Spoofing Android version

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Drekkarian
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I am using Sailfish X on Sony Xperia X F5121 and I am really starting to hate the Android SDK version limitation (which is by default 19). More and more essential apps are starting to go out of support and stop working, with no option left to upgrade because of the Android version limitation.

I understand there is no plan to update the SDK version for Sailfish X on Xperia X (not cool Jolla), but I wish I could at least try to minimally save some of the apps by spoofing the "announced" Android version.

Does anyone know how this can be done in Sailfish / Aliendalvik? I am aware of the risks involved and am ok with it. I just need the technical details if anyone knows them.

I read about the build.prop file in the /system/ directory, but not sure if it's enough.

answered 2019-08-27 13:09:55 +0300

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Announcing a newer SDK API which is not actually implemented is a bad idea. This may allow you to install apps, but they will most certainly crash as soon as they try to make use of any missing features (they might not even start)

On top of that, it will likely break apps that are running fine right now, since they may assume that they can use newer APIs...

So in the end, you may very well end up with fewer supported apps...

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Thank you for taking the time to reply. As I said, I am well aware of the risks and I know "it's not a good idea", but at least it's a better idea than being locked out by Jolla. This was one of the main selling points of Sailfish and it is now invalid as v4.4 is far too old.

So, does anyone know how to change the announced Android version? I am aware of the risks.

Drekkarian ( 2019-08-27 13:47:02 +0300 )edit

@Drekkarian, then chime in at https://together.jolla.com/question/211347/please-upgrade-xperia-xs-android-support-from-44-to-81/

olf ( 2019-08-27 22:45:14 +0300 )edit

@olf thanks for the suggestion. Really sad that it has come to this. It is obviously one of the most requested updates.

Drekkarian ( 2019-08-29 02:54:06 +0300 )edit

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