A couple months ago i saw a phone running full windows xp and i was wondering if it possible to run windows os on the n1 or even windows mobile and have dual boot?
EDIT: So for the forth time today, sorry for necroing this thread... organized my threads wrong.
Austin021296 said:
A couple months ago i saw a phone running full windows xp and i was wondering if it possible to run windows os on the n1 or even windows mobile and have dual boot?
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I have seen Windows 95 and I may have read something about Windows 98 running. Not to sure on either though.
You do not want Windows Mobile running on your N1. Bad choice, you have Android, in comparison, you don't compare the two...
The HD2 has had the pleasure of having Android on it because WinMo is not the greatest, good hardware with an aging OS thus Android is now able to be put on it.
Hi:
I current have an HTC HD2 Telstra, and it came with Windows Mobile. Thanks to the brilliant folks at XDA, I have been successfully running Android, and every time I want to upgrade the type of Android I use, I simply replace the Android folder….simply brilliant.
So I now have no need for Windows Mobile, and am looking to do the same with Windows 8 and Android, and I am trying to find which phone out there is as versatile as the HTC HD2 Telstra, and comes with Windows Phone 8 installed.
How will I know which phone with Windows 8 installed will enable me to also install Android in the same fashion? If I could create the phone, it would be a 5” screen, Windows 8, and a lot of power. Anything close to that would be acceptable, but it must be Windows 8. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chaz
With Windows Phone 7 there was never a port of Android to any device and given that WP8 employs Secure Boot to make sure only verified OS-code is loaded and executed I highly doubt we will see anything similar to the HD2 with WP8. Aside from that no one would be able to say that beforehand.
No Windows Phones do what you want.
Why not just buy an Android phone if that's what you want (for some inexplicable reason)?
chazperx said:
Hi:
I current have an HTC HD2 Telstra, and it came with Windows Mobile. Thanks to the brilliant folks at XDA, I have been successfully running Android, and every time I want to upgrade the type of Android I use, I simply replace the Android folder….simply brilliant.
So I now have no need for Windows Mobile, and am looking to do the same with Windows 8 and Android, and I am trying to find which phone out there is as versatile as the HTC HD2 Telstra, and comes with Windows Phone 8 installed.
How will I know which phone with Windows 8 installed will enable me to also install Android in the same fashion? If I could create the phone, it would be a 5” screen, Windows 8, and a lot of power. Anything close to that would be acceptable, but it must be Windows 8. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chaz
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Why don't you just buy a galaxy note if you want android and 5" screen, why on earth would you want to buy a windows phone just to port android????
lumpaywk said:
Why don't you just buy a galaxy note if you want android and 5" screen, why on earth would you want to buy a windows phone just to port android????
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Because I can....lol I like the flexibility of running two different OS, and the additional apps I can use as a result. Keep in mind, I really don't need anything, but if its possible with WIN8 and Android....why wouldn't anyone want two OS on one phone?
chazperx said:
if its possible with WIN8 and Android
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Firstly, Windows 8 does not run on phones.
Secondly, Windows Phone 8 devices will not be able to run Android (thankfully).
Thirdly, no Android device will be able to run Windows Phone 8.
I think you will need 2 separate phones, or you will have to choose one or the other if you only want one phone.
tai4de2 said:
Firstly, Windows 8 does not run on phones.
Secondly, Windows Phone 8 devices will not be able to run Android (thankfully).
Thirdly, no Android device will be able to run Windows Phone 8.
I think you will need 2 separate phones, or you will have to choose one or the other if you only want one phone.
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OK....it seems that XDA haven't cracked code that disables other OS on Windows Phone. I'm counting on that, but I wont go two phones, I would just buy a cheap tablet.
Thanks for your help and suggestions.
chazperx said:
OK....it seems that XDA haven't cracked code that disables other OS on Windows Phone. I'm counting on that, but I wont go two phones, I would just buy a cheap tablet.
Thanks for your help and suggestions.
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If you want a tablet then windows 8 tablets (not windows phone) will run bluestacks.
Do windows phone 7 and 8 apps run on Windows 7 and 8 desktops?
chazperx said:
Do windows phone 7 and 8 apps run on Windows 7 and 8 desktops?
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Only if you have an emulator. Windows phone 8 and windows 8 share a common kernel and a lot of cross platform ability however an app will need to be written for the phone or for windows 8. That said in most cases this is just a case of how you compile it or a very small amount of code change so you can expect the growth of windows 8 and windows phone 8 to push each others markets up.
chazperx said:
Hi:
I current have an HTC HD2 Telstra, and it came with Windows Mobile. Thanks to the brilliant folks at XDA, I have been successfully running Android, and every time I want to upgrade the type of Android I use, I simply replace the Android folder….simply brilliant.
So I now have no need for Windows Mobile, and am looking to do the same with Windows 8 and Android, and I am trying to find which phone out there is as versatile as the HTC HD2 Telstra, and comes with Windows Phone 8 installed.
How will I know which phone with Windows 8 installed will enable me to also install Android in the same fashion? If I could create the phone, it would be a 5” screen, Windows 8, and a lot of power. Anything close to that would be acceptable, but it must be Windows 8. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chaz
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One word...wait... Android for the HD2 did not come out the day the phone was released. The ONLY reason why it had Windows Phone 7 is because Microsoft used it in their testing of WP7, so drivers were leaked and everyone built on it as they learned more. Android was ported to Windows Mobile devices and most, if not all of them were able to run some flavor of Android, even if was just the SDcard boot method.
Time will tell if there will be that magic device that Microsoft MIGHT of used in testing that ran all OS's (WM, WP7 and WP8) and then you might have a earier chance but, I would not count on it.
The only thing you can do is wait, one of the hacker will attempt one device at one point, if they succeed AND release it, you might have it.
Right now, the odds of it happening is very low on phones that have not been released yet and even for months after.
I wish you luck but, if you really want Android more than Windows Phone, I might suggest to just pick up a Android device.
Good luck
DavidinCT said:
One word...wait... Android for the HD2 did not come out the day the phone was released. The ONLY reason why it had Windows Phone 7 is because Microsoft used it in their testing of WP7, so drivers were leaked and everyone built on it as they learned more. Android was ported to Windows Mobile devices and most, if not all of them were able to run some flavor of Android, even if was just the SDcard boot method.
Time will tell if there will be that magic device that Microsoft MIGHT of used in testing that ran all OS's (WM, WP7 and WP8) and then you might have a earier chance but, I would not count on it.
The only thing you can do is wait, one of the hacker will attempt one device at one point, if they succeed AND release it, you might have it.
Right now, the odds of it happening is very low on phones that have not been released yet and even for months after.
I wish you luck but, if you really want Android more than Windows Phone, I might suggest to just pick up a Android device.
Good luck
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If Microsot ever tries their new Windows Phone 8 on HTC HD2..
I'm pretty sure that they would ask Cotulla to develope a new Magldr for them
NOTE: I anso own a hd2...
chazperx said:
Because I can....lol I like the flexibility of running two different OS, and the additional apps I can use as a result. Keep in mind, I really don't need anything, but if its possible with WIN8 and Android....why wouldn't anyone want two OS on one phone?
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There are advantages to each OS. I presently have dual boot Wp7.8 (pdaimatejam) and Android on the same HD2 (with 32gb SDcard). It is just brilliant. I can run either and both the latest in these are very smooth. Got the best of both worlds - pretty unique.
I haven't ran Windows in a really long time. Last time I used it daily was 10+ years ago with WinXP in high school. Linux has been my primary OS since I was 16 (28 now), dual booted Win2k Pro\Debian way back then...
Any who...I have access to both 7 & 8 for cheap and was wondering if ya'll would recommend 7 Ultimate or 8 Pro. I've read a ton of crap about 8, some good, some bad, and I think that I won't like it, but if something like Classic Shell would make 8 run like a better version of 7 then cool, I'll go that route.
Anyone one here have experience with both and want to make a recommendation in regards to working with Android.
Thanks.
Go seven. 8 is crap
skeevydude said:
I haven't ran Windows in a really long time. Last time I used it daily was 10+ years ago with WinXP in high school. Linux has been my primary OS since I was 16 (28 now), dual booted Win2k Pro\Debian way back then...
Any who...I have access to both 7 & 8 for cheap and was wondering if ya'll would recommend 7 Ultimate or 8 Pro. I've read a ton of crap about 8, some good, some bad, and I think that I won't like it, but if something like Classic Shell would make 8 run like a better version of 7 then cool, I'll go that route.
Anyone one here have experience with both and want to make a recommendation in regards to working with Android.
Thanks.
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7.......forget about 8....
I wish i could use linux.......
htchd2fix said:
7.......forget about 8....
I wish i could use linux.......
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Thanks, that's what I was thinking as well. Metro doesn't even seem appealing to me.....I've never cared for tiled interfaces, ever, and I like the Start Menu. Played with 8 on a laptop in WallyWorld for a half an hour waiting on a prescription to be filled and I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. I haven't felt like that much of a noob since I was like 7 or 8 and did the 3.11 to 98 update (new PC)...which reminds me, back in those days a $2000 PC only had 533mhz, 32mb of ram, cruddy onboard graphics, and an 8 gb hard drive....top of the line.
It's mostly the new interface of windows 8 that people are not used to but there are also some things removed compareed to windows 7. See
http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/2011/09/features-removed-in-windows-8.html
Also, some apps don't run well on windows 8 (yet).
I have used win 8 since it's developers version, until now, bought its official version and there is no problem for me. Still do modding on phone well But the choice is yours.
The metro interface on 8 doesn't really bother me because I stay on the desktop 90% of the time
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Win 8 really shines if you have a touch interface. If you are using a mouse and keyboard I still prefer 7.
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8 is junk I hate it. I wish I still had 7.
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Windows 8 isn't that bad, but it is a departure from the way things used to be. I don't know, Windows 8 works smoothly enough for me and after buying and installing Start8 to bring back the traditional Start button and menu I really don't see anything wrong with the changes Microsoft made with this OS.
Windows 8.1 will mark a return of the Start button and menu, giving traditional users a more familiar environment. Metro/Modern UI is sleek, simple and very fluid. I abandoned Android for Windows Phone back in August/September and for the time I had it, it was an enjoyable phone to use. The lack of top tier apps was insulting though and I couldn't stand it. Bad form Microsoft. Bad form.
Anyways, MS embraced the fact times were changing. They got ripped to shreds. They left things the way they were for a long time. They got ripped to shreds.
Oh come on guys....
No offtopic!
Thread closed.
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