Firefox 36 which was updated in 2015 and is for 2.3 + at this moment opens all sites! Whereas latest naked and all other browsers open only half of sites, they cant open drive, dropbox, market, ect. What does that ffox have that these more recently updated browsers don't have ? No one has in depth understanding of this s*it?
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I expect all the viruses are backed up as well. Good luck!!
Here's a USB thumb-drive of mine that had been in one of our school computers. "Spotlight-V100.exe" and "Trashes.exe" both 1.2MB, do certainly corrupt and delete data, I've seen it happen.
The only satisfactory fix I found for stopping the Windows computers dumping their malicious crap on my USB thumb-drives, was to use write-protected USB thumb-drives.
I never use Windows at all for my own personal stuff, only have Linux and Mac here.
I just couldn't even imagine trying to use XP now, online or not.
Here's your answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...for-android-use-the-devices-certificate-store
Firefox Mobile for Android currently users its own certificate database and not the native Android one.
Naked Browser been a lightweight app, only uses whatever certificate authorities that are included in your Android 2.1 device. Which goes back to what I originally suspected, they're now expired, and so it can't make HTTPS secure connections to Drive, Dropbox, etc, which those services mandate.
I suggest having a look at your phone Settings > Trusted Credentials. See what's in there, and look at the issue and the expiry dates.
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In the list of trusted credentials some are valid to like 2030 and half expired, i disabled expired ones. Is it possible to install current credentials on this system, or they won't install on the device and system? Are you sure that there are sites that mandate ssl connection or my f* ing browser mandates that? Is there a browser where i can disable permanently and completely the f*ing ssl and access elite sites like google&co? In case if no one in the world has done that, is it possible to take some browser with open code and do modifications to the f*ing code, remove ssl and similar sh*t and adopt this browser to android 1+?
If you look in your credential storage settings there is an option to install credentials, so if you can get a copy of the up-to-date certificates you need then in principle you should be able to install them yourself.
Your browser is perfectly capable of opening http connections if you can find a site that doesn't require https. But very few do these days, and for good reasons. Look at it this way: even if you don't care about a man-in-the-middle attack giving someone else your Dropbox or Google login credentials or redirecting your web search to a fake Google page full of malware or phishing links, these corporations don't want to be held liable for facilitating that by accepting insecure connection requests. That's the real reason why making a browser incapable of establishing an SSL connection, which would genuinely be "f***ing with the code", will not help you at all.
Are you really sure that there's not even an android 2.3 ROM available for this phone?
Your browser is perfectly capable of opening http connections if you can find a site that doesn't require https. But very few do these days, and for good reasons. Look at it this way: even if you don't care about a man-in-the-middle attack giving someone else your Dropbox or Google login credentials or redirecting your web search to a fake Google page full of malware or phishing links, these corporations don't want to be held liable for facilitating that by accepting insecure connection requests. That's the real reason why making a browser incapable of establishing an SSL connection, which would genuinely be "f***ing with the code", will not help you at all.
Are you really sure that there's not even an android 2.3 ROM available for this phone?
"I spent a lot of time trying to find an answer to this (I need Android to see StartSSL certificates). Conclusion: Android 2.1 and 2.2 allow you to import certificates, but only for use with WiFi and VPN."
How to install certificates, where to get files? I think its useless.
This project https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal/wiki
They take palemoon open code and do compatibility with xp, it is a fantastic browser!
How to make that for android?
I dont see any sense upgrading, getting newer version because it is all for one year, all the same sh*t will be on 4, 7 ect. A modern browser is needed for the most old system!
Not all sites mandate security; if i disable all certificates (on desktop) and add security exceptions i can access most sites except google drive, and similar. The problem is those mobile browsers dont have option to add security exception, opera, firefox have but they are too old. A programmer is needed who would do modifications to the code or explain how to do it, to make a normal browser for android 1+.
How to install certificates, where to get files? I think its useless.
This project https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal/wiki
They take palemoon open code and do compatibility with xp, it is a fantastic browser!
How to make that for android?
I dont see any sense upgrading, getting newer version because it is all for one year, all the same sh*t will be on 4, 7 ect. A modern browser is needed for the most old system!
Not all sites mandate security; if i disable all certificates (on desktop) and add security exceptions i can access most sites except google drive, and similar. The problem is those mobile browsers dont have option to add security exception, opera, firefox have but they are too old. A programmer is needed who would do modifications to the code or explain how to do it, to make a normal browser for android 1+.
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For Android you need to code in Java or Kotlin, using Android Studio. I'm not a dev of course, so can't help you more than that.
No doubt there's programmers available for hire, how many $$$ have you got? Some programmers work voluntarily, but only if they want and like to do something, e.g. FOSS(Free Open Source Software) like the Palemoon browser.
puppykickr
Android Expert
I have an old 2.3.6 that I dink around with sometimes.
The stock browser will no longer work, so I had to find another one.
My favorite browser, Lightning Browser, will not work on it, but there is a very old version of it that will.
As mentioned above, it is probably not secure.
But, it is open source, and it works on old devices.
Lightning (old) (Lightweight browser) - https://f-droid.org/app/acr.browser.barebones
You will need the F-Droid app installed, and the F-Droid archives repository activated in the app settings.
If the browser crashes when you tap links, long press them instead, and when the menu pops up, select 'open in new tab'.
The stock browser will no longer work, so I had to find another one.
My favorite browser, Lightning Browser, will not work on it, but there is a very old version of it that will.
As mentioned above, it is probably not secure.
But, it is open source, and it works on old devices.
Lightning (old) (Lightweight browser) - https://f-droid.org/app/acr.browser.barebones
You will need the F-Droid app installed, and the F-Droid archives repository activated in the app settings.
If the browser crashes when you tap links, long press them instead, and when the menu pops up, select 'open in new tab'.
Trom
Android Enthusiast
As has been mentioned above, security is a constant reaction game, and old hardware and software is risky; developers can't just say, "here's a minimalistic software, oh by the way, it's not one bit secure".
That being said, there are plenty of phones on Amazon and Aliexpress in the thirty to fifty dollar range, short on memory and processing, but plenty minimalistic.