# Discourse not working on an old phone with an unsupported browser

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-working-on-an-old-phone-with-an-unsupported-browser/138293>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 11, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-working-on-an-old-phone-with-an-unsupported-browser/138293 "2020-01-11T01:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-working-on-an-old-phone-with-an-unsupported-browser/138293/13 "2020-02-07T00:29:38Z")

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> [@ame](#):
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> Basically, it’s a lack of backwards compatibility which means that as Discourse development moves forward more people are being cut off from reading content held in Discourse and from contributing.

This statement is false. You’re using a version of Android which is seven years old, development of Discourse only began in 2013. You’re also using a _very_ nonstandard browser. Let’s look at global mobile browsers for Jan 2020:

- Chrome: 64.1%
- Safari: 17.21%
- Firefox: 4.7%
- Samsung Internet: 3.33%
- UC Browser: 2.61%
- Opera: 2.26%
- Edge Legacy: 2.17%
- IE: 1.68%
- Android: 0.54%
- Other: 1.41%

Lightning and Mi Browser falls somewhere in that bottom 1.41%. On that basis I would expect zero compatibility effort - if something works then _great_. When it stops working, and it is a matter of _when_ and not _if_, then it’s time to get a better browser.

> [@ame](#):
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> I realise that you are categorising this issue as “won’t fix”

I don’t think this is fair, based on the list of supported browsers nothing is broken. You’ve no more right to ask for a fix here than anyone can insist you use a different browser. If you don’t want to use a better browser, then nothing’s going to change.

> [@Remah](#):
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> Android 4.4 will soon be out of support from Google. Consequently many apps I use have already dropped support - my banking app has required Android 5.0 since 2018

Extended support for Android 4.4 ended in October of 2017. That date has also long passed.

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