Opera Mini’s server-side proxy may attempt outdated ciphers. Fix: Update to Opera Mini 8.0 (final Gingerbread build). If still failing, use the “Opera Mini Classic” version (based on Presto 2.12).
Keep the APK file backed up on your PC and SD card. As time passes, finding legacy versions will become harder. Download it today and give your Gingerbread phone a second life.
However, as Android continued to evolve, support for older versions of the operating system, including Android 2.3.6, eventually came to an end. In 2017, Opera Software announced that it would no longer support Opera Mini on Android 2.3.6, citing security concerns and the need to focus on newer, more secure versions of Android.
Opera Mini can download small files (APKs, images, MP3s).