Can I run Stockfish with old Snapdragon phone?

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Can I run Stockfish with old Snapdragon phone?

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CPU Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 & 2x2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA/LATAM. I tried to run Android builds from Stockfish ARMv8/7. I got message "no application to run this program".
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Re: Can I run Stockfish with old Snapdragon phone?

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Hello Jouni, you never installed Stockfish on a phone? There must be enough instructions to find about that here on the board. Memory is very rusty. Google says Android is probably something like 9.0:
https://www.o2.co.uk/help/phones-sims-a ... ifications

If that is the same phone, or thereabouts, it is not very old. Just follow instructions, even from AI if you must :), you probably need to first install a proper GUI because Stockfish will not run on its own. That's why the message I think.
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Re: Can I run Stockfish with old Snapdragon phone?

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Android is 12. I am only interested to run bench and speedtest from console. Is this possible? No GUI needed.
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Re: Can I run Stockfish with old Snapdragon phone?

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Probably not, Android don't like that sort of thing...
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Re: Can I run Stockfish with old Snapdragon phone?

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Jouni wrote: Tue Sep 30, 2025 1:37 pm Android is 12. I am only interested to run bench and speedtest from console. Is this possible? No GUI needed.
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