Will Android work on the Raphael?

[SprintTouch08]

that version probably wont work seeing as our hardware, resolution, etc is completely different than the Vogue that's running on. People on xda are working on a diamond/raph version but its way behind this one.

[Exil3d]

Damn.. just tried the latest one from xda. 8 bit color and no touch screen. ehehh

Bumped into this today and did a quick search to see if anything had come up on ppc geeks yet.

Android running on the HTC Touch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265

After doing a little more research, I found a wiki entry at xda for Android on the Diamond/Pro but I figure they're doing it for the GSM version, leaving us with the CDMA left behind. But Android is running on the CDMA Touch? I still see some hope out there.

Anyone else heard anything more?

[KOF33]

Originally Posted by DSGamer

Thing is, the OS is so wonderfully constructed (assuming we cold get the same shell that the G1 uses) that you don't need a stylus. It's built in such a way that it's more simple and intuitive. All the buttons and text boxes are big, so you don't need a stylus, nor do you want one. No tiny "ok" buttons to click. It's a joy.

Definitely is. I do agree.
I was referring to the actual tech behind the screen though. The way I make thumb presses isnt skin first its sideways nail first ((if that makes any sense))
I phones and G1 dont pick that up until I give an actual thumb press.

[dr g]

Originally Posted by DSGamer

Thing is, the OS is so wonderfully constructed (assuming we cold get the same shell that the G1 uses) that you don't need a stylus. It's built in such a way that it's more simple and intuitive. All the buttons and text boxes are big, so you don't need a stylus, nor do you want one. No tiny "ok" buttons to click. It's a joy.

Unfortunately the basic UI is only one aspect of any phone.

[shark1987]

Originally Posted by ShadowDrake

Bumped into this today and did a quick search to see if anything had come up on ppc geeks yet.

Android running on the HTC Touch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265

After doing a little more research, I found a wiki entry at xda for Android on the Diamond/Pro but I figure they're doing it for the GSM version, leaving us with the CDMA left behind. But Android is running on the CDMA Touch? I still see some hope out there.

Anyone else heard anything more?

That was the first reply to this thread.

But I used Android on my Touch, it was pretty cool and ran great. Can't wait for someone to port it over, wish I had a clue how to do it.

[CozBoogie]

Threads merged.

late,
Coz

[SprintTouch08]

i dont understand fully why if the touchh is fully ported, from a guy at xda at that, why the diamond/Pro xda people dont solicit that user's (i think its dzo) help to get it working. He obviously knows exactly how to get the stuff working and im sure a lot of it is the same. The diamond/pro version is like 2-3 months behind the current full touch version right now though so its not worth trying yet

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by syanni85

Android is an Operating system that boots from linux, thus launching android on your phone, you'll see linux boot up first...

There should be no reason why it won't work on the new upcoming htc phones with more ram and rom... it should be flawless.

Once android is officially out, we can prolly just pop it on and have an android OS, complete and ready to go... its gunna be sweet!

Was going to ask the same question, Thanks!

[shadowmite]

I'm sorry, it doesn't work like that. Every phone HTC makes has slightly different hardware, various design elements have them using different areas in memory, different gpio lines, different interrupts. As such every new device needs a new kernel ported to it. That's the hard part. Furthermore, some hardware is harder than others to implement in linux. USB for instance dzo has stated might never work...