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Retro Android Project
Retro Android is a development and software preservation project which aims at making old Android versions usable again!
"Mik-el Retro Android" Project.
It is a development and preservation project that aims to revive old Android devices (4.1 and below) and make them usable again!
🍃 help the environment using an old phone
🛑 fuck planned obsolescence, our 2002 phones can still run Crysis! 🤣
🧑💻 have fun with other crazy developers from all over the world
Old Android versions:
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- Android 2.2/2.1 Froyo
- Android 2.0 Eclair
What we're achieving:
- How to play youtube videos on Android 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0
- Youtube app for Android 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0
- New html5 browser for Android 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0
- Updated browser for Android 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0
- browser with flash player for Android 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0
- in 2022
Retro Android Recognized Developers and what we already made:
#DEV #admin 🧑💻 Mik-el (me)
- 👉released an updated ROM for Galaxy Ace s5830
- 👉made a guide to develop and backport old Android apps
- 👉almost ported an Android 10 keyboard to Android 2.3
- 👉made a guide to keeping using Google Apps on Android 2.3
- 👉run old games like Wolfstein 3D
- 👉has been collecting Android 2.3 apps and tweaks since 2018
👨💻 #DEV @mlxprojects
- 👉developed a Smartwatch-style Launcher for Android 2.3 (beta)
- 👉developed libaroma tools (run simple apps from custom recovery, for example, a keyboard)
- 👉developed a Telegram client that can run from custom recovery (code lost)
- 👉Android 5 requires arm7 CPUs, but he wants to recompile it to work on arm6 CPUs
👨💻 #DEV @otus9051
Tried to compile Android 11 for Galaxy Ace and incredibly... it didn't work!
He builds ROMs for a Galaxy J7.
👨💻 #DEV @LongLiveThePenguin
Can build Android ROMs for new devices, but it's interested in old devices!
👨💻 #DEV @alekseypopov2008
modified some apps to make them work on Android 2
Popular old Devices:
- Samsung Galaxy ACE, Galaxy next, Galaxy S1 and S2
- codenames: s5830, s5830i, cooper, cooperve
List of Andorid 2.3 Gingerbread devices (50+):
- HTC Desire S
- HTC Sensation
- HTC Wildfire S
- HTC ChaCha
- HTC Salsa
- HTC Evo 3D
- HTC Amaze 4G
- HTC Explorer
- HTC Sensation XE
- HTC Rhyme
- HTC Raider 4G
- HTC Evo Design 4G
- HTC Sensation XL
- HTC Rezound
- Honor U8860
- Huawei Sonic
- Intel AZ210
- LG Optimus Slider
- LG Optimus LTE (LU6200)
- LG Optimus LTE (SU640)
- Meizu MX
- Motorola Atrix 4G
- Motorola Droid 3
- Motorola Droid Bionic
- Motorola Atrix 2
- Motorola Droid Razr
- Motorola Droid 4
- Nexus S
- Nokia 2.3
- Pantech Pocket
- Samsung Galaxy S2
- Samsung Galaxy Xcover
- Samsung Galaxy Note
- Samsung Galaxy Y DUOS
- Samsung Galaxy Beam
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
- Sony Ericsson Xperia pro
- Xiaomi Mi 1
- ZTE Skate
- ZTE Score
- ZTE Warp
- ZTE Avail
- ZTE Blade II V880+
- ZTE Score M
- ZTE V880E
- ZTE Kis V788
- ZTE Groove X501
- ZTE Kis III V790
List of Android 2.1 / 2.2 (Froyo) devices:
- Casio G'zOne Commando
- HTC Desire HD
- HTC Desire Z
- HTC Gratia
- HTC Evo Shift 4G
- HTC Inspire 4G
- HTC Incredible S
- HTC ThunderBolt
- HTC Merge
- Huawei IDEOS
- Huawei IDEOS X5
- LG Optimus One
- LG Optimus Chic
- LG Optimus 2X
- LG Optimus Black
- LG Optimus 3D
- Meizu M9
- Motorola Droid 2
- Motorola Droid Pro
- Nokia 2.2
- ZTE Racer II
- ZTE FTV Phone
List of Android 2.0 (Eclair) devices:
Tags:
- Android legacy apps
- Android apps preservation
- Android software preservation
- ArmV6 and ArmV7 android apps and software
Join us on our Group!
See behind the scene development, suggest us ideas for new apps, and give us feedback testing our apps!
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