I have been using my HTC HD2 (1024) for over a year now with WM6.5 with very few problems. I have been using OzRom and its been stable and great. However having seen alot about WM7 i was thinking about upgrading. After scoring this website for ages i am puzzled by a couple of things:
1) there used to be a section for HTC HD2 (512) and HTC HD" (1024) but now it all seems cluttered together. A year ago when i flashed WM6.5 to my phone, i had to make sure i got the right ROM so i didnt brick my phone. Is this not the case anymore?
2) Some of the WM7 ROMs i looked at dont say whether they work on HTC HD2 (512) or HTC HD2 (1024). Some said they work, but only 512mb will be used. Is it worth upgrading if i can only use half my ram, or am i missing something?
3) What is the best WM7 ROM to use with a HTC HD2 (1024). i would like full use of 1024mb RAM, Stable and cracked(?) so everything works on it. (my friend bought a HTC phone from a shop in China and found out that nothing worked on it as it wasnt cracked)
Thanks in advance!
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I have been using my HTC HD2 (1024) for over a year now with WM6.5 with very few problems. I have been using OzRom and its been stable and great. However having seen alot about WM7 i was thinking about upgrading. After scoring this website for ages i am puzzled by a couple of things:
1) there used to be a section for HTC HD2 (512) and HTC HD" (1024) but now it all seems cluttered together. A year ago when i flashed WM6.5 to my phone, i had to make sure i got the right ROM so i didnt brick my phone. Is this not the case anymore?
After the reorganization that has been made to the HD2 forum, the Tmo[1024] has been mixed with the Eu[512]. But you, still, have to make sure you flash the correct radio so that you dont brick your device
2) Some of the WM7 ROMs i looked at dont say whether they work on HTC HD2 (512) or HTC HD2 (1024). Some said they work, but only 512mb will be used. Is it worth upgrading if i can only use half my ram, or am i missing something?
First of all, [1024] is the internal memory size not the RAM. Second of all,Currently WP7 can only use 512 MB of internal memory whether you had the Tmo or Eu. so it wouldn't matter.Third of all, WP7 works on all HD2 versions [Eu and Tmo] You only have to have the proper Radio. (And if you ask for my personal opinion, I prefer Android over WP7. and yes it worths upgrading, since WP7 actually considers the SD card as the internal storage
3) What is the best WM7 ROM to use with a HTC HD2 (1024). i would like full use of 1024mb RAM, Stable and cracked(?) so everything works on it. (my friend bought a HTC phone from a shop in China and found out that nothing worked on it as it wasnt cracked)
"Again" [1024] is the size of your internal memory, and has nothing to do with your device's RAM. Both Eu and Tmo have a RAM of 576 MB.There is no best ROM. Every ROM has its hacks (though most of the ROMS are the Same), but I'd suggest you try XBMOD's ROM first. And WP7 doesn't need any "hacking" it only needs to be unlocked and activated (optional, necessary for using the Live services) . Most of the ROMS out there are Chevron Unlocked "Hacked" you only have to activate it with the code (which can be obtained from Microsoft).
Thanks in advance!
No Problem, Anytime buddy
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Thanks alot, this is very helpful. Ill check out that ROM and hopefully start using WM7. Once again thanks, this website is by far the most helpful!
So, with help from XDA dev, i have now put MP7 on my HTC HD2 (t-mobile). im a complete noob, but heres what i did if you want to copy!
1) Installed HSPL3 (i actually didnt need to, it was already installed, but nevermind!)
2) I upgraded the radio to 2.12.50.02
3) Installed MAGLDR113
4) Installed ROM, contacted microsoft for code and started playing!
However i have a few problems:
1) MP7 is smooth, but about 2 or 3 times every 10mins it hangs or gets stuck
2) Alot of time when i try to start an app, it says its loading, then returns to the start list. Then i try it again, same thing. When i try it later, its fine.
3) Zune says i have a 14 day trial. does that mean after 14 days i cant sync thing on my phone or download free apps?
4) MOST IMPORTANT! Phone cant read chinese. i tried about 10 different apps from the marketplace that say they can do chinese. I can send messages in chinese, but my wife (who is chinese!) cant read them. The message shows some chinese characters, but also symbols and squares. Its the same when she sends me a message. The phone must be able to see chinese because it shows some characters. On my old WM6.5, i had two files i had to install 1) Chinese font 2) Chinese input keyboard program. Is there anything like that for WP7?
Many Thanks again to all you helpful people!
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So, with help from XDA dev, i have now put MP7 on my HTC HD2 (t-mobile). im a complete noob, but heres what i did if you want to copy!
1) Installed HSPL3 (i actually didnt need to, it was already installed, but nevermind!)
2) I upgraded the radio to 2.12.50.02
3) Installed MAGLDR113
4) Installed ROM, contacted microsoft for code and started playing!
However i have a few problems:
1) MP7 is smooth, but about 2 or 3 times every 10mins it hangs or gets stuck
That problem is with your device only, try to do everything again after doing a task29 (search for it) or try to use radio 2.15.
2) Alot of time when i try to start an app, it says its loading, then returns to the start list. Then i try it again, same thing. When i try it later, its fine.
Same as the first.
3) Zune says i have a 14 day trial. does that mean after 14 days i cant sync thing on my phone or download free apps?
The 14 days trial is probably Zune Pass, after expiration you WILL still be able to sync. But you wont be able to download music for free, you'd have to buy them with $$$.
4) MOST IMPORTANT! Phone cant read chinese. i tried about 10 different apps from the marketplace that say they can do chinese. I can send messages in chinese, but my wife (who is chinese!) cant read them. The message shows some chinese characters, but also symbols and squares. Its the same when she sends me a message. The phone must be able to see chinese because it shows some characters. On my old WM6.5, i had two files i had to install 1) Chinese font 2) Chinese input keyboard program. Is there anything like that for WP7?
There There have been some rumors that WP7 SHALL have more languages supported within Mango update, you should look upon it.
And Finally, its WP7 (Windows Phone 7) not MP7 (Mobile Phone 7 ???)
Many Thanks again to all you helpful people!
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Have fun with your phone!
I flashed my phone after doing the task29. its a little better, but still jerky and slow sometimes. Ive worked out that when its plugged into my computer, zune is installing apps and what not, so the phone is slow to respond. Also zune uses a huge amount of internet bandwidth. Im living in China, so i only have 2mb (when connecting to things outside China its even slower) and i cant surf in the internet when zune is downloading and installing things on my phone!
You said after the 14 days, i cant download free music. is that the same for free apps?
Im using a ROM at the moment which supports reading of Chinese and i downloaded the "im Chinese" apps which supports writing. its working fine, but just wish i had a chinese keyboard like in WM6.5.5!
Thanks for all your help, im loving MP7 and after 4 days of trying this and that, im very happy with it!
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I flashed my phone after doing the task29. its a little better, but still jerky and slow sometimes. Ive worked out that when its plugged into my computer, zune is installing apps and what not, so the phone is slow to respond. Also zune uses a huge amount of internet bandwidth. Im living in China, so i only have 2mb (when connecting to things outside China its even slower) and i cant surf in the internet when zune is downloading and installing things on my phone!
You said after the 14 days, i cant download free music. is that the same for free apps?
Im using a ROM at the moment which supports reading of Chinese and i downloaded the "im Chinese" apps which supports writing. its working fine, but just wish i had a chinese keyboard like in WM6.5.5!
Thanks for all your help, im loving MP7 and after 4 days of trying this and that, im very happy with it!
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You'll still be able to download and install free apps. Zune Pass has nothing to do with free music nor free apps. Even after 14 days, if free music is offered, then you can still download them.
As for a ROM with Chinese..try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1080950
YukiXDA has a version with Chinese keyboard in it and I think he just uploaded a new version with Asian language support. Read his first post outlining all the details. This version has Mango beta in it.
As for your lag issues while using your phone, it's more than likely your SD card. I've found using a class 4 card produces periodic lags while I have not experienced any lags with a class 6 card. I know this because I have 2 HD2's..one with a class 4 and one with a class 6 with identical setups except for the SD card.
My only suggestion with the lag issue is to use at least a class 6 SD card with WP7. Class 6 has faster I/O speeds than a class 4. Hope it all works out.
Thanks for the info. The YUKI ROM was one of the first ROMs i tried as it said it supported chinese. He split his ROM into two different ones, so i downloaded the chinese one and found it didnt support chinese. tried the other one and same thing. My wife and I are using an English base ROM that supports chinese that she found somewhere. it seems stable and usable, just dont like the stock icons after using XBmods rom for a while!
How do i find out what class my SD card is? im guessing that is the problem as i got the card for free when i bought the phone
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Hi there,
My G3 seems to be running out of memory very, very quickly.
I have (S/I)PL 3.08 and it'sme's TNT Pro + HTC Home rom flashed.
Trouble is, having few apps on the machine installed personally (basically Opera and Google Maps) if I start Opera, I get a memory full error and the browser closes.
I've been checking it out, but I can't see the memory status going below 14mb.
Is this a common issue?
Thanks all
Jason
Our Wizards have very small memory & Opera is one of the heaviest browsers.
You are seeing 14mb of free memory because you are checking it with opera closed. Open opera, let it load one ''heavy'' page & then (without closing it) check your available memory. I am sure you will see something beetween 1-3mb .
If you like Opera so much & you don't want to change it then before you use it make a SoftReset so that you will have the most free memory that you can.
I will also suggest you:
1) To move to a newer rom. Ty one of CRACING's or X2H's. They make Roms for every taste.
2) Try Skyfire browser. It's much lighter than Opera, it's faster & it supports streaming media without the use of any other program.
I hope I have helped.-
hello, thankyou for your reply!
I agree, I tried what you suggested and it did show 4mb on opera use . I also noticed that on startup for about 1 minute i'll have only 2-3mb memory free until it jumps to around 14.
I remember on my old iPaq being able to actively change the storage/program memory to suit with a scrollbar (more storage, less program...etc)
I assure you opera isn't my browser of choice. if I could, i'd have chrome running, but it's not out for wm yet as far as i'm aware. i'll try your suggested browser.
the standard procedure is to flash the oem rom before trying a new one, yes? will any wizard oem rom (i've seen plenty about) be ok for this, or will I need to flash one specific to it's branded name? (imate kjam with no service provider, bought as a standalone unlocked device from manufacturer). I would like one similar to that I have now (tnt pro w/ htc home) do the above offer anything like that, or is wm6.5 better for the device in terms of memory usage etc?
I appreciate these are a lot of questions, however would be greatful for your assistance
thanks,
Jason
I just installed MemMaid - and what a difference!!
From 1-3mb up to 14 on process hungry apps, and from 14 to 22mb on idle!
Happy me
I have tried MemMaid a lot of time ago & I didn't like it (I can't remember why because this happened far-far ago). Now I will give it a try again. Maybe something has changed.
To free up some memory without SoftReset I use Oxios CloseApps. A lot of people suggest using CleanRam but I also didn't like it. Yea I know I'm strange .
It is recommended to first flash an official rom & then a custom. I haven't done it so far & I am flashing my phone at least once a month the last 2 years. I haven't face any problem... yet .
If you want to flash an official rom first, T-mobile 2.26 is the recommended one for every brand.
I am using a WM6.5 CHome rom. I have installed a lot of programs that eats memory. When I SoftReset my device I have about 25mb of free Ram. At the end of the day my Wizard have about 12-14mb of free Ram. So I will recommend 1 or 2 SoftReset per day.
At last I will suggest you again to try one WM6.5 rom with CHome. When i will find some free time I am going to try X2H's WM6.5 (with CHome+LockScreen)- {Build 23007} because usually X2H's roms are bug free. I have tried almost every release of him.
I am happy if I have helped even a little bit .-
That is a fantastic wealth of information you have provided! Thankyou Sam!
Last little enquiry, is that T-Mobile both safe and recommended to do on the G4 (my other device) or seeing as it's straight out of the box with HardSPL I can just install a G4 Rom?
Also, I don't understand the whole "radio" upgrading thing..
A little off the original topic, but I have your attention
I think that T-Mobile 2.26 is not safe for your G4 because it has ipl/spl version in it. As far as I know a rom is safe for a G4 only if it doesn't include an ipl/spl version. I'm not 100% for that so I will suggest you to take a look at Wizard Windows Mobile 6 for newbies especially at section 2. Unlocking.
Now as for the radio rom.
You can flash a radio rom without loosing your data. It's completely safe. I can't recommend you a radio rom because it has to do with the country that you are staying.
For example v2.25 is the best for me (Greece) but for you it maybe mean bad reception, battery drain, or even loosing some calls or text messages. You must find by yourself what version suits you.
Visit the thread Updating Radio Rom for more information & for some Radio Roms.
You can find some more Radio Roms at the Wizard Wiki under the header ''Radio Rom''.
Good reading, you have a lot to do .-
Thanks again Sam!
I'm trying to find out as much as possible, but considering I've had the Wizards all of one week it's a bit new.
I understand the radio now, I don't think I'll do anything to it, seeing as it works just fine here...
I've already unlocked the G4
And I'll be looking into one of the newer roms for the G3 due to the current one not being overly awesome at the moment.
Thanks again Sam!
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I have tried MemMaid a lot of time ago & I didn't like it (I can't remember why because this happened far-far ago). Now I will give it a try again. Maybe something has changed.
At last I will suggest you again to try one WM6.5 rom with CHome. When i will find some free time I am going to try X2H's WM6.5 (with CHome+LockScreen)- {Build 23007} because usually X2H's roms are bug free. I have tried almost every release of him.
I am happy if I have helped even a little bit .-
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Well, I haven't tried MemMaid before, but I have it set up to monitor memory use and actively release it. After each soft reset it will also run a "clean" and rid the system of things I don't need.
I installed the WM6.5 w/ CHome on my G4 last night - it is very, very nice!!
I will also be doing that on my G3 tonight, or perhaps see if I can find another one.. thankyou for your help Sam. You've been great!
I have had my HD2 for about a year now and are going to hard reset it for the 3rd time. I am not very fund of Manila, and have been using the SPB Mobile Shell until now (love the flexability). However now that I am resetting it once more, what is the must have installations for music, video and performance, and most important, which OS to go for? Should I try to gingerbread it and go Android, or is there Win7 possibilities?
Any advice appreciated!
WinMo7 is possible but I would go for Energy 6.5.5 29xxx builds, they have non sence builds with android style homescreen so may have something of interest.
I find sense with CHT mod hard to beat myself & well setup wm6.5.5 is hard to beat in all round professional use.
For video coreplayer, music (i use HTC sence player) but pocket player is very good.
If serious on Android I would recommend try a native device for a while to see if you really like it !
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WinMo7 is possible but I would go for Energy 6.5.5 29xxx builds, they have non sence builds with android style homescreen so may have something of interest.
I find sense with CHT mod hard to beat myself & well setup wm6.5.5 is hard to beat in all round professional use.
For video coreplayer, music (i use HTC sence player) but pocket player is very good.
If serious on Android I would recommend try a native device for a while to see if you really like it !
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Thanks for the reply. The reason for thinking of converting to android was basically due to apps and such, but is really not a must. I've seen a few vids on youtube of how to convert to WinMo7 and Android, and it looks pretty straight forward, however if something goes wrong, could you easily go back to the original setup?
Also, I've seen some vids of the energy 6.5.5 setup, and it looks like the standard HTC theme, with some added possibilities for shortcuts etc. However, if this is manly the only reason I am pretty sure I would rather continue to use SPB Mobile Shell.
I too was a WinMo fan for years and only started on Android for fun, didnt expect to migrate. I started of just booting it now and again via SD card from widows untill I realised I was using it more and more till the point where it was automatically booting after windows on startup via bootloader.
Now ive been using Android non-stop for about a year first on my blackstone (HD1) and now on my Leo (HD2).
I honestly think you should just go the Android route on your device and leave WM6.5 behind like the rest of us. You can even use SPB Mobile shell on there if you like (leaked version) that way you still have same experience you had before but with all the apps/games of android.
And yes, to answer your question is extremely easy to go back if you change your mind. To revert everything you simply flash WM6.5 rom back on via tri-color bootloader (hold vol down and press power).
The posts above have given you very good sound advice. The only thing I want to add is before going completely Andriod with a NAND ROM. Try a Andriod SD card build first to see if you really want to go full on Andriod.
@ TheATHEiST, thanks. Thats the sort of advice I was looking for
@ T-Macgnolia, Sounds very vice to try a SD version first. I am currently using a SanDisk 16GB HC card, but I think it is pretty slow compared to the faster ones (judging from the price I paid).
By doing android via SD card, what is the easiest route for installing? Seen so many different guides, hard to know which work best.
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@ TheATHEiST, thanks. Thats the sort of advice I was looking for
@ T-Macgnolia, Sounds very vice to try a SD version first. I am currently using a SanDisk 16GB HC card, but I think it is pretty slow compared to the faster ones (judging from the price I paid).
By doing android via SD card, what is the easiest route for installing? Seen so many different guides, hard to know which work best.
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If you have the 16GB SD card that comes with the T-Mobile HD2 it works great, this is the card I use for my SD Andriod build. All SD Andriod builds are the same, all you do is download the build, extract the zip file, (most builds create and extract to a folder named Andriod) copy the Andriodine folder to theroot of your SD card, then use the file explorer to open the Andriod folder and touch on CLCAD first to enable the sound in Andriod (it will appear as nothing appended but that is normal), then touch on HARET and you will see a box that says "Booting Leniux" then you will see a black screen with tiny writting at the top left corner of the phone screen then you will see the black screen with HTC in green then the screen will go completely black for a bit (some builds have a custom s reengineering for here so it may be different), last you will see the lock screen for the Andriod and you are booted and ready to go. Remember the first boot can take up to five to ten minutes so be patient but the .pot up time will not be that long after the first time.
Ok, dosent seems like its too diffucult then. The SD card that came with the phone only had 2GB storage capacity so I bought the 16GB straight away. Do I need to do a backup on the SD card? I have alot of photos etc. Also, I probably need a radio update (not that I've managed to understand what the radio is, except it does not play music ^^,)?
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Ok, dosent seems like its too diffucult then. The SD card that came with the phone only had 2GB storage capacity so I bought the 16GB straight away. Do I need to do a backup on the SD card? I have alot of photos etc. Also, I probably need a radio update (not that I've managed to understand what the radio is, except it does not play music ^^,)?
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Yes I highly recomend making a back up copy of your SD card as the Adriod is going to make several folders and things on your SD card on the first bootup. This way you will know what was on there before you booted Andriod. I also suggest you flash radio version 2.15.50.14 as it is the latest radio version and it works good with Andriod be it SD or NAND. The radio is whaf controls certain aspects like your phone reception, voice quality, and such. Go the the master radio threadcthat is stickied in the HD2 Windows Mobile development forum here on XDA to learn more about it and you can download that radio version to flash there.
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Yes I highly recomend making a back up copy of your SD card as the Adriod is going to make several folders and things on your SD card on the first bootup. This way you will know what was on there before you booted Andriod. I also suggest you flash radio version 2.15.50.14 as it is the latest radio version and it works good with Andriod be it SD or NAND. The radio is whaf controls certain aspects like your phone reception, voice quality, and such. Go the the master radio threadcthat is stickied in the HD2 Windows Mobile development forum here on XDA to learn more about it and you can download that radio version to flash there.
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Ok, thaks alot for the help. I will give it a try after I backup the SD card. Any particular SD-card Android version you recommend?
edit: I found this list http://android.hd2roms.com/
Besides from knowing I want a SD version I am not sure which I should try. Just go for the one that was updated most recently?
mikkeltysland said:
Ok, thaks alot for the help. I will give it a try after I backup the SD card. Any particular SD-card Android version you recommend?
edit: I found this list http://android.hd2roms.com/
Besides from knowing I want a SD version I am not sure which I should try. Just go for the one that was updated most recently?
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I do not have a particular build I woulx recomend as the ons I currentky use is discontinued but go to the link below and search through tbe builds I am sure you will find one uou like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=735k
You might want to check out some dual boot apps to like the one I havs linked below. I use the secound one.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/rundroid-dual-boot-to-android-sd-or-windows-mobile-6/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737001
There is a lot more of these apps out too if you want to look.
Thanks for all the help. I found a good guide and a decent build. Was really easy in the end
Only thing I struggeling with now is getting the 3G to work..
mikkeltysland said:
Thanks for all the help. I found a good guide and a decent build. Was really easy in the end
Only thing I struggeling with now is getting the 3G to work..
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Do you have a active data connection at all? If you have one then the APN is set for your carrier but if you do not then you will have to set up your APN settings. I do appologize as the only APN settings I know is the ones for US T-Mobile.So unless house are a US T-Mobile customer I do not know them. You can probabky Google your carrier or search g their web site and find the APN you need to enter. In Andriod go to Settings/Wireless and Networks/ Wireless connection (I think doing this from memory here) then touch on APN then press the Windows hard Start button and touchon add.
Android is the best
I loved this phone -- at first, i got one of the first from Tmobile, was all excited. Then it kept freezing. 2 "new" HD2s later i hate it. And at the moment, I have a horrific sinus infection and no patience to find the links to the drivers and i want to take it to my husband's office and throw it off the top of the building. Unfortunately i think, since it's a police station, they'd frown upon that.
I also don't understand "computer" speak... please help me in "stupid person" terms if you can
1. A new driver to keep it from freezing, locking up etc. Every time i'm doing something, like typing a text mssg - and i'm recving a text mssg, the darn thing needs to be rebooted!
2. Tell me what i need to do to keep getting my gmail without the damn thing overheating and draining the battery.
3. Cool apps/games -- preferably free (i have kids that need to be entertained mid-air)
4. the name of a good bluetooth device.
If you can help me and you live within the 415, 510, 408, or 925 area codes i can reward you with cupcakes (when i'm no longer sick of course) -- i bake them professionally.
Also, can the hd2 with win 6.5 be upgraded to win 7? and if so, how?
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I loved this phone -- at first, i got one of the first from Tmobile, was all excited. Then it kept freezing. 2 "new" HD2s later i hate it. And at the moment, I have a horrific sinus infection and no patience to find the links to the drivers and i want to take it to my husband's office and throw it off the top of the building. Unfortunately i think, since it's a police station, they'd frown upon that.
I also don't understand "computer" speak... please help me in "stupid person" terms if you can
1. A new driver to keep it from freezing, locking up etc. Every time i'm doing something, like typing a text mssg - and i'm recving a text mssg, the darn thing needs to be rebooted!
2. Tell me what i need to do to keep getting my gmail without the damn thing overheating and draining the battery.
3. Cool apps/games -- preferably free (i have kids that need to be entertained mid-air)
4. the name of a good bluetooth device.
If you can help me and you live within the 415, 510, 408, or 925 area codes i can reward you with cupcakes (when i'm no longer sick of course) -- i bake them professionally.
Also, can the hd2 with win 6.5 be upgraded to win 7? and if so, how?
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1. WHich ROM do you use, Stock or Custom?
2. Gmail never has a problem with WInmo. We all know about the battery drains. You can either buy the extended battery or else turn off your 3G and Wifi when not needed (set everything manually)
3.I dont know about much about games and apps in WInmo. But, I like to play teeter, neon and bejewel
4. I have bluetooth devices from SOny Ericsson and Motorolla. All is good in term of quality.
Cheers..
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1. WHich ROM do you use, Stock or Custom?
2. Gmail never has a problem with WInmo. We all know about the battery drains. You can either buy the extended battery or else turn off your 3G and Wifi when not needed (set everything manually)
3.I dont know about much about games and apps in WInmo. But, I like to play teeter, neon and bejewel
4. I have bluetooth devices from SOny Ericsson and Motorolla. All is good in term of quality.
Cheers..
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1. Stock -- last time i did the Tmobile "update" it just made it worse so i did a factory reset and have been living with it ever since. Custom would be awesome since my "1 yr warranty" no longer exists.
2. seems too time consuming when the darn thing doesn't like to do what i ask in the first place
3. i have all those games
4. i'll try those, sick of using the corded one and my bluetooth broke.
1) Your T-Mobile HD2 needs no driver. What it needs is a Custom Rom because it seems that you have the Stock Rom 2.13 or 3.14. First you need to Unlock your device with HSPL3 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611433 . Here is the Link for your TMOUS HD2 Roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=992 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=534
2) Your device overheats because you might be running alot of programs or streaming alot of media on your device.
3) For games theres alot of sites for instance http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-tag-game.html
4) I dont normally use a bluetooth so i dont have an answer to that.
5) Yes, your phone Windows Mobile 6.5 can be hack and upgrade it Windows Phone 7 with the latest rom with NoDo thanks to DFT for making it possible to run Windows Phone 7 and YukiXDA Rom for the NoDo rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1080950
I hope this helps
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1) Your T-Mobile HD2 needs no driver. What it needs is a Custom Rom because it seems that you have the Stock Rom 2.13 or 3.14. First you need to Unlock your device with HSPL3 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611433 . Here is the Link for your TMOUS HD2 Roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=992 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=534
2) Your device overheats because you might be running alot of programs or streaming alot of media on your device.
3) For games theres alot of sites for instance http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-tag-game.html
4) I dont normally use a bluetooth so i dont have an answer to that.
5) Yes, your phone Windows Mobile 6.5 can be hack and upgrade it Windows Phone 7 with the latest rom with NoDo thanks to DFT for making it possible to run Windows Phone 7 and YukiXDA Rom for the NoDo rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1080950
I hope this helps
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1. i need someone to explain the link (original thread) in rom for dummies
2. i try to exit out of everything when i'm done with it -- HD2 really needs a task mangager
3. thx for the link
4. i need one for driving, it's the law in California.
5. i will try that when everything else is said and done.
mity287 said:
I loved this phone -- at first, i got one of the first from Tmobile, was all excited. Then it kept freezing. 2 "new" HD2s later i hate it. And at the moment, I have a horrific sinus infection and no patience to find the links to the drivers and i want to take it to my husband's office and throw it off the top of the building. Unfortunately i think, since it's a police station, they'd frown upon that.
I also don't understand "computer" speak... please help me in "stupid person" terms if you can
1. A new driver to keep it from freezing, locking up etc. Every time i'm doing something, like typing a text mssg - and i'm recving a text mssg, the darn thing needs to be rebooted!
2. Tell me what i need to do to keep getting my gmail without the damn thing overheating and draining the battery.
3. Cool apps/games -- preferably free (i have kids that need to be entertained mid-air)
4. the name of a good bluetooth device.
If you can help me and you live within the 415, 510, 408, or 925 area codes i can reward you with cupcakes (when i'm no longer sick of course) -- i bake them professionally.
Also, can the hd2 with win 6.5 be upgraded to win 7? and if so, how?
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1. As the above post said you do not need any drivers. I recommend you look into a custom Windows Mobile ROM like any of the Energy or Duttys ROMs. You can also check into running android on it or WP7. Any of those three choices run a lot smoother then a stock ROM.
2. Sorry I could never get my HD2 to even set up my gmail account in the Manila/Sense email.
3. again agree with the above post, go to freewarepocketpc.net to get the Omarket, it has a lot of free games. Also do several Google searches for games for Windows Mobile 6.5.
4. Sorry again no advice here, I do not use any bluetooth devices.
5. Yes you can put Windows Phone 7 on your HD2. Click on the guide in my sig and read the very first couple of paragraphs and you will find a link to a guide on how to install WP7. You can also check out the rest as it might bed helpful to you. I also have two guides to installing Andriod linked close to the link for the WP7 guide. I recommend the WP7 ROM by YukiXDA as it is the newest and only WP7 ROM for the HD2 that has NoDo working.
Last make sure you do plenty of reading and researching before attempting any OS change, it is best to be informed.
T-Macgnolia said:
1. As the above post said you do not need any drivers. I recommend you look into a custom Windows Mobile ROM like any of the Energy or Duttys ROMs. You can also check into running android on it or WP7. Any of those three choices run a lot smoother then a stock ROM.
2. Sorry I could never get my HD2 to even set up my gmail account in the Manila/Sense email.
3. again agree with the above post, go to freewarepocketpc.net to get the Omarket, it has a lot of free games. Also do several Google searches for games for Windows Mobile 6.5.
4. Sorry again no advice here, I do not use any bluetooth devices.
5. Yes you can put Windows Phone 7 on your HD2. Click on the guide in my sig and read the very first couple of paragraphs and you will find a link to a guide on how to install WP7. You can also check out the rest as it might bed helpful to you. I also have two guides to installing Andriod linked close to the link for the WP7 guide. I recommend the WP7 ROM by YukiXDA as it is the newest and only WP7 ROM for the HD2 that has NoDo working.
Last make sure you do plenty of reading and researching before attempting any OS change, it is best to be informed.
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1. i have NO idea how to go about doing any of this. Seriously, i am a computer/electronics dummy. i'm lucky i can turn the darn thing on. when instructions are saying check your HSPL OSPL SPL, unistall it, save it to SD, rename it, or whatever, i have NO idea how to go about doing that. so please someone help me here.
HSPL is like the key to the phones guts... SPL is what the phone comes with by default that is the LOCK of the phone.. Cotulla managed to change it around and called it HSPL so with that you can do stuff on your HD2 that HTC and Microsoft don't want you doing...
So by putting HSPL following the guides mentioned your simply starting a Windows Application that will restart you phone into the phones bootloader or SPL (what turns on at first and is covered by the HTC logo or T mobiles Stick Together)
then it flashes (installs) HSPL so that your phone becomes unlocked to custom ROMS or modified update packages and in turn allows you to put MAGLDR which is a custom DFT (Dark Forces Team) project that after HSPL is loaded a new Operating System Loader starts up and allows you to run Android or Windows Phone from the phones internal memory. Radios are a little bit risky since some Radios will brake your device and make it unusable but for some people its worth the risk with improved Cell coverage and Faster speeds but in some cases drains the battery faster. You have the latest Radio since it was included with T-Mobiles 3.14
In your case if don't want Windows Mobile 6 then the alternatives are either Android with its large Market Place or Windows Phone (new) with its some what limited Market but with free games none the less
BUT a custom build of Windows Mobile 6 will have better performance since it won't be filled with T-Mobiles junk and you will be familiar with it instead of switching to Android or Windows Phone with their different Interface
Just read t-mac's guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021837
keep in mind to explain everything COMPLETELY so you can understand over online text might be a little tedious. here's a guide to flash android onto your phone, but it isn't limited to android. you can flash windows phone 7 roms similarly. i can empathize with you, there was a time i didn't know what anyone was talking about but take it all in stride, do some looking around the forums and see if you can gradually understand what people are saying. trust me, just grab a hot coffee sit down and browse through things i have faith you'll figure things out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
mity287 said:
1. i have NO idea how to go about doing any of this. Seriously, i am a computer/electronics dummy. i'm lucky i can turn the darn thing on. when instructions are saying check your HSPL OSPL SPL, unistall it, save it to SD, rename it, or whatever, i have NO idea how to go about doing that. so please someone help me here.
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Then why are you even here?
You have absolutely zero chance of been able to do any of this simply because you obviously are not even prepared to go and sit down and read. If you was you would be reading teh guides and sticky topics etc instead of back and forth in this topic.
Dump Windows Mobile, and go Android There are a bunch of guides in the Android thread, if you get overwhelmed you can always post a question
But if you still decided to throw it from the 12th floor, let me know when and where...
Yesterday i flashed my wife and my phones with MP7. We both have HTC HD2 T-mobile editions. First i flased with XBmod ROM and found while it was brilliant, Chinese isnt supported.
We installed about 100 apps from the marketplace that allowed us to input chinese, but everytime we sent messages to each other, all we got was a message with some characters, some weird symbols and lots of squares.
As we both live in China, its kinda importants for us to be able to read and write Chinese.
Previously we used WM6.5.5 and we had to install two .cab files (1 for the chinese font, and 1 for the input keyboard) I know MP7 is different and uses .xap files (hense its not backwards compatable), but ive seen on the 'net and here that the chinese fonts are in MP7, but as they are 14mb, most chefs take them out.
Does anyone know of a ROM that has the fonts is embedded or is there a way i can get a modded ROM and put the fonts in myself?
Thanks in advance!
Try YukiXDA ROM.
I remember him testing chinese on WP7.
Brilliant, thanks for the tip. ill check it out!
Not sure if he has stopped support, but i downloaded the ROM with chinese in it from Yuki and didnt support Chinese, but thanks anyway!
Its WP7 not MP7.
Yes thanks. saw my mistake
For what it is worth, I was in a public relations office in Taipei that represents Microsoft Taiwan. One of the managers of a Microsoft account has an HTC HD7. Microsoft Taiwan sent him a program that allows him to read and write Traditional Chinese on his HD7. I am not sure if it would support Simplified Chinese, or if it would work on an HD2 with WP7, but you might try contacting either Microsoft Taiwan or Microsoft China and ask them about your problem. Otherwise, it seems that your only course is to wait until the Mango update is ported to HD2, as I understand that update does support Chinese.
Thanks for that info, ill check it out. We are currently using the "i'm Chinese app". Its ok, but to write an email, sms or search the 'net, you have to open the app, type what you want, then it opens the normal web or sms or email, insert the chinese, then send! i do miss the keyboard from WM6.5 i had!
My next question is trying to get Windows phone device manager to work! i installed it (as admin), plug my phone in, close Zune and wait. WPDM says "connecting to Nips HD2", so it knows my phone is there. It then says "Nips HD2 plugged into USB", but doesnt show the total storage, cell network or battery info and when i click on sonething in the list (manage apps, explore files etc) it says connecting for about 5 mins, then fails with "couldnt connect to Nips HD2". My phone is hacked(?) with chevron, i checked. WPDM also seems to fail to install touchxplorer on my phone. (on the WPMD post it says it should auto install the first time you use WPMD)
Ive read all the pages in the XDA DEV post about WPDM and nothing has worked, ive tried their website, no luck. Ive even contacted themm but no reply. Do i need to give them a donation to make it work, or am i missing something and being a complete noob?
Any suggestions and/or abuse would be great!
Thanks!
Hi!
I would like to switch to Android on my htc hd2, since the rest of my family now has Android. But there are some questions I simply can't find answers to in the forum! I realize installing Android is on my own risk, but:
- is it legal? I am guessing so (since it runs on Open Source Linux and Open Source Android, I think...), but can't really find an explicit confirmation of this. Somewhere it was written that htc Sense is copyrighted, does that mean you can't legally use the touch screen on htc hd2 without the predelivered Windows Mobile version???
- Are there any parts of the phone that don't work with Android? I am thinking about gyro sensors, GPS...
- If I decide to switch, I want to switch completely. But as far as I can read the installation descriptions, it seems they install Android on top of Windows? That you actually start Android from Windows? Doesn't that slow down things unnecessarily?
Thanks for any concrete answers!
my friend....there are really two things u can do here...
1) either go for a SD based android rom which u can boot from win6.5 (and its not slower at all)
2) go full android by installing a nand version.
benefit of both is, you can go back to stock win6.5 anytime and every thing will work just fine.
Also dont worry about legality - most of here use all sorts of roms...
And all parts of the phone works in android...
So the difference is that in the nand version you have to totally reinstall Windows, while in the SD solution it's never even deleted?
Yup
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
khun said:
So the difference is that in the nand version you have to totally reinstall Windows, while in the SD solution it's never even deleted?
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i had it on my sd card about 18 months ago,then saw a video on youtube about nand versions instead,i didn't like the sd card version cos everytime i rebooted the phone it would load windows mobile and i was sick of putting zimage & intrid files on my sd card.i REMOVED windows mobile 6.5,got all the required things such as recovery,the right radio,the right hspl version,then flashed my rom via recovery using magldr 1.13.once uve done it once,you'll never look back again lol
THE HD2 IS A BEAST................TREAT IT LIKE 1 LOL
HOPE THIS HELPS................FEEL FREE TO HIT THANX
NAND Android installed
Now that was really easier than I thought, thanks to the excellent guides in this forum! I've already received messages and a phone call, within 1 hour of deciding to go for it!
Hopefully the good feeling will last, I never quite got Windows Mobile on the htc hd2 to work as I wanted...
khun said:
Now that was really easier than I thought, thanks to the excellent guides in this forum! I've already received messages and a phone call, within 1 hour of deciding to go for it!
Hopefully the good feeling will last, I never quite got Windows Mobile on the htc hd2 to work as I wanted...
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good luck & enjoy........then go for PYRAMID ROM 3.0 SENSE V.70
khun said:
Now that was really easier than I thought, thanks to the excellent guides in this forum! I've already received messages and a phone call, within 1 hour of deciding to go for it!
Hopefully the good feeling will last, I never quite got Windows Mobile on the htc hd2 to work as I wanted...
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Glad to see you installed a NAND ROM instead of and SD ROM. My experience with NAND is that they seem to offer a bit better battery standby life over SD and are smoother operating. You may want to try a couple of ROMs and see which one you like best. I am currently using Tytung's Nexus HD2 v3.0 with his newest r12 kernel and it has been very stable with everything I need working perfectly.
htc hd2 + android = best phone i have ever used
working flawlessly