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Debian running on my Evo Shift with XFCE GUI. (New beautiful images :) )

After a few issues, I am happy to say that a full install of Debian is running on my shift (with CM7 ROM). Moreover, I can use Android VNC to have a GUI. I attached a few pictures of the software I have been able to run so far
It is too much for me to write up a how to, but if anyone wants to ask some questions, feel free.
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I have no idea what that is, but Congrats. Looks pretty sweet.
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BuddahWolf01 said:
I have no idea what that is, but Congrats. Looks pretty sweet.
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It is a full Linux distribution running side-by-side with android. This has been possible since the G1 days, but is different for each phone, and no clear instructions really exist.

I had this running before with some modifying of the hero script, but once my data hit full, I couldn't run it after putting some apps on the sdcard. Froyo moves apps to the sdcard in loop form, and once I got bash and a working a vim on android, I quit messing with it since those extra loop devices interfered with it
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danaff37 said:
I had this running before with some modifying of the hero script, but once my data hit full, I couldn't run it after putting some apps on the sdcard. Froyo moves apps to the sdcard in loop form, and once I got bash and a working a vim on android, I quit messing with it since those extra loop devices interfered with it
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I actually installed it myself, and put it on an ext3 partition on my sdcard (5GB currently). I am going to go buy a 32GB sd in order to run more.

Somebody is a very fancy man very nice cloverdale.
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I'll be impressed when you can get fedora + compiz and full phone functionality working

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I'll be impressed when you can get fedora + compiz and full phone functionality working
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It would not be too hard to get Fedora working, but I really do not like it, so would rather not spend any time on it. Compiz will install (tried it yesterday) but I am not able to get it running right now.

Sweet!
This looks awesome! I'm now considering trying this out.
You said you wouldn't be writing up a how-to, but would you be willing to help me out with some sort of resource/starting on where I could read up on this and start figuring it out? I remember the guy over at Nexus One Hacks who accomplished this with Ubuntu on the Nexus as well as on the G2. Would I be correct to assume your method is at least similar (in my very limited understanding) to his since you mentioned accessing the GUI through VNC?
Also, how's it running for you? What I mean is, now that you've got it working, are you able to get some real work done in Debian from the phone, or is it still pretty much just a proof-of-concept for this sort of hardware?

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is this?
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cloverdale said:
It would not be too hard to get Fedora working, but I really do not like it, so would rather not spend any time on it. Compiz will install (tried it yesterday) but I am not able to get it running right now.
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Fair enough on the not liking Fedora thing but if you can get compiz effects + phone functionality working you're a boss.

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Fair enough on the not liking Fedora thing but if you can get compiz effects + phone functionality working you're a boss.
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That would be quite a waste of resources and unncessary taxing.
@DWake - It's a linux operating system within android, like a normal desktop OS.
@OP - You just chrooted into it/setup loop devices right? I did something similar earlier this year with ubuntu(I was following another devices image/stuff, I personally wouldn't pick anything with a gui installed)
Anyways congrats
How does GCC work on it?(That's all I would really want on there).

windows XP

I know there are guides for this with android smart phones but can you install windows XP on a kindle fire?

fiddlefaddle said:
I know there are guides for this with android smart phones but can you install windows XP on a kindle fire?
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Wrong section ;D

Why in god's name would you want winXP instead of Android? I am dumbfounded.

I'll get back to you in a few hours. But it's probably very easy.

Pkt_Lnt said:
Why in god's name would you want winXP instead of Android? I am dumbfounded.
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I have my reasons..
Jessical said:
I'll get back to you in a few hours. But it's probably very easy.
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Thanks hope to hear from you soon.

ARM processor cannot handle Windows. So this is impossible

Shadow_Assassin said:
ARM processor cannot handle Windows. So this is impossible
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I have heard it can be done on other devices... it is just a matter of whether or not your specs can handle windows.

I leave my work laptop on 24/7 just so I can use splashtop remote desktop. pretty much the same thing as having windows installed the app works so well. Have many of my co-workers convinced my Kindle can duel boot into Windows. Also use the app to stream hd video and audio from the computer. Evan if my Kindle is tethered to my Triumph over VM's network, now that is saying something. lol

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I have heard it can be done on other devices... it is just a matter of whether or not your specs can handle windows.
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Never heard about that. As far as I know, Windows 8 is the only OS build for the ARM processor. X86 and ARM are difference architect so they could not work with each other just google for more information

lol yes I have splash top... but I do not like it all that much... not in a house with 12 ppl in it... they tend to disconnect me

I can get Bochs on my Kindle, but my Mac is being all weird and won't make the IMG, otherwise you can pretty much follow this guide and maybe give it more RAM to work with:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465365

Jessical said:
I can get Bochs on my Kindle, but my Mac is being all weird and won't make the IMG, otherwise you can pretty much follow this guide and maybe give it more RAM to work with:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465365
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OK thanks.. I will probably give it a shot...

Shadow_Assassin said:
Never heard about that. As far as I know, Windows 8 is the only OS build for the ARM processor. X86 and ARM are difference architect so they could not work with each other just google for more information
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XP is indeed x86/64, but there are x86 emulators for the ARM platform. The only issue is that you will lose a great deal of efficiency by emulating the platform.
chairshot is simply connecting via remote desktop to a native x86 computer running XP. This is prob the best way to do it on KF.

fiddlefaddle said:
I have heard it can be done on other devices... it is just a matter of whether or not your specs can handle windows.
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I think the author is referring to this article posted here XDA:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/make-windows-9598xp-and-linux-run-on-evo-3d/
It links you to a thread in EVO 3D forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459153
I skimmed through the article but it seems that Win is running in a virtual environment. Seems interesting.

April 1st is still a week and a half way..
Oh ya wrong section.. mods please move

zone23 said:
April 1st is still a week and a half way..
Oh ya wrong section.. mods please move
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Thats march 1st bro

Thanks OP -- gives me the opportunity to post this -- I dont dare do it in a new thread
I want to be able to run Android 1.0 on my G2/Vision.
I want to be able to run Android 1.5 on my G2/Vision
I want to be able to run Android 1.6 on my G2/Vision
I want to be able to run Android 2.0 on my G2/Vision
I have been told in the past that in order for this to happen I need to reverse engineer all the drivers and configure them to work with the G2/Vision.
My G2/Vision is really mad at my G1/Dream because the G1/Dream is running everything under the moon and the G2/Vision wants to go back in time.
I know this sounds like a sarcastic post but I cant be more serious than this. I just took the chance to post it in a "Want to run XP on my Android" (typing this from my laptop running Win 8 Dev) and I mean, it blows away Windows 7 and by default, kills, crushes and destroys XP.

OMG... I've almost got it! So close... Windows IS awesome!!!
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tillum said:
OMG... I've almost got it! So close... Windows IS awesome!!!
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What exactly do you mean?

this whole thread just makes my brain hurt. So much missed sarcasm....so much "id like to run this OS on this device that it wasnt made for, that virtually no one else has done. But im hoping by asking here (also in the wrong section) that someone who hasnt come forward on any other device can share their witchcraft with me".
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Say hello to windows 8!!!

2 Days left!
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Start8 is probably the best

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You have a copy
Work at a store?

Every other windows version sucks...
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Moved to Windows 8 General.

I'm at the UK launch at head office Friday. Can't wait.
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I am downloading the $40 upgrade later today ... my pc doesn't have a touch screen, but from what i've seen from the rtm, the desktop in 8 is much better than it is in 7

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Start8 is probably the best
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Downloads windows 8.
Doesn't use Metro.
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I'm doing 40$ from winserver
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Is it a CPU hog like windows seven is
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I feel windows xp to be the most stable best built until windows eight, havent tried it yet will somebody that had tried it reports back to this thread let's us know what they experienced
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rorreo said:
Is it a CPU hog like windows seven is
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I feel windows xp to be the most stable best built until windows eight, havent tried it yet will somebody that had tried it reports back to this thread let's us know what they experienced
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Nope. On the contrary, it runs much faster than windows 7, especially on old hardware and the Bulldozer cpus.

I'm sat patiently awaiting Mr. Postman to hopefully pop my copy in the letter box today as Amazon have moved the estimated delivery of tomorrow forward to today after they dispatched it.
Roland

question
I ve just bought 29eur upgrade from win7 on my netbook LENOVO S10-3T - which is touch based - i have great experience with consumer previews etc, it is not CPU hog like wrote someone before ATOM N550, 2GB RAM and SSD it is the greatest experience i ever had on desktop OS even on such poor CPU. Anyway, SSD brought to life even the WIN7 with some customization.
I have question. I have only 1024x600, but i was able to enable downscalling to cheat the metro UI to bring it to work, i use a lot my netbook on 22" screen so there it will work, but as my fresh bought copy did not finished downloading and install,
i would like to ask you if the downscalling registry hack still works on official release. I will be ready to finish fresh installation in about hour so i will ook after it but when someone has already an advice....
Thanks

My Windows 8 Pro Upgrade has arrived so here goes othing, & Hopefully will be back up and running on Windows 8 Pro.
Roland

Just installed Windows 8 Pro after buying it for $14.99 (easy to get the promo code). I'm sure it will take some getting use to, but for the price it was tough to pass up.

After running Windows update I'm now faced with a black screen & mouse pointer, is there anyway to get to safe mode in Windows 8?
Roland
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feherneoh said:
I can only access it because I have multiboot... Even the OS selection menu (where you could select safe mode) appears after system has booted...
Be patient and wait, or shotdown and try again
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I've tried several times, can get as far as logging in then nothing. I'm doing a refresh to she if that helps. I think it might be down to the activator that I had to use for the so called OEM copy of Windows 7 that I bought off of eBay that turned out to be a cloned DVD. If all else fails it's a fresh install of 7 no crack, drivers Win 8.
Can Windows 8 upgrade use the Win 7 DVD to upgrade or does it have to be installed?
Roland
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Thumb keyboard on unrooted kf hd

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I'm using thumb keyboard but I can't use the last row of buttons on landscape because of this stupid bar amazon put in the way is there any way to minimize it or get rid of it without root? It works good otherwise
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How to Make the Kindle Fire Task Bars Transparent without Root
rege420 said:
I'm using thumb keyboard but I can't use the last row of buttons on landscape because of this stupid bar amazon put in the way is there any way to minimize it or get rid of it without root? It works good otherwise
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rege420,
I must say, you gave us the challenge of a lifetime, We tried it today and it is not possible. The main package that needs to be modified is the framework-res-apk which can be found in /system/app, this file is owned by Root and has the Rights of Read Only when you are not at Root. Once you drop to Root, there is a hack that makes the lower and upper bars Transparent but is is a serious hack and requires knowledge on repacking and signing apk's, so for this reason we do not post a How To on this hack.
I will keep it in the back of our minds if we come up with a viable solution, we will get back to you rege420.

It's a shame, I installed Swift Tablet Keyboard & liked the look of it over stock but it was pretty annoying to have half the last section of keys cut off by the side bar, worked fine in portrait though.

Amazon ruins all our fun
Thanks for trying
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rege420 said:
Amazon ruins all our fun
Thanks for trying
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True.

rege420 said:
Amazon ruins all our fun
Thanks for trying
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rege420,
This is why we love to Root the Kindle. Given time, we will make the Keyboard work, we just need more time to come up with a script that safely tackles the Framework. We'll get-er done over time.

That's good to hear I love my kindle but I hate the restrictions amazon put on it. For 400$ I should be able to do whatever I want on it
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Amazon Marketing - Lock Down or Join Open Source
rege420 said:
That's good to hear I love my kindle but I hate the restrictions amazon put on it. For 400$ I should be able to do whatever I want on it
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rege420,
Yes, I completely agree. I have never quite understood Amazon's marketing, it just does not make sense. In the end they loose, not us, since we the developers will always find a way around locked down devices. Sony is an excelent idea of a company who embraced the open source market and for this reason, the are very well respected in the development community. If Amazon would open the door a bit, they would inevitably sell more devices.

Yea why sell such a great piece of hardware and then lock it up like fort Knox. Its probably the best made tablet out at the moment and you can't do anything with it. I don't get their angle
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Kindle Fire HD and 2 Tablets
rege420 said:
Yea why sell such a great piece of hardware and then lock it up like fort Knox. Its probably the best made tablet out at the moment and you can't do anything with it. I don't get their angle
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rege420,
You and I totally agree on this point. The Kindle Fire series of Tablets are a beautiful piece of hardware. They are packed with solid features and they have a fine Motherboard from TI.

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.
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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
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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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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!
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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.

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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?
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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