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!
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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.
xtrusion99 said:
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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My netbook Specification:
-Intel Atom Inside N455 @1.66GHz
-2GB Ram
-32-bit
-Windows 7 Home Premium
(Originally Windows 7 Starter)
-No Touch Screen
My question is, can Windows 8 run on my netbook? Please answer.
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LeParkour012 said:
My netbook Specification:
-Intel Atom Inside N455 @1.66GHz
-2GB Ram
-32-bit
-Windows 7 Home Premium
(Originally Windows 7 Starter)
-No Touch Screen
My question is, can Windows 8 run on my netbook? Please answer.
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Yes it will run but it won't do the a few things do to resolution. Also verify their are drivers for windows 8 for all components.
ROCOAFZ said:
Yes it will run but it won't do the a few things do to resolution. Also verify their are drivers for windows 8 for all components.
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If there is no drivers available for my netbook for Windows 8, can I try installing drivers for Windows 7? Sorry for noob question. I am new to this
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LeParkour012 said:
If there is no drivers available for my netbook for Windows 8, can I try installing drivers for Windows 7? Sorry for noob question. I am new to this
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yes you can try, ive had issues with Audio drivers, but everything else ive been able to get working out of the box or used Win 7 drivers.
dazza9075 said:
yes you can try, ive had issues with Audio drivers, but everything else ive been able to get working out of the box or used Win 7 drivers.
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Thank you
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I tried to install the Samsung drivers under windows 8 without success. I ended up installing it on a virtual windowsXP machine running under VirtualBox on the win8 machine and it works fine.
I put the phone in download mode and fired up Odin and it recognize the phone.
been on 8 primarily since the dev preview, never had issues. I use the google USB drivers since I'm on ics.
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That's because Windows 8 sucks!
sageDieu said:
been on 8 primarily since the dev preview, never had issues. I use the google USB drivers since I'm on ics.
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That's interesting. Where did you get the drivers?
electric bill said:
That's interesting. Where did you get the drivers?
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in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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mustbepbs said:
That's because Windows 8 sucks!
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I've been using it for about 4 months, I beg to differ... name 1 reason
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I'm still on Windows XP haha, I meant to upgrade to Win 7 but never did since I can't afford to upgrade my motherboard/cpu/ram/etc. Windows 8 looks promising... but I don't really know how I feel about it looking/feeling like a mobile platform rather than a more 'traditional' desktop feel. Do they let you change it to look like traditional Windows or not?
Crawshayi said:
I'm still on Windows XP haha, I meant to upgrade to Win 7 but never did since I can't afford to upgrade my motherboard/cpu/ram/etc. Windows 8 looks promising... but I don't really know how I feel about it looking/feeling like a mobile platform rather than a more 'traditional' desktop feel. Do they let you change it to look like traditional Windows or not?
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yes it has both, you can default it back to the classic windows style desktop.
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sageDieu said:
in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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I tried to install the sdk but it's complaining that it can't find java.exe or the java sdk even though it's installed and jave.exe is right where it says it can't find it. Did you run into anything like that?
EDIT: never mind. I was installing the 64 bit version. the sdk wants to see the 32 bit version.
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in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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OK, got the sdk installed and now adb works but but the phone still does not show up in odin. Any ideas why?
electric bill said:
OK, got the sdk installed and now adb works but but the phone still does not show up in odin. Any ideas why?
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not sure.. it should be using the same drivers. make sure you have those along with the Samsung ones, and I think I have the nexus cm7 drivers installed from somewhere.
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did you try running Odin in compatibility mode? if not try, 7 or vista
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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.
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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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.
Okay, I'm using windows 8 release preview x64 on my gateway desktop, and I need some help with a couple things.
First of all, metro apps will not load. I have tried several tweaks around xda and other sites and cannot get anything more than the app preview screen coming up for just a second, then closing. I have an ATI Radeon 5450HD graphics card, running proper amd catalyst drivers for windows 8, and all settings are correct.
Second, has anyone been able to get dfs tool working on windows 8? I've tried installing it in compatibility mode for windows XP, Vista, and 7, all with no luck.
Any help with either issue would be greatly appreciated... And sorry this isn't in a Q&A section, but I couldn't find Q&A forum for windows 8. TIA...
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I have my Win 8 running in a VMware virtual machine. I noticed that Metro apps will timeout loading if it is taking too long.
The app eventually loads but does so minimized. Check your left side to see if it is running.
If you are seeing a lot of your apps doing this, you may need to upgrade your computer to something faster.
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willgill said:
I have my Win 8 running in a VMware virtual machine. I noticed that Metro apps will timeout loading if it is taking too long.
The app eventually loads but does so minimized. Check your left side to see if it is running.
If you are seeing a lot of your apps doing this, you may need to upgrade your computer to something faster.
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Upgrade to something faster? I'm running an I3 as it is...
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powduh09 said:
Upgrade to something faster? I'm running an I3 as it is...
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relax it's just release candidate...u cant expect each program to function.
wait till oct 26.
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relax it's just release candidate...u cant expect each program to function.
wait till oct 26.
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I understand that... But not a single one of the metro apps will start. They just bring up an app preview screen, then it drops to the background, and the app never actually opens.
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I'd just reinstall. You have something wrong. Did it ever work? Maybe go back to a better point in time with System Restore.
You are logged in with a Live account, right? You can't load Metro apps with a local account (to my knowledge). You have to log on with a Live account.
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willgill said:
I'd just reinstall. You have something wrong. Did it ever work? Maybe go back to a better point in time with System Restore.
You are logged in with a Live account, right? You can't load Metro apps with a local account (to my knowledge). You have to log on with a Live account.
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It's a fresh install, I've tried on two different machines, neither of which have ever had metro apps work... And yes, I'm using a live account...
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Timeout
Yes, every metro app has 15 seconds to load, if it doesn't, them it will end.
i think you should reinstall the graphic driver and try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708349
Also did the metro apps work before or they have never worked
buggatti said:
i think you should reinstall the graphic driver and try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708349
Also did the metro apps work before or they have never worked
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Theyve never worked, even on my laptop, which has Intel integrated graphics. But, I've not tried the guide you linked... I'll try that and report back sometime today...
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powduh09 said:
Theyve never worked, even on my laptop, which has Intel integrated graphics. But, I've not tried the guide you linked... I'll try that and report back sometime today...
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The guide is for and graphics only.... go to Intel driver utility And install the latest driver then try.... I had the same problem it has something to do with hardware acceleration.
buggatti said:
The guide is for and graphics only.... go to Intel driver utility And install the latest driver then try.... I had the same problem it has something to do with hardware acceleration.
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I'm asking for amd, my Intel works fine now
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Windows 8 didn't run properly on my laptop too, had some papercuts as well. The specification requirements for Windows 8 are equal to those of Windows 7. If you can run Windows 7, you can run Windows 8. So, it's all just a bit of patience before RTM and the final release become available.
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Windows 8 didn't run properly on my laptop too, had some papercuts as well. The specification requirements for Windows 8 are equal to those of Windows 7. If you can run Windows 7, you can run Windows 8. So, it's all just a bit of patience before RTM and the final release become available.
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I know this. Guess I'm just going to revert to windows 7 until rtm
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Just thought it would be interesting. Is it possible to create a bootable windows 8 micro-sd card? Just wondering.
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Mineturtle33 said:
Just thought it would be interesting. Is it possible to create a bootable windows 8 micro-sd card? Just wondering.
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Windows 8 running on the NC is not going to happen. :crying:
But check out this video by Tinkernut on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5klJrX9ubc
He demonstrates how to use Splashtop streamer running on your NC (or any supported android/ios device) to connect to a Windows 8 PC (swiping is supported).
He has it running on a NC (or Nook Tablet, I can't tell) at around 1:50 in video.
I have not tried this myself, but it appears that this would at least allow you to experience Windows 8 on your NC. :highfive:
It pains me to say that your probably correct. I am however, going to try to prove you wrong. (Yeah, I'm that dedicated) BTW great video, but I want to use it without WiFi too. So that won't work.
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Mineturtle33 said:
Just thought it would be interesting. Is it possible to create a bootable windows 8 micro-sd card? Just wondering.
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Possible? Sure -- if you're Microsoft or have a MS Windows source code license. Otherwise, you can pretty much forget about it.
Pretty much is the keyword my friend.
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You could run that HP touchpad OS (whatever that was called) if u get tired of android
Tell me more.
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http://penkia.blogspot.de/2012/10/open-webos-on-nook-color.html
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Windows 8 running on the NC is not going to happen. :crying:
But check out this video by Tinkernut on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5klJrX9ubc
He demonstrates how to use Splashtop streamer running on your NC (or any supported android/ios device) to connect to a Windows 8 PC (swiping is supported).
He has it running on a NC (or Nook Tablet, I can't tell) at around 1:50 in video.
I have not tried this myself, but it appears that this would at least allow you to experience Windows 8 on your NC. :highfive:
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Thanks for that. Really interesting to see Windows 8 on my NC, even if it is just a remote desktop. Hoping to freak out a few friends with it, until they catch on.