[Q] Might be a stupid question. But... - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is it possible to port over Windows OS and WebOS to android? Would be quite lovely.
Please atleast give me negative feedback. Lol

jacob66 said:
Is it possible to port over Windows OS and WebOS to android? Would be quite lovely.
Please atleast give me negative feedback. Lol
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It is possible, but highly illegal. Windows is not open source, so pretty much anything you do to 'hack' it on to a device it was not intended for is a violation of the license that covers Windows.
Does that stop us?

jacob66 said:
Is it possible to port over Windows OS and WebOS to android? Would be quite lovely.
Please atleast give me negative feedback. Lol
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What exactly do you mean "to android"? Do you mean to an Android device? WebOS ports have already begun
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gagdude said:
What exactly do you mean "to android"? Do you mean to an Android device? WebOS ports have already begun
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wildstang83 said:
It is possible, but highly illegal. Windows is not open source, so pretty much anything you do to 'hack' it on to a device it was not intended for is a violation of the license that covers Windows.
Does that stop us?
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Okay, thanks, guys. How can I get anyone to port a WebOS rom to my device? xD
Crespo4g

Firstly, webOS is closed source, and won't get ported. OpenWebOS, however, is being worked on (should be close enough, no?). Having said that, there have currently been no successful ports of OWOS... yet.
If you need to have it done for your device, and you need to have it now, then offer loads of money, and the freelance developers with come (virtually) running. I'm sure that would be a most welcome gesture.

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is there a way of putting win7 or 7.5 on the streak?

just to try it and get it to work
Just use 7launcher
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bereda said:
just to try it and get it to work
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Thats just not gonna happen, as suggested, you can get a launcher to give it the look and feel, but forget anything else, we have barely just got gingerbread, and i don't see much more development after that.
Not so quick now....DJ_Steve just said today that he is waiting for the ICS source to be released to begin work on it for our beloved Streaks....
bereda said:
just to try it and get it to work
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GTFO!
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lordmorphous said:
Not so quick now....DJ_Steve just said today that he is waiting for the ICS source to be released to begin work on it for our beloved Streaks....
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Maybe I'm lost, but please explain how this will help in trying to get a windows phone operating system on an Android phone..
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It was in response to your comment about barely getting Gingerbread. Regarding Win Mobile 7.x, there is no way to put it on the Streak as far as I know. Win Mobile 7 is as evil as iOS, in that Microsoft tells you what you want and you will like it.
Microsoft took an approach in between Apple and Google, their operating system is still closed source, but manufacturers can license it. They control the hardware it is on, like iOS, but they allow it on any phone that runs that hardware. We don't have the source, though, so it would be really hard (and I would imagine not worth it based on the response so far) to port it over to our hardware.
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Someone has full HW acceleration working

https://twitter.com/protekkfzs/status/161313490169102338
HP Touchpad: Full HW accel is working. I have several users confirming this with my builds. Should've released the device tree sooner CM...
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Who is this guy? Is there any credibility to what he says?
https://twitter.com/protekkfzs/status/161310800777191424
Whoops! Just pulled a CM! Not ready for public use, sorry! "Your repository `ProTekk/vendor_hp_tenderloin` has been successfully deleted."
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Looks like he's going to be a **** about committing the changes though.
Pfff. Whine whine whine... If it was so easy, they all wouldn't be ripping dals kernel.. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you...
L33t Masta said:
https://twitter.com/protekkfzs/status/161313490169102338
Who is this guy? Is there any credibility to what he says?
https://twitter.com/protekkfzs/status/161310800777191424
Looks like he's going to be a **** about committing the changes though.
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i dont know, but i hope this doesn't start some sort of developer war thats gonna slow progress. Seems like he might have figured it out though.
L33t Masta said:
Looks like he's going to be a **** about committing the changes though.
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sounds like it's not ready (i.e. stable enough) for mass consumption. don't get your panties in a wad, it takes time to work these things out.
It's legit. Ask around in AndIRC. They all have my last build.
So
You think I could help beta test it?
ProTekk said:
It's legit. Ask around in AndIRC. They all have my last build.
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Can you give us your build
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ahoslc said:
You think I could help beta test it?
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Totes.
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Oh geeze. Do we really need more drama again ala Team Touchdroid?
At this point it really doesn't matter to me who gets things working but it would be nice if people could cooperate and not get into mud slinging and that sort of thing.
Internet fame is a silly thing. At the end of the day no one knows who someone's handle really is in real life and they don't care, they just want a decently functioning ROM for their device.
ProTekk said:
It's legit. Ask around in AndIRC. They all have my last build.
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So you have it but have no plans to share it? I don't follow.
L33t Masta said:
So you have it but have no plans to share it? I don't follow.
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I have full intentions to share. Unfortunately, AOKP is not my baby. AOKP is @romanbb's project. I've discussed a release with him and he has told me not to as of yet and I understand why. The source is there, feel free to get it and compile it.
ProTekk said:
I have full intentions to share. Unfortunately, AOKP is not my baby. AOKP is @romanbb's project. I've discussed a release with him and he has told me not to as of yet and I understand why. The source is there, feel free to get it and compile it.
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I have absolutely no idea what aokp is, but it's nice that you guys actually provided us with source so that we can do it ourselves if we want to. God willing I don't ever want to boot in to a Linux system so I might have a look around for a windows way of doing it.
ProTekk said:
I have full intentions to share. Unfortunately, AOKP is not my baby. AOKP is @romanbb's project. I've discussed a release with him and he has told me not to as of yet and I understand why. The source is there, feel free to get it and compile it.
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Where is the source and whats ne on it
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L33t Masta said:
I have absolutely no idea what aokp is, but it's nice that you guys actually provided us with source so that we can do it ourselves if we want to. God willing I don't ever want to boot in to a Linux system so I might have a look around for a windows way of doing it.
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No way
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sahhar1993 said:
No way
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Could you possibly elaborate?
Leo needs to look at this asap and see if he can incorporate into his next release. Impressive work though. Good job on that. Providing it works.
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L33t Masta said:
Could you possibly elaborate?
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I can make a flashable but whats interesting in this build
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ProTekk said:
I have full intentions to share. Unfortunately, AOKP is not my baby. AOKP is @romanbb's project. I've discussed a release with him and he has told me not to as of yet and I understand why. The source is there, feel free to get it and compile it.
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Do you know where the source is located? I checked TeamKang's github, but it hasn't been updated in a day and seems to lack a tenderloin package. I'd love to have a look at what you guys have done, but my quick 5 minute search led me to your twitter (I vote yes on nightlies, btw) and TeamKang. Thanks for everything, man!
sahhar1993 said:
I can make a flashable but whats interesting in this build
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Hw acceleration......make the flashable please
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I for one am glad to see that progress is being made. If it take's the Devs time to co-ordinate a release, that's all good. Consider that the TouchPad has ICS, and in a state that is serviceable for many apps. When the HW accel is available, it will just make it sweeter.
Not bad for a $149/$99 tablet, IMHO.

Exemption that makes rooting legal about to expire

Not sure when or the likeliness of this not getting extended but thought it'd be worth sharing. The exemption that makes jailbreaking the iphone and rooting android is going to run out and if it doesn't get extended, these activities could be deemed illegal.
http://gizmodo.com/5879180/jailbreaking-or-rooting-your-phone-could-become-illegal-again-fight-it
The above article suggests signing a petition at the EFF (link to petition below):
https://www.eff.org/pages/jailbreaking-not-crime-tell-copyright-office-free-your-devices
Lol If it becomes ''illegal'', then XDA is going to have to change their site policies. Oh no!
I own this device and will do what I want to it, including root!!!!
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From the looks of it that is referring to apple software and phones not android phones. Apple has always been iffy and the under dog on things .
reaper24 said:
From the looks of it that is referring to apple software and phones not android phones. Apple has always been iffy and the under dog on things .
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I thought it was all about Apple too, but they did make reference to Android in the article. But it never was that big of a deal before with Android, was it? I just hope carriers don't look at this as an opportunity to pounce on the users.
gk1984 said:
I thought it was all about Apple too, but they did make reference to Android in the article. But it never was that big of a deal before with Android, was it? I just hope carriers don't look at this as an opportunity to pounce on the users.
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They won't apple is referring to people who take off there stuff and put clean android on it. Never cared for apple ...
novanosis85 said:
I own this device and will do what I want to it, including root!!!!
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I am sure they can twist the Legalese to say that you own the device, but Apple merely let's you lease software at no cost to you. This means that they still own the software, and if you modify it, it's illegal.
Gotta love EULA's. Check out iTunes one, it actually says that you cannot use iTunes to develop nuclear weapons... I am sure they could easily hide the "We own the software, so you cannot jailbreak it" somewhere.
Should not apply to Android, since it is open. Google could possibly pull a very **** move, and say if you root it, you lose the license to use gapps and market, but that is highly unlikely.
Android is and always will be open source. As long as android is Linux based rooting and modding android will always be legal.
troyboytn said:
Android is and always will be open source. As long as android is Linux based rooting and modding android will always be legal.
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Absolutely!
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novanosis85 said:
I own this device and will do what I want to it
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Exactly what I say about my handgun!
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This will probably just get people all riled up... like SOPA.
sand1303 said:
Exactly what I say about my handgun!
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Amen!! I carry 24/7 :
So What ever became of this?
Is it Legal or not?
SketchyStunts said:
Amen!! I carry 24/7 :
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My EVO and Sig. Never leave home without em
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troyboytn said:
Android is and always will be open source. As long as android is Linux based rooting and modding android will always be legal.
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This, all of this. I don't care what they do for Apple's ****ty software and operating system, but Android is open source and is licensed under ASL2.0. You can read about it all here: http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html
ASL2.0 is basically granting permission to do anything with it so long as the license is distributed with it, and that you indicate what exactly you've changed in each file you've changed.
Open source is open source is open source.
Unknownforce said:
licensed under ASL2.0.
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Sooooo... asl?
(Asl is a common acronym for age sex location)
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yousefak said:
Sooooo... asl?
(Asl is a common acronym for age sex location)
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Omegle.com much?
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royshero said:
My EVO and Sig. Never leave home without em
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Paranoia? Wouldn't trust myself with one personally. (I like guns, but I don't have sufficient training to use one responsibly, and I don't believe that 99% of people do either.) But this isn't a gun debate ;-)
Insane to try and make 'rooting' illegal. What a complete waste of the earths resources. Only reason for this is to try and please the money makers.
Scougar said:
Paranoia? Wouldn't trust myself with one personally. (I like guns, but I don't have sufficient training to use one responsibly, and I don't believe that 99% of people do either.) But this isn't a gun debate ;-)
Find a friend with one practice and learn. They are fun and safe if your experienced
Insane to try and make 'rooting' illegal. What a complete waste of the earths resources. Only reason for this is to try and please the money makers.
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It can't happen Android is Linux. The best they could do is try harder to lock it down
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novanosis85 said:
I own this device and will do what I want to it, including root!!!!
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I AGREE!! the way I see it once I give them money for the device I can do what ever I want to it because it is no longer their property, it's mine!
so if they want to not honor warranties then that's fine but making rooting illegal it completely stupid and I don't see how they could stop people from doing so...

[Q] Windows in Nexus 7 Tab?

I am going to buy Nexus 7 tab Soon.
I was wondering if Windows can be ported in N7?
darkerm said:
I am going to buy Nexus 7 tab Soon.
I was wondering if Windows can be ported in N7?
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Other than running it in a emulator (qemu) its highly unlikely
I think it can cuz it has Quad Core
darkerm said:
I think it can cuz it has Quad Core
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Sure but windows is a closed source OS,so unless you can make drivers for ever peace of hardware in the device you have no chance.
Plus the only version that will run on ARM processors is Windows 8 RT which requires a special locked boot loader.
Short answer not possible
Long answer...would take alot of people alot of hacking to even have a chance of something even then likely not to happen.
However you could install Linux very easily!
Long answer...would take alot of people alot of hacking to even have a chance of something even then likely not to happen.
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Yeah, I already aware of that
But in the field of Hacking its a great challenge to developers.
So, there is a good chance we will see Win8 in N7 >
time will tell, won't you agree?
darkerm said:
Yeah, I already aware of that
But in the field of Hacking its a great challenge to developers.
So, there is a good chance we will see Win8 in N7 >
time will tell, won't you agree?
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Sure but I still really highly doubt it seeing how locked down Microsoft plans to make Windows 8 RT
Personally I would rather see a complete working native boot of Ubuntu first.
But stranger things have happened so we shall have to wait and see
I like Ubuntu
I hope someday someone will port Ubuntu in Xperia Neo.
BTW, I faced some problem when I installed Ubuntu in my pc but I like the UI
Windows on nexus
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So, you don't think win8 can not be ported into N7 :/
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darkerm said:
So, you don't think win8 can not be ported into N7 :/
Ok but be careful when you post or
GTFO kwiggington
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He's right. Windows doesn't work on ARM so right off the bat the project would be dead.
Yes, I know but there is still chance
Time will tell Dude
darkerm said:
Yes, I know but there is still chance
Time will tell Dude
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Why make a thread asking if something can be done, then not listen to the reason it (most likely) can't?
They ported Ubuntu to any loop device. Just search on youtube. I have done it with my kindle. why would you want windows..its just not cool
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powerpoint45 said:
They ported Ubuntu to any loop device. Just search on youtube. I have done it with my kindle. why would you want windows..its just not cool
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Why do I want Windows! do you need to ask mate :O
there are a lot of thing windows can which other can't and windows is a part of life
One question - for what??
I think it is easier to wait some time and by a tablet on Windows 8, if you want this OS.
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darkerm said:
So, you don't think win8 can not be ported into N7 :/
Ok but be careful when you post or
GTFO kwiggington
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Android devices being key logged

Old but still an interesting read
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/259568/20111201/carrier-iq-spyware-company-s-android-app.htm
omg
Thats soooo olddd omg. There is an app called carrier iq to tell if u if you have it. Most of providers have removed and almost every single custom rom has it removed. Dude this article is form december 2011.
That's old news. Like, really old. Look at the date on the article. Verizon doesn't use CIQ on any of it's devices. It may use something else, but so far we don't know of anything, so any claims otherwise are just FUD.
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ryclegman said:
take a look at this!
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/259568/20111201/carrier-iq-spyware-company-s-android-app.htm
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here's a good read on the subject.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/8/30...cy-officer-magnolia-mobley-culture-of-privacy
as stated by other memebers, IQ has been removed from most newer devices or has been changed to collect data anonymously
yeah i noticed it was old but just thought it was an interesting read... shouldnt of put the title that way but never the less its interesting.
i guess the cool thing is that developers can find these things since android is an open platform. If you were running an iPhone chances are you could never know!
ryclegman said:
i guess the cool thing is that developers can find these things since android is an open platform. If you were running an iPhone chances are you could never know!
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yep, well the manufacture knew about it. the users didnt and thats one thing that sparked the quest to remove it.
android devs will always find a way to make the platform better. iOS devs are just happy with what they have :angel:
old newz!!!!
synisterwolf said:
yep, well the manufacture knew about it. the users didnt and thats one thing that sparked the quest to remove it.
android devs will always find a way to make the platform better. iOS devs are just happy with what they have :angel:
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How can they be happy with ****?
zetsumeikuro said:
How can they be happy with ****?
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because its nice and shiny? IDK the caliber of iPhone users is that high. :silly:
EDIT:
-_- chrome knows how to spell iPhone correctly.
Nope. Your keyboard knows how to spell it.
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Nope. Your keyboard knows how to spell it.
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im on my pc. :/

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