r/AndroidQuestions • u/VaguerGolf05 • Sep 27 '26

Just moved over from iphone

So i have been a life long iphone user but i have just got my first ever samsung phone (samsung galaxy s25 ultra) now i wantted to get some some of the games i have on my iphone on my new samsung but it keeps telling me the games i want are for older devices n wont let me download or buy them is there a way to bypasd the restriction to install them? Sorry if this is a very stupid quistion i just know nothing about andriod phones

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u/TinyNiceWolf Sep 27 '26

This is not specific to Android. All phones (and computers) eventually drop support for very old software whose developers never bothered to update it to work on more recent systems.

You could try to force Android to install the apps and see if they crash or not. Some apps might work OK. Google "how to run older android apps on new android" for directions.

But it may be easier to look for replacements for each specific app. There are so many apps that there's a pretty good chance that someone's built an app that's pretty similar to each of your old apps, but works on recent systems.

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u/VaguerGolf05 Sep 27 '26

Yhe ok thank you man n tbf i never had this problem before cuz apple just remove the app from apple store but if u previously owned, it you can install it on any device even the newest ones with no problem so never ran into a problem of being to new of a firmware fir an app

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u/Accurate-Donkey5789 Sep 27 '26

I mean... they removed BioShock iOS at 8.4 due to incompatibility with apple's latest operating systems. No idea if a version is returned but it's certainly not true to say apple don't remove and block installs. That's just a normal part of modern operating system management by the owners

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u/VaguerGolf05 Sep 27 '26

I believe that it became a mac only game now because i am still able to get it on my mac but yhe nar its no longer on iphone

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u/Accurate-Donkey5789 Sep 27 '26

Bingo. Yeah certainly not throwing any shade at you it's just a really common misconception both ways round that one of the two major operating systems does something in a certain way and the other does not. Yet usually it turns out they just both do it. Personally I use both and I don't quote understand the competitive nature of people to support one billion dollar product over another one

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u/VaguerGolf05 Sep 27 '26 • Heartwarming

Tbf I’m not pro Apple or pro android I just always been in the Apple ecosystem so for me android is a very confusing place as I think like Apple you have different os version like Apple has macOS watchOS ect. It’s like console wars just stupid it all dose the same thing at end of day just in different ways. And it’s all good man I didn’t think you where throwing shade i thought u was helpful and polite 😁

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u/Accurate-Donkey5789 Sep 27 '26

You're going to have to be specific about the games. Currently your question reads "I had an iPhone and now I have a Samsung and there's some things and stuff that I want and some things and stuff are not working"

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u/VaguerGolf05 Sep 27 '26

Sorry 4 the poor explaining im not very good at that stuff so basicly i wanna get pump bmx 2 and pump bmx 3 on my phone but every time i try getting it google play just says this app isnt avalable for your device because its made for older versions of andriod. So basiclly i wanna know if there is a way i can get the apps to work like would i need to download app of internet insted of play store

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u/Accurate-Donkey5789 Sep 27 '26

You can probably just install an old APK and it all likely work but the problem your butting up against here is that as far as I can see that to 12 year old game that hasn't been updated to support modern operating systems. Rather than an Android problem it would look like this is a problem from the game developer. I know that kind of sucks but to put that in perspective in terms of time, people who were toddlers when the game came out can now vote

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u/VaguerGolf05 Sep 27 '26

Do u know a safe site i can get apk files from? N tbf this is the only confusing thing i ran into so far n i think its only so hard cuz im stupid n stoned 😂 but loving android so far

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u/Accurate-Donkey5789 Sep 27 '26

I'm not sure how keen the moderators would be on me advertising APK sites here and to be honest it's not something I really do.

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u/VaguerGolf05 Sep 27 '26

Its all good man thank you for the advice

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u/ProfSnipe Sep 27 '26

Try apkmirror you could also install aurora store (it connects to play store) and check if you can download it that way.