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Ice Cream Sandwich ported to Nokia N9

21 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/ice-cream-sandwich-ported-to-nokia-n9.152559/

Zangetsu
Zangetsu Original post #1
Feb 11, 2012 at 10:27 AM
ICS is ported to N9 :mrgreen:

It’s still a major work in progress
check here Ice Cream Sandwich ported to Nokia N9
tkin
tkin #2
Feb 11, 2012 at 10:42 AM
N9 has some awesome hardware, interesting to see the results.
M
Feb 11, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Now if that is true and successful, it merges the best of hardware,build quality with the Tasty Os out there, :)
Neo
Neo #5
Feb 11, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Awesome.
Then there can hopes of its port to N8.
tkin
tkin #6
Feb 11, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Awesome.
Then there can hopes of its port to N8.
N8 hardware is cr@p(this coming from a nokia enthusiast), apart from the cam(which is the best).
Neo
Neo #7
Feb 11, 2012 at 11:28 AM
My bro bought it for its cam about 4 months ago. So if ICS gets ported to N8 , I'll snatch it from him ;)
But the h/w is crap , so there are less chances. Let me hope for the best.
coderunknown
Feb 11, 2012 at 4:48 PM
My bro bought it for its cam about 4 months ago. So if ICS gets ported to N8 , I'll snatch it from him ;)
But the h/w is crap , so there are less chances. Let me hope for the best.

play angry birds at slideshow rate. low memory error cause of 256Mb ram !!! 600Mhz processor with some crap broadcomm GPU (yes Adreno200 in our mobile is better).
mitraark
Feb 11, 2012 at 5:21 PM
I hope this works out !
Neo
Neo #10
Feb 11, 2012 at 5:36 PM
play angry birds at slideshow rate. low memory error cause of 256Mb ram !!! 600Mhz processor with some crap broadcomm GPU (yes Adreno200 in our mobile is better).

But still ICS would be better than Anna and Belle (haven't tested it yet though).
coderunknown
Feb 11, 2012 at 6:12 PM
but N8 lacks the power to drive ICS properly. moreover unless someone is ready to waste a month or more tweaking the sources, trying the open source drivers or writing his own, Android won't be a smooth experience on any of the current Symbian mobiles. moreover camera is the deal breaker as its the hardest part to get working in case of Android.
pramudit
pramudit #12
Feb 11, 2012 at 6:35 PM
Porting to N9 is much easier than other nokias because N9 is based on meego... Porting to N8 will be like writing whole code again......
Neo
Neo #13
Feb 11, 2012 at 6:44 PM
But porting from N9 to N8 would be easier.
coderunknown
Feb 11, 2012 at 6:48 PM
N8 & N9 have totally different internals :smile:
A
Askana #15
Feb 11, 2012 at 8:19 PM
waiting to see how this turns out :-?
red dragon
Feb 11, 2012 at 9:52 PM
Running Android on N8 is IMPOSSIBLE!
Neo
Neo #17
Feb 12, 2012 at 1:25 AM
It is possible. :beer::beer::beer:
Neo
Neo #19
Feb 12, 2012 at 8:23 AM
^^Me.
What you are getting tomorrow?
A
Feb 13, 2012 at 4:42 PM
N8 hardware is cr@p(this coming from a nokia enthusiast), apart from the cam(which is the best).

Not that bad considering it's a phone from 2010. It's GPU was actually pretty good for the time and pretty decent even today.

However, I do doubt it can run ICS smoothly. It should do Froyo fine though....

(But of course it seems it's not possible to run android on the N8)
coderunknown
Feb 13, 2012 at 6:14 PM
only time will tell if any Symbian based Nokia mobile can run Android. Till then this thread should remain silent.