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Anyone think there will be WP7 on the MT4G?

I have been eying the mytouch4G and the HD7 for a while now and what I really like about the HD7 is that it has Windows Phone 7 (which seems nice and it seems to have nice gaming support)...so I also noticed the MT4G has better specs, so I was wondering if I get the MT4G, I would like to put WP7 on it if possible...anyone think its possible or anyone workin on somethin like that already?...or is it a stupid idea? haha...let me know
-thanks!

Windows? Oh man, no way! I came from an HD2 and the HD7 looks so ugly. IMO
But the developers here just might do it.
myTouch4G (Glacier)

Windows mobile is closed sourced like Sense UI, they can't port it due to lack of drivers that would be needed to make the phone work. But that doesn't mean you can't put android on WP7 phones, you can put android on Iphone too.

Yeah, but he's saying he likes the mT4G specs.
Looking at the HD7 i think it's pretty sweet looking - more true to HTC's "usual"design vs the (previously lame & teeny) myTouch models, and similar to the HD2. I'm just glad the Glacier feels so solid or I'd be looking at the HD2 or keeping the Vibrant.
This isn't a WP7 discussion, but unless MS releases regular & beefy updates you're going to be stuck with the likes of orig Android or iOS 1.0 - it appears to be lacking quite a bit, but if MS keeps on it then it may have a chance. If you're that interested in WP7 then consider the HD7 and put Android on it to boot.
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HeavyComponent said:
Windows? Oh man, no way! I came from an HD2 and the HD7 looks so ugly. IMO
But the developers here just might do it.
myTouch4G (Glacier)
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I think you are referring to Windows Mobile....the HD7 does not have windows mobile like the HD2.. the HD7 has Windows Phone 7 (MS' new mobile operating system)...It looks pretty nice and smooth and is built upon specific specs which helps control quality and efficiency...also the gaming support its proclaiming is nice also as the MT4G has great specs (except the 'LCD' screen haha), but it does not have the gaming support for that level of hardware (at least not yet)...
S o my concern here would not so much be to put Android on the HD7 (which should be pretty easy considering the HD7 has basically the same hardware as the HD2), but my concern would be more of whether I could (or would be able to) put WP7 on the higher specc'd phone (the MT4G in this case)...but hearing that they use proprietary drivers makes me think it might not be as easy to put WP7 on the MT4G....

No!!!
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I'm just waiting for him to ask the same question a 3rd time so I can say no once again lol
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stoneyjonez said:
I'm just waiting for him to ask the same question a 3rd time so I can say no once again lol
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so..
will there be WP7 on the MT4G?
jp, hahah..sorry... I just figure that nothing is impossible, so while some may say no...some may still try but I now understand how difficult it may be and why some may say no...
I know that when WM was MS's mobile OS, I did not see any natively Android phones bothering to boot up WM, but since WP7 is seemingly such an improvement - I was thinking maybe the tables may turn...?
Thanks for all the responses though...interesting stuff..

Wp7 an improvement over Android...?
You should probably just return any and alll phones you have for an iPhone with that outlook....
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ESKIMOn00b said:
Wp7 an improvement over Android...?
You should probably just return any and alll phones you have for an iPhone with that outlook....
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you should probably just return all of your school supplies now and for the rest of your life for a decent education in reading...
the statement says that WP7 is an improvement over WM...
and that since Android was a nice alternative OS for WM, now maybe Android users might think that WP7 might be nice to try out on their phone (or somethin along those lines)...

well you will do what you like...
but i cant even imagine perfoming such an atrocity

ESKIMOn00b said:
well you will do what you like...
but i cant even imagine perfoming such an atrocity
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for 1 - XBL games!...?

In my case i'm torn because I am a dev. I love android OS and dev on it as a hobby but I am a .net / windows developer as a trade and its really much easier to dev in .net (Visual studio is 10x better than eclipse) than c++ or Java IMO so I too would like to have the ability to stay on my sweet android os, but boot over to dev when i need to. yes yes, i know i can do emus, but its not a substitute for running on actual hardware.

Considering that the myTouch hasn't even been rooted yet I would say putting any other operating system on it would be a helluva feat!

This turned into a spiffle... I am almost afraid to jump in, but.... I got to. I think the ability to put WP7 on the MT4G would be friggin sweet. Now, now... I know some of you think "Why would someone want to do that"? Because we do, ok?
Freedom of choice baby! It's a beautiful thing!
Edit***
Just searching around for some Home apps and stumbled across these win 7 launchers.
Windows Phone Android Lite - haven't tried yet...
7 Launcher - Running now.. a little slow but eeehhh.. it's ok.
Android Seven Lite - Not WP7, rather Windows 7 emulator. Looks decent...

Sorry to reopen such an old thread~
But heres a link to a stable WP7 rom for the mytouch4G, if anyone was still looking for it. Its very smooth.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398347

Skrillz said:
Sorry to reopen such an old thread~
But heres a link to a stable WP7 rom for the mytouch4G, if anyone was still looking for it. Its very smooth.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398347
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That's MIUI with a WP7 theme

If Microsoft went open source, the possibility of WP7 is slim since I assume you'd need to port the drivers to work.
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simply no.
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Is a Windows Mobile 7 ROM possible?

I am loving the CM7 ROM for the Glacier and wouldn't mind keeping it for as long as I own this handset. As someone curious about the new Windows OS however, I was wondering if it's possible to create a version of the ROM for this phone. I noticed the HTC HD2 seems to be able to run Windows Mobile and Android just fine. Is it just a lucky fluke that it's hardware is compatible with both OS builds?

It is definitely possible for an WP7 ROM, but highly unlikely. The reason the HD2 got so much love is Because WinMo sucks arse cheeks. As a stock phone the MT4G is a great phone, but most of the people who frequent this site want the latest and greatest so that is why you see a lot of ROMs for android.
I can't speak for everyone on this site, IMO it won't happen.

The HD2 was also shipped with windows mobile to begin with, while maybe not the same versionI think it is frowned on a bit less than if you were to take a open device and put a closed os on it. That would be pretty much like buying computer parts real cheap putting the computer together and then stealing (pirating) a copy of windows 7 to put on the hdd, rather than buying the license properly.
So what I am saying I guess is it is not wither the hardware can handle it,which I see no reason it couldn't with driver tweaking. It is more the legality of it and that pirating is not allowed here!

I appreciate the reply. This is actually the first generation of Windows Mobile that even has me interested in taking it for a test drive. All of the previous versions reminded me of a poor version of the desktop OS.

My only interest in it s the gaming aspect, Android continuously disappointments me with the gaming options.

the only reason why HD2 is able to do WM7 and android is because, WM7 has the same type of architecture setup and the android is running off the SD card via Linux overlay. and honestly i used the HD2 for a bit for android and its a bit of a mess. they might come out with WM7 on MT4G but i dont think gaming will be any better on WM7.

whoamanwtf said:
My only interest in it s the gaming aspect, Android continuously disappointments me with the gaming options.
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Just wait until the PSP Androids take off...

No way MT4G will get windows rom.
The reason HD2 got Android and WP7 running because it is exactly the same phone as Evo and HD7 so porting was relatively easy. MT4G has different processor then any current WP7 phones and this processor is not supported by WP7.

I myself would be very interested in a windows phone port. just so I can change to WP7, watch some netflix, then switch back to android when I'm done.

I doubt it. U might have to pick up an HD2 if u want to dual boot Windows 7 and Android. U can find them for cheap on craigslist these days because most users who don't hack their phones, seemingly can't see the potential in HD2s. They are very good phones once u stray away from windows 6.5 IMO

I think the reason why the developers spend about 5 months trying to make the port to the HD2 was because one windows mobile is obsolete, second the fact that Microsoft and HTC were not going to update HD2 to WP7 because of Microsoft's lame excuse of the fact that the device had to many buttons BS! and lastly when the HD7 came out everyone was pissed to the fact that the HD7 was an exact replica (hardware) of the HD2's. I have WP7 on my HD2 it runs perfect with no bugs at all, but coming from android IMO is a bit boring OS as its not open source as android.
Now WP7 on the MT4G will never happen. I don't think developers such as Cotulla will try to spend months once again on trying to port WP7 to another device I think they were just trying to prove a point and they did

DaArtist401 said:
I doubt it. U might have to pick up an HD2 if u want to dual boot Windows 7 and Android. U can find them for cheap on craigslist these days because most users who don't hack their phones, seemingly can't see the potential in HD2s. They are very good phones once u stray away from windows 6.5 IMO
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This is super true
I honestly had no idea of how much support exists for this device until my Uncle asked me to put Android on his...
I was like ... I don't think I could do that, unk..
But it was actually pretty easy, almost too easy. Makes me want to grab one for a cheap tinker toy to fit right nicely into the tiny gap between my MT4G and my NookColor.

syaoran68 said:
the only reason why HD2 is able to do WM7 and android is because, WM7 has the same type of architecture setup and the android is running off the SD card via Linux overlay. and honestly i used the HD2 for a bit for android and its a bit of a mess. they might come out with WM7 on MT4G but i dont think gaming will be any better on WM7.
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I would agree partially. I have an HD2 as well as the MT4G. MDJs CM7 runs flawfless on the HD2! I will never flash any other rom for it unless he has updates. Its so smooth and snappy you would never believe the HD2 wasn't an Android device. The beauty of it is that, with MDJs CM7 rom, the HD2 battery life puts the MT4G to shame. 1-2ma battery drain on standby! Best backup phone ever!

You can get a home screen app on the market that "trys" to simulate a windows 7 fone but is lacking in features =\ BoL

[Q] Att desire windows mobile 7 dual boot?

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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AndroHero said:
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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[Q] windows mobile 7/

Is there a way to run windows mobile 7 on a htc thunderbolt?
ide like to try it out if possible

curtisjhare said:
Is there a way to run windows mobile 7 on a htc thunderbolt?
ide like to try it out if possible
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Ban him now.

curtisjhare said:
Is there a way to run windows mobile 7 on a htc thunderbolt?
ide like to try it out if possible
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One question..... WHY!? Windows Mobile sucks... If you mean WP7 then no. It's completely different. Windows Mobile and WP7 aren't the same though...

There isn't a Windows Mobile 7. I'm sure he meant Windows Phone 7.
But to answer your question, a port of Windows Phone 7 isn't going to happen. No drivers, no interest etc.
Might wanna try the HTC Trophy if you want a Windows Phone experience.

If you want the look and feel of WP7 then try launcher 7 and the other apps from that developer. He is doing some great work
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I just came from t-mobile and the HD7 and I chose 4g lte over wp7. If verizon had a lte wp7 phone, I would be all over it.
Android beats wp7 in versatility, but wp7 wins in stability and smoothness. The UI being consistent throughout the phone is nice to have.

I have an HTC Leo HD2 that runs CoreDroid HD (GB) and WP7 and I can tell you WP7 is butt. I would love to be more eloquent but that is basically how I feel. But that isn't addressing the question at hand. I would tell you from a hardware stand point our phones can definitely run WP7. As we all know the first thing you need is a developer in your corner that is willing to get through the muck of having RIL issues on our 4G devices. All of the 4G phones on verizon as of yet are Android phones so I think that could be an issue. I am no developer and dont pretend to be, but merely from a "is it possible?" standpoint I believe the answer is yes. If my HTC Leo can dual-boot I am sure our T-bolt can as well. If HTC decides to release a 4G WP7 phone you are probably in a much better position.

stedrocklp said:
I have an HTC Leo HD2 that runs CoreDroid HD (GB) and WP7 and I can tell you WP7 is butt. I would love to be more eloquent but that is basically how I feel. But that isn't addressing the question at hand. I would tell you from a hardware stand point our phones can definitely run WP7. As we all know the first thing you need is a developer in your corner that is willing to get through the muck of having RIL issues on our 4G devices. All of the 4G phones on verizon as of yet are Android phones so I think that could be an issue. I am no developer and dont pretend to be, but merely from a "is it possible?" standpoint I believe the answer is yes. If my HTC Leo can dual-boot I am sure our T-bolt can as well. If HTC decides to release a 4G WP7 phone you are probably in a much better position.
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Just love when someone basically says something sux, but then doesn't give any explanation.
Sure its possible. They got android on the hd7 in china, I'm guessing the hardware besides the 4g radio is pretty similar.

nrfitchett4 said:
Just love when someone basically says something sux, but then doesn't give any explanation.
Sure its possible. They got android on the hd7 in china, I'm guessing the hardware besides the 4g radio is pretty similar.
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It's easier to port android than wp7. Not that it's easy, but it's easier.
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Nikolai2.1 said:
Ban him now.
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that made me laugh, lol.
As for the OP, he should probably ask in the GENERAL android forums. You guys are aware there's a huge world of forums out there on XDA, not just the Thunderbolt and your questions will probably get better answers there than here if they're not entirely thunderbolt specific. I say that because it matters less if it runs on the TB and matters more if someone has gotten it to work on a HTC android phone to begin with.
However, they're all ARM based CPUs and lower level functions on the phone probably shares some traits with the windows htc phones so id say it could be done. However, I don't have any motivation to buy or look at a windows mobile 7 phone to find out since they're about as developmental friendly as iphones (which is next to nil).
If you mean WP7 then no. It's completely different. Windows Mobile and WP7 aren't the same though...
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They're not that different. Sure it has a different UI and they locked it way down from what it used to be on windows mobile, but they both share the same kernel family (windows ce descendants). Like windows 7 on the pc, it's called windows phone 7 because it's version 7 of the windows ce kernel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7

Lets port iOS while were at it...ridiculous.
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If it is bad as wm6 then it's horrible. Had to move to a blackberry from wm6 due to freezing and constant overheating... even with the development community. This phone has a great bunch of teams working on android... it'd be a waste to have them work on wm7 imo...
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I liked my imagio,after tweakin and oc'in it,was nice,limited but nice and stabile,to each his own,if one system was the fix all then you wouldnt have multiple platforms,just cause you dont like one or the other doesnt mean that everybody has to think the same way
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coliny59 said:
If it is bad as wm6 then it's horrible. Had to move to a blackberry from wm6 due to freezing and constant overheating... even with the development community. This phone has a great bunch of teams working on android... it'd be a waste to have them work on wm7 imo...
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I take it you haven't used a wp7 then since I had one reboot in 7+ months of use.....

Nikolai2.1 said:
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Lmao dude this made me laugh
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To be honest, I am a microsoft hater. They should merge with rim and the resulting company would probably be the most ridiculous entity ever.
Having said all that, I tried wp7 & was surprised at how nice it was. Probably would be great for non techies and women and children. Very smooth, intuitive and hassle free. not for me but I don't think its as bad as say blackberry is which truly is the bottom of the pile now by a massive margin.
Windows phone is not open source so it will probably be very hard to port to our devices. Plus people want sexier not simpler things so I doubt any dev will care.
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I would pay $1 for this. Someone is losing out on 10s of dollars for hours and hours of work
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This is like asking if you can change your Linux box to windows 3.5...
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@curtisjhare
If you are serious about a Verizon WP7 device, you should look at the HTC Trophy. Don't hold your breath waiting for WP7 on the Thunderbolt. The odds of that are about the same as iOS on the Tbolt.
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You can make it look like a Windows 7 Phone...

[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?