Install BlackBerry OS7 on Android! - kind of — Transcript

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1. 0:00BlackBerry fans, listen up. Hey guys,
2. 0:03it's me Ola and in this video I've got
3. 0:05something kind of special to show you.
4. 0:08We all know the legend itself, the
5. 0:10BlackBerry Bold 9900. The premium metal
6. 0:14frame, the glass weave back cover, its
7. 0:17perfect keyboard and overall premium
8. 0:20design. It was the first Bold series
9. 0:22phone to feature a touchscreen without
10. 0:25even compromising on the keyboard
11. 0:27experience.
12. 0:29And in my opinion, it was the last real
13. 0:31BlackBerry before BlackBerry 10 came and
14. 0:34before eventually its mobile device
15. 0:36division completely shut down. But
16. 0:40another thing a lot of people loved
17. 0:41about the Bold 9900 was BlackBerry OS 7.
18. 0:46Its efficiency, ease of use, the look of
19. 0:49it, the shortcuts, and so on. And today
20. 0:52I show you how I kind of brought that
21. 0:54back in today's world. So let's dive
22. 0:57right into it.
23. 0:58Step number one is you need an Android
24. 1:01phone and to make it the most
25. 1:02convincing, use an Android phone that
26. 1:05has a physical QWERTY keyboard. So
27. 1:07something like the Titan 2 or Titan 2
28. 1:08Elite from Unihertz or something like
29. 1:11the Qinwa Q25 which is a resto-modded
30. 1:15BlackBerry Classic. And using this
31. 1:18it makes it almost impossible to
32. 1:20distinguish from the old days.
33. 1:23Step number two is to head over to
34. 1:25rightlauncher.com
35. 1:26and download the linked APK file
36. 1:29to download the launcher. And if you
37. 1:31don't want to do that, you could also
38. 1:32head over to the Google Play Store and
39. 1:34download it there, but it could be that
40. 1:36the app won't be available for your
41. 1:39device on the Play Store.
42. 1:41You will find the link to that page in
43. 1:43the description box below.
44. 1:45Step number three is to install it and
45. 1:48boom, now you have BlackBerry OS 7 on
46. 1:51your Android phone.
47. 1:53Well,
48. 1:53kind of. I know it's just a launcher,
49. 1:56but I do think that it does mimic a lot
50. 1:58of the functionality that BlackBerry OS
51. 2:007 had back in the day quite nicely. And
52. 2:03to make it the most convincing, you
53. 2:05definitely need to download the
54. 2:06BlackBerry OS 7 icon pack that you can
55. 2:09also find on rightlauncher.com
56. 2:12and then install it on the launcher.
57. 2:15And next to the icon pack, you should
58. 2:16also install something like a wallpaper
59. 2:19from BlackBerry OS 7 that you had back
60. 2:21in the day and the launcher actually has
61. 2:23quite a lot to choose from. And now,
62. 2:25this phone could easily fool somebody
63. 2:28into thinking that you're actually using
64. 2:30a BlackBerry from back in 2011. And
65. 2:33here's the overview of the features.
66. 2:36On the main screen, you've got your app
67. 2:37drawer in the bottom partitioned into
68. 2:39your favorites, recent, [music]
69. 2:41and all apps just like it was in 2011.
70. 2:45You can easily add apps to your
71. 2:47favorites by long pressing on them or
72. 2:49rearrange them in the drawer. And you
73. 2:51can easily change the default category
74. 2:53that is showing when turning it up in
75. 2:55the settings. And for me, that is the
76. 2:58favorites, of course. In the middle, you
77. 3:00can have your upcoming calendar events,
78. 3:02your set alarm clock, the weather, or
79. 3:05the current track you're playing. And I
80. 3:07think it's quite nice to have that all
81. 3:09in the middle of your screen and I think
82. 3:12it's the same way as it was back in the
83. 3:14day. [music]
84. 3:15Above that, you have the settings just
85. 3:17like on the original BlackBerry OS 7.
86. 3:20So, for example, your ring settings. And
87. 3:22when you press [music] it, I really like
88. 3:24that you also have a BlackBerry OS 7
89. 3:26like settings menu for that. So, I think
90. 3:29it's cool that they adapted the design
91. 3:31for that. Next to that, you have your
92. 3:33notifications right at a glance, and
93. 3:35when you press on them, your
94. 3:36notification drop-down opens. And I like
95. 3:39that it's so minimal and easy to use.
96. 3:42And on the right, you'll find a search
97. 3:43icon like a loop that lets you search
98. 3:46for apps and contacts, which is pretty
99. 3:48neat.
100. 3:51On the top right, you have your settings
101. 3:53and those are mainly the settings for
102. 3:55the launcher and in there you can change
103. 3:57things like the wallpaper and as I said,
104. 3:59they do have quite a good selection of
105. 4:01OS 7 wallpapers right there, which I
106. 4:03like.
107. 4:04Also in there, you can change the icons
108. 4:06and appearance and also as I said, I
109. 4:09would always choose the OS 7 icon pack
110. 4:12>> [music]
111. 4:12>> just to make it more authentic and seem
112. 4:14like the old days.
113. 4:16You can change multiple things like the
114. 4:18accent color or the notification dot.
115. 4:21But what I like is to hide the status
116. 4:23bar on top and put the battery on the
117. 4:25home screen to get an even better OS 7
118. 4:29experience.
119. 4:32>> [music]
120. 4:33>> Something that is currently only
121. 4:35exclusive to the Titan 2 devices, so the
122. 4:38Titan 2 or the Titan 2 Elite by Unihertz
123. 4:41is to make the keyboard act as a
124. 4:44trackpad like it was on the Bold 9900.
125. 4:48And that actually works so nicely. You
126. 4:51can select and actually open it with
127. 4:53tapping on the keyboard, although that
128. 4:55didn't work for me, but that could be a
129. 4:57settings issue.
130. 4:58>> [music]
131. 4:59>> I would love for them to activate this
132. 5:01feature on the Sinwan Q25 as it already
133. 5:04has that trackpad and currently it's
134. 5:06just not a feature that is put into the
135. 5:08software kind of and the standard
136. 5:11trackpad functionality just isn't ideal
137. 5:14[music] for that launcher. But that is
138. 5:16something they could definitely include
139. 5:18in an update. [music] So that's already
140. 5:20it for this video. Kind of a fun video
141. 5:22and cool feature to have on a physical
142. 5:25BlackBerry keyboard device, but you
143. 5:26could also of course install it on a
144. 5:29regular Android phone to make it feel
145. 5:31like BlackBerry Torch for example. So if
146. 5:34you like this video, definitely make
147. 5:35sure to like it. Leave a comment if
148. 5:37you'll install this launcher on your
149. 5:39phone. Also make sure you definitely
150. 5:41subscribe to this channel. We're about
151. 5:43to reach 50,000 subscribers. And when I
152. 5:46reach the 50,000 subscribers, I will do
153. 5:49a giveaway and I will give away either a
154. 5:52Titan Two Elite by Unihertz or a Click
155. 5:55Communicator and the winner can decide
156. 5:58what he wants.
157. 5:59Also, definitely make sure to follow me
158. 6:01on my social media channels, Instagram
159. 6:03and Twitter. On Instagram, we're about
160. 6:05to reach [music] 20,000 followers, so
161. 6:08let's see what I do when we reach that.
162. 6:11And yeah, that's been it for this video.
163. 6:13Definitely stick around and we'll see
164. 6:14you guys next week. Until then, bye-bye.