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Hello,
I have been reading quite a bit here including all the stuff about ensuring that I don't brick the phone and which roms to install etc. etc.
Anyhow, I couldn't find any detailed threads about folks who might've tried installing Android on stock windows.
I went ahead and tried using it today and android did load up fine. Everything seems to work perfectly. The only issue is that the dialer freezes when I am dialing numbers and I can't hear anyone and they can't hear me. So I will try another android flavor.
What I wanted to confirm was that if I am using Android on default windows, is there a chance I can brick my phone?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Impossible to brick your phone because its just running off the mem card I've been running android on a stock rom for about a month now, just make sure you've got an appropriate radio version etc...
cool..thanks for your response..
also, what do you mean by the radio version? I basically installed, http:/ /forum.xda-developers.com/s howthread.php?t=740963
that's all i did. Do you mean to say I have to install a radio version separately?
Thanks
spoofy420 said:
cool..thanks for your response..
also, what do you mean by the radio version? I basically installed, http:/ /forum.xda-developers.com/s howthread.php?t=740963
that's all i did. Do you mean to say I have to install a radio version separately?
Thanks
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What version of the HD2 do you have? T-Mobile US?
I used my stock UK O2 172. ROM
1st HSPL
2nd Updated Radio
3rd Loaded Darkstone Froyo
I haven't had any probs and android is running fine.
RReckless
Sent from my HanDroid2 using XDA App
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What version of the HD2 do you have? T-Mobile US?
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I should've been more specific. Yes it is a tmobile US version.
I just recently go android working on my tmous phone using stock rom. I had to do the following to get it 100% functional
1) Install HSPL3 and flash the radio to version 2.12 (it actually said something like 2.08 in the HSPL app)
2) Flash to ChuckyROM lite
3) Copy darkstones Froyo 2.2 build to sd card
Thats it, everything works now. I had the same problems as you so I would take this route if I were you. Keep in mind that flashing to chuckrom is going to replace the windows theme you normally see when you start your phone. From there you can use the included Android launcher utility so you can then quickly boot up android instead of windows.
Personally I could care less what windows rom/theme is loaded since my goal is to convert to Android completely. Although I will say that I immediately noticed an improvent in windows overall thanks to the ChuckyROM tweaks. If you choose to run chucky isntead of android it's a nice breath of fresh air, much more responsive, faster, and logically laid out.
Couple of caveats:
1) Bluetooth phone use is a little wonky. For instance, sometimes when I'm streaming music to my car stereo and I receive a phone call, the mic shuts down and I cant place any more phone calls without rebooting, even though music streaming continues to function.
2) On occasion the touchscreen will lock up. All I have to do is hit the windows key to bring up a context menu and then close it, touchscreen starts responding again.
3) I've been running stable for 3 days, however the phone did reboot itself for no reason and get stuck once. I had to do a battery pull to boot back into chuckyrom/android.
All in all it's been a dream though and well worth the experience. Windows 6.5 is so utterly broken as a phone OS words cannot describe. I feel like I've been using Windows 3.1 on my PC compared to this. The few glitches in the Android ports are entirely worth the hassle, and very minor. And to think, it's only going to get better!
Gday all im a bit lost in the android forums so im just going to do a noob thing and ask for some assistance, thanks.
I just installed the "[30 DEC][DFT]LEO "Stock Desire" NAND Android ROM" rom over top of my last rom from WINMO, which was the Energy jan 6 rom.
I also installed the latest Radio "Radio_Leo_2.15.50.14" and HSPL3 along with "MAGLDR112" everything went sweet upon install, so i have no real questions regarding that but im wondering how i can boot back into WINMO if its possible?
If i reboot the phone it just auto loads into Android.
Also i would like to know what the best Android rom is for reliability and secondly how would i update the roms as new version are released?
I think thats about it for now, the rom in currently using feels smooth and great the apps work fine but it feels a little locked down compared to the WINMO but it hasnt crashed on me in the past day which WINMO would have by now, lol.
To flash back winmo, simply go into bootloader/tri color screen. This is done by holding vol down, then powering up.
I'm not going to answer which is the "best" android rom, as that has been asked many times, where there are many answers for, so, search it up.
Updating differs. If it uses daf.exe/install.exe, it's that same as how you flashed android for the first time, however sometimes you can't retain your settings. Clockwork mod flashing however, is unbeknown to me, haven't tried it yet, sorry.
Thanks for that, so what would i need to do to backup my settings and info on the Android just incase i reinstall it just say?
Also if i back to the bootloader would that mean ill have to reinstall a winmo rom?
Then if so would it only boot into WINMO and not android?
Secondly how would i be able to reboot into android again?
I guess im asking is there a way to dual boot and whats the best way about doing it?
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Thanks for that, so what would i need to do to backup my settings and info on the Android just incase i reinstall it just say?
Also if i back to the bootloader would that mean ill have to reinstall a winmo rom?
Then if so would it only boot into WINMO and not android?
Secondly how would i be able to reboot into android again?
I guess im asking is there a way to dual boot and whats the best way about doing it?
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r u being jackass?u have to flash stock wm rom first.ok then u can flash any custom rom.
ok use titenium backup to backup ur android settings abd appp..
ok and after winmo if u want dual boot u have to install sd android build to ur sd card
Why would i want to be a jackass?
Yeah i come on here to troll these forums to post noob questions for ****s and giggles, are you such a person who angers over someone who clearly doesnt know what he is doing and yet you think im being a jackass (god i hate that word, lol never used down here though).
I hope i clearly posted im the OP on how and what i installed but now im lost, i have android working fine but i dont know how to back any data up just incase i do an update or even flash back to stock rom and maybe come back to android later and hope to reuse the backed up data from the android rom.
It took me about a year to get used to WINMO and learning how to install a custom rom on it but now i thought i give android a go and i managed to follow the steps without any issues (yes there were a few more steps i needed to do than i did need to do for a custom rom for WINMO) but now that i have it running i just want to know what to do to get WINMO back on and preferably getting WINMO and android working side by side.
I know how to flash custom roms in WINMO but im just wondering if there was a way for me to be able to boot back into winmo while i have android installed, all i want is to be pointed into the right direction or shown a link to a walkthrough or just given a point form reply as to the process on what and what not ill be able to keep and the best way in doing so.
So from your reply i gather ill need to install android to my SDcard and not the phone memory in order to run WINMO and Android together am i correct?
If so then because i use the ENERGY ROMS i can boot to android from within the ENERGY ROM, am i correct? i think NRG did something with android in his roms.
I am really sorry if i have upset anyone (above) but i am really lost with this, yes i pretty much understood custom roms in WINMO but with this i just did it spontaneously VERY VERY late last night and i wasnt thinking straight i just gave it a shot, so i put myself in the deep end and now im very confused with getting it back to normal as such thats all.
Worst case would i just be able to reformat the SD and then boot to 4 colour screen and just do my custom WINMO install as per usual or would i have to install the stock rom back then install the custom rom?
First of all, ignore the "jackass" above. That was just plain rude and he made himself look like a total idiot.
Secondly, if you want to backup your current Android setup, get Titanium Backup from the market. There's a batch job (click menu, batch jobs) that backs up all your apps & data and system settings. It backs it up to your SD card though, so be aware of that if you're thinking of formatting it for any reason.
Next, get the WM6.5 ROM that you want to flash (doesn't have to be a stock one). Enter the bootloader (tri-colour screen) and flash your WM ROM as normal.
Finally, when you flash a ROM onto your phone, that becomes the only OS on there. You can't switch between Android NAND and WM without flashing. You can, however, run Android from your SD card. There's a forum dedicated to that here...
HD2 Android SD Development
There's lots of info in there on how to do it, but it's basically unzip a file, copy the contents to your SD card, run 2 apps. You'll probably want to go down the route of a bootloader (not really) that runs in Windows. It lets you select Windows or Android when you reboot. They too can be found in that same forum.
That's the only way you can switch between Windows and Android on a regular basis, without flashing a new ROM.
Hope this helps
Thank you very much it has cleared allot up for me, now i know that because i flashed android on the phone its the only OS i can use, i didnt know that TBH.
So yes thanks again and ill do it the SD way and try my luck with that.
One more small thing, how do i go with updating the current android rom im using (if it were to be updated), does it work in a similar process as WINMO custom roms and their updates?
Again i much appreciate the reply, it has helped already.
gamecore said:
Thank you very much it has cleared allot up for me, now i know that because i flashed android on the phone its the only OS i can use, i didnt know that TBH.
So yes thanks again and ill do it the SD way and try my luck with that.
One more small thing, how do i go with updating the current android rom im using (if it were to be updated), does it work in a similar process as WINMO custom roms and their updates?
Again i much appreciate the reply, it has helped already.
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Generally, you flash an updated ROM the same way you flash the original ROM. There are backup options like Titanium Backup or ClockWork Mod (if the ROM supports it), so you can get everything back up and running again.
HI GUYS!
After hours of searching for my problem.. I finally gave up.. ending on LOOSING!!! hehehe...
Here's what happen...
I decided to update my CyanogenMod 7.0.0-RC1.7002 2.3.3 into 7004. I don't like to use ROM manager so I use the old trick.. home+power key to go to recovery. Clearing data,cache,system....
But it seems that i get STATUS 7 error. After reading on I decided to update clockwork mod from 6.0.0.5 to 6.0.0.6.
Updating it in the recovery.. Its says update complete for clockwork.. I decided to reboot clockwork so i can try to update my rom again..
Now I can't boot into clockwork recovery.. BOOM! LOOSING.. =(
Reading on different threads.. my eyes really hurts now and forgot about my laundry.. sun is down T_T NO LUCK FOR ME..
Here's what I can and can't do right now
-I can only boot to HBOOT
- can fastboot usb but can't detect my memory card
- when i do up+power, I get 3 vibrates but blank screen..
- in the endless TATTOO spash screen.. I can hook it to computer but cannot detect the device.. it says error at some point.
-when i hit home in hboot.. it goes to endless TATTOO splash screen but no recovery appear.
-when i go to simlock FAT32 int OK.255 not key-card!!!! shown.
I hope I can recover my phone as I suspected it is bricked.. omg will i be... LOOSING??!!
Please help genius.. thank you very much!
rommanager is buggy and boot loop occurs. gapp also the cause.
redo it. wait for splash screen blue circle.. it will work
no luck,... i waited for 15 minutes on tattoo logo.. and i think that is enough if i would see the blue spash screen.. T_T but i didn't..
any other ideas? genius persons of xda =)
I had a lot of this TATTOO screen bootloops when trying to update custom roms in the past, and the most of the times I could connect with adb.
If you can, I think you can flash the recovery image again via adb.
If you can't, try to flash the stock rom from windows. There is a sticky that have info about this(because theres a problem to use the correct drivers, needed to be my htc both on normal boot and on hboot).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=646663
Another thing you can try is to take the rom.zip from your pc' s temp dir(run RUU utility and without to close it, search in temp dir for rom.zip), rename it to CLICIMG.zip, put it to sd card(via a card reader if cannot recognized by usb) and flash the rom from hboot(the stock rom).
take a look
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989762
thanks dancer_69.. but I was just about to do the rom.zip procedure but boogeyCZ says it needs the goldcard and I have none.
>.<
I successfully created it last year but my laptop crashed and needs a full wipe.. I did not backup my goldcard (failure)
Is it possible to do the rom.zip procedure without the goldcard?
using the stock rom puts me back to the original rom (1.6). Doing this requires me to root my phone again am i right?
I think that if the rom is the same with the rom that the device had from factory, the goldcard isn't nessecary(it works for me several times).
And yes, you're right, you need to do the rooting proccess from the begining as the phone will return to factory state
well i am in cyanogen mod 7 7002.. if I roll back to stock rom which is 1.6.. i can't do it is that what you mean?
Also, if I do this, what could possibly go wrong??
I have the stock rom now I am just waiting for genius replies from you and to all xda developers.. I think It's really not my fault as I did just the instructions of the developers in updating to 7004... Its just really hard when something goes wrong like what happened to me...
I am also thinking on going to HTC service center here in my country.. but the problem is the one year warranty covers only manufacture defect and manipulating the software of the phone will void the warranty. (I am just hoping they won't ask me what happen to it >.<)
I just want to do the best of my ability to fix it. So please help me get through it.. Thank you very much..
If the checks don't pass, the rom will not installed.
But if you have your stock rom, I think that it will flash without problems(I've done this 3 times on my device and without a goldcard). I think that the goldcard needed to be able to flash any Tattoo's official rom from hboot.
PROBLEM SOLVED!!
What I did is I went in htc service center in my country. (main office). They re-program my phone and after 15 minutes.. it's alive!! =)
But now I am having doubts in rooting my phone again. I think it is much better if I leave the phone in its true version of android.
-It is much faster and stable (when I am in CyanogenMod 7, it is laggy, occassional errors, unstable even with working camera now, it is still buggy as others said). I am more on speed and snappyness of the phone and for me a rooted HTC tattoo (gingerbread) slows the phone down. I am not saying rooting is bad, but for a phone that has low specs, maybe I will just upgrade my phone with a 1ghz processor and root it with cyanogenmod 7 and we will have a happy ending on it. =)
But it is a +100 to the developers, that at least I learned a lot in the world of android. Please keep up the good work and thank you very much genius people of xda developers, I can now say.... WINNING!!!!
PROBLEM SOLVED!!
What I did is I went in htc service center in my country. (main office). They re-program my phone and after 15 minutes.. it's alive!! =)
But now I am having doubts in rooting my phone again. I think it is much better if I leave the phone in its true version of android.
-It is much faster and stable (when I am in CyanogenMod 7, it is laggy, occassional errors, unstable even with working camera now, it is still buggy as others said). I am more on speed and snappyness of the phone and for me a rooted HTC tattoo (gingerbread) slows the phone down. I am not saying rooting is bad, but for a phone that has low specs, maybe I will just upgrade my phone with a 1ghz processor and root it with cyanogenmod 7 and we will have a happy ending on it. =)
But it is a +100 to the developers, that at least I learned a lot in the world of android. Please keep up the good work and thank you very much genius people of xda developers, I can now say.... WINNING!!!!
I don't think that you have right about this.
I've used stock rom and custom roms in parallel in the past, and the custom roms win(even before camera and fm radio work). And the device is much faster with custom froyo and gb roms than the stock one. Plus the battery drains in a lot longer time(for me with stock rom battery needed every day charge, but with the last versions of froyo and gingerbread roms 2 days the minimum). Plus a lot more apps work with our tattoo.
JORGEtattoo said:
PROBLEM SOLVED!!
What I did is I went in htc service center in my country. (main office). They re-program my phone and after 15 minutes.. it's alive!! =)
But now I am having doubts in rooting my phone again. I think it is much better if I leave the phone in its true version of android.
-It is much faster and stable (when I am in CyanogenMod 7, it is laggy, occassional errors, unstable even with working camera now, it is still buggy as others said). I am more on speed and snappyness of the phone and for me a rooted HTC tattoo (gingerbread) slows the phone down. I am not saying rooting is bad, but for a phone that has low specs, maybe I will just upgrade my phone with a 1ghz processor and root it with cyanogenmod 7 and we will have a happy ending on it. =)
But it is a +100 to the developers, that at least I learned a lot in the world of android. Please keep up the good work and thank you very much genius people of xda developers, I can now say.... WINNING!!!!
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I use one click recovery and then use rommanager, easy
Well we all have our perspective.. but thanks anyways. I will have a break on rooting, as soon as the cyanogenmod 7 is on stable situation.. i will try again.
You are righr, more apps is available when you root.. well i now feel the importance of rooting.
After much consideration... i rooted my tattoo again using CyanogenMod 7.0.0-RC2.2 (7007) 2.3.3 Gingerbread.
Very pleased with the speed of the os now.. thank you very much kalim.
I use one click recovery but there is a memory error.. but it booted nicely.. its just that i cannot hook mass storage via recovery.. don't know why., I just use a memory card reader to transfer the rom. I don't want to use rom manager anymore, I am more or less traumatized on what happen.. hehe...
Again.. thanks! If you don't know how to root your HTC tattoo guys.. it is time for you to learn... =) very happy
I'm in need of some expert advice. I would really like to run Android on my HD2 and have read a ton of threads on here on how to do run it. Problem is there seems to be several different options, ie. Nand, SD and so on. The more I read the more its difficult to know which option to choose. I new to this and do not want to break my phone. Would you advise trying this myself or sticking with what I have. Here is what I am currently running.
OS: 2.5.21913
Manila: 2.5.20181424.0
ROM: 3.14.531.1
Radio: 2.15.50.14
This will void your warranty, but dont worry, you can flash it back to "normal"
let me spare you some trouble and time then!
If you want to run both, i would advise you to use SD card method, and your windows os will be untouched.
I personally grew to hate WinMo and never went back since the early days of HD2 Android when only SD method was available.
This phone should have never come out without Android on it! Big fail! but it is an awesome machine still and thanks to the great people here at XDA, its a whole new level of phone with Android!
Head to the nand section (if you only want android) and download Typhoons CM7 build.
The instructions are pretty clear, and everything you need (including instructions ) is there.
Is the fastest and more stable build i have used and believe me as i am a flash addict (rom flashing of course). All my apps work and there are almost daily updates and treats from the Cyanogen mod team.
Cyanogen, always one step ahead. Making the smartphones even smarter...
PS: REMEMBER to ALWAYS backup before trying something new!
Well if you're absolutely sure of what is to be done and you don't care for your warranty as much, then flash away a NAND android build. Here is a guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021837
If you're not sure if you have something already or not, then you might as well still flash what is required, it won't hurt, but it'll reassure you that you have the right settings.
If you really aren't sure how to do this, then just stay away. I would advise you not to ask someone to do it either since you may run into problems and then you'll know not what to do.
As said however, a sd build is painless, it won't even void your warranty so if you wan to be safe, use that.
Thanks for the help. From what I've read doing and SD is safer but it seems to not be stable to run and freezes a lot. Is this your experience with it as well?
Personally, I find there to be no difference between the two. Especially when it's a stock/cyanogen mod build. In sense builds I would say I found a difference such that NAND builds were faster, but I can't be too sure on whether I was swayed by my excitement of a NAND build at that time or sense builds were just slow already difference is so hard to tell.
cbreehl said:
Thanks for the help. From what I've read doing and SD is safer but it seems to not be stable to run and freezes a lot. Is this your experience with it as well?
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Its been a while since i used SD, but something i have always seen improved on NAND, was the wake up speed from standby. On SD, there was almost 2 secs before screen came on... maybe this is resolved nowadays! not sure!
Ok, you can for sure use the SD version - but my personal meaning is, that nowadays everybody uses the NAND versions cause of performance reasons. I changed to that and i would never go back Stable, fast etc ... sometimes a bit tricky whe you install a rom the first time, but normally, like in the CoreDroid releases there is a good manual avaible - keep close to that, do not change something without experience and it will work
There is nothing special about installing nand rom.
What you need is hspl and radio (you've got the right) first, then magldr 1.13 (bootloader), clockwork recovery console (clockwork mod to flash, reformat your sd and so on), the rom specific recovery layout (space for your rom) and the .zip file of that rom you want to flash. And ofc for the most of nand roms a sd ext 3 partition for your apps or system data. (Can be done with cwm all over the phone).
For warranty just restore all things done by customizing your hd2. No worries about that. You just need to restore the original spl and stock winmob rom
Nand is the best for a stable system.
Hf
Sent from my HTC HD2
+1 for nand, also tends to have better battery life. Go with clk not magldr as it gives you a fully native android.
Thanks for the info.. This is definitely something I want on my phone as I truly am bored with a very much dislike Windows. I am good at following directions but I have never done this before so I guess for those of you who have my question is would you recommend me trying this or is it easy for me to break my phone therefore I should just leave it as is and deal with Windows for another year.
NAND is better for battery life, but American android cyanogen build (in my sig) is fast, smooth and trouble free. I would suggest you try a SD build before moving onto NAND to sample. SD installation is as simple as download to computer, extract, copy and paste Android folder onto SD card.
The short answer to your question is: f*Co yeah!
Its simple really, if your good at following instructions then you have a 00.01% chance of breaking your device, therefore why not.
Now since you took the effort of registering here, which is all about tweaking, moding( you name it, there is a mod for that too), it would be a shame that you'll go back to using some thing that you don't like (winmo) for another year, just because you don't have the guts?
cbreehl said:
Thanks for the info.. This is definitely something I want on my phone as I truly am bored with a very much dislike Windows. I am good at following directions but I have never done this before so I guess for those of you who have my question is would you recommend me trying this or is it easy for me to break my phone therefore I should just leave it as is and deal with Windows for another year.
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you dont have to deal with windows contact me i can help youi further ...
EDIT:: i am really really experienced you can see my sig too
you can use an sd rom for start. because it doesn't need hspl etc. i can recommend americandroid.it has no lags.give it a try,very easy.
mutil said:
you can use an sd rom for start. because it doesn't need hspl etc. i can recommend americandroid.it has no lags.give it a try,very easy.
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Seems that is the favorite can you provide me with the link to find the download for it?
Yes. Just click on the red American Android link in my sig below.
If you're going to invest the effort I'd just go nand, you can always reflash windows. I'd go with typhoon or hyperdroid, both solid cyanogen based roms. Otherwise you'll just waste time setting up SD install only to have to redo it. My 2c
transition in steps
+1 for going with American Android SD version of Gingerbread.
I first tried a RAM version and was impressed, but AmericanAndroid is as smooth and stable as you can get with an SD build.
Love it and my phone is amazing with it!
Instructions are clear in the first post and there is really no chance of bricking your phone.
Live with it for a while and if you then feel like you want more...then try a NAND build.
Good luck...you won't regret it!!!
David
I am kind of new at this, but here's my two cents.
If you know you don't like the Windows OS, you may as well commit to a NAND ROM. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I got the impression, the SD ROMs were hard to reboot. Don't you have to boot into Windows and run a file to boot the Android? Maybe I just didn't read all of the boot loader options.
Another thing I learned is that you probably want to try a ROM without Sense to start with. My first approach was to go for the slickest ROM since I had a nice new slick phone. Looking back, I should have gotten something stable working to see Android work, and then, I could have tried the Sense 3.0 ROM. Just a thought.
Another frustration I had was finding a full set of directions. I am like you in that I can follow directions, but I had trouble with all the different directions. Some ROMs need to flash a partition. Some are SD-based and you follow a totally different set of instructions. It sounds like you have already done enough reading to get past this point, but you might consider the completeness of the instructions that come with the ROM when you select the ROM you want to use.
I hope those thoughts help.
Hey guys
quick question does anyone have a desend an good overview how i can put android on my hd2 instead of wm6.5 dont want to use that anymore...
i just want a good way to install any android version on my phone
So I managed to get the stock froyo desire ROM installed. All of a sudden my phone wont get data, I did the apn fix I found, my phone also wont load any of my tmobile information and the charger keeps charging and then stops charging and the phone feels real choppy. I'm new to this phone, and use to others where you simply root, install recovery, rom and be done. I'm reverting back to stock win 6.5, which method would be the most popular and stable for installing android?
Nickdroid86 said:
So I managed to get the stock froyo desire ROM installed. All of a sudden my phone wont get data, I did the apn fix I found, my phone also wont load any of my tmobile information and the charger keeps charging and then stops charging and the phone feels real choppy. I'm new to this phone, and use to others where you simply root, install recovery, rom and be done. I'm reverting back to stock win 6.5, which method would be the most popular and stable for installing android?
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Why would you possibly use the stock Desire ROM? It's so outdated, it was really just a proof of concept. It isn't even rooted. Find a ROM you like, then flash CWM (with the correct partition size as per the ROM you chose) and then the ROM with any addons you choose. There are tonnes of detailed guides, use search .
this is the thing that confuses me, I actually downloaded the NexusHD2 Rom, but I couldn't figure out how to install it, I don't think I had a recovery unless the magdlr is the recover(?) Also I was under the impression from what I read that when you download a rom on the computer it comes with an installer built in .DAF or something like that? It was just your average .zip rom, which I got from the NAND development section. I'm so confused with this phone lol. I'm so use to the basic android root and rom and all that. Is magldr the way to go? I want a way thats got a lot of development and stable roms.
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this is the thing that confuses me, I actually downloaded the NexusHD2 Rom, but I couldn't figure out how to install it, I don't think I had a recovery unless the magdlr is the recover(?) Also I was under the impression from what I read that when you download a rom on the computer it comes with an installer built in .DAF or something like that? It was just your average .zip rom, which I got from the NAND development section. I'm so confused with this phone lol. I'm so use to the basic android root and rom and all that. Is magldr the way to go? I want a way thats got a lot of development and stable roms.
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This phone isn't complicated, you're just not reading properly In terms of ROMs, once again the Stock Desire ROM is the only exception to the trend, but all other ROMs are flashed via CWM. Read the guide in my sig and it should be fairly clear, if it isn't then you probably shouldn't be flashing anything at all. The outline is:
1. HSPL
2. Radio version 2.08.50 or above (I think. Best solution if you aren't sure is to flash 2.15.50.14).
3. MAGLDR 1.13
4. (step you seem to be confused about) CWM with correct partition size for the ROM
5. (optional) Repartition for A2SD
6. ROM (as a .zip, like any other Android phone)
7. Any extras you may want to flash e.g. Kernels, tweaks, GApps etc.
Nigeldg said:
This phone isn't complicated, you're just not reading properly In terms of ROMs, once again the Stock Desire ROM is the only exception to the trend, but all other ROMs are flashed via CWM. Read the guide in my sig and it should be fairly clear, if it isn't then you probably shouldn't be flashing anything at all. The outline is:
1. HSPL
2. Radio version 2.08.50 or above (I think. Best solution if you aren't sure is to flash 2.15.50.14).
3. MAGLDR 1.13
4. (step you seem to be confused about) CWM with correct partition size for the ROM
5. (optional) Repartition for A2SD
6. ROM (as a .zip, like any other Android phone)
7. Any extras you may want to flash e.g. Kernels, tweaks, GApps etc.
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Not to sound rude, but I'm not stupid, I've rooted over 50 of my personal android phone since the Eris was brand new, I'm not a newb, but this hd2 thing use to be much different back in 09 when it came out.
I did skip the recovery step and the partition. I'm installing nexushd2 2.7 now. I saw the 4.1.1 version was just released, I'll have to check that out now.
Nickdroid86 said:
Not to sound rude, but I'm not stupid, I've rooted over 50 of my personal android phone since the Eris was brand new, I'm not a newb, but this hd2 thing use to be much different back in 09 when it came out.
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Oh sorry, I didn't mean that. I just meant that a little in depth reading goes a long way. I'm sure you're perfectly capable of flashing things and yes the HD2 is different but it's genuinely just as easy if not easier than flashing other phones. Having said that, the only other phone I've flashed is my Dad's SGS3 which was pretty much as easy as the HD2. The reason I think the HD2 is better/easier is that there's pretty much no common way that I know of of bricking an EU HD2. Obviously sometimes people just get bad flashes or through years of flashing get bad blocks, but normally people are fine no matter what they do (within reason of course).
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Oh sorry, I didn't mean that. I just meant that a little in depth reading goes a long way. I'm sure you're perfectly capable of flashing things and yes the HD2 is different but it's genuinely just as easy if not easier than flashing other phones. Having said that, the only other phone I've flashed is my Dad's SGS3 which was pretty much as easy as the HD2. The reason I think the HD2 is better/easier is that there's pretty much no common way that I know of of bricking an EU HD2. Obviously sometimes people just get bad flashes or through years of flashing get bad blocks, but normally people are fine no matter what they do (within reason of course).
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I thanked your other post, I'm so far successfully booting ICS now on my hd2.
Glad to hear it