Download Old Version Of Facebook Messenger For Android 2.3.6 | Trusted ✭ |

Some advanced users will suggest installing CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4 KitKat) on your Gingerbread device. While this would let you run a slightly newer Messenger app (v100+), it is incredibly difficult.

Our recommendation: Do not root. Stick with the official old APK. If the old Messenger becomes completely unusable (Meta kills the legacy login servers), accept that the phone’s time as a messaging device is over, and repurpose it as an MP3 player or alarm clock.

Through extensive testing by the retro-Android community, not every old version works. The app has to be old enough to run on Gingerbread but new enough to still connect to Facebook's modern servers. download old version of facebook messenger for android 2.3.6

Here are the three most reliable versions:

Note: You will not get video calling, reactions (like/love/wow), or GIF search on these versions. You will get basic messaging, which is all the hardware can handle. Some advanced users will suggest installing CyanogenMod 11

Legacy versions of Messenger lack:

Let’s get the file onto your phone. You will need a secondary modern device (PC or newer phone) to download the file, or use the ancient browser on your Gingerbread device (which will likely struggle). Our recommendation: Do not root

To install an app not from the Play Store, you must enable sideloading.