So I need to run Microsoft Authenticator. Only thing is, I won’t use a phone and I have no Android phone anyways. I have a old Odroid C2. USB is broken, but Ethernet should still work for scrcpy.
Stock image is 6.0.1 Marshmellow. Authenticator wants GApps and Oreo. I wonder if it will run on Marshmellow through? Even if the device is “not certified by Google”. If not, I wonder if I can run a Virtual Machine or Container on the Odroid with Oreo, Pie, and beyond on the Odroid with Marshmellow?
If not. I wonder if a Banana Pi or Orange Pi with GloDroid can pull it off. While Glodroid has no GApps, I’m sure a VM can be used right? Maybe even a x86 Chromebook, but I think scrcpy is going to be a hard thing on x86 android. Probably should have a working VPU even if the performance only goes up to 720p.
And maybe those cheap Android TV boxes that may or may not have preinstalled Malware?
Why not just buy a really cheap smartphone and use it solely for that? You don’t need a cellular connection, just WiFi
Especially if you are contemplating buying hardware to do it
I already have a Odroid.
And idk if something else is Microsoft Authenticator capatible?
If the app requires Oreo and your device is marshmallow, its not going to work. I had a quick look and there is no Oreo ROM built for it, so you can’t load it on there. The ROM needs to be compatible so you can’t load a VM or flash it
You can boot into linux with the C2, but the authenticator app is android/IOS only
What did you need the authenticator for? If the service is using the open authenticator token protocol, it doesn’t *have* to be Microsoft authenticator. It could be use an app that works on Windows or Chromebook (such as google authenticator)
The easiest and least painful way is to just buy a cheap low end smartphone and use it for this purpose, rather than try to hack something together. You don’t need a phone/data plan or anything, just wifi