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windows rom on sd card

ok have to ask i remember when we could run android from the sd card on windows phone htc hd2 this was great when i had the hd2 now got the galaxy s2 with ICS and its great but now am wondering if windows rom can be ported to the sd card on the galaxy s2 without the use of magldr or nand.

Basically impossible... drivers first of all... and honestly... probably little to no demand.... easier to just go buy a windows phone...
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For now. Jelly Bean was supposed to be the first step away from carrier borking of android framework. Essentially, the intention was to stop the current segregation. And it was said there was interest in supporting dual boot. Who knows, money talks, so neither may ever become a reality

kungfubass1961 said:
ok have to ask i remember when we could run android from the sd card on windows phone htc hd2 this was great when i had the hd2 now got the galaxy s2 with ICS and its great but now am wondering if windows rom can be ported to the sd card on the galaxy s2 without the use of magldr or nand.
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If you want to boot different roms From sdcard you can try this boot manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager
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bmakk2055 said:
If you want to boot different roms From sdcard you can try this boot manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager
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He's asking for WP7 not multiple android ROMs. However i use that app mentioned and its freaking awesome. It better helps me pick a DD when new releases come out
But per OP:
WP7 on any phone other than WP7 or HD2 is going to be impossible. As the second post stated. the drivers and guts to get it working are not avaliable for the S2 as they were for the HD2. I have an HD2 as well and the reason for the vast choice in ROMs and platforms is because they were able to get a hold of the raw sources for the drivers which the devs than sprinkled some xda-dust on and tweaked the code to run in different platforms. The HD2 is one of the most vastly developed devices ive ever seen/read/owned. I wish mine was still in pristene condition. lol.

thank you for all your info guys and looks like i will need to get the htc hd2 to injoy windows, i started out with windows as my frist smart phone the tmobile dash lol that one died and aslo the dash 3g, but still injoying the galaxy S2 still has a ton of life to it, but then i remember having the htc hd2 and then got the galaxy S2 and befor i sold the hd2 i did some compairing using youtube play on both phones and the screen display on the hd2 was so close to the galaxy S2 also speed wise was close but then just one thing that the hd2 lacked was a front camera, but still always :good: for the hd2.

Safe strap 3.0 for nexus?

idk if yall know what safestrap is but its the recovery hash of codes made for the droid 3,4 raz and other motorola phones but the cool part is anything 3.0 and up has the abilty to multiply os's like 5 slots you can choose from it would make testing roms much easier if we could get this, i no developer so i couldnt make it happen but maybe someone will read this and make some magic...

I just installed 3.0 for my spare Droid 4, and it's actually pretty cool. I wonder if they got the idea from the (now dead) Boot Manager app in the Play Store. (I used to love that app)
This would be pretty awesome to have on our Nexus phones. I wonder if it's too large of a project seeing as how Nexus phones aren't locked down as much as motorola phones?

We have TWRP and CWM. No need for a bootstrap. You want to switch between multiple ROMs easily? Just use a NANDroid of each one and alternate as desired.

Razr and other motorola safe strap compatible phones usually have a memory card expansion slot, whereas our phone is solely dependent on that 16gb. So its not really a feasible option to give up the precious storage for the partition slots.
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azeem.droid said:
Razr and other motorola safe strap compatible phones usually have a memory card expansion slot, whereas our phone is solely dependent on that 16gb. So its not really a feasible option to give up the precious storage for the partition slots.
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Ah, good point.

Ubuntu phone OS on Desire

Hi guys!!! Happy New Year first!
I found something interesting. The devs from ubuntu are developing a new OS. It uses linux kernel and drivers for the specific device.Here are the requirements. I think i will run on our devices.
Watch the video.

niki1999kir said:
Hi guys!!! Happy New Year first!
I found something interesting. The devs from ubuntu are developing a new OS. It uses linux kernel and drivers for the specific device.Here are the requirements. I think i will run on our devices.
Watch the video.
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So great! Looking for an official release

It looks like the Desire is just at the minimum requirements for this, except that the Desire's Snapdragon system-on-chip is ARM Coretex A8 not the "required" A9.

I was under the impression it needs at least two cores, no?

Orangine said:
I was under the impression it needs at least two cores, no?
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You miss read it. Its not the mobile os that needs dual-core its the docking thing where it runs the full desktop.
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cool i'll wait for it

Thou were struggling to get the latest version of android.
People dream too much . Wake up and smell the coffee.
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well why not we have other choices for os on our phones ? i think it could be a new era on phones os and who knows even more ...

I think it will be awesome to choose our OS on the phone. This wil be perfect on phone that has no buttons - like galaxy nexus or nexus 4. The beta will be released in 3 or 4 weeks I think. I`ll try to port it but I'll need help
Edit: Read the official page. The beta for the nexus will be ready at 13 january ))

Yes we can hope that with both Ubuntu and Firefox OS will let us control our devices. The future of smartphone OS look bright :laugh: By the way I don't think canonical is planning to port ubuntu for old or low-range phones for now. Especially since they might encounter performance issues. The community might have to work hard to port it on devices like the HTC Desire

niki1999kir said:
I think it will be awesome to choose our OS on the phone. This wil be perfect on phone that has no buttons - like galaxy nexus or nexus 4. The beta will be released in 3 or 4 weeks I think. I`ll try to port it but I'll need help
Edit: Read the official page. The beta for the nexus will be ready at 13 january ))
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Good luck I hope it does eventually get ported to a usable fashion. Thou I am being realistic.
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Sadly by the time it's available to devs few people will have the phone so doubt it'll a developers time and effort. Never know though
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MChaotic said:
Sadly by the time it's available to devs few people will have the phone so doubt it'll a developers time and effort. Never know though
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It depends lets hope that we will have a version soon enough !!

Yes, lets get this to the Desire.
Or atleast an custom Android ROM with all the features and look.

i hope Ubuntu phone OS can run in htc desire....:laugh:

Vpabc said:
i hope Ubuntu phone OS can run in htc desire....:laugh:
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Anything news about this?
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me too !!
i hope Ubuntu OS and Firefox OS can run in HTC DESIRE .....

htc desire only single core
i think ubuntu os phone can't support for desire ....
desire just single core...:crying:

It looks to me that our processor may just fall under the requirements, also it says the device will require 4gb internal storage. That may be a problem, as long as the system files are less than 250mb it should be possible using some sort of reverse mount with sd card

interesting. But I also suppose that our three years old smartphone won't be "fast" enough for it

[Q] Few questions before I buy Note 2

Hello friends,
I am considering to buy a Note 2 to replace my main device as Sensation's touchscreen failed upon me.
I have few questions and I will appreciate your valuable replies.
1. Is Note 2 hardware good enough for next 2 years? I don't play much games and mostly Subway Surfer, Real Racing, MC4. Maybe half hour a month. But I want to be able to run all upcoming Android versions (atleast till developers support this device).
2. I read about SDS somewhere few months before. Is every Note 2 affected? I can't afford to have an expensive paper weight.
3. Does Note 2 have some dual-boot kernel?
4. Any ROM with Note 3 features esp that circle popup thing (or its my wishful thinking ) ?
5. Otherwise which would be recommended Custom Stock ROM, Recovery and kernel (dual-boot is definitely preferred)?
6. Any other major hardware bugs?
7. Btw, could someone guide me as how to check if I decide to buy my friend's old Note 2? How I check it for faults esp hardware? I am getting tempted as I could save some good money for other accessories
If there is something else which hasn't come to my mind but is important please feel free to add. I would be much obliged
Thank you so much !!!

silentvisitor said:
Hello friends,
I am considering to buy a Note 2 to replace my main device as Sensation's touchscreen failed upon me.
I have few questions and I will appreciate your valuable replies.
1. Is Note 2 hardware good enough for next 2 years? I don't play much games and mostly Subway Surfer, Real Racing, MC4. Maybe half hour a month. But I want to be able to run all upcoming Android versions (atleast till developers support this device).
2. I read about SDS somewhere few months before. Is every Note 2 affected? I can't afford to have an expensive paper weight.
3. Does Note 2 have some dual-boot kernel?
4. Any ROM with Note 3 features esp that circle popup thing (or its my wishful thinking ) ?
5. Otherwise which would be recommended Custom Stock ROM, Recovery and kernel (dual-boot is definitely preferred)?
6. Any other major hardware bugs?
7. Btw, could someone guide me as how to check if I decide to buy my friend's old Note 2? How I check it for faults esp hardware? I am getting tempted as I could save some good money for other accessories
If there is something else which hasn't come to my mind but is important please feel free to add. I would be much obliged
Thank you so much !!!
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1. Im fairly sure the phone will be extrwmwly adequate 2 years from now (obviously no one knows for sure) but the quad core processor is very capable of playimg the ges you mention. Although there are devices out that already have octo core processors, they all are only usong 4 at any one time and the differences are bare noticable at best.
2. As long as you are getting your phone from an authorized dealer then you shouldnt worry about SDS as that comes with older models and should come with a warrenty that would allow for replacement (one way or another)
3. The guy that built the (either S2 or S3) dual boot kernal was receiving donations to help him fund the tools to make it back in Jan-Mar of this year and I havent heard anything since... nor have I seen anything about it anywhere (atleast not on TMO LTE version. Youre more than welcome to search around a bit yourself)
4. Yes and No... there is but Team E (or whoever) has certain restrictions (really just permission only use) on alot of the Note 3 features that have been made for the Note 2... not really stone walling development, just protecting their hardwork and asking for proper credits, no alterations without reporting back to them, etc... it will be in every new rom eventually
5. Really a matter of who you ask and personal preference. I myself love Ptmr3s Jedi series (Master for TMO WiFi calling or X for other Note 2) but thats because 4.4 isnt out and I love the functionality that TW has for the particular device (samsung hasnt open sourced their SPen, MultiWindow, etc) so theyre not on non-TW BASED roms.. if you prefer AOSP, AOKP, or Paranoid Andriod, or PACMAN, etc than there are carious roms to pick and choose from. As for Kernal... each rom will provide (or users will post kernals that are compatible (I.e. dont use just any kernal on any rom... only what has been tested and proven).
6. Nothing major that isnt morw than an isolated incident at best... obviously of roms are newer or in nightly stages there will be bugs but nothing really hardware related... should mention sometimes on calls, the person your talking to will here themselves (echo) but that is sorta sparatic at best and most roms its not that bad and nothing major (again not really hardware related)
7. eMMC bug checker app. Download from play store, (look up the thread on here) and it will show you what to look for
Hope this helps...
Ultimately the Note should be continued to be developed for some time and able to withstand another 2 years of updates and new handsets. Already have 4.4 on TMO (omnirom - though not a daily driver) and carriers are pushing out stock 4.3 ASAP
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@PhxDroid86
Thank you for detailed reply.
So if I am buying new deice I wouldn't have that SDS bug. Right?
I am little surprised (and disappointed) that a powerful device like Note 2 doesn't have dual-boot functionality. That way I could run both Stock (I love various TW functionalities) and AOSP/AOKP/PA, etc
Could you plz provide link or name of the ROM with Note 3 features? Does it have that circle thing?
Thank you once again !!!

silentvisitor said:
@PhxDroid86
Thank you for detailed reply.
So if I am buying new deice I wouldn't have that SDS bug. Right?
I am little surprised (and disappointed) that a powerful device like Note 2 doesn't have dual-boot functionality. That way I could run both Stock (I love various TW functionalities) and AOSP/AOKP/PA, etc
Could you plz provide link or name of the ROM with Note 3 features? Does it have that circle thing?
Thank you once again !!!
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Air command? (Using the SPen?) ... what carrier are you on?
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No idea whats it called. Yes using S-Pen.
In my country we don't have carrier thing. We have to buy devices at full price

Find out the model of the note 2 amd visit that particular xda thread for further info on uograded custom roms amd updates... also (in case you dont know better... dont flash a rom designed for a dofferwmt device (model number) unless you know what to do.. youll lose cell service and have a bunch of stuff to do just to fix it (some people have ecpensive paper weights)
Good luck, I think the note 2 is a good decision on your part
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504016
Here you are mate...note 2 4.3 with note 3 features
It's for n7100 only if I'm not mistaken
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Newbyallthetime said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504016
Here you are mate...note 2 4.3 with note 3 features
It's for n7100 only if I'm not mistaken
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Thanks for the link
Yes this circle thing I was talking about. So its called S-Finder....ok
Have you used it? Its good?
Any idea about dual-boot thing?
And, I am glad to have given you yours first Thanks here

Thank you mate
Yes it's working verry good. I am using DN3 as we speak and it's a daily driver for me. The rom does not have yet note 3 camera and have a few minor bugs but nothing serious.
For me is as if a bot a note 3 and next update of the rom was anounced allready by the developers.
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Never felt the need of dual boot and didnt heard of it either for note II.
Please excuse my english...not my native language
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TWRP with Multiboot possible?

Absolutely love my kfhd8.9 running cm11 (huge thanks to Hashcode!), but was wondering if the twrp running on our devices is capable of being modified like the Galaxy S3 that allows multiboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646528
It's great to be able to run the latest and greatest roms on my phone while preserving a "stock" environment for Wifi Calling/Messaging (T-Mobile) when I need it.
Probably not possible with this device and it's piggybacked boot loader, but I've been curious for a while and figured that I'd ask anyone who may know...
Thanks!
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Well this was looked at before but if you compare amazon os to cm the ecosystem is too different from what I heard so it couldn't be done. Might work between other ROMs but I don't think anyone is going to create it for that purpose though but you never know.
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