AEmulator

Run classic Android firmware — HTC Sense, TouchWiz, MIUI, AOSP — on a modern phone. No root, no PC.

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AEmulator boots a real Android 2.3–7.x system image straight from a firmware file you already have: a recovery ZIP, an Odin archive or a Google factory image. It translates the old ARM code with a patched QEMU, emulates the kernel’s binder, draws with your phone’s GPU and plays sound through Android’s audio stack — everything runs inside a normal app.

• Import almost any firmware format: CWM/TWRP ZIP, Samsung Odin .tar.md5, Google factory .tgz, system.img, OTA system.new.dat.br
• Vendor skins work as shipped: HTC Sense, Samsung TouchWiz, MIUI, AOSP
• Hardware graphics through the GL bridge, sound, touch and multitouch, network with a modern TLS proxy
• Shared memory-card folder for APKs, music and photos
• Material 3 Expressive interface in 18 languages
• Free and open source (GPL-3.0)

The list of firmware that has been checked — with statuses, notes and download links — lives on our forum. Share your results there, ask questions and find new images.

1. Download the APK from Releases and install it.
2. Find a firmware on the forum and download it to your phone.
3. Open AEmulator → Add firmware and pick the file. Import takes a few minutes.
4. Press Start. The first boot is slower: the system optimises its apps.
5. Use the ⋮ menu for volume, power button and logs; the ⚙️ button opens app settings and language.

• Android 8.0+ on a 64-bit ARM phone (arm64-v8a)
• About 1–3 GB of free space per firmware
• A recent Snapdragon / Dimensity / Tensor chip is recommended

Each guest process runs under a patched user-mode QEMU. A binder daemon replaces the kernel driver, a GL bridge forwards OpenGL ES calls to the phone’s GPU, and small guest libraries (audio HAL, audio policy wrapper, LD_PRELOAD shim) adapt vendor code to the emulator. The importer reads the firmware, finds the init scripts in its boot image and builds a start plan for system services.

You need JDK 17, Android SDK 36 and NDK r28. Native guest parts are built with the scripts in native/*/build.sh.

git clone https://github.com/uxazu/aemulator.git
cd aemulator
./gradlew assembleRelease

AEmulator grew out of the HTC Desire HD and HTC One M7 emulators by the original author — their engine made this project possible.

If AEmulator brought back a phone you loved, you can support development:

• 💳 dalink.to/uxazu

• 🌐 Website: aemulator.gt.tc
• 💬 Forum: aeforum.uxazuu.space
• 📣 Telegram channel: @aemulatorofficial
• 👤 Author: uxazu
• 🧬 Original author: t.me/istratiit_ech

GPL-3.0. Android, trademarks and firmware belong to their owners.