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How to check the current platform of Android OS?
If you have adb set up, it's a one-liner at the shell prompt:
$ adb shell "getprop ro.product.cpu.abi"
arm64-v8a
In this example, the device asked answered that it has a 64bit ARM V8a CPU (second ...
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Smartwatch compatibility
Android Wear - Developed by Google Inc., an official adaptation of the pre-existing Android ecosystem for wearable devices.
Pros :
Developed by the same company that owns and contributes to ...
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Get app's compatibilty matrix from Play Store
Some years ago the protocol used by Google Play Store internally to query and download app was so nice to present you the exact reason why you can not download an app (e.g. the responses on network ...
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How to Install an application that requires android 5.0+ on android 4.4.4
Sometimes an app has the ability to run on an old device, but there is also something in an app's apk file, indicating the oldest version that can install this app. For example, maybe an app CAN be ...
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How to check the current platform of Android OS?
CPU -Z is a versatile app that gives you SoC information apart from some other apps
From app description on play store
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Why the game is compatible in BlueStacks, but not in Genymotion?
It sounds like the application is only compatible with ARM CPUs, but not with x86. Genymotion doesn't have an ARM translation libraries installed due to intellectual property reasons where Bluestacks ...
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Compatibility problems with x86 phone?
It's mostly games that might be incompatible with x86. Typically, apps have no reason to use the NDK unless they has special performance or graphics requirements, and their libraries might only be ...
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Where do I find the minimum requirements for an app?
Look up on APKPure. They list this data at the bottom of the screen. No need to download tools.
As a consumer, I needed to know the version because I wanted to know if my older Kindle tablet could run ...
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What is the most modern mobile browser possible to install into an old Android 1.5, 1.6?
Cross-checking the Wikipedia entry for Android web browsers with APK mirroring sites, looks like only Opera 12.1 is supported on Android 1.6.
For references:
Browser
Android version
Brave Private ...
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How to install Messenger Lite on Samsung tablet
You can install it from apkmirror choose your android version and it's done. If after installation app misbehave try to install a lower version of the app.
Remember: You may be asked to enable '...
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In a dual sim phone, must both sims be used?
You won't have any problems if you insert only one SIM into dual SIM phone, i have dual sim phone myself with only one SIM in it and it work without any problem. Phone will work even you don't have ...
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Headphones compatible with phone only after switching the audio cable polarity
My guess would be that one of the plugs on the headphone cable is slightly off-spec and isn't making good electrical contact in the socket. Swapping it around means the dodgy connector is in the other ...
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Compatibility problems with x86 phone?
I did buy it. So far, all apps * (root or not) and six out of eight Xposed modules I have tried have worked. This is a somewhat small sample, because I haven't tested any apps I don't use myself. ...
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How to Install an application that requires android 5.0+ on android 4.4.4
there is no way to run to run apps with higher from your android version try old versions of the app and the last option is rooting and it have so so many risk of bricking your phone so using old ...
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Install a fully functional Audible app on Android older than Android 6.0
Audible 3.0.1 (APK Mirror) is the latest version that supports Android 4.1+ before it jumped to requiring a minimum Android version of Android 6.0.
Some additional clarifications to the question:
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What version of Kiwi Browser can be installed on Android 5?
Your main problem why you can't install the version com.kiwibrowser.browser_96.0.4664.46-466404611_minAPI21(x86)(nodpi)_apkmirror.com.apk is that this version is only for devices with x86 CPU.
But ...
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How to install an app that is available on older and newer Android versions but not on mine?
Android apps have a manifest file that describes software features, capabilities and permissions required. These then define which OS/phone/format the app will work on.
App manifest overview
Every ...
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Trying to buy an app on a degoogled device. Why is the app "not compatible with your device"?
Robert's comment seems to have fixed it (I used the emulator built into android studio, which I happened to have already installed, with a device that has the play store installed). I guess the reason ...
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What if one application couldn't write incoming voice?
I was able to find an application that works properly (Call recorder for Android version 25 from f-droid.org).
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Will this "SIM Free" Android phone for sale near Osaka (Japan) work in Europe and North America?
This is the JP/TW variant of ZenFone 3 Max - detailed specs here.
From the listed LTE bands, it's missing the crucial Band 20 (wide coverage) for European countries and main bands for major carriers ...
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Is charging with a USB-C adapter and a type A charger dangerous?
Description of your adapter holds the key :
Charge & Sync: Uses USB 2.0 protocol for high-speed Micro USB charging and fast data transfer (480 Mbps). Has a 56K? pull-up resistor for unbeatable ...
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Can Xposed Framework be run successfully alongside a custom rom?
I don't know if there's a general rule to it. The Framework might be incompatible with some ROM, but I've never heard of such.¹ I've used it successfully on multiple devices running either "stock"² or ...
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In a dual sim phone, must both sims be used?
user manual for your specific device does not mention such restrictions and it also gives out the combination of SIM networks permitted when both SIM's are inserted, so there is no reason to believe ...
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What effect does a dual SIM have on the apps and software?
First, for apps that don't use the SIM card (i.e. everything but phone apps and the SMS system), it makes no difference at all. Most apps don't need to know or care how many SIM cards your phone ...
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Is Cyanogen fully compatible with Play services and stock android apps?
Luckily, Cyanogenmod is in fact compatible with play services. I am not sure about the stock apps that samsung has, as I didn't even bother trying to install them. The adb backup I made before going ...
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"not executable: magic 7F45" when running redsocks on Android emulator
You can't freely copy binaries from your Ubuntu box to emulator one - even if all are x86-based, they use different basic OS libraries.
To compile binary for Android-x86 target you must use special ...
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"not executable: magic 7F45" when running redsocks on Android emulator
What file(1) utility says about your compiled binary?
Because compiling on x86-based PC does not promises your binary always will have x86 target platform - GCC can produce virtually any targets.
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Ringtones incompatible with custom rom. How to improve compatibility?
In my OnePlus 2 running OxygenOS 2.2 (Android 5.1.1) the problem was solved by removing .nomedia in the root of the SD card, copying the audio folder from the media folder to the root of the SD, and ...
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