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I used 1password for Android 11, but I can’t anymore.
Hello, people.
I’ve been using 1Password 8 (and previously 1Passport 7) on my Xiaomi Mi9T (2020) Pro for a long time now. My Android version is 11, and I can’t upgrade it.
Agilebits announced on january 2026 that «With the late-February release of 1Password for Android, we will be increasing the minimum Android version to Android 12» but also «Devices that don’t meet the minimum version by the deprecation date can continue using 1Password for Android, but app updates will be unavailable until the device is updated to a supported Android version». So I thought I could use my phone for some more time. My battery couldn’t sustain a heavy use anymore after 6 years, so I decided to change it for just 60€ with the official assistance of Xiaomi; before service, I erased all stuff with a factory reset and used my wife’s Samsung (with Android 12) for a week. When I got back my Xiaomi I tried to install everything, but the Play Store told me that I could not install the current version of 1Password. So I thought about installing a previous version with the technique go to my account/manage apps&devices/select “not installed”. But I could ONLY install 1Password 7 as a previous version. The “uninstalled” 1Password 8 is incompatible with my phone (obviously).
Nothing would have changed if I had NOT erased my phone AND/OR if I had NOT used my wife’s phone, I know. Ironically, while my Xiaomi was in service, I received the invoice for my 1Password account renewal… I also tried to find an APK of a previous version from sites as “UpToDown” but it failed to install. So it seems that now I have to drop my phone, with the new battery inside, and buy a new one.
Unless someone has some possible solutions to share with me.
Thanks in advance.
Simone
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That's a tough situation and none of the options are without cost. The factory reset was a sensible precaution before the service.
While you can try to find an APK of the last version of 1Password 8, you will still have software with a limited lifespan, feature freeze, and malware if you get it from a disreputable source. This is a poor choice.
Replacing your old, unsupported(?), Android version with an up-to-date, supported Android ROM for your device is likely the best option to keep using it safely, i.e. with both the platform and apps kept up-to-date. This comes with more advantages than disadvantages, but you should be aware of these before choosing this option.
Buying a new-to-you device is an easy option, but costs money and time to set up. Given the high cost of new devices, consider buying a recent generation used device and maybe selling your Mi 9T in a market such as Swappa. This gives you years with both up-to-date platform and apps, but how many (and how current for the platform) will depend on the device. For Android, consider an older Pixel in order to get Android updates to new versions, and feature and security updates on a predictable schedule, with a likely bonus of good support from a ROM such as GrapheneOS.If it's any consolation, mobile devices are not designed or intended to last. If this wasn't the fist thing to stop working acceptably, then it would be the next, then the one after that. Even if you could stretch the life of the device for many more years, the technology of the rest of the world would eventually abandon you.
The closest option to being able to choose what platform to run on our perfectly good and expensive hardware is an Android ROM, but with locked boot loaders and limited hardware support, it's not like choosing an operating system to run on a PC.
