Someone please correct me if I am wrong but let me get this right. If I decide to get a Windows 8 Phone but choose not to upgrade to this horrible Windows 8 OS, I can't have Xbox Music on Windows 7? Will I be forced to upgrade to Windows 8 in order to sync with my WP8?
Windows Phone app for desktop
No, you will not be forced to Windows 8, just to connect and sync with WP8.
Microsoft has released Windows Phone app for desktop, which supports Windows 7, Windows 8 and Mac.
Read more:
Sync between PC and Phone
Windows Phone 8 shows as Removable/Portable device in Explorer when connected to Windows PC, and it supports drag/drop or copy/paste as well.
Techno-Freak said:
No, you will not be forced to Windows 8, just to connect and sync with WP8.
Microsoft has released Windows Phone app for desktop, which supports Windows 7, Windows 8 and Mac.
Read more:
Sync between PC and Phone
Windows Phone 8 shows as Removable/Portable device in Explorer when connected to Windows PC, and it supports drag/drop or copy/paste as well.
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Thank you for setting me straight on this. :good:
Windows 8 is not horrible, stop believing every single stupid article about it on the web.
mcosmin222 said:
Windows 8 is not horrible, stop believing every single stupid article about it on the web.
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Your right but lets not go down this road
sinister1 said:
Someone please correct me if I am wrong but let me get this right. If I decide to get a Windows 8 Phone but choose not to upgrade to this horrible Windows 8 OS, I can't have Xbox Music on Windows 7? Will I be forced to upgrade to Windows 8 in order to sync with my WP8?
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Consider making your thread titles a lot more useful, perhaps something like "Does WP8 need Windows 8 to sync"
not only is that more useful to people responding to posts but also to those searching and asking questions
"wait a Sec" is about as useful and informative as a chocolate tea pot in a dark cupboard. :silly:
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Hi everyone . My friend just shown me a video of HD2 running Windows 7
I don't believe it , and think that Remote Desktop was used
Here are the vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUK4rnQk9lY&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90DKCDUDr20&annotation_id=annotation_460871&feature=iv
What do you think
i dont think that even warrents a reply.
poor effort
I don't get it? Why would you want Windows 7 on you phone? And it's clearly a remote desktop session. The same way I can say that I've managed to run a Windows 2003 Server on my HD2.
spritable said:
I don't get it? Why would you want Windows 7 on you phone? And it's clearly a remote desktop session. The same way I can say that I've managed to run a Windows 2003 Server on my HD2.
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Don't want Windows 7 on my HD2 Maybe android for dualboot Just wanted to show that my friend was wrong
YES it is defenetly a fake.
why u think that "comments on youtube" are disabled ?
its a programm where you can add your HD2 as a 2nd Screen at your Computer.
simply select your HD2 as screen output-> and here you go.
All HD2s in this videos are connected to the PC via USB cable or WLAN.
(the phone works only as screen, like you whould plug in a 2nd monitor... )
nothing special thou...
edit: FOUND IT in my thousands of saved Favourites xD
http://www.zoneos.com/zonescreen.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8G82A7KKtY
have fun!
and enjoy the fake xD
Hi everyone! I recently switched from a Pre 2 to an HTC Trophy. I love WP7 but I have a few problems. Before I tell you about them I will tell you I have installed the Mango beta onto my device. (BTW I'm on Verizon) Now onto my issues.
* I am running Ubuntu. I have Zune installed in a Windows XP emulator. For some reason the entire computer (Ubuntu and Windows XP) don't recognize the phone when connected via USB. The device just charges.
* I am a big music buff and I NEED MUSIC ON MY DEVICE. As I have said, I run Ubuntu, how am I supposed to do this?
* I would love to use all those fun programs to edit the registry on the device to change the color schemes (because I hate the colors that come pre installed) but I run Ubuntu. I'm sure I could do it via emulator but how come my phone is not recognized?
* Please tell me why my phone isn't recognized.
Thankyou for all help in advance and I am really really really happy to be a part of this community. I used to be a member on XDA back in my Android days and I'm psyched to be back. Please help me with my problems
e_rl said:
Hi everyone! I recently switched from a Pre 2 to an HTC Trophy. I love WP7 but I have a few problems. Before I tell you about them I will tell you I have installed the Mango beta onto my device. (BTW I'm on Verizon) Now onto my issues.
* I am running Ubuntu. I have Zune installed in a Windows XP emulator. For some reason the entire computer (Ubuntu and Windows XP) don't recognize the phone when connected via USB. The device just charges.
* I am a big music buff and I NEED MUSIC ON MY DEVICE. As I have said, I run Ubuntu, how am I supposed to do this?
* I would love to use all those fun programs to edit the registry on the device to change the color schemes (because I hate the colors that come pre installed) but I run Ubuntu. I'm sure I could do it via emulator but how come my phone is not recognized?
* Please tell me why my phone isn't recognized.
Thankyou for all help in advance and I am really really really happy to be a part of this community. I used to be a member on XDA back in my Android days and I'm psyched to be back. Please help me with my problems
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You could try to setup Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 in a virtual machine on your system. That should work.
dkp1977 said:
You could try to setup Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 in a virtual machine on your system. That should work.
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Thanks for the reply, however, I already stated I'm running Windows XP in VirtualBox. When I run lsusb in Linux terminal one of the USB devices is Microsoft and when I unplug the device and run the command again it disappears. So it seems Ubuntu knows its there but since it has no mass storage capabilities it does not display it on the desktop. This still doesn't explain why Windows XP cannot see it because I have USB connections settings checked in VirtualBox.
I think it is a Windows XP problème... Windows 7 does a better job in recognizing devices.
XP is Just to old
e_rl said:
Thanks for the reply, however, I already stated I'm running Windows XP in VirtualBox. When I run lsusb in Linux terminal one of the USB devices is Microsoft and when I unplug the device and run the command again it disappears. So it seems Ubuntu knows its there but since it has no mass storage capabilities it does not display it on the desktop. This still doesn't explain why Windows XP cannot see it because I have USB connections settings checked in VirtualBox.
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You stated that you use an emulator. I really recommend using VM Ware. I never had any issues with USB devices or anything else on it. Since I never used VirtualBox I can't explicitly help you with it though, sorry.
dkp1977 said:
You stated that you use an emulator. I really recommend using VM Ware. I never had any issues with USB devices or anything else on it. Since I never used VirtualBox I can't explicitly help you with it though, sorry.
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Αnd in addition to that dont use XP ...
Use Windows 7 or Vista ...XP its not working for me....
Ok so now Windows XP sees the device as "Windows Phone 7" but Zune still won't detect it no matter what I do. Any ideas?
e_rl said:
Ok so now Windows XP sees the device as "Windows Phone 7" but Zune still won't detect it no matter what I do. Any ideas?
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XP is going to continue to be a bad choice... What version of ZUNE are you running?
Sent from my SGH-i917 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
if you using Zune 4.7 try updating to Zune 4.8 and check if your mobile is getting detected.
Hi All,
First off I did try posting this in the windows 8 forum but got a message about insufficient privileges so hopefully this is the next best place. If not, apologies.
I'm running Windows 8 Pro x64 on my desktop computer with an HTC Touch Cruise running Windows Mobile 6.1 This worked fine with windows 7 x64 and will still sync happily on my windows 7 laptop sharing all contacts etc. However I cannot for the life of me get the phone to talk to my new windows 8 machine.
It seems I'm missing a driver by the name of "Microsoft Windows Mobile Remote Adapter" (as per device manager of my win7 laptop) but despite 3 hours of searching on google i cant find a download for this driver.
I have tried using Smart Driver Backup to copy the files from my Win 7 machine and tried doing so manually as well but in both cases I get an error on the windows 8 machine saying the driver cant be installed due to missing files.
This is slowly driving me nuts. WM6 isnt *that* old. I cant believe that Microsoft wouldn't include some sort of backward compatibility. All I need to do is sync my contacts to outlook!!!!
Anyone else experienced this problem and managed to solve it?
You will not find a driver for it for windows 8. This is due to MS killing the WM OS all together. Main reason business won't update to windows 8. Most will remain on 7 for many years to come
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Plzzz. Guide me to the process of installing win8 xap files of games and app to my surface pro.
Thanks
Heres a guide:
You can't.
XAP files are windows phone 7 and windows phone 8 apps. The surface pro is not a windows phone. It cannot run windows phone apps.
But there is all features like microsoft store and all the games and app.
I think the format would be xap only weather it be win phone or win pc tab. Please do further research
thanks for your help.
Why should I do the research? Why cant you?
Windows phone 8 and windows 8 ARE NOT THE SAME THING. Windows 8 apps do not work on windows phone 8 and vice versa.
Windows 8 apps use the WinRT runtime, windows phone 8 apps use a different runtime entirely and CANNOT run on windows 8 without emulation. You want to emulate windows phone 8? Install visual studio 2012 and the windows phone SDK and start compiling your apps from the basic source code, which requires that the source code be available because the emulator cant sideload .XAP's either, and its slower.
Windows 8 apps are in .APPX format.
Windows phone 8 apps are in .XAP format.
Do your own research next time. .XAP cannot be installed on Windows 8. Its like saying an iOS app runs on OSX or vice versa.
thanks boss... sorry if that research line hearts you but this time things are all clear thanks again for detail description.
I mean when I am completely offline (like android phones). Or at least using reverse tethering. Is reverse tethering possible to lumia 1020?
P.s. My question is specific. I know about wifi or bluetooth, which I don't trust. Using my pc I feel more safe.
Thanks
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You can deploy XAP files using a PC using USB cable. On Win 10 Mobile, you can install APPX using file explorer just like APK on Android or you can also use Device Portal (similar to reverse tethering).
Thank you
nawat said:
You can deploy XAP files using a PC using USB cable. On Win 10 Mobile, you can install APPX using file explorer just like APK on Android or you can also use Device Portal (similar to reverse tethering).
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I did loads of research and I never stumbled upon Device Portal. Obviously you are ... (somebody) and thank you...
Unfortunately my phone runs Windows 8.1 and my laptop Windows XP. Is there something out there for me, to marry my two devices offline? I also want to downgrade to Windows 8 but probably there is not a user friedly and safe way (fa fu bee ga ).
mimis.mimis.f said:
I did loads of research and I never stumbled upon Device Portal. Obviously you are ... (somebody) and thank you...
Unfortunately my phone runs Windows 8.1 and my laptop Windows XP. Is there something out there for me, to marry my two devices offline? I also want to downgrade to Windows 8 but probably there is not a user friedly and safe way (fa fu bee ga ).
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You're very welcome.
You can deploy apps from XAP files on WP8.1 but unfortunately not for XP. I understand that the deployment tools is from Visual Studio 2015 which requires Win 7 or higher. I've seen some sites extracts the deployment tool as a standalone app so you don't have to install visual studio. You can attempt to deploy XAP file this way. But I have no idea if it will work.