Jan152013

Can I install Android on an old Sony phone?

Igor Rizvi? asks:

Can I install Android OS on my old Sony Ericson Spiro mobile phone to use it is a cellbot through mini-USB or and audio jack?


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Adrian Bagnato

January 15, 2013

No, the mobile has to come with some type of Android to be able to install another type of Android, this come with Sony’s own operating system.

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ha14

January 15, 2013

the mobile hardware should also support android, if not will fail to boot or even mobile will not work anymore

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susendeep dutta

January 15, 2013

You will risk your phone getting bricked and even burned out if you do so.Moreover,the internal memory is 5 MB which is way too low for installing Android.

Igor Rizvi?

yes but it has an sd card extension

January 15, 2013
susendeep dutta

But the read/write speed and loading times will lag heavily if he’s able to build a successful ROM for his phone.Hardware compatibility is another issue he’s going to face.

January 15, 2013
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Ahmed Musani

January 15, 2013

there has been no rom developed for this phone to mod so no you can’t.

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Yash Bansal

January 15, 2013

No you can’t!
Only you can upgrade your android version if you if have an android supporting OS.
Fresh install is not possible!

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Mihovil Pletikos

January 15, 2013

no…. only a few non android phones can have android…. l

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siddharth singh

January 15, 2013

it depends on the phone…. now in your case, the internal memory is too low to install android … and the processor also would be too darn slow to run android

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Sashritha Peiris

January 16, 2013

You probably can after ages of rooting, hacking (nothing illegal) and maybe some coding but I doubt you wil be able to use android at all on your phone unless your phone has a touch screen. On the whole it would be easier, faster and probably cheaper to buy a cheap android phone like the Samsung Galaxy Mini

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Micheal

January 16, 2013

no, the hardware doesnt fit

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Junil Maharjan

January 16, 2013

I don’t think so, the hardware will not be compatible.

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Saurav Azad

January 16, 2013

no i dont think so the hardware support that

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Aniket Singh

January 16, 2013

no can’t upgrade it to androide becoz its hardware does’t support……androide has sensors and some more hardware which is not present in this mobile….if u will try to upgrade it it may harm ur phone..so i strongly recommend that don’t do this

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