Is it possible to have a Galaxy nexus and dualboot it with windows 7.5?
Thanks
I'm not going to say anything is impossible... but no. Not easily at least.
Even if you could get it on there drivers would probably be a big issue. It would take a lot of development to get things working properly. You'd have a lot of obstacles to overcome as well such as the lack of physical buttons.
Good luck
The Q&A threads are to be posted here.
What the **** is Windows 7.5?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
I think he meant Windows Phone 7
Windows mango 7.5 is the operating system of windows phones
bgurny said:
Is it possible to have a Galaxy nexus and dualboot it with windows 7.5?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope.
Even if you somehow got it running it would still be illegal.
And to even try you would need the source code.
It simply won't happen.
bgurny said:
Is it possible to have a Galaxy nexus and dualboot it with windows 7.5?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
WP7 is closed source. Not gonna happen.
Buy a Windows Phone
And I am willing to be op wants this just so he can show his friends and the only effort put into it was getting on the internet. Drivers, ram, code, and development would be only the smallest of obstacles if downloading and flashing it were your goals. The windows phone can be had over there.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
windows 7.5? not in this life time.
different ICS roms? use bootmanager from market.
Thanks
Thanks everyone for there answer!
Maybe one day I'll buy one but for now I just love my Gnex.
bgurny said:
Thanks everyone for there answer!
Maybe one day I'll buy one but for now I just love my Gnex.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll wait for windows 8. Windows phone 7 is just a temporary solution from microsoft to stop apple and android from dominating the market. No doubt it is decent but it's still in its infancy and doesn't have a lot of apps.
ArmanUV said:
I'll wait for windows 8. Windows phone 7 is just a temporary solution from microsoft to stop google and android from dominating the market. No doubt it is decent but it's still in its infancy and doesn't have a lot of apps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah that sure worked out for Microsoft. They sure took away that 1% of market share. They should be proud.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
ArmanUV said:
I'll wait for windows 8. Windows phone 7 is just a temporary solution from microsoft to stop google and android from dominating the market.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hahahahaha. Mission Accomplished.
Sent from my GSM Galaxy Nexus on TMoUS using Tapatalk
Depending on how tech savvy your friends are just download a windows phone launcher and claim that you developed a new type of hybrid device, its worked for me before lol
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
Rem3Dy said:
Yeah that sure worked out for Microsoft. They sure took away that 1% of market share. They should be proud.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah well they tried and failed. even the director of wp7 developtment admitted defeat a few months ago . Personally I think it is a very decent platform. I really like its elagant user interface but if I just wanted ui I would've stayed with ios.
The reason wp7 didn't take off was because it was too late and there was no demand for it, not because it sucked.
I have dual boot Mango and ICS on my HD2.
Believe me, WP7.5 has a beautiful layout and the best keyboard, but besides that it's way inferior when compared to Android and iOS. Very lame browser and the apps have less options. It's fun to play with for a day, but more than that you'll get really frustrated.
myself11 said:
I have dual boot Mango and ICS on my HD2.
Believe me, WP7.5 has a beautiful layout and the best keyboard, but besides that it's way inferior when compared to Android and iOS. Very lame browser and the apps have less options. It's fun to play with for a day, but more than that you'll get really frustrated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you mean you have Mango like that browser demo? Or it's only on that phone that can do it?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
kbrian said:
Do you mean you have Mango like that browser demo? Or it's only on that phone that can do it?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The HD2 is a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone that you can install Mango on and dual boot into Android since other Android phones are very similar to.
EKnofsky said:
The HD2 is a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone that you can install Mango on and dual boot into Android since other Android phones are very similar to.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Adding to what he said, since the hd2 already had windows on it it allowed It to be easier to port it onto, I think test builds where also made for it too. And since android is open source it was easy to port over( not really but easy for a dev). You'd have better luck buying a windows phone and dual booting that with android
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
Related
I don't know if it may be possible... but is there a way to have a cm7 running on the gn cdma? I'm pretty sure there's not. But maybe there's a small chance there is a way to get it running...I just want to know if there's a cm7 that can run off this phone. I have cm9 nightly running but I want to use gingerbread. .too? Any ideas, thoughts, or a definite answer? Than in advance
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Why would you want that..?! Millions of android users are never going to even see what we've got since yesterday (4.0.4) and you want to go back to gingerbread?
heh I wanted to run 1.0 on my nexus one...
Most likely NO. I cant imagine any developer (unless you want to take a crack at it yourself) that would want to waste their time on trying to make "MS Dos 3.1" run on a Windows 8 device
No. And seriously.... wtf?
Wow...! This is what they call evolution? I can exchange my nexus one for your gnex... Lots of gingerbread rooms!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 Beta-4
CUPCAKE FOR EVERYBODY!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
I just thought it be pretty cool to run cm 7 on the gn...just to have it stable and it being faster I guess.....nit saying going back in evolution and or technology...maybe just for cm7 to run faster off the gn..I had it on my nexus one and nexus s...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
njd15 said:
I just thought it be pretty cool to run cm 7 on the gn...just to have it stable and it being faster I guess.....nit saying going back in evolution and or technology...maybe just for cm7 to run faster off the gn..I had it on my nexus one and nexus s...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Faster? .... how? Ice Cream Sandwich is as fast as it can get.
it's awesome to put windows 3.1 on my i5
zephiK said:
Faster? .... how? Ice Cream Sandwich is as fast as it can get.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Faster as in ics needs a certain amount of memory for it to run properly. But I'm guessing cm7 don't need allll the memory available on gn therefore it would run much faster....just like a windows 7 computer having g now like 8gb of ram available and new processors....and if u install windows xp it will run very smooth and super fast..since that system never saw 8gb of ram in the past on a regular desktop....that's what I meant...but yeah it will never happen anyways
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
njd15 said:
Faster as in ics needs a certain amount of memory for it to run properly. But I'm guessing cm7 don't need allll the memory available on gn therefore it would run much faster....just like a windows 7 computer having g now like 8gb of ram available and new processors....and if u install windows xp it will run very smooth and super fast..since that system never saw 8gb of ram in the past on a regular desktop....that's what I meant...but yeah it will never happen anyways
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It has nothing to do with the ram.
Or maybe even symbian! From the 5110 with the original snake.... ya, THAT would be fast!!!
It won't necessarily run smoother as it wouldn't be optimised for running on the GN. Also gingerbread lacks hardware acceleration so that would make things ever so slightly laggier and not to mention possible bugs.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
There is not (that I am aware of) any device that would run smooth at 720p on Gingerbread unless the OEM added a hardware accelerated UI (for example, the Note).
njd15 said:
I don't know if it may be possible... but is there a way to have a cm7 running on the gn cdma? I'm pretty sure there's not. But maybe there's a small chance there is a way to get it running...I just want to know if there's a cm7 that can run off this phone. I have cm9 nightly running but I want to use gingerbread. .too? Any ideas, thoughts, or a definite answer? Than in advance
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Another "cool" kid wanting to be cool and probably needs somebody to flash his phone for him.
--------+++--------
iphone. helping computer illiteracy become popular since 2007.
@rbiter said:
Another "cool" kid wanting to be cool and probably needs somebody to flash his phone for him.
--------+++--------
iphone. helping computer illiteracy become popular since 2007.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How does that make any sense?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
malikadnanm said:
How does that make any sense?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I dunno, @rbiter has been on a tirade of lame jokes lately.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Just because you may not like an idea doesn't mean that everybody else has to feel the same way. If you're not interested in helping then feel free to ignore the thread, but do NOT reply just to give some smartass answer or harass others.
I think everyone here has been pretty lighthearted with each other so far but this is getting real old real quick.
OP instead of making comments and making fun of your curiosities I will simply explain:
There are no driver binaries for G Nex hardware that work on Gingerbread, and that's the main reason this won't work. Just like you couldn't really build Froyo for the Nexus S. The hardware drivers are typically coded to work with specific versions of Android.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Hopefully the idea isn't too offensive to the android community, but I'm wondering if this will be possible on the nexus considering Apollo will be supported on multi-core high-res devices.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
Possible? Maybe, but wp8 iirc is going to be snapdragon s4 only.
Probable? No, there is no license for nexus and therefore illegal (warez).
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
KILL HIM WITH FIRE!!!
In all seriousness, doubtful. If you could even get it ported, you would no doubt run into Licence issues. I.e, the software would have to be licensed for use on the device, same as windows on a PC.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
That's a disgusting thing to say. Wp8 eww
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Oh, got it. Thanks for the help; I have always wondered why there were never any wp7 ports, but it makes sense. Aside from being completely sacrilegious, I can see the legal aspect as being a deterrent.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
Isn't WP all closed source, + only made for 1 screen resolution?
Swiftkey'ed on my CM9 Galaxy Nexus
Herman76 said:
Isn't WP all closed source, + only made for 1 screen resolution?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
correct
Nexz said:
correct
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wp8 is supposed to support 3 different resolutions though right?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
You know u could just try Launcher7 out.
Port Windows 8 phone
Hello ,
now serious , is it possible to port Windows 8 phone on any other android device , like Galaxy S , or S2 or S3 ??
I have a friend who has a Samsung Phone with this ROM , bought it like that and shows pretty.
I saw a youtube with an Galaxy ACE flashed via CWM with Windows 8 phone.
Please spare me the comments like " why would you do this " , " android is the best " and license crap.
You all know that more then the half of PCs in the world are running different forms of windows OS without a valid license.
I would just like to know if it is technical possible and if not why .... but pure technical not emotional or license reasons.
Thank u in advance.
Dintisor said:
Hello ,
now serious , is it possible to port Windows 8 phone on any other android device , like Galaxy S , or S2 or S3 ??
I have a friend who has a Samsung Phone with this ROM , bought it like that and shows pretty.
I saw a youtube with an Galaxy ACE flashed via CWM with Windows 8 phone.
Please spare me the comments like " why would you do this " , " android is the best " and license crap.
You all know that more then the half of PCs in the world are running different forms of windows OS without a valid license.
I would just like to know if it is technical possible and if not why .... but pure technical not emotional or license reasons.
Thank u in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Technically impossible for now, vastly different infrastructure that requires more than imaginable work to make it run. Only DFT (one of the most powerful teams in my knowledge) managed to port a partially-working WP8 for the HD2 - but then again, HD2 is originally a Windows device.
The "WP8" you've seen on some Android phones are most definitely just some heavily skinned Android ROMs. Don't bother.
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
I thought this would be a fun thread.
Firefox OS is already becoming a reality, btw. Somebody has already started porting it to the Gnex here, but beware, it's a pre-alpha.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805282
CADude said:
I thought this would be a fun thread.
Firefox OS is already becoming a reality, btw. Somebody has already started porting it to the Gnex here, but beware, it's a pre-alpha.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805282
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's silly. If I wanted another OS I wouldn't be on GNex, would I?
netbuzz said:
That's silly. If I wanted another OS I wouldn't be on GNex, would I?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, that's the beauty of a Nexus,isn't it? You can flash so many different things with less problems than a non-nexus.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
DirgeExtinction said:
Well, that's the beauty of a Nexus,isn't it? You can flash so many different things with less problems than a non-nexus.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, I get you, but that's not what I meant. If I wanted a windows os I would have bought a phone that already runs one. Same way, if it were possible to run android on iphone, I wouldn't buy iphone to do that. I would buy iphone to run ios, right?
Now, I do get that it's awesome to play around, have something different, impress your friends, etc, but I bought my phone to run android. that's me.
netbuzz said:
That's silly. If I wanted another OS I wouldn't be on GNex, would I?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have some imagination....
Any info about ubuntu on android.. i want to apply in my Galaxy Nexus.. interested
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
The reason I have a Nexus is that I want to run the latest version of Android. So, nothing.
I'd like to be able to try out windows phone, buy prob not as a daily driver. What I would like would be some sort of Ubuntu implementation where it ran both Ubuntu and android depending on whether it was docked or not.
I would want to stick to Android, but run it on Nokia hardware. No one comes close to their quality, albeit diminished as of late.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Ubuntu and windows 7 phone
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
Web os or windows phone. Or Meego.
Definitely meego with a dalvik machine for android apps
I think Mozilla's B2G shows a lot of promise. I like the concept.
Erm... Kandy Kane maybe.
android features with iOS interface.....
Android 1000000000000000.0
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Tizen for sure. Meego's real time multitasking was awesome. Same with Maemo.
W8 could be nice, but for that I'd probably prefer getting a w8 phone, from my experience with HD2,dual booting was annoying.
Sidekick lx OS
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
NKDroid said:
Any info about ubuntu on android.. i want to apply in my Galaxy Nexus.. interested
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are several apps on the play store that add Ubuntu or Debian to the gnex. My favorite one was Debian Kit, which let you put either Debian or Ubuntu on your phone side by side with Android. I'm not sure if it works with Jellybean, though. Really nice to have mc, vim or joe, GCC, package management, X, etc available.
Well... in smartphones we don't have many choice... So I would say windows 8, no windows phone I mean PC windows..
Enviado desde mi Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 2
Can it be that the Desire HD will be able to port and run a Windows Phone 8 ROM?
orir said:
Can it be that the Desire HD will be able to port and run a Windows Phone 8 ROM?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it will never a Windows Phone 8 ROM although Desire HD is able to run it,cause WP8 is paid....
orir said:
Can it be that the Desire HD will be able to port and run a Windows Phone 8 ROM?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You want a Windows 8 Rom??? What for? It is not about capability but copyrights....
orir said:
Can it be that the Desire HD will be able to port and run a Windows Phone 8 ROM?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope. W8 isn't open source.
Sorry the geek that owns Microsoft wont share. Just like apple when they say you want more memory bend over. When I can buy a 32gb micro sd for 20-30 bucks.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
WINDOWS 8
orir said:
Can it be that the Desire HD will be able to port and run a Windows Phone 8 ROM?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Never, nunca, Jamais, aldrig, mai......:silly:
Personally it would be cool. But I didn't by an android to run windows. Its the same reason I sold my iPhone and bought android. I saw all the cool thing my wife could do with her phone. But I've read w8 phone is better then windows phone. It kinda like iPhone owners wanting to run android. If you want to run android on iPhone or w8 on android go buy that phone. If you can afford it of course.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda app-developers app
Well someone is gonna make launcher soon. That's my guess amyways...
- hit my thanks button if i helped you -
already done, search play store for Launcher 7
there's a windows 8 launcher too, but i think it's still being translated from Chinese, which is where it came from (chinese app).
well there are at least 2 wp8 launchers available already here in XDA, look it up
I want to know if there is or will be a windows phone rom for our gio ? I really like wp looks and i don't want just a launcher, i want a full rom .
dragon_chris97 said:
I want to know if there is or will be a windows phone rom for our gio ? I really like wp looks and i don't want just a launcher, i want a full rom .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
is very hard port wp on android phone...
dragon_chris97 said:
I want to know if there is or will be a windows phone rom for our gio ? I really like wp looks and i don't want just a launcher, i want a full rom .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well bechause it's not worth the effort pal, Android and IOS are the most flexible and best mobile operating systems to this day, it would be like downgrading, what would be next porting symbian?
There is a Windows 8 launcher available in the play store...
There might be some themes for this too, idk.
Windows Phone is just... bad... But not as bad as Sybian...
DevWithCookies said:
There is a Windows 8 launcher available in the play store...
There might be some themes for this too, idk.
Windows Phone is just... bad... But not as bad as Sybian...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OOO you are totally right, I had a nokia x6 16gb before the Gio and Iv wasent satisfied with it, what goog is it to have a good camera or stereo speakers if there isen't any social suport if the ram is to bad managed and if the whole OS is not finger friendly...anyway windows phones by HTC and Nokia have nicley colored bodyes but with android it's all about the colores inside.....So pleace be happy with the android look, it's the best in the world
The symbian story is kinda funny, look it up on Wikipedia.
When nokia bosses were discussing to stop symbian dev(cuz it failed so badly), all developers quit themselves and got hired by one of nokia concurrents!
What a fail right?
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda app-developers app
Thanks to all for the reply. I have successfully ported this from galaxy ace http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997863 but i have a problem with the wi-fi, it doesn't activate. Can someone help me ?
Replace wifi driver in system/wifi and change kernel
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda app-developers app
voetbalremco said:
Replace wifi driver in system/wifi and change kernel
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks ! What kernel do you recommend ?
CM7: Phiexz Kernel
CM9: Erickas
CM10: Erickas
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda app-developers app
I would just say, Microsoft is not experienced in doing such things. A little patience is required and Microsoft (maybe) will be also a developer of good phone soft. But until then, nothing will be better than android on the phones
But if you want to use it though: With a little experience of using mods and the connected apps, you will get an interface looking as nice as WP 8s.
But I can tell you: To get used to it is very difficult. I removed all the stuff, let's say a week after