Windows 8 port? - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

This is probably really dumb question, but will this ever happen for the nexus 7 (2013)?? I know windows 8 supports arm processors, not sure if the s400 pro is "arm". This would be awesome to use with multiRom. Of anyone knows if this isn't possible, could you please explain thoroughly??
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[email protected] said:
This is probably really dumb question, but will this ever happen for the nexus 7 (2013)?? I know windows 8 supports arm processors, not sure if the s400 pro is "arm". This would be awesome to use with multiRom. Of anyone knows if this isn't possible, could you please explain thoroughly??
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no it wont happen, no divers, RT is not sold and not open, and would probably have alot take down notices to xda is there was such a project and worked

Ah that makes sense, so if it is ever capable it just wonted be posted here, also probably won't for a long time.....(if ever :/ )
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[email protected] said:
This is probably really dumb question, but will this ever happen for the nexus 7 (2013)?? I know windows 8 supports arm processors, not sure if the s400 pro is "arm". This would be awesome to use with multiRom. Of anyone knows if this isn't possible, could you please explain thoroughly??
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what S400 , Nexus 7 is underclocked S600 .. anyway all snapdragon's from qualcomm are based on ARM architecture , just not based of their reference Cortex AX cores .

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CM 7 for Galaxy Nexus?

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
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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!
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Another "cool" kid wanting to be cool and probably needs somebody to flash his phone for him.
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iphone. helping computer illiteracy become popular since 2007.
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Another "cool" kid wanting to be cool and probably needs somebody to flash his phone for him.
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iphone. helping computer illiteracy become popular since 2007.
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How does that make any sense?
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malikadnanm said:
How does that make any sense?
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Yeah I dunno, @rbiter has been on a tirade of lame jokes lately.
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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.
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Wp8 Port?

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.
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Possible? Maybe, but wp8 iirc is going to be snapdragon s4 only.
Probable? No, there is no license for nexus and therefore illegal (warez).
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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.
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That's a disgusting thing to say. Wp8 eww
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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.
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Isn't WP all closed source, + only made for 1 screen resolution?
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Herman76 said:
Isn't WP all closed source, + only made for 1 screen resolution?
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correct
Nexz said:
correct
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Wp8 is supposed to support 3 different resolutions though right?
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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.
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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.
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If you could run another mobile OS on the Galaxy Nexus, what would it be?

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
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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
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That's silly. If I wanted another OS I wouldn't be on GNex, would I?
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That's silly. If I wanted another OS I wouldn't be on GNex, would I?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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That's silly. If I wanted another OS I wouldn't be on GNex, would I?
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Have some imagination....
Any info about ubuntu on android.. i want to apply in my Galaxy Nexus.. interested
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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.
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Ubuntu and windows 7 phone
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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
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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
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Any info about ubuntu on android.. i want to apply in my Galaxy Nexus.. interested
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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..
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[Q] Ubuntu touch OS

I want to sk if it possible to run ubuntu touch os on wildfire.thanks!
zirico said:
I want to sk if it possible to run ubuntu touch os on wildfire.thanks!
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No one has tried yet. Dont think so
Ubuntu is under development for higher devices.(Yes!!!) But it wont come to us):
"If I could I would, but I can't so I shan't."
Unfortunately, I don't believe it supports ARMv6 and it requires CM10.1 as a base for the port.
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Unfortunately, I don't believe it supports ARMv6 and it requires CM10.1 as a base for the port.
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Supported architecture isn't the biggest problem here. From what we know so far only high end devices will have official support for Ubuntu Touch and based on that I can only assume it will be cluster f*** on low/mid end devices. Don't wanna be rude, but installation package which is available for nexus is something about 400MB - where do you wanna put that ? SD card ?
I honestly don't know how you can slim that down x[
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Supported architecture isn't the biggest problem here. From what we know so far only high end devices will have official support for Ubuntu Touch and based on that I can only assume it will be cluster f*** on low/mid end devices. Don't wanna be rude, but installation package which is available for nexus is something about 400MB - where do you wanna put that ? SD card ?
I honestly don't know how you can slim that down x[
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Indeed it is, 480MB+ ~80MB for the device specific files.
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Ubuntu OS requires - 500mb+ RAM and Cortex A-9 Processor clocked at 1Ghz. And thats the minimum requirements....
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Reign of Amira?

The game, made specifically for snapdragon processors, isn't available on this device?!
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Could be of isn't compatible for 4.3 yet or that it requires an S4 600. While we have krait3 cores similar to a 600, it is downclocked.
Really shouldnt matter either way since I'm sure it will work, but the app either doesn't recognize our new device or, again, a 4.3 blip.
Write the Dev and ask for an update.
Link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qualcomm.sgs.reignofamiratlk
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player911 said:
Could be of isn't compatible for 4.3 yet or that it requires an S4 600. While we have krait3 cores similar to a 600, it is downclocked.
Really shouldnt matter either way since I'm sure it will work, but the app either doesn't recognize our new device or, again, a 4.3 blip.
Write the Dev and ask for an update.
Link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qualcomm.sgs.reignofamiratlk
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It works just fine on the new Nexus 7. I have a Droid DNA so I installed it on that then backed up the app and installed it on the Nexus. Here is a link to the apk. Should not be an issue with linking to it since it is a free app.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7iu7zenzw5xmsr7/com.qualcomm.sgs.reignofamiratlk.apk
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It works just fine on the new Nexus 7. I have a Droid DNA so I installed it on that then backed up the app and installed it on the Nexus. Here is a link to the apk. Should not be an issue with linking to it since it is a free app.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7iu7zenzw5xmsr7/com.qualcomm.sgs.reignofamiratlk.apk
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Thanks for the apk but I'm getting a game data download error.
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Game descriptions says "REQUIRES Snapdragon 600 processor".
Albinoman said:
Thanks for the apk but I'm getting a game data download error.
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Sorry it worked for me. I even installed it on my DNA again from dropbox. I starts downloads 90+ megabytes then loads the game. Also the DNA does not have a Snapdragon 600 processor (S4 Pro) but you can install the game from the Playstore on it.

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