Windows Phone 7 BootLoader?!?
Now here is something we all know about. It appears that the HTC WP7 device HTC HD7 has a bootloader! Say what Jason?!?! No this is not because of a custom rom, or anything like that. In fact the article says we don't know why it showed up. It just did. We all thought that a Bootloader existed but we were not 100% sure. Now we know that the old SPL system is there somewhere at least.
Now with that being said, it could be because of the SD Card got corrupt and it failed to boot up properly. The phone owner Sam Gibbs had this happen to his HTC device and he's not too sure why it happened... Let's just hope that it is fixable or he should be looking to HTC to get a new device.
Now with this picture we can see how some things work on WP7. Could this lead to a ROM? Possibly, but more than likely not; it might lead to a way for it to start happening. WP7 needs to be cracked open, we are all aware of that, but in given time. Microsoft is keeping things underwraps for now... What does this mean to you PPCGeeks, could you invision a custom WP7 rom? We already know that we can write using the provxml files. Now this? Whats next? You tell us below!
source: WPCentral.com
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NICE!
OH MY GOD!
*drools over the thought of hybrid WM/WP*
HOLY CRAP!!!
I think i just soiled myself… Had the hairs on my head (which are not many since I shave it all off) standing up completely just looking at that picture…
HOLY CRAP!!!… wait, no, we established that was just me soiling myself… jejeje
Yea, that would be awsome if someone had a WP7 device and was able to dual boot to Anrdoid, WP7 and WM 6.5 (why 6.5 ? because of all those apps that you have that you have to buy again).
I guess someone needs to learn how to partition the flashcard and we should be all set…heh
Sweet, XDAndroid on WP7 device! =P
@DavidinCT: We already have people partitioning flash cards. In Rhodium (TP2) Android development, some methods of getting it to work involve writing the system partition to an ext2 partition on the flash card rather than just having a system.ext2 file. Haven’t seen anyone do it in a while, however you can partition flash cards!
@Aleki
@DavidinCT
Yep. We’d be able to get back to regular Windows Mobile all over again if somebody could work out a ROM for the HD3 (Remotely similar to the HD2 from my understanding – don’t quote me on that).
- 2 Bunny
ALL this means is that WP7 is the same old shit with a fucking bow on it. Like we all knew it was to begin with.