Hi dear,
I bought my great HTC HD2 for T-Mobile a week ago.
I'm using Android as a daily OS.
It's quite cool and smooth. Actually, it's faster than my old phone, galaxy s.
By the way, I'm wondering if my HD2 will be able to get Windows Phone 7 OS.
Although it will not be official version, will it be possible to be released custom rom?
Please let me know about it. To be honest, I'm really enjoying with Android but
I just want to try New OS.
I have used BlackBerry Bold 9700, Samsung Omnia 2, Nokia N900, Galaxy s and HD2 which will be my destination.lol (ah, ipod touch as well..-_-)
Each OS has totally different system so I've been very exciting using OSes.
atm its not possible to get the WP7 to the HD2
this is because the lack of good drivers for sound, display ect ect
maybe in the near future
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hi guys..
I think man can ask easily now after the guys did the most wonderful job ever adding the android to such a tough mobile like Leo, do we expect to upgrade our windows phone 6.5 to windows 7 .....???
any ideas about that
best regards
THis has been brought up many times before, Short answer is most likely not. There are just to many diff between the 2. With android, it runs on top of WM with 7 it would replace it and then there would be huge issues as only 3 hardware buttons would work and I bet a few things would never work.
HTC Pedia stated a couple of weeks ago that there will be a windows 7 rom available in October / November time they are currently working intergrating a new version of sence into windows!! Sounds promising!
Let this be just discussion first...
So today was the Windows Phone 7 announcement and a lot of new devices were announced including the HTC 7 Mozart:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/htc-7-mozart-and-7-trophy-set-out-to-conquer-the-wp7-world-7-pr/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/htc-7-mozart-first-hands-on/
Pretty similar hardware and look to our Desire... I know it's early now but do you think that we will be able to port Windows Phone 7 to our Desire? Just for fun... Android is good enough.
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Would be much more difficult since that's 100% reverse engineering 'cause Windows Phone 7 OS is not open source at all. But not impossible, though don't expect any...
EleCtrOx666 said:
Would be much more difficult since that's 100% reverse engineering 'cause Windows Phone 7 OS is not open source at all. But not impossible, though don't expect any...
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Devs here have made wonders, and I think I saw a dev here running WP 7 on an HD 2....
I think we only need some sort of a bootloader... as the hardware is pretty similar it should boot and some parts should work.
I'm also more than satisfied with Android, but hey... as a geek, dual booting my smartphone does have some appeal
Seems unlikely. One of the biggest problems with pouring android to a wm phone is that some of the drivers are in the radio rom and that is closed. So a huge among of work goes into figuring out how to talk to the hardware then coding that into the linux kernel source. In the case of wp7, there will be no source code at all, just binaries. Without haret and debug information, there is no way to start other than flashing the rom and seeing whether it bricks. Maybe if haret got ported out would be a start. (maybe it already has, I didn't look at this for a while).
....speaking about Bravo clones, how about one that runs WinMo 6.5?
http://phonereplica.info/dual-sim/touch-g7-dual-sim-phone-htc-desire-clone.html
....and a video of the action:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Un6h1tEL1GE/
rete said:
....speaking about Bravo clones, how about one that runs WinMo 6.5?
http://phonereplica.info/dual-sim/touch-g7-dual-sim-phone-htc-desire-clone.html
....and a video of the action:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Un6h1tEL1GE/
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These clones always make me laugh a little. Why don't they just put Android on them? Lol.
I'm 100% sticking with Android but, I'd love to be able to dual boot WP7. You know, just to say I can
This would be hard work!
WP7 ist not OpenSource so creating driver etc is vey heavy!
Side note, anyone know if its going to be SIM free? Orange have the exclusive as an operator but I'm quite tempted to have a look at this...first previews are saying WP7 is VERY fast
Orange will have paid through the nose to get exclusivity of this phone so don't expect to see it sim free for at least a couple of months, they normally have either 6 weeks, 3 months or 6 months exclusive rights before going sim free.
I suppose cause the ROMs are out it could just be debranded, assuming it's not too hard to break the bootloader
given desire and mozart have very similar specs, does that mean there's a good chance android can be ported to mozart? im guessing through some kind of bootloader? anyone working on it?
Wondows 7 on htc desire
I would also love, If My HTC Desire is capable of dual boot on Windows 7 and Android. After having such a good hardware but if it does not support on software then it such hardware is of no use.
ameel said:
given desire and mozart have very similar specs, does that mean there's a good chance android can be ported to mozart? im guessing through some kind of bootloader? anyone working on it?
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Any one found a workaround to this yet? Dual booting is lovely. For this reason, I happen to put a hand on a HD2 with WinMo 6.5 and I can boot Android on it but the phone is not mine, so now Im searching for a good HTC phone that gives me the options to play with.
I want to buy HTC 7 Mozart but I don't want to use Windows phone 7
Can I install Android instead of WP7 in HTC 7 Mozart
and can I down grade to Windows mobile 6.5
thanks a lot
As far as I know, WP7 is an only system, which can be loaded in Mozart, now...
eng_bobbo said:
I want to buy HTC 7 Mozart but I don't want to use Windows phone 7
Can I install Android instead of WP7 in HTC 7 Mozart
and can I down grade to Windows mobile 6.5
thanks a lot
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no way
if u want android - buy android phone.
but, imho, wp7 much better
eng_bobbo said:
I want to buy HTC 7 Mozart but I don't want to use Windows phone 7
Can I install Android instead of WP7 in HTC 7 Mozart
and can I down grade to Windows mobile 6.5
thanks a lot
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Why would want to run lousy OS on Mozart? Lag , lag and more lag. Especially with single core CPU. Even dual core CPU lag.
you could always try reading one of the MANY other threads asking the same question
or ask yourself why do you want a mozart if you dont want WP7
TL;DR: idiot
I want too
wp7 to android
Thats probably one of the most stupid questions I have heard this week, search the market for an Android phone that looks like the Mozart and buy it....
I would love to have android on mozart too
kkcheong said:
Why would want to run lousy OS on Mozart? Lag , lag and more lag. Especially with single core CPU. Even dual core CPU lag.
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your brain lags. It prevents you from speaking properly.
peacekeeper05 said:
I would love to have android on mozart too
your brain lags. It prevents you from speaking properly.
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With current smooth UI from iOS and WP7, Android is Winmo 6.5 of the current mobile world.
Buy android phone.You like the appearance of Mozart?
buy HTC HD2 u can have wm6.5, android or WP7 on it
maybe you must go to HTC factory center then you tell them if you want to change the wp7 os to android on your mozart.. good luck...
I believe it is a matter of hardware why this will not work
I have a HTC Mozart 7. You can't downgrade to 6.5 sadly. But I hope the developers make a rom that would run 6.5 on mozart. The new android phones such as Samsung galaxy 2 is well better then Mozart but if you like a buisness phone buy a Mozart because you get great services from it such as emails and Microsoft office etc... On the other hand tho android does the same.
All am saying is you should go for HTC Mozart or a Samsung galaxy. In my opinion their both good phones.
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No one has actuly answered the question yet though.
Is it actuly possible, even a slight chance?
If some of the android apps were ported over I wouldn't want android on my phone, but I like most of the apps like Temple Run and Mine Craft (Minecraft is very addictive game, I have it on xbox and p.c, but only I had it on my WP7), a brilliant games on android and IOS but not on WP7
I love the smoothness of WP7 and its load of capabilities but just not the app market.
jeez, you're going to change a licensed phone into a free-licensed one? Windows phone has it's own Limited license (belongs to Microsoft) while that droid has no limited license..
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okay, I will answer this to conclude all of the replies.
Answer: NO. there is no chance of you to install a droid into your hTC 7 Mozart, unless you got your own way on how to flash the rom with that droid's files and configure the files to run with the hardware properly.
*Correction for this post is strongly allowed
Everyone who likes the change, may wants to have a multi OS phone ... just like me...
I had a HD2 but on that time it had just windows 6.5 and now I have a mozart and strongly want to have many OS on my phone ...
It isn't stupid at all...
if you want you can convert cLK (open source loader) .
eng_bobbo said:
I want to buy HTC 7 Mozart but I don't want to use Windows phone 7
Can I install Android instead of WP7 in HTC 7 Mozart
and can I down grade to Windows mobile 6.5
thanks a lot
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So do I,but I can't find any way to do that.
eng_bobbo said:
I want to buy HTC 7 Mozart but I don't want to use Windows phone 7
Can I install Android instead of WP7 in HTC 7 Mozart
and can I down grade to Windows mobile 6.5
thanks a lot
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I'm also want to install an android in my HTC Mozart!
I just read an article regarding the Samsung Focus S, basically a Windows Phone 7 version of our beloved Galaxy S II... I was wondering if they have similar hardware inside? And will it be possible for some awesome dev to port the Mango ROM found on it to run on our GS2? Read something here on xda about dualbooting ROM's on the Galaxy S2... Wouldn't it be awesome if you could have both? The HTC HD2 is quite a old device but it can run Android, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 perfectly... Could the same be possible for a Galaxy S2, except the Windows Mobile of course.
Please don't reply things like 'if you wanted WP7 why didn't you buy a WP7 device'. I'm extremely satisfied with my GS2 but if it were possible to see how the other side lives I'd really like to do that. Any thoughts?
As WP7 is not open source, its more or less like illegal to port it to other devices to which it is not intended to run.
The HD2 is a windows phone, so don't forget that! This is the ONLY reason it can run WP7
I also would love to have that option, if nothing else, to just try WP7. Would also be willing to donate, though I understand the awesome developers don't do it for money.
pietpodlood said:
I just read an article regarding the Samsung Focus S, basically a Windows Phone 7 version of our beloved Galaxy S II... I was wondering if they have similar hardware inside? And will it be possible for some awesome dev to port the Mango ROM found on it to run on our GS2? Read something here on xda about dualbooting ROM's on the Galaxy S2... Wouldn't it be awesome if you could have both? The HTC HD2 is quite a old device but it can run Android, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 perfectly... Could the same be possible for a Galaxy S2, except the Windows Mobile of course.
Please don't reply things like 'if you wanted WP7 why didn't you buy a WP7 device'. I'm extremely satisfied with my GS2 but if it were possible to see how the other side lives I'd really like to do that. Any thoughts?
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WP7 is not compatible with the Galaxy S2 proccessor. But WP7 is made almost exclusively for Qualcomm processors. So, don't ever expect a WP7 mango port for Galaxy S2.
Since WP7 is not opensource, the custom ROMs and ports are just repacked existing ROMs with minor modifications or mix and match different ROMs. Since there is no WP7 phones running on similar hardware, this is not possible on Galaxy S2.
As, for HD2, it's hardware is similar to most WP7 phones with HD7 being almost same hardware has HD2 with just minor change.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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TheSobadef said:
The HD2 is a windows phone, so don't forget that! This is the ONLY reason it can run WP7
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The fact that it is possible to run WP7 has nothing to do with the fact that it is shipped with Windows Phone.
It is unlikely that it will ever be ported to our device. Sad but true. Sad because WP7 is a great platform and it would be great to have Android and WP7 on our device.
thanks for all the reply's, it is quite sad though that this will likely never happen... oh well, we still have the phone of the year...
Oh and sorry for posting in the wrong section... my bad...
if you wanted WP7 why didn't you buy a WP7 device
mcardielo said:
if you wanted WP7 why didn't you buy a WP7 device
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Why would you ever buy a Windows phone XD
mcardielo said:
if you wanted WP7 why didn't you buy a WP7 device
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someone didnt read the op.
mcardielo said:
if you wanted WP7 why didn't you buy a WP7 device
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Your an idiot, what did he say in his first post, don't say why not buy a windows phone. Get a grip.
Hi
I'm a software developer but I'm new to smartphones and Android. I'm thinking of buying a Touch Pro 2 because of its nice keyboard, good resolution and cheap price etc. As far as I can see it's going to do everything I want with Windows Mobile 6.5 but I'm thinking of trying out Android on it just to see what Android is like.
Is it possible for the TP2 to run the latest Android 4.x release or is it limited to the Android 2.3 Gingerbread series?
Does Android 2.3 have any significant advantages or disadvantages over using WM6.5 and the pre-installed Touch Pro 2 software from HTC?
Do smartphones have a "standardised" bios just like a desktop PC, allowing Android to run on any hardware?
TIA
photonkid said:
Hi
I'm a software developer but I'm new to smartphones and Android. I'm thinking of buying a Touch Pro 2 because of its nice keyboard, good resolution and cheap price etc. As far as I can see it's going to do everything I want with Windows Mobile 6.5 but I'm thinking of trying out Android on it just to see what Android is like.
Is it possible for the TP2 to run the latest Android 4.x release or is it limited to the Android 2.3 Gingerbread series?
Does Android 2.3 have any significant advantages or disadvantages over using WM6.5 and the pre-installed Touch Pro 2 software from HTC?
Do smartphones have a "standardised" bios just like a desktop PC, allowing Android to run on any hardware?
TIA
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It may be possible, but no one has built a 4.x rom for the TP2.
I think that the software options are much better for the Android 2.3. Bluetooth has issues compared to WM. Would love to find a dev to work with to improve it.
Android is very modular driven. You have to change out the drivers, and kernel type based upon the CPU. It ports between similar hardware somewhat easily. From a dev standpoint it is not really fair to compare phones to PCs in my book.
For $50-$70 you can get a decent used one on Ebay.
*Edit*
Seems I forgot about this project for ICS. Unfortunately it looks like it has been abandoned.