WebOS on Droid Charge - Verizon Droid Charge

With the announcement of webOS moving to a open source platform, am I the only one wishing for a port of webOS to the Charges' hardware? Sure its not the most powerful phone or neither does it have the strongest developer base, but I'm still hoping for it one day. This is coming from a person who had a Palm Pre Plus prior to my D'Charge, so therefore I'm very familiar with the way webOS works and I still today miss it the fluidity of the platform. So let me know, am I alone?

In theory, I suppose it could be done, as WebOS is also Linux based. However, it would take a LOT of work-I think the time put into such a project would not equal the number of people who would want to use it.
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+1 I'd love to see that, but CM7 and/or ICS comes first!

I think most people would rather see ICS ported first...

imnuts said:
I think most people would rather see ICS ported first...
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In all honesty I would like to see ICS before I would like to see WebOS, but I feel like these ports would be coming from different teams. From one corner their will be developers working to get ICS to all non-nexus devices and in the other corner their will be people working to get WebOS on android devices and once its done here it will be picked up by other developers and tweaked to work on the particular device they're developing for.

imnuts said:
I think most people would rather see ICS ported first...
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Is it true your working on ics now?
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Like the OP I too am a webOS convert. WebOS definitely has its strong point over Android ( no tomatos please ). But until HP gets their act together and decides on a reliable direction webOS has no chance or future.
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Call me crazy but I would also like to see a wp7 port as well. I'm really liking the look of it and all the wp7 apps in our market don't do a good enough job of recreating it, unless you dish out some money.
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Lockett said:
Call me crazy but I would also like to see a wp7 port as well. I'm really liking the look of it and all the wp7 apps in our market don't do a good enough job of recreating it, unless you dish out some money.
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Wp7 isn't open source
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Lockett said:
Call me crazy but I would also like to see a wp7 port as well. I'm really liking the look of it and all the wp7 apps in our market don't do a good enough job of recreating it, unless you dish out some money.
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WP7 is impossible. One, it's closed source. Two, it's not Linux based, unlike webOS and Android.
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Yea, I knew it was going to be impossible. They did manage to dual boot Android and WP7 on the HD2. One can dream though, right? Lol
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Lockett said:
Yea, I knew it was going to be impossible. They did manage to dual boot Android and WP7 on the HD2. One can dream though, right? Lol
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you can port other version of windows phone on devices that ship with it, but not on ones that dont
unless you like getting sued my MS
i think on this device priority is some form of working aosp anyway, not webos

starbuckk said:
Like the OP I too am a webOS convert. WebOS definitely has its strong point over Android ( no tomatos please ). But until HP gets their act together and decides on a reliable direction webOS has no chance or future.
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I guess we'll have to wait and see, I even dusted off the old Pre Plus today and played with it for awhile and when I went back to my D'Charge I kept catching myself swiping up to get out of my email.

g.davis17 said:
In all honesty I would like to see ICS before I would like to see WebOS, but I feel like these ports would be coming from different teams. From one corner their will be developers working to get ICS to all non-nexus devices and in the other corner their will be people working to get WebOS on android devices and once its done here it will be picked up by other developers and tweaked to work on the particular device they're developing for.
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just not enough developers over here...HTC is big in the development department...they have lots of development going on over there, not so much for our Samsung. Then again we got sicker screens and thinner devices..

g.davis17 said:
I guess we'll have to wait and see, I even dusted off the old Pre Plus today and played with it for awhile and when I went back to my D'Charge I kept catching myself swiping up to get out of my email.
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Indeed. I still try to swipe delete emails and text messages.
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With the release of Isis (the open-source webOS browser), is there any chance of it being ported to the Charge, or Android in general?
Also webOS. I would love to have webOS on this phone.

not going to happen

drewcam888 said:
not going to happen
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why not?

Well it is possible but a dev would have to take an interest in it and considering this phone has kinda died out with the exception of a few that's not likely to happen
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WebOS is going to be outdated soon.

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[Q] IOS 4.3 on XOOM

I was wondering if there is any chance in the near future to install IOS 4.3 on the XOOM as a dual boot ?
Seriously? WTH!!
NO
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Are you kidding me?! What kind of a question is that???? No it won't happen ever!
This would be like replacing a ferarri engine with the guts from a Geo prism.
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Long answer: Because of Apple's closed environment and non open source software, and also because of legality issues and such........
Short answer: No.
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i think you have it the other way around.
can I put honeycomb onto iPad2?
aohus said:
i think you have it the other way around.
can I put honeycomb onto iPad2?
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i would buy that
The day Steve Jobs admits that flash is still necessary for web browsing and he makes iOS open source
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The day Steve Jobs changes his black turtle neck at a release event lol. I don't think the guy changes his clothes!
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B Dizzle said:
The day Steve Jobs changes his black turtle neck at a release event lol. I don't think the guy changes his clothes!
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Dude Steve Jobs died like 10 years ago bruvloski... its been a robot forever everybody knows that...
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I don't think this is impossible at all. It won't be official or legal, but as Android was put on iPhones, I think the opposite is perfectly possible. One blog I read today even implied the possibility of the Apple A5 being the same processor as the A9 in the xoom, but I really don't know how correct that is.
The problem is that I don't see anyone bothering to do this, but I wish they would. It would be awesome to have access to some iOS-exclusive apps.
I dont think Apple would have any problems with this at all.
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One blog I read today even implied the possibility of the Apple A5 being the same processor as the A9 in the xoom, but I really don't know how correct that is.
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the A9 processor you're referring to is the Cortex-A9 processor, which is used for all dual core processors. all the new high end phones you see now are powered by ARM Cortex-A9 processor (including iP4, Atrix, Bionic, etc)
On top of the Cortex-A9 lies the SoC chip,
The A5 is an SoC developed by (intrinsity, samsung, apple)
The Tegra 2 is an SoC developed by NVIDIA
Hope that clears things up.
ChongoDroid said:
Dude Steve Jobs died like 10 years ago bruvloski... its been a robot forever everybody knows that...
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Apple is SkyNet?
This is one of the funniest threads I've seen. The only one that compares was the "Anyone want to trade my iPad 3G for your Xoom?" Like anyone would give up a Xoom for an iPad...
U might as well wait until some body ports over the miui rom over to the xoom if u like ios so much lol
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setite said:
I don't think this is impossible at all. It won't be official or legal, but as Android was put on iPhones, I think the opposite is perfectly possible. One blog I read today even implied the possibility of the Apple A5 being the same processor as the A9 in the xoom, but I really don't know how correct that is.
The problem is that I don't see anyone bothering to do this, but I wish they would. It would be awesome to have access to some iOS-exclusive apps.
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And how, if I may ask?
The developer would need iOS source to start with. How about rewriting drivers, functions etc?
Android can be used on iOS devices but it doesn't mean the opposite could be possible.. The OSes are just so diffrent
..but yeah, it'd be cool to have a device open to ALL platforms and usable with them.
Maybe someday VMware can do this

Android 4.0 SDK Out now

the ice cream sandwhich SDK is currently out on android sdk website. http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
anyone start toying with it yet?
if so how'd you like it?
discuss
I am on too slow of a connection to download and mess with it but just from reading the notes it looks like the press conference REALLY left a lot of important features unmentioned. Another thing I found odd was that there was zero mention of the "one OS to rule them all." I would have thought Google would make a bigger deal about this being a unifying version of the OS.
I just tried it and I must say it rocks.
I really like the browser
I just feel that they could have been a bit more creative with the home launcher since it kinda reminds me of adw, but other than that everything rocks
mathkid95 said:
I just tried it and I must say it rocks.
I really like the browser
I just feel that they could have been a bit more creative with the home launcher since it kinda reminds me of adw, but other than that everything rocks
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and what do you mean, you just tired it?? :ninja:
???
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???
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he's taken one too many punches to the face during his career
Lol
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haha, I re-read what you wrote then realized I sounded like a complete moron.
so my previous statement will remain invalid.
how long do you estimate before we start seeing some work here in the forums?
Work on ics??
Prolly not for a while until someone gets a hold of a system dump or something
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SDK boring...
Can we just use the SDK directly in the phone? lol
Hehehehehe would require a lot of work
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Can't wait for the Matr1x kernel IF ICS comes to our phone.
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Lol ill definitely still support it even if I switch to the prime
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Awesome. Thanks as always mathkid.
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So, if someone could just port it to our phone
are you really worrying, if ICS will be available for the NS?! or did i miss something?
no worries, mates, as far as i have read the statements of google, ICS will definitely come for the NS! of course they have to bring it, i'd buy an f*ing iphone, if my not even 1 year old developer phone was no longer supported! (ok, it was a bluff, i'd never buy that brick, but i'd be really pissed! )
the last thing i read about it was, that they first of all work on the NS-rollout...though i don't think, that it will happen before the galaxy nexus is published...
Edit: "Google Android Chief Andy Rubin stated that Ice Cream Sandwich is on schedule to roll out “a couple of week after” the Galaxy Nexus arrives in the marketplace." -> that may take some time, maybe a christmas present?
treUse said:
So, if someone could just port it to our phone
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It has to come out for ANY phone before that can happen. Besides we will be the second phone to get it so i'm imagining we will have an official before there is ever a port, so just settle down :

Will anyone be porting Open WebOS to the Inspire?

Just wondering if anyone is going to be working on WebOS once it becomes open source to port it to the Inspire.
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Just wondering if anyone is going to be working on WebOS once it becomes open source to port it to the Inspire.
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Don't get your hopes up. It will be a beast of a job to port WebOS, and it will only happen on our phone if a very dedicated developer decides to work on it.
if you are interested in owOS I am part of a group that will be developing the OS and looking into manufacturing a phone to go along with it. If you are interested you can find a little more information at our site phxdevices[DOT]com
I'd like to see this too. I'm a full blown flashaholic android junkie now, but was a WebOS fan before I discovered my love for android.
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Web oS is dead and should be buried!
LOL
Couldn't agree more.
ICS runs great on this phone.... go with that
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Web oS is dead and should be buried!
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I thought open web is would work with any devices running linux kernals kinda like Gecko OS. Or am I confusing between the two?
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Any particular reasons you would like to see Web OS on the Inspire?
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I always wanted to try Web OS but didn't want to buy the phone. Also I wanted to try multitasking with cards
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I just want something different to try out
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webOS??? that would just be blasphemous
What happened to XDA?? This place is SUPPOSED TO BE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRY NEW THINGS OUT!!!

B2G / FireFox OS

I've been following B2G or as it's now called FireFox OS, for several months. Definitely looks interesting, especially the concept and UI. Did some digging and haven't seen anything about it in our forums yet, so thought I'd get one started.
So far it looks like only a handful of phones have any form of a port of the current version, and I haven't really seen any fully working. Definitely not expecting someone to "jump on it". Mostly just curious s to what people think about it, as well as if they'd consider using or switching to it if it ever became available on our Skyrockets.
For those that don't know what it is, here are a few links:
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/b2g/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57505442-94/firefox-os-app-store-images-leak-onto-web/
http://youtu.be/PfhmZX8AG0M
Why would I use an OS from a company that continually fails to get its mobile browser working right? I love Mozilla products on my PC, but their mobile products are lacking.
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Why would I use an OS from a company that continually fails to get its mobile browser working right? I love Mozilla products on my PC, but their mobile products are lacking.
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Agreed, except I don't use Firefox at all. I'm 100% Opera. I'm just always intrigued by the possibility of a new mobile OS.
Any news for us yet? Will we get it? I hope so!!
Are there any phones that come with Firefox OS standard? I heard about this a while ago, but I don't remember it getting much traction.
Any update to anyone working on B2G? The last time we tried, we didn't have a stable ICS, so I'm thinking it might be easier this time around if it's tried again?
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I think the main thing to consider is that the os is built using css and html5. It opens up new possibilities as far as hardware and software can communicate, this is particularly important for battery life as these concepts are developed and implemented into current devices. While I agree i don't use Firefox on android, much prefer dolphin, and I typically don't use Firefox on the pc, chrome kind of guy, that doesn't close me off from new developments. Nobody is asking you to use it, that's why manufacturers aren't shipping Firefox os phones.
On another note, I hard bricked my i9100 flashing b2g (pre Firefox os) because the Odin flash was taking 30+ minutes so I assumed something was wrong and yanked the usb cable during the repartition phase of the flash. Usb jig wouldn't work, never did send it for jtag. If I do however, I'll try it again hahaha :screwy:
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I've seen alot of the stuff on Firefox OS now its really meant for low end its not really meant to be a high end android competitor. Right now it looks like iOS with circles, so not impressed.
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I've seen alot of the stuff on Firefox OS now its really meant for low end its not really meant to be a high end android competitor. Right now it looks like iOS with circles, so not impressed.
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Well if it can achieve the aesthetics of ios using a much lighter code, that opens up new possibilities in hardware resource management. Same horsepower less weight means faster car
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Well if it can achieve the aesthetics of ios using a much lighter code, that opens up new possibilities in hardware resource management. Same horsepower less weight means faster car
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It also opens up security issues with HTML5 talking directly to hardware... Could be a serious security risk.
I see they have it working on the SGII. But that is all that I have seen...
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It also opens up security issues with HTML5 talking directly to hardware... Could be a serious security risk.
I see they have it working on the SGII. But that is all that I have seen...
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Good point, however Rome wasn't built in a day, we're finally at the front lines of operating system development, which is a great step forward compared to the traditional model of "here's what we got for you" style of os development. So while you have a valid concern, it's welcomed and I'm confident it's noted somewhere. The key here is to remain consistent with constructive criticism, which if approached in the wrong way is seen as useless *****ing.
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Are you implying that I am *****ing?
My only point is, while FirefoxOS is a very cool idea. as Google has seen with Android, security is a big concern as they rushed Wallet to the masses and then had to retract it on most carriers/devices. That has left a lasting impression that Google knows Search but not security.
I understand FirefoxOS is in it's infancy and that is why they need to address security now, not later or it will have a difficult time coming to the masses.
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I'm sorry but an is that requires internet is a no go.
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Lots of info passing around... Sounds like a security risk to me...they better figure out encrypted sessions...
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Are you implying that I am *****ing?
My only point is, while FirefoxOS is a very cool idea. as Google has seen with Android, security is a big concern as they rushed Wallet to the masses and then had to retract it on most carriers/devices. That has left a lasting impression that Google knows Search but not security.
I understand FirefoxOS is in it's infancy and that is why they need to address security now, not later or it will have a difficult time coming to the masses.
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Oh god no, I hope I didn't come across like that. Like I said, we're on the front lines of OS development.
This has been what I would consider to be constructive criticism, not *****ing.
Sorry for any misconstrued intent
No worries!
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WP8 on SGS3

So, if i could get a Ativ dump or some other things from it, is there any chance a dev could port WP8 to the GS3? Knowing they have identitical hardware it doesnt seem impossible, but i have absolutely no idea for sure.
Maybe , id love to get a hands on a dump , to see what would be needed
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id love to get a hands on a dump
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Hahahaha. Gross.. Lol
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to each their own, i hate windows phone and that metro UI. id rather see an open webos port.
I hate windows 8 on desktops/laptops and don't particularly care for it on phones but I have to admit I would love to see it ported to pur phones so we could mess around with it! I would live a webos port too, but I think windows 8 would be a little neater.
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Windows Phone COULD be awesome... if they could get all the apps that Android & iPhone have...
I really like Windows Phone but the apps really keep me from staying. I had a Dell Venue Pro (Best Windows Phone yet, IMO) but couldn't live without my apps!!
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Windows being closed source I am guessing they can sue if it were to run on another phone.
Jelly Bean is better anyway...
I would think a port from the Ativ Odyssey for Verizon would be the best bet. (It's supposedly the same thing as the Ativ S but for Verizon).
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I would think a port from the Ativ Odyssey for Verizon would be the best bet. (It's supposedly the same thing as the Ativ S but for Verizon).
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that would be the phone i would get it from i might be getting my hands on one soon.
Wp8 closed source? Mhmmmm ..... porting will be difficult. Can it be done? I doubt it. Can I be proved wrong? Of course.
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Wp8 closed source? Mhmmmm ..... porting will be difficult. Can it be done? I doubt it. Can I be proved wrong? Of course.
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That would probably be the hardest project ever. I thought they were extremely closed source. Like it's hard to even hack it the phones themselves.
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Ok, guys, it won't happen. If you have the skill to do it yourself, for yourself only good. As soon as you post it to these forums, you will probably be banned, probably get a c&d from Microsoft, and possibly a lawsuit. You best bet is having a mod close this thread right now.
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Just because it's not open sourced doesn't mean it can't be hacked. Apple is a perfect example of that.
It's just a matter of developers actually wanting to hack it. I don't see us reaping any benefit from it other then getting to toy around with it for a few minutes..
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Just because it's not open sourced doesn't mean it can't be hacked. Apple is a perfect example of that.
It's just a matter of developers actually wanting to hack it. I don't see us reaping any benefit from it other then getting to toy around with it for a few minutes..
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It is proprietary, it is copyright infringement, it will not be distributed on xda. And lawsuits are probable
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The fact that no one has been able to even "jailbreak" a Windows phone makes me think this is highly unlikely. And the token system of unlocking they had does not count. That wasn't actually a hack.
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The fact that no one has been able to even "jailbreak" a Windows phone makes me think this is highly unlikely. And the token system of unlocking they had does not count. That wasn't actually a hack.
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Really there's no rooting/jail breaking/hacking? That sucks.. but why would anyone want to do that anyways?
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