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[Q] OK i just got a HD7....

I was wondering...is there custom roms for this phone? can you install a full functional version of android on it? and if you can do all this can you use a program like odin to flash back in case of mess ups?

Why buy a HD7 if you want to flash android onto it? seems totally pointless...

Why buy an hd2 and run android on it? Because some prefer to run android on their touchscreen device.... thats the thing xda provides, options, customization, and and extended free will with our devices, I could run wp7, windows 6.5, android with or without htc sense, froyo, gingerbread, you name it on my device because of xda. So why? Because it is possible and some prefer to
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XsceneXhippieX said:
Why buy an hd2 and run android on it? Because some prefer to run android on their touchscreen device.... thats the thing xda provides, options, customization, and and extended free will with our devices, I could run wp7, windows 6.5, android with or without htc sense, froyo, gingerbread, you name it on my device because of xda. So why? Because it is possible and some prefer to
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Well said.
The HD7, because of being so similar to an HD2 hardware wise, would make an excellent Android phone because of the cap. buttons.

XsceneXhippieX said:
Why buy an hd2 and run android on it? Because some prefer to run android on their touchscreen device.... thats the thing xda provides, options, customization, and and extended free will with our devices, I could run wp7, windows 6.5, android with or without htc sense, froyo, gingerbread, you name it on my device because of xda. So why? Because it is possible and some prefer to
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we are talking about an HD7 here
So its pointless to buy a device with no custom rom support, ports and such and magically expect to be able to flash anything on it
he should have
1. done his research to see if it can be actually done first
2. bought an hd2 if he wanted to run an unofficial OS

mike21pr said:
we are talking about an HD7 here
So its pointless to buy a device with no custom rom support, ports and such and magically expect to be able to flash anything on it
he should have
1. done his research to see if it can be actually done first
2. bought an hd2 if he wanted to run an unofficial OS
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if I liked men I would've hugged you for that response
seriously research the flipping device
you get an HTC HD7 and you want android? You get a wp7 and want a custom rom? No custom roms and thankfully no android

“Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.”

All the OP did was ask a question. Why the crucifixion?
If the thread went like this: "Bought an HD7... WP7 is smellier than monkey butt... where can I get an Android Phone Rom for it" then throw those stones.
But if you did want a 4" HTC phone the Desire HD is a better Android phone than an HD7 will ever be.
I recall your sig used to be HD7 - future Android phone, not true Marty?

nicksti said:
All the OP did was ask a question. Why the crucifixion?
If the thread went like this: "Bought an HD7... WP7 is smellier than monkey butt... where can I get an Android Phone Rom for it" then throw those stones.
But if you did want a 4" HTC phone the Desire HD is a better Android phone than an HD7 will ever be.
I recall your sig used to be HD7 - future Android phone, not true Marty?
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My sig used to be a lot of things. No longer being in my sig doesn't mean forgotten As for Android on it, I no longer use Android on my HD2 either. I doubt I would bother with Android on the HD7. But I might. Who knows.
I'm finding new-found love for WinMo (HTC Sense version) on my HD2. Will be getting the Android version of an iPhone, the Nexus S, soon enough to sate my love for Android and Android apps.

TorelliB said:
I was wondering...is there custom roms for this phone? can you install a full functional version of android on it? and if you can do all this can you use a program like odin to flash back in case of mess ups?
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No and no.

Oooooh can I upgrade my Nexus S to WP7 please?

Jim Coleman said:
Oooooh can I upgrade my Nexus S to WP7 please?
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Yes you can! First take a hammer....

Okay I think the OP's question has been answered.
No need for the sarcasm and condescending answers provided by some....
Closed.

I want to put windows 7 on my htc Desire, Anyone know how?

I really want to do this. please help if you can thanks..

Unfortunately this will not be possible as WP7 does not support the process in the Desire HD.
Someone would have to write the driver for chipset, which is highly unlikely to happen.
MS are supposed to be releasing a new spec for WP7 (probably at MIX) and it is possible that the new spec will include support for the same chipset as the Desire HD uses but until that happens, not possible

I have the normal Desire, and GSMareana is telling me that the Htc Mozart, Has the same chip set and all the specs are like the same apart from the OS...

AndoidDean said:
I have the normal Desire, and GSMareana is telling me that the Htc Mozart, Has the same chip set and all the specs are like the same apart from the OS...
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No means no. I've got 1USD and its the same value as 1AUD, can i use it in australia? No. Just because 2 things are intrinsically the same they may be extrinsically different. Sorry man.

The Desire has exactly the same hardware as any WP7 device. In theory it could run WP7. The proof is the HTC HD2 which runs WP7. However somebody has to write a new bootloader and port WP7 as was the case with the HD2.

Anyone know what OS's I can port on my Htc Desire?

None at the moment and probably forever. There are only 2 phones in the world that can run miltiple OS's - The HD2 (WM6.5, Android, WP7 and probably MeeGo in the near future) and Nokia N900 (Maemo and Android). Of course some other HTC WinMo devices can run Android off the SD card but that's not a complete OS change because after reboot you are back in WinMo.

Just download launcher 7
Sent From My CM7 EVO

Technically, if someone (or a group of developers) were to put down the effort, this could be possible. However, you have to keep in mind, most developers here work on their free time, and their lives are not dedicated to developing custom drivers and firmwares for all possible hardware. There has to be interest, and once there is, progress will follow. For now, there is no interest. Perhaps you could start something yourself OP.

i tell you how to get wp7, sell your desire, and buy wp7!

hallo

fatman1988 said:
hallo
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hi??? lol...........

[Q] Windows Phone 7 ROM for Nexus S GSM?

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.

bsbokc said:
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?

WP7 on the HTC Inspire

I AM A NOOB at this. I do not pretend to know anything about phones and their OS's. Or how they work together. I did some preliminary searching before opening a new thread, and found nothing relating to the subject in question. Admittedly, I also suck at using search engines.
So, being that the HTC HD7S and HTC Inspire 4G are similar internally, would WD7 Mango work on the Inspire? Both phones are; ATT, HTC produced, have 1ghz processors (Inspire: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8255 Processor, HD7S:Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor ). Each has similar amount of RAM.
My reason for wanting to try this: I have a spare Inspire. I'm tired of iOS and Android for the time being. I have used Cyanogen. I would like to try out WP7. I am interested in making development/coding a hobby. (Take your pick)
Thanks in advanced. If I have done anything that annoys the forum, please forgive me, I am new and in time I'll learn what is and isn't acceptable.

Sadly no it'll never happen
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And why is that? No one wants to spend the time on it? Lack of popularity? Sorry if I ask too many questions, I just would like a better understanding as to why.

Not possible, if we had access to the bootloader like the hd2 it could be theoretically possible if I heard right. But sadly no it's not
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i think the main issue is that WP7 is CLOSED SOURCE. getting it to run on a phone that did not come with winmo at all, is next to impossible.

Pirateghost said:
i think the main issue is that WP7 is CLOSED SOURCE. getting it to run on a phone that did not come with winmo at all, is next to impossible.
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That too
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Pirateghost said:
i think the main issue is that WP7 is CLOSED SOURCE. getting it to run on a phone that did not come with winmo at all, is next to impossible.
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Ah, this makes sense. Thanks everyone for the replies!

[Q] Android on 8X

Is it possible to dual boot Android on 8X?
UPDATE:
would it be possible in the future?

HeartKiller said:
Is it possible to dual boot Android on 8X?
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No.

Well there is a developer device of the x8 and a dump of it with source tree out I can see alpha of Cmdr in the coming months
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matthew5025 said:
No.
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I am looking to HTC 8X device to replace my HTC HD2.
HD2 was legendary dual booting device. I just wondering if HTC 8X would have similar dual boot capabilities.

No clue but if we can figure out how to crack the internals the One XL and Droid DNA will be the devices that we can use for kernels and ROMs to some extent.
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Hunt3r.j2 said:
No clue but if we can figure out how to crack the internals the One XL and Droid DNA will be the devices that we can use for kernels and ROMs to some extent.
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Doesn't really work like that... you have to build a hybrid kernel from the ground up with the engineering unit and they specs are totally diffrent on all the devices you listed
Who is this we
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We is the developers in this forum.
The 8X is kind of different but kind of not different. The audio subsystem is shared with the Droid DNA, as is the front and rear camera (most likely), and the Evita/One XL shares the same display resolution and same SoC and such, so those two devices will likely provide everything needed for a hybrid kernel that will run Android on this device.
The problem is actually getting the firmware to load that kernel. From what little I understand about the WPx devices, there's a TPM module inside that needs to be side-stepped and the bootloader system is different from the Android variants, which makes life a lot harder.

Hunt3r.j2 said:
No clue but if we can figure out how to crack the internals the One XL and Droid DNA will be the devices that we can use for kernels and ROMs to some extent.
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Just find out about Droid DNA this week, this device is amazing and looking much better than 8X

HeartKiller said:
Is it possible to dual boot Android on 8X?
UPDATE:
would it be possible in the future?
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HeartKiller said:
Just find out about Droid DNA this week, this device is amazing and looking much better than 8X
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2 very different phone,s.
And if you want android, dont even look at WP8.
No offense, just my mind speaking at loud.
8X is a beauty and i would never put android on it.
And last but not least......HD2 is a whole different ball game.
Thats just a monster phone that left out a lot of phone in it shadows.
That will take some phone to beat and i dont see that coming soon.
Greetz.

close this thread immediately !!!

backlashsid said:
close this thread immediately !!!
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Hey! What's your problem? Your not the boss of XDA, so you shouldn't be telling us to remove a development thread. If your going to be like that, go away. XDA is MEANT to be a development site so this thread is perfectly relevant.

backlashsid said:
close this thread immediately !!!
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got some childhood issues you want to talk about mate?
/h2

phly95 said:
Hey! What's your problem? Your not the boss of XDA, so you shouldn't be telling us to remove a development thread. If your going to be like that, go away. XDA is MEANT to be a development site so this thread is perfectly relevant.
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hanifh said:
got some childhood issues you want to talk about mate?
/h2
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+1
well said!

because if you wanted a Android device, you should of just gotten one...

Well friends I have read on many forms that if anybody wants android then they should buy android device, & those want windows phone should buy a windows device, BUT LET ME TELL THE NEW SMARTPHONE members,
" its not stupid to ask for dual OS on a newer device, most of us have our PC with dual OS whether win95se & win98se, or windows Me & win XP or vista or XP & win7, and Linux" so it should be promoted at an open resourse like xda forum, rather than asking to buy particular is device, its just matter of interest for experienced developers to work for these multiple OS. On one device,
I can just say a tag from one of our famous xda developers 'BePE' " ITS Our device & we are the one to decide what we wish to run on our purchased devices, we paid a handsome money to buy these devices, &its not Microsoft or apple or google or Nokia or etc to lock up our options just in the name of security and putting so many locks(developer lock, root lock, interop unlock) its a free world
For those who think its absurd I will just say that (HTC magician &ppc2k)
I Have seen happen from early devices, right from k-jam to jasjam to to JasJar(aka universal) to HTC tytn to HTC diamond to HTC topaz to HTC Blackstone & finally to the legendary HTC hd2 every user who believes that user is the person who decides what he wants to run on the device, as they pay a handsome amount to buy the devices