So WebOS just went open source, and to be honest, it's a pretty nice looking OS, despite its lack of apps. Would anyone be willing to attempt a port of it to the milestone? Or even just some sort of add in for android? I know that it's been ported to the Evo 3d or something. I think it'd be really cool to have this option for android. Thoughts?
I believe that it won't be possible because of the locked bootloader...
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Does Anyone have the Download to it or anything?!?!
I Really want it, and if anyone can find it please leave me a link
I haven't heard anything about a WebOS port to an Android platform. Even if someone tried, with the vastly different hardware I doubt it'd be stable or work fully. Your best bet is a Sense UI Hero build, it has some of the WebOS flashiness and will generally work on any Android phone.
LOL...sorry mate just gonna interject here before you get flamed: its not gonna happen. Well it could possibly, but the pre has specific hardware (eg gesture area) that our phones dont have. Both android and webos are based on linux, but they are fundamentally different. Perhaps if someone got hold of a SE rachael dump, we might be able to have a similar launcher bar and imitate the pre, but a 'rom' for it just aint looking likely. Would love to be corrected but its the truth.
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Does Anyone have the Download to it or anything?!?!
I Really want it, and if anyone can find it please leave me a link
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There was a theme port for Palm Pre rom, but the link got taken down because Palm made threats against legal action. That's the one that I have but it's based off of Cyanogen's 3.8.6 Rom. It's not that great. It only kinda made it seem like it looked like the WebOs,but you could tell the differences. Plus, if you were anywhere but the homescreen, it looked just like Android.
Anyone know anything about the Meego? Would you be able to flash the htc tp2 and put Meego on it?
Good question! I'd also like to know if there is possibility to port Meego to HTC WM and/or Android devices just by cooking a new ROM - or are there significant h/w issues? Also to know how difficult it is to modify apps to run on Meego that have been written for Android or WMx.
Don't we all wish?
Lol when I saw this thread my heart jumped out my chest. Then reality struck. And reality is, its not ever gonna happen. And if it does, it will be because someone used a lot of stuff from the Android port (Meego, and Android are both base on Linux Mobile Kernel). Anyhow even if you did get it to boot it would be plagued with issues and honestly not ever work the way we all want.
Hardware issues aren't really there, just no drivers available. Hell at this point I would be happy with a touch pro 3 with 1ghz omap/snapdragon and winmo/android either. But no luck for that, and we are even farther from seeing meego coming out of HTC. Here is to hoping the N9 is good and ever sees stateside.. Hope someone proves me wrong!
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Good question! I'd also like to know if there is possibility to port Meego to HTC WM and/or Android devices just by cooking a new ROM - or are there significant h/w issues? Also to know how difficult it is to modify apps to run on Meego that have been written for Android or WMx.
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Oh as for programming... thats where Meego excels. Winmo already has support for Qt 4.6 and that is how I currently develop apps for winmo5.X+. Then when I change my device to meego (target device), recompile, and it is ready not a single line of code changed. But that is more the power of Qt than any significant advantage to winmo. Android support is coming so be ready for a wave of amazing Qt apps. Thank you Trolltech and Nokia. Long Live QT!
Dead thread/project/idea? I'd love to run Meego on Rhodium. There are some Linux games (Cave Story!) I'd like to carry on my phone but I don't want to install Rhobuntu. Meego'd let me run Linux apps and make calls without having to reboot.
Me too! Keep the thread up!
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Me too! Keep the thread up!
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Could anyone do it?!
It's based on Linux, so it can be booted using HaRET... People can port Ubuntu, but can't port Meego?
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It's based on Linux, so it can be booted using HaRET... People can port Ubuntu, but can't port Meego?
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I'm with ya.
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It hasn't even gotten a successful Official port yet, and you guys are asking for it to be on the Rhodium already? Geeze. The Leo hasn't even got a functional port yet, and they have more devs than we'll ever see here.
The moral of the story is be patient, or please help to contribute. I don't mean to sound like a jerk, it's just that Meego is loosing momentum in an official capacity now with only Intel working on it currently.
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Just keeping things alive if I can. I think this would be absolutely great. I will be patient....but man that would be cool. I still have a ways to go on my contract and I really don't feel like investing in another phone atm. I'd rather get a laptop...
I'm all for this as well. So BUMP
Frankly I love my TP2, hopefully HTC will put out a TP3, though it appears the HTC 7 Pro, is the Touch Pro 3.
Has someone hacked the evo to run WebOS on it ?
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There is nothing that I ever heard of something like this.
I guess if you want the WebOS-experience there is no way around WebOS-Hardware... Which isn't good for now. But soon you will have more to choose from (and I expect also an Evo-like device later this year).
Looks like someone fliped it....
Android on Pre: http://youtu.be/E8nOD9zsCj8 - PreCentral: http://bit.ly/dPDz5L / DualBoot instructions: http://bit.ly/hdD2x9
Not to be too bold in my assumptions but once HP get WebOS 3.0 out the door with the Pre3, i would imagine it would just be a case a custom compiled kernel to get WebOS booting on most hardware? of course theres is the issue of button mapping but 3.0 is supposedly scalable to any resolution and that should make the job of porting the OS easy enough, (if not totally illegal, but hey i think we would all look the other way)
Just my thoughts, what do you guys think?
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Not to be too bold in my assumptions but once HP get WebOS 3.0 out the door with the Pre3, i would imagine it would just be a case a custom compiled kernel to get WebOS booting on most hardware? of course theres is the issue of button mapping but 3.0 is supposedly scalable to any resolution and that should make the job of porting the OS easy enough, (if not totally illegal, but hey i think we would all look the other way)
Just my thoughts, what do you guys think?
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Wont work we were porting webOS to the cdma htc hero because the specs were very much the same but you can not go above the 1.xx webOS version without it being illegal rwhitby from webOS internals shut us down most likly this will be impossible
You're saying it won't work because you where shut down by the dastardly mr Whitby but if say a script could be written to take a firmware image and modify it (Replace the kernel and editing various CSS/XML files for size and so on) like Rod and co did to get WebOS 2.0 on Pre- that would be alright wouldn't it?
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Wont work we were porting webOS to the cdma htc hero because the specs were very much the same but you can not go above the 1.xx webOS version without it being illegal rwhitby from webOS internals shut us down most likly this will be impossible
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Actually it was the moderators of this forum applying the forum rules regarding redistribution of copyright material which shut down that thread.
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You're saying it won't work because you where shut down by the dastardly mr Whitby but if say a script could be written to take a firmware image and modify it (Replace the kernel and editing various CSS/XML files for size and so on) like Rod and co did to get WebOS 2.0 on Pre- that would be alright wouldn't it?
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Yes. If you do things the right way, you can achieve the same result without violating copyright laws. Most people, however, tend to take the illegal easy way.
-- Rod (the dastardly)
Cunning and dastardly, indeed.
Its best to just wait till the launch of webOS 3.0 before making any attempt to port. I wouldn't really want to have to re-size every element just to get it to fit on various devices before working on the (no doubt numerous) bugs that will remain.
Much props to WebOs Internals!
cm7Evo
WebOS internals have to be the most impartial professional homebrew force on the planet.
Why is it that no devs will even touch this with a 10 ft pole?
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I really do not know. Waiting for WebOS 2.3 / 3.0 to be released probably
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I really do not know. Waiting for WebOS 2.3 / 3.0 to be released probably
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That's possible, it would be pretty hard to get on our evos as I believe the latest WebOS only supports 320x480 ATM. Once 3.0 releases I could see this port coming to light.
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Looking forward to this.
怎么可能，硬件支持都不同，肯定没戏，别指望了。。。
I would run this mod in a heartbeat.
Now this would be awesome... running webs on evo hardware!
but there is too much webOS police out here.
without apps webOS is dead though, after few days i will be back to android.
WebOS on a Evo seems like a step backwards for numerous reasons. Ignoring the outdated hardware in the Evo, what fun would the OS be without the gesture area? Gestures are a huge part of what makes WebOS so simple and fun to navigate.
So that's what happened!!!!
Please please please someone do this. I loved the simple multitasking on my pre- but HATED the crappy hardware and glitches. My evo is amazing the way it is but with WebOs on it, it would be perfect.
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i was just wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to port motorola's application platform to the sensation, and if anyone is willing to do the porting.
that would be interesting to see. i just might like it. i've grown into liking motorola's OS a little bit. i don't think anyone would be willing to port it though, its too many people that don't like it.
well hopefully someone will do it eventually .
Just... Why? my opinion it was horrible. Haven't used it since i had my cliq but i hated it. Was so happy when blur-less roms came out for it.
i would ask why but i guess every one has their own tastes
i would like to know where to get the Droid x2 multi-touch keyboard that is compatible for the sensation though....
Yes. Good idea. I'm bored oredy with sense UI.
i probably shouldn't have said motoblur port, you guys are correct motoblur is horrible but motorola's applications platform is so much better. motorola has changed there os for the better. i to hated motoblur but when i tryed then motorola application platform i loved it, i just prefer htc devices they feel better in the hand.
there was a port for the mt4g so its not impossible
Then let's get chip in, money talks.
20 dollar if someone can port motoblur or anything different.
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So i was given a playbook. Honestly i think its terrible. Not that the interface or os is bad. Its just lacking everything that i would use it for.
As anyone who has tinkered a bit with a playbook knows, its possible to run converted playbook aps and get the market working. With many restrictions
I assume based on the lack of information on this that no one has actually gotten any version of android running on it. I dont mean an emulator or app. What im curious about is completely removing the rim software and getting android on it.
Might be impossible i dont know.
Does anyone know of any projects that are trying to accomplish this, or is it technically/ theoretically possible?
Just curious
Thanks
kyle
I wondered the same thing after seeing this: http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1323244/rims-playbook-on-clearance
First thing I did, after going to check out the Rim hardware specs and deal information, was come here to XDA to see if there was a Rim Playbook project or forum yet lol. Sure there will be soon with the hardware so much cheaper now.