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Only reason I ask is because I'm the type that gets bored with phones easily so I'm looking to switch it up a bit. That, and I like the Zune features..
How would you port it with no source code ?
WHY would you want to pollute a GOOD phone with that TRASH???!?!?
dhkr123 said:
WHY would you want to pollute a GOOD phone with that TRASH???!?!?
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For the reasons I mentioned above.
WHAT??
I agree, Windows is pure garbage! That's still not reason enough 2 port windows.
greengoldmello said:
For the reasons I mentioned above.
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If you get bored with Android, its OPEN SOURCE!!! Start coding/hacking.
Coding is exciting. Way more fun than dumpster diving.
And its even LEGAL.
If you really are bored with the phone, then sell it and buy a WP7 phone. You'll probably come back to Android once you see all the things that are currently missing from WP7.
I think it'd be cool to dual boot instead of having to go out and purchase a whole new phone. For now the closest we've got it Windows 3.1 over aDoxBox ... rofl!
Do a search for the dual boot threads, and find a WP7 dev willing to leak source. Still don't understand how anything about this phone and it's dev community can be boring.
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Question is the thread...
Sure, just like people are working on a 100% compatible Android ROM for the HD2. Just have to wait for a dev to take interest and port the OS for the Evo hardware.
If it happens, you'll see it here.
actually this has been asked MANY times in here.. just sayin... but I'm sure there isnt a 4g winmo modem driver yet.
There are a bunch of threads asking this, & the most common answer is: probably not.
Of course it's possible, but likely not going to happen due to lack of interest in the community, as well as any of the dev's.
Veritas06 said:
There are a bunch of threads asking this, & the most common answer is: probably not.
Of course it's possible, but likely not going to happen due to lack of interest in the community, as well as any of the dev's.
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Well, you'd think all of the threads about this would show an interest... right?
I'd be another one to switch an evo to winmo 6.5 or at least dual boot...
I see these threads and wonder, why? It's like buying a Corvette then putting a lawn mower engine in it. I'm sure someone could get it to work, but what's the point?
clamknuckle said:
I see these threads and wonder, why? It's like buying a Corvette then putting a lawn mower engine in it. I'm sure someone could get it to work, but what's the point?
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I don't completely agree with that wm still offers a few benefits. I have always been keen to options. I bought a lawn mower (dell mini 10v and have windows 7, osx snow leopard, android eclair, ubuntu, and jolicloud in a multiboot.) Just because I can. I think a dual boot android and wm would be a great idea similar to the iphone iboot between android and ios
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Fost04mach said:
Well, you'd think all of the threads about this would show an interest... right?
I'd be another one to switch an evo to winmo 6.5 or at least dual boot...
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For every one of these threads with a few users wanting WinMo on the EVO, it usually brings like 50 posts of flaming about it, so i'm willing to bet those wanting WinMo is a very small percentage of the community.
Also, there haven't been any dev's showing interest, which is the key part.
why not just buy a HD2? its the same exact phone win winMO (except the 4g ofcourse)....and i think dual booting a phone is pathetic that's why there's portable laptops? let a phone just be a phone...
Hi, this is more of a opinion question than a 'question' question. Hopefully the great devs in the forum see this and find a way to port it. Please vote in the poll and if you have an opinion to say please write them. Just respect other members. Your opinions such as "why would you want a port?" Aren't really Nessecary.
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Most of your options don't make "sense", so I can't vote!
Whilst it may be possible to port WP7 to the Desire hardware, your first two poll options are to port WP7 to Android which is nonsensical!
Personally, from what I've seen of WP7 so far, there is nothing that makes me want to move away from Android at present, but that doesn't preclude it happening in the future. However, if I did want to move to WP7, I'd almost certainly buy a phone dedicated to it rather than attempt to cobble together something on an Android phone.
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Dave
shockem said:
Hi, this is more of a opinion question than a 'question' question. Hopefully the great devs in the forum see this and find a way to port it. Please vote in the poll and if you have an opinion to say please write them. Just respect other members. Your opinions such as "why would you want a port?" Aren't really Nessecary.
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even if it was possible, which it's NOT, none of the developers here would do it as its ILLEGAL, we dont own a LICENCE for wp7, it would be no diffrent to distributing PIRATE copy's of windows 7....
indeed, most of us here bought an android device because we wanted to customise our phones or because we got tired and annoyed with other OSes(especially WM, urg...!{yeah, I know I have the HD2, it pisses me off...=.="'}), but if there are any developers porting WP7, I'd like to see it emulated only.
Oh, I didn't know it was illegal. Guess no one would port it then. But maybe a good emulator would be nice. I wish I had bought a HD2 now...
Given that Windows Phone 7 is not Windows Mobile, it would probably technically be illegal to run it on an HD2 too, though since you'd have effectively paid some kind of licence fee to MS, they would be more likely to turn a blind eye I guess!
It's by no means certain that it would be any easier though!
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Dave
foxmeister said:
Given that Windows Phone 7 is not Windows Mobile, it would probably technically be illegal to run it on an HD2 too, though since you'd have effectively paid some kind of licence fee to MS, they would be more likely to turn a blind eye I guess!
It's by no means certain that it would be any easier though!
Regards,
Dave
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that would be down to microsofts discretion, previously they havent made much of an issue out of us porting newer versions of windows mobile to, older windows mobile devices, and imo i dont think they would start now, ie porting wp7 to the HD2 ect.... but i cant see them sitting back and letting people port wp7 to a device with no microsoft licence all together. they didnt get to be the biggest company in the world by letting things like that slide
Why would you want to anyway?
Personally I don't even like the look of WP7 interface. Some nice features but it just looks a bit naff to me!
shockem said:
Oh, I didn't know it was illegal. Guess no one would port it then. But maybe a good emulator would be nice. I wish I had bought a HD2 now...
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sell your android and buy another phone !
philje123 said:
Why would you want to anyway?
Personally I don't even like the look of WP7 interface. Some nice features but it just looks a bit naff to me!
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i watched the wp7 keynote speach yesterday and was quite impressed, the people hub and the office hub both look very impressive, and as an xbox live gamer, the games hub looks awsome things i dont like about it are, it seems more of a feature phone than a smart phone, and like the iphone its very ms orientated, i dont like that, you can use android without even knowing google develop it
Hi can someone plz try to find a way to port android on wp7 phones like the hd7!! or at least tell me how i would be able to do it?
There is no quick way. At the moment, there is no way at all.
But I'm gonna tell you tomorrow.
xmoneyx8xcashx said:
Hi can someone plz try to find a way to port android on wp7 phones like the hd7!! or at least tell me how i would be able to do it?
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Seriously, can we not have a million posts about porting android to WinPho 7? Go buy a mytouch 4G or a G2.
If/when it does ever happen then trust me there will be an announcement.
So please please please let me get what I want this time.
Anything is possible but what would the point be? Nearly all of the HTC Win7 phones are just tweaker versions of existing Android devices.
Man, what's the point?
You want Android, you buy an Android phone. Or buy a HD2 and run robot OS from storage card. It makes way more sense because:
1. HD2 is almost identical to HD7 save for the OS and a few details of design factor. Same screen size and fire power.
2. HD2 is now cheeeeeap.
3. Except for Android, you've also got a good line up of other OSes to run on the machine.
4. You don't have to pay for a not free OS that you are not planning to use. A penny saved is a penny earned.
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Man, what's the point?
You want Android, you buy an Android phone. Or buy a HD2 and run robot OS from storage card. It makes way more sense because:
1. HD2 is almost identical to HD7 save for the OS and a few details of design factor. Same screen size and fire power.
2. HD2 is now cheeeeeap.
3. Except for Android, you've also got a good line up of other OSes to run on the machine.
4. You don't have to pay for a not free OS that you are not planning to use. A penny saved is a penny earned.
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the point is Alot of people myself included would love to dual boot W7&Android....
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the point is Alot of people myself included would love to dual boot W7&Android....
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For what? Androids garbage. If you want an Android phone so bad, go buy an Android phone. WP7 is fine by itself. If anything, id wanna see Ubuntu on my HD7. Certainly not crap like Android tho.
eternalemb said:
For what? Androids garbage. If you want an Android phone so bad, go buy an Android phone. WP7 is fine by itself. If anything, id wanna see Ubuntu on my HD7. Certainly not crap like Android tho.
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im not dissing you in anyway but did everyone elect you their spokesman to tell them what they should want?
in general, if you want an android device, get an android device...its quite simple you want android GET IT
but for the moment wp7 is not on android.
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I was wondering if was even possible, i noticed that verizon doesn't even have a windows mobile 7 phone and i'd like to play with it for a bit and yes the whole xbox live thing interests me
Then you will have to wait for verizon to have a WP7 Phone. Even if a rom was somehow ported over and made to work with the Increbile, it would be very limited, and it's already been said that the xbox live function would not be able to work. I don't have the link for it but a quick google search should net you that information.
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I was wondering if was even possible, i noticed that verizon doesn't even have a windows mobile 7 phone and i'd like to play with it for a bit and yes the whole xbox live thing interests me
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Bobboman, that would be an interesting concept. I wrote the thread regarding possibly porting over a BBerry 6 styled UI, but no takers and don't even know if it is possible at that.
MIUI gives you an iPhoneish experience and that makes me believe if somebody invested their time in prepping such a ROM resembling WP7 or BBerry 6, it could be accomplished. Again, i'm just speculating here, but I like where your head is at and I too look forward to anything our crazy bad ass Dev's come up with.
it really would, i did like MIUI but at the same time it felt way too much like the Iphone for me to continue using it though my ex girlfriend is using it on her droid OG
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it really would, i did like MIUI but at the same time it felt way too much like the Iphone for me to continue using it though my ex girlfriend is using it on her droid OG
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I had the same issue. The trick to miui is using the aosp elements theme. No more iPhoney icons.
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There is a WP7 theme, if you just want the look. The info is in Android Themes and Apps.
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Bobboman, that would be an interesting concept. I wrote the thread regarding possibly porting over a BBerry 6 styled UI, but no takers and don't even know if it is possible at that.
MIUI gives you an iPhoneish experience and that makes me believe if somebody invested their time in prepping such a ROM resembling WP7 or BBerry 6, it could be accomplished. Again, i'm just speculating here, but I like where your head is at and I too look forward to anything our crazy bad ass Dev's come up with.
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Cooking a ROM that has a similar feel to WP7 and actually porting it (which is what the OP wants) are two entirely different animals. Customizing the appearance of the UI is one thing... actually implementing the functionality that's core to WP7 is an entirely different animal. Since WP7 is not open source, a successful port is extremely problematic at best... even Android to Android ports have their limitations (such as those found in the Desire Z ports).
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Cooking a ROM that has a similar feel to WP7 and actually porting it (which is what the OP wants) are two entirely different animals. Customizing the appearance of the UI is one thing... actually implementing the functionality that's core to WP7 is an entirely different animal. Since WP7 is not open source, a successful port is extremely problematic at best... even Android to Android ports have their limitations (such as those found in the Desire Z ports).
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Thanks for actually trying to explain the difficulty in porting such a ROM instead of bashing me for asking or proposing a similiar idea.
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Thanks for actually trying to explain the difficulty in porting such a ROM instead of bashing me for asking or proposing a similiar idea.
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No bashing here. Some rabid purists would say, "If you want the ____ experience, you should buy a ____ phone". Hell, one of the main bennies of our phones is customization.
Like I said though, it would be possible for someone with talent (that I admittantly lack) to come up with a similar UI. But without access to source, porting the functionality that we'd want from WP7 isn't especially probable.
thanks for explaining that najaboy i figured that it was as simple as getting ahold of stock windows mobile 7 giving it the Inc drivers and going from there
i saw that the HD2 is running it so i thought it might be possible to bring it to the inc even with basic functionality if i knew how to even attempt it i would my self
and yea themeing is not something i'm interested in, i do like the stock look of android but windows mobile 7 would be fun to play with i think
and saying if you like it so much why don't you buy it is such a stupid thing to say as 1) verizon doesn't have it and 2) when i upgraded to the incredible windows mobile 7 wasn't even out yet
I really want a Windows 7 phone but I don't want to abandon Android altogether. I was wondering if I could flash WP7 on my Evo and tinker around with it?
There is a Windows Phone 7 project somewhere within EVO general
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There is a Windows Phone 7 project somewhere within EVO general
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Any link??
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Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
There's always the "Windows phone Android" launcher on the market if you just wanna dabble without doing too much modding to your phone.
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There's always the "Windows phone Android" launcher on the market if you just wanna dabble without doing too much modding to your phone.
Sent from hell.
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No thanks, I want to use an actual, fully functional version of Windows Phone on my Evo.
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No thanks, I want to use an actual, fully functional version of Windows Phone on my Evo.
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I'm pretty sure it was abandoned awhile ago. Sorry
free the dirk
Just keep android... WP7 isn't that great anyway. Android is way more powerful and easy to use and a WP7 port wouldn't be fully functional anyway.
nickelghandi said:
Just keep android... WP7 isn't that great anyway. Android is way more powerful and easy to use and a WP7 port wouldn't be fully functional anyway.
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Why would you come in here and tell him, "Just keep Android. Don't worry about WP7." If he's like any tech enthusiast, he probably likes to tinker and just experience other operating systems and setup just for the sake of experiencing them. Hell, I do this all the time with computer operating systems.
If he wants to try out WP7, let him try out WP7. Don't tell him, "Just keep Android."
UndeadCircus said:
Why would you come in here and tell him, "Just keep Android. Don't worry about WP7." If he's like any tech enthusiast, he probably likes to tinker and just experience other operating systems and setup just for the sake of experiencing them. Hell, I do this all the time with computer operating systems.
If he wants to try out WP7, let him try out WP7. Don't tell him, "Just keep Android."
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Well Put, #CoSign
Just like you stated your opinion, I am free to state mine. Personally, I like android. I like the custom ROMs available and I use them. As someone who came from WindowsPhone to Android I would not want to go back. I didn't mean to sound like I was against tinkering, it was simply my opinion on that specific subject. If they want to port it then fine lol. I won't try and stop them.
Here is the link to one of the themes available anyway:
https://market.android.com/details?id=info.tikuwarez.launcher3&feature
Here are a couple of threads that were for a WP7 Port:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1214061
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=813184
And that is probably as far as it will go.
I do love to tinker and I really think I'd like a windows phone, I just don't want to buy one without playing with it for a week or so to make sure it's a worthy purchase. Perhaps I'll just wait til my contract is up and try a windows phone for 30 days...
david black said:
I do love to tinker and I really think I'd like a windows phone, I just don't want to buy one without playing with it for a week or so to make sure it's a worthy purchase. Perhaps I'll just wait til my contract is up and try a windows phone for 30 days...
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I know a few people that have WP7 Devices and they seem pretty satisfied with them as far as functionality. The OS is closed source though so there isn't much in the way of tinkering. At least not legally. I like the open source code of Android although that is getting too controlled now also by companies like HTC that don't want to allow redistribution of their software. Anyway check out the links I posted in my last comment. The theme from the market is kind of dumb but the other threads I've linked to may be of some help because even though they're old threads some posts in them point to other places where development may be going on currently. I hope I have been more helpful with this post and the one before this than with my first one lol.