I’ve flashed my tablet with a custom ROM which is a modded version of Android 7.1.2 (originally was on Android 4.4.4) which is called ViperOS. Mostly because internationally It was stuck on 4.4.4 .

The specs ain’t too good, It’s got 1.5GB of RAM and 7GB of storage.

  • Tried Newpipe, both the current release and Legacy. Both get a lot of error’s and the current release can’t play in fullscreen but the Legacy can. Thing is that Legacy can’t play when It’s not in fullscreen for some reason. It does run 720p resolution full screen pretty smooth which is surprising.
  • Installed Mull, It’s kind of slow and takes up a lot of space but gets the job done. I haven’t found any lightweight browsers that aren’t based on Chromium unfortunately. So I’d probably have to swallow my pride for the sake of performance.
  • K-9 mails works fine, Droidi-fy works good, Element is ok
  • Installed Lunati/Minetest, seems like It’s not that uncommon of an issue for the text not to show up. I still managed to get Mineclonia running pretty smoothly (besides the boat travelling in the game).
  • SD Maid 2 isn’t supported so I installed an old version of CCleaner (It won’t even load ads with how It’s old) which is ok

TL;DR: Some stuff works and others don’t Ya’ll got any advice or recommendations?

  • lelkins@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    iirc android 7 allows you to use a microsd card as extra storage and you get to move your files and software in there. that should be a must if you end up wanting to use it

    shattered pixel dungeon supports android 4 and up, and is a great game for passing time. really fucking good and should be low spec, it’s just a pixel game in java maybe an emulator would work. most likely an nes emulator and if you are lucky, some snes or gba. would be cool honestly. try out lemuroid!

    knowing the fact that it’s old, keep an eye out on the apk version. if it’s armeabi-v7a, goodie, it should work. if it’s just arm64-v8a, then sadly it won’t work

    also, i know that k-9 mail was acquired by mozilla, so it’s now the thunderbird program on android! try it out, it should work as well due to armeabi-v7 and the android 5+ system requirement :D

    some apks won’t install properly, so have “SAI” (split apks installer) handy. it worked on two of my android 7 tablets (if i remember properly) that i had to set up for my nieces