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[Tutorial]Beginner Android setup

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

[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?

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.

halfway01 said:
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.

[Q] Android load but not run

Hi guys, i have a strange problem i looked for an answer in the forum but i didn't match anything.
I have a HD2 T-Mob with:
- hspl 3
- radio 2.15.50.
when i booted android in the past always was great! android boot and then run normally, but one day my phone with low battery shutdown with android.
Now i tried a lot of wm rom's, radio and android's build, formatted my sd with sdFormatter but NOTHING!
Android load and for only 1 sec appear then shutdown the phone.
I think that android find some file from battery check and shutdown the phone.
I have no idea how to work android on my phone please help me!
Anyone had this problem? anyone can help me?
thanks.
ps. sorry for my english but i'm italian and i don't speak english well.

sspank said:
Hi guys, i have a strange problem i looked for an answer in the forum but i didn't match anything.
I have a HD2 T-Mob with:
- hspl 3
- radio 2.15.50.
when i booted android in the past always was great! android boot and then run normally, but one day my phone with low battery shutdown with android.
Now i tried a lot of wm rom's, radio and android's build, formatted my sd with sdFormatter but NOTHING!
Android load and for only 1 sec appear then shutdown the phone.
I think that android find some file from battery check and shutdown the phone.
I have no idea how to work android on my phone please help me!
Anyone had this problem? anyone can help me?
thanks.
ps. sorry for my english but i'm italian and i don't speak english well.
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Your English skillz are good dude. Did you try to format your SD card and copying a fresh Android build back over and starting again?

Yes i did, crisisinthecity! But nothing.
the strange thing it's that android loads and when finishes and makes data.img, the phone shutdown it self.
I have seen that in the SD there is a file of windows mobile, a sort of encryption's file, every time i formated my SD and copied on it the android directory when i loaded android at the next reboot (after the shutdown) i saw this file on the root of the SD.
please anyone know this problem?
Thanks.

Nobody can help me?
please.

Do you have a different storage card you could try? Everything works fine in Windows?

yes, i've 2 SD card, one class 4 and class 2. I tried with both, the result it's the same!
yes, on windows everythings works.
when i run clrcad.exe i run it with lights on and then tap to haret.exe! i think it's correct. i flash all my roms after task29, all my roms work correctly on my device and have no problems... I've no more ideas!
It all started when the phone is off with Android.
Now i'm trying to re-flash vbnrom and mdeejay froyo sense 2.4 but i think it isn't a rom's compatibility problem.

Hi guys, I solved my problem to run Android!
It was a stupid problem... now is perfect! I post the solution in case someone else had the same problem.
As you know there are two ways to load wm rom:
the first is via USB, the second is directly load the rom on sd and flash it from your phone without pc.
Both are successful but with a BIG difference (for me)...
If use usb method to load the rom, it created the file data.img but did not run the build of Android.
The wm rom works perfectly but android NO.
I solved it by putting the rom on sd and flash it from the phone.
Thanks to everyone for the help!

[Q] HELP PLs I can't INsTAll AnDRoid On my HD2!

I can't install android on my hd2 I already installed HSLP3 2.08 also running energy rom
manilla version 2.5.20191914.0
radio 2.12.50.02_2
OS version 5.2.23148
Ive tried so many android builds some times when i run it the little android white letters appear as it should but there shrunk and appear at the left top cornerof my phon ive only been able to run it twice and android worked bt after a reboot it went back to the htc screen for hours and never was able to get it started pls someone pls help me ive been trying to slove this proble for weeks bt haven't been able to solve it please some help me!

format your sd card then try again. or flash different rom like chuckydroid or vbnrom.

ive tried that too no results

hello
iabf said:
ive tried that too no results
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energy rom is just fine, try 2.12.50.xxx radio, donwload the android build you want and unzip to desktop on pc, grab android folder and place on root of your sd...... you cant always use the android bootloader on this WM rom unless you edit the startup on android build...... on WM go to start>tools>file explorer> make sure keypads lights are on and hit CLRCAD first, then hit HARET and just let it go all the way, some builds take longer on first boot cuz data.img is being created so wait bout 5-10-15 min ........ dont forget to turn off auto backlights on WM before doing all this.. good luck...

Maybe a change back to HSPL2 would help..

Do you happen do have extended battery?

ive done tha many times bt it just goes into these really small letters at the left top corner of tha phone it doesn't load up like other android boots ive seen and it goes to htc screen what culd it bcuz it never loads up after hours

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iabf said:
ive done tha many times bt it just goes into these really small letters at the left top corner of tha phone it doesn't load up like other android boots ive seen and it goes to htc screen what culd it bcuz it never loads up after hours
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ok, start all over again.... download and do task29, reinstall your energy rom upgrade radio again, apply settings i gave you and try to boot again..... let me know how it goes

What type of sd card are you using, try a different sd card... That eliminates the sd card as the culprit.

I have the original 16gb sd card that comes with the phon and im sure its not corrupted bcuz it works great

can u explain a little better what kenel and linux is or if i hve to update tha too i really dont undestand what that really is?

matutemhn said:
energy rom is just fine, try 2.12.50.xxx radio, donwload the android build you want and unzip to desktop on pc, grab android folder and place on root of your sd...... you cant always use the android bootloader on this WM rom unless you edit the startup on android build...... on WM go to start>tools>file explorer> make sure keypads lights are on and hit CLRCAD first, then hit HARET and just let it go all the way, some builds take longer on first boot cuz data.img is being created so wait bout 5-10-15 min ........ dont forget to turn off auto backlights on WM before doing all this.. good luck...
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Hey Ill be installing android soon when I get back my phone from warranty, and I dont know what auto backlights are(my motherlanguage isnt english) and how to turn them off?
Can you tell me?

Also explain if it is a hd2 with 320mb ram
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OK i got Mdeejay_FroYo_HD_v._3.7 to work on my phon but it sais it cannot connet to the internet does anybody know what files i should change or how can i fix this? pls help

InterNet ExpLorer dont work on android how can i fix this?
i got Mdeejay_FroYo_HD_v._3.7 to work on my hd2 but everytime i trie to go to the internet it says there is no connection avaliable how can i fix this ploblem pls someone help?

This is what i did
I flashed the newest hard spl i think it is number 3.0 and changed the radio to 2.12.50 and after i put energy rom on it what will upgrade my ram to 570 or something. I am very happy with that rom very fast and stable. Now im using FroyoStone Sense - V3.2][Kernel: linux_on_wince_htc 2.6.32.15] from darkstone.
Im sorry for all the winmo 6.5 hardcore users. I tweaked and played with it for a time now. But now im using froyo from my sd card (very fast and stable) I want nothing else. I hope there will be a rom soon so i can cook a android rom on my hd2 leo. I think the biggest reason for me is the amount of good quality apps.
Peace out.

Problem installing new versions.

Hi,
I have a old froyo sense on my phone and i want to change it to a newer version.
I tried JDMS 1.6 and MDJ Froyo 4.6 but the arent working.
I get the thing that i have to press yes or no to run haret.exe
When i press yes i get jumping to android and i only get the HTC logo.
Now i only hope my backup is still working because otherwish i can't do sh!t whit my phone.
When i just run Windows normally i ain have internet connection :O
Please help me
Ty,
Guppie11

If you would have taken 5 seconds to read other posts instead of just jumping in and cluttering up place you would have found your answers.
Firstly some builds create teh data.img (internal storage image) for you during initial boot so it can take some time and is going on behind the htc logo, previously you would see all the white text running down screen etc, teh logo covers this up now. This can be solved by putting a blank or your backup up data.img file in the "Android" or renamed build folder so it doesnt have to create one.
This can also happen if there has been a problem creating the files on your sdcard. This can solved by properly formatting your card using a windows mobile app or a windows app here. Make sure FULL format and ERASE is ON.
The stuck at logo can also happen if you dont have a compatible windows rom/radio but since you have previously been using android thsi wont be the issue.

O sorry . stupid me!
But it is working.
I am running now on JDMS 1.6 but my contacts aint added.
And i copied them on my sim , only it says : No Contacts on SIM
Thanks for the info