Hey everyone, I'm new to these forums but was recommended by a friend. He said that if anyone knew how to do what I need to do, this would be the place so I appreciate any help given.
I am looking to wipe out my Nokia Lumia Icon which has the Windows Phone 8.1 Dev kit on it and put on Android. I tried Windows Phone out but there is still a few kinks that need to be worked out before I fully commit. I would normally just go get an Android Phone but finances don't currently permit and the hardware on this phone is nice.
Thanks
johndaviddunn said:
Hey everyone, I'm new to these forums but was recommended by a friend. He said that if anyone knew how to do what I need to do, this would be the place so I appreciate any help given.
I am looking to wipe out my Nokia Lumia Icon which has the Windows Phone 8.1 Dev kit on it and put on Android. I tried Windows Phone out but there is still a few kinks that need to be worked out before I fully commit. I would normally just go get an Android Phone but finances don't currently permit and the hardware on this phone is nice.
Thanks
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Hi,
If I understand correctly, you want to install Android on this phone? If this is so, then you can not.
By cons, I do not quite understand "Windows Phone 8.1 Dev kit" You mean the Preview for Developers?
anaheiim said:
Hi,
If I understand correctly, you want to install Android on this phone? If this is so, then you can not.
By cons, I do not quite understand "Windows Phone 8.1 Dev kit" You mean the Preview for Developers?
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Yes, I was looking to wipe off Windows Phone 8.1 and install android. Any reason behind why you can't do it? Just software/hardware compatibility or what?
I did mean the preview for developers.
Thanks!
... you're awfully new to this smartphone thing, aren't you? With *very* few counterexamples, what you're asking for is almost never possible. Without going into the technical details:
1) Most smartphones have locked bootloaders. WP8 devices won't load any OS without a MS signature; good luck getting one of those for your Android image.
2) There's no "installer" for Android (or for WP) the way there is for Windows 7 or Ubuntu or something. You have to customize an Android image with device-specific firmware, then flash the whole thing. There currently doesn't exist any Android-compatible firmware for the Icon.
3) Most important of all: SEARCH BEFORE POSTING! It is literally the number one rule on this forum. Lots of noobs have asked this question; it's annoying answering them over and over again.
If you want to install Android on Lumia Icon, why don't you just buy an Android phone ?
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So I bought this new 4 GB MicroSD card wanting to use it to downgrade my phone via the Goldcard method and I put it into my phone thinking the OS is going to somehow reset to something factory default, but anyways I'm now stuck with it passworded, I wasn't going to use it for good because I have a 16 GB one for the phone and I'd like to use the 4 GB one for something else but now it's password locked by this HTC HD7S.
Is there a way out there that I can format it or get rid of the password lock?
My phone is still on carrier ROM, I haven't been able to use the Goldcard method to unlock it yet.
It won't even show up on my PC when I plug it in, but it will ask for the password if I put it into my Symbian S40 phone. Unfortunately FExplorer isn't available for S40 phones.
Thank you!
baaaaaaaaaah said:
Hi.
So I bought this new 4 GB MicroSD card wanting to use it to downgrade my phone via the Goldcard method and I put it into my phone thinking the OS is going to somehow reset to something factory default, but anyways I'm now stuck with it passworded, I wasn't going to use it for good because I have a 16 GB one for the phone and I'd like to use the 4 GB one for something else but now it's password locked by this HTC HD7S.
Is there a way out there that I can format it or get rid of the password lock?
My phone is still on carrier ROM, I haven't been able to use the Goldcard method to unlock it yet.
It won't even show up on my PC when I plug it in, but it will ask for the password if I put it into my Symbian S40 phone. Unfortunately FExplorer isn't available for S40 phones.
Thank you!
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Search the forums? There are enough tutorials about unlocking your sd-card
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Search the forums? There are enough tutorials about unlocking your sd-card
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Well, you must be a rookie, none of them work, I've replied to most of them.
I tried Active Kill Disk, Ubuntu, HP Tools, everything, and I don't have an old Nokia or Android phone to do that for me.
SO please be helpful in providing a Windows or Linux based solution, otherwise leave me and my threads alone I don't need your useless posts, thank you very much.
baaaaaaaaaah said:
Well, you must be a rookie, none of them work, I've replied to most of them.
I tried Active Kill Disk, Ubuntu, HP Tools, everything, and I don't have an old Nokia or Android phone to do that for me.
SO please be helpful in providing a Windows or Linux based solution, otherwise leave me and my threads alone I don't need your useless posts, thank you very much.
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I'm really sorry but I think the solution is an old Nokia phone.
Maybe one of your friends has one
baaaaaaaaaah said:
Well, you must be a rookie, none of them work, I've replied to most of them.
I tried Active Kill Disk, Ubuntu, HP Tools, everything, and I don't have an old Nokia or Android phone to do that for me.
SO please be helpful in providing a Windows or Linux based solution, otherwise leave me and my threads alone I don't need your useless posts, thank you very much.
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and uhm... why are YOU calling me a rookie I think you're the one asking a question right?
I remember with Windows Phone 7, when an update would come out, people would grab the files off of Microsoft's servers, and there was a command prompt based tool we could use to install the updates ourselves. Is there any way to do that with Windows Phone 8? I'm tired of waiting for GDR2.
revxx14 said:
I remember with Windows Phone 7, when an update would come out, people would grab the files off of Microsoft's servers, and there was a command prompt based tool we could use to install the updates ourselves. Is there any way to do that with Windows Phone 8? I'm tired of waiting for GDR2.
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WP7 was possible also throught Zune, in WP8 no workarround yet.
Try to flash
revxx14 said:
I remember with Windows Phone 7, when an update would come out, people would grab the files off of Microsoft's servers, and there was a command prompt based tool we could use to install the updates ourselves. Is there any way to do that with Windows Phone 8? I'm tired of waiting for GDR2.
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Try to flash you're 920.
There's a tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401226
I didn't try it, so I don't guarantee.
Excuse me for my bad english
At the moment there isn't any way to run a CAB update. It seems MS just got rid of the super cabs that has all the files for the update.
They are now completely individualized, just look at @Heathcliff74's CAB list for the 920. Its huge!
Anyways, I can't vouch if you can just deploy the cabs, but I'm not sure how that is supposed to happen. WP8 is just a different beast.
Not sure what thread you're referring to, but it's not mine. I don't even have a 920!
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Not sure what thread you're referring to, but it's not mine. I don't even have a 920!
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Whoops, I meant @Heathcliff74 Anyways, his thread is here.
Just a quick question. I've been looking around the internet for this. I just recently recieved a Huawei Acend W1 from Wind Mobile (canada) and the phone is a U-34, and not the usual u00.
The latest I can normally update my phone is 8.0.10211.204, and I was wondering whether there was anyway to update this to it's latest and third update. Is this just a problem for Canada and huawei not supporting the updates? My only problem is that I'm not sure if I'll EVER get the update here, as tbh I don't mind waiting.
Thanks for all and any help,
Edit: I just found this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51656759&postcount=28 and I'm thinking of trying it. Does anyone know if anyone has tried it?
Splader said:
Edit: I just found this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51656759&postcount=28 and I'm thinking of trying it. Does anyone know if anyone has tried it?
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you can try upgrade via Preview for Developers (preview for developers now upgrade to 8.1)
go to http://apps.windowsstore.com/default.htm and sign in with your Live (Microsoft) account which you use on phone. check mailbox on phone and install cert from mail you received from AppStudio
go to Store and install http://windowsphone.com/s?appId=178ac8a1-6519-4a0b-960c-038393741e96. Run after install and activate it.... go to settings - check for update
The problem with that is that my phone is currently at the First update, so even though I have the developer preview downloaded, I can't open it as I need my phone to be at the latest OS.
All I am trying to do or want to do at this point is get my phone from G1 to G2.
I tried both of the guides above, and one gave me a handshake error, and the other a cookie error. Does anyone have any advice, maybe something I'm missing, that might help?
Thanks,
Using that same guide you used (http://forums.wpcentral.com/huawei-ascend-w1/229445-those-who-get-their-w1-market-locked-china.html), try flashing this rom: http://www.mediafire.com/download/l...030.5614.46900.20900_USA-Channel.05011TTC.zip. Supposedly it's a GDR2 ROM but I'm unable to test it because I don't have a u34 version of the phone. One thing to note is when following the guide, run all the qpst applications in administrator mode. You need to be running Windows Vista or above. Also, running it on a virtual machine will not work.
Thanks for the reply, I'll try this when I get home tonight. I've heard that a 32 bit windows 7 is the best OS to try it on. I have a W8 64 bit, do you know if that really makes a difference?
Splader said:
Thanks for the reply, I'll try this when I get home tonight. I've heard that a 32 bit windows 7 is the best OS to try it on. I have a W8 64 bit, do you know if that really makes a difference?
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For me it does not work on windows 8.1 64bit, on the other hand it works perfect on windows 7 32 bit. But Microsoft has pulled out the latest update on the W1. They are working on it but so far I am still waiting for the update on the W1. You can follow the status of the updates on the following link : http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...d-b6a2-fa6df0ba7c58?page=118&tm=1399777042881
There was a chinese forum that used a trick to get update by tricking the w1 by changing it in registry to a nokia device but I can't find the link anymore.
Tbh I'm perfectly fine waiting a couple weeks, but to get to that point I need to get to GSR2, as I'm still stuck with 1 atm. Didn't get a chance to try it last night, but I should be able to find a w7 32 bit pc to test it on.
Thanks for the reply and link to that thread.
Hello people,
I would like to ask for some suggestions before buying my first Windows Phone. (preferably a Lumia)
I would like to buy a WP8.1 phone that can be rooted. I am a little bit confused by all these terminology (flashing, rooting, unlocking, jailbreak, etc...) so let me explain what I mean by rooting:
I need full filesystem access, and the ability to run commands on the phone, install additional software.
The phone is strictly for debugging a certain application, It doesn't matter how the phone looks and such, the only thing matters it need to have Windows 8.1 and I have to be able to root it.
Can you please tell me which Windows 8.1 devices can be rooted currently?
Can you please recommend me such device(s) that is 100% rootable?
No Windows Phone can be 100% rooted.
You can use Developer tools to debugging
galaris said:
Hello people,
I would like to ask for some suggestions before buying my first Windows Phone. (preferably a Lumia)
I would like to buy a WP8.1 phone that can be rooted. I am a little bit confused by all these terminology (flashing, rooting, unlocking, jailbreak, etc...) so let me explain what I mean by rooting:
I need full filesystem access, and the ability to run commands on the phone, install additional software.
The phone is strictly for debugging a certain application, It doesn't matter how the phone looks and such, the only thing matters it need to have Windows 8.1 and I have to be able to root it.
Can you please tell me which Windows 8.1 devices can be rooted currently?
Can you please recommend me such device(s) that is 100% rootable?
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Root is a concept derived from Linux. So little Windows Phone users talk about this. For your purpose, the Widows Developer tools should do the trick.
As per my suggestion.
There is Huawei WP8.0 Device. That you can even unlocked Bootloader or can flash custom ROM. (You can update it to the 8.1 or v10)
Other Samsung/Lumia Device (Having SD-Card Support) can be Interop/Capability unlocked to test high-privileges application. (Pure App Developer Mode)
Any WP 8.0 Supports WP 8.1/WP10*
galaris said:
Hello people,
I would like to ask for some suggestions before buying my first Windows Phone. (preferably a Lumia)
I would like to buy a WP8.1 phone that can be rooted. I am a little bit confused by all these terminology (flashing, rooting, unlocking, jailbreak, etc...) so let me explain what I mean by rooting:
I need full filesystem access, and the ability to run commands on the phone, install additional software.
The phone is strictly for debugging a certain application, It doesn't matter how the phone looks and such, the only thing matters it need to have Windows 8.1 and I have to be able to root it.
Can you please tell me which Windows 8.1 devices can be rooted currently?
Can you please recommend me such device(s) that is 100% rootable?
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I suggest you a lumia 830, best balance performance and possiblity to hack slot sd card, it's a new series lumia x30 and you can interop ulock it with rom rebuilder or vcreg mods!!
At present, there are no publicly available hacks that I know of for "100% root" on a WP8.x device. Capability unlock - which only requires registry editing - is the closest you can get right now, I think. Interop/capability unlocks typically also mean full file system access - either on-device, via USB, or both - though you may still run into restrictions (for example, you can't edit or delete a file that the OS has a non-shared HANDLE open on).
Samsung phones probably have the most interop/capability-unlock software released for them, but the other options that @djamol suggested above would work too.
theres the developer unlock which gives you more but not 100% root.
as far as is know there is no complete unlock yet for all WP after WP7.
Thank you all, greatly appreciate your input!
I went with Samsung ATIV S !
There are a lot of people having trouble getting Windows 10 builds to run, even on supported phones. I am one. Last weekend I spent hours attempting every way I could to get the latest build on my Lumia Icon. I'm pretty sure my device has some issues, maybe some bad NAND or flakey RAM or something, because I get all sorts of different outcomes.
Needless to say, the one thing that always works is the Recovery Tool.
So, here's my question. Does anyone have the latest Windows 10 image available for download so that I could use the Recovery Tool to push that image instead of the 8.1 image? A quick review of the Thor2.exe program and how to use it would be awesome for this thread also.
Cheers!
-Nate
The lack of replies must mean I'm not asking the right questions here. Did some more digging and self-educating, maybe this is the right one?
Are the Windows 10 builds showing up in NaviFirm Plus? I've found the threads on how to flash a build once you find it, I guess all I'm looking for now is the .FFU.
Cheers!