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what do you guys say

right guys ive been off here for a year or so last time i was here the touch por was the in phone to have, since then i have been on a iphone.but iam thinking of geting a hd2. now what i wanna know is are they worth it. with android etc coming out for it. is it a good buy.

You might want to read more. Android will not be truly ready for a long while. Sure it might boot now but with it crashing with in minutes it's still not really usable. Then there will be the issues with it not being able to use all of the hardware. So I would never look at Android being able to be an everyday OS for the HD2, just something to play with on the side.

if your in the USA and you want Android why not buy a EVO

I came from a touch pro to the HD2 and have mates (many) with iphones and also a few with android phones... I reckon it all comes down to;
1. whether the phone does everything you want
2. in a way that pleases you
3. with a good ownership experience
All my apps I take from phone to phone are obviously WM based and I must have outlook sync-ability as the phone's used as much for work as play so I've never been tempted to jump to android or iphone...
But I have to say the HD2, in a long line of WM based phones, is the best I have ever used, is quick and fulfills my needs with aplomb and poise never seen before...
Every time I grab my HD2 to use it I am pleased I have it...
Whether its a good buy is determined by how much you want to spend on it and whether it meets your needs...

i had the touch por as a phone and a toy to play with eg android on it, now i can change my iphone for a hd2 it will cost me a extra 30 quid.i have never had any issues with xdas,but iphone is a problematic phone with signal and not getting txt.so far i have had 11 xdas and loved them so think this will be the right one, i just wanted some advice and yet again you guys have said wot i thought. so thank u all.
tmorro night i might have a hd2
happy times.
ps yes i know about android not being right yet but iam willing to wait for it

Hi
I have always used windows mobile devices, i love it, but a lot of people hate it. Its like marmite i guess. If you are in the love camp then the hd2 is by far the best device yet. The sense interface is great, adding speed to getting to what you want to get at. The only thing i would say is a custom rom based around wm 6.5.x is a must. It adds the needed finger friendless, 6.5 still feels like it needs a stylus. Come on HTC i now you are reading, Bring us a official 6.5.x update!!
So if you are down with windows mobile and love the ability to tweak it the way you want it (but with hours on xda dev) Then The HD2 is the way to go! I love Mine
If you hate it by a nexus one or desire.
Peace

Get an iPhone 4... It will stop you posting questions outside of the Q&A section and people won't have to give you opinions you should make yourself .

NeoGreendawg said:
Get an iPhone 4... It will stop you posting questions outside of the Q&A section and people won't have to give you opinions you should make yourself .
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Ouch ... Harsh .... True, Very True, but Harsh ....

Sausages... Toulouse... lololololololololololololololol
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all i was asking was a simple question, and thank you to who replyed. and i now have a hd2 and bye bye iphone, ohhh and look i now have bars and can use my phone in my house inlike with apples issue phone lol lol.
rather harsh comment there. i have been here for years as a member but not been on since iphone. i had trouble finding the thread "should i buy a hd2 or stick with the iphone".
now time to play again right rom time.

sausagedog said:
all i was asking was a simple question, and thank you to who replyed. and i now have a hd2 and bye bye iphone, ohhh and look i now have bars and can use my phone in my house inlike with apples issue phone lol lol.
rather harsh comment there. i have been here for years as a member but not been on since iphone. i had trouble finding the thread "should i buy a hd2 or stick with the iphone".
now time to play again right rom time.
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Congrats on the the HD2 ....
I really think all NeoGreendawg was trying to say , in his gentlest of ways, was , "There is a sticky at the top of just about every forum(except this one of course) that says, "Please Post Questions in the Q&A Section" or something like that, to be honest not really sure what would qualify as General ...... ...
But I digress, Again Congrats on the HD2, and Happy 4th!!

Things like this is one reason why people are migrating to htcpedia which is a shame because it is nothing on XDADEV. If you have nothing helpful to say about a perfectly sensible question, then why post?
There is nothing wrong with your question. As watcher64 pointed out there is no sticky, so there was no harm in asking.
We are all here to help each other, i thought that was the whole point of this forum.
Hope you are happy with the HD2.
Peace.

Htc Evo With iOS4

Is it possible to put iOS4 on the evo and have a dualboot one for Android and the other for iOS4

No iOS is not open source

Thanks anyways

now why would you want to kill a perfectly good phone?

really.. spend the money and get an iPhone if that's what u want to do
Sent from my evo using XDA App

I wonder if the Evo would still be able to make calls if you put iOS4 on it

mebo73 said:
really.. spend the money and get an iPhone if that's what u want to do
Sent from my evo using XDA App
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The iphone is one cheap silicone case away from being very very good hardware. Just buy an iphone (and a cheap case) if you want ios.

why would anyone in their right mind want to poison their evo with apple's software???

No is just good to have different things on a phone

What is it about iOS4 that you can't get on the EVO/Android? My brother has the iPhone4, & there is nothing he has that i couldn't find in the Marketplace.
If you're looking for something specific, i'm sure you can find an Android version of it.

Don't kill the OP
Come on guys, it's a legit question (even if it might seem pretty blasphemous to us). As for the original question, if you want to dual boot, there's potential to put any Open Source OS on just about any hardware. If you want to have a closed source OS (like iOS, WinMo, WebOS, Blackberry OS [oh dear God WHY?!], Mac OSX Leopard, etc...) on your hardware, you'll pretty much have that pre-installed on the device. That's why you can put Android onto the HTC HD2, but you can't put WinMo 6.5 on the EVO 4G.
Bottom line, if you want iOS4 + Android, you'll have to buy an iPhone if you even want a chance. I don't think they have it working yet, but I know they've ported Froyo to the older hardware, so it might just be a matter of time.

Forum reeks of fanboyism. Simple question required a simple answer. The evo is far from a perfect phone... If that was the case.. I wouldn't have to root it and play tricks on my battery just to make it last longer than 5 hours. Android wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't how iOS changed the way we look at smart phones. And apps that aren't on the android? bejeweled 2, angry birds, words with friends, a half decent facebook app, espn score center is terrible on the droid as well... I could go on... Both phones have their flaws.but I can see why the interest in wanting a dual boot phone. more than likely not happening anytime soon if not at all.

nateroc said:
Forum reeks of fanboyism. Simple question required a simple answer. The evo is far from a perfect phone... If that was the case.. I wouldn't have to root it and play tricks on my battery just to make it last longer than 5 hours. Android wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't how iOS changed the way we look at smart phones. And apps that aren't on the android? bejeweled 2, angry birds, words with friends, a half decent facebook app, espn score center is terrible on the droid as well... I could go on... Both phones have their flaws.but I can see why the interest in wanting a dual boot phone. more than likely not happening anytime soon if not at all.
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Exactly there is no good apps in the market place iPhone appstore has better plus it was just a freaking question not so you guys could bash on me wtf what kind of community is this ?? Have respect

Buy an ipod touch
- sent from beneath the earth

verse187 said:
Exactly there is no good apps in the market place iPhone appstore has better plus it was just a freaking question not so you guys could bash on me wtf what kind of community is this ?? Have respect
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right, out of the 85k apps in the market place, absolutely none of them are good for anybody whatsoever, which explains why no one downloads anything from the market anymore, and also explains why android is definitely not catching up to iOS.

verse187 said:
Is it possible to put iOS4 on the evo and have a dualboot one for Android and the other for iOS4
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verse187 said:
Exactly there is no good apps in the market place iPhone appstore has better plus it was just a freaking question not so you guys could bash on me wtf what kind of community is this ?? Have respect
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You know, you don't have to be an Apple fanboy (or girl) to want to see if this can be done. It's like trying to solve a puzzle. I really wouldn't want an iphone, but hacking iOS4 onto an Android phone would be fun. And, there are some apps for the iphone that don't exist in the Android Market.
BTW, I have a Dell Mini 9 that runs Snow Leopard just fine. Am I in love with Apple? Not really, though I have an iMac, as well as Windoze boxes and Linux, too. I'm posting from Linux on my dual boot Aspire One, wirelessly tethered to my Evo. I think I'm gonna try the Ubuntu hack for my Evo next. It's all about choices.

k2snowboards88 said:
The iphone is one cheap silicone case away from being very very good hardware. Just buy an iphone (and a cheap case) if you want ios.
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sorry wrong quote.

063_XOBX said:
I wonder if the Evo would still be able to make calls if you put iOS4 on it
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only if held in the left hand.

I wonder if the cameras would still work if you upgraded the Evo to anything other than 2.1, lol.

[INFO] - MeeGo Port on HD2 - Started!

I knew this is not about Android Development, but HD2 XDA, dont have another part to post about other SO developments.
I have read today in irc, that Cotulla, NetRipper and Dcordes, are going star today the project of porting Meego to HD2.
Lets see who gona have the meeGo on device, HD2 or Nexus(who start as well a project).
I would love to see meego in my HD2.
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Cotulla as done his work in NAND project, like he did in SPL and HSPL, now the issues of wifi must be done by other devs, because in cotulla device works fine.
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Awesome, I've been waiting for this. It will be an easier full-fledged Linux distro to use on our hd2s than ubuntu, as its meant for phones.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

if its the nokia modified image I will be a very satisfied camper (have you seen it? I mean my god it looks amazing)
but meego in itself is a good thing on our hd2...I can't wait because this is a true linux mobile OS to grace our phones
I heard there were issues in the 3d department from qualcomm so I'm not sure how it will function on the hd2
on the n1 it is a bit slow...

Still a long way to go though, since calls part based on alsa is just far from being usable...

all the best for bringing this to a good end!

OMG .. FIRST ANDROID AND NOW MEEGO ?!
Even Money (Donations) can't show how much we ALL APPRECIATE THE WORK !!
WELL DONE !
(I'm going to be the first who try it hope so ! )

Well I was half right, about Cottula getting bored after he finished NAND for Android...
LOL
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8366348&postcount=254

Beretta93 said:
Still a long way to go though, since calls part based on alsa is just far from being usable...
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dcordes I think almost broke alsa for the touch hd2 at least according to the htc-linux twitter

Amazing news, I have been waiting for this more than Android since my HD2 is only used a 2nd phone now. Big thanks to the Devs

Beretta93 said:
Still a long way to go though, since calls part based on alsa is just far from being usable...
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They talk alot about, that ALSA.
can someony explain to us, what is ALSA.
But you know, for cotulla nothing is impossible.....he is the only one, who have NAND android all funcionality.....with wifi.

pack21 said:
They talk alot about, that ALSA.
can someony explain to us, what is ALSA.
But you know, for cotulla nothing is impossible.....he is the only one, who have NAND android all funcionality.....with wifi.
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it be sound mon
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page

pack21;8452234
But you know said:
So no hope for us the ordinary people to take nand rom in hd2.Ι think only cotulla is the master in all this and the others follow.
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omg if this IS in fact true, I hope it's true (l) this would be more than amazing I can't believe what I'm reading __happiness__

what exactly is meego? and what are the advantages of having it on my hd2?

Tico.ASandoval14 said:
what exactly is meego? and what are the advantages of having it on my hd2?
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Search Google. It's a high end Linux based phone OS being developed by Nokia and Intel. Unlike android, its a full fledged Linux distro, and is designed for small screens, so its another good option of phone OS that we could run on our hd2s. It will be great to have wm6.5, android, ubuntu, meego, and wp7 all able to boot on our phones. It gives a lot of choice.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

Maybe one day we can quadruple boot WinMo, Android, Ubuntu and Meego

pack21 said:
he is the only one, who have NAND android all funcionality.....with wifi.
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U forget about Chuck Norris men... He has WP7 on HD2 already...

muminisko said:
U forget about Chuck Norris men... He has WP7 on HD2 already...
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Ah ah really good one !

Great to hear meego will be ported. Can't wait for this to happen.

Any updates?

[25-FEB-2011][DISCUSS[Q]HTC Sense UI

Ok, let me start out by saying my knowledge is minimal as I'm currently an iPhone user. However, I plan on picking up an HD2 and modding the hell out of it. So, my question would be: Is there a way to use HTC Sense UI on HD2? Or is it only the new phones labeled with an S? Like HTC's new lineup coming out I believe there is three phones, which I could care less about at the moment. Meaning, I wouldn't jump to it to have the Sense UI work I'll stick with HD2 because of it's modding capabilities. Thanks.

The HD2 has sense as standard.
In either WM 6.5 or Android flavour if you want it........
6.5 is better though.... but shhhhhh you cant get away with saying things like that anymore

conantroutman said:
The HD2 has sense as standard.
In either WM 6.5 or Android flavour if you want it........
6.5 is better though.... but shhhhhh you cant get away with saying things like that anymore
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Thanks for the reply. I can't wait to get this phone! W00t W00t. I saw an article from a search I did referencing XDA forums to UNLOCK the HD2. I have AT&T currently that's why.

android
You can have HTC Sense "V1" which is what the Evo, Desire, Incredible come with. It's got the Sense clock and animated weather and big sleek HTC widgets.
there are also HTC Sense "V2" which is Desire HD/Z and Incredible S. This is the Sense where you can change the skin whenever you want and there are a bunch of awesome ones, support for more widgets, access to HTC hub, flip clock, and really nice eye candy.
WM6.5
also has "sense" which is the sense flip clock, animated weather, and a really nice UI experience, especially if you flash a custom ROM with cookie home tab where you can really modify things and basically add widgets.
iOS.
don't forget on iOS you can jailbreak it and have a nice Sense theme going, and even animated weather just like HTC sense, this is if you plan to keep your iPhone while you rock the HD2.

orangekid said:
android
You can have HTC Sense "V1" which is what the Evo, Desire, Incredible come with. It's got the Sense clock and animated weather and big sleek HTC widgets.
there are also HTC Sense "V2" which is Desire HD/Z and Incredible S. This is the Sense where you can change the skin whenever you want and there are a bunch of awesome ones, support for more widgets, access to HTC hub, flip clock, and really nice eye candy.
WM6.5
also has "sense" which is the sense flip clock, animated weather, and a really nice UI experience, especially if you flash a custom ROM with cookie home tab where you can really modify things and basically add widgets.
iOS.
don't forget on iOS you can jailbreak it and have a nice Sense theme going, and even animated weather just like HTC sense, this is if you plan to keep your iPhone while you rock the HD2.
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I'm going to keep both and switch simcards as I feel necessary. IF everything goes according to plan that is. The version 2 is able to be install / used on HD2? I want the ability to flip my phone upside down and it turn to vibrate mode. That's so neat. And of course other things that is may have to offer. So my thinking is, maybe you could put it on HD2, but that the new phones will have it to begin with. Or, it will only be available on new phones, which would suck.

Ambush083 said:
I'm going to keep both and switch simcards as I feel necessary. IF everything goes according to plan that is. The version 2 is able to be install / used on HD2? I want the ability to flip my phone upside down and it turn to vibrate mode. That's so neat. And of course other things that is may have to offer. So my thinking is, maybe you could put it on HD2, but that the new phones will have it to begin with. Or, it will only be available on new phones, which would suck.
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yeah the Desire HD and the Incredible S come with this stock, but we have custom ROMs for the HD2 which do the same thing and more;
here's an example of a ROM you can flash on your HD2, check out the screenshots and video
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908528

Ambush083 said:
Ok, let me start out by saying my knowledge is minimal as I'm currently an iPhone user.
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Quote of the year!

TheATHEiST said:
Quote of the year!
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Knowledge as in Winmo and Android. Oh, and God doesn't believe in Athiests.

Ambush083 said:
I did referencing XDA forums to UNLOCK the HD2. I have AT&T currently that's why.
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not that sort of unlocking. There is no free way to network unlock a hd2, other than by getting a code from the network it came from, or buying one online.
You will have read about rom unlocking, meaning you can flash, but that would still be network locked.

Well off topic, but I like you. You can read.
Majority of new users in this forum can't read, and it annoys the hell out of me. But you're different, you're willing to read and abide by the rules. So I think modding the HD2 won't be hard for you since you're able to read. So best of luck, hope you enjoy WP7, android and winmo.
Hope you continue reading.

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Well off topic, but I like you. You can read.
Majority of new users in this forum can't read, and it annoys the hell out of me. But you're different, you're willing to read and abide by the rules. So I think modding the HD2 won't be hard for you since you're able to read. So best of luck, hope you enjoy WP7, android and winmo.
Hope you continue reading.
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Thanks. It's good to follow the rules.
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windows 10 mobile to android

can anyone please tell me the way to convert windows phone to android...????
my phone is lumia 730 dual sim ..i have seen lot of links and searched a lot but i cant find and any answer

ashishakash said:
can anyone please tell me the way to convert windows phone to android...????
my phone is lumia 730 dual sim ..i have seen lot of links and searched a lot but i cant find and any answer
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I have no idea why you would even want to do that, what a waste of a perfectly good phone that would be. Android SUCKS, having said that I'm fairly certain nobody has done that yet (and even if they did manage to, it will be plagued with driver issues). If you are really serious about running Android stuff on it, I would look at the Android for Windows bridge, some people have got a bunch of apps running on top of win10m.

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I have no idea why you would even want to do that, what a waste of a perfectly good phone that would be. Android SUCKS
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Does that explain why windows phone has 80% market share? Oh wait...

recently MS released WM10 roms for mi phones which worked really well , so if we are able to tweak those roms and firmware , we might be able to port them to other android devices

I would rather looking forward to run Windows 10 Mobile on Android Device.
Sent from my LG-D850 using XDA-Developers mobile app

I hope we see growth in this type of emulation. Just look at Winulator. That project had so much promise but it was just 1 guy and he abandoned it citing problems with piracy. If that app was perfected you could literally run 99% of directx games ever made natively on any decently powered Android device without having to buy a Surface or some other overpriced MS product. MS still has the gaming industry by the balls, has been that way since we were forced to go to windows 95 because games were developed that wouldn't run on 3.11 anymore.

You can install ANDROID on Lumia Devices now https://youtu.be/cRt575WRzt8

Lololololololol
darkfires said:
I have no idea why you would even want to do that, what a waste of a perfectly good phone that would be. Android SUCKS, having said that I'm fairly certain nobody has done that yet (and even if they did manage to, it will be plagued with driver issues). If you are really serious about running Android stuff on it, I would look at the Android for Windows bridge, some people have got a bunch of apps running on top of win10m.
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LOOOOOOL ---- Why dont you check Android sales -vs- windows phone sale and see who the winner is?! I'm willing to bet $5000 cash that anything you can do on your windows phone I can do better, faster, & more complete with my Android. In other words, put your money where your mouth is!
HEIL WINDOWS
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You can't have 10 apps on the home screen showing live notifications (live tiles) has the Windows 10 mobile does...
When will you pay me?

Convert Windows to Android
ashishakash said:
can anyone please tell me the way to convert windows phone to android...????
my phone is lumia 730 dual sim ..i have seen lot of links and searched a lot but i cant find and any answer
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In my opinion you should not convert your windows phone to an android. Rather you should buy a new android phone. But if you really are not open to buying a new one so try this Android View App. In this way you can at least get the Android UI on your windows phone.

AiOGajo said:
You can't have 10 apps on the home screen showing live notifications (live tiles) has the Windows 10 mobile does...
When will you pay me?
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uh yeah you pretty much can. depends on what you mean by "live tiles" but there are def launchers with live icons and if you really wanted to you could code a live tile launcher that works exactly the same without too much trouble. i had a nokia lumina 710 running wp7 years ago. it was an awful piece of garbage. there was no app development for it at all (not even instagram lol) and even after modding there was very little you could do with it. im sure the platform has progressed since then but nothing beats the huge amount of rom and app dev for android. android is definitely the most flexible and capable mobile operating system but i wouldnt mind having a little side chick windows phone to play with.
as for OP.....yeah probably not gonna happen anytime soon. nobody has time to completely rewrite all the drivers and kernels and firmware and what not from the ground up as is necessary for running an operating system that is systemically varied from the software the hardware was made with in mind. someone mentioned that there was some kind of official builds for some devices and they are right its possible those roms could be ported or something, def your best hope but dont hold your breath