I was intending to buy this device for JB, and because it's cool, but I was wondering, do you guys think there's any chance of installing WP8 into this device?
It would be nice.
not a chance whatsoever
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Not going to happen.
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Nope.
markiemice said:
I was intending to buy this device for JB, and because it's cool, but I was wondering, do you guys think there's any chance of installing WP8 into this device?
It would be nice.
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Lol didn't mean to thank you, twas a accident.
But anyways, Widows 8 for ARM uses a module called a Trusted Platform Module. Afaik, it is a hardware chip that basically locks the device to Widows 8. That is on top of the signed images and secure boot type of stuff.
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Nuh uh, nevarrr!!
Also, it would NOT be nice.
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Oh god why would you want to run such a horrid, closed, OS on such a beautiful device. Might as well ask for ios while you're at it
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Shano56 said:
Oh god why would you want to run such a horrid, closed, OS on such a beautiful device. Might as well ask for ios while you're at it
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we might be able to run windows 8 given that the surface also uses tegra 3, so there could be a possibilty there, just saying, but windows is a pretty good os not that bad like you think, actually not bad at all.
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Oh god why would you want to run such a horrid, closed, OS on such a beautiful device. Might as well ask for ios while you're at it
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Can we put iOS on while we're at it
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P06o said:
Can we put iOS on while we're at it
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Sure while your at it port symbian.
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Interesting thing though. The new Microsoft surface tablets use the exact same processor ours do. But, no not gonna happen unless we reach an HTC HD2 level of compatibility
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lovenokia said:
we might be able to run windows 8 given that the surface also uses tegra 3, so there could be a possibilty there, just saying, but windows is a pretty good os not that bad like you think, actually not bad at all.
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Did nobody read what I wrote? This is not an issue of drivers/compatible hardware/supported hardware or anything like that.
This is an issue of Microsoft locking Windows 8 for ARM to certain tablets using secure boot implemented in the UEFI. They are also using TPMs to lock the tablets to Windows 8.
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2012/jan/12/microsoft-confirms-UEFI-fears-locks-down-ARM/
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You don't want a windows 8 device. I have the HTC Titan and I've tried to live with a really limited app selection but it just doesn't work. There isn't even an official Pandora app, and a lot of others are glitchy as hell. The os is pretty bad ass but with JB being as smooth as it is wp7 loses a lot of appeal. My NGex arrives tomorrow.
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Did nobody read what I wrote? This is not an issue of drivers/compatible hardware/supported hardware or anything like that.
This is an issue of Microsoft locking Windows 8 for ARM to certain tablets using secure boot implemented in the UEFI. They are also using TPMs to lock the tablets to Windows 8.
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2012/jan/12/microsoft-confirms-UEFI-fears-locks-down-ARM/
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Actually what your talking about locks windows to the surface tablet, not the other way around. You can easily emulate an insecure UEFI instance, after all that's how hackintoshes work
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So, in retrospect, it could be possible to port Windows 8 RT to android devices?
Clienterror said:
You don't want a windows 8 device. I have the HTC Titan and I've tried to live with a really limited app selection but it just doesn't work. There isn't even an official Pandora app, and a lot of others are glitchy as hell. The os is pretty bad ass but with JB being as smooth as it is wp7 loses a lot of appeal. My NGex arrives tomorrow.
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Actually, I do want a Windows 8 device. I'm using a WP7.5 HD2 now. It's not as bad as you say, and as I don't use Pandora, it's not an issue for me. Also, most of the apps I use are not glitchy at all. What are you using?
I'm also not crazy about having that many apps on my device, so I'm totally fine with it. WP7 is a wonderful OS, please don't put it down just because you prefer something else.
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Hello XDA,
im having a hard time deciding whether to get the nexus 7 or the Galaxy tab2 7.0. what are your thoughts. How do you like your Nexus 7? Thanks in advance.
Dude the galaxy tab is pretty slow imo, nexus 7 is a better choice
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ridearoundsolo said:
Dude the galaxy tab is pretty slow imo, nexus 7 is a better choice
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Thanks bro. I played with the tab last night and thought it was pretty fast. Obvious speed difference but nothing major' however I bought the nexus 7 16gb so far so good. I'm loving the speed and smoothness. Only one issue. I accepted the update to 4.1.2 and was wondering if anyone knows a workaround for adobe flash player? As always Thanks again xda!
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I've been using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28555526
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Gonna test this out when I get home. Thank you
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imo the nexus 7 is way superior in terms of hardware and software, not to mention developer support and google support, being a nexus device
Only thing the Samsung has over the N7 is a rear camera but it has, to me, been done as a precaution as to not look like an idiot.
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markj338 said:
imo the nexus 7 is way superior in terms of hardware and software, not to mention developer support and google support, being a nexus device
Only thing the Samsung has over the N7 is a rear camera but it has, to me, been done as a precaution as to not look like an idiot.
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Lol. Gotcha, yeah I went ahead and picked up the nexus, gonna run it stock Jb for now' its pretty dmn sweet! No regrets here. Just need to figure out how to get the darn flash player working with the new 4.1.2 update.
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The Nexus 7 wins in every way.
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I've been using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28555526
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Yeah this didn't do it for me thanks for the link anyhow' I appreciate it-
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Yeah this didn't do it for me thanks for the link anyhow' I appreciate it-
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If you're still running the standard 'out of the box' ROM I presume you're running Chrome? Chrome doesn't support flash.
Try a different browser that supports it. (Sorry I can't post links yet but the old Dolphin HD 8.5.1 does I believe)
Flash also works fine with any alternative ROM (Like Paranoid Android) you care to put on the device - using the ROM's supplied browser
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If you're still running the standard 'out of the box' ROM I presume you're running Chrome? Chrome doesn't support flash.
Try a different browser that supports it. (Sorry I can't post links yet but the old Dolphin HD 8.5.1 does I believe)
Flash also works fine with any alternative ROM (Like Paranoid Android) you care to put on the device - using the ROM's supplied browser
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I tried dolphin straight from play store so it must be the updated version. I'll try search for an older version of dolphin or try opera maybe? Thanks for the tip!
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shane1diamond said:
I tried dolphin straight from play store so it must be the updated version. I'll try search for an older version of dolphin or try opera maybe? Thanks for the tip!
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The latest dolphin does not support flash.
Either download an older one
Or use the AOSP browser, I find that best for flash support for some reason.
All is good. Rooted via toolkit, then installed aosp stock browser and flash. Thanks all!
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Is it possible for Windows RT to be ported onto the Nexus 7? I was thinking that it would be possible because the Nexus and the Microsoft Surface have the same processor and on a 32GB Nexus, the storage would not be a problem. Please respond!
No
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Its not possible, because Windows RT is a source closed operating system.
It also requires license fees and couldn't be posted here since it would be considered warez
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Search is your friend. There are already multiple threads asking this exact same question.
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Christ no. Why would you want to? That'd be like sticking a Prius engine inside a Corvette body. Hahaha
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Christ no. Why would you want to? That'd be like sticking a Prius engine inside a Corvette body. Hahaha
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It is actually the other way around mate, Windows has an excelent performance. I have a x86 tablet running Windows 8 and it's just incredable it would be very nice to see Nexus 7 running Windows RT since they (Win 8 and RT) share the same kernel.
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It is actually the other way around mate, Windows has an excelent performance. I have a x86 tablet running Windows 8 and it's just incredable it would be very nice to see Nexus 7 running Windows RT since they (Win 8 and RT) share the same kernel.
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Except RT is limited to the Windows Store, which is severely limited in its app selection. His analogy was correct. Just because it's fast doesn't mean it's a good alternative.
Unless you want to go nowhere fast.
Where do you get that they share the same kernel? Windows RT is but a small fraction of the size of Windows 8.
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Anyone know if there is one?
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I don't know if there is one, but it would be nice if there was a port.
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there is only the x86 based sdk which you can download and start develop from sailfishos.org . good luck.
I am more of a electronic person than a software/programmer I know a bit but not enough. I can look into though.
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ROM: CM 10.1 Nightlies
Kernel: Faux123
Theme: Crystal 2
AW: Nexus 4 port?
There are no ports or images for any devices. There's only one image for the Nokia N950 that you can build yourself from meet source in theory. But afaik you can't get the Jolla UI. You could try to build mer with nemo mobile for a nexus device. That sounds doable to me.
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NEXUS 4 is great idea
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yeah. wish to see one port for Nexus 4 ...tks
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Jolla is a group consisting of mostly ex-Nokia employees. Considering that, if their culture is anything like Nokia, they are more worried about selling hardware. MeeGo/Maemo was open sourced out of their control. I will be interested to see if we ever see their proprietary UI open sourced. The good news is that as was pointed out, all Sailfish apps will be able to run on MeeGo/Maemo derivatives like Mer.
MAYBE only MAYBE i will port it for GT-i9000 and someone can port it for nexus ... Only MAYBE when i got no exams and so on .. Dont make any hopes it is only mabe
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Jolla acctually demostrated a Nexus 7 with Sailfish ported during the conference in China, doesn't function 100% well. But you can at least see the possiblity.
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Jolla acctually demostrated a Nexus 7 with Sailfish ported during the conference in China, doesn't function 100% well. But you can at least see the possiblity.
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They are hardware guys without hardware. I don't think they have ANY hardware partners yet. I have only seen it running on old Nokia hardware, which I guess says something for its speed.
They love showing off that ambiance thing, but you can do the same effect with CSS and JavaScript on a web page, so I question if what they are showing is not just a trick, or if it is REALLY the OS, because the SDK has NONE of the interface they keep showing off.
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They are hardware guys without hardware. I don't think they have ANY hardware partners yet. I have only seen it running on old Nokia hardware, which I guess says something for its speed.
They love showing off that ambiance thing, but you can do the same effect with CSS and JavaScript on a web page, so I question if what they are showing is not just a trick, or if it is REALLY the OS, because the SDK has NONE of the interface they keep showing off.
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So their own device doesn't count?
Wanted to post new youtube videos, but as I don't have 10 posts I can't. Open youtube and search for: Jolla Launches First Sailfish OS Smartphone - Hands-On Demo
You can preorder the device already: jolla.com
sound good :laugh:
http://youtu.be/ZpIfzFLmEM8
Double tap to unlock idea is worthless in my opinion. But I'd love to see that OS in Nexus devices.
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Double tap to unlock idea is worthless in my opinion. But I'd love to see that OS in Nexus devices.
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You can get double tap to unlock with the PGM app. Though that's for specific devices. Trust me, double tap to unlock is awesome!
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Is it possible to have instagram on a windows phone?
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cutejerk420 said:
Is it possible to have instagram on a windows phone?
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http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/search?q=instagram
First of all, this is Windows, not Windows Phone. But since we're on the topic, there is an app called Instapic for Windows 8 that is a full-featured Instagram client and works great on my computers (including Surface) As for Windows Phone: I have WP7, and the best I've found is #2instawithmassivelove (gotta love the name). This works, but it's pretty buggy and slow on my phone. However, there is now a quasi-official app for WP8 called Hipstamatic Oggl (again with the names) I'm upgrading soon, but I haven't had the chance to try this yet. There are also a few other apps that are supposed to do the same thing, but most of them are for WP8, so I haven't had the chance to try them yet. Personally, I'm just glad I can use Instagram now, however buggy it may be.
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First of all, this is Windows, not Windows Phone. But since we're on the topic, there is an app called Instapic for Windows 8 that is a full-featured Instagram client and works great on my computers (including Surface) As for Windows Phone: I have WP7, and the best I've found is #2instawithmassivelove (gotta love the name). This works, but it's pretty buggy and slow on my phone. However, there is now a quasi-official app for WP8 called Hipstamatic Oggl (again with the names) I'm upgrading soon, but I haven't had the chance to try this yet. There are also a few other apps that are supposed to do the same thing, but most of them are for WP8, so I haven't had the chance to try them yet. Personally, I'm just glad I can use Instagram now, however buggy it may be.
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Aii thank u
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This is the Windows 8 forum thus, this should be posted on the WP forum. To answer your question, no.
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I have this iPhone 4 that I don't use, and I remember from something I read (probably an official Mozilla forum) about the iPhone being supported but I can't find the page again. I was wondering if anyone knew about a port of Firefox OS for the iPhone 4?
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I really don't see how it would be possible to run Firefox os on an I phone because i believe is based in Linux and would require a Linux kernel. I'm pretty sure that iOS devices are not based in Linux so you would need a new motherboard compatible with the I phone hardware that ran android
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I think there' s no possibilty to see firefox on iPhone!
It makes sense that it wouldn't work, but I thought iOS was UNIX based?
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I'm really not sure if it is Unix or linux based since I don't really do anything with Firefox os but either way there's no way I would run on an iphone
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Aside from needing drivers for the hardware (which I imagine isn't completely proprietary to the iOS hardware), FFXOS needs an unlocked bootloader to work.
I'm not entirely sure the bootloader on any iOS device has been successfully replaced yet.
Why dont you sell the iphone and buy a Nexus instead? Fully supported by Mozilla and a Tier 1 device.
it's impossible
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linr76 said:
Why dont you sell the iphone and buy a Nexus instead? Fully supported by Mozilla and a Tier 1 device.
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Great idea. I have a nexus 5 and firefox OS works really food on it.
Well I know this forum is very old but I found video on Youtube, but still I don't know how he do it as it in Japanese language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLqzSr-xjBE
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Well I know this forum is very old but I found video on Youtube, but still I don't know how he do it as it in Japanese language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLqzSr-xjBE
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He is using a VNC app (you can tell because the mouse pointer)
So it is not on iPhone...
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