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Hey, since there is many requests for how to setup the android on you'r HD2, i was thinking "why dont i make one?" So here it is.
PS!!! My english is not the greatest.
First download this radio if you dont have it (recomended): 2.10.50.08_2
And install it, boot up you'r HD2. A stable ROM is also recomended.
Second download one of the builds from: Here
Third: Clear you'r SD card (Only if you have a low mb sd card) You dont really have to, but if you do, u might get some smoother speed.
Four: Extract the build you downloaded to you'r desktop on you computer and Copy the files inside the folder you extracted to. ALL files. and past them into you SD card. (VIA USB) once done, unplug you'r usb cable. (If u choosed the froyo build, just put the whole android folder to the root of you'r card)
Five: Disable the auto backlight in the WM first before you start android, Select file explorer on you'r HD2 (or simular programs) And go into you'r SD card Run clrcad (for the sound, If nothing happends, dont worry, dont supposed to) and run Haret. Then after the build has booted, plug you'r USB cable in you'r HD2 again (Android drains battery atm).
Six: Enjoy!
Note: If you'r screen turns black, turn off auto backlight. If it's still black, change radio. AND!!! This dont kills you'r winmo.
I'm non genius but i made this to help you guys.
Please correct me if i am wrong.
Cheers!
Hi,
Thanks for the info but I have done all that without the radio update. I'm running a stock vodafone ROM. I manage to get the haret launched and all the code scrolling but then the screen just fades to black and doen't finish the boot up... Is it the lack of the radio update doing this?? I'm not very clued in on this stuff.
Cheers!
FreddernLFC said:
Third: Clear you'r SD card (i did, dont know if it's recomended)
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No need to clear your SD card (I never did). It does make it easier to switch between builds, though, since you can just delete everything and copy over the next one you want to try.
chazzerchops said:
Is it the lack of the radio update doing this?? I'm not very clued in on this stuff.
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Yes, most likely. What you're reporting sounds like what other people had before they installed a compatible radio.
Just want to add:
1. depends on the build, you have to extract the content to SD based on the instruction. (for example, the Froyo build you have to extract all files to a folder named "android" at the root of SD)
2. Must disable the auto backlight in the WM first, else you will some times get the "black screen". If you look carefully or under strong light, you'll still see things on screen, there is just no back light.
2. Run clrcad before Haret to get the sound working.
Cheers Meptik
I am looking to update the radio version... it that like doing the full ROM thing, in that it will re-set everything to factory default? Or is the radio update not as 'back to square one' on the phone as doing the ROM?
chazzerchops said:
Cheers Meptik
I am looking to update the radio version... it that like doing the full ROM thing, in that it will re-set everything to factory default? Or is the radio update not as 'back to square one' on the phone as doing the ROM?
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Updating only the radio shouldn't reset your HD2 to factory default, unless perhaps if you flash it using a stock ROM Update Utility.
Use the radio that FreddernLFC links to from the first post; it includes a CustomRUU, which should flash the radio to your HD2 without restoring it to factory defaults.
Hmmm.. will have another look at it. Ran through the updater and 5mins into it it errored so had to go through the recover process. I'll try again later. Cheers
meptik said:
No need to clear your SD card (I never did). It does make it easier to switch between builds, though, since you can just delete everything and copy over the next one you want to try.
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Mine didn't work with stuff on my 8Gb card so I copied the whole card to my PC, reformatted the card, copied over the Android stuff and it then worked. I the copied all the back up stuff back and Android stopped working (tty error).
green screen
what do i do if i get a green screen...i ran haret..now i see a green screen
psn1819 said:
what do i do if i get a green screen...i ran haret..now i see a green screen
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Take out the battery and start up again, I've got many green screens, but after some tryes it went perfect
psn1819 said:
what do i do if i get a green screen...i ran haret..now i see a green screen
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You try again. Common issue.
Hi Everyone, just wanted to add a few things. i would recommend you turn off sense from the device, then power off the device, once it powers on again go straight to your file explorer and run the process. you should notice the cursor at the bottom blink at a slower pace, if its in hyper mode the system will crash. it has been helping me, hopes this helps to all
what is this hyper mode what causes it i had to down gade my radio to 2.10.50.26 to get rid of the super fast un usableness of the 2.12.50.xx but i did like my 2.12.50.xx radio wish there was a way to make it work with that radio
FreddernLFC said:
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Five: Disable the auto backlight in the WM first before you start android, Select file explorer on you'r HD2 (or simular programs) And go into you'r SD card Run clrcad (for the sound, If nothing happends, dont worry, dont supposed to) and run Haret. Then after the build has booted, plug you'r USB cable in you'r HD2 again (Android drains battery atm).
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how fast android drains battery ?
sev15 said:
what is this hyper mode what causes it i had to down gade my radio to 2.10.50.26 to get rid of the super fast un usableness of the 2.12.50.xx but i did like my 2.12.50.xx radio wish there was a way to make it work with that radio
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i assume u can carry on 2.12.50.xx ? dont need to downgrade .. as long as its a .50 radio it shld be fine and pretty new shld be alright .. am i right guys ?
i jus downloaded the desirrev4 build. so i just have to extract all files into the root storage card ? then run clrcad before haret and thats it ?
may i check , does this kills my existing wm rom ? how to switch back to my original wm ? i have read this is a kind of multi boot method . apologies for noob questions .. would appreciate if someone can advice. thanks !
pool7979 said:
i jus downloaded the desirrev4 build. so i just have to extract all files into the root storage card ? then run clrcad before haret and thats it ?
may i check , does this kills my existing wm rom ? how to switch back to my original wm ? i have read this is a kind of multi boot method . apologies for noob questions .. would appreciate if someone can advice. thanks !
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winmo still remains there but sometimes you might need to hard reset
just switch off the phone in android or take out the battery and reboot, you are on win mo again.
good luck
How long does it spend? Because I am waiting for a long time.
thihaz said:
winmo still remains there but sometimes you might need to hard reset
just switch off the phone in android or take out the battery and reboot, you are on win mo again.
good luck
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thanks man !!! cool .. i have just installed android .. but i choose the sense interface. i noticed our hard buttons are not suppose to work right ? and do we have to run clrd and haret everytime we wanna start android ?
on regards to installations of android software, they will be on storage card ?
for the bro above, my running of andoid was fast .. i think less than 5 mins .. after haret, i see many words scrolling .. very fast .. then the next moment , it loads into android and will ask u what interface u want .
vdesire v5 out
so I'm having a major issue with my HD2 being stuck at booting screen once the phones battery dies out or a do a reboot. I can get the OS to work fine and everything works but once the Phone is rebooted the phone go back into the andriod OS just gets stuck saying can't find something on the SD card. I can just try my best to make sure i never turn off the phone but that would suck I need a way to make sure I can go back into andriod once I reboot, anyone know why this is happening or how I can fix it?
halfway01 said:
so I'm having a major issue with my HD2 being stuck at booting screen once the phones battery dies out or a do a reboot. I can get the OS to work fine and everything works but once the Phone is rebooted the phone go back into the andriod OS just gets stuck saying can't find something on the SD card. I can just try my best to make sure i never turn off the phone but that would suck I need a way to make sure I can go back into andriod once I reboot, anyone know why this is happening or how I can fix it?
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I had this when I 1st installed my 1st rom, try another rom if you can.
i've got the same problem and i've also posted a thread but no one really cared for it, they just gave me basic info that i already knew and tried doing so i just got use to bringing a charger everywhere with me
halfway01 said:
[Q] Unable to reboot back into andriod
so I'm having a major issue with my HD2 being stuck at booting screen once the phones battery dies out or a do a reboot. I can get the OS to work fine and everything works but once the Phone is rebooted the phone go back into the andriod OS just gets stuck saying can't find something on the SD card. I can just try my best to make sure i never turn off the phone but that would suck I need a way to make sure I can go back into andriod once I reboot, anyone know why this is happening or how I can fix it?
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try booting into android.
try deleting android apps folder from the sd card and try again.
halfway01 said:
so I'm having a major issue with my HD2 being stuck at booting screen once the phones battery dies out or a do a reboot. I can get the OS to work fine and everything works but once the Phone is rebooted the phone go back into the andriod OS just gets stuck saying can't find something on the SD card. I can just try my best to make sure i never turn off the phone but that would suck I need a way to make sure I can go back into andriod once I reboot, anyone know why this is happening or how I can fix it?
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actually finding out what it's looking for in the card is the key for fixing the problem.. like for example, if it's looking for the rootfs.img, then that means it's looking for the wrong folder and/or you have to edit your boot parameter to correct it or move certain files to the folder to get it working correctly.. so make a note of what it's looking for when you boot it up again and then come back here and let us know to get a better response on how to fix your problem
It's booting that there is no Rootfs.img in the SD but i checked it, even tried putting new rootfs file and deleting the old one... same thing happened. I can only get into Android on First boot any after that it gives me no bootfs.img in SD error ...
I'm having the same problem. I have tried restarting immediately after booting into linux without loading any apps and I have tried downloading apps. It will always boot correctly the first time and then it will freeze at Root.fs
One Solution I found is that when you go into the SD card and delete the Android folder it works again... so far there is no harm to anything yet, all you do is delete the android folder then restart haret file again and you are back into your android OS with everything saved the way you left it... must be something in the startup files in a lot of these builds. anyways if anyone knows how to fix it without deleting the android folder please let us know.
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One Solution I found is that when you go into the SD card and delete the Android folder it works again... so far there is no harm to anything yet, all you do is delete the android folder then restart haret file again and you are back into your android OS with everything saved the way you left it... must be something in the startup files in a lot of these builds. anyways if anyone knows how to fix it without deleting the android folder please let us know.
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hmmmm.. why do you have to delete the Android folder?? what android build are you using?? where did you extract the Android build on your card?? is the haret.exe and clrcad.exe inside the same folder as the initrd.gz, rootfs.img, data.img etc??? one way to find out is make sure you extract the "Android" folder on the root of your microSD card.. also, make sure that there's no subfolder named "Android" inside the "Android" folder, as i know some build compresses the Android folder inside another android folder or sometimes inside the folder of the builds name.. also, copy and paste your startup here so we can see what folder is it looking for on your android build.. because, if you're getting the can't find the rootfs.img error, it means that it's searching for the wrong location or the haret.exe is not inside the android folder or in the same folder as your rootfs.img and initrd.gz etc..
Are u running directly off root? I think the builds you are running are expecting to run within an android directory off root?
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"solution"
The problem is very easy. When you have the USB cable connected on an active connection to the PC, most WM-roms will not show the storage card on the phone itself. Try a normal powersource, not a computer, and it should work just fine.
Right now i was looking for a plugin/hack so the storage card stays visible even though there is a computer-connection. I know some roms do this, but can't find the individual files to do so.
hi all,
first of all, sorry for my lack of knowledge..
im trying to get an android build working on my hd2, ive hard spl'd, and updated the radio too one everyone seems to say works fine, copy the decompressed files on to the memory card root, labeled android (two sub folders labeled data1024 and data512) run clrcad and then harat, some tiny text appears, its then changes to a black background with htc written on in green. it stays on this screen indefinitely..
I presume im doing something wrong.. ive checked another memory card, reformatted etc but no change, Im hoping not to need to task 29 it.
thanks in advance!
rob
froid90 said:
hi all,
first of all, sorry for my lack of knowledge..
im trying to get an android build working on my hd2, ive hard spl'd, and updated the radio too one everyone seems to say works fine, copy the decompressed files on to the memory card root, labeled android (two sub folders labeled data1024 and data512) run clrcad and then harat, some tiny text appears, its then changes to a black background with htc written on in green. it stays on this screen indefinitely..
I presume im doing something wrong.. ive checked another memory card, reformatted etc but no change, Im hoping not to need to task 29 it.
thanks in advance!
rob
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You need to move one of the data files into the android folder then delete the 2 folders - try that.
thanks for the reply, still is stopping at the boot stage... am I going to need to flash a new rom? thanks!
froid90 said:
copy the decompressed files on to the memory card root,
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You are aware that files are to be copied to a folder, in general called android, and not to the root of your SD card?
4tune said:
You are aware that files are to be copied to a folder, in general called android, and not to the root of your SD card?
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yea, but thanks for the reply.
having tried the desire android which works, I think I must need a different rom, so I'll that!
hi
I know it can be done but can anyone tell me in plain language,,I am a beginner,, how I install android on my htc hd2 windows mobile SD card. What progs I have to use and maybe step by step.
Thanks for any help
look around in th android sd developement topic.
the opening post will be help for you
Basically all you do is;
Download the build you want to use...
Extract the "Android" folder....
Place that on your SD card........
Run "clrcad".... (nothing will happen)
Run "haret".....(goodness will happen)
Wait......
Wait some more.....
Android..................
Each Rom thread contains instructions on setting it up......
Search, Read, Enjoy
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i have just bought the htc hd2 and want it to run andriod but i dont know which one to download or even where to download from.
i have spend many hours reading and still no closer to what i need is it gingerbread 2.3 , froyo which is the best one to use and help getting the right u.k radio
what software and radio should my phone be??/
i have took a look at the guide on here and dont have a clue where to start as im not to good stuff like this and dont want to brick my phone.
is there a video guide around someone could send me a link to
any help would be great sorry for the silly questions
i know my way around a pc and im willing to have ago.
wolfie1981 said:
i have just bought the htc hd2 and want it to run andriod but i dont know which one to download or even where to download from.
i have spend many hours reading and still no closer to what i need is it gingerbread 2.3 , froyo which is the best one to use and help getting the right u.k radio
what software and radio should my phone be??/
i have took a look at the guide on here and dont have a clue where to start as im not to good stuff like this and dont want to brick my phone.
is there a video guide around someone could send me a link to
any help would be great sorry for the silly questions
i know my way around a pc and im willing to have ago.
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first check the SD builds forum - easier as no flashing required, then pick one (e.g. ACA my personal favorite), read the installation instructions (usually just create Android folder on your SD card, then copy the build there), then run using any file manager clrcad.exe and haret.exe which are the android folder, wait for 10-30 minutes until 1st boot is finished, and done
hi thanks for that do you have direct links on these you could put up
ive been reading about the SPL
MINE IS SPL -3.03.0000 will i need to downgrade???
wolfie1981 said:
hi thanks for that do you have direct links on these you could put up
ive been reading about the SPL
MINE IS SPL -3.03.0000 will i need to downgrade???
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links are marked by brownish font by default, check my previous post,
as for SPL, HSPL etc., you don't need to bother as long as you run Android from SD, that's the beauty of SD builds, enjoy full functionality of android, without the hassle and risk of bricking your device
some general FAQs here and here, but if you want to start fast, you can read those later, installing an SD build is safe
wolfie1981 said:
hi thanks for that do you have direct links on these you could put up
ive been reading about the SPL
MINE IS SPL -3.03.0000 will i need to downgrade???
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That SPL and radio version are fine, just download the ROM, extract it, click on CLRCD, then HARET, then you're running Android.
And ACA is by far the best ROM you're going to find
i cant find the links for what i need to download
can someone post direct links for the rom i need please
this is my phone info..
os version
5.2.21913 (21913.5.0.94
manila version
2.520181527.0
rom version
3.14.405.2 (04666)WWE
ROM DATE 09/29/10
radio 2.15.50.14
protocol version 15.42.50.11u
many thaks to you all for the help
wolfie1981 said:
i cant find the links for what i need to download
can someone post direct links for the rom i need please
many thaks to you all for the help
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d/l ACA from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957652, post #1, section "Downloads, once you have the file "AmeriCanAndroid 072511(sd).7z" unpack it, and copy the folder Android to the root of your SD Card, then run clrcad, then haret, then ... enjoy
just ran clrcad, then haret, and its sat on a gray screen thats say american andriod been like this for 10mins any clue's on what its doing???
wolfie1981 said:
just ran clrcad, then haret, and its sat on a gray screen thats say american andriod been like this for 10mins any clue's on what its doing???
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first boot can take up to 20-30 minutes, as the data file (default = 2GB) is created, if nothing happens after that time, remove the battery (fastest way of resetting the device) and try again
p107r0 said:
first boot can take up to 20-30 minutes, as the data file (default = 2GB) is created, if nothing happens after that time, remove the battery (fastest way of resetting the device) and try again
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I thought it was a 1gb default
orangekid said:
I thought it was a 1gb default
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you're right
p107r0 said:
you're right
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lol no need for 2, I use 1gb and lots of big apps and still have 400 free.
but yeah, ACA is the best ROM for your money, even better than any NAND rom I've used
got it working well happy!!! is there anythink i need to after its up and running??
also if i power will i have to reinstall
thank you to everyone that helped
got it working thank you all for the help
is there anythink i need to do once up and running???
can i install apps to my sd card and not the phone as i have a 16gb card
wolfie1981 said:
got it working well happy!!! is there anythink i need to after its up and running??
also if i power will i have to reinstall
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what's more to know for the start?
- no need to reinstall from now on, it's just that for now your device will always restart to WinMo, however: find yourself so called "android loader" to automate android loading, there's few of those to choose from, e.g. Android Loader v6.0
- connect android with your google account so your contacts and emails are synced (Settings / Accounts etc...)
- install Battery Monitor Widget, so you always know how much mA your device uses and how much battery is left,
- also search xda for tips on conserving battery power (e.g. disable 3G if not needed, switch off GPS, tweak backlight autobrightness in CM Settings etc.)
- be aware that for now the USB file transfer does not work, to copy files to your HD2 use WinMo or Card Reader or File Expert
- backup often: 1. invest in Titanium Backup, 2. from time to time copy data.img to your PC
- browse through the ACA FAQ and thread (I know it may be hard to read all 14995 messages at once)
wolfie1981 said:
can i install apps to my sd card and not the phone as i have a 16gb card
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All apps are installed on your card, the whole idea of an SD build is that WinMo still sits in ROM, while Android basically consists of two files (sitting in the SD\Android folder) which are mounted at the start: system.ext2 (all system files and apps) and data.img (all user apps and settings). From user point of view you won't notice the difference. Additionally, once you run out of space in your data.img, you can always resize it, there are tools for that, but lets put it aside for now
do you have a link for the andriod bootloader??/
is it easy to install
many thanks
wolfie1981 said:
do you have a link for the andriod bootloader??/
is it easy to install
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all links are in my previous post, click on the brown text "Android Loader v6.0" to open,
installation is standard for WinMo: while in Windows Mobile, copy the .cab file to your SD Card and run from within any file manager, then it will guide you, also when in doubt search its thread for more info
i have downloaded it there is no cab file when i extract it from the zip folder.
wolfie1981 said:
i have downloaded it there is no cab file when i extract it from the zip folder.
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you have this file: File Type: mskip_Android_Loader_V6.0 Final.cab? that's the one, do not try to unpack it on your PC, just copy to SD Card and then run from there
the rar file dont show on the sd card??
do i have to be in winmo for this