Samsung Omnia with Android OS Installed
Posted by admin in Android News, tags: android os, Samsung, Samsung OmniaWhile most of us are looking toward future devices to give us our Android kicks, some people are more interested in using their existing devices with Google’s platform. Over at the MoDaCo forums they’re working on porting Android to Samsung’s Omnia and, as the screenshots here show, they’ve had some degree of success.
The Omnia is usually a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone, with a 3.2-inch WQVGA resistive touchscreen, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, 2100MHz 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi. So far, the porting team have managed to transfer Android to the smartphone, boot it and load the kernel, and get basic touchscreen support.
There are still problems, though; most of the hardware lacks Android support, so no phone or camera access, and some of the hardware buttons don’t yet work. The touchscreen occasionally freezes, and sometimes the whole screen turns black, shows streaky text or other glitches, which have to be fixed with a restart. Still, it sounds like you can try it on your own Omnia without necessarily losing your Windows Mobile install; Android is loaded from a microSD card.
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Good information. Today I just got a Samsung Omnia SCH-i910 in the mail from ebay, and it presently seems that it’s at stock settings to the Verizon Network. I prepare to use this telephone on Metro PCS. I also wish to set Windows Mobile 6.five on right here, but I’m not certain which purchase I should do this in. Must I consider it to Metro PCS as is and have it activated, after which afterwards flash the ROM with 6.five? Or ought to I modify the ROM first after which carry it to Metro PCS? I’ve been looking all-around and I’m unable to locate the response to this.