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New to hd2 need to be clear on a few things

I came to this phone solely because there are so many roms to choose from and a lot of development. In the past I have worked flashed dif galaxy s phones, and mytouch 4g so I am not a complete noob.
When i power the phone on these are displayed:
R: 2.10.50 26
G: 15.39..50.07U
D: 2.13.90963 8G
In settings my flash size is 1024mb
I read the guide through and I just want to be 100 percent clear that my phone is capable of something before I flash it. So in short, do I just flash hardspl to phone, then magdlr, then the rom? I have a macbook pro and my windows desktop is old and sucks so I try to avoid using it whenever possible. Once i flash hardspl and magdlr can I use clockwork recovery to flash my rom? I am going for the cm7 nightlies. All help is greatly appreciated!

Yeah that's correct. I don't think there are any osx installers though, so you'd probably have to do all this through bootcamp. I don't have a mac so I don't know about the stability of bootcamp, but you really gotta make sure your computer doesn't crash during the flashing process, especially HSPL.
After having Magldr installed you can either use that to flash, or indeed use clockwork (which I recommend). MDJ's Gingerbread is a great CM7 nightly build.

Thanks for your quick reply! How long does it take to flash hardspl? And do I need to have that activesync thing going with windows mobile? This phone is 100% stock I dont want to back it up so can I just avoid windows mobile active sync and run that program in the noob tut

And one more thing, do I need to check to see if my stock spl is supported? What is everything I need to verify to ensure I will not brick the phone due to flashing the wrong thing? Thanks

Go to the guide, it tells you what you need in there. HSPL takes seconds to install. Once that is installed, it's pretty hard to brick your device. Just be wary when installing a stock rom. Best advice is to read lots.
Good luck.
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I'm not sure if you need active sync. I'm 99% sure you do, but I may be wrong.
Sent from my HD2 NANDroid using XDA App

Flashing HardSPL takes about 20s.
A rom takes about 10m. You can also check this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925509
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
They explain how it works. Even with video.
good luck!

I'm guessing you have a T-Mobile so watch out! Don't flash an EU-radio.
If you want android your radio is good. No need to change it.
Flashing a rom takes only 3-4 minutes, but it will stop at 96% or 99% for a few secs, so don't freak out
also be sure to flash the newest version of HSPL. and check the youtube vidz, there many around. you don't even have to read, just google youtube+HD2+hspl

The support for this phone is much better than other devices, quick responses thanks! Just to be safe I am trying to find the windows sync thing for the phone. When I am finished flashing hardspl and magdlr do I need to format my sd card to a special way or can I just delete all the stuff on it and put the rom?

I strongly recommend that you first install the official 3.14 firmware, It has the newest radio so you don't have to worry about bricking your phone. After that flash hdspl and you are safe and ready to install magldr and Android.

Depends on the rom, zip, app2sd+, cwm, anything which mentions ext2/3/4, data.img data on sd, all require certain partitions. I would recommend starting with projections rom. It's quick and easy to get started with, and is a good base to get some confidence.
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I just installed the hspl and now i am going to do the magdlr. Really I only want cyanogen mod 7 nightlies on here. I am pretty confident its just whenever it is my first time with any phone I like to be 100% clear because they all vary. I didnt get to looking at the installation of cm7 yet but I am sure I will be going to ext4 with it too. What format do sd cards come stock? I just wiped everything on it but im guessing thats not enough lol.

Um confused... I just got around to flashing magldr 1.12 and it said on screen and in guide post it will take ten min, it took no more than 30 sec. It did boot me into the black magldr screen though so i guess its good. Now can flash cm7 or is there other stuff. I am sure I will find out with more reading which i am about to do but I would like to use cwm to do it.

rrodxbox360repair said:
Um confused... I just got around to flashing magldr 1.12 and it said on screen and in guide post it will take ten min, it took no more than 30 sec. It did boot me into the black magldr screen though so i guess its good. Now can flash cm7 or is there other stuff. I am sure I will find out with more reading which i am about to do but I would like to use cwm to do it.
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It's just a very wide margin to prevent people from flooding the forums if the flashing takes a little longer than expected, 30 seconds is normal.
Go to the clockwork thread and follow the 7 steps posted, you can then use CWM to flash CM7.

I have been trying to flash with usb flasher and I keep getting an error.
Error Description: USB init failed.
Can I flash cwm from magdlr? Every time I reboot it goes to that.

I see two possible problems here:
- In Magldr, have you picked menu item #4? (Something like USB Flasher). If you can still see all the options on the menu, you have not correctly selected it.
- Your USB drivers are not correctly installed. Reboot computer, power off and unplug phone, replug and restart Magldr. Wait for drivers to correctly install.

I just did what was suggested and same thing. Can I install it a different way? Option number 5 is usb flasher, 4 is mass storage.

My bad, I'm still using an older version of Magldr where it's #4.
What are you flashing by the way, CWM or CM7?

By the way, are you running the flasher as admin? Not sure which OS it is you're bootcamping, but right click on the installer and choose Install as administrator should be an option. Might be the problem!

I am on my desktop pc which is xp so I do not believe i need to run as admin. I was just checking out another post in this forum that has a fix for nand usb init failed, I am lost as to what daf.exe is. It sounds when I figure that out I should be good to go.
And I am trying to install cyanogen mod 7 mdj's version. If I can not get usb thing to work could I install clockwork mod without having to use computer and jsut put a .zip file on sd card?
I just hit run and typed DAF.exe and there isnt one. I am not completely lost lol

DAF.exe is the clockworkmod flasher.
I'm not sure what's going wrong, but just try everything again and make sure you follow the instructions very closely, you're probably just overlooking something somewhere.

Need help figuring out what went wrong with Android install

My wife was having trouble with Windows mobile on her HD2 and asked me to flash Android on her phone so it wouldn't constantly crash and what not.
I have:
* HSPL3 ~ SPL-2.08.HSPL
* Radio that support 576 RAM
* DFT MAGLDR Bootloader
* ClockworkMod Recovery
from this guide right here.
And I have installed this ROM via ClockworkMod instead of the ROM mentioned in the first guide because I thought Cyanogenmod 7 would be nicer.
Here is the problem, the phone has been stuck on the "HTC HD2" screen with the Android logo and "MDJ" on the bottom right corner, it has been stuck for over 30 minutes now so I'm going to assume something went wrong, the problem is that I can't figure out what. Does any one have any ideas? was something I did incompatible with anything from the 2 different guides?

jorge89 said:
My wife was having trouble with Windows mobile on her HD2 and asked me to flash Android on her phone so it wouldn't constantly crash and what not.
I have:
* HSPL3 ~ SPL-2.08.HSPL
* Radio that support 576 RAM
* DFT MAGLDR Bootloader
* ClockworkMod Recovery
from this guide right here.
And I have installed this ROM via ClockworkMod instead of the ROM mentioned in the first guide because I thought Cyanogenmod 7 would be nicer.
Here is the problem, the phone has been stuck on the "HTC HD2" screen with the Android logo and "MDJ" on the bottom right corner, it has been stuck for over 30 minutes now so I'm going to assume something went wrong, the problem is that I can't figure out what. Does any one have any ideas? was something I did incompatible with anything from the 2 different guides?
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I'm sorry...But which part of following the android build developer's instructions do you not get?....Fine, u decided 2 go thru CWR & i commend you for dat but it clearly states in [22 JAN] -=MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 v. 2.6 [A2SD+][GRH78C][RMNET][Kernel: MDJ S10.4 OC] thread from which you got the build that you should install thus;
Installation:
You should have at least MAGLDR 1.12 on device.
For installation you need enter MAGLDR (hold power button during boot)
and select "Flasher" via "VolUp" and "VolDown". Confirm key is "green".
(The above instructions means its a DFT build NOT FLASHABLE BY CWR).....
There are 3 videos in the original post detailing HOW to properly flash this rom...Now tell me...why oh why would you go against the original dev's instructions over one posted on a blog site?...
P.S. 4give my ranting but hope i solved your very SIMPLE problem and Yes, Flashing a nand DFT build will remove your CWR installation (which means should u decide 2 flash a CWR based build? u'll have 2 install CWR again.)

You know when I was looking over at all the information again I noticed that too risght after posting this, I guess all the information I just learned made me forget about needing at least MAGLDR 1.12, my bad. I've been looking for guides on how to update to 1.12 or 1.13 I've already downloaded 1.13 but since I can't get into windows anymore I don't know how to update MAGLDR. Can you help me out with that?

jorge89 said:
You know when I was looking over at all the information again I noticed that too risght after posting this, I guess all the information I just learned made me forget about needing at least MAGLDR 1.12, my bad. I've been looking for guides on how to update to 1.12 or 1.13 I've already downloaded 1.13 but since I can't get into windows anymore I don't know how to update MAGLDR. Can you help me out with that?
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For magldr 1.13, boot to bootloader (multi-colured screen) and run the romupdateutility from the download. You will then need to apply the cwm1.3 partition and then boot to AD Recovery to install the rom.

Ok I was able to update to 1.13 through the bootloader, what I don't get is "to apply the cwm1.3 partition" I'm not familiar with the meaning of cwm1.3 since it wasn't mentioned in any of the guides I just read.

jorge89 said:
You know when I was looking over at all the information again I noticed that too risght after posting this, I guess all the information I just learned made me forget about needing at least MAGLDR 1.12, my bad. I've been looking for guides on how to update to 1.12 or 1.13 I've already downloaded 1.13 but since I can't get into windows anymore I don't know how to update MAGLDR. Can you help me out with that?
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It doesn't matter if you have magldr 1.12 or 1.13. What matters is installing daf vs cwm and not daf-cwm.
Based on your first post, you tried installing a daf nand rom via cwm. That is, based on the links you have given. It has been point out also by vocrane on hist post.

I'm sure this is a dumb question but, what is daf?

jorge89 said:
I'm sure this is a dumb question but, what is daf?
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Daf = daf.exe ie the executable file you click to install a "daf" build as opposed to a zip build which you flash via cwm from your sd card.
PS! you'll find info on cwm 1.3 here

I see, I couldn't find a daf.exe file from the downloads of the ROM I was looking at, does that mean I'll have to find another rom that is flashed via "daf.exe"?

If you need to install the rom via USB Flasher from magldr, it will either have a daf.exe or install.exe file (or should at least). The roms you flash via cwm are in zip format and have afew sub folders which you copy to your sd card (the full unzipped zip file that is) and you then boot into cwm and install the rom from sd card.

I really need to get some sleep, I just found it. I'm flashing it right now.

jorge89 said:
I see, I couldn't find a daf.exe file from the downloads of the ROM I was looking at, does that mean I'll have to find another rom that is flashed via "daf.exe"?
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Here's a quick lowdown...
There r currently 2 main ways u can get android on ur hd2...
Method 1.......Thru sd card (gives u dual-boot options with either WP7 or WinMo 6.5.x
Method 2.......On Nand which installs directly on your device, thereby wiping out WinMo (u've progressed in dis path since u've installed MAGDLR 1.13)....
>>>>>>Method 2 has 2 options;
Option 1......Involves flashing a "DFT Build" via the DAF installer included in the downloaded Build...(D build by Cyanogenmod 7 u pointed out earlier has 2 be installed thru dis method)...
Option 2......Involves flashing a "Zipped Build" via the CWR method...i recommend using builds which have this installation option as they offer more flexibility (full backup & restore)...
Option 1 & Option 2 CANNOT co-exist wit each other...

[Q] new HD2 owner with issues! Please help :)

I have a HD2 but the down button is not working.
It has magldr 1.3 installed and the phone is running CM7. The mod version is MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 (v2.6) A2SD+
I really want to install a more up to date rom,a miui rom would be my chosen way.
Ive tried going through the process for one such rom.
I get to the point of running DAF and I get the following error:-
An error has occurred
Read below for more information
Error Description: Config load failed.
Info: .\RSPL\RSPL.cpp (725)
Error Description: CONFIG: file not exist
Info: .\RSPL\RSPL.cpp (359)
After this I tried selecting the AD recovery option I get this message in MAGLDR saying "No boot sources"
Ive no idea if cLK is even installed on the phone.
Any help with repairing the down button would be great. Ive seen new housings on ebay and one thread I read suggested this would replace the volume rocker. can anyone confirm this or a way of repairing it would be great.
Im not new to Android but I usually use clockwork mod on my other devices.
This HD2 Android experience is totally new!
I know that using clockwork mod I dont need a down button because I can go straight into recovery from rom manager. I have rom manager on the phone and have installed clockwork mod but what ever I do the phone just goes into MAGLDR.
Ive spent the best part of today trying to sort this out but all ive ended up with is a huge headache.
Any help would be really appreciated!

Welcome to the world of HD2
go to these steps:
- Run Task29 (will delete you phone storage complete (all data will be erase!)).
- Make sure you've got the right radio rom - but i think so
- install MAGLDR or CLK - i would prefer magldr for beginners
- flash Clockwork Mod Recovery
- flash your rom
if you need help with these steps, look in the forum after the HD2 Toolkit or even take a look with my tool (see signature) - its not up2date - but the steps and the tools which im using are )
i hope i can help ya a bit
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oh your down button dont work - bad.. no down button no clockworkmod :/

Hi aagain, I'm glad you started a new thread.
I'd get a magldr user to confirm this before you try it but I think the 'no boot sources' error means cwm isn't present or corrupt. I know magldr users can flash cement via DAF but don't know if you have to do it from trial colour screen, if so your SOL. Try looking into flashing recovery via adb fastboot, I'm sorry I don't have time to research more for you, have a driving lesson in 10 min's
Sent from my HD2 using XDA App

Thanks for your reply.
I tried doing a task 29 wipe but the problem is I need a down button to get the phone in that mode.

Hmm ive never used adb fastboot but is it possible to do everything I need to do with this to get it working this way?

Update:-
I found a past post saying about AD recovery No sources found error and a fix was given where you used to HD2 tookit to do a MAGLDR Repartition.
I tried this and I can now access clockwork mod via MAGLDR.

Ok ive now been able to install the miui rom I wanted.
Many thanks for your help guys

[Q] Help a Noob?

hay folks!
i have a Sony X8 running a modded rom so i'm not a total noob!
but i'm a bit stuck with the HD2!
what is the simplest way for me to get Android on my HD2? (Nand not SD)
info about my HD2
CPU: QUALCOMM(R) 8250B
SPEED: 1024MHz
RAM size: 448 MB
Flash size: 512 MB
Storage size: 181.47 MB
Radio Version: 2.05.51.05_2
(if you guys need any extra info let me know!)
i have read many threads, installed the one click app & bricked my phone (restored it to Stock Rom)
once i have a working Rom Manager & get what updated driver i need i will be fine but i'm stuck getting there
all help is most welcome! i dont want to totally brick my phone trying to get away from this rather disappointing windows OS
Thanks in advance everyone
Subz

Read the sticky posts in all the HD2 Android forums. There are a lot of options, so read until you know enough to decide what you want (there are more options with the HD2 than with normal native Android phones).
Once you know what you want (which bootloader, rom, etc.), read even more until you feel you know what you need to do to get what you want. Then read some more.
All the information you need is right here in the forums, do yourself the favor of reading as much of it as you can, this will avoid a bunch of potential problems, and your next thread being titled something like 'Help pleeeease I bricked it!!!'

huggs said:
and your next thread being titled something like 'Help pleeeease I bricked it!!!'
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the magdlr option looks fine to me (i saw a old youtube video for MAGDLR1.13) but i don't get how i know what "RADIO" i need? (& the video says if i get this wrong i can Brick the phone) if bricked means "have to restore to stock rom" then that's no problem for me, but i don't want to make the phone "DEAD"
i think i will find the rom i want then ask advice about what to do with "radio" after that time so the question is more informed
Subz

That radio brick warning is for tmous phones only, you are immune to that.
Use 2.15.50 radio.
Hspl4 set 2.08.hspl***
Bootloader
USB
Flash radio 2.15.50***
Bootloader
Usb
Flash magldr
Enter magldr, USB flasher
USB
use nand toolkit to set required system partition size
Enter magldr, 8 ad recovery
This starts cwm
In cwm advanced partition SD card (this will wipe the card so save anything you need)
Put the.zip you want to flash on SD
In cwm 'flash zip from SD - choose zip
Restart,
If it hasn't booted after ten minutes pull battery and restart.
*** don't need to touch these again unless you go back to winmo.

Hi
i updated my radio to 2.15.50.14 & i updated to 2.08hspl
can i install MAGDLR & or CLG & keep the current win boot it has also?
last time i tried with the one click tool my phone just hung at the HTC screen & did nothing at boot, (had to restore to stock)
is it best i chose the rom i want to install & do MAGDLR & install new rom at the same time
i'm still open to advice on the best android rom out (Stable & Latest is my preference)
i like the one click install tool but cant find tutorials that dont assume i know what partition size is best & what to expect from MAGDLR & CLG?
not even sure how to boot in to CLG if i did get it installed
advice on ONE straight talking tutorial would be great
love you guys already
Subz

djsubject said:
Hi
i updated my radio to 2.15.50.14 & i updated to 2.08hspl
can i install MAGDLR & or CLG & keep the current win boot it has also?
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no, you cant, winmo will be removed.
last time i tried with the one click tool my phone just hung at the HTC screen & did nothing at boot, (had to restore to stock)
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try the 'NAND toolkit'
is it best i chose the rom i want to install & do MAGDLR & install new rom at the same time
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you onyl have to install magldr once. you can keep changing roms and partition sizes without reflashing magldr.
i'm still open to advice on the best android rom out (Stable & Latest is my preference)
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typhoon
i like the one click install tool but cant find tutorials that dont assume i know what partition size is best & what to expect from MAGDLR & CLG?
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there is no 'best' partition size, , if you dont set one big enough for the rom you chose, it wont boot, , if you set one bigger than teh rom you chose, you waste space.
Each rom will tell you in post 1 what system partition size to set.
not even sure how to boot in to CLG if i did get it installed
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Now, do you mean CWM or cLK? CWM is for flashing the roms, cLK is an alternative to magldr. do some reading, there's more than one thread that tells you what these all are. My advice would be to stick to magldr and CWM for now. FOrget cLK till you are more experienced.
advice on ONE straight talking tutorial would be great
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1021837.html
love you guys already
Subz
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love is a many splendored thing.
ALso, many tutorials wont mention it as part of the process, but after you have flashed CWM, and before you flash the rom, go into CWM and use 'advanced - partition sd card' (back up anything you dont wanna lose)
this will walk you thru creating an EXT partition on your s card, which acts as internal memory. Doing it now will save you having to do it later and ruin an installed rom.

Thanks for all the help guys!!
i am running android
magdlr & cynogenmod 2.0
all working (but the camera is super crap in this rom)
now i have magdlr i can play with roms
off to investigate typhoon next
i'm sure i will be back at some point asking abut installing CWM (ClockWorkMod?) as this is what i use on my Sony x8
but already with this older Android Rom i have a more useful phone than i had this time yesterday
thanks again for all your help guys!!
off to give some thanks
Subz

[Q]windows mobile6.5 to android major problem

after tonnes and days of reading and digging out infos from this forum, i tried as much as i could to follow instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
but then, something went wrong and now my HD2 is not booting up. it is now stucked at the HTC splash screen. i can reboot to get the MAGLDR however.
what i did was, i flashed MAGLDR, as in the first step in the link above.
then i flashed this android ROM:
MAGLDR_Android_2.3.5_Runny.rar
from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298188
and then the problem started. i'm now searching for a way to recover my phone to the original condition, which was windows mobile. or even better, someone help me solve this and my phone can continue in android. i really need the android because the WolfRam alpha app is not available for windows mobile.
help me please, i'm nearing exams and i need help in my calculus so i decided to take the risk but unfortunately i'm now phoneless and going out of my mind.
thanks in advance

correct spl?
correct radio?
correct partition size?

Radio 2.15.50.14
HARDSPL 2.08
i didn't check the partition, how do i check that?

when you flashed CWM you chose a partition size based on the stated size for the rom you want to flash. it will be in the first post of that roms thread. Use teh nand toolkit, is teh easy way.
EDIT - oh wait, forget that, that rom provides its own cwm, , you have a 265meg system partition, so probably not that, (unless you missed out steps
Download archive with the MAGLDR loader and Recovery from here than unpack its content.
and
Run DAF.exe from MAGLDR_Recovery folder)

still stucked at the black screen with the green HTC words. i tried several times already and it won't start up.
is it possible to wipe the whole thing installed in the phone, and install android to it?

If you flashed magldr then it's all already gone.
I'd try a different rom. Maybe its simply that that rom doesn't like your phone for whatever reason.
Pick a rom
Enter magldr - USB flasher
Flash required partition size using the nand toolkit
Enter magldr option 8 ad recivery
Choose flash zip from SD - choose zip

Probably a stupid suggestion - but have you checked the battery pins? Make sure they're not bent in anyway and that the'yre making contact with the battery.

@samsamuel;
you were right, the ROM hated me :'(
i changed to using the coredroid ROM and everything worked thank you very much!!
@MrFoxx;
i checked the battery pins, and they were indeed bent! but it didn't give me any problem