Hi everybody
I am currently using a G1 and I'm more or less cool with it. Before that I was using a Nokia E71, which was a great built phone with a bad OS (S60 compared to Android). I know that there are several people working at porting Android to the current HTC devices, but are there any chances that we'll see ports to other phones, like Nokia? I am not talking about the the N800, but more about the "normal" smartphone series (N- and E-Series). What are the technical problems of such a port? Are there any other resources connected to this topic?
Thanks a lot for your help!
g1 is also htc so it could be that it's easier to transfer it
because htc is likely to re use much of the same rom struct
and means of flashing for all their phones
where flashing nokia or iphones works different
and their roms in a different format
this could cause trouble
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Somewhat recently team XDANDROID released an Android build for WM. However these ROM's only work with the HTC devices they were intended to work on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601751
For those of us without an HTC device, I was wondering if it would be possible to create a universal ROM for designated screen sizes (one for qvga, one for vga, etc) and have them work on devices that are powerful enough, with the appropriate resolution. Or do you just have to create one for each phone?
I personally own a Samsung Epix (i907), and I am extremely disappointed in Samsung's job of porting WM, and releasing the 6.5 update (it was supposed to come out in December, it keeps getting delayed. They did this with the Blackjack II when 6.0 came out) and am not a huge fan of the available ROM.
If not, is there a possible workaround to let me use android on my device? Like an emulator of some sorts? All m searches have turned up nothing useful.
Well.. Making a universal ROM would be extremely difficult, and a HUGE ROM.. Because you'll need drivers for every device then..
Yea TheDeadCpue is right. That would be too much... I know how you feel because I own an i907 as my main phone and im very disappointed in the rom developments. Hopefully we receive our official one this month and we might have a new cook making rooms for us next month!
Just waiting for a Andriod ROM for the HD2!
is it possioble to run windows 7 OS on a nokia n8?
Iirc WP7 is closed source.. and it would be difficult
Its hard to say at such a early stage, but there could be a possiblilty with the devs on XDA
im going to go out on a limb here and say no way in heck lol. HD2 which has almost identical hardware to every WP7 device doesn't have a port. Likely so you won't have access to live services, I.E. marketplace! so it would be very useless.
Couple that with being closed source, and MS controlling the drivers, you probably wont see this OS running on non approved hardware.
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im going to go out on a limb here and say no way in heck lol. HD2 which has almost identical hardware to every WP7 device doesn't have a port. Likely so you won't have access to live services, I.E. marketplace! so it would be very useless.
Couple that with being closed source, and MS controlling the drivers, you probably wont see this OS running on non approved hardware.
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Agreed, but this was the same case with Android, nobody thought it would be possible to port it to the HTC sense phones at first, but now we can see many Android Ports
Nokia has completely own hardware. You can revive any device by using Jtag programmer but not Nokia, it has all own, also OS Symbian is no more used on other devices .
Nokia vs Others.
Sad to say Nokia is in past.
Just first article in google has nothing to proove anymore: http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/2010/11/10/how-nokia-lost-its-global-market-share-more-than-8-percent
too bad...nokia's hardware is by far the best in the entire smartphone market imo. HTC is almost catching up the hardware quality that nokia has. As for the proprietary hinge mechanism that nokia has, beats out all other competition. If only their OS was not so aged... hope maemo gives them the boost that will revive them back to their former position.
Nokia VS hTC
ew4936 said:
too bad...nokia's hardware is by far the best in the entire smartphone market imo. HTC is almost catching up the hardware quality that nokia has. As for the proprietary hinge mechanism that nokia has, beats out all other competition. If only their OS was not so aged... hope maemo gives them the boost that will revive them back to their former position.
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So NOT true, nokia its crap, thier OS (Symbian) sucks bad, HTC have the best smartphones in the market.
I know someone that got N8 and he said that is freezes A-L-O-T and the battery cover its stupid, U gotta open the bolts, so u cant reboot it every where...
Nokia... I think hTC its much better, HD2 can run many different OSs...
EDIT: not just htc are better (but they R the best... ) apple is better too such as LG...
Ok... well maybe we could port android?
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So NOT true, nokia its crap, thier OS (Symbian) sucks bad, HTC have the best smartphones in the market.
I know someone that got N8 and he said that is freezes A-L-O-T and the battery cover its stupid, U gotta open the bolts, so u cant reboot it every where...
Nokia... I think hTC its much better, HD2 can run many different OSs...
EDIT: not just htc are better (but they R the best... ) apple is better too such as LG...
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That's the worst argumented post i've read in a while.
I know a friend who had a friend who knows someone with a N8.
I own both the N8 and a HTC HD2 with Android Gingerbread port and had a HTC Trophy with Windows Phone 7 for a few weeks to play with so its safe for me to say I have experiance on all aspects.
The HTC HD2 with Gingerbread froze as much as my N8 did! Both a few time's in the couple of months i've been playing with them.
As far as resetting the N8: hold down the power button for more then 5s and the device will reset! No need to remove the battery!
As for which device is best: they both have their strenghts and weaknesses.
It's what you need from your phone that makes one the best phone for you.
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Ok... well maybe we could port android?
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Probably not. For HTC device almost all devices have identical hardware cross platform.
This makes it easier to port the OS.
Nokia uses a different kind of CPU (ARM 11) as to HTC (Qualcomm Snapdragon with ARM v7 instructions) see here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(System_on_Chip), which will require a complete rewrite of the kernel and drivers for it. (Hope i'm saying this right, English is not my native language and I'm not a programmer )
i think n8 can't run the wp7 because of the hard ware
i think n8 can't run the wp7 because of the hard ware
WP7 need 3d acelerate
1ghz cpu
wvga
nokia o htc......windows7
For now, I think the Nokia N8 best model that ever appeared on the market ...
I think first next mobile phone (any manufacturer) that it had characteristics of N8 with more powerful processor
and memory (eg with Windows 7 or Android) and a standard USB and HDMI inputs, will have a market in the next 5 years!
FM Transmitter
12 Mp CarlZais
etc
i do like the phone and partially like win7 mobile but i was wanting to run android ive tried the info but i cannot get anything to work.
htc 7 pro mobile running wm7
also reading some articles im scared to update what is best and safe for this phone i have stock firmware never updated as of new.
thanks
You cannot run Android on Windows Phone. End of story.
well how are others running android , its not impossible from what ive read. your a bit defeatist lmaO.
if wp7 can run Android, we would have run both on our device.
Actually due to wp7s locked down nature it could not, within reason, dual-boot. You could certainly port android to it given the time but you couldn't jump the android partition from wp7. I suppose it may be possible to flash android onto it (terrible is that it is) and create something to launch the wp7 partition from there but even then it's highly unlikely. There are a few devices supposedly dual-booting over in China but I would be more likely to bet that they're just generic hd7s and needed a free is to use. Regardless, its not happening any time soon and I don't know why you'd want that bug infested laggy garbage on your phone anyway.
they got the HD7 running Android.. and that's it.. pretty much because it is identical to the HD2.. which has been hacked to run android for a long time.
it might be possible for other HTC phones now that they're able to do custom roms.. but there are no guarantees.
If you wanted an android device, why didn't you just buy an android?
they have better hardware available and more flexible software..
Hi everyone,
I wonder what actual Android Phones could see a WP7 ROM coming for some kind of dual boot ?
I know an answer could be "HD2", I know, but it's screen is really of poor colour quality compared to actual HTC Sensation / HTC One screens ...
Another answer could be "buy a WP7 phone", but actually I don't find all the flexibility I need for everyday use with WP7, but I'd like to use it sometimes to start developing apps for it. It could be better not to buy 2 phones, not to keep 2 phones in my shirt's pocket, and not to switch sim card between 2 phones ...
I actually have an HTC Sensation XE, and could be planning for a HTC One X, any chance to see WP7 coming on them ? Or do you have other devices in mind ?
Thanks for your help !
Other than HD2, none.
Future phones? Cannot say, possibly none as the selling point is its OS ofc along with other things.
You have to decide, what you want. WP or Android.
But why did developers have so much interrest in porting Android and WP7 on the HD2 in its time and now no more interest for other phones ?
What did the HD2 have that no more newer phones have ?
HD2 is becoming very old ...
sierramike said:
But why did developers have so much interrest in porting Android and WP7 on the HD2 in its time and now no more interest for other phones ?
What did the HD2 have that no more newer phones have ?
HD2 is becoming very old ...
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The HD2 was a pioneer back in the day. Its was the first device with a huge screen and a 1GHZ snapdragon, and everyone not interested in iPhone 3GS immediately went to the HD2.
Also, Android wasn't a hit back then and the HD2 was promised to receive a WP7 update (rumored/promised). When it turned out its not going to receive the update, there was a huge frustrated community with a very good phone stuck with a terrible, dead-end operating system (heck, I will NEVER forget the day I was listening to music on my WinMo 6.5 and was wondering why the hell is the music stuttering on my 1GHZ cpu).
You must understand, such a community is not possible today due to fragmentation; there are A LOT more phones than there were back in 2009.
Also, the HD2 was in a pseudo-gray area licensewise: The opensource community will never install an operating system on a device that isn't supposed to have that operating system (ex. SGS II users don't have a license to use WP7 on it). I say gray area because the HD2 doesn't have such a license as well, its just that it was 'promised' WP7
tl;dr: It isn't possible because of too many reasons.
Hey,
Before I bought my beloved oneplus one I had a couple of devices before. The HTC Sensation, the galaxy nexus (which was.. made be nearly turn my back against android) and as my name may suggest the legendary HD2.
All of them had their quirks etc. but what I really loved about the HD2 was the possibility of switching between Windows Phone and Android.
So today I'd like to ask you about the possibility of seeing a port from Windows Phone 8(.1) to our gorgeous OnePlus One. I know that its a contradiction to the CM philosophy but still.. I never hated Windows phone and I'd like to give it a try without giving up on the Oneplus one.
The M8 and opo qre using a quite similar chipset so.. Chances arent too bad, arent they?
The_HD2 said:
Hey,
Before I bought my beloved oneplus one I had a couple of devices before. The HTC Sensation, the galaxy nexus (which was.. made be nearly turn my back against android) and as my name may suggest the legendary HD2.
All of them had their quirks etc. but what I really loved about the HD2 was the possibility of switching between Windows Phone and Android.
So today I'd like to ask you about the possibility of seeing a port from Windows Phone 8(.1) to our gorgeous OnePlus One. I know that its a contradiction to the CM philosophy but still.. I never hated Windows phone and I'd like to give it a try without giving up on the Oneplus one.
The M8 and opo qre using a quite similar chipset so.. Chances arent too bad, arent they?
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Had you followed the rules you would know that this is not possible on any newer android device. Not only is the bootloaders locked down and would need to be rewritten for WP. The HD2 was also a WM device3 first so the bootloader was made for MS products. But this has been covered already.