Against all odds Windows Phone 8 has been hacked on to the HTC HD2

No, the HTC HD2 volition evidently never dice. Showtime released in November 2009 with Windows Mobile 6.v, the device has been successfully hacked with every Bone including Windows Phone seven, 7.5 and 7.eight in addition to Android.

At present, according to legendary mod team Dark Forces Squad (DFT), the HTC HD2 volition also brandish Windows Phone 8...

The news comes by way of their official forums and is currently lacking details on how it was accomplished. Just a handful of photos showing what looks to be an earlier build of Windows Phone 8 running on the HD2 is given as bear witness. The affiche though is 'Cotulla', whose reputation is very well known in the hacker-modern community, meaning we tin can safely presume this isn't a hoax.

Still, until we have more details on the project we'll take to go with a 7 on our rum'o'meter.

The project, if successful, is remarkable if only because Windows Phone viii features some extensive software-hardware security "handshaking" in the form of Bitlocker. That form of security is reportedly tied to a physical chip on the device, something that the HD2 is missing. How such a system is bypassed, as mentioned above, is currently not known.

Hopefully more than details volition be coming out presently with an actual release because as you have probably figured out, if the HD2 can run Windows Phone 8, at that place might be a chance for Windows Phone 7 devices too.

Source: DFT; Thanks, talan1314, for the tip!

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