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I am a new poster to this site. I have been looking all around the posts and cant find my answer. I just bought a new ATT HTC Desire and it is stock with Android 2.2
I am wanting to know if it is possiable to dual boot with the new Windows Mobile 7?
I have a HTC HD2 that i dual boot (windowmobile 6.5/android 2.2) and was wondering if the same cound be done to the Desire. Any help of links would be beyond appriciated.
Not going to happen. Not explaining why. Buy an hd7
Lol. No explination huh?
The HD7 is on Tmobile and I am on ATT. Even unlocked I believe i will have the same data connections issues that i do with the HD2, i.e. getting ATT 3/4G on a Tmobile phone.
Any thoughts?
blkzr2 said:
Lol. No explination huh?
The HD7 is on Tmobile and I am on ATT. Even unlocked I believe i will have the same data connections issues that i do with the HD2, i.e. getting ATT 3/4G on a Tmobile phone.
Any thoughts?
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Windows Phone 7 is a different animal than Windows Mobile 6.5. The boot loader for Windows Mobile 6.5 was easy to hack and thus the reason that they were able to come up with a dual boot feature on the HD2.
Even if a dev took the time to hack the Inspire's boot loader, chances of getting a Windows Phone 7 ROM image to load on it would probably be slim to none.
I would be happy with WM 6.5
I would be happy with WM 6.5
I want to thank all in educating me in this. Im new at hacking phones and trying to get as much insight as possiable.
So I guess my las question is, with the new Htc Inspire, running Android, can I put WM 6.5 with a dual boot?
blkzr2 said:
I would be happy with WM 6.5
I want to thank all in educating me in this. Im new at hacking phones and trying to get as much insight as possiable.
So I guess my las question is, with the new Htc Inspire, running Android, can I put WM 6.5 with a dual boot?
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Sell the Inspire and buy the HD2 if you want Windows so bad. I'm pretty sure none of the devs here are interested in porting Windows Mobile to an Android device. Not trying to be rude or anything.Just saying dude..
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blkzr2 said:
I would be happy with WM 6.5
I want to thank all in educating me in this. Im new at hacking phones and trying to get as much insight as possiable.
So I guess my las question is, with the new Htc Inspire, running Android, can I put WM 6.5 with a dual boot?
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I think the chances are pretty slim because the current Android bootloader that HTC is using on its current line has not been hackable at this point, so the chances of someone being able to hack it into a dual boot mode are very remote.
What I meant to convey in my previous post is that on the HD2, since it had a WM 6.5 boot loader, that was an easy hack to make it dual-bootable and have it load a bootable Android ROM on it. What you want a dev to do is the reverse: Take an HTC Android bootloader and hack it so that it can dual boot and load a Windows ROM.
If you want a phone on AT&T that does 3G, then you need to choose either an Android phone or a Windows 7 phone or Windows Mobile 6.5 phone. Trying to get a hacked hybrid to run both is probably not going to happen...
I see your point and thank you for the insight. If a developer was willing to do this at some point I would donate generously. As for King Shady, I have a HD2 with dual boot and it is the most amazing device minus the lack of 3/4g connectivity on At&t. Having both worlds is the best way to go. I am not a fan of Wm7. 6.5 works just fine. I just want both. Lol, is that too much to ask? Maybe at some point a developer will get around to it.
Lol, I would also like to mention to all the negative people out there, please look at how many views this post has had. obviously some people do feel the way I do about having both operating systems.
blkzr2 said:
Lol, I would also like to mention to all the negative people out there, please look at how many views this post has had. obviously some people do feel the way I do about having both operating systems.
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It will never happen, not being negative. Stating facts.
Hm... that's weird. Guess this is fake then - silly me.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/13/htc-hd2-gets-its-very-own-windows-phone-7-rom/
Why does everyone want a different OS than what they paid for? Wp7 users want androdi, Android users want wp7. Just buy the one you want or do what I did and just buy both.
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Anthonok said:
Why does everyone want a different OS than what they paid for? Wp7 users want androdi, Android users want wp7. Just buy the one you want or do what I did and just buy both.
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I'll never understand it either.
JaysFreaky said:
Hm... that's weird. Guess this is fake then - silly me.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/13/htc-hd2-gets-its-very-own-windows-phone-7-rom/
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Thats a HD2 not an android phone! For starters the nand chip on an android phone uses a incompatible file system to a windows based operating system, it also has a totally diffrent bootloader structure, it would be lyk trying to use DOS to boot ubuntu. Even if someone wrote a whole new bootloader and developed a tool to format the nand to a fat file system, the radio isnt compatible with wp anyway!
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Thats a HD2 not an android phone! For starters the nand chip on an android phone uses a incompatible file system to a windows based operating system, it also has a totally diffrent bootloader structure, it would be lyk trying to use DOS to boot ubuntu. Even if someone wrote a whole new bootloader and developed a tool to format the nand to a fat file system, the radio isnt compatible with wp anyway!
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I understand that, but do the new Windows phones even use fat?
I'm not sure, i know fat (32) atleast has a 4gb limit on transfering individual files so maybe MS has switched to NTFS for WP7.
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tpbklake said:
I think the chances are pretty slim because the current Android bootloader that HTC is using on its current line has not been hackable at this point, so the chances of someone being able to hack it into a dual boot mode are very remote.
What I meant to convey in my previous post is that on the HD2, since it had a WM 6.5 boot loader, that was an easy hack to make it dual-bootable and have it load a bootable Android ROM on it. What you want a dev to do is the reverse: Take an HTC Android bootloader and hack it so that it can dual boot and load a Windows ROM.
If you want a phone on AT&T that does 3G, then you need to choose either an Android phone or a Windows 7 phone or Windows Mobile 6.5 phone. Trying to get a hacked hybrid to run both is probably not going to happen...
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Don't you mean 4G? I can get HSDPA and HSUPA on my HTC Fuze running the latest Energy ROM utilizing WM6.5.
Doing anything of the such would be illegal. Porting, say, Touchwiz to this phone, I know terrible choice, would be legal because Android is open source. When you are dealing with closed source material you have to be super careful in what you port, and this is one of those things that, even if possible, no dev is going to risk going to jail to do.
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Doing anything of the such would be illegal. Porting, say, Touchwiz to this phone, I know terrible choice, would be legal because Android is open source. When you are dealing with closed source material you have to be super careful in what you port, and this is one of those things that, even if possible, no dev is going to risk going to jail to do.
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Thats not true, its only techically warez if the company developing the software, would of gained revinue from the sale of the software. So for example porting wp7 is warez, but porting HTC Sence isnt. As there revinue is generated by selling the hardware not the software
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Anyway to get android in these phones?
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Why not just buy an Android phone? Plus the new ones have better hardware than the WP7 phones. That's an odd request.
The straight answer to your question is you can't do it.
Answer: no
Take your Windows Phone 7, put it up for sale...
Get a Android phone and go to the Android fourms.
If there was a way to dual boot with Android, I'm sure by a simple search you would find it. Assuming that you didn't do that (there was a post about this subject just yesterday)
That sucks. Why is it the hd2 can, yet wp7 cant? I understand there on different operating systems, but developers cant make a duel booting device like the hd2?
Wasnt the hd7 tinkered with to run android awhile back?
Sorry i dont browse this section of XDA.
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The HD2 was a winmo 6.5 device, the hacking community already had years of experience with that OS. WP7 isn't a year old yet, that's pretty easy to understand.
Like DavidinCT says, sell your phone, buy Android and use their forums.
roidsmith said:
That sucks. Why is it the hd2 can, yet wp7 cant? I understand there on different operating systems, but developers cant make a duel booting device like the hd2?
Wasnt the hd7 tinkered with to run android awhile back?
Sorry i dont browse this section of XDA.
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The HD2 was based on a completely different Windows Mobile 6.5. WP7 is still yet to receive a HSPL bootloader that allow custom roms to be installed or a MAGLDR-like system for dualboot, while HSPL for Windows Mobile was achieved long ago. The HD7 android is still in a pre-alpha stage and the average modder on XDA would probably brick his device trying to flash it. Seriously, if a dual boot was released, it would be all over these forums. I know it may be hard, but next time, scroll up, find the white textbox with a large yellow magnifying glass, type in Android on WP7, and watch the magic happen.
Back then, when hd2 just came out...there werent really that much smartphones with 4.3in screens and 1ghz android phones...so there was a lot of interest on developing android for the hd2...but you got plenty of android phone now with that kind of hardware and better...like everyone else said...sell the winmo phone and buy an android phone...
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I'm wondering if it's possible to dual boot Windows Phone 7 and Android on Nexus S? It's been done on HD2. Just wondering why it hasn't been done for Nexus S. (unless if it's the sd card thing).
Wrong section!
I do know of ubuntu on the nexus s, but idk about win7 on it LOL.
And it makes sense with win7 put on the hd2 since its a windows phone lol
But yeah, you need to move this to q and a ;D
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It is really impractical for one thing. The hd2 was a windows mobile device with a completely different bootloader. I believe they were able to use a modified bootloader to do it. We would need to somehow port over the bootloader from the Samsung focus. Unfortunately modifying bootloaders is very dangerous. If it doesn't work you brick. We would brick a lot of devices. So with the price we pay for the bricked phones we might as well buy a Samsung focus.
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rpark91 said:
I'm wondering if it's possible to dual boot Windows Phone 7 and Android on Nexus S? It's been done on HD2. Just wondering why it hasn't been done for Nexus S. (unless if it's the sd card thing).
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Wrong section perhaps for such a question?
The basic approach, or concept if you may, in my opinion, is completely opposite.
Like comparing apples to oranges.
HD2 is a Windows Phone to which Android was ported for dual-boot.
Where as, Nexus S is an Android phone and to port Windows Phone 7 to it would be an entirely different ball game.
Even to try dual booting.
Doubt if it'd be a worthwhile effort.
One can never really say.
Probably a far better idea to try and port Android to the Samsung Focus than do Phone 7 on the Nexus S.
As soon as you can talk Microsoft into open-sourcing the WP7 platform it will be done. The main reason Android was ported to the HD2 is because Android is open source and it made it possible.
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As soon as you can talk Microsoft into open-sourcing the WP7 platform it will be done. The main reason Android was ported to the HD2 is because Android is open source and it made it possible.
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This idea has been proposed before on XDA for another phone, and the thread was shut down due to it being illegal.
mathkid95 said:
I do know of ubuntu on the nexus s....
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First of all sorry for my bad english.
Can you provide any information about port ubuntu in nexus s. Where is the progress and what can this serve?
If you want this thread to stay you really need to move it or a mod will close it.
But here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10486278
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rpark91 said:
I'm wondering if it's possible to dual boot Windows Phone 7 and Android on Nexus S? It's been done on HD2. Just wondering why it hasn't been done for Nexus S. (unless if it's the sd card thing).
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I dont think there is dev enough to do that, and i think we need the SD card to Dual boot. Bot maybe its possible to port WP7, but we need a dev that want to work on it.
But hey! Its sound awesome to have WP7 on NS, is miss it alot from my old HD2 (sold now )
Yes it is possible.
dario3040 said:
Yes it is possible.
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It's possible if it is not on XDA. it is illegal and considered piracy as WP7 is closed source, android is open source software so you can modify.
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dario3040 said:
Yes it is possible.
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You just have to clap your hands and say "I DO believe in WP7..."
I don't think that's ever the nexus s will have WP7.
All WP7 devices has the same hardware, the Snapdragon CPU, same RAM etc..
The Omnia 7 also as well.
The new Mango update fully supports the Nexus S hardware, but I doubt it will be available for a number of reasons, the 2 best reasons being:
1: It's closed source
2: Unless we got an unbrickable thing like the captivate, I doubt we would come far anyway, or at least we would need many Nexus S devices.
Thank you all for the input. Since WP7 is locked, maybe there's a rom that mimicks the WP7 platform?
Here is a question that came up with a couple of friends and me. What is the possibility of getting one of the new Nokia WP8 devices to rum Android? I know there is no way that it would be as easy as flashing a ROM but I'm sure the master minds here at XDA somewhere have had the same idea.
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WP is an OS, and your device's hardware configuration was done in accordance with this fact that it's gonna use it. A whole new OS, Android, won't run on it because of that.
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Hello, Xda-Developers forum
I am new here, but here goes..
Alright, I hate asking about this phone here, but I have the Samsung Focus (1.3), bought it from a friend for $12, So it was a pretty well investment on my part, BUT I'm into messing around with things, and I've recently installed Magldr (2.00) and flashed the Windows 7.8 Phone OS to it, BUT I had a very notorious question about it.
Question # 1)
Is it possible to find a rom, or even make a rom to put Android on this Phone?
Any Android version is fine with me as well. I just want to see what all I can do if I wanted with this phone.
Question # 2)
I can't seem to find very many roms just by googling them for this phone. Does anyone know anywhere I should actually look?
Regards,
Lemonboi5
I found this.. don't know much about WP7 and hacking, had a focus myself at one point but didn't do much with it before I sold it to a friend
http://www.landofdroid.com/2011/sam...ing-magldr-could-this-open-up-more-to-follow/
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Thanks gagdude,
I've seen that page before, but I was wondering if anything has been done with it since haha. I would love to see android on this phone, As the specs would fully back it xD
Hmmm... also found this
http://www.ehow.com/how_12191756_run-android-samsung-focus.html
Not sure if its real or not
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Thanks again,
but yeah It's not actually for samsung focus wp7
It's for Windows Mobile phones