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[Q] Android 3.0 on Xperia X8?

I have heard that some guys managed to port Android 3.0, better known as Honeycomb, to the G1, HTC Magic and to the Nexus One.
This are of course very beta versions, but the phones boot with it.
So, I wonder if someone could port 3.0 to our Xperia?
The HTC Magic and G1 were the first phones with Android, so our Xperia must be much better than them and, theoratically, it could work on it with just fewer lags than on the G1.
There are so many 2.2 and 2.3 ROMs available for our Xperia, so why not try to port 3.0?
If you think this is a stupid thread, just remove it, but I just wanted to know it.
Thanks in advance for your answers.

USE SEARCH FEATURE ON XDA AND YOU WILL FIND IT. Don't be lazy

You must be new here!

you will get burned at the stake by the guys here for opening such thread xD we are struggling to get a 100% bugless working android 2.2 and you bringing up android 3.0 which is meant for tablets with big screens xD lol
Edit : also such question is not meant to be in the dev section....

It was just a noob question...I also said that the versions for Nexus One, G1 and Magic are very beta versions.

There used to be an early version of Honeycomb somewhere here but the project has been abandoned. And no wonder - our kernel cannot even run Gingerbread without bugs, not to mention higher versions...

Even the kernel supports it, maybe phone will be too much laggy, as the HoneyComb suggests the need of 1.0Ghz processor, that is not our Case

So why they can run it on G1?
Does it have an unlocked bootloader, so you can flash a custom kernel?

codfreak said:
So why they can run it on G1?
Does it have an unlocked bootloader, so you can flash a custom kernel?
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Probably yes, Xperia stills locked and cannot boot custom kernels
Some dev are trying to make the bootloader bypass, but is not easy. :/

biscoitu said:
Probably yes, Xperia stills locked and cannot boot custom kernels
Some dev are trying to make the bootloader bypass, but is not easy. :/
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not easy and i think they already gave up

Graveir and aldee_s are right: someone has already ported it, but development is currently down.
here is the thread to it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982384&highlight=honeycomb

Blagus was disappointed with that, the only one that i saw making some progress was maxfron, but I didn´t saw him anymore

That had it ported but far to laggy m8 r CPU 2 slow at the min but I think I may still have that download ill cheack for u and upload it if so
my civic

Is because our phone is not ARMv7 & above and the processor speed is not super fast..if u port it into x8 it will buggy & lags in all of the function

Lets wait for 2. 4 but google need so much time : #
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There are already a few phones with Android 2.4 (not for sale, but someone somehow managed to get some)
Here is a youtube video, where you can see Xperia arc running 2.4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYbBQMERacQ

codfreak said:
There are already a few phones with Android 2.4 (not for sale, but someone somehow managed to get some)
Here is a youtube video, where you can see Xperia arc running 2.4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYbBQMERacQ
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This is fake he just editted the build.prob file!
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You can edit this in build.prop?
Do you mean the line:
Code:
ro.build.version.sdk=8
, so you would only have to change the number?

I think new Android will be 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich"
Not 2.4
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your new here arent ya? hahaha! its not very impossible to port 3.0 in our x8 just wait and see

ICS or not ICS: that is the question

As in title, can we hope to see Ice Cream Sandwitch on our Tattoo sooner or later (maybe through CyanogenMod)? The Android team said that EVERY phone that had Gingerbread can have ICS: it's the same for the Tattoo or it's not doable due to the limited hardware (I also mean screen size)?

Ieracos said:
As in title, can we hope to see Ice Cream Sandwitch on our Tattoo sooner or later (maybe through CyanogenMod)? The Android team said that EVERY phone that had Gingerbread can have ICS: it's the same for the Tattoo or it's not doable due to the limited hardware (I also mean screen size)?
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i really hope we can see this happen
but for now i think it's to early to say. high end phones have no info yet, so we gotta be very patient ICS source is not out yet...
so for now, we are happy that we have 2.3.7 which isn't on many high end devices
this is a nice read
http://www.androidcentral.com/ice-cream-sandwich-what-happens-next

We have to wait until Google releases the source-code. After that, we can see if our device will be able to run ICS

I have actually given up the hope to upgrade my tattoo further than 2.3.7, because I don't feel that my phone can use the new features in 4.0 so what's the point ^^ GPU Accelerated UI and better dual core support isn't very much for the tattoo. The ride with my tattoo has however been really nice, and it was a really good way to get introduced to android Galaxy Nexus here I come?

windmark said:
I have actually given up the hope to upgrade my tattoo further than 2.3.7, because I don't feel that my phone can use the new features in 4.0 so what's the point ^^ GPU Accelerated UI and better dual core support isn't very much for the tattoo. The ride with my tattoo has however been really nice, and it was a really good way to get introduced to android Galaxy Nexus here I come?
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It's sad to say this, but I think you're right :')
Consider that the Nexus S is now almost the price I payed my tattoo 2 years ago: maybe it's time to switch in the near future...
In the meanwhile... ICS IS OUT IN THE WILD RIGHT NOW, GUYS!! So, let's see if there's some more juice to squeeze out from our little tattoo!

Ieracos said:
It's sad to say this, but I think you're right :')
Consider that the Nexus S is now almost the price I payed my tattoo 2 years ago: maybe it's time to switch in the near future...
In the meanwhile... ICS IS OUT IN THE WILD RIGHT NOW, GUYS!! So, let's see if there's some more juice to squeeze out from our little tattoo!
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i think there will be ICS to our tattoo!
let's just sit here and wait for something

ICS running on G1, there's still hope for Tattoo...

dakitj87 said:
ICS running on G1, there's still hope for Tattoo...
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Great news!
lets keep waiting

The alpha build look slow on the G1. Hopefully some tweaking could cause performance improvements.
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Hi Guys,
What do you think about this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511495
Looks like there's a chance to get ICS in our Tattoos

I have checked it yesterday.
stelios97 has ported it to both X10 mini and wildfire,
so there is very good chance that we can have ics miui for tattoo.
But then I wonder, is there any dev still holding a Tattoo to help us.

Would be really nice to have MIUI on our tattoo.
It would even be better than having ICS!

.dot said:
Would be really nice to have MIUI on our tattoo.
It would even be better than having ICS!
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The other day I read that 2.3.7 source for MIUI was released
http://shrewdgeek.com/2012/02/04/xiaomi-makes-miui-gingerbread-2-3-7-open-source/
all we need is to get it compiled for ARM v6

Where are the developers for tattoo roms?
Arco? Kalimocho? rallapag? you've also done some ports, didn't you?
can someone port MIUI to our tattoo?
i don't know much about android rom development, but i think it wouldn't be much more work to port this miui rom than port some sense roms. a wildfire version is already available.
Its more some driver related things, i think
can someone try it please?

Hi .dot
You know, I am not a dev.
What ever I do, I am afraid it will be incomplete like my sense 2.3 rom port.
We need a real dev, unfortunately Arif-ali as well gave up working on Tattoo yesterday has indefinitely stopped android development.

ics
i really hope that there will be a new rom.cause i´m a little bored with my tattoo and the nfinity-rom. i hope that the dev will start to work on it..it would be fantastic!PLEASE

There you go guys,
A test version of CM9 is here for Tattoo
Checkout following post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23161100&postcount=42

rallapag said:
There you go guys,
A test version of CM9 is here for Tattoo
Checkout following post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23161100&postcount=42
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I could help to port MiuiV4 as i did on my u8150 as well and other upcoming
And regarding the post u linked..i looked into it and found that the touchscreen are not working as is still a pointer...i doesn't have the phone but this thread may help you in fixing it... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328515

Zackconsole said:
I could help to port MiuiV4 as i did on my u8150 as well and other upcoming
And regarding the post u linked..i looked into it and found that the touchscreen are not working as is still a pointer...i doesn't have the phone but this thread may help you in fixing it... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328515
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Maybe you should check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530370

aiwenor said:
Maybe you should check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530370
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Zackconsole is the dev, who is helping me fix most of the issues with my CM9 port
and we are working together on CM9 port and also on MIUI project.

Is this real? [android 4.0.3 4.0.4 HTC Sensation Desire hd Wildfire]

When i browse Youtube i found this....
and this link.
any1 try it?

The website leads to a Sharecash link, so my guess is that it isn't legit.
And besides, we already have ICS

nejc121 said:
The website leads to a Sharecash link, so my guess is that it isn't legit.
And besides, we already have ICS
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Humm....
thanQ sir

Its fake. Look at all the hassle we have when New versions of android comes out its fake trust me!

I reported the file at ShareCash. Let's see how they'll respond...
You can do the same here: sharecash.org/report.php?file=2719513

100% fake , this sites which states that their "tool" will "update" ANY phone OS , are never real. The hardware is highly different and almost never this "tools" upgrade anything , or if they do , its highly possible to brick your phone ...

It's fake. The only real places to get info and updates to the latest Android version are xda and similar forums. Arco was developing a CM9 ROM for Wildfire, he even posted a video of it booting up and running, but as far as I know official CM9 support will be removed for Wildfire, as it has no dedicated GPU. A dedicated GPU is one of the requirements of ICS. I guess arco has stopped development of CM9 on Wildfire and moved to another device because of this. The ICS UI will be pretty laggy running on a phone without a GPU.
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please don't belive it! i think that not right.

sashank said:
It's fake. The only real places to get info and updates to the latest Android version are xda and similar forums. Arco was developing a CM9 ROM for Wildfire, he even posted a video of it booting up and running, but as far as I know official CM9 support will be removed for Wildfire, as it has no dedicated GPU. A dedicated GPU is one of the requirements of ICS. I guess arco has stopped development of CM9 on Wildfire and moved to another device because of this. The ICS UI will be pretty laggy running on a phone without a GPU.
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I'm running Erwin's CM9 on mine, it's a bit slower than CM7, but perfectly usable otherwise. In fact, it's probably quite a bit faster than the stock ROM...

[ NEWS/UPDATE ] ARmv6 ICS Drivers. Download here!

GUYS GOOD NEWS!
NOTICE ! THIS IS NOT FLASHABLE WITH CWM. (some actually flashed it with cwm) This is for DEVELOPMENT SOURCE
guys??????? GREAT NEWS FOR US
maybe this calls for a celebration !
drivers are here.. wahahahahaha!

Nice One but I found something interesting too here it is SONY
Hope Someone of the developers will notice this......

XGr7078 said:
Nice One but I found something interesting too here it is SONY
Hope Someone of the developers will notice this......
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hope we can have floating technology

static28 said:
hope we can have floating technology
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That would really be awesome!!!!!

Pull to the limit

Sorry for n00b question but...what does exactly mean? What happens now?
Cooks can make more stable kernel & ROM?
Thanks in advance
Greetings from Italy

sith.warrior said:
Sorry for n00b question but...what does exactly mean? What happens now?
Cooks can make more stable kernel & ROM?
Thanks in advance
Greetings from Italy
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that means a chance for real hardware acceleration for ICS roms

matmutant said:
that means a chance for real hardware acceleration for ICS roms
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wow, cool news! Thanks for explanation

great news!

ics here we come

a golden age comes to us , I can't wait for it

OMG!!! This is the best notice in last months!

muchb3tt3r said:
OMG!!! This is the best notice in last months!
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yeah it is.
as you can see. because of these ICS is now having a massive PROGRESS..
we now have kernel for ICS by nAa. and lots of ROM porting
we can now taste a real ice cream.
all that we need to do is to WAIT haha

ICS-KERNEL
I found out that nAa has built a kernel for the x8 which is ICS compatible.
So lets hope that we too get a ICS kernel very soon. You all can have a look here... ICS-KERNEL

XGr7078 said:
I found out that nAa has built a kernel for the x8 which is ICS compatible.
So lets hope that we too get a ICS kernel very soon. You all can have a look here... ICS-KERNEL
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nAas rom supports robyn and mimmi and shakira. we just need to wait

He made miniCM9-3.0.0 for X8 so we´ll get it, too. I hope. And its android 4.0.4

But the X10 mini will meet the minimum requeritments to performance??
Because ics is resources dog :/
More info about this:
http://www.ozandroid.info/?p=2831
Sumarizing more operations of native kernel linux are moved to virtual machine :/ and is known that virtual machine are slow compared to binaries.
ICS-> cool interface , resource DOG = x10 mini killer, the main problem is the ram, not as the cpu.
Gingerbread-> not as cool as ics, but less resources
Froyo->less fingerfriendly, but less resources and way faster than 2.1, little more than 2.3

alecuba16 said:
But the X10 mini will meet the minimum requeritments to performance??
Because ics is resources dog :/
More info about this:
http://www.ozandroid.info/?p=2831
Sumarizing more operations of native kernel linux are moved to virtual machine :/ and is known that virtual machine are slow compared to binaries.
ICS-> cool interface , resource DOG = x10 mini killer, the main problem is the ram, not as the cpu.
Gingerbread-> not as cool as ics, but less resources
Froyo->less fingerfriendly, but less resources and way faster than 2.1, little more than 2.3
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No problem, already tested other builds of ICS for our X10 Mini's. Performance its great, same as Gingerbread. UI seems smoother. Ics it's a better OS overall, and Ram also seems to be enough.
When the devs compile or reuse a working camera driver, we'll have a FULL rom... every other thing works like a charm now.
cheers.

alecuba16 said:
But the X10 mini will meet the minimum requeritments to performance??
Because ics is resources dog :/
More info about this:
http://www.ozandroid.info/?p=2831
Sumarizing more operations of native kernel linux are moved to virtual machine :/ and is known that virtual machine are slow compared to binaries.
ICS-> cool interface , resource DOG = x10 mini killer, the main problem is the ram, not as the cpu.
Gingerbread-> not as cool as ics, but less resources
Froyo->less fingerfriendly, but less resources and way faster than 2.1, little more than 2.3
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Well, there are ways of overcoming the out-of-memory problems most old devices have. Compcache or zram, kernel samepage merging and purging of assets.

TrissyGE said:
He made miniCM9-3.0.0 for X8 so we´ll get it, too. I hope. And its android 4.0.4
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I'm looking forward for this release. ICS on X10 mini could be a good second mobile.

Ubuntu Phone OS

As we know Ubuntu Phone OS was anounced in CES 2013..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YId_dwE99U
What do you guys think of it? Do you like it? Yes? No? And the most important question.. Could we have some hopes to see it on DHD? And would you like to use it on your DHD?

I would absolutely line to see this on the desire hd. Sadly thought desire hd doesn't really meet the requirements for it

Muikkuman said:
I would absolutely line to see this on the desire hd. Sadly thought desire hd doesn't really meet the requirements for it
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Never say never..=)

I'd like to see Ubuntu become available for the DHD. I'd definitely enjoy playing around with it. If Ubuntu for the PC could have easily run Adobe apps (out of the box) I would probably have been using it at home for the past few years. Would love to see it on our phones. It would help to breathe new life into the trusty DHD, if indeed the DHD can run it smoothly enough.

Muikkuman said:
I would absolutely line to see this on the desire hd. Sadly thought desire hd doesn't really meet the requirements for it
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Yeah the DHD doesn't reach the requirements but the never stoped developers for working hard and making it work. For Example " HTC HD2 "
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Canonical announced that the new Ubuntu OS would be available in two kinds of phones, one at the entry level and the other one called “High-end superphone."
The hardware requirements are quite acceptable. The Entry level Ubuntu smartphone needs to have at least a 1Ghz Cortex A9 (single core as the bare minimum), 512MB or 1GB memory, a 4-8GB eMMC + SD for storage, and Multi-touch capability.
The high-end Ubuntu "superphone" is a little more demanding and will need at least Quad-core A9 or Intel Atom processors, minimum 1GB for memory, minimum 32GB eMMC + SD for storage, and Multi-touch.
The difference between the two models will consist in what Canonical calls “Desktop convergence.” With the help of a dock and a monitor, the high-end Ubuntu "superphone" can be turned into a thin client for Ubuntu.
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despite the fact that QSD8255 architecture is simliar to Cortex A8, it easily reaches 1.5-1.7Ghz and with 700MB RAM it should be well above the minimum requirements, so performance shouldn't be an issue in any way..... Let's hope devs will succeed in integrating A8 based CPUs drivers.

I doubt, that it will be usefull. Just think about all the apps that support sharing with other OS and the SaaS through browsers. no need for DHD ubuntu here.

Ubuntu is a hell ride on desktop due to Unity. Hope it becomes joy ride on mobile phone.

Ahem
I do believe that Ubuntu stated
Our phones will use the same drivers that Android use
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I do hope I remember this correctly or that I didn't dream this up.
Hopefully, if I did remember, this means that we will not need to tinker with Ubuntu too much just to get it running
Edit: from beeb
BBC News said:
The new version has been designed to work on last and current-generation Android handsets which share the Linux kernel. This means Ubuntu can re-use existing software drivers to control the hardware.
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Fallon9111 said:
I do believe that Ubuntu stated
I do hope I remember this correctly or that I didn't dream this up.
Hopefully, if I did remember, this means that we will not need to tinker with Ubuntu too much just to get it running
Edit: from beeb
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that would be so awesome :good: .. lets hope someone will port the os to DHD

i really hope that this gets ported to our devices, and also i hope itl be ram-friendly, not like ubuntu on desktop pc's...

wow!
I'm waiting for a long time this rom ... hope that will be optimized for our phone and that is not too heavy to run

24ky said:
Yeah the DHD doesn't reach the requirements but the never stoped developers for working hard and making it work. For Example " HTC HD2 "
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Cotulla even got Windows RT running on it.

Would love to use it on my DHD. Awesome ROM.
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epic devices will defiantly get this rom ported and DHD is the king of epic \m/

DHD is amazing... A port will hopefully come sooner or later.
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if it will port for Desire HD , I'm gonna buy it !
i do love Ubuntu ! i have Mini HD but I've seen many fantastic ROM for DHD from 2.3.6 till 4.1 and now we'll have ubuntu ! WOW

aunctszz
Hey,
I think one of the main problem will be the disk space because I think it will be impossible to run a dual dual on a acceptable speed. But as on every OS, the apps will decide.
Anyway, it will be nice to see some players on the field of the market

I think Ubuntu Phone OS will work with DHD. Its Linux Kernel, Linux OS. Its would be great when they release the source code.
Just remember HTC Said about the Sense 4.0 it will not work correctly on the DHD, it will lag. Now the DHD has Sense 4.1, we also have jellybean and icecream sandwich.
For the DHD there is no such word as can't.

I think it would take a long time to port Ubuntu to DHD