Anyone know how or would be willing to port some software for wm6? I am not sure if I am asking in the right place. Its gpower. Its a statistical software for doing power analysis.
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I'm not even sure this is possible and I'm in no way tech savvy enough to do it on my own but I'll at least ask.
I have a truck that i race alot and it has some fuel management software to set up fuel maps, timing, etc... I have an old laptop that i keep around the house solely for this vehicle tuning. I was wondering how/if i can run the software on my phone for 3 reasons..1 - i can give the wife the laptop, 2 - it would eliminate the need for the laptop in the truck, 3 - it would just be pretty damn cool.
The software is very basic so i think the phone could handle it, it's just a matter of getting it to the phone.
Any tips would be appreciated, or you can crash my dreams and tell me to move on if it's not possible.
Thanks
It depends on what OS your app was written for. If it is a DOS program then your are in luck.
You can use an emulator like Pocket DOS and run the program "as is" on your PPC (unless it has to connect to some special hardware or something).
If it is a windows app then to port it you would need the source code. Otherwise there are only two things you can do:
a) Rewrite the whole thing from scratch.
b) Search for an app for PPC that does the same thing or similar, chances are it already exists and may even be freeware.
depending on the application complication level... if it's only calculating som data, maybe (providing you know the rules it uses) it would be easy to prepare excel spreadsheet? Excel is capable of some really cool calculations. believe me ;]
Guys and gals, don’t forget to check out my brand new, MS-DOS / x86 emulation-related article at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1276884
(Sorry for flooding – IMHO, this article certainly deserves attention because it answers ALL the questions a Windows Mobile user may want to EVER ask about emulating MS-DOS. Make sure you read it!)
I know this will sound stupid, but is there a way to install WM (.cabs) on an android phone? (or port a program somehow)
Basically, nope!
Probably, same phone, same hardware, but the difference is, different operating system.
The only way to port stuff over, as yet, is to get hold of the source code and re-engineer it into the other OS. Not for the faint hearted, although it can be done.
The question to ask is, 'Is your App worth that amount of effort?'
'Where is the source code?', for starters.
If the App was written in .NET then a MONO CF for Android could be a solution. Anyone written it yet?
People, is there any Windows App that can allow us to run Cooked and other ROMs on a Computer, just for testing or for seeing that particular ROM's interface ?
If yes, can you provide its link along with instructions ?
anyone have any idea bout this ?
Erm hello ?
A ROM is more than just an interface, there are also drivers which make up the ROM, which are targetted towards a specific set of hardware. In order for an emulator to be able to run any cooked ROM out there, it would need to be able to emulate the full range of hardware on the market. This is obviously not feasible to do. The emulator provided by Microsoft in the development SDK emulates a specific set of hardware, and the image that comes with it is targetted at that hardware.
There is one thing you could do, dump the emulator image, and rebuild it using the cooked ROMs parts, but keeping the emulators drivers, kernel, etc. However, you won't be able to bring in any device-specific software (like stuff that talks to the GPS, or G-sensor, etc)
At that point you will have gone through quite the effort just to see a ROMs interface But it might be useful for testing.
Also, moved thread to Questions and Answers.
Hi all,
I'm looking for a tablet which is going to act as the user interface for my research project, but the technical nature means that I have some particular requirements which are pretty much impossible to ascertain from reviews or even some serious Google-fu. As there seem to be a number of experts in this forum I figured some people here might be able to lend some advice...
My main issue is that I need robust, ideally wired communication with a PC - presumably via USB. I have read that USB connections are possible with Android but I get conflicting reports about how easy it is, and no real information on the bandwidth of such a connection. Has anyone had any experience with this? I need to be streaming real-time images to the tablet, would this be suitable?
This sort of leads on to a second issue which is that it would really be preferable, from a development point of view, to have it running a Linux distro. I am wondering whether this might make USB connectivity easier, but again this information is very hard to come by. So, does anyone know of a tablet which I can put Ubuntu on and have full access to the USB port? Again, any sort of information or experience would be greatly appreciated.
As it's not my money I'm spending I really need to be sure that this will do what I want in advance, so any advice in general about doing this would be fantastic.
Thanks in advance
-Rob
Honeycomb 3.1 is a solid operating system which will be able to perform the actions you listed. However, steaming data seamlessly will require a device with suitable RAM and processor speed. One nice feature with android devices is the ability to overclock the processor. If you choose to go with android honeycomb a good device would be the Xoom or Acer
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Intersting, thanks, I'd not seen that. It looks like this ticks off Android 3.1 as a suitable platform, in which case my final question is whether anyone knows of a tablet which can have a native Ubuntu installation, with full access to the USB, display device etc. It would be the ideal situation from a development point of view.
Thanks again.
I am a retired programmer with too much time on my hands; as such, I wrote a complaint to a regulatory body about how I can't install the operating system I want on my device because it will render it unusable (if I can't call for help on a phone because of drivers, what good is it?). I received a response requesting an interview with an officer who specializes in anticompetition cases and I would like to make sure I have my eggs all in one basket.
The current mobile phone market I liken to the desktop OS market of the 90s, where you had companies like Xerox, Microsoft, IBM, and so on; in the 90s, there were antitrust lawsuits where a particular company was accused of intentionally creating barriers to customers seeking to install software by other companies on personal computers. Obviously, that was settled in the 2000s, but IMO it did appear to make a positive change even if we are still fighting against IE. This may not be relevant, but that's what my mind went to when I realized I couldn't uninstall the Play Store.
Nobody uses "cellular telephones" as telephones anymore; instead, they are mobile computers. Computers in the 80s/90s had plenty of OS options (you may recall using OS/2 or BSD), but you can't do that with mobile computers... is that a good thing?
In my retirement, I'd like to develop and build a mobile phone operating system that is not android (nor lineageOS); this would either be Linux or BSD-based with a simple package manager, but the user would have the option to compile their own software also. This would ideally *not* hinder the underlying function of the device (i.e. telephony), but I don't see how manufacturers could be compelled to provide binary drivers. The current mobile market makes it obviously a very high barrier to entry for any who want to develop new operating systems for mobile computers. Is this anticompetitive? Perhaps not, but I'd like to hear some opinions and if you would kindly point me towards some resources I would appreciate it.
IMO the OS is not the problem - a command line based OS can be written by any talented student nowadays - preferably in C++, yes there are enough templates on the Internet, it is the device drivers what have to fit the hardware that make the whole thing difficult. I know that some OEMs put their device drivers' source code to the public.
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IMO the OS is not the problem - a command line based OS can be written by any talented student nowadays - preferably in C++, yes there are enough templates on the Internet, it is the device drivers what have to fit the hardware that make the whole thing difficult. I know that some OEMs put their device drivers' source code to the public.
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To install a new OS on a phone, the phone must first be booted into a bootloader such that the 'image' of the OS can be loaded. The image for the OS should be built with the drivers present such that when booting, the OS kernel can load the relevant drivers as it probes the hardware in the phone, and then the software installed on the user layer can access that hardware through the relevant system calls. How possible is it for the bootloader to load a custom OS in the general sense? The majority of instructions I find are on enthusiast/developer websites with the actual manufacturers giving basically no input (that is to say, I haven't seen on manufacturer's websites or instruction manuals where they give instructions for booting your choice of OS).
Would it be fair to say that mobile developers, like Google/Samsung/LG/Amazon/etc are restricting users from being able to install their own OS on their device? Is driver access a reasonable thing to ask for?
Again, I'm retired, so I have time on my hands, but I'm old and there's realistically not a lot of that time left. I don't want to try developing my own BSD-based mobile OS if there's no way for me to install it on my own devices; that effort could go into another project if it is otherwise wasted. I suppose it is worth asking whether I should bother returning the bureau's request for an interview.