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> Android gave up trying to fix all of the byte ordering problems and so many of the apps fail to execute correctly

What byte ordering problems could affect x86??

The only big endian platform Android was ported to was MIPS.

Maybe what you're seeing is apps with native components that are only compiled for armv6/7.



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