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Re: port Ubuntu Touch to Samsung i7500

 

Hello,
I have to agree with Josh on this. The phone in question will fail to run
most older builds of Android such as Froyo or Gingerbread. This was a first
generation Android phone and things have evolved.
On Jul 7, 2013 3:25 PM, "Josh Leverette" <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> it is based on an ARM11 processor, and last I heard, Ubuntu does not
> support that old of a processor at all. the microarchitecture is not
> supported. Even if it could run on that microarch, it would be an
> unpleasant experience because of how unimaginably slow that class of
> processor is, and the integrated graphics aren't even worth mentioning. But
> I'm not convinced 128MB of RAM would be enough to run Ubuntu touch anyways.
>
> it's safe to say that no, Ubuntu touch will not be able to run on that
> phone anytime soon, if ever.
>
> Sincerely,
> Josh
> On Jul 7, 2013 1:29 PM, "Carlos J Mazieri" <carlos.mazieri@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hello,
>>
>> I have this old phone   samsung i7500<http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i7500_galaxy-2791.php>and I would like to have Ubuntu Touch working on it.
>>
>> Does anyone can tell me if it is possible to port Ubuntu Touch to this
>> device ?
>>
>> If not can you enumerate some reasons why not.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Carlos
>>
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