Immich•3y ago

Immich on unsupported device

Hi! I am using Immich on an old device with Android 7, where the latest installable version was 1.73.0 build.96 (PlayStore or f-droid). On the server I use the 1.82.1. Up to the previous version, I was able to delete the assets from the device, and have the commands be properly sent to the server, but since the last release it seems that the breaking changes messed up the communication with the server. So:

it is possible to somewhat manually compiling the source code of 1.82.1 for these kind of old devices, or are there some low level code incompatibilities?
what do you suggest to do, without downgrading the server? Also hacky solutions are fine, because I love the new trash feature!

For that device I am mainly interested in having the basic commands working (backup and delete assets, the trash feature is an optional, if I get to get those working again).

Thanks for this amazing piece of software

ShowerOP•10/20/23, 10:49 PM

An update on this topic: it seems that the images can be deleted even using the old version of the app, in the sense that they are successfully sent to trash in the server, but they are still displayed in the timeline of the app (so that It seems that they are not successfully deleted). If the files are deleted from trash in the server, they disappear from the app too.

Alex Tran•10/21/23, 1:57 AM

Ah, recently Android advises us you update the api version for the build because of app store policy otherwise the app cannot be updated. You can clone the repository and build the apk for your phone, I think it will work OK

ShowerOP•11/9/23, 11:59 PM

Tested with v.1.85, modifying the "mobile/android/app/build.gradle" file did the job:

compileSdkVersion 33 <--- don't change this
...
defaultConfig {
...
minSdkVersion 24 <--- decreased from v 26
targetSdkVersion 33 <--- don't change this
...
}

For offline compilation, run flutter build apk from mobile/ folder.
Many thanks!

k2helix•4/13/24, 12:39 PM

This has been useful, thanks for sharing!

ИльяК•4/19/24, 8:54 AM

Perhaps someone has already compiled version for android 7? I'm not qualified to do this unfortunately.

SShower Tested with v.1.85, modifying the "mobile/android/app/build.gradle" file did the...

ИльяК•4/19/24, 8:59 AM

Please send me apk file for android7

ИИльяК Please send me apk file for android7

k2helix•4/19/24, 2:47 PM

I can do it later today

k2helix•4/20/24, 12:11 AM

Sorry as they pushed a new update I'll have to rebuild the app. Will do it tomorrow

k2helix•4/20/24, 11:00 AM

@ИльяК here they are:
x86_64: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g5uyikpGSkE7lCcN6b4R4-uw5IwoVk8R/view
armeabi-v7a: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PWE8Et530L11mpoSJ3vsAyFYUG2AG-Zs/view
arm64-v8a:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mwg1kVPWlNKgJaZerLL6jsI4ylhj5eJv/view

Google Docs

app-x86_64-release.apk

Google Docs

app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk

Google Docs

app-arm64-v8a-release.apk

k2helix•4/20/24, 11:00 AM

note that they're signed with my key so if you ever need to update the app you'll need me to sign them

Kk2helix @ИльяК here they are: x86_64: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g5uyikpGSkE7lCcN6...

ИльяК•4/20/24, 11:02 AM

Thank you

ИИльяК Thank you👍🏼

k2helix•4/20/24, 4:51 PM

It seems they pushed two minor updates to fix bugs introduced in this version, I'll update the apks from those urls

k2helix•4/20/24, 5:01 PM

done

Kk2helix done

ИльяК•11/18/24, 9:38 AM

Hello k2helix! Can you make for us rebuild after update 1.120.2 ? Thank you!

ИИльяК Hello k2helix! Can you make for us rebuild after update 1.120.2 ? Thank you!

k2helix•11/18/24, 9:48 AM

Sure! I'll try to do it today

k2helix•11/18/24, 9:49 AM

I hope they didn't introduce something that truly requires Android 8+

k2helix•11/18/24, 11:00 AM

@ИльяК done! As I don't have a device running Android 7 anymore, I wasn't able to test that it works. I followed the same steps I did last time

k2helix•11/18/24, 11:00 AM

Please let me know if it works

k2helix•11/18/24, 11:01 AM

You can find the updated apks in the same drive links I posted months ago

Kk2helix You can find the updated apks in the same drive links I posted months ago

ИльяК•11/18/24, 11:34 AM

thanks a lot!!!
I can download the files from the link, but I can’t get into the folder because there is no link to the folder

k2helix•11/18/24, 11:55 AM

there's no folder, it's just the files that I shared

k2helix•11/18/24, 11:55 AM

are you able to install it?

Kk2helix are you able to install it?

ИльяК•11/19/24, 4:00 AM

Thank you!!! I installed the application

ИИльяК Thank you!!! I installed the application

k2helix•11/19/24, 6:01 AM

Nice! Have a good time using it

Kk2helix @ИльяК here they are: x86_64: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g5uyikpGSkE7lCcN6...

YoungMind•1/30/25, 7:54 AM

Came here from github issues. thanks a lot

k2helix•1/30/25, 8:07 AM

You're welcome!

salvobidixreal•8/16/25, 9:13 PM

Can anyone update to the new version?, because it doesn't work anymore and you're stuck on the login screen.

Ilia•10/17/25, 8:50 AM

Hello @k2helix ! Can you make for us rebuild after update 2.1.0 ? Thank you!

IIlia Hello @k2helix ! Can you make for us rebuild after update 2.1.0 ? Thank you!

k2helix•10/17/25, 8:54 AM

Sure, I'll try to later today if I can

k2helix•10/17/25, 3:53 PM

Hi @Alex , sorry for pinging you but I'm unable to build Immich for Android 7+ so that everyone here can use it. I'm getting some weird errors when trying to build it running

flutter build apk --split-per-abi

flutter build apk --split-per-abi

which I have not experienced before. Maybe you could add an apk lowering the minimum sdk to 24 so that it can run on those devices? I attach the error here in case you want to have a look.

flutter_build_error.txt7.23KB

Kk2helix Hi @Alex , sorry for pinging you but I'm unable to build Immich for Android 7+ s...

Alex Tran•10/17/25, 6:25 PM

from the

mobile

mobile

directory, you can run

make translation

make translation

so that it generates the translation files

AAlex Tran from the `mobile` directory, you can run `make translation` so that it generates...

k2helix•10/17/25, 7:07 PM

got it, thanks!

IIlia Hello @k2helix ! Can you make for us rebuild after update 2.1.0 ? Thank you!

k2helix•10/17/25, 7:07 PM

Done! You can get the apk from the link I posted some months ago

Kk2helix @ИльяК here they are: x86_64: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g5uyikpGSkE7lCcN6...

k2helix•10/17/25, 7:07 PM

here

Ilia•10/19/25, 6:40 AM

@k2helix Thank you very much

!!!

k2helix•10/19/25, 1:07 PM

You're welcome ^^

ShowerOP•10/19/25, 4:51 PM

Did you experience any problems in the android device? I tried to compile it and open it after the update update to v2.1.0 from v.1.14*, but it stays on the logo page for what it seems forever... even after deleting app data in the android 7 device and starting from scratch.

Immich on unsupported device

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