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Windows 8 RT on Note 2??

So anyone have any idea how one could try to run windows 8 rt on the Note 2? Kinda like they created an app for ubuntu to run within android, is it possible for windows 8 to do the same thing? just curious if anyone has any knowledge in this area. If you do please let me know, and I will get a copy of windows 8 rt for you to play around with!! Thanks XDA'ers...

ARHMogul said:
So anyone have any idea how one could try to run windows 8 rt on the Note 2? Kinda like they created an app for ubuntu to run within android, is it possible for windows 8 to do the same thing? just curious if anyone has any knowledge in this area. If you do please let me know, and I will get a copy of windows 8 rt for you to play around with!! Thanks XDA'ers...
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Please search before you post next time. This question is literally asked on every board for every new device. Theoretically Yes it is possible but reality is no dev would do it because they would get sued into oblivion by Microsoft. Windows is not open sourced like ubuntu or android. In order to port windows over legally they would have to get a license to port him and pay royalties to MS

ARHMogul said:
So anyone have any idea how one could try to run windows 8 rt on the Note 2? Kinda like they created an app for ubuntu to run within android, is it possible for windows 8 to do the same thing? just curious if anyone has any knowledge in this area. If you do please let me know, and I will get a copy of windows 8 rt for you to play around with!! Thanks XDA'ers...
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Not even possible. Windows RT has specific bootloader hardware requirements (I forget its name) add to that it is not open source so would need to be hacked together. You might be able to get windows phone to work but again, not open source so lawsuits would ensue.
On a side note why would you want windows rt on here? Windows RT is useless, cant run normal windows apps, and windows staore has less apps then android. Windows is going to release office for android next uear ( or so they claim) so not much need for windows RT on the Note 2.
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The only time i've ever heard about Microsofts latest OS's getting ported to a non approved device was the HD2, and as far as I'm aware nobody is getting sued over there. And the only reason the HD2 got WP7 was because it was used as a test device.. I haven't heard anything about it being ported to other devices that have a lot in common (EVO 4G, Nexus One, HTC Desire, etc)
If it could be ported to an android device it will probably be done. but it will need to run the exact same hardware. and even then i still doubt it will happen.

crazy talk said:
And the only reason the HD2 got WP7 was because it was used as a test device.. I haven't heard anything about it being ported to other devices that have a lot in common (EVO 4G, Nexus One, HTC Desire, etc)
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The reason behind that is HD2 was a windows mobile device. It was based on winCE kernels and other devices were based on android Os which is based on Linux kernels.
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rajivshahi said:
The reason behind that is HD2 was a windows mobile device. It was based on winCE kernels and other devices were based on android Os which is based on Linux kernels.
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Indeed. Similar to this was the Toshiba TG01, which also runs WP7. It is a native WM6 device with a 1GHz CPU, 512MB ROM, and 256MB RAM.

Thanks for the replies guys. I appreciated the useful information. Oh, and I did do a search.. There was nothing in this forum in reference to W8 being put onto this device. Sorry if I offended.

windows rt 8.1 jailbreak update

Hi not to bug and I am very thankful for the people working on it but does anyone have any updates I am also open to any betas that you might offer. please email me back at [email protected]

*facepalm* SPAM

Come on, there's already plenty of posts already with the amount of people asking for the same thing. Just be patient.
If you really really really must have the jailbreak, find a recovery image to downgrade from RT 8.1 to RT 8.0. Of course this does not apply to owners of the Surface RT 2nd generation.

Jailbreak only in Windows 8 RT , not Windows 8.1 RT

Microsoft Surface dualboot?

I have been trying to find out any definitive info on what I can and cant do with my surface. Im hoping that I can install something other than Wins 8 RT. It has not looked hopeful in the past, I was given the device as a promo training gift 3 years ago. Im tired of the neutered and damn near useless ness of this tablet. Im looking to install ubuntu or an android flavor of some sort.

As far as I know from scouring the web. Nothing as far as dual booting with an alternate OS is viable at this point. Everything has come to a halt. Surface and the RT OS is basically the Apple Powerbook of the x86 side of the world now.

In my opinion Windows RT 8.0 with the jailbreak is about as good as it's going to get (though there might finally be the possibility of an 8.1 jailbreak). I don't know if you've tried the jailbreak (not sure if you have an original Surface RT or the Surface 2) but for me it filled in most of what I was missing on RT, and has kept the device useful.
It is unfortunate that installing a non-Microsoft OS isn't possible.

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In my opinion Windows RT 8.0 with the jailbreak is about as good as it's going to get (though there might finally be the possibility of an 8.1 jailbreak). I don't know if you've tried the jailbreak (not sure if you have an original Surface RT or the Surface 2) but for me it filled in most of what I was missing on RT, and has kept the device useful.
It is unfortunate that installing a non-Microsoft OS isn't possible.
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Would be great to install linux in this tablet

I found a link with this method. Does anyone else know if this is actually doable or works? And could this apply to a windows RT tablet like the 2520?
makeuseof.com/tag/install-android-windows-8-tablet
There are times I would like to elements or apps from andoid on my windows tablet and am also looking for a dual boot solution.

rman99 said:
I found a link with this method. Does anyone else know if this is actually doable or works? And could this apply to a windows RT tablet like the 2520?
makeuseof.com/tag/install-android-windows-8-tablet
There are times I would like to elements or apps from andoid on my windows tablet and am also looking for a dual boot solution.
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Unfortuanately your answer is in the article you mentioned:
Although the process of installing Android on your Windows tablet – and by this I’m specifically referring to an Intel x86 device here rather than one equipped with an ARM processor (such as the Microsoft Surface RT) – will differ from device to device, the general approach is the same.
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It is talking about Windows 8 tablets, i.e. x86 devices. RT devices unfortunately have a locked bootloader, and so far no one has found a way around that, nor have OEMs released anything to unlock them, so RT devices are pretty much stuck. I hate the fact that Microsoft made that a requirement for RT devices.

I wasted my money on a Surface RT. If Microsoft had updated the platform to Windows 10 with universal apps they would have restored my faith in their hardware. Never again. Now for AMD to release a proper tablet SOC that I can actually play games on.
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surface RT win10x ?

Hi everyone,
since win10 arm32 is slow on surface rt from what i saw on the forums.
is there a hope for win10x to be installed in surface rt once it is released in the spring?
is this idea is already dead or there is a hope ?

Nope - never going to happen.

Microsoft stopped building ARM32 Windows a long time ago. There is no reason why they would start building for ARM32 again.

Addressing chances for Nokia Lumia 2520

Hi all,
I am new, as a registered user, to this forum, but I have been tinkering with my recently acquired Lumia and its content for a little while now and I really wanted to make a point on this device. I read and re read most of the pertinent entries here but with no luck in tracing a path to make a better use of it.
I bought it as It was the cheapest portable machine I could find with Internet explorer in order to do some debugging on a website I am developing that I wanted to work, even if in a basic form, also with legacy browsers such us older IE.
Now that I concluded the thing I got it for, I am feeling too bad not finding a use for it. It still comes plenty of battery, at only 66 cycles, and the design is still nice and sleek, even modern at some extent. Even the display is ok for today standards and it feels like a nice little machine. Unfortunately it came with W 8.1 RT, and by my understanding there is no way to jailbreak, unlock the bootloader or even allow third party non signed applications due to the fact that it is a Lumia and not a contemporary 2013 Surface RT, that seems to be much more popular in this forum.
I understood, also, that there is no as reliable as Surface RT or Surface 2 way to unlock the boot loader on this device due to the better work done by the SOC developers back when it was released, but here and there I found traces of possible work arounds by people that confirmed they managed to do something with it nut without giving much details.
I wanted to understand if there was a way to have a non explorer based ported browser (I took a look at the great work done by frylockk19, but first I need to jailbreak the device and I found guides inly for surface, not for Lumias) or to Install Windows 10 Arm from some years ago (here) but with no luck with Lumia drivers.
Does anyone have a clue?
Any help would be really appreciated to revive that little machine!
Thanks for your time in reading my post!

I'm also still in the hopes of trying to change Windows RT 8.1 to something better, preferably linux.