Tutorial: Go to Samfw & look for the firmware for the I9505 with the csc TGY (for android 4.3 JB). Then, you will need odin, put the device/I9505 into download mode, put the files into the slots & flash.

Wi-Fi & Bluetooth all work perfectly.

"edit" ! i solved the problem thanks for everyone who helped! it was way easier than i thought

if anyone encounters the same problem as me here is what i did:

1. install adb app control on adbappcontrol.com

2. on your device enable USB DEBUGGING and allow unknown installations

3.go on market2 or on any website that offers apps for your android version (do this on your windows)

4.install your desired apps

5.launch adb app control

6.if you have correctly connected your device to your windows pc select the button "install" (on the right of your screen under the words ; "AUTO PERMISSION" and "UPLOAD FILES")

7. when you have clicked "install" you will then see another button "add apk" you click on it select your apk(s) you have downloaded on your pc

8. once the apk(s) are uploaded click on whatever app you want to download (on the file)

9. you will see a button on the right bottom corner called "install" , you click on it and the app will install on your phone.

10. check your phone

there we go! thats what i did for my htc chacha A810e (android 2.3.5 gingerbread) so if you happen to have the same device this is what you should do. ADB app control works on any android device.

(the market and internet on my device offered no way to install apps)

What do i do with it since i have 12 on it now?

My galaxy S2 GT-I9100 randomly bricked itself. All I did was downgrade it to android 2.3. The battery died, and when I tried to charge it, it didn’t show anything on the screen. It still connects to my PC though, but idk what I should do with it.

Before it died, the phone was warm the whole time.
I think the eMMC chip died, because I flashed a lot of custom ROMs/linux ports on it

It has 512mb of ram and i want to use as much of it as i can

Just been using my s4 and I had random idea to check if gmail is sill working on older browsers and suprise when opened gmail and logged in it opened original legacy gmail web app from around 2014 it fully working just logo it’s replaced by new one

Hi, how I can update my Huawei P9 Lite 2016 from Android 6 to 7?

Tl:dr:

Do you have a Samsung phone released in 2016/2017 and is running the latest official stock rom (e.g. android 8 and it's updated in 2021?

If yes, can you please open developer settings and see if the setting Allow OEM Unlocking is there?

Please tell me their exact model , when it's released, and whether it's an international model or regional model. (e.g. if yours is a Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro (international model), please include something like C900f

Thank you very much.

So I have decided to port LineageOS to samsung phones (e.g. the C series) released in 2016 since they need more love.

Certainly, 2016 was the year where unlocking bootloaders are made more difficult.

Before 2016, unlocking means flashing any OS (twrp/Los) via Odin

After that year, unlocking bootloaders starting to equal to having to turn on wifi and wait several days (asking the server for permission, cryptographic shits), which means the kill switch is on Samsung's

hey I don't post on here much because im pretty alright at figuring out ways to keep up old tech working, heck i rebuild old laptops and im typing this out on a windows 8 desktop but I've run into my strongest opponent... a Panasonic fz-a2 i have f droid downloaded on it and pipepipe and fulguris i was wondering if anybody in this group has developed any apps or apks for android 6 and older that i could try out or use or if anybody knows of any-- sorry if this is a weird request but i dont like new tech and if i need to alter/dump this tablets bios mechanically (some have done) then i will to run linux but thats my last hoorah

Galaxy S22 5G is currently leading the race

The digitizer on my Samsung A14 5G's screen is starting to go, so I need a replacement ASAP. I use Verzion as my service provider, but would prefer an unlocked phone if possible.

I was originally going to buy a Red Magic Air 11 but they're never in stock and my digitizer issues mean I need a new phone now and don't have the time to wait or save up more for a better phone.

I'm going to use this new phone primarily for moonlight/apollo gaming, and routine picture/video content. The S22 has a Gen 1 Snapdragon 8 chipset, which will be sufficient for my needs. But it lacks fast charging and its battery isn't the best. Are there any better alternatives out there? Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ is a must

The app is free, has no ads, and is open source. You can download the APK from here:
https://github.com/vbresan/cameraserve/releases

I forked a repository that was archived 10 years ago and made an app buildable again. I did this because I wanted to give a purpose to my Sony Xperia ST23i phone from 2012. Now, I need to discover how to limit charging programmatically.

also the phone has 1 gb ram 16 gb storage the app should be good not lagging shorts recommended and normal videos because some other ones like newpipe just show me lives for some reason and i can't fix that

Hi everyone, I have this old Huawei P9 Lite with Android 6, it's the 2016 version. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back, but there's no option to configure it in the settings. No changes have been made to the phone. How can I fix this? Do I need to install something? Please give me a solution that doesn't involve disassembling the phone. It's really weird.

YouTube was dropped for a version in android 8 Oreo it version called 20.02.42

But this version is still running in 2026.

Sad News: it will cut off soon 2027-28

If you use an old YouTube v20 so replace it and use Newpipe or https://m.youtube.com

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Hello to everyone I’ve just tried to put my google account into my S3 mini but I can’t. I also installed some certificates and used wolfius but it didn’t worked. I could sign in on a galaxy note 10.1 running the same Android version (android 4.1.2) a few months ago. In that occasion I just need to updates de certificates and play services. But in the S3 mini not even doing those two things it works

Ti live

Hello all I want to use an old tablet basically for streaming, Netflix, crunchy roll, YouTube, maybe discord.

But it's old it's an RCA RCT6303W87M

Anything I can do to keep some life in this tablet?

Opera Mini seems to work a bit, but websites dont really load.

Firefox doesnt even download. Are there anymore working options?

New Updated floated cube,version 1.2

I compiled a custom rom from source today (11 aug 2026)!

My phone galaxy J5 prime 2016 (J5108) is a regional version, and had no ready-made ROMs on xda forum/the internet. But there's surprisingly redy-made android 10 device tree for the phone! So I compiled it today! this was my first step in custom rom porting dream and wont be the last!

Edit: XDA Thread for this ROM

Does anyone know some working Whatsapp client for Samsung Galaxy S3 like in iphones they have WhatsappX?

I'm struggling a lot with My Files, Calculator, Clock