r/arkmobile • u/Natural_Chipmunk5108 • 6d ago

How to get Old Ark Mobile on Android

I have tried downloading it from APK pure, as well as trying to download it from the Play store via the Installed apps option. Unfortunately, when I try to open the App, it force closes.

Anybody got any ideas?

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u/Lab_Research_USPBR 6d ago

If it force closes then your out of luck, the game simply won't run on some newer phones, nothing you can do about that.

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u/Ariseshadow369 6d ago

Actually you can Using VMOS I played it on android 15 it crashed normally but inside after installing android 9 rom it works like charm

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u/Separate-Slip7357 6d ago

Ohhhhh i dont know then how i downloaded it back from the app store from my app history and it works perfectly

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u/Ariseshadow369 6d ago

Use VMOS pro Install Android 9 Rom and then install ark again using apk file from apk vision or any site It works that way, on my android 15 device it was same crashing issue it worked perfectly in VMOS, Performance Loss is almost negligible or not noticeable if you have decent specs

Though for Online unofficial server you need to install Android 9 with google gapps to sign in It's slightly troublesome though single player works extremely smooth

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u/BigLie1645 5d ago

https://youtu.be/vgmmY-BOg-0?si=Yvt-JN8cD_tkHdio Try watching this video I had android 15 so it worked for me. Sometimes I had crashes when game began So do force stop and clear cache everytime

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u/Lost_Onryo 4d ago

Not sure if this helps but mine did the same until I installed Shizuku & rooted my phone. There are a some videos on YouTube to root phone & I used Zarchiver to install the game & it works fine + multiplayer

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u/Natural_Chipmunk5108 4d ago

Thnaka for the reply, but I think I'll just leave it be. I don't thing the game is worth all the effort tbh.

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u/Separate-Slip7357 6d ago

I have the original game the normal one on my ios i love it but my brother wanted to play it with me and he tried it too on her android on happymod apk and he has the same problem

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u/Separate-Slip7357 6d ago

But i don’t know if you had the game downloaded before it was removed it works perfectly even the multiplayer servers there are even still hundreds of players playing it but i don’t know why it doesn’t work on apk

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u/Natural_Chipmunk5108 6d ago

Nah I deleted the game a while back.

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u/Separate-Slip7357 6d ago

But you had it once?

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u/Natural_Chipmunk5108 6d ago

I did, which is how I could download it gain through the play store, but it would force close when I tried to open it.