I am considering purchasing the Playbook when it comes out due to it's specs. Does anything think it might be a possibility to have it dual boot with honeycomb?
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I got a Playbook yesterday to evaluate for work and the hardware is great. I am currently using a Nook Color but the Playbook beats it hands down except for the software which has a long way to go.
Instead of a dual boot how about a straight port of say...CM-7?
Anyone...anyone? Is it remotely possible, I wouldn't even know where to start but I would be willing to help financially.
I'll third that!
That would be a killer combo for me! If anyone has the chops to tackle this you would be my hero!
maybe running some android apps but the os i dont think so.
gingerbreadman222 said:
maybe running some android apps but the os i dont think so.
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Since it can run android apps, should we be able to install launcherpro, adw, or other home launchersM
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ffarber said:
Bump!! Well not exactly bump....
I got a Playbook yesterday to evaluate for work and the hardware is great. I am currently using a Nook Color but the Playbook beats it hands down except for the software which has a long way to go.
Instead of a dual boot how about a straight port of say...CM-7?
Anyone...anyone? Is it remotely possible, I wouldn't even know where to start but I would be willing to help financially.
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Since it is able to run Android apps, I wouldn't be surprised if it was able to get a port of Honeycomb or something eg the iPhone's Android or HD2's Android. I would actually expect it to be rooted and such just like android devices. I may be able to get one because my cousin is the Production Manager or something along those lines for the the Playbook and he has a bunch of in his house.
My understanding of the Android Apps is that they would have to be repackaged and recompiled as opposed to running natively. They would then need to be released via the Blackberry app world. I am not sure if this is conducive to an emulator, etc.
My offer of financial assistance still holds.
ffarber said:
My understanding of the Android Apps is that they would have to be repackaged and recompiled as opposed to running natively. They would then need to be released via the Blackberry app world. I am not sure if this is conducive to an emulator, etc.
My offer of financial assistance still holds.
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From my understanding it plays them out of the box.
I know this for sure, there not emulated, and not ready out of the box. They will need to be compiled differently from my understanding, to early to tell yet, a few weeks away from them announcing details i think
robbyf66 said:
I know this for sure, there not emulated, and not ready out of the box. They will need to be compiled differently from my understanding, to early to tell yet, a few weeks away from them announcing details i think
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Hm, I havent really checked into its specs, but if the processer is compatible, then It is possible for it to run Android. I think it's best bet is some port of Honeycomb like the Nook's version. If they can get it on the iPhone of all devices, then the Playbook shouldn't be as hard.
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Hm, I havent really checked into its specs, but if the processer is compatible, then It is possible for it to run Android. I think it's best bet is some port of Honeycomb like the Nook's version. If they can get it on the iPhone of all devices, then the Playbook shouldn't be as hard.
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I don't believe it is an Android derivative. RIM bought an OS manufacturer, QNX, and are you using that OS.
I agree that it ought to be easier than an iOS device but there would need to be demand. I think I will go over to Crackberry.com and see if I can't stir up some interest over there.
I'm curious about something. I'm sure we've all seen the enormous amount of supposed iphone clones coming out of china(hiphone, etc.) From what I've seen, they all seem to run proprietary os's that pretty much suck. Many of them have sd card slots, and seem to carry reasonable hardware. Anybody know if there's a chance that any of them will start running Android? Any devs working on porting Android to these phones? At the price these phones go for, if they came with or were able to run Android, it seems to me that it would lead to A huge spike in the Android market/community.
Anybody have any thought on this? Can it be done? Is there a reason it won't be done? from a users point of view, it seems like a win/win situation. Who wouldn't want a nice touchscreen Android phone for a hundred bucks or so??
it's already being done
do you know anything about what models, or where to get them?
yes, you could find the android smartphone
izzy spun said:
I'm curious about something. I'm sure we've all seen the enormous amount of supposed iphone clones coming out of china(hiphone, etc.) From what I've seen, they all seem to run proprietary os's that pretty much suck. Many of them have sd card slots, and seem to carry reasonable hardware. Anybody know if there's a chance that any of them will start running Android? Any devs working on porting Android to these phones? At the price these phones go for, if they came with or were able to run Android, it seems to me that it would lead to A huge spike in the Android market/community.
Anybody have any thought on this? Can it be done? Is there a reason it won't be done? from a users point of view, it seems like a win/win situation. Who wouldn't want a nice touchscreen Android phone for a hundred bucks or so??
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Just as I have said that as the android os has published, many corporation has it's own smartphone.Also the Shenzhen manufacturer has the new way to develop China android smartphone.In China, there has kinds of android smartphone solutions. You has find that in giayee.com or skype :giayee.
Searched, and haven't found a thread on this.
I'm due for an upgrade in July on my Sprint line, and I was almost certain I was going to go with the EVO 3D (when it comes out), but then I saw the HTC Arrive and kinda liked it. The thing is, though, that I really like Android as well. I know dual-booting Android was possible on the Touch Pro 2, so I was wondering if it's possible to do the same thing with the Arrive/7 Pro, or if having Windows Phone 7 prevents it from being able to do this. Thanks!
It cannot be done as of now.
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The HTC 7 Pro has the same SoC as HD7 and HD2, and both of them already have Android.
Why Android still can't be ported for 7 Pro?
I'm pretty sure that hardspl must be available before we can flash custom roms on our pros. More imporantly some sort of application like haret for WM6 but for WP7 would probably also need to be developed first. Hopefully some fine day it will all be possible like on the HD2.
i was looking at how they dual boot with hd2, and it looks like they boot from sdcard, and flash wp7. we shouldn't need to flash wp7, but booting android is sdcard boot. so i see no reason why we can't boot from sdcard, unless we need a special boot loader, and the boot loader they need doesn't have the access to wp7 to get the boot loader working properly and that goes beyond me please correct me if I'm wrong.
why would anyone want to put an unsecure, laggy,fragmented,built from stolen code OS like Android on a fine device such as the arrive? wp7 is leaps and bounds superior to Android and once mango arrives it will be even better. thus the need to do this isn't necessary.
eric12341 said:
why would anyone want to put an unsecure, laggy,fragmented,built from stolen code OS like Android on a fine device such as the arrive? wp7 is leaps and bounds superior to Android and once mango arrives it will be even better. thus the need to do this isn't necessary.
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Just got my Arrive from Evo. LOVE IT. My Fiance loves it aswell surprisingly and she is getting one soon :]. Atleast untill Evo 3D..
eric12341 said:
why would anyone want to put an unsecure, laggy,fragmented,built from stolen code OS like Android on a fine device such as the arrive? wp7 is leaps and bounds superior to Android and once mango arrives it will be even better. thus the need to do this isn't necessary.
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thanks for your opinion....
exilkubaner said:
thanks for your opinion....
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not an opinion,plenty of articles to back up my claims. sorry your feelings got hurt jaja.
eric12341 said:
not an opinion,plenty of articles to back up my claims. sorry your feelings got hurt jaja.
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and also many articles that say the opposite. Dont just spew out stuff and say it as fact. Other people have different preferences.
iOS is just as fragmented as Android. Only thing is that Apple controls the fragmentation so dumbass developers dont try making completely universal apps when they dont know how the hell to do that.
And fragmentation isnt an issue for consumers. Its perfectly fine. So i dont understand your bias against it unless you are a developer.
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and also many articles that say the opposite. Dont just spew out stuff and say it as fact. Other people have different preferences.
iOS is just as fragmented as Android. Only thing is that Apple controls the fragmentation so dumbass developers dont try making completely universal apps when they dont know how the hell to do that.
And fragmentation isnt an issue for consumers. Its perfectly fine. So i dont understand your bias against it unless you are a developer.
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its not fragmentation thats an issue for consumers its malware, there have been numerous reports about this already, im not an iFan either
I really don't care whether you or anyone says android is worse or better than wp7 but it would be nice to switch if one wants to. so when there is a thread discussing the possibility to port android on the 7 pro, there is no need for no-sayers, since they can occupy their brains with other stuff.
i would love to see this, but especially since there is only 1 sd-card, its either flashing one or the other i think...
Not possible on wp7 YET
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Hello all,
I am new to mobile phones and I would like to post some questions, which are general in fact, but closely related to the topic and the Arrive device.
I would like to have another OS on it and I have found a way to change the SD cart it is running with, so I should be able to change or modify it with no trouble.
I imagine that I could find another HTC device with identical hardware and deploy it's ROM to this one in a manner similar to HD2's approach. I am so new that I already can feel how dumn is that ... but still.
I need to clarify some basics in order to know what to look for. First of all what does the firmware does and how it is related to the OS. Can I imagine it is something like BIOS, which controls the main hardware like processor, ram, telephony, etc? If so what stops me of formatting the SD and booting another system from it on the same hardware.
Another thing is what the ROM contains and how it is related to the OS. I am with the impression that it has everything in it -- OS distributive, firmware backup and bootloader maybe. If that is correct am I free to cook a ROM that contains the same firmware (as I imagine it like a BIOS alternative), the bootloader of another system and its distributive? Of course the ROM that is already on the device may and most probably will try to stop me, so I will need to somehow format it.
I do not express myself too good due to lack of expertise, but I know computers and I believe you will know what to tell me to straighten my thoughts.
Thank you in advance for any information you provide.
Sincere,
drel
At this stage, pesonally, I think wp7 is the best os to me. At it is not laggy as android does and looks more beautiful than iOS...
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Up as i really need to know the answers.
Please ppl, if this is not the place to ask then guide me to where i will get some heads-up.
Thanks once again.
Drel
drelisimo said:
Up as i really need to know the answers.
Please ppl, if this is not the place to ask then guide me to where i will get some heads-up.
Thanks once again.
Drel
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just buy an Android phone!
eric12341 said:
why would anyone want to put an unsecure, laggy,fragmented,built from stolen code OS like Android on a fine device such as the arrive? wp7 is leaps and bounds superior to Android and once mango arrives it will be even better. thus the need to do this isn't necessary.
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I think what you meant to say was "Why would anyone have a different opinion than my awesome opinion?" As much as I love WP7 I'd love to be able to use Android with this chassis. Choice is always good. There is no Android phone with this keyboard.
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Bump. Having no Bluetooth SPP has just pissed me off for a year. About to get an Galaxy Nexus S come May, so I don't mind tinkering with my Arrive for now.
hello?
Any news about dual booting android on arrive / HD7 Pro? I read the thread and some users just talk crap. " Why this? Why that?" Why not, may I ask. I Love WP7, i really think that beats the crap out of everything else. But why can't we dream of having android too? As far as I know, Android has at the moment much more apps ( free and payed ones ) available than WP7. My brother-in-law has veetle ( just an example ) on his Xperia S, and he can watch live football/soccer which I can't cuz there is no veetle available. And who can name veetle, can name many others too. The point is: Combining the best of two worlds would makes fully profit from our beloved phones, which we payed ( at least I did ). I really hope that some news about this stuff.
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Miiky
It seems that as phones are getting more advance that they're also typcially running the similar hardware these days. You know phones run, terga 2, hummingbird, snapdragons etc.
I think it would be cool to buy the phone hardware of your choice and then purchase the os of choice like they do on PCs. I don't think the current OS are designed with that sort of flexibility. But I think it would help with some of the software makers to be able to push their phones beyond boundaries of carriers and on the latest hardware.
would love the idea but i think its not that easy
All of us like the idea but then the carriers would not be able to over charge for the phone........
Ya i would like to see an xp or osx running on my phone
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HD2 is the closest you will get at the moment. check it out.
I image the carriers are the only thing holding this idea back.
hmm good question
So i was given a playbook. Honestly i think its terrible. Not that the interface or os is bad. Its just lacking everything that i would use it for.
As anyone who has tinkered a bit with a playbook knows, its possible to run converted playbook aps and get the market working. With many restrictions
I assume based on the lack of information on this that no one has actually gotten any version of android running on it. I dont mean an emulator or app. What im curious about is completely removing the rim software and getting android on it.
Might be impossible i dont know.
Does anyone know of any projects that are trying to accomplish this, or is it technically/ theoretically possible?
Just curious
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kyle
I wondered the same thing after seeing this: http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1323244/rims-playbook-on-clearance
First thing I did, after going to check out the Rim hardware specs and deal information, was come here to XDA to see if there was a Rim Playbook project or forum yet lol. Sure there will be soon with the hardware so much cheaper now.