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[Q] Unable to Run Android from SD after installing MAGDLR

Ok so here is my issue,
I recently installed MAGDLR and got Stock Desire ROm running and everything is perfect until I found out that I am unable to run my android ROMS from the SD card!
From the MAGDLR bootloader, i press on boot android from SD = nothing happens.
I realized that maybe haret.exe needs 2 be on the SD card root. So i moved the files.
The bootloader detects the files and boots into Android from SD but then gets stuck at the custom bootloader image of the android ROMS
Tried different ROMS but in vain.
Eversince I installed MAGDLR, I am completely unable of running any ROM from SD.
Does anyone have the same issue or is it only me?
I feel there is a very simple thing I missed and I will feel like an idiot once I know lol.
Any suggestions? I really like testing different ROMS.

Me too, i tried the MIUI ROM from SD (normal rom version) and stucked at MIUI bootloader image.

byl233 said:
Me too, i tried the MIUI ROM from SD (normal rom version) and stucked at MIUI bootloader image.
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Did u move ur system files from folder "Android" to the root of the card like I did?
Or was haret.exe already in the root of ur card by default?
I am thinking that this file moving might have caused this

I'm not sure you need to move your files. You can actually configure the Android directory in magldr's settings.
I'm not sure current SD builds are that compatible with being launched from magldr, though. First thing I tried after installing magldr was launching my old m-deejay DesireHD build, but it would just freeze immediately after displaying "preparing sd-card".

meptik said:
I'm not sure you need to move your files. You can actually configure the Android directory in magldr's settings.
I'm not sure current SD builds are that compatible with being launched from magldr, though. First thing I tried after installing magldr was launching my old m-deejay DesireHD build, but it would just freeze immediately after displaying "preparing sd-card".
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ya seems like old SD android ROMS are not compatible with MAGDLR. I thought they would be

Does anyone know what we or the devs can do to resolve this? My builds on SD also freeze at preparing SD card.
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jimhaddon said:
Does anyone know what we or the devs can do to resolve this? My builds on SD also freeze at preparing SD card.
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AFAIK magdlr cant read the required settings over the startup.txt still, but it would, read the first post over the magdlr thread by cotulla, it would even load wm6.5 and wp7 builds over NAND! its a matter of time (and patience )

jimhaddon said:
Does anyone know what we or the devs can do to resolve this? My builds on SD also freeze at preparing SD card.
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Same here, I installed Mgrldr 1.11 in order to use MDJ nand hd superlight 2.2, but nand is today and at this point too..... Experimental !!!!! to be use daily.
I manage to load my "OLD !" SD Android, but it stucks on homescreen while charging SD card, very frustrating...

Please point me in the right direction?

i no you must get this asked all the time. i am sorry to bother about this. Im a little confused. Im trying to install andriod 2.3.4 gingerbread on my hd2.
i am following the steps from americanandroids thread on how to install.
my radio code is 2.15.50.14
rom version 3.14.405.2
So i believe i dont need to change them. loaded all android files onto hd2 clicked both files and it boots. HOWEVER the problem is when it runs the script ( the white wrighting) it only rights 4ish lines then the htc logo appears and nothing happens. left it for 2 hour, tried this 4 times.
The only thing i can think of is i havent formatted my sd card. Please somoeone help me out??
thank you very much

Is there a clrcad.exe to run before haret?
If it stucks on the screen running codes, can you read at what line it has stuck?
And as you said, try formatting your SD card.

First thing, format the sd card, usually that will sort the problem.
If not, try and download the files again and/or try another rom, if the problem still persists, then most probably your winmo rom is not able to load android, get a custom winmo rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=980. make a backup of your current rom > task29 > install custom rom > format sd card (again) > move files to sd > clrcad + haret. Hope this will sort your problem, otherwise go NAND
im assuming you have hspl installed, right?

azer0 said:
First thing, format the sd card, usually that will sort the problem.
If not, try and download the files again and/or try another rom, if the problem still persists, then most probably your winmo rom is not able to load android, get a custom winmo rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=980. make a backup of your current rom > task29 > install custom rom > format sd card (again) > move files to sd > clrcad + haret. Hope this will sort your problem, otherwise go NAND
im assuming you have hspl installed, right?
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thank you for the information i will try this now, and no i dont have hspl installed, is this where i power off and hold down the volume button wasnt sure that needed to happen im abit confused?

Hamsn said:
Is there a clrcad.exe to run before haret?
If it stucks on the screen running codes, can you read at what line it has stuck?
And as you said, try formatting your SD card.
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yes there is im unsure on the code, and ill try it thank you

Hspl its not actually needed to load SD roms, but as I said before, some original roms wont allow you to boot android from SD, therefore you'll need a custom rom, but you can't install custom rom without having hspl.
So, if after formatting your SD, you still can't boot android then install hspl, then install custom rom, copy files to SD, tap clrcad + haret

[Q] SD Android Not Installing :(

Okay I have everything right here for the SD Android installation
ROM 3.14
2.15 Radio
HSPL 2.08
A properly fat32 formatted SD card
But no matter which SD build I try after hitting the Haret, it takes me to several lines and then to a htc screen and stays there forever.. Tried the Americandroid MccM BoxMax and the mixtheme build...
And Im sorry if this has been questioned in the earlier forums but I couldn't really see someone else having this problem, so sorry :/
But please Help
ty

cookymonster1 said:
Okay I have everything right here for the SD Android installation
ROM 3.14
2.15 Radio
HSPL 2.08
A properly fat32 formatted SD card
But no matter which SD build I try after hitting the Haret, it takes me to several lines and then to a htc screen and stays there forever.. Tried the Americandroid MccM BoxMax and the mixtheme build...
And Im sorry if this has been questioned in the earlier forums but I couldn't really see someone else having this problem, so sorry :/
But please Help
ty
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Are you putting the Android folder in the root of the sd card? How much time are you Waiting ..first boot should take 5 or 6 minutes at least ..try another sd card too ..
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did u run the clrcad.exe?

yugoport said:
Are you putting the Android folder in the root of the sd card? How much time are you Waiting ..first boot should take 5 or 6 minutes at least ..try another sd card too ..
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by root of SD you mean; after formatting i just place it in the storage card directory right ? yes im doing that and i have a standard 4gb SD card

chalienge said:
did u run the clrcad.exe?
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Yes Sir I am running the clrcad.exe first and then The Haret file plus Im waiting almost 2hours each time =/

format sd
put the folder 'Android'- not only its content but the folder itself to sd
clrcad
haret.
if it doesnt boot then hard reset phone and then do all the steps above again

Also,, regular hd2 or tmous? (I ask because 3.14 rom and 2.08.hspl on a regular don't mix, messes with the ram).
Also, for SD android the hspl and radio rules don't matter in the way they do for nand android.
As an aside, I only once got any haret based rom to load in a dozen or so attempts, and it immediately prevented the winmo rom from starting, forcing a hard reset.

mutil said:
format sd
put the folder 'Android'- not only its content but the folder itself to sd
clrcad
haret.
if it doesnt boot then hard reset phone and then do all the steps above again
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samsamuel said:
Also,, regular hd2 or tmous? (I ask because 3.14 rom and 2.08.hspl on a regular don't mix, messes with the ram).
Also, for SD android the hspl and radio rules don't matter in the way they do for nand android.
As an aside, I only once got any haret based rom to load in a dozen or so attempts, and it immediately prevented the winmo rom from starting, forcing a hard reset.
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Regular, not the tmous... So it is indeed not rare for the haret based rom not to load up in the first or even second attempt ? And will a hard reset really help ? I'll try hard resetting and then repeating the process

samsamuel said:
Also,, regular hd2 or tmous? (I ask because 3.14 rom and 2.08.hspl on a regular don't mix, messes with the ram).
Also, for SD android the hspl and radio rules don't matter in the way they do for nand android.
As an aside, I only once got any haret based rom to load in a dozen or so attempts, and it immediately prevented the winmo rom from starting, forcing a hard reset.
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Not to cause confusion, but I've found this to be completely untrue. I was running a 3.14 ROM with HSPL 2.08 and Haret for ages, before deciding to give up on WinMo altogether and go to NAND. Everything worked fine.
@OP, have you tried different SD cards?

hey it worked... A simple change of a sd card worked... Tried two others, worked with the third one
thanks all you guys

Can a 3.14 stock TMOUS with 2.15 radio have a dual boot nand android?

No, if winmo is installed nothing else can be on the nand

Then, if I want to dual boot an android SD types are my only choice? I read a thread here stating that NAND is "hands down" better than SD types. If so, then could I still play games in an android SD build as fast as I could in a NAND build?
I recently bumped into this new android version rom
http://hd2apps.blogspot.com/2011/04/htc-hd2-apps-android-cm7-233.html
Like what I've said earlier, my TMOUS is a stock ver. 3.14 with radio ver. 2.15. The post in that blog says that that rom will work on a 2.08 or higher radio, but it stated that 2.12 is recommended, and and hspl 4.
Can I just install the hspl and leave the radio as is?

Bumping thread ^_^
In the Americandroid thread there's a video tut for installing and making the americandroid rom work. At the end of the video the specs of the phone used were posted, it was a 3.14 with a 2.15 radio so that answers my question, but now I have another. The video didn't make it clear whether the 3.14 rom he used was a stock or not, so my question is, can I have an SD android rom on a stock TMOUS winmo rom? Or do I really have to flash a cooked rom?

stock winmo rom is fine

Wow, thanks for the reply. I've been waiting for one in ages ^_^
Well, I tried. Funny thing though... first of, my sim was recognized but I can't seem to see any of my contacts. When I go to "my contacts" it says that I have to import it through accounts or something, but I can't find it anywhere. It says that I have to go to some menu and click on account and import.
Another thing is, when I restarted my phone to use winmo again, most of the programs I installed didn't work anymore like dutty's task manager and the resco file manager to name a few.
Any thoughts on this? I was thinking it was because of the stock rom I have. BTW, I don't have HSPL from what I remember. Just SPL.

Mate you better flash HSPL right now as it will save you from future headaches

yea hspl will save you from plenty of issues down the road

Thanks for the reps guys. I'll post the outcome of this.. thanks again ^_^
Oh, one more question. Does this apply to all SD android roms, or just the one I posted?

Ok, here's the outcome. I tried installing HSPL 2.08 as per instructions of almost all of the sd android rom builds I've seen. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
After installing HSPL 2.08, I noticed a big difference in my winmo. I hardly get any bars in my signal bar, hence, I can't text, I can't call and can't be contacted.
So I went back and installed SPL 3.03.
BTW, I have an unlocked TMOUS with stock 3.14 rom and radio 2.15, and now have SPL 3.03.
I would like to keep my stock 3.14 rom (or, if a cooked rom is needed I would like a closest to stock 3.14 cooked rom) and run an SD android rom. How do I do that? Is there an SD android rom out there that fits my needs?
Thanks for the help again.

[Q] urgent help please regarding dual boot

hi i m using android ics 4 in nand and i want to dual boot with windows 7.5 and i dont want to hard format hd2 plzz someone help is it possible or i have to start with scratch ? coz i had not installed android myself so m bit scared

since WP7 is working from NAND, You have to reflash NAND with WP7, then You can add SD android BUILD

but i have android in nand so does that means i had to flash w7 directly without hard format android or first i have to installed wp6.5 than i had to flash hspl then magldr then windows 7 then android in sd ? and if this r the only steps then my question is is there a way to skip the step of installing wp 6.5 then hspl then mgldr coz i m using android in nand so i have hspl and mgldr already installed

you wont need to reinstal HSPL, but it is adviced to install wm 6.5 prior to flashing WP7, then magldr... and so on
I did once direct flash from nandroid to WP7 and it worked, but im not sure dose it have any side effects or not

krashekspres said:
you wont need to reinstal HSPL, but it is adviced to install wm 6.5 prior to flashing WP7, then magldr... and so on
I did once direct flash from nandroid to WP7 and it worked, but im not sure dose it have any side effects or not
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hmm seems u r wrong or missed something out so if i dont reinstall hspl then how can i run android from sd does it work on wp 6.5 hspl plzzz some advance user help its getting confusing

reflashing wm6.5 doesent remove HSPL (at least it didnt in my case)

k then too i will wait for more reply coz i had read somewhere that you can only delete hspl 2.08 or so by flashing wp 6.5 may be m wrong but still i prefer waiting

ok, remembered now, I installed custom wm6.5 ROM that uses HSPL for flashing, that is why HSPL stayed untouched

Hspl is not touched by flashing anything..it is removed only by uninstalling using hspl to flash spl again. hspl makes your phone practically unbrickable.. For wp7 you need hspl 2.08... Flash wm 6.5 with radio 2.12 or 2. 15, then magldr1. 13 and then flash wp7.. Then dual boot with android
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pakure said:
Hspl is not touched by flashing anything..it is removed only by uninstalling using hspl to flash spl again. hspl makes your phone practically unbrickable.. For wp7 you need hspl 2.08... Flash wm 6.5 with radio 2.12 or 2. 15, then magldr1. 13 and then flash wp7.. Then dual boot with android
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for dualboot must repartition sd card...

Simply use yukixbmod rom, and send partition cab and sd unlock cab... easier and better than old way of partitioning in other roms.. Time consuming
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pakure said:
Simply use yukixbmod rom, and send partition cab and sd unlock cab... easier and better than old way of partitioning in other roms.. Time consuming
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not agree with you... for dualbooting, better is ROM's is which not lock card (Pdaimatejam, HD2O or CTRLPDA FSM HD2)

dxdy said:
for dualboot must repartition sd card...
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i'm following this guide but at the end after i have loaded the sd rom onto SD card and done the boot to SD i get a SD file not found or something like that.
do you have to edit anything after you transfer the android folder to the SD card?

dxdy said:
not agree with you... for dualbooting, better is ROM's is which not lock card (Pdaimatejam, HD2O or CTRLPDA FSM HD2)
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I only said that because partitioning of sd, using easus manager is time consuming.
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latetogameHD2owner said:
i'm following this guide but at the end after i have loaded the sd rom onto SD card and done the boot to SD i get a SD file not found or something like that.
do you have to edit anything after you transfer the android folder to the SD card?
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no...all video is recorded without pause, only cut time where waiting time to flash WP7, copy time when copy paste ICS folder to SD and first loading time for Android.... nothing changed, edited or worked... all job is recorded...

you need to make the appropriate settings in magldr for android
services/ boot settings/ ad sd dir (android sd directory)---select your android folder , accept by pressing green call button
you will need to change boot settings also to "always show menu"
boot into android

i got my issue resolved, i wasn't swapping in the edited rootfs file and startup.txt.
it's what this video shows near the end.
perhaps it's not needed with the SD rom that you are using in that video. I tried but it didn't work for me.
thank you for doing that video. i watched that video before i even bought the hd2 and it's one of the reasons i did.
this device is amazing
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opps here is the link youtube.com/watch?v=xTMry4NEPTE&feature=relmfu

toocool4all said:
hi i m using android ics 4 in nand and i want to dual boot with windows 7.5 and i dont want to hard format hd2 plzz someone help is it possible or i have to start with scratch ? coz i had not installed android myself so m bit scared
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Lol how noob was I in days before
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[Q] HTC HD2 Android help!!

I recently got an used htc hd2 from a friend with win 6.5 and now i installed wp7.5 rom on it , but now i want to install android withthe best htc sense rom out there but i dont know how and where to find it. Could you help me step by step to install the latest sense(if possible) on it and would it be possible to do it by a dual boot? i dont want to lose my wp Thank you i would appreciate it :cyclops:

yes you can dual boot
please follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356833

noemisael said:
I recently got an used htc hd2 from a friend with win 6.5 and now i installed wp7.5 rom on it , but now i want to install android withthe best htc sense rom out there but i dont know how and where to find it. Could you help me step by step to install the latest sense(if possible) on it and would it be possible to do it by a dual boot? i dont want to lose my wp Thank you i would appreciate it :cyclops:
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there are a few process that you need to do, as of now you have WP7 which took up almost 99% of your SD card, so you must process that card so that you can either put an Android SD or Native SD, I hope your card is big enough to make other partitions.
Try the links below & use what ever you need, BTW if you made a mistake in the process you can't/ won't access your WP7 anymore
But you can make a back up image of your existing WP7 SD card to another card just in case.

chityong said:
yes you can dual boot
please follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356833
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Oh i see.
So if this is possible would it be possible to triple boot, wp7, stock android, and android with htc sense?
Also, is the android installation on the video the same for every other android rom such as this http://www.ihelplounge.com/how-to-flash-mode-hd2-htc-android-with-htc-sense-35-custom-rom/ for example?

mengfei said:
there are a few process that you need to do, as of now you have WP7 which took up almost 99% of your SD card, so you must process that card so that you can either put an Android SD or Native SD, I hope your card is big enough to make other partitions.
Try the links below & use what ever you need, BTW if you made a mistake in the process you can't/ won't access your WP7 anymore
But you can make a back up image of your existing WP7 SD card to another card just in case.
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My sd card is 2gb, do i need a bigger one? or is it fine with that one? :angel:

chityong said:
yes you can dual boot
please follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356833
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If i just downloaded the energy sense 3.5 rom is that the same process to install it like the one shown in this video i mean now that i have wp7 installed do i just create another partition on the sd card and just transfer the folder with the sense rom and thats it? Are all android roms the same installation?

noemisael said:
If i just downloaded the energy sense 3.5 rom is that the same process to install it like the one shown in this video i mean now that i have wp7 installed do i just create another partition on the sd card and just transfer the folder with the sense rom and thats it? Are all android roms the same installation?
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You've chosen a NAND ROM, you need to choose an SD ROM.