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Hard reset doesn't work in NAND

Does anyone try to hard reset your HD2 NAND? It doesn't work on a few NAND ROM here. Please report.

I can only think that you're doing something wrong when you try to hard reset, as the ROM cannot affect that at all. It's not running at that point.
Can you explain what you're doing?
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I tried to remove some apps in the system\app folder and now it's all screwed up and don't want to re-flash it. In Winmo, I just hard reset and everything is back right to the original ROM.

The easiest thing is probably to flash the ROM again. With the phone off, hold down the power button till you get the magldr menu and select USB flash. Plug in the cable and reflash.
Edit: Actually, I take it back. I don't know if the usual hard reset method would work with a flashed Android ROM. I actually doubt it would. Either way, the above advice still stands.
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Thanks John. I reflashed any way but in Winmo, flashed many times and the hard reset worked everytime (either in software or hold both volume key and power on). Just wonder why it doesn't work with android. The user data must not be stored in the supposed partition, I guess.

I think you can flash the rom again, it will ask if you want to keep the old settings. I'm not sure, but had read something in the HD2 android topic. There is an AD Hardreset option in magldr menu.

Can't you hard reset from megaloader?
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The hard reset doesn't work for me. I try it with gauner1986's HD-FI 0.3 but... that do nothing

[Q] Help: Installing Rom over existing ROM

I have an HD2 that I had someone flash to android for me.
The phone initially functioned pretty well, although i immediately noticed that the phone would sometimes crash when I launched Navigator.
Months down the road, the phone began crashing more frequently, and now has become a serious concern for me. The phone will crash when running youtube, gps (google & navigator), and sometimes with the camcorder.
Sometimes it will just restart- out of nowhere.
I have about 120 apps- just mentioning-- not sure if this makes a difference--
So I've decided that i would like to change the Rom.
I've been reading through the forum for a while-- I would like to be pointed to the best reference for proceeding with this-- since I haven't actually done this before.
Will I need to go through the process of radios and stuff-- not sure, since i already have an android rom running on the system.
What is one of the better Rom's available, with working features?
Thanks in advance for any help--
here is a shot of my current system:

well i'll say if you ask a 10 people here what ROM is best your bound to get 20 different responces. this is simply because some people rather sence based, some like miui and some prefer CyanogenMod. what i would suggest is a ROM thats rather easy to flash & use so you can get an idea of how to flash it. after you feel comfortable you can check out the vast Android builds the hd2 has to offer.
i would suggest either rafdroid hd found here or bluetopia hd found here. both builds are very easy to flash, just make sure you follow the directions closely and you wont have a problem. you dont need to change the radio more then likely since its probably already been done before. please note that bluetopia is meant for tmous users and not 512. personally i'd check out rafdroid hd anyway just because it has a very detailed description on how to flash the ROM.
both of those are sence builds but if you rather a non-sence base you can look at this webpage for a ROM you rather flash. it lists tons of builds to go through so pick one that you feel would be better for you.

htccraze said:
well i'll say if you ask a 10 people here what ROM is best your bound to get 20 different responces. this is simply because some people rather sence based, some like miui and some prefer CyanogenMod. what i would suggest is a ROM thats rather easy to flash & use so you can get an idea of how to flash it. after you feel comfortable you can check out the vast Android builds the hd2 has to offer.
i would suggest either rafdroid hd found here or bluetopia hd found here. both builds are very easy to flash, just make sure you follow the directions closely and you wont have a problem. you dont need to change the radio more then likely since its probably already been done before. please note that bluetopia is meant for tmous users and not 512. personally i'd check out rafdroid hd anyway just because it has a very detailed description on how to flash the ROM.
both of those are sence builds but if you rather a non-sence base you can look at this webpage for a ROM you rather flash. it lists tons of builds to go through so pick one that you feel would be better for you.
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Glad to see a fellow hd2 user on Rafdroid HD.
Yes Rafdroid HD is one of the completed sense roms but is not the latest.
Latest roms have sense 3 but will have bugs
You will need this (ClockWorkMod. aka CWM) Flash magdlr first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830
Depending on rom, you will have to choose cwm partition size. RafDroid Hd uses 400mb. Other roms may have to set custom partition size.Click Here for Rafdroid HD
Lastly, you may need sd-ext3 partition. Recommended 1Gb
1)
...If you are still on magdlr flashing method and not cwm boot to magdlr menu.(Hold power button till you see a menu). Press Android Hardreset.(Call button to select, volume keys up/down)
...If on CWM already, boot to magdlr menu and select Recovery. Press the "delete data/factory reset"
2)
Flash a new cwm partition using USB flasher option.
3)
Put rom in sd card (do not unzip the rom, leave it as .zip)
4)
Boot to CWM and select install zip from sdcard. Navigate to rom file and select. Flashing may take up to 15mins or more.(Just be patient, do NOT remove battery when it is flashing halfway, just leave it alone)
5)
Once done press reboot system. First boot may take longer to load. Once it boots to setup phone screen, youre good to go!

OK-- I'm not really following all of this CWM stuff-- I watched the guy who put android on my phone go through the process-- and asked him to briefly detail me the steps--
he never mentioned anything about cwm... so what exactly is that?
since android was already flashed to my device-- what would be the best process of removing the current android system and installing another?
i powered up my phone while holding down volume key--
its reads
PB81120 SSB3
SPL-2.08.HSPL 8G XE
0x05
CotullaHSPL 0x40
serial
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i also know that i have a magldr---
how do i know whether i have tmous or 512?

the_mask313 said:
OK-- I'm not really following all of this CWM stuff-- I watched the guy who put android on my phone go through the process-- and asked him to briefly detail me the steps--
he never mentioned anything about cwm... so what exactly is that?
since android was already flashed to my device-- what would be the best process of removing the current android system and installing another?
i powered up my phone while holding down volume key--
its reads
i also know that i have a magldr---
how do i know whether i have tmous or 512?
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i would read:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021837
basically, cwm allows you to flash android roms without using a computer to install. (as opposed to daf.exe roms, which you need to tether to the computer.) it is much more than that, but that is all you need to know now. but read the thread above.
if your hardkey buttons are green/red it is tmousa, 1024
if they are not, it is 512

So- another question-- can anyone take a guess at why my phone is crashing so often--
could it be the number of apps i have downloaded (over 120-- mostly stored to SD)
could it be conflicts in the current ROM being used?
Might it be the battery?
When the ROM was freshly added, the system ran perfectly well, with the exception of Navigator crashing once in a while--
I've probably been running with Android for over 6 months now--
its been acting up for about 3 months now.
problems i often encounter:
crashes when i run-
navigator, gps, youtube, sometimes camcorder
forces closes apps somewhat frequently
I have my system clocked down to around 800mhz on conservative mode, via setCpu, because i feared it was running too hot.

thanks much-- ive read all the posted links--
what i'd like to know-- once i install cwm--
is there a need to wipe the existing rom, before installing another--
or do you just install the desired rom?

yes back up everything 1st. i also like to make a copy of my sd card on my computer. then when your about to flash a ROM you will need tp wipe data & cache. once you've wiped them both you'll need to go down to advanced and select that, go to delvic and wipe that. press back and now you are finally ready to flash the rom by selecting install rom from sd. after it runs dont be alarmed but it can take several mins for it to go through the process. when it says its done then reboot the phone. the boot up time will depend greatly on the rom you've chosen so be patient. it can take up to 10-15 mins for your phone to completly reboot.

htccraze said:
yes back up everything 1st. i also like to make a copy of my sd card on my computer. then when your about to flash a ROM you will need tp wipe data & cache. once you've wiped them both you'll need to go down to advanced and select that, go to delvic and wipe that. press back and now you are finally ready to flash the rom by selecting install rom from sd. after it runs dont be alarmed but it can take several mins for it to go through the process. when it says its done then reboot the phone. the boot up time will depend greatly on the rom you've chosen so be patient. it can take up to 10-15 mins for your phone to completly reboot.
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this is where i get confused---
where do I "wipe" anything-- what program do i use to do this--
and if I'm "wiping" memory, will i need to reinstall programs like magldr, or any radios, again?
you said "go down to advanced"--- 'advanced' in what running program?

you wipe whats listed above in magldr. you can enter magldr by turning off the phone, then turn on the phone but hold the power button down. you will see magldr pop up if its installed. option 8 is recovery you scroll down my pressing vol up and vol down. to select press the green talk button.
so when you enter magldr you go to option 8, it will go to cwr (recovery) then scroll using vol down/up to wipe data. press the green talk to wipe. do the same thing to wipe cache..then scroll down to advanced and select that by pressing green talk. scroll down to delvic and wipe that by pressing green talk. press back and then select install from sd. now you are able and ready to install a rom. simply select the zip file of the rom you want thats on your sd card. (sorry this should have been listed above..place the rom you want on your sd card) now select the rom by scrolling up or down by vol keys and press talk to select your rom. it will begin flashing. at this point it can take a few mins so dont panic. after it completes you will need to press back button and the reboot phone. when you flash a rom sometimes it can take as long as 10-15 mins for it to boot up. take this time to review and make sure you did every step as its been said and you followed all the instructions listed.
you need to wipe everything between flashes because sometimes there is left over code/data etc that can interfer and mess up your phone. it does not wipe anything like magldr/radio/rom..it really just prepares it for it to except a new rom by deleteing the old data. its the same thing as a factory reset really.

Choosing wipe data/factory reset wipes all the partitions,, cache,dalvik, etcetera, ,, no need to manually clear all the different bits one by one.

yes but a little extra safety precautions never hurt anyone

Watch the screen when you do 'wipe data's, it clears the cache, data,dalvik,sd-ext.... so if you then do them individually too you are wiping already wiped partitions.

i know it goes through them all, i been flashing a looong time since the days of winmo 6. personally i like the comfort of making sure as do a lot of other people here on XDA do. im not the 1st person to suggest doing this. i've seen numerous people give these instruction & i still feel its a good way of double checking before flashing a ROM.

[Q] Unable to activate Bluetooth in TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 Nightly v3.6.x

Hi friends,
this is my first post here so I think it's time to say thankyou to the devs and the mods of this forum. really great work.
After my CoreDroid install crashed (most apps wouldn''t start any more) a friend of mine pointed me to the typhoon cm mod. I'm very happy with this mod as it is very smooth und looking good.
My first version was 3.6.5.
Some days after install I noticed that I couldn't start BT. It says "activating.." but then stays off.
I updated today to 3.6.9. but this didn't change anything.
Is there anything I have to configure or am I doing something wrong?
Thanx in advance for your help!
Edit: Hm. No answer at all? Was this a stupid question? When searching this forum I just find bluetooth connection problems. Should I take any steps like task29 and reinstall this mod? Do you need some more information about the phone?

Sorry, just bumping.

Really no one?
Not even a tiny neat hint?
It seems to me as I also have the bluetooth power drain bug (~60mAh in Standby with only 2g/3g activated data off, wlan off and of course no bluetooth active - at least it seems so).
pleeeaasse... heeelp..

Seeing as it's not something that has come up before, you will need to do a cwm backup then do some testing, try a few roms, maybe go back to winmo, post back with what works what doesn't.
Without trying other roms there's no hint whether its hardware or software.

Thank you for this hints.
Would you suggest to do a hardreset after making a cwm-backup? What other steps of precaution should I take between switching between different mods for beeing on the clean side?

no, not a hard reset (assuming you meant a winmo hard reset, , that doesnt do anything), , , if you are flashing another android rom, , in CWM choose 'wipe data factory reset' which will wipe all the partitions, most importantly this will wipe the sd-ext partition and clear the protected android folders on the fat32 part of the sd card.
Do this even if you are going to change the partition size (i.e reflash CWM for a rom that requires a different size) because re flashing cwm will clear all the nand partitions, but wont touch anything on the sd card, and its often the stuff left over on the sd card that causes problems.
I'd try one android rom, and if that doesn't work id go back to winmo stock (if you have a tmous, usual warnings apply to ONLY use tmous stock roms), and if it still doesnt work, its almost certainly hardware fault. had any bumps or bangs?

hm. some problem here: cmw seems to be corrupted. when I press either up or down vol, it seems as if "abort" (red) is also pressed (the hat appears on screen). after pressing up/down vol again, the menue appears again and the marked line moved one step.
this way I can do a backup, but when navigating in the secodn level menues, I fall back to top level menue. :/
Any way I can repair cwm?
I can't remember how I installed it. Think it came with magldr.
What now?

Enter magldr, "USB flashing", flash cwm.

didn't do the trick.
still not able to navigate in cwm.
but: nand gone. no android to boot. :[
Edit: I'm trying to get into the bootloader by holding down vol-down then hold down power. But I get into magldr.
Doing it wrong?

sounds to me like you have a hardware problem with the keys. Also, there are a few threads that talk about not being able to get into bootloader, not read any of them, but thats probably where you should start.

$20 to walk me through Android REinstall

I had someone install Android direct to the phone (NAND), and wipe out Windows altogether. I'm trying to reprogram because after working fine for 5 months, the signal goes in and (totally) out randomly.
Sooooo, I've got root, aMAGLDR V1.3, Kernel 2.6.32.15, and I'm running ROM Manager...but I don't know what the hell I'm doing, really. Oh, and I downloaded some ROMs to my microSD.
And there's a catch. My USB port is totally loose now, so we need to do this without plugging in.
Is it possible?
If I boot into aMAGLDR, and I choose
1. Boot WPH, I get: WPH not installed
2. Boot AD SD, I get: SD Kernal Open Failed
3. Boot AD NAND, starts my old crappy ROM
4, 5, and 6 are USB (non)options
7. AD Hardreset: Do you want to erase all data? No, I don't.
8. AD Recovery: Invalid boot image header
9 Tetris: Press Enter to start, and then it doesn't start, and then I get sad.
If someone walks me through this (here, pm, Skype, Google Talk, Facebook, phone, whatever) I'll Paypal ya $20. If a bunch of people post the right answer, I'll split it, but don't fight over it. This is meant to be a fun little challenge, and a way for me to learn a little.
So, the race is on. Or is it?

You got magdlr installe. Do you have the recovery installed too? that would be the next thing you would have to flash and not to need a cable. the rest is easy and dont need a cable but you do need your sdcard. Being that you havent stated whether your phone is a eu model or a us model I will take the chance and say its the us model, next question is do you plan to use a ext partition of the sdcard? If you are then you need tpartition the sdcard from the recovery partition (CWR) after you have then you can copy the rom of your choice to the sdcard on your computer, then insert the sdcard into the phone and then flash the rom. if you dont plan to use an ext card, then skip that step and just copy thre rom onto the sdcard, flash and reboot.
A loose usb means nothing as long as it work thats all that matters, plus if the usb is loose then you have a bigger problem, how do you plan to recharge the phone?

U have milion solutions on forum for ur problems but if u really need help pm me i will give u skype or gtalk and I will most likely solve that for you cause i played a lot with my HD2
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I use an external charger to recharge the batteries.

Can't use rom manager with magldr, if you run it it will break the cwm instal, and I suspect you already did hence "8 ad recovery" not working.

Rom manager now works with magldr hd2. U can flash recovery. And in turn flash rom to nand.
send from my hd2 @ miui 1.12.2

showlyshah said:
Rom manager now works with magldr hd2. U can flash recovery. And in turn flash rom to nand.
send from my hd2 @ miui 1.12.2
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Really?
Want to tell me how?

Okay, if you read post 3 of the guide in my signature you never have to plug up a usb.
Good luck
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It covers clk, recovery everything. No usb needed.
The only thing is once you boot into recovery go to mounts and format all that has a format option. After you format everything,power down remover sd card and transfer your rom onto it. Then power back on and boot into recovery again and flash rom, reboot and enjoy !
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Pm me if you need more help.
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Streetman said:
Really?
Want to tell me how?
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Not only does this appear to be a rather rude response (don't know if that's what you intended) but this is also a rather pointless thread. There are countless guides on how to install NAND Android (my favourite being this one) and if you had done any research you would have known beforehand that ROM Manager and MAGLDR don't work well together. I really don't know what showlyshah means when he says that ROM Manager now supports MAGLDR because as far as I know it isn't true and there would be loads of threads about it.

It's not a rude at all. I've done tons of research on these forums.
The problem lies in the fact that those of us who are not programmers don't have a base level of knowledge that is assumed in these forums. Couple that with all the acronyms that are new to us, and it's a puzzle to figure this stuff out.
Every time I program a new device I say, AHHHH! That was sooooo easy...once I knew the steps. Until then, it's impossible.

Have u do it or not ?

Here's where I'm at. I followed that guide. THANK YOU so much-I hadn't seen that one before.
I tried to install a ROM after I installed clk, and got stuck in a loop. At least I'm gettting a different result.
I've started over, and I've got CLK on the phone now. Now, Which ROM should I install?
Thanks for your help.

Updated update.
The rom I tried to install is HyperDroid-CM7-Licking-Lobster-v5.6.0-cLK-signed
When I started my phone, it just goes back and forth between a screen with an "H" on a twirling cube, and that splashing into the Android dude...and splashing back. Left it for 45 minutes.
Now, clk says it installs, but when I start, I'm back to the Android/H loop.
Like I said, I need someone to walk me through this.

Reinstalled. Same loop. Trying the Nexus Rom.

If I try to boot through HBoot to NAND I get:
Normal boot ...
ERROR: Invalid boot image heador

R u using the correct model(EU or tmobile)?
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I use it on Tmobile, so I'm assuming Tmobile version. How would I know?
Someone else originally programmed the Nexus 2.3.4 NAND Rom on it, but I don't know how he did it.

Streetman said:
I use it on Tmobile, so I'm assuming Tmobile version. How would I know?
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t mobile USA cut their own deal with HTC, to make a hd2 with double internal rom and a little more ram. (And in teh process gave their customers a device with an insta-kill switch, which they no doubt regretted when thousands were returned bricked in teh first few months of release)
if your hd2 has red+green end+send keys, and says 't mobile' beneath the earpiece, its a 'tmous' (T MObile US) which is slightly different to teh rest of teh worlds hd2's.
If you have white keys,you have a regular hd2.

[Q] Any way to resize the system part, without a computer?

Hi,
I'm in the middle of the jungle literally and i only have my phone with me... I'm trying to install the evohd2 ics rom but my sys part is only 160mb...is their any way I can resize it without a computer....?
Thx

If you have cLK boot loader, you can.
Just wipe all via recovery.
Then boot to cLK by long pressing back button and power. You will find the option there.
BTW, this should have been posted in the General or Q&A section, not development.
Mods please relocate this thread.
Sent with love from me to you via HTC HD2

Sorry for posting in the wrong forum I don't have clk I have magldr.... I'm I out of luck?

Thread moved to proper forum.
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zozew said:
Sorry for posting in the wrong forum I don't have clk I have magldr.... I'm I out of luck?
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Yes, why do you prefer MAGLDR if you run android?

It's not that I prefer it its just that's what's on the phone.... Don't I need a computer to change to clk? Or am I totally off track?
My situation is this I have my tmob HTC hd2 with magldr, i'm in the middle of nowhere with just my phone I'm not programming noob but, I haven't been flashing my hd2 more than once... Actually twice i tried a pacman 4.1.2 rom as it only needed 145mb sys part, I'm actually running it now.... But it's lagging quite a bit no disrespect intended.... Probably my installation at fault... So I read that the evohd2 4.0.4 rom was supposed to be quite fast... But it needs at least 200mb syspart...
So if you say I can use clk to repartition, how can I get it on my phone without a computer just give me a link if you know where I should start looking.... I've Google and searched.... But all leads to the hd2 toolkit which I sadly can't use

there u r mate
the attached file is clk with touch recovery included.
rename the file with leoimg.nbh then put it on root of yr sd card and flash it
you dont need a pc to make repartition yr nand u can use it with inbuilt repartition option with this great tool
credit goes to the kokotas and their team.

You mean flash it like flashing a new power up splash screen? Volume down plus power button?

kslakhani said:
there u r mate
the attached file is clk with touch recovery included.
rename the file with leoimg.nbh then put it on root of yr sd card and flash it
you dont need a pc to make repartition yr nand u can use it with inbuilt repartition option with this great tool
credit goes to the kokotas and their team.
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I did flash it and it took a few reboots because it got stuck on the recovery team splash screen...but finally it booted the touch recovery: ) i repartotioned the sys part and reflashed the pacman jelly bean rom just to try amd run it clean...and its not bad: )ill try it for a day now and see
Thx a bunch

sSo thought I'd just update...
I managed to wipe and clean all partitions and install the NexusHD2 ics rom and it's running like the wind only problem is that takes up to ten times to reboot to get it to load the touch recovery... So I got a little scared I'd bricked it.
. But it's ok now thanks a bunch

great u managed it in the middle of jungle right
actually clk is great tool. the only prob with clk is it doesnt support rmnet network it supports only ppp
hope soon devs gonna fix this
sorry i was away so late response
oh yes forgot to tell u clk recovery takes a while but let it be on very first boot its ok approx 10 mins(yeah i kno its too much)