Installing an Old Version of K-9 on a New Phone

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I just obtained a new Google Pixel 9 Pro smartphone, Android 14. I have used K-9 v6.804 successfully on a Chromebook, and I am considering installing K-9 on the new Pixel. However, I have read so many extremely negative comments about the current version 8 that I am reluctant. I will only need to use K-9 with a single account, so that is not an issue. But I don’t know how I could install an older version like 6.804 on the phone without going through the Google Play Store. TIA.

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Simply download it from Github (scroll down or check the next pages for that specific release), put it in your phone storage and tap on the apk to install it.

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Thanks for the tip. I will try it later today.

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You will need to prevent the Playstore auto upgrading the app.

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So far so good. I got it working and downloaded some existing emails. I am not sure everything is OK, but I will mark this as solved.