still1 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 What?s more fun than modding an Android smartphone? Well, lots of things, but one of them is modding a competing smartphone to run Android. There are many who admire Nokia?s beautiful hardware and industrial design, but lament its home-grown software (or the Windows Phone 7 platform they?re now stuck with). A group of like-minded modders at the NITDroid forums dedicated to bringing Android to Nokia hardware have shown off their latest and certainly greatest project: fully functional Android 4.0 on the MeeGo-powered Nokia N9. This is no small job, either. All the essential functions of the phone are working, including calls, texts, data, WiFi, Bluetooth, et cetera. Sound and video are working fine, though YouTube playback seems a little choppy. The only real features that seem to be missing are the camera (wasn?t mentioned in the forum post) and automatic rotation (though the accelerometer is working, so that could be just a matter of time). The ROM is in its first Alpha release, so expect a lot of the bugs to be ironed out eventually. The best part is that this ROM can be installed with a custom boot partition, preserving the original MeeGo OS in a fashion similar to the Android ports on the HP TouchPad. There?s even a work-around method that allows users to mount MeeGo?s My Documents folder as Android?s virtual SD card, giving some rudimentary cross-platform file access. This isn?t quite the same as getting Android on Nokia hardware like many of use were hoping for last year, but it?s about as close as we?re likely to come. http://androidcommunity.com/nokia-n9-gets-ice-cream-sandwich-and-meego-dual-boot-hack-20120322/ Charisma, thealexweb and FiB3R 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted March 22, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted March 22, 2012 I wonder if something similar will happen with the Lumia 900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miuku. Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I can only wonder why, considering Meego blows the **** out of Android in performance in the first place and there's pretty much nothing the "avarage" user needs that isn't available in the first place. It's like buying a Ferrari and putting a 1.5l Lada engine in it. Muhammad Farrukh and KRazpopov 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My dream would be to see WP7 running on the iPhone 4S. deadonthefloor 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Best of both worlds. :) Charisma and remixedcat 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 My dream would be to see WP7 running on the iPhone 4S. Not going to happen in a million years unless the source code of WP7 is released by Microsoft which they wont.. Also, the hardware for WP7 devies and Iphone are different so even with source code developers need to do a lot of work to get it ported. So, your dream wont come true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I can only wonder why, considering Meego blows the **** out of Android in performance in the first place and there's pretty much nothing the "avarage" user needs that isn't available in the first place. It's like buying a Ferrari and putting a 1.5l Lada engine in it. Large quantities of apps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migo Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I can only wonder why, considering Meego blows the **** out of Android in performance in the first place and there's pretty much nothing the "avarage" user needs that isn't available in the first place. It's like buying a Ferrari and putting a 1.5l Lada engine in it. Apps. Qt didn't work as Nokia had hoped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Farrukh Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 LAAAAAG :laugh: But what an awesome piece of hardware that is :omg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadonthefloor Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Incredible work. This is why Android exists. Now leave the rest of us alone to use viable commercial products please. Android is the first dominant Linux in a consumer space and the average consumer loves to hate it. I like the Apple mantra but not the company.' That's why I use a windows phone. KRazpopov 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 It shows what's fundamentally wrong with Linux, yes. I've got my hopes on Open webOS though for an OS that's actually good and follows FOSS ideals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KomaWei Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Apps. Qt didn't work as Nokia had hoped. Quit trying to troll. You never used it, so how can you complain Qt is the "problem"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liju Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Apps. Qt didn't work as Nokia had hoped. Nokia's new CEO and the board members who supported him never gave Qt the chance. This is the most irresponsible CEO a company ever had. He has no interest and trust in his company's products unless it is running his favourite 3rd party OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Nokia shouldn't have killed of Meego. If it would have been available slightly earlier on perhaps one or two more devices it would've been a killer OS. I've tried it (we sell the N9), and it's absolutely brilliant to use. Incredibly intuitive and fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichi Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 It shows what's fundamentally wrong with Linux, yes. What would that be? I've got my hopes on Open webOS though for an OS that's actually good and follows FOSS ideals. WebOS is also Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miuku. Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Nokia shouldn't have killed of Meego. They didn't really kill it - there's still hope that Windows Phone flops completely and they'll go for Meego instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Farrukh Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Which of course won't happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 They didn't really kill it - there's still hope that Windows Phone flops completely and they'll go for Meego instead. haha funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Which of course won't happen I wouldn't be so sure. Microsoft is very restrictive to developers with Windows Phone, and developers don't like restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miuku. Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Which of course won't happen One can dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asharae Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Even though as part of the deal Nokia has full access to WP7 and can change stuff? So yeah, unlikely to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Which of course won't happen Which of course is not a proven statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Farrukh Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I wouldn't be so sure. Microsoft is very restrictive to developers with Windows Phone, and developers don't like restrictions. Of course not. No one can be. As for the restrictions, look at where iOS is standing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I would love dual boot Droid and WP7 or even 8 when it hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I wouldn't be so sure. Microsoft is very restrictive to developers with Windows Phone, and developers don't like restrictions. What restrictions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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