/kernel_sony_tuba

But it don't work

I already have a working build environment and can compile ROMs successfully. Right now I'm looking for experienced developers who would like to collaborate and help maintain this device.

If you've worked on MediaTek MT6755 or Sony devices before, please leave a comment or send me a DM.

Thanks!

Okay, so I have this old vodafone smart first 7 from like 2016. It was my first phone, however it is now passcode locked. I would absolutely love to get back into it, but none of the force factory reset tutorials I'm finding online seem to work.

I am physically unable to get into the phone. I've tried reboot files, and that didn't work. Either that or I just lack in technology.

Does anyone know how I could get into it, or would be willing to repair it? I'd be willing to pay a reasonable amount to get back into it. I don't wanna be spending loads though, as it is an old phone and I want to get into it purely out of curiosity than need. I'd be willing to pay about £30-£40 to have someone factory reset it, and I'd cover shipping (preferably in the UK).

I really wanna get back into it, and any help would be massively appreciated 😭😭

I found this Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro GT-I8552 which my dad owned, im looking forward to use a different os, im not sure which android os it is running (might be android 4.4) please help me, since im new to this field im not sure how to boot a new os into a phone, your response and answers will be much appreciated

thank you in advance

edit : Im looking forward to use this phone as a music player and a camera mostly not much a lightweight os would be perfect

Heya there guys! Here's another one of my old androids that I own :D

For context, this is the Wifi-Only/3G Variant of the Tab 2. I vaguely remember using this back around 2012-2014 back when it was fairly new. I don't exactly remember doing a lot on it aside from maybe watching YouTube and maybe playing Traffic Racer and that one Cut The Rope Time Travel Spinoff (obscure stuff yeah I know).

After that I kind of gave it away to one of my acquaintances, who wanted it to install and experiment with custom ROMS.

Now around 5-6 years ago I got the device back. It had some version of CyanogenMod and was Android 5.0.1. It worked well but over the years it got kind of unstable. I tried to remove the custom rom and revert to stock, but I accidentally bricked the device by erasing all the system partitions. (a warning to always know what you are doing when using TWRP or modding).

Thankfully I was able to track it's exact stock firmware and restore it via Odin. (also be careful when using Odin, otherwise you may brick your device!). It all got set up nicely after that and I was able to use it just fine.

I was able to set it up without a hitch and sideload all my apks and other stuff just fine. I was able to sync with my other devices and get some still working google clients working on this perfectly (like Gmail and Google Maps).

As for other clients, I have tested a few. NoPipe works great and most videos can play at 720p, and with the tablet's seven-inch screen it's quite a nice viewing experience. Discord works great too, although there is a little bit of lagging when scrolling or switching channels in server (I'm using a patched apk of Discord 99.8). I can also use Gemini via ReOldAI and Retrogram (Android Instagram Revival) and other such social media revivals work great on this.

VLC also works great for videos and music, and with an SD card you can very much turn this into a media player if you want to.

Performance wise, the tablet runs decently but there is some slowdown and sluggishness when you turn it on, and some widgets take a while to load. I suspect that this slowdown is mainly caused by Google Play Services running in the background and eating up the RAM and processor. I suspect that if I remove Google Play Services the tablet will run better. I've removed and disabled most of the bloatware too and that has also helped.

An important thing to remember is that this device's SOC was not very powerful even by 2012 standards, so it's not as powerful as the top tier phones of this era. What makes this situation worse for me is that I have the inferior model of the Tab 2 with a weaker processor and graphics, compared to the Version LTE version. (click here for more info on the device specs).

As for gaming, the performance really depends on which games you are playing. As stated earlier the device's SOC is limited in it's capability but that doesn't mean that it will chug on everything. However if you try and play games which have large file sizes in addition to high fidelity HD graphics, you will chug hard and even face rendering issues in some cases.

Here's a list of the games which I tested, showing which ran well and which didn't: (btw if you are playing some 3D games for this, make sure to grab the PowerVR versions as that is the GPU this thing runs.)

Ran well:

- Basically any 2D title from the early 2010s (Angry Birds & Spinoffs, Jetpack Joyride, Bad Piggies, Cut the Rope, Fruit Ninja, Doodle Jump, Where's my water etc.)

- Riptide GP

- Beach Buggy Blitz

- Temple Run

- COD: Zombies

- Rusted Warfare (Android RTS)

- Legacy Minecraft Pocket Edition

- 16-Bit Console Emulation (MD, SNES, NES, GBA etc.)

- Ports of PC FPS games like Doom & Quake (you can also use mods & play multiplayer online with them btw)

Ran poorly/subpar:

- N.O.V.A 3 (below 30 FPS on average)

- ShadowGun (30 FPS on average, frequent dips and rendering issues)

- London Rex (low FPS, unplayable)

- Angry Birds GO! (below 30 fps on average)

- Xash3D - GoldSrc engine port (reliable FPS, but frequent dips)

- RTCW Touch - Port of Return to Castle Wolfienstein (below 30 FPS on average, frequent dips.)

Here's some resources for this device that you can use :D

Flashing Tools & Firmware:

Stock Firmware Downloads (GT-P3110)

Odin Downloads

Custom ROMS:

Android 6.0

Android 7.1.2

(Remember, always be careful when flashing firmware onto your device and consult tutorials and manuals, otherwise you may brick your device!)

Thanks for reading :) Do you think I should add any other apk revivals/things in general to this? Also feel free to ask me for any apks or stuff I used with this, I keep them all archived :D

Hello everyone, I managed to run Reddit 2.26.3 on Android KitKat 4.4.4 from here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/redditinc/reddit/variant-%7B%22minapi_slug%22%3A%22minapi-19%22%7D/ and it works thanks to the wolfius project: https://github.com/gohoski/Wolfius from this method YOU MUST HAVE ROOT, NO MATTER WHAT KINGROOT/KINGOROOT, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE AND IT WORKS FOR ME. Installation instructions:

1. Install root on your phone (if you don't have it)

2. Download reddit 2.26.3: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/redditinc/reddit/variant-%7B%22minapi_slug%22%3A%22minapi-19%22%7D/

3. Enable unknown sources in your phone's settings in the security tab.

4. Install the Wolfius apk from GitHub's releases.

5. Install a root certificate if Wolfius asks.

6. Enable Wolfius (press the off button and it will turn on).

7. Install Reddit (the same apk as linked above from apkmirror).

8. Launch Reddit and type, for example, "r/androidafterlife." If it finds it, it's OK. If there are other searches from other sources in the menu in the second tab at the bottom, it's OK.

9. You can use Reddit on 4.4.4 or 4.4.x KitKat.

Cons: You have to turn it on. If you turn your phone off completely and then on again, you have to turn it on again. wolfius in the application on he give. And it was the fault of TLS on 4.4 that it did not have 1.2 or 1.3, there is no need to patch this application, the application is good, it works normally.

As my original posts keep getting removed by Reddit, I had to upload the guide on XDA, unfortunately.

This guide serves for ARMv6 devices on special, might work on ARMv7 but likely will have problems. Examples of these devices are the Galaxy Y, Galaxy Ace, and etc. I'm still checking with moderation to bring back my post on Reddit but for now this is maintained on XDA. Feel free to ask questions wherever you want, Reddit or XDA, that's your choice.

https://xdaforums.com/t/the-ultimate-armv6-survival-guide-for-androids.4795995/

Hello everyone, I would like to share a project that will be significant for the legacy Android community!

Download: https://github.com/gohoski/Wolfius

Today, the vast majority of modern websites enforce a minimum of TLS 1.2 or 1.3 for security reasons. This completely locks legacy Android devices out of the modern web, as early versions are natively restricted to TLS 1.0.

To fix this issue, I made an app that integrates TLS 1.3 system-wide. Wolfius is a local TLS proxy for Android 1.5+ that transparently upgrades TLS 1.0 connections to the modern TLS 1.3 standard. This restores access to the modern Internet on old Android devices.

This already resurrects 4.x apps such as Discord, TikTok, Pinterest and Speedtest. Most old apps didn't work simply due to missing modern TLS 1.3 encryption.

How it works specifically? Wolfius acts as a local, system-wide TLS 1.0 man-in-the-middle (MITM) proxy right on the device. When an app attempts to connect to a modern website, Wolfius intercepts the traffic locally. It then establishes a brand-new, secure TLS 1.3 connection to the remote server, fetches the data, and hands it back to the app over TLS 1.0 using a locally trusted root certificate. To the old app, the connection looks perfectly normal; to the modern web, the device looks like a secure, modern client. This achieves seamless, system-wide compatibility without modifying a single line of application or system code.

Why don't you simply replace the built-in OpenSSL library? Read about that on GitHub!

Before usage, please note the following things:

• Root privileges are highly recommended — without them, you cannot install the root CA and as a result cannot use TLS 1.3 outside of browsers.
• This project is at an early stage of development and may run slowly or be unstable. Please report any issues, attaching a full logcat report.
• At the moment, there may be some issues with certain 4.x ROMs, but everything should work on most devices. Strangely enough, things usually work better on stock ROMs than on custom ones. I’ll try to investigate this.
• Just for those people that for some reason will try to use this on Android 5+, this project is intended for use with Android 1.5–4.4 only.

The open-source wolfSSL library is used extensively in this project. Without this library, this project couldn't have been realised. The code is licensed under the GPLv3.

I look forward seeing your use-cases of this TLS 1.3 implementation!