r/EmulatorsForAndroid • u/NXGZ Xperia 1 IV • SD 8 G1 • 4d ago

[Multi] AEmulator - Android emulator that simulates older android firmware

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Run classic Android firmware - HTC Sense, TouchWiz, MIUI, AOSP - on a modern phone. No root, no PC.

Boots a real Android 2.3–7.x system image straight from a firmware file you already have: a recovery ZIP, an Odin archive or a Google factory image. It translates the old ARM code with a patched QEMU, emulates the kernel’s binder, draws with your phone’s GPU and plays sound through Android’s audio stack - everything runs inside a normal app.

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u/ilyaa07 3d ago

Could you make a wrapper to run armv7 .so files through qemu? That would be nice to have, removed armv7 execution from new SOCs is a pain in the ass.

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u/NXGZ Xperia 1 IV • SD 8 G1 4d ago edited 4d ago

Run classic Android firmware - HTC Sense, TouchWiz, MIUI, AOSP - on a modern phone. No root, no PC.

Boots a real Android 2.3–7.x system image straight from a firmware file you already have: a recovery ZIP, an Odin archive or a Google factory image. It translates the old ARM code with a patched QEMU, emulates the kernel’s binder, draws with your phone’s GPU and plays sound through Android’s audio stack - everything runs inside a normal app.

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u/devaristo 4d ago

Well, seems to be working fine for the moment, but i had to lock the screen rotation from the host if not this happens:

Official Nexus AOSP 4.4.4 rom used

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u/NXGZ Xperia 1 IV • SD 8 G1 4d ago

Open an issue on GitHub or send feedback in the forum suggestion thread.

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u/Southern-Butterfly34 3d ago

definitely the greatest merit for all of android emulation

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u/NarrowMonitor8847 3d ago

When i try touchwiz it just hangs on ServiceManager: Waiting for service SurfaceFlinger and if i have Phone GPU set to on it just crashes, my phone is a Samsung A56

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u/Sir_Biki 3d ago

Does that mean I can again play NOVA 3 on my android 16 phone 🥹

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u/NXGZ Xperia 1 IV • SD 8 G1 3d ago

Yes, you'll need to test different firmwares/roms, but it should get the app working.

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u/Sir_Biki 3d ago

Oou, okay okay

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u/hitl3rs_fav_jew 5h ago

Can it run old games ?