[Q] WP8 Custom Rom for Lumia 800?

[chh2807]

Hi,

i am interested in buying an Lumia 800 but i do not have any knowledge or experience with windows phone. I just want to try this system and the Nokia devices have a very good navigation software and a good camera. How big is the chance that a WP8 Rom will come to the Lumia 800?

Normally i use a Galaxy S3 and just want to buy a second device to play around and test somthing new. So please excuse my noob question. The L800 will cost around 200€ without a contract and i think its a nice alternative to my Samsung.

thanks a lot

 

[Reflexdarky]

lumia

its not going to happen the most you will get is wp 7.8 only the new line of lumias will have w8

if i were you buy the 820 or 920


rob:good:

 

[chh2807]

I would like to buy them but they are too expensive just for testing and playing around. Is it impossible because of the hardware specifications or that there will be no WP8 Source Code available which can be customized with drivers etc. ?

 

[surya467]

Not possible mate..though u can have a word around here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966327
with the devs

 

[shamreez]

Hi,

Even if someone ports a WP8 for a current WP7 device he/she would have to disable all the specific WP8 functionalities which requires higher hardware specification (Dual core CPU and all) so it would be kind of a 7.8 with very marginal improvements.


So I dont think there would be much of a gain in trying to port in WP8 to 800

just my 2 cents and I can be completely wrong

 

[dravik]

Hee!,

I am an engeneering student and I do not think it is already fair to say porting WP8 will be posible, or not. It is true that the hardware of our current Windows Phone device doesnt reach the Microsoft hardware minimum for windows 8 device. Although this is their minimum, wich not only concludes the ´needings of the system´ but also ´marketings minimums´, for example: who would upgrade to a WP8 device if it is slower?

So not having the minimum hardware requirment doesnt really mean it is imposible to run WP8. Although it requirs a lot of porting and I am not sure if somebody will succees doing it.

Also one last point to mention, as you can find on the forum you can not update all Lumia 800 devices, depends on your bootloader, wich you cant know when you buy it on Ebay.

 

[Geezzy]

Does anybody know when Lumia 800 will get an official WP7.8 update? And will it be available in Europe?

 

[v200]

they say , in the mittle of December...

 

[Tuxxperia]

Normally i use a Galaxy S3 and just want to buy a second device to play around and test somthing new

Lumia phones are mostly phones as some testing tweaking devices. So i'm wondering, what you expect, as long as 800 is flashable only with qualcomm bootloader. New ones have only Dload, which is not hacked yet. Lumias are not like androids - completly different ROMs, patches, flashable apps,... Lumias are great, fast, reliable phones. Not for messing around.

 

[yunzhongxue]

i think you will try lumia920 or lumia820/822,lumia800 only have wp7.8