So I hear it is possible to install windows 8.1 on our Samsung gs3's - So, how do I do this? I would like to give it a go, I'm tempted by a windows phone for my next device so this will be a great way to see whether I like windows phone without first buying a phone and being stuck with it for 2 years!
Has anyone else here tried it? What did you think ? How did it run on the s3?
Steve
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steve75dhd said:
So I hear it is possible to install windows 8.1 on our Samsung gs3's - So, how do I do this? I would like to give it a go, I'm tempted by a windows phone for my next device so this will be a great way to see whether I like windows phone without first buying a phone and being stuck with it for 2 years!
Has anyone else here tried it? What did you think ? How did it run on the s3?
Steve
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i personally dont like windows phones but thats just me. you cant get windows 8 on the s3 this has been discussed alot since it came out. you can however download a windows 8 theme that will make it look like a windows phone. i find it irritating but some people like it. the themes are available in the apps store if you want to give it a shot. that way youll have somewhat of a general idea what it will be like.
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This really has nothing to do with the EVO3D, but since this is my "home-base" forum, I decided to throw this up here:
http://goo.gl/CQ0vb
This is actually really, really huge....
Think of all the possibilities that exist... (Buy an old, crummy windows tablet that never made it commercially? Run all your android apps on that big-assed screen.)
Have an old laptop laying around that you never use? Load it up with whatever apps you want and throw them up onto the side of your house with a projector!
A lot of phones don't work with hdmi-out, but EVERY Windows laptop at least has VGA-out.....
Someone else possibly suggest a creative way to use this? (I think this is bigger news than people may initially realize.)
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cool, but i dont have a facebook, so i cant sign up
phonetec said:
cool, but i dont have a facebook, so i cant sign up
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Right now, you need a Facebook account to sign up. You won't, apparently, in the future.
What's the biggie?
Make a Facebook account.
It doesn't mean you have to use it..
I have one that I never, ever, use, except to get access to things like this.
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mazook98 said:
This really has nothing to do with the EVO3D, but since this is my "home-base" forum, I decided to throw this up here:
http://goo.gl/CQ0vb
This is actually really, really huge....
Think of all the possibilities that exist... (Buy an old, crummy windows tablet that never made it commercially? Run all your android apps on that big-assed screen.)
Have an old laptop laying around that you never use? Load it up with whatever apps you want and throw them up onto the side of your house with a projector!
A lot of phones don't work with hdmi-out, but EVERY Windows laptop at least has VGA-out.....
Someone else possibly suggest a creative way to use this? (I think this is bigger news than people may initially realize.)
<<Bringing it since 2010>>
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Downloading now...will report back.
BTW... This works on Windows 7 ONLY right now..
(which most everyone runs, Cuz Vista blows hard, though there are still diehard XP users that'll never give it up, lol..)
mazook98 said:
BTW... This works on Windows 7 ONLY right now..
(which most everyone runs, Cuz Vista blows hard, though there are still diehard XP users that'll never give it up, lol..)
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Tried on a Windows 2008R2 machine and a windows 7 machine (both x64) and both of them are screwed up after the install. The HD service will not start all of the way and actually blocks all network traffic on both machines. Tried to uninstall and it would just freeze during uninstall. Had to disable the services just get back online. Remember peeps, this is a Alpha build and you could run into issues like this.
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Tried on a Windows 2008R2 machine and a windows 7 machine (both x64) and both of them are screwed up after the install. The HD service will not start all of the way and actually blocks all network traffic on both machines. Tried to uninstall and it would just freeze during uninstall. Had to disable the services just get back online. Remember peeps, this is a Alpha build and you could run into issues like this.
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Mine worked fine on a toshiba satellite, and even an old Dell 600 running win7... But he's right... This IS an alpha. (Valpha?)
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Woah, that's cool
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mazook98 said:
BTW... This works on Windows 7 ONLY right now..
(which most everyone runs, Cuz Vista blows hard, though there are still diehard XP users that'll never give it up, lol..)
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NOOOOOO!!!!! The only thing that really holds me back from switching to Linux is streaming netflix. My hopes just shot straight up then were stomped down again.
Heres a rreview by newegg tv of a Viewsonic win 7 tablet that comes with it preinstalled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNy7C3Y9oTI
Pretty fuggin cool. Gonna have to peep this out when I get a chance.
Neat
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darn, it is not compatible with my bitdefender...
Hello XDA!
Since 31-12-2011, i am also a proud owner of a Lumina 800. I got it by renewing my Vodafone membership for a year and paid 150 euro. Usually i always try to get as much information as i can before getting a new phone and infact, i was not even in need for one since i have a blackberry 9900 a few months old.
But after hardly using the BB Ping system, i realized it was a bit a waste to pay 5 euro a month for it. Especially now i have unlimited text messages and ofcourse Whatsapp.
I fell in love with the design of this phone and the screen. Oh my god..What a screen it is! I also come from the HTC HD2. It was my first smart phone and what helll that was. I swore i would never buy Windows phone ever! But i have to say, i am really stunned by WM 7.5 Mango. It works awesome, no problems what so ever so far, but there are some little annoying things i wanted to ask people here about.
My first problem is, i am an old school guy, but 27 years old though haha. I use Windows XP with SP2. i have been this pirated copy i got from my cousin a decade ago and i never had a problem. But it seems that Zune is only compatiable with SP3 or higher version of Windows. So at the moment , i have a phone that i can't syn with any media i have. I would like to put some of my music, but i can't do it the old fashion way through file transfer (as in an USB stick).
But what is more annoying , i can't update my software. It seem i can only do this through Zune. So my question is what now? Must purchase a new windows just to use my new phone properly?
The second i want to know and that is probably something small. Has anyone found a way to search for people on facebook on the phone? I can only search through my existing contacts, but i don't know how to search for new ones or add/remove.
Thanks in advance
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1 more thing i just found out. I tried to download a DJ set and what happend is, that it will directly stream instead of downloading it to the harddisk. That is not something i like and is there a way around it? With my old HD2 i could download lots of files but you had to hope the phone would not freez over haha.
I suggest you to try Zune pass, you pay 6 dollars\euros every month and you can enjoy unlimited music downloads from marketplace directly on your phone. This way you can avoid PC synch.
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Hydrad said:
Hello XDA!
So my question is what now? Must purchase a new windows just to use my new phone properly?
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You have a pirated copy of Windows and your only solution is to buy a new windows? Why not just do what you already did before. Use a pirated copy of Windows 7? Not that I approve....
would it ever be possible to flash windows phone 7 or 8 to the note
i see the HTC HD2 has windows phone on it i wonder if the note could ever be flashed to windows phone?
or its just impossible?
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would it ever be possible to flash windows phone 7 or 8 to the note
i see the HTC HD2 has windows phone on it i wonder if the note could ever be flashed to windows phone?
or its just impossible?
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umm... HD2 = a windows phone. android was ported to it.
as for windows phone to android i dont think anyones tried or tried very hard.
try launcher7 gives you the look and feel of a windows phone and runs nice
Wp7 has some strict hardware requirements... the note breaks almost all of them
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Impossible no. But it is not going to happen. HD2 was a microsoft windows phone to start. The Note isn't. If you want a windows phone then buy a windows phone. I am sure a mod will have this thread closed very shortly like all the past threads.
damn that sucks i want my note screen with windows phone 7 guess that dream wont come true -_-
Did you read the post about trying win7 launcher
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Wow. Where to start. Hrmm... Okay:
The HD2 originally came with windows mobile installed. Due to the (at the time) awesome hardware specs and large screen, everyone wanted it. After a week, we all realized how horrible windows mobile was and started experimenting with getting Android to boot. For an entire year we were copying Android versions over to our SD cards and booting from there. Around Christmas, we finally got the bootloader unlocked and we had a great phone. It wasn't much longer before Ubuntu was also running and once Win7 came out, folks had that booting too. All of this was in answer to one problem: windows mobile sucked.
Our Notes do not suck. Even the "stock" version of Android that ships with the phone is better than anything Microsoft has come up with so far.
So, no, I don't think anyone is concerned with getting another OS to boot on the Note.
On my Note via xda app.
Windows Mobile 6.5 is different than Windows Phone 7. I often miss some of the things Windows Mobile used to offer. NRGZ28 made a killer Rom for the HD2. I also loved the level of customization and the ease of applying things via .cab. It used a lot of desktop computer features as well. We're only recently reaching that level of nuance in Android as far as that stuff goes. The problem with Windows Phone 7 however is that all these good things died, and thus so did the true pocket PC.
Android has come such a long way and our devices are beautiful and versatile now. Who would ever want to run anything different at this point?
Just for reference, I posted some screenshots of my old Windows 6.5 HD2.
Not sure why I felt like doing this, but it made me remember those times
Never gonna happen.....
but it would be cool....for about 10 minutes.....LOL......g
Ahh yes I remember the good old days on my tilt2. Good times. Gotta love triple booting
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Windows Mobile 6.5 far from sucked. I still have my Telstra HD2 and it has an NRG ROM too. There were many things you could do on it that you still can't with android. The problem was not the OS but the lack of quality and compatible apps and the ending of support from microsoft.
Windows phone was microsoft's attempt to go after iphone. They locked it up very well just like the iphone OS. But unfortunately that takes away from customization and apps also. Reliable but boring for most. I'm just afraid android is going down the same path as microsoft once did. Too many phone variations and incompatible, crappy, and harmful apps.
So I'm trading my Nexus S for a HTC Radar, and the first thing I want to know is for HSPL, how many people suceeded?
I mean is it hard to do it perfectly and not brick it, or is it like rooting where the chances are 70% no and 30% yes.... Also wondering if there's a video that someone made for noobs on how to do it? Cause I want to use a 7.8 rom, and I also need a XAP installer so I want to do that on like day 1 or at least in the first week I have it..
I rooted my ICS tablet and my WP7 Radar.
Theyr're both the same difficulty, but there are more steps to unlocking the Radar. For my Tab, I only had to turn on developer mode or whatever it was called and run a windows program.
If you want to HSPL unlock it right when you get it, you'll need some tools.. (Y Cable, USB SD card reader, female-usb to female-usb) They totaled 5 dollars for me. Not bad.
It was not hard though. IDK about the RISK but it worked for me easily. Yes, I wanted a video tutorial at first but there just wasnt one. Most videos online are for the HD2, which is a different story.
I have WP 7.8 and it's great! Glad you're switching to WP.....
P.S. why not wait for WP8?
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I rooted my ICS tablet and my WP7 Radar.
Theyr're both the same difficulty, but there are more steps to unlocking the Radar. For my Tab, I only had to turn on developer mode or whatever it was called and run a windows program.
If you want to HSPL unlock it right when you get it, you'll need some tools.. (Y Cable, USB SD card reader, female-usb to female-usb) They totaled 5 dollars for me. Not bad.
It was not hard though. IDK about the RISK but it worked for me easily. Yes, I wanted a video tutorial at first but there just wasnt one. Most videos online are for the HD2, which is a different story.
I have WP 7.8 and it's great! Glad you're switching to WP.....
P.S. why not wait for WP8?
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Mostly cause being a 16 year old kid that still doesn't have a job, I can't afford phones on release date haha.. so I thought why not start out with WP7 .. plus I'm guessing apps run on C++ which is easier than Java to me so I thought maybe I could try building my own small apps after I'm done learning everything that matters :silly:
any possible way you could make a small video? or pm me very noobish details? cause I'm really getting confused haha.. yeah I only rooted my phones with either a flasher like ODIN or cmd...
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Here's the thing... WP7 apps I think can't be written in C++.... That's a Windows Phone 8 feature.
You should look at low end WP8 devices, which should still run great. Maybe look at the HTC 8 S or Lumia 8xx... I'm not sure how much they are but I'd guess a 100 dollars more than the Radar or something.....
Edit: it's pretty easy once you get started... Just get the 3 things I listed above then everything should be easy.
WP7 uses something a lot like Silverlight or C#/vb.net .... Again, I only started learning a while ago then stopped because of school.
I can't seem to find y-cables in the stores nearby.. is it ok to use a USB Hub? ..
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I can't seem to find y-cables in the stores nearby.. is it ok to use a USB Hub? ..
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You can try making your own. I tried it but failed... Can't you order one from Amazon? they're cheap there.
Can you send me links on what I need to get altogether? .. and how many quantities I need.. from amazon
Put more effort into this, I'm sure you could've found this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597837
Has anyone ran Windows 8 (Windows phone) on an Android? I know HTC has a Windows phone. The reason I ask is because I would like to try Windows and be able to use Cortana, and if I don't like it, I can revert back to sweet a$$ ROMS from here. Thanx
Dude... Windows phone isn't just a rom... Simple answer... No never. They aren't even close to being the same. Try one most carriers will offer 30 day money back offers an I believe T-MObile has a trial thing going on as well...
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Dude... Windows phone isn't just a rom... Simple answer... No never. They aren't even close to being the same. Try one most carriers will offer 30 day money back offers an I believe T-MObile has a trial thing going on as well...
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I know Windows isn't just a rom, Verizon has the HTC m8 as a windows phone so I thought maybe the one max could run it also. I was hoping since you could run Windows or Linux on the same machine that maybe the phones would also be able to dual boot. I thought I seen someone dual boot Windows and Android on a tablet on youtube awhile ago. So you are 100% certain there is no way to dual boot or run Windows on an Android device? I want to be for sure. Thanx for your reply.
check this out, just found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvw9CMMlDJ4
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I know Windows isn't just a rom, Verizon has the HTC m8 as a windows phone so I thought maybe the one max could run it also. I was hoping since you could run Windows or Linux on the same machine that maybe the phones would also be able to dual boot. I thought I seen someone dual boot Windows and Android on a tablet on youtube awhile ago. So you are 100% certain there is no way to dual boot or run Windows on an Android device? I want to be for sure. Thanx for your reply.
check this out, just found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvw9CMMlDJ4
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See previous reply. It's not even close to possible...