montavista after android?

[jotmatta]

can I roll back to the default OS montavista... once I have successfully installed android onto my phone (Rokr E6) i.e upgrading kernel from 2.4.20 to 2.6.23....

how do I install back my old OS...?? do I have to roll back to 2.4.20 kernel or the montavista will run fine on 2.6.23 kernel??

am still to install android on my phone... so want to know if there's any coming back... (though sounds very noobish... there must be some way or the other to get back to the old OS!!!)...

also how safe is it to install android on E6?? what are the chances of things going wrong...??

there are guides available for installing android on A1200 ming... but there's no guide for rolling back to montavista... .if any one can upload that would highly appreciable...!!

I am still to install android on my phone... and am not afraid of taking risk...
BUT is android at this stage good enough to be installed... i.e all phone functions are working on it or not?? (camera doesnt work is fine with me..)
other than camera wat abt bluetooth, mp3 player, movie player, edge/gprs, java support???

eager to install android... plz reply ASAP....

NOTE: sry for writing such a big thread...
porting changed to installing... (thanx konig..)

[Konig]

Porting means making a particular application or OS capable of working on a different processor or a different device. Getting phone processes to work is part of the porting work. As such, I dont think you can simply "port" android. Leave that to developers who can understand their job. You will just be following their instructions on how to install it, not port it.

[jotmatta]

Porting means making a particular application or OS capable of working on a different processor or a different device. Getting phone processes to work is part of the porting work. As such, I dont think you can simply "port" android. Leave that to developers who can understand their job. You will just be following their instructions on how to install it, not port it.

hey thanx konig... for pointing that out... as u can see from my status it says "motorolafans NWBE" so not much familiar with the terms.... but would love to be among the developers someday...!!

I take back my words.... I wont b porting android onto my phone.... I will be installing it...!!!

plz someone reply to the queries I had put in....

[wyrm]

can I roll back to the default OS montavista... once I have successfully installed android onto my phone (Rokr E6) i.e upgrading kernel from 2.4.20 to 2.6.23....

how do I install back my old OS...?? do I have to roll back to 2.4.20 kernel or the montavista will run fine on 2.6.23 kernel??

Montavista provides the 2.4 kernel for motorola, not the whole OS.
No, you cant use the motorola rootfs (or apps) with the OpenEZX 2.6 kernel.

am still to install android on my phone... so want to know if there's any coming back... (though sounds very noobish... there must be some way or the other to get back to the old OS!!!)...

You dont need to "get back", you can have both and use a multi boot setup.

also how safe is it to install android on E6?? what are the chances of things going wrong...??

It is not safe, it may put your phone on fire or make your battery explode, and in some special cases it may make your phone fly high into the sky then fall very fast, causing earthquakes and potentially the destruction of your whole neighborhood.

there are guides available for installing android on A1200 ming... but there's no guide for rolling back to montavista... .if any one can upload that would highly appreciable...!!

No, there are no guides to install android on ming.
There are guides to RUN android on ming without installing anything.

I am still to install android on my phone... and am not afraid of taking risk...
BUT is android at this stage good enough to be installed... i.e all phone functions are working on it or not?? (camera doesnt work is fine with me..)
other than camera wat abt bluetooth, mp3 player, movie player, edge/gprs, java support???

Nothing works as it should, its experimental, definitely not ready for end-users.
If you are a developer, go ahead and try it. If you are just a user then its better to experience android on EZX phones watching youtube videos from the developers.

[9768031261]

anyone can give me MONTAVISTA or Android linstallation STEPS
i even need both this OS so plsss plsss help meee

[kundancool]

anyone can give me MONTAVISTA or Android linstallation STEPS
i even need both this OS so plsss plsss help meee

Hey buddy our E6 is already running MontaVista Linux
so there is no other MontaVista for E6

and we don't have a full working version of Android for E6 or EzX Phones
Android can only be booted through Telnet session nothing more.....

[krish143]

Tahnk you for posting, i really needed for this.