Help Are outdated apps on Android 2.1 meant to no longer work anymore??

[LGgt54089]

I recently bought an LG GT540, managed to workout to upgrade it using LG Suite to Android version 2.1.

However on 2.1 you can only use ''google market'', as Playstore isn't available until 2.2 operating system.

So far the only apps ive downloaded and used are superuser, titanium backup, and apk installer.


The 2 apps that I wanted to use both had problems functioning though.

I downloaded the Pof dating site app from Google market, but when I tried to log-in to my account on there through the app it just kept saying ''Please check that the clock on your device is accurate and that you are connected to the internet''.
And so I cannot use that app.

And the Youtube app that came pre-loaded with the phone, when I tried to use it, it just kept on saying ''No network available'', even though I have full unlimited internet on the simcard tariff that I use for the smartphone.
So I uninstalled the youtub app, but hen I went to google market to try re-installing, there is no youtube app available! :S


I know that as the versions of these apps were the ones designed for android 2.1 (so approx 4 years old now), that they are very outdated,
and that Pof + youtube will have released dozens of updated versions of their app over the last 4years.

But is it 'normal and correct' that outdated versions of apps stop working after a certain number of years??

OR

Is there some kinda problem with my phone?



Thanks

 

[Hadron]

The app by itself should still work, but both of those are apps which will need to communicate with servers, and it's possible that those servers have updated their software to the point where they are no longer compatible with extremely old versions of the apps. It's very hard to know, and I can't roll any of my devices back to 2.1 to test this. I assume that the network connection is working normally for other apps, e.g. web browsing?

 

[LGgt54089]

Ah ok, thankyou very much for your quick reply.

The network works fine for web browsing though yes, (although literally every website causes ''certificate error'' box to popup). :/


But I guess its just that 2.1 is too outdated now and so I need to upgrade to a newer version.

Do you know what is the current highest version of android for L g t540 that has EVERYTHING working perfectly on it still though please??


As ive googled around abit but 4.0/4.1 both break the camera, so stupid and pointless to install them.
And 2.3 stops Lg suite working, and so I wont be able to put any videos or photos on my phone, so again would be silly to upgrade to that.