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Nokia X Hacked to Run Android Apps, Use Play Store

posted by LaminatorX on Monday March 03 2014, @04:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the It's-a-robot! dept.

l3g0la5 writes:

"Nokia may have tried to steer clear of Android look and feel with its redesign Windows tile-like interface in Nokia X, but it was always a question of when and not if hackers would tinker around to root the device to run native Android apps. That time has come within a matter of days as an XDA-developers member has managed to hack his Nokia X to run Google Play and other apps."

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by bornagainpenguin on Monday March 03 2014, @09:33AM

    by bornagainpenguin (3538) on Monday March 03 2014, @09:33AM (#10024)

    What about (just guessing, I have no insider information): the devs wanted a fully functionally device, but higher management said to the devs that they had to disable the apps.

    More than that, what do you want to bet that the developers told management it would be pointless to even try to lock the Play Store out of the phone and it was (as we've now seen) only a matter of time before someone added back the standard Android apps and etc...?

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  • (Score: 2) by Koen on Monday March 03 2014, @09:52AM

    by Koen (427) on Monday March 03 2014, @09:52AM (#10031)

    Well, that's why I ended with the "we told you so" line...

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