Hey guys, I'm about to pick up a used HD2 and I was wondering if i could use it with my data plan. I currently have a 25$ android data plan with my mytouch3g. If i put my sim card into the hd2, will it work with on 3g. I just don't want to be charged extra by tmobile. Also, if I install android on it, will i be able to use gps and google navigation and the app marketplace? Thanks for your help.
ilya124 said:
...Also, if I install android on it, will i be able to use gps and google navigation and the app marketplace? Thanks for your help.
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Yes, you will be able to use gps and google navigation and marketplace. Just select correctly version of Anrdroid build which will support all all above mentioned features.
if i install android using the NAND method and the sd card method, will it erase windows mobile? and if i erase windows mobile will i be able to restore it later?
ilya124 said:
if i install android using the NAND method and the sd card method, will it erase windows mobile? and if i erase windows mobile will i be able to restore it later?
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Via NAND, yes, you will erase WM but it is easily restored if you load any of the stock or custom WM ROMs. Via SD, it will have WM and Android running. Android on the SD card and WM still on the phone. You can choose which operating system you want to run upon boot.
ilya124 said:
if i install android using the NAND method and the sd card method, will it erase windows mobile? and if i erase windows mobile will i be able to restore it later?
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If you will install using NAND method - you will loose your WM exactly. If you will use SD method - you can keep your WM and from WM start an Android.
Recommend before yours tries to have downloaded proper stock rom to be able restore everything.
so if i do erase windows mobile to install android, i can just flash the stock rom on it to erase android and get it back to normal?
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Hello,
I have a question which I really can't find by using the search function. Currently I'm running a stock WM6 ROM on my HD2. I have been trying to use Android via the SD method on another SD-Card. Now I'm willing to merge back to one SD-Card with 2 partitions. One for WM and one for android. I've read how to do that, but...
I have tools installed on the SD-Card currently. If I partition the SD-Card and copy the data back to the WM fat partition, will the programs still run without have to reinstall them?
Thanks a lot,
Boschje
I haven't use winmo for so long, I've forgoten all about it! I've been with android from the time the first port came out! But to answer your question, I think you'll have to re-install them after you partion your card. In my opinion, forget winmo and flash android right to your phone!
I am about to install Android on my HTC HD2, and the advise I was given was that I must use the SD method. I just want to be sure.
I need a system where when I start the Phone Winmo starts up, and then I run another program to run Android, and then I can go back and forth (via reboot or some other way).
Thanks for your advise and information!
Chaz
So far as I know, you'll have to go with the SD variant if you want to keep WinMo. That way, WinMo is only a re-boot away. It's the method I prefer as I'm not so taken with either Android or WinPhone to go for the full NAND flash.
yeah, you would need to use the SD card method, i would recomend using RAM builds because they are very fast!
Yes, you must avoid the NAND versions, cause these will erase your Windows Mobile ROM and replace it by a Android ROM.
Thus, you have to choose a build inside the "HD2 Android SD Development" thread.
But here inside it is not always simple. Cause for some SD builds you will need to flash MAGLDR to be able to boot these builds, while for others the old method of executing CLRCAD and HARET is much simpler.
Hi All. If anyone is working on a CWM version of the WinMo 6.5?
There may, in the distant future, be a version of Windows Mobile 6.5 that loads from the sd card via MAGLDR. But never from Clockwork Recovery. CWM is only for Android, as it is actually a very lite little Linux distro built only for specific purposes involving the Android OS.
For now, if you want to dual-boot WM and Android, you have to flash a WinMo rom to nand and run an Android build from your sd card.
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Of course, my mistake. The problem is that WinMo is necessary to me only occasionally (navigation). Re-install every time is a bad solution, but a quick backup/restore NAND flash using CWM would be ideal choice.
Sorry for my english.
sebar25 said:
Of course, my mistake. The problem is that WinMo is necessary to me only occasionally (navigation). Re-install every time is a bad solution, but a quick backup/restore NAND flash using CWM would be ideal choice.
Sorry for my english.
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Why don't you just use a SD card build to run Android then? That way you still havecWindows Mobile in the NAND memory and Android on SD card. Most SD card builds run very smooth just some have a few more quirks than others and the take longer to boot than NAND Android ROMs.
sebar25 said:
Of course, my mistake. The problem is that WinMo is necessary to me only occasionally (navigation). Re-install every time is a bad solution, but a quick backup/restore NAND flash using CWM would be ideal choice.
Sorry for my english.
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Android has also alot of gps software witch work fine, i use igo8 it does the job flawlessly. granted lock times are a bit higher but you should check out instantanous gps fixation thread witch helps alot
Hi,
I am using my HD2 with dorimanx´s android Rom and I am happy with my running system but I really want to test Tango (or Mango) booting from SD.
Is there any one you can recomment me ....
usually I read about it and test ..... but I just want to give it a try.... and dont want to touch my running system ...so far.
Thanks for your help.
WP7 cant boot from SD.... must be flashed to NAND...
dxdy said:
WP7 cant boot from SD.... must be flashed to NAND...
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dxdy said it. Any Windows Phone build must be installed and run from the NAND memory. So you could backup your Android system (with NANDroid), backup SD-card, and install WP the way you'd normally do it. You'd always have your Android build backed up and packed away. It's easy to restore it, if you don't like WP.
Other than that, the only way to dualboot the two systems is with SD Android and some special SD-partitions, as far as my knowledge goes to.
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I just wanted to know what operating system beside windows mobile 6.5 I can install on a HD2 without an SD-card?
I know it's the best to get an SD-card for installing something else than WM6.5, but I get the HD2 tomorrow and the SD-card arrives to the retailer on Monday, so I can't wait to get going. I mostly wanted to install Android 4.x.x on it, but from what I read, it's almost impossible to install Android on it without an SD-card.
Welp, you can't install Android on SD, that's for sure, and installing WP7 without it is not a good idea since the OS takes majority of internal memory and you are left few megabytes. You can also install some old Android ROMs which are distributed not through zips, but through special exe files which are compatible with magldr. The rest (which is all the newer ROMs) needs to be installed through recovery which needs SD card to install it.
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I just wanted to know what operating system beside windows mobile 6.5 I can install on a HD2 without an SD-card?
I know it's the best to get an SD-card for installing something else than WM6.5, but I get the HD2 tomorrow and the SD-card arrives to the retailer on Monday, so I can't wait to get going. I mostly wanted to install Android 4.x.x on it, but from what I read, it's almost impossible to install Android on it without an SD-card.
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well i don't know much but if i'm not wrong you can install android on your phone without an sd card by using the nand method. you can read more about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
hope this helps