[ROM] Android Launcher Light ROM

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- I've created this nbh for fun. Dont think this will be an updated work. I just think that someone would play with it and so it is here. -
WARNING: This is not a WindowsMobile ROM. This has just WM core actually required to launch Android.
Do you want only to use android, and you don't want to boot in WM before booting Android? This is what you need!
How it works:
It checks for haret.exe in your sd. If it is here, it launchs it immediately. You will see Android booting in 5 sec +/-
If it is not here it shuts down automatically your phone. There will be no booting in WM anyway!
Why? Fast booting is due to lack of most drivers and extensions. You won't be able to do anything in WM part...

Happy playing.
http://rapidshare.com/files/33330880...t_NBH.rar.html
- OR -
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4SK097JC

demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2kPhxkfP8
(After basic HW initialization (30sec) you'll see android booting in 5 sec)

Fantastic

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This is just fantastic !!!! thanks

Edit: And it works fine also xD
btw RAPH100

Originally Posted by euromusic

This is just fantastic !!!! thanks

welcome

Mirror if possible that link is going to be getting hammered all day.

Why? Fast booting is due to lack of most drivers and extensions. You won't be able to do anything in WM part...

If there is no driver, I guess nothing works in android (since the reason why there is no android ROM is because of the need of wince driver inits...).
So does USB work ? touchscreen ? data connection ? capactivie pad ?

Anyway, it sounds really great.
I have some requests though: a diam image, an option (vol up pressed at startup ?) to export the internal mmc on usb (internal storage sucks.), and a big contiguous space on the nand so that we can put android in this space.

I have a really ridicules question to you guys, since i'm no developer and just a simple minded end user

The hardware on most of HTC's phones seems to be exactly the same, with really minor differences in them (all based around the same qualcomm chipset). Why is it not possible to simply flash a HERO Android Rom, onto an identical "more or less" WM type of device?

I know it probably won't work, and would/could/should brick the mobile, but question is why?

Originally Posted by Sefy

I have a really ridicules question to you guys, since i'm no developer and just a simple minded end user

The hardware on most of HTC's phones seems to be exactly the same, with really minor differences in them (all based around the same qualcomm chipset). Why is it not possible to simply flash a HERO Android Rom, onto an identical "more or less" WM type of device?

I know it probably won't work, and would/could/should brick the mobile, but question is why?

Different radio mostly.

Theres some interesting possibilities. i am going to PM you XD

Originally Posted by Wil Badger

Mirror if possible that link is going to be getting hammered all day.

this is great!! i will provide a mirror

This doesn't work. Just keeps looping "HTC quietly brilliant" splash screen. Did anyone actually try it? Maybe it's the type of flash card I am using (just a small 512MB formatted FAT). But this rom isn't working as intended...

Just tried reformatting FAT32. No dice.

Update 14JAN10: Not sure what mischy is talking about later "haret.exe that will automatically load" (doesn't startup.txt decide that?), but it definitely does not work for me -- it just loops through the HTC screen and keeps rebooting. Michy if there is a specific haret.exe to use, or something else (other than having a valid startup.txt) can you please tell us? I have unzipped the latested Connect-utb xandroid package and used haret.exe included - didn't work. Also tried directly from haret.exe author site -- didn't work. Also tried version linked here on XDA on the XDADEvloperWiki for Raphael. didn't work.