Dear Devs i have a question for you - is there any way to port windows phone mango 7.5 ??
Areg8_6 said:
Dear Devs i have a question for you - is there any way to port windows mango 7.5 ??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The short answer is no. The easiest way for ports to be made is to use similar/identical hardware that is running the desired platform. Therefore seeing as there isn't any similar hardware running WP7.5 then it would be insanely hard.
Areg8_6 said:
Dear Devs i have a question for you - is there any way to port windows phone mango 7.5 ??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1. WP7 is a closed-source operating system, its hard to modify it like implementing other drivers.
2. The exynos processor is a very unique component, no wp7 phone uses such a processor, its a hard workt to rewrite nearly the whole os.
and these are only 2 arguments, why we will never get wp7 on our sgs2.
Hollow.Droid said:
The short answer is no. The easiest way for ports to be made is to use similar/identical hardware that is running the desired platform. Therefore seeing as there isn't any similar hardware running WP7.5 then it would be insanely hard.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Silberpfeil3110 said:
1. WP7 is a closed-source operating system, its hard to modify it like implementing other drivers.
2. The exynos processor is a very unique component, no wp7 phone uses such a processor, its a hard workt to rewrite nearly the whole os.
and these are only 2 arguments, why we will never get wp7 on our sgs2.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanx for quick reply , i didn't know that windows is closed-source and it's so hardware demanded.
The one and only not-WP7-phones to run a Windows Phone are HD2 and Toshiba TG-01. Those are WM phones and I don't think that it's possible for any Android device to run WP7.
And I used it quite a bit when I still had my HD2. Believe me-Android is way better .
raven_raven said:
The one and only not-WP7-phones to run a Windows Phone are HD2 and Toshiba TG-01. Those are WM phones and I don't think that it's possible for any Android device to run WP7.
And I used it quite a bit when I still had my HD2. Believe me-Android is way better .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah Android is better, i was just interested ...
Please Mod close this thread or delete it
Related
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.
Moved to General as not development.
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...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
are we ever going to have wp7 on our tg01 ? just because we dont have the 3 buttons and the capacitive screen on our tg01 does that mean we cant have wp7? i mean we still have a powerful 1ghz snapdragon cpu and a decent ram. surely there is a way around this little problem.
jonnyhall1bmx1 said:
are we ever going to have wp7 on our tg01 ? just because we dont have the 3 buttons and the capacitive screen on our tg01 does that mean we cant have wp7? i mean we still have a powerful 1ghz snapdragon cpu and a decent ram. surely there is a way around this little problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No. Anyway nokser who 'apparently' got wp7 working has sold his tg01 and moved on like Others. Still is a great device and served me well. I use it as a handy backup now for data.
olyloh6696 said:
No. Anyway nokser who 'apparently' got wp7 working has sold his tg01 and moved on like Others. Still is a great device and served me well. I use it as a handy backup now for data.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes, i want sold my tg01, because i want buy Riff box J-tag - for porting WP7 etc...
I have still tg01
Toshiba Regza T-01C/ tg03 sd rom
h ttp://spf.fmworld.net/update/nttdocomo/t-01c/update1
qinwengui said:
Toshiba Regza T-01C/ tg03 sd rom
h ttp://spf.fmworld.net/update/nttdocomo/t-01c/update1
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is a Android
Nokser said:
This is a Android
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe help to Android！
need help？ the rom deskey？？
cedesmith tgtool ？？
qinwengui said:
Maybe help to Android！
need help？ the rom deskey？？
cedesmith tgtool ？？
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what you mean???
yeah ither android or wp7 is good really i have noticed android developement has slowed down tho or maybe even stopped i dont know but if thats true why leave something half finnished? haave the developers for android just quit?
jonnyhall1bmx1 said:
yeah ither android or wp7 is good really i have noticed android developement has slowed down tho or maybe even stopped i dont know but if thats true why leave something half finnished? haave the developers for android just quit?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
android development stopped way back in november-december. i doubt it would ever continue progress. nowadays, the hd2 devs have moved on, so i doubt you would see them coming back to develop for older devices.
Cotulla is the best dev around, who wasthe main hd2 porter for wp7 and android. and he also ported android for the hd mini.
anyway, even if android is finished, there will still be many problems, like poor battery life due to the kernel not built for the specific device etc. the hd2 even with amdroid/wp7 isnt perfect. it sucks up battery twice as fast as wm. so imagine that on tg01's....
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Moving to Q&A
TheSobadef said:
The HD2 is a windows phone, so don't forget that! This is the ONLY reason it can run WP7
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why would you ever buy a Windows phone XD
mcardielo said:
if you wanted WP7 why didn't you buy a WP7 device
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
someone didnt read the op.
mcardielo said:
if you wanted WP7 why didn't you buy a WP7 device
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your an idiot, what did he say in his first post, don't say why not buy a windows phone. Get a grip.
Hi friends ,
since htcTITAN is a powerfull machine , there will be any chance To bring some custome WM8 ROM To this device...???
Or the hardware and display resolution the limit off this ???
Tnks To all.
wolfpt said:
Hi friends ,
since htcTITAN is a powerfull machine , there will be any chance To bring some custome WM8 ROM To this device...???
Or the hardware and display resolution the limit off this ???
Tnks To all.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Resolution is fine. Earlier builds could run on Titan, but I am not sure if there are newer features that will not work due to missing hardware.
My guess is that people will eventually port WP8 Roms, but that there may be some features missing and it may take some time depending on who gets interested in the project.
It is not perfectly functioning WP 7.5 ROM, so WP8 is a distant future...
Thread Moved
Not in the dev section!
I'm not holding my breath for WP8 on my Titan II. WP7.8 will have to do but I plan on buying the first 4.7" HTC WP8 that has NFC and an equal 16MP camera with a 1080 display resolution.
wolfpt said:
WM8 ROM
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What is "WM8?"
tai4de2 said:
What is "WM8?"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
He's probably old school and used to typing WM for windows mobile from before WP windows phone came out...
Is it possible to install Android 4 on Nokia Lumia 920?
Unfortunately not at this point in time, Many users would love to have a dual boot option, Set a bounty to the Dark Forces Team to work on HSPL and if there is enough interest then may be work will begin
Either way it will not be happening for a very long time.
Yes, you just need the boot floppy.
i want Android too.
Not much love in WM8 now.
According to the reviews I read getting HSPL for the WP8 devices is close to impossible. (although that was said about a lot of things) I personally would however not want Android on this awesome device even if someone paid me for it
Megamegamonster said:
Is it possible to install Android 4 on Nokia Lumia 920?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Fortunately, no.
sk22 said:
i want Android too.
Not much love in WM8 now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Buy an Android phone then. Problem solved.
These aren't desktop computers you can just load any OS onto, they are complex embedded devices.
There is a surprising lack of compatibility on ARM processors, so you're better buying the phone with the OS you want to run.
gilesjuk said:
Buy an Android phone then. Problem solved.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have to agree, why get a WM8 phone if you want to put Android on it?
HD2 was also a wm6.5 phone, right??
But I don't think there are a lot of HD2 still running wm6.5.
Why people keep porting different OS into it? They can just buy an android device, problem solved, too.
I think there will be more fans if 920 can be ported other OS.
sk22 said:
Not much love in WM8 now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What is "WM8"?
There are more than enough Android phones bro.
You bought the wrong phone if you really want Android
the Lumia 920 is pure Windows Phone, you can fell the power and style it
radiates
There was not a single port of Android to a WP7 phone and almost all of them had HSPL. When looking into HSPL for Nokia though some Devs decided it was to hard to crack - I would guess with Secure Boot this has not gotten easier.
So all in all: it is highly unlikely that you will see an Android port for the Lumia phones or any other WP for that matter. If you don't like WP8 and want an Android device: sell the Lumia and buy an Android - everything else seems likely to just frustrate you to no end.