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Hiya, before I start don't worry I'm not a total noob just need confirmation
I have a hd2
My pal wanted the desirehd so I talked him into the hd2 so he wouldn't have a better phone than me lol
I told him that is out Hspl on it and get him running on android, introduce him to the community etc.....
I just wanna be sure that I can't brick it using Hspl and flashing new Rom and radio as long as I follow everything correctly, its a UK release o2uk don't get the phone till Wednesday so not sure if its sim free or what Rom and radio it has
Anyone fancy boosting my confidence
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even IF it would brick something, u got still the task29 to clean everything up again
u just cant do something wrong xD
D4rkSoRRoW said:
even IF it would brick something, u got still the task29 to clean everything up again
u just cant do something wrong xD
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Confidence boosted didn't realise a task 29 did that
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You can do something wrong: flash radio 2.xx.51 radio on a TMOUS bricks it.
You can task 29 as much as you want: it is still bricked.
You can flash incompatible ROM and brick it that way.
So Never falsh 2.xx.51 ROM on TMOUS
Flas only Compatibe ROM.
Before flashing, HSPLLing: make sure you have enough battery level (more than 50%)
Do not, I repeat NOT press any button, remuve USB Cable, battery, memory card, sim card during the flash/task29/HSPL procedures.
Make sure your computer stays on during flash!
If you take care to follow those rules, flashing is a low risk procedure, but NOT without any risk.
@wilco - dont scare the man! he said its an o2 uk phone, so its a regular hd2, so any rom, any radio can be used.
@op - as for task29, it cant fix bricks, what it can do is format your phone if you are having glitches. Bit like formatting your hard disk before you reinstall windows on a PC. You need to be able to enter bootloader for task 29 to work.
As wilco said, there is always a chance something will go wrong, but its slim, and so long as you stick to his advice, take your time, dont go flash crazy, you should be fine.
Oh, and my advice would be to use hspl2, because if you need to remove hspl in the future, you would be using hspl2 to do that anyway, so might as well use it from teh start. The HSPL's that are applied by HSPL3 are no different than hspl2, , its just the model ID checks that are different. HSPL3 was released for tmous and telstra users, it isn't 'newer' or 'better' than HSPL2, and indeed for us regular hd2 owners, HSPL3 is slightly less usefull than HSPL2, because it doesnt include our stock spl's.
No scare, but take care!
samsamuel said:
@wilco - dont scare the man! he said its an o2 uk phone, so its a regular hd2, so any rom, any radio can be used.
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I was not trying to scare the man, just teach him to be careful.
The post before me [ from D4rkSoRRoW ] made me "scared", as it tells him to just go ahead, unbricking can be done by task29.
This is not the case, one needs to keep a clear head and take the nessesary precautions. (enough battery, compatibility of ROM, Compatibility of Radio, stability of connection to the phone) If Murphy (you know, the one who wrote the law...) comes around, any of the points I mantioned are the most probable causing a failed flash and a bricked phone.
Sometimes people start flashing while the have no clue as to what they are doing, and the most obvious do's and don'ts are not respected. The more people start flashing the more of those people are present.
Everybody can make a mistake, but beware it is possible to make mistakes, this will in itself make you more cautious, thus reducing the chance of making a mistake.
Personally: Everytime I flash, my heartrate goes up by 50% untill everything has been done .
Wilco said:
I was not trying to scare the man, just teach him to be careful.
The post before me [ from D4rkSoRRoW ] made me "scared", as it tells him to just go ahead, unbricking can be done by task29.
This is not the case, one needs to keep a clear head and take the nessesary precautions. (enough battery, compatibility of ROM, Compatibility of Radio, stability of connection to the phone) If Murphy (you know, the one who wrote the law...) comes around, any of the points I mantioned are the most probable causing a failed flash and a bricked phone.
Sometimes people start flashing while the have no clue as to what they are doing, and the most obvious do's and don'ts are not respected. The more people start flashing the more of those people are present.
Everybody can make a mistake, but beware it is possible to make mistakes, this will in itself make you more cautious, thus reducing the chance of making a mistake.
Personally: Everytime I flash, my heartrate goes up by 50% untill everything has been done .
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oh :3 the first time i flash a phone im extremely nervous too, but after the first time..
always thought its absolutely safe, and we can only brick it if we are really damn stupid, and flashing **** we shouldnt xD
D4rkSoRRoW said:
oh :3 the first time i flash a phone im extremely nervous too, but after the first time..
always thought its absolutely safe, and we can only brick it if we are really damn stupid, and flashing **** we shouldnt xD
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Those are the cause of most bricks.....
But a powerfaillure at the wrong moment....
A small kid stumbling over your USB lead whilst flashing....
Far fetched.... nope.... Had last one, only just finished flashing ( 1 or two seconds earlier and I would probably have a brick....)
Also I have blown main fuse in my house doing electrical repairs..... (imagine that whilst flashing)
So there are risks, but one can prepare to minimize the risks to almost zero.
eg: better to flash from laptop, as it can continue during electricity blackout...
Not flashing during a thunderstorm (because of possible powersurges)
Locking you kids outside of the room...
Do your reading before flashing, ask if uncertain, ask again if not sure.
If Flashing would really be without any risk, it would probably not void your guarantee.....
not wishing to make light of the words of caution, but ive pulled the usb cord half way through a flash, just by being a bumbling, stoned fool. (twice this year, in fact) with no ill effects, other than the failed flash.
That being said, i certainly wouldn't advise it!
I have a feeling (just from stuff ive read) that the dangerous part is whilst the radio portion is being flashed, because ive read several threads that seem to boil down to a faulty radio flash preventing further flashes.
The Radio Rom is more or less a kind of BIOS of the phone.
It is really very lowlevel.
Looking at Android makes it a bit clearer as to what a Radio ROM can do: Android shuts down windows [normal flashed ROM like dutty's or Energy) , but still uses radio ROM...
It unlocks the possibilities of the phone, (If I am correct there was once a phone delivered without GPS functionality, flashing radio would ulock the GPS. Als the extra memory can be unlocked through Radio ROM)
The Radio ROM seems to define what can and what can't be used (which IO streams are available, BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System)
I have had my hd2 for getting on a year was just enquiring, as I'm putting Hspl on my friends phone I was just wondering if there's any new stick firmware or anything that I've missed since I put Hspl on mine I'm using Hspl2 ill stick with it on my mates
All this to stop him having a better phone
He moving up from n95 lol massive jump from symbian he's not gonna know what's hit him
Thanks for the advice
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Wilco said:
Those are the cause of most bricks.....
But a powerfaillure at the wrong moment....
A small kid stumbling over your USB lead whilst flashing....
Far fetched.... nope.... Had last one, only just finished flashing ( 1 or two seconds earlier and I would probably have a brick....)
Also I have blown main fuse in my house doing electrical repairs..... (imagine that whilst flashing)
So there are risks, but one can prepare to minimize the risks to almost zero.
eg: better to flash from laptop, as it can continue during electricity blackout...
Not flashing during a thunderstorm (because of possible powersurges)
Locking you kids outside of the room...
Do your reading before flashing, ask if uncertain, ask again if not sure.
If Flashing would really be without any risk, it would probably not void your guarantee.....
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Just to confirm if I need to I can revert back to stock spl if I need to send my phone back?
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whynot66 said:
Just to confirm if I need to I can revert back to stock spl if I need to send my phone back?
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yes, run hspl2 and choose 1.42.0000 or 1.66.0000
Can anyone help me restore my hd2? When i start it up it stay stuck at the HTC screen in green letters. I held volume down and power and flashed this to restore to stock RUU_Leo_S_HTC_WWE_3.14.405.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship.exe
I believe it is a tmobile version because it sause tmobile on top of the device?
WHat can i do? I can still hold the volume down and power and itll bring up that multicolored bar screen
LoveisPeace2012 said:
Can anyone help me restore my hd2? When i start it up it stay stuck at the HTC screen in green letters. I held volume down and power and flashed this to restore to stock RUU_Leo_S_HTC_WWE_3.14.405.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship.exe
I believe it is a tmobile version because it sause tmobile on top of the device?
WHat can i do? I can still hold the volume down and power and itll bring up that multicolored bar screen
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No if you can still get the bootloader to come up you have not bricked your HD2.
How did you flash the ROM via your computer and USB cable or via your SD card? Will your HD2 just not boot all the way into Windows Mobile? I need as much info as you can give.
i think you just bricked it. Like lawl, i'm sorry but I have no sympathy for this, you flashed your HD2 with the wrong rom. xD You shoulda read and researched before jumping into the fire. xD
Well if you can still get into the multi colored screen, then flash the right rom for it, which would be a t-mobile rom, since you said there is a t-mobile logo at the top.
Well as stated above also, if you can get into the tri color screen, you haven't bricked your device.
T-Macgnolia said:
No if you can still get the bootloader to come up you have not bricked your HD2.
How did you flash the ROM via your computer and USB cable or via your SD card? Will your HD2 just not boot all the way into Windows Mobile? I need as much info as you can give.
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Well i connected my device via usb and ran the .exe file. It completed 100% but it remains stuck at the htc boot logo. Took out the battery and restarted it but it just remains stuck at the htc screen.
The reason i wanted to do this was because i installed magldr and i got to that black screen with like 10 or 11 options and tried flashing a rom but it wouldnt work so i wanted to start all over.
Kailkti said:
i think you just bricked it. Like lawl, i'm sorry but I have no sympathy for this, you flashed your HD2 with the wrong rom. xD You shoulda read and researched before jumping into the fire. xD
Well if you can still get into the multi colored screen, then flash the right rom for it, which would be a t-mobile rom, since you said there is a t-mobile logo at the top.
Well as stated above also, if you can get into the tri color screen, you haven't bricked your device.
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I have been reading for the past two weeks, ive had a nexus one evo 4g and epic 4g all rooted and running custom roms, i am no developer but i am fairly experienced following directions and flashing/rooting devices. This device has been the most difficult because it is very confusing that there is different tmobile/telestra, 1024 flash/512 flash size, spl hspl ... i am just very confused about how to run android on this device, trust me i have been reading a lot
LoveisPeace2012 said:
Well i connected my device via usb and ran the .exe file. It completed 100% but it remains stuck at the htc boot logo. Took out the battery and restarted it but it just remains stuck at the htc screen.
The reason i wanted to do this was because i installed magldr and i got to that black screen with like 10 or 11 options and tried flashing a rom but it wouldnt work so i wanted to start all over.
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Download the official update from T-Mobile and put hour HD2 into bootlowder by pressing the down button and power then plug your HD2 into your computer via USB wait for it to say USB in the white bottom .ar and then runthe the exe or the RUU of the update and you will be completely stock again.
T-Macgnolia said:
Download the official update from T-Mobile and put hour HD2 into bootlowder by pressing the down button and power then plug your HD2 into your computer via USB wait for it to say USB in the white bottom .ar and then runthe the exe or the RUU of the update and you will be completely stock again.
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where can i find this Official Tmobile upadates? I probably have a bad file not for tmo version, do you know where i can get these?
You can get the stock ROM by going here here and downloading the right ROM using your phones serial number.
LoveisPeace2012 said:
where can i find this Official Tmobile upadates? I probably have a bad file not for tmo version, do you know where i can get these?
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Yes go to T-Mobile.com and in the search bar there type in HTC HD2 update you will find it. The T-Mobile site will ask you to enter your IMEI number, this can be found by removing the battery cover and battery. The IMEI will be an a sticker behind the battery. Enter it and you will be abale to download the official T-Mobile update it will have ROM 3.14.531.1 and radio 2.15.50.14..
With a TMOUS HD2 you have to make zure the ROM is compatible with a TMOUS HD2. Even more important youmust make sure the radio that will be flashed is TMOUS compatible, are you will brick your TMOUS HD2. To see a list of TMOUS radios go to here .
Edit: Do not use one of the ROMs from the above link. Sorry I know the above poster was trying to help but you have a T-Mobile HD2 so you really need to get the official ROM from T-Mobile. The link he give is to the HTC site and if you download the wrong ROM by accident andflash it you will brick your HD2.
Oh yeah oops. Sorry, my bad, didn't even read the thing.
Note: This update is not intended for use on T-Mobile(US) HTC HD2, and doing so may have undesired side effects.
Skellyyy said:
Oh yeah oops. Sorry, my bad, didn't even read the thing.
Note: This update is not intended for use on T-Mobile(US) HTC HD2, and doing so may have undesired side effects.
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It is all cool Skellyyy, I know you were trying to help. The thing is us TMOUS owners have to be very carful when it comes to flashing. We have to read very carefully what we are flashing. minumal if we flash the wrong ROM but it has the right radio, like what appears to have happen to LoveisPeace 2012, our HD2 will just not boot up into Win Mo but still go into bootloader. If we flash the wring radio or HD2 is bricked, dead, done, nomore.
T-Macgnolia said:
It is all cool Skellyyy, I know you were trying to help. The thing is us TMOUS owners have to be very carful when it comes to flashing. We have to read very carefully what we are flashing. minumal if we flash the wrong ROM but it has the right radio, like what appears to have happen to LoveisPeace 2012, our HD2 will just not boot up into Win Mo but still go into bootloader. If we flash the wring radio or HD2 is bricked, dead, done, nomore.
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Works both ways man, if you's flash the wrong radio, your phones bricked. But... you's have more internal memory not needing to partition your SD card.
Skellyyy said:
Works both ways man, if you's flash the wrong radio, your phones bricked. But... you's have more internal memory not needing to partition your SD card.
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You are very correct Skellyyy the wrong radio to any HTC HD2 will brick the phone no matter what model it is. But the TMOUS model is a lot more suseptable to this as it can only use TMOUS compatible radios. Most other models such as the European model and etc. can use most radios, and I said most not all, that or out there. This is why so many new TMOUS HD2 owners brick there phone cause you really have to read and study to find this info about the radio.
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Most other models such as the European model and etc. can use most radios, and I said most not all, that or out there.
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the regular hd2 can use them all. Worst that happens on a regular hd2 is you put a 51 radio on a 576meg enabled rom, and teh phone hangs at boot screen till you change the radio, and thats a rom issue, not the phone thats incompatible.
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the regular hd2 can use them all. Worst that happens on a regular hd2 is you put a 51 radio on a 576meg enabled rom, and teh phone hangs at boot screen till you change the radio, and thats a rom issue, not the phone thats incompatible.
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Thank you samsamuel for setting me straight yet again you have taught me something. Ihave to set and process this information now.
While hittiing the thanks button.
Oh yeah LoveisPeace 2012 what's up with your HD2???
hehe, it matters less and less nowadays, since most set ups require ..50.. radios anyway, so we all use tmous radios.
Hello, I'm new here and I'm about to buy a HD 2.
I could get one for 100€ but the seller says, that it hangs on htc logo but it is possible to get into the bootloader.
Is there a risk, that it's broken or something similar? Should i ask him something to make sure, if it's broken or not?
Thanks.
There is always a risk with buying second hand goods, the chances are the phone has already been toyed with and flashed to a point where either the wrong spl or hspl was installed for a specific ROM or maybe it they tried to install Android but got it wrong etc, Personally if you have time on your hands to try and rectify it then go for it, But unless you know what you are doing then I wouldn't bother with it.
Thanks, should i ask him, which H/SPL Version is installed?
The seller says, that he got the hd2 from a friend, who tried to flash a rom but it failed and they had no effort to "repair" it.
So do you mean, that there is finally a chance, that the device or/and the NAND is broken?
A friend of my bought a HTC HD2 recently and got flashed Android onto it. The only problem he has is that with Android he gets quite poor batt life. So if you are a heavy user, keep this in mind
Thanks.
The only question is, if the HD2 is broken.
I hoped, that you guys could except that.
Stuck on HTC logo is for example when you install sense rom and choose one of two options about apps on SD. They have done something bad during the install, or bad HSPL. The best way is to download from this forum Windows Mobile rom (no matter which, but best should be stock), flash it in bootloader (PWR+Vol-) via SD card. Then everything is default. And you can start flashing android step by step. It is not easy to break that dev, trust me I have it for 2 months, and it is still alive For a smartphone it is long for me I am using Dorimanx rom, and when you don't surf a lot of web, then it is OK for 2 days (battery life). When you use it much, then about 1 day (phone still looks for network, under ground).
Okay these are good news.
But don't you think, that a Tas29 would be better as first?
Oh and do you think, that selling my HTC Blackstone/Touch HD for the HD2 is a good deal?
I think that the system specifications of the Touch HD are not good enough to get sometime a good anroid nand rom. I tried the only nand build yet and I'm not very convinced.
EDIT:I asked the seller, what is displayed on the bootloader screen to get known of the H/SPL version (, right?).
I hopo to get a answer from him very soon.
Hukulasche said:
Okay these are good news.
But don't you think, that a Tas29 would be better as first?
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I have never done Task29 and I have fast and stable rom. I even don't know what is this Just flash stock rom via SD in bootloader. Then during android install and all these HSPLs you can do Task29, but it's not necessary I think.
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EDIT:I asked the seller, what is displayed on the bootloader screen to get known of the H/SPL version (, right?).
I hopo to get a answer from him very soon.
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OK, but that is not important if you will flash windows onto it. It should be 2.08 HSPL for android, on other it doesn't work.
Okay thank you.
So can I finally buy it without risks?
How about prepare a SD card with leoimg.nbh first, then test it immediately when dealing? (If you are not buying it on ebay, i mean you go out and meet the seller, instead of shipping the product to your home)
My guess is it's foobarbed, if easily recovered then it would be done & up & running.
Is it EU or TMOUS version ? It is a big risk but as mentioned above if can physically meet & test device a little could reduce risk.
If a blind sale via eBay forget it unless you can afford the gamble or have use for parts ...
Buying used HD2s listed as fully working is risky enough & anything listed like this is normally scrap hoping for a gambling punter ! ...
Good idea! He is 25 kilometer (15 miles) away from me and it is cash only.
I hope, that he allows me to flash.
A official winmo rom would be the best, right?
How should i proceed? Flashing the rom and then testing if it works? or less?
Where can I get one, which will work with SPL and/or HSPL?
Thanks.
EDIT: @ Mister B: What does foobarbed mean? I'm not that good in english. The HD2 is EU and as above it is cash only so i hope that I can test it.
I don't know what does it mean too. Flash rom (Any WM6.5) but best would be stock, and boot it When it boots ok, then all right. But check Wi-Fi and these stuff if you want Stock roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623283
Check if the touch is ok, and battery if is original etc.
Prepare a SDCard with a suitable rom version(ask for the seller which region of that HD2, and download the corresponding rom)
rename the exe to .zip
open the zip file, extract RUU_signed.nbh to the root of your SDCard
rename RUU_signed.nbh to leoimg.nbh
When you want to test the phone, insert the sd card, boot into the bootloader, do:
Hold VOL-, press the power button(hold both button)
Now, HD2 should powered up, it should tell you to:
"Press power button to start update image"
Press the power button, then start update
When the update is completed(with NO ERROR), restart the phone and see if the phone turned back to Windows Mobile 6.5 and all function are working.
kubekpop said:
I don't know what does it mean too. Flash rom (Any WM6.5) but best would be stock, and boot it When it boots ok, then all right. But check Wi-Fi and these stuff if you want Stock roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623283
Check if the touch is ok, and battery if is original etc.
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Thank you. I downloaded the rom for my country and then i extracted ruu_signed.nbh from the .exe file.
Now i need to rename it to LEOIMG.nbh and copy it over to my micro sd card?
Is this right?
EDIT: Thanks hopkinskong. You were faster
Yes, that's right
Tips from me:
1. SD muntn't be partitioned, and must be foramted before copying leoimg.nbh
2. Watch out with time you hold these two buttons, because Vol- cancells update, so holding both, it will choose cancell, and it won't update. So just after the bootloader appears, immediately unpress the buttons.
Yes, thank you
I think, that i know that steps from my touch hd, so it shouldn't be a problem
If it has HSPL installed I would of first tried flashing a custom ROM such as NRGs WM6.5.x builds.
By flashing from SD and using original Rom you will overwrite HSPL & if then ROM is wrong vendor version you will have hassle.
Try keeping HSPL if it has it as can make recovery options less difficult.
"Foobarbed" is slang english, means broken, my bad & your english is very good ...
Mister B said:
If it has HSPL installed I would of first tried flashing a custom ROM such as NRGs WM6.5.x builds.
By flashing from SD and using original Rom you will overwrite HSPL & if then ROM is wrong vendor version you will have hassle.
Try keeping HSPL if it has it as can make recovery options less difficult.
"Foobarbed" is slang english, means broken, my bad & your english is very good ...
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I didn't know that. Thanks. It will be helpful for me in the future. But if he know that it is EU version, then... And T-Mobile looks a bit different. Bu tif you say it is better, then I won't discuss.
Mister B said:
If it has HSPL installed I would of first tried flashing a custom ROM such as NRGs WM6.5.x builds.
By flashing from SD and using original Rom you will overwrite HSPL & if then ROM is wrong vendor version you will have hassle.
Try keeping HSPL if it has it as can make recovery options less difficult.
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But what, if SPL is installed? If so, I wont be able to install the custom rom and I can't select between two roms in the bootloader, right?
Hmm..maybe I'll find an old sdcard.
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"Foobarbed" is slang english, means broken, my bad & your english is very good ...
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I didn't found anything on google and thanks, I'm glad to hear that.
my volume buttens doesnt work at all, i accedently tare them apart when i replaced the digitizer screan.
the phone is still on WM
so in order to flash android i will have to navigate to rd recovery, and then to flash the touch recovey (that is challenge by it self)
so... any one can help me?
How do you have recovery AND WM ? Don't you need MAGLDR or cLK for a recovery? And you can't have those with wm?
in cLK, hold the "Home Button" .. in MAGLDR, I don't think it's possible. (Or is it?)
if i understand the question, the OP is running WM on the hd2, which has defective volume buttons.
because it does not yet have magldr or clk, booting the phone into BOOTLOADER will be necessary to get things going. the preferred way of entering into BOOTLOADER involves powering on the device with volume down pressed.
however, if i remember correctly, starting the CustomRUU on your pc while usb is connected to phone and the phone is fully booted into WM will do the following:
1. reboot into BOOTLOADER
2. flash the contents of the CustomRUU
if i am remembering my hd2 basics correctly, i guess you could flash CLK+TouchRecovery using the package in the first post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769081
i think that package contains ONLY the contents to be flashed, so you will need the rest of the files of CustomRUU beforehand (the EXE file, etc, etc).
you don't mention if your device has HSPL or not. i seem to have forgotten the steps for installing HSPL but if ANY step REQUIRES (no alternative) booting into BOOTLOADER manually, then you will be stuck with no way forward!
also, i think once you get CLK+TouchRecovery+Android flashed to your NAND, then i think CustomRUU won't work with regards to Point 1 (mentioned above). so you might have trouble executing most use cases of HD2 Toolkit.
finally, i think the partitioning steps using CLK+TouchRecovery will REQUIRE use of the volume keys, because partitioning is done inside CLK using the CLK menus which work with volume keys only! so you might be limited to android ROMs that fit into the DEFAULT CLK partitioning! :crying:
get the buttons fixed and you and i won't have to wrack our brains so much! good luck!
ASCIIker said:
starting the CustomRUU on your pc while usb is connected to phone and the phone is fully booted into WM will do the following:
1. reboot into BOOTLOADER
2. flash the contents of the CustomRUU
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@OP, be REALLY careful before you dive straight in, because unless its a winmo rom or a radio, doing this will mean there is NO way for you to get into bootloader, since there wont be any winmo installed any more.
So, there probably is a way to do it and end up with a successful install, but you have to be REALLY sure of the steps, and do it all in one go, , you wont get a second chance.
if the phone isnt on 3.14 winmo, or a tmous, then the first thing you need to do is switch radio before you lose winmo, since it must be flashed from bootloader, meaning you need to get into bootloader at least twice. Do 2.08.hspl first, then the radio, and only then consider removing winmo.
I say again, be really carefull and absolutely sure of what steps you take.
samsamuel said:
@OP, be REALLY careful before you dive straight in, because unless its a winmo rom or a radio, doing this will mean there is NO way for you to get into bootloader, since there wont be any winmo installed any more.
So, there probably is a way to do it and end up with a successful install, but you have to be REALLY sure of the steps, and do it all in one go, , you wont get a second chance.
if the phone isnt on 3.14 winmo, or a tmous, then the first thing you need to do is switch radio before you lose winmo, since it must be flashed from bootloader, meaning you need to get into bootloader at least twice. Do 2.08.hspl first, then the radio, and only then consider removing winmo.
I say again, be really carefull and absolutely sure of what steps you take.
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TOTALLY agreed! i tried to write my post to highlight all the numerous possible pitfalls, but i might have made it sound like a series of easy steps. things quite often DO go wrong, and i will also reiterate that you just might get stuck due to a minor mistake.
i guess what we are all trying to tell the OP is it is better to be safe than sorry. you presently have a working hd2 (with WM) and it is indeed too risky to proceed to switching to android with dead volume buttons. so better to get them fixed first and then you won't have to worry about laying down a plan that could be as complex as a long term chess game!
Sorry for misguiding you guygs. The phone already have HSPL and maglr 1.13 and even runing andrdoid.
From that point, how can i flash the touch recovery?
This is my brother phone so i just saw the device, he cant tell the difrance between wm and android lol
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havlaz said:
This is my brother phone so i just saw the device, he cant tell the difrance between wm and android lol
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I would recommend that u dont flash the stock rom again until u know how many bad blocks u have. I have 5 bad blocks, I regret changing my partion sizes ( windows mobile and windows phone os change size during installation) Just tell him that is can get messed up and just search on youtube for videos of hd2 with wm.
Okay, I've flashed phones before, starting from my lg incite to my htc one s, but sometimes the words and acronyms get a little crazy on me. i've never dealt with a beast like the hd2. I'm so intrigued by it, I wanna flash everything on it. But first, I just received it from a friend. It already has froyo on it. I might want to go to jelly bean or even back to wp 6.5, theres just something about the aesthetics of wp 6.5. I guess my question is where do I start? Some pointers and a guide in the right direction will be highly appreciated. I'm used to just putting a rom in my sd memory and using twrp to flash it no brainer. But HSPL is already above my head, clk, say what? So, any help, highly appreciated. Thanks.
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Okay, I've flashed phones before, starting from my lg incite to my htc one s, but sometimes the words and acronyms get a little crazy on me. i've never dealt with a beast like the hd2. I'm so intrigued by it, I wanna flash everything on it. But first, I just received it from a friend. It already has froyo on it. I might want to go to jelly bean or even back to wp 6.5, theres just something about the aesthetics of wp 6.5. I guess my question is where do I start? Some pointers and a guide in the right direction will be highly appreciated. I'm used to just putting a rom in my sd memory and using twrp to flash it no brainer. But HSPL is already above my head, clk, say what? So, any help, highly appreciated. Thanks.
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First of all, please read the guide in my sig which is an explanation of the terms used for the HD2. It'll make everything you do easier to understand.
If you want to flash Windows Mobile, you just have to enter the bootloader and flash a stock ROM. If you have experience of flashing this shouldn't be difficult at all. Bootloader is just vol down + power, then you flash the stock RUU via USB.
If you want to flash Android, you can check the other guide in my sig. You've already got the required HSPL, Radio and MAGLDR so everything should work fine from here. If your MAGLDR version is less than 1.13 (it will say at the top of the MAGLDR screen) then you'll have to flash a newer version of that first.
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First of all, please read the guide in my sig which is an explanation of the terms used for the HD2. It'll make everything you do easier to understand.
If you want to flash Windows Mobile, you just have to enter the bootloader and flash a stock ROM. If you have experience of flashing this shouldn't be difficult at all. Bootloader is just vol down + power, then you flash the stock RUU via USB.
If you want to flash Android, you can check the other guide in my sig. You've already got the required HSPL, Radio and MAGLDR so everything should work fine from here. If your MAGLDR version is less than 1.13 (it will say at the top of the MAGLDR screen) then you'll have to flash a newer version of that first.
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muchas gracias. Also, not sure if it makes a difference by now, but I have the tmobile version of the hd2.
Well then in that case when flashing a stock ROM make sure it's for TMOUS. NEVER flash a radio version below 2.08.50 (I think it's that one, tbh you'll be fine if you avoid flashing radios altogether) and if a ROM has multiple downloads (it normally won't any more, but with older ROMs there may be more than one option) make sure to flash the MAGLDR one for TMOUS. In reality you shouldn't have any issues once you understand what everything means, especially if you're an experienced flasher (hehehe) as you claim.
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Well then in that case when flashing a stock ROM make sure it's for TMOUS. NEVER flash a radio version below 2.08.50 (I think it's that one, tbh you'll be fine if you avoid flashing radios altogether) and if a ROM has multiple downloads (it normally won't any more, but with older ROMs there may be more than one option) make sure to flash the MAGLDR one for TMOUS. In reality you shouldn't have any issues once you understand what everything means, especially if you're an experienced flasher (hehehe) as you claim.
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Okay, I've flashed a few times, but that doesn't mean I know what I'm doing! Lol, but thanks for all the advice. I'm sure I'll have more questions, but for now I'll be set on trying to figure things out. Gah, so many possibilities on this beast! And I just learned what Ubuntu is! And how to pronounce MIUI! Ahh! My One S is gunna be on the backburner, but it's running ParanoidAndroid.
Oh, actually one more question! What do you consider to be the power button on this thing? I thought it would be the end call button, but I'm having issues getting into boot loader. Vol down plus... end call? While powered off? I promise getting into bootloader or recovery is the hardest thing for me!
Hmmm, my friend did say he replaced the digitizer so that's probably the reason why the volume button doesn't work... Maybe I should just get a new one off Craigslist for 140... Or I can take it apart myself and see what the issue is... That's probably why I don't get into bootloader... Know of any other ways to get into boot loader? So far, what I'm seeing is that I need that volume buttom... :/
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Okay, I've flashed a few times, but that doesn't mean I know what I'm doing! Lol, but thanks for all the advice. I'm sure I'll have more questions, but for now I'll be set on trying to figure things out. Gah, so many possibilities on this beast! And I just learned what Ubuntu is! And how to pronounce MIUI! Ahh! My One S is gunna be on the backburner, but it's running ParanoidAndroid.
Oh, actually one more question! What do you consider to be the power button on this thing? I thought it would be the end call button, but I'm having issues getting into boot loader. Vol down plus... end call? While powered off? I promise getting into bootloader or recovery is the hardest thing for me!
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The power button is the End Button. You don't really need to hold it, you just have to hold the Volume down to get to the bootloader (NOT the recovery), the End button is just to boot up the phone. Good luck.
Oh, and by the way, I'd be happy if you read this quote:
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~~~Giving Thanks~~~
Giving thanks is important. It lets people know that their work or answer is appreciated. It is a faster
method of feedback than posting a reply like "Thanks for your answer!" You must have one post to
give thanks, so here is a good place you can do that: The "Say Hi" thread.
You can go do that now and come back and finish here please.
If you use them all every day you are doing it correctly.
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The power button is the End Button. You don't really need to hold it, you just have to hold the Volume down to get to the bootloader (NOT the recovery), the End button is just to boot up the phone. Good luck.
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Yeah, I'm not getting any results no matter how I press the buttons. But the volume on the phone doesn't work period. Even when the phone is on, there is no sound nor does the volume icon show up when the buttons are pressed. Hmmmm...