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Hello all, just writing my second post (I know its confusing me too) to say hello and to congratulate you guys for having a fabulous resource here.
I just bought a HTC Universal off ebay in the guise of a T-Mobile MDA Pro which I am rubbing my hands together in glee about. Hasn't arrived yet, but I'm expecting it veeery shortly. My wife isn't quite so enthusiastic, but never mind.
I have a feeling I'm going to need to unlock the little devil with the tools from Buzzdev (many, many thanks for that as well!) and will be using it probably on my Tesco Mobile net sim card, which is really an 02 simcard without the good internet access. I've looked at that though and I'll be trying out a few of the other networks to see how I go with that.
Anyway, just to let you all know, I am not completely technically stupid, I run a couple of websites and I'm hoping to convince this Universal to synch with my linux box, but I know very little about fiddling with PDAs and telephones and so on, so if I ask what seems to be a silly question, it is probably not based in laziness so much as ignorance.
Looking forward to chatting with you guys,
Alan
Hi Alan and welcome.
The Universal is a monster of a device - paperback book sized - but very upgradeable in terms of operating systems. Check out the many threads in the Universal section.
Not come across syncing software for linux but then I'm not a regular Linux user. Maybe someone else can answer that one.
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Welcome 0/
I'm also looking for a good way of syncing with linux, which flavour do you favour? I Presume you mean syncing with evolution mail or something similar?
a quick google found me this
Pocket PC Syncing with Evolution in Ubuntu:
http://www.blogowogo.com/blog_article.php?aid=747818&t=5
I'll post as soon as ive got something working, let me know how it goes for you. Might be a week or so tho, ive got exams right now :S (one in 5 hours actually,,,oh dear!)
funk
Hello there TheBrit and funkus, thanks for the reply.
I was wandering around one day looking at mobile phones and so on and I saw an XDA exec dummy phone sitting on the shelves of the shop I was in. You know the ones I mean, they don't have any innards, they are just the shell tied to the wall and a list of features on a sign.
I fell in love with the damn thing, I kept going back to visit it over the next couple of weeks and I was devastated when the shop got new stock in and they didn't have the XDA Exec anymore.
However, I had an iPaq rx1950 which I am just about married to, it does almost everything I want except for work as a phone (which I don't use all that much anyway) and seemed to be doing the job, except that there was absolutely no way I could synch it with my Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn box at home.
Then I stumble across this site and find out that what I thought was an XDA Exec is actually an HTC Universal which can be sim unlocked (thanks to buzzdev) and that the wiki has ways of not just synching with Linux, but actually running Linux on the Universal as well!
That did it for me and I began my hunt on ebay. Found one on Friday night and with luck and cursing the bank holiday weekend, it should arrive today.
funkus, I presume you are running linux of some description and probably Ubuntu, yes?
If that is the case, there are heaps of different threads on the various forums which have information on how to synch with WM5. All of them involve the tools mentioned in the post you directed me to, although there are a couple of tools out there which involve KDE and so on. From what I can see, I should be able to get things going nicely and I think if you follow the instructions, you should manage ok to get Evolution all synched up. Couple of useful threads for you though:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=86302&highlight=synce
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30936
and the synCE wiki page: http://www.synce.org/index.php/SynCE-Wiki
Both the threads and the wiki are incredibly useful for working out whether you can or you can't synch with your linux box. Unfortunately, with my rx1950, I can't. It just will not play at all, actually crashes both the ipaq and the computer.
Thanks for the welcome and good luck with those exams funkus!
Alan
HI all,
I know this might not be th ebst place to ask this question, but asking since this forum has most experience porting android. I trying to compile android for motorola zn5 (a non-touch screen, linux phone). I would like ton know ho to begin. I have downloaded the sdk and git etc.. and would like to get motorola specific files and also to extract the drived (linux) from ZN5 rom so I can use them in android too.
that will be a lot of work, the processor in the phone is not very well known and the Motorola security makes things difficult. there is potential for an openmagx project but ias hasn't started yet. join #openezx on irc.freenode.org if you're interested.
Yes that would be difficult. I used to own a ZN5, it's a shame really that it's closed-source since it runs on a Linux OS, with a decent processor. That would be really amazing though if you could get android running! I don't think the development community really exists for it though.
take a look at mmus.us and at modmymoto.com there you can find solutions.
ZN5 mods
I am interested also! I just bought a ZN5 off of Ebay, as I was trying to find a phone to replace my Kaiser. I originally thought I had to find a non-smartphone in order to escape AT&T's mandate for data plans, but did some reading today and discovered you can get a data block. Not sure if it can be done for all phones, but I've had my Kaiser/Tilt for 3 years now...so I figure it is worth a shot.
Anyhow, I am anxious to use the ZN5.
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I am interested also! I just bought a ZN5 off of Ebay, as I was trying to find a phone to replace my Kaiser. I originally thought I had to find a non-smartphone in order to escape AT&T's mandate for data plans, but did some reading today and discovered you can get a data block. Not sure if it can be done for all phones, but I've had my Kaiser/Tilt for 3 years now...so I figure it is worth a shot.
Anyhow, I am anxious to use the ZN5.
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This thread was started 2 years ago, don't you think if someone had managed to do it there would be a bit more info on it?
Its not going to happen I'm afraid.
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Hello all! I jump from phone to phone when ever I can catch a broken one to fix for nearly free. I recently ran into an HTC HD 7 and am not really vibing to the windows mobile 7, and from what I read there is not currently a pre made rom available for installing android on this device. I am pretty technologically advanced and feel confident given the right direction on how to accomplish this I would be capable of creating one. I have read a lot of information but am some what lost mainly because of some of the lingo terminology, being that I haven't hacked/developed outside of the ios platform. I can program in just about any c based language. Any one got ne thing that can help me out here? If I build one how would I install it or go about uploading it to the device? Thanks in advance for any replies I do greatly appreciate all your time! I apologize about the noobness like I said ios is whats been available to me for the past few years, and now I want android like a kid wants candy!!!
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Hello all! I jump from phone to phone when ever I can catch a broken one to fix for nearly free. I recently ran into an HTC HD 7 and am not really vibing to the windows mobile 7, and from what I read there is not currently a pre made rom available for installing android on this device. I am pretty technologically advanced and feel confident given the right direction on how to accomplish this I would be capable of creating one. I have read a lot of information but am some what lost mainly because of some of the lingo terminology, being that I haven't hacked/developed outside of the ios platform. I can program in just about any c based language. Any one got ne thing that can help me out here? If I build one how would I install it or go about uploading it to the device? Thanks in advance for any replies I do greatly appreciate all your time! I apologize about the noobness like I said ios is whats been available to me for the past few years, and now I want android like a kid wants candy!!!
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Developers/programmers have been trying to figure out how to dual boot the HD7 (like the HD2) since it came out. The main problem seems to be how WP7 is compiled .NET and C#. WP7 securitys still aren't fully unlocked.
Take a look at the Project Haret thread, they seem to be making some progress at it and if you have the know how, maybe you can contribute.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483377
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Developers/programmers have been trying to figure out how to dual boot the HD7 (like the HD2) since it came out. The main problem seems to be how WP7 is compiled .NET and C#. WP7 securitys still aren't fully unlocked.
Take a look at the Project Haret thread, they seem to be making some progress at it and if you have the know how, maybe you can contribute.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483377
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Thanks for the heads up, appreciate the reply, btw where is the thanks button? sorry this is my second post here. I started to do some research into it. I believe the answer is in the coredll.dll file which may be stating the obvious. I think the way to go about accessing this or at least what I am going to try is an attempt to gain root access with my device tethered to my comp from terminal.
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Thanks for the heads up, appreciate the reply, btw where is the thanks button? sorry this is my second post here. I started to do some research into it. I believe the answer is in the coredll.dll file which may be stating the obvious. I think the way to go about accessing this or at least what I am going to try is an attempt to gain root access with my device tethered to my comp from terminal.
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Your welcome! I've read through the whole Project Haret thread and there is alot of information, (some way to complicated for me) trial and error and it looks like as of recent there has been some good progress towards getting Haret to perform and (hopefully) run kernel mode and actually boot the kernel. You might be right, give it a shot or maybe put it on the thread and see what kind of feed back you get on it!
Is your device unlocked yet so that you can gain access to it and try it out?
Personally I would love to see the HD7 dual boot WP7 and Android. Don't get me wrong... I thoroughly enjoy WP7 and love my HD7it's very smooth, fast, stable and not once has it crashed on me. I believe that it would bring a longer life experience to the device and make it that much more versatile, especially since we're nearing the end of official support.
The thanks button should be there now, under the posts.
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Your welcome! I've read through the whole Project Haret thread and there is alot of information, (some way to complicated for me) trial and error and it looks like as of recent there has been some good progress towards getting Haret to perform and (hopefully) run kernel mode and actually boot the kernel. You might be right, give it a shot or maybe put it on the thread and see what kind of feed back you get on it!
Is your device unlocked yet so that you can gain access to it and try it out?
Personally I would love to see the HD7 dual boot WP7 and Android. Don't get me wrong... I thoroughly enjoy WP7 and love my HD7it's very smooth, fast, stable and not once has it crashed on me. I believe that it would bring a longer life experience to the device and make it that much more versatile, especially since we're nearing the end of official support.
The thanks button should be there now, under the posts.
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Ok so I realize I might sound like an idiot considering everything I said can be found within the haret documentation. I originally read something found on google with inaccurate information after you told me about the project, come to find out the information I read was in no way affiliated with the the actual project haha. Forgive my stupidy, I began to read and follow along the documaton for it at htc-linux.org, the only thing I am having issue with is obtaining haretconsole to explore the device. The link on the documentation I believe no longer exists, and I can't find a source anywhere! This is pretty good stuff though thanks for linking me up with it! Have you installed the development tools or haretconsole on a linux OS by chance? I was successful with the developement tools, just need to figure out this haretconsole problem. BTW which desktop OS do you prefer?
Sadly I can't tell if my device is unlocked yet haha. I work at a university doing LAN Administration currently and used my .edu e-mail to register as a developer. I then registered my device but don't see a single difference or maybe I just am doing something wrong. How do you suggest going about that(unlocking it that is, I don't care about it being official, just figured official would be easlier)? Also for the iPhone there is a desktop application which allows you to access the filesystem called iFunBox, is there anything similar for the wp7?
I would just love android lol, I like the HTC HD7 and have always been a fan of HTC products, It definately is pretty smooth and compared to my previous device a 3gs it's lightening fast! 3g isn't supported with the 3gs on t-mobile either. My biggest issue with wp7 is the fact it doesn't do anything I want to be done in a device, I use my mobile browser ALOT and I have never seen a browser period with this many bugs, I installed safari but it's not even the same lol! For the most part I strongly strongly dislike anything related to microsoft, but unfortunately I have to work with the windows platform quite often because of my job. There just such a dirty/shady/grimmy company period, I saw a commercial yesterday advertising bing where they claimed 2 out of three people choose bing over google in a blind study............how can they advertise that when they stole googles code! lol. Also it was a pretty dirty business move of microsoft to do what your talking about with the wp8. They claim there going to continue support on 7 but we both know they all say that and do put the effort towards the legacy system for a short period of time before cutting it. Screwing Nokia out of major growth potential within the U.S. while going back on the promise made to them regarding free upgrades to 8 for 7 devices. I think they feel like there invincible just because they currently run the desktop OS market share. I think their will likely be a major change in the preferred OS within the next 10 years, just because I work in an 30,000 user enterprise that refuses to upgrade their liscensing with microsoft because of windows 8's inability to meet our needs.
Sorry if this message way to long haha
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Ok so I realize I might sound like an idiot considering everything I said can be found within the haret documentation. I originally read something found on google with inaccurate information after you told me about the project, come to find out the information I read was in no way affiliated with the the actual project haha. Forgive my stupidy, I began to read and follow along the documaton for it at htc-linux.org, the only thing I am having issue with is obtaining haretconsole to explore the device. The link on the documentation I believe no longer exists, and I can't find a source anywhere! This is pretty good stuff though thanks for linking me up with it! Have you installed the development tools or haretconsole on a linux OS by chance? I was successful with the developement tools, just need to figure out this haretconsole problem. BTW which desktop OS do you prefer?
Sadly I can't tell if my device is unlocked yet haha. I work at a university doing LAN Administration currently and used my .edu e-mail to register as a developer. I then registered my device but don't see a single difference or maybe I just am doing something wrong. How do you suggest going about that(unlocking it that is, I don't care about it being official, just figured official would be easlier)? Also for the iPhone there is a desktop application which allows you to access the filesystem called iFunBox, is there anything similar for the wp7?
I would just love android lol, I like the HTC HD7 and have always been a fan of HTC products, It definately is pretty smooth and compared to my previous device a 3gs it's lightening fast! 3g isn't supported with the 3gs on t-mobile either. My biggest issue with wp7 is the fact it doesn't do anything I want to be done in a device, I use my mobile browser ALOT and I have never seen a browser period with this many bugs, I installed safari but it's not even the same lol! For the most part I strongly strongly dislike anything related to microsoft, but unfortunately I have to work with the windows platform quite often because of my job. There just such a dirty/shady/grimmy company period, I saw a commercial yesterday advertising bing where they claimed 2 out of three people choose bing over google in a blind study............how can they advertise that when they stole googles code! lol. Also it was a pretty dirty business move of microsoft to do what your talking about with the wp8. They claim there going to continue support on 7 but we both know they all say that and do put the effort towards the legacy system for a short period of time before cutting it. Screwing Nokia out of major growth potential within the U.S. while going back on the promise made to them regarding free upgrades to 8 for 7 devices. I think they feel like there invincible just because they currently run the desktop OS market share. I think their will likely be a major change in the preferred OS within the next 10 years, just because I work in an 30,000 user enterprise that refuses to upgrade their liscensing with microsoft because of windows 8's inability to meet our needs.
Sorry if this message way to long haha
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Sorry its taken me so long to get back with you... Been crazy busy!
Unfortunetly I only have Windows OS, PC and Laptop. Funny enough though, I just got my laptop back from the shop a couple weeks ago and I had to have the harddrive replaced. Last week my PC got the BSOD (blue screen of death) and I had to completly wipe and restore it.
My next computer will be a Linux OS forsure. I wish I had one currently to install Haret and play around with it!
The student registration is limited and you can only sideload a max of 3 unasigned apps. You would be better off to fully unlock your device and install a custom rom, this will give you more options to sideload as many unasighned apps as you want in the form of XAP's through IE. Access to the registry/file system and to apply hack and tweaks. you can then familurize yourself with the OS and file system.
I can help walk you through the unlock process, it's pretty easy.
Go to settings, about, more info. post back all the information from that screen. Enter your device into bootloader mode - Power device off, hold down the volume down button and power the device back on, while continuing to hold down the volume down button, this will bring you into BL mode a tri-colored screen. Post back the information from that screen also.We can go from there. The proccess to unlock it basicially is to downgrade the SPL to 3.xxx or lower to install RSPL/HSPL wich will allow flashing of a custom rom.
My IE works excellent. It might be due to what build version that your device is running on. Either way once we get it unlocked there's custom roms running on Tango 8779 build with nice features and the device runs buttery smooth. there's also more mobile browsers available to install once it's unlocked, Opera Mobile,UC browser and a bunch more. There's all kinds of XAP's you can install to cusromize the device and enhance the user experience.
Totaly agree with you on the Android development for WP7 and the above statement regarding MS
Check out this link for Haret -
http://www.pedersen-web.com/linuxhandheld/index.php?h=2&p=11
Good Luck
I can't wait to install android to my HD7
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Hello all! I jump from phone to phone when ever I can catch a broken one to fix for nearly free. I recently ran into an HTC HD 7 and am not really vibing to the windows mobile 7, and from what I read there is not currently a pre made rom available for installing android on this device. I am pretty technologically advanced and feel confident given the right direction on how to accomplish this I would be capable of creating one. I have read a lot of information but am some what lost mainly because of some of the lingo terminology, being that I haven't hacked/developed outside of the ios platform. I can program in just about any c based language. Any one got ne thing that can help me out here? If I build one how would I install it or go about uploading it to the device? Thanks in advance for any replies I do greatly appreciate all your time! I apologize about the noobness like I said ios is whats been available to me for the past few years, and now I want android like a kid wants candy!!!
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i've htc hd7
i want to install android OS on it please help me
android
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So here's the deal. I got an old X8 with Android 1.6 from ebay a few months back for the fun of it and I've been trying to install cyanogenmod or something similar on it so I could use it as a portable emulation device. Now I'll be honest, I'm a complete noob. (My greatest computing achievement is installing Puppy Linux on a laptop 5 years older than the X8.) I've scowered these here forums and other places on the web far and wide but still came out unsuccessful. I couldn't even figure out how to boot it in fastboot mode, which was the hurdle that killed it for me. I think so far I've only managed to root the thing, whatever comes after just keeps flying over my head. So here's what I would like to do.
-Install apps capable of decently emulating systems such as the PS1, GBA, GBC, N64, MD, 32X...
-Connect a gamepad through USB or BT (If even physically possible)
-Preserve the media playback abilities of the device as it came, as well as the ability to take photos
-Being able to browse the web and watch videos would be kinda cool too but I know it's a stretch...
I know that all the stuff I need is probably still out there somewhere but as I said I am a *complete and utter* noob with honestly little skill and patience.
So if anyone here is willing to help me with any guidance (or perhaps even a step-by-step guide, oh my!) on how to squeeze the best out of the wee thing with the best ROM, be it Cyanogenmod or anything else, or get it to work with a proper controller with the best apps and stuff, I will be very grateful. I'll offer you my French skills if you need them lol. Also sorry for writing a text brick...
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So here's the deal. I got an old X8 with Android 1.6 from ebay a few months back for the fun of it and I've been trying to install cyanogenmod or something similar on it so I could use it as a portable emulation device. Now I'll be honest, I'm a complete noob. (My greatest computing achievement is installing Puppy Linux on a laptop 5 years older than the X8.) I've scowered these here forums and other places on the web far and wide but still came out unsuccessful. I couldn't even figure out how to boot it in fastboot mode, which was the hurdle that killed it for me. I think so far I've only managed to root the thing, whatever comes after just keeps flying over my head. So here's what I would like to do.
-Install apps capable of decently emulating systems such as the PS1, GBA, GBC, N64, MD, 32X...
-Connect a gamepad through USB or BT (If even physically possible)
-Preserve the media playback abilities of the device as it came, as well as the ability to take photos
-Being able to browse the web and watch videos would be kinda cool too but I know it's a stretch...
I know that all the stuff I need is probably still out there somewhere but as I said I am a *complete and utter* noob with honestly little skill and patience.
So if anyone here is willing to help me with any guidance (or perhaps even a step-by-step guide, oh my!) on how to squeeze the best out of the wee thing with the best ROM, be it Cyanogenmod or anything else, or get it to work with a proper controller with the best apps and stuff, I will be very grateful. I'll offer you my French skills if you need them lol. Also sorry for writing a text brick...
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Hello PocketStationMan. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE A CYANOGENMOD ROM IN THE THREAD I HAD DONE A FEW DAYS AGO. DOWNLOAD IT FROM MY THREAD AND I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME FROM THE FORUM DOING A NEW CONVERSTATION!!!
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Hello PocketStationMan. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE A CYANOGENMOD ROM IN THE THREAD I HAD DONE A FEW DAYS AGO. DOWNLOAD IT FROM MY THREAD AND I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME FROM THE FORUM DOING A NEW CONVERSTATION!!!
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Can it be done on Windows XP?
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Can it be done on Windows XP?
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YES!!! BUT YOU MUST HAVE FLASHTOOL!!!
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YES!!! BUT YOU MUST HAVE FLASHTOOL!!!
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Alright. Where should I get it from? Sorry if I sound like a moron but I really want to make sure I get proper guidance so I don't brick this little beauty.
Hi there!
Glad to be here. I have been reading your forums for years now, but at this point I need a bit of wisdom and guidance that I'm hopeful to find here.
I'm interested into doing some bare-metal development on some phones. Basically I want to port a particular virtual machine to this ecosystem, so I "think" what I want to ask right now is:
- where can I get some info/guides for assembly/c++ development that would allow me to write an exclusive application for an Allview P8 eMagic (for now that's a test phone I have). That device has a Cortex A53, but I think I'd be needing more information about how to set-up a build system, or at least the understanding of how I need to set up files to the internal memory to get it to boot and run what I want.
I have zero experience with developing bare-metal on smartphones.
Thank you!