Move from one ROM to another - HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera

Hi Guys,
I want to move from this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915159
to this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905060
My question is do I have to do task29 and do the whole process again or should I just install CWR in the new ROM?
Cos as you can see the partition is different on the new one.
Did I miss anything else?
Thanks guys

Good choice of Rom
Just follow the instructions in the new Rom,
Yes you do need a smaller partition layout.
Personally I run a task29 everytime I change then re do magldr and install the appropriate size cwm
But people tell me all the time there is no need, but people always run into problems I never do
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i never do task 29 and also never had problems. i think it's enough if you install the new cwm partition and flash your rom. maybe format your sd. this is causing more problems than not doing a task 29 and installing all again.

imo
I ran the nexus rom for a few weeks and was not impressed. Dorimanx High End with swap by far outperforms it, but thats just my opinion. Everyone has their own rom preference.

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Dont mind

You know I don't do a task 29 & I don't repartition my phone if its a smaller size either. I do make sure I wipe everything & do a back up each time though but I like to go back and forth between ROMs on the go when I'm not by a computer. I haven't ran into any problems (cross my fingers) yet & I been doing this for months. I think if a ROM calls for let's say 300 but you already partitioned it to 450 it will be fine & you won't need to do it again. I'm not trying to say you really shouldn't follow all the steps it says to take because you really should, but this works for me and I'm jus lazy.
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htccraze said:
You know I don't do a task 29 & I don't repartition my phone if its a smaller size either. I do make sure I wipe everything & do a back up each time though but I like to go back and forth between ROMs on the go when I'm not by a computer. I haven't ran into any problems (cross my fingers) yet & I been doing this for months. I think if a ROM calls for let's say 300 but you already partitioned it to 450 it will be fine & you won't need to do it again. I'm not trying to say you really shouldn't follow all the steps it says to take because you really should, but this works for me and I'm jus lazy.
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It will run fine unless your partition is to small, but if you run a Rom that needs a partition of 200 and you put it on a partition of 400 your wasting 200mb of valuable internal space
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Thanks guys. What I found out was its always better to do task29 every time I change the rom. Better performance and apps will run smoothly.
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Root Done---Now what??

Well i have done the rooting and now i have more ques
1-best rom = i tried like 2/3 roms but they always get force close soo i need fast/stable/2.1based rom and yes dont eat much battery .....plz plz plz i m not gud at finding right rom.also what do the ppls think about CaNNon202 rom??is it stable?
2nd-do i always need to dangerSPL and Radio while installing any rom??
3-App2SD.. i idk how can i create ext2 in windows i use paragon partition manger process but when i put sd card in mobile it say i need to format it and after i just create complete 1 fat32 partition do i need to 1st create partition and then install the rom or what do i need to do to install apps on my sd card and also i need the files which i downloaded from marketplace into my card...
Thanks
Jamb
jamb said:
Well i have done the rooting and now i have more ques
1-best rom = i tried like 2/3 roms but they always get force close soo i need fast/stable/2.1based rom and yes dont eat much battery .....plz plz plz i m not gud at finding right rom.also what do the ppls think about CaNNon202 rom??is it stable?
2nd-do i always need to dangerSPL and Radio while installing any rom??
3-App2SD.. i idk how can i create ext2 in windows i use paragon partition manger process but when i put sd card in mobile it say i need to format it and after i just create complete 1 fat32 partition do i need to 1st create partition and then install the rom or what do i need to do to install apps on my sd card and also i need the files which i downloaded from marketplace into my card...
Thanks
Jamb
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1, no such thing IMHO, if you want stable, stick to stock ROM
2, no
3, there are tuts telling you how to get it done in console, and, I don't recommend app2sd, slow like hell
Jimmy_Z said:
3, there are tuts telling you how to get it done in console, and, I don't recommend app2sd, slow like hell
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Why wouldn't you run apps2sd? I've got the csdi roms with apps2sd and this thing is blazing fast. Besides, if you're going for apps with larger sizes, you're going to want apps2sd.
I find I'm OK with the 1.6 roms with Eclair bits. Don't need live wallpapers, and the Eclair bits have all the necessary things anyway. Personally I think the 1.6 roms are very stable at this point. Very few fcs and they're speedy.
fellows plz mention me the rom name ..i don't need live wallpapers coz it just slow the os and saying force close and what about 3d gallery coz i m not able to see the pics there..
@nmw407...mate plzz mention the rom name or i just need to unroot it and use 1.6
right?
i really recommend cyanogen. i stopped using it at 4.0.4. flashed every version he's ever made and i never really had good speed. this latest one is NICE, though, and i've hopped back on. for now. but i hear these CSDI ROMs are fast. just try any of them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=448
just look for CSDI in the post title.
as for partitioning, i use amon_ra's recovery.
I've tried cyanogen, superD, and now I'm currently on sciencetest. All these have been very stable. For those starting out, cyanogen has the best step-by-step guide, however, it does require additional steps because he went legal. Some of the other 1.6 roms out there are one step roms.
Use amon-ra's recovery, partitioning sd cards have never been simpler. Much better than partition manager. I used to get read/write errors all the time with partition manager. With the latest amon-ra's recovery, you can pretty much do everything on the phone.
Just remember to nandroid/bart backup, and completely wipe before flashing a rom (again... super easy with amon-ra recovery.) Having a backup will save your life or at least some hair.
Right now using CaNNon202....but as as always its slow
CSDI is really fast and really reliable for me (not using apps2sd). I've had like 1 or 2 app crashes total, and I've been running it for the past month or so, so it's been a lot more stable than any other rom I've flashed previously.
Plus, you get a lot of options like customizing the number of columns in app drawer and number of home screens.
Go Cyanogen. v5 is on the way, which wont be a generic half-assed 2.1 port with reduced functionality.

[Q] Need help getting android

Ok im new and nobody has written me back about this so i have to ask this way but i flashed to the energy rom and i want android on it, i dont know how to go from where im at to that as all the threads ive seen has said download this and that but i really dont kno how to get energy off to do that but when i hit the launch android button it says "CLRCAD.exe was not found on your storage card...proceeding to launch Haret anyway" ok then "Haret.exe was not found on your storage card..." so can any body help me get android???
Hardware is:
RAM size 576MB
Flash memory size 1024MB
Data bus 32 bits
Software is:
OS version 5.2.21916
Manila version 2.5.20191914.0
ROM version 26 Jan.2011 WWE
Radio version 2.10.50.26
Firstly there are 2 ways of running Android, 1st via sd card and 2nd via NAND memory. The option you choose depends on whether or not you still want to use winmo. If so you need to use the sd card based Android builds. If you only want to use Android then you need to go the NAND based Android build approach.
As you mention running clrcad and haret I'm assuming you want to use the dual bot method, ie both winmo and Android. You will then need to device which Android build you want to try (from the Android SD dev forum) and carefully read the first few posts to see the dev's instructions, but in most cases you need to download and unzip the rom and copy the Android folder to the root of your sd card. In the NRG roms, clicking on the launch Android icon he includes in his build will run the clrcad and haret automatically and boot to Android.
thanx for your reply..thats the thing when i hit launch android it wont go...so when i copy the folder do i download everything even if it says its already on an if installed it might not work? thats where im lost
Try formatting the sd card completely so that there are no funnies on the card, copy the entire Android folder to the sd card root and you can ignore the warning about files that may not work etc.
ok ill give it a try
when you format your sd card will it erase the NRG rom and then you have to put it back on there?
1989jeremy said:
when you format your sd card will it erase the NRG rom and then you have to put it back on there?
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No! Unless you will install nandroid.
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ok just checkin..i want android on my sd card
ok i formatted my sd card then copied the android folder to it and it still did launch an when i clicked on the folder to run clrcad it didnt do anything an when i clicked the heret it just went to the htc screen and thats it...what did i do wrong??
Did you give it some time? I would ask the question in the thread for the actual rom you are using. Other users may have a solution for you.
1989jeremy said:
ok i formatted my sd card then copied the android folder to it and it still did launch an when i clicked on the folder to run clrcad it didnt do anything an when i clicked the heret it just went to the htc screen and thats it...what did i do wrong??
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Good, so you've formatted your sd card and copied the android build, clrcad and haret.exe files to the root....Tapping clrcad (to run) doesn't show any visible signs but its actually working in background, then tap haret...u should see haret loading up & a bunch of text briefly (depends d android build)...The htc screen u saw means d android build is working silently in d background so give it some time...check d android build's page for how long you should wait..(most tk abt 8-20mins, i use nand now so i'm not so sure).....if the above still doesn't work for you,then u should try using d various android/winmo dual-booting cab files out there...
P.S. Devs say its best u load up android within 3 secs of loading WinMo, so be as fast as u can...u could also try disabling htc sense to give a quicker loading time....If dat still doesn't work, then u might have to reflash an android-friendly WinMo ROM.
lol i dont think i gave it enough time..kinda impatient but i got it at the htc screen right now..im using the froyostone v4.0 build
1989jeremy said:
lol i dont think i gave it enough time..kinda impatient but i got it at the htc screen right now..im using the froyostone v4.0 build
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Dis you read the faq of the build you use? Like, wait 10-15mins on first boot...
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1989jeremy said:
lol i dont think i gave it enough time..kinda impatient but i got it at the htc screen right now..im using the froyostone v4.0 build
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Great...Remember 2 always read instructions carefully..the Devs put em there for a reason.
hmm...its been like 40 min an still at the htc screen...i looked for the thread but i cant remember which it was as ive been to a couple of them but neither one says how long the first boot would take
1989jeremy said:
hmm...its been like 40 min an still at the htc screen...i looked for the thread but i cant remember which it was as ive been to a couple of them but neither one says how long the first boot would take
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Try core evo sd series.
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do you have the link to the thread? i dont wanna download somethin different you know as a lot of things pop up in search
1989jeremy said:
do you have the link to the thread? i dont wanna download somethin different you know as a lot of things pop up in search
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Just go to sd development section, it should be on the 2nd page of that section. Try core evo v0.8 by sergio76 or evo carbon remix by motoman.
By the way, what sd card do you have? Model, make, size, class.
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ok thanx..itll work with the energy rom right?
1989jeremy said:
ok thanx..itll work with the energy rom right?
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Of course. That's what I was using before nandroid.
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Can you root/hack hd2 on a mac?

is this possible?
I just sold my iphone 4 to try out the android system.
I am using the hd2 and want to have it rooted. preferably on 2.3.4
I have 2 macbooks and no pc's..
I've been reading around a LOT on google and have read around on this site but can't seem to find anything about mac...
Can i even do this with a mac?
I currently have a 2 gb sd card (i am going to get a larger one) that came with the phone i bought off craigslist.
I really need help as windows mobile is awful..
If I can be helped I can help out people in the future with their phones..
I know all about jailbreak, custom ios, unlocking, etc, even ios 5 beta and all but android is a TOTALLY different WORLD.
I need help please, the terminology and names of things are confusing me too...
I don't know what ROM is..
any help is appreciated!
-sorry if I missed a sticky somewhere or if this thread needs to be redirected.
It should work on a Mac, but I don't have one, so I could be wrong.
Essentially, what you need to do to get android on your phone is:
1. Flash HSPL
2. Flash a radio
3. Flash MAGLDR
4. Flash CWM
5. Install your preffered ROM
You can get HSPL here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966228
Radio here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611787
MAGLDR here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893618
And CWM here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898913
There is a good basic tutorial here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021837
ROM stands for Read Only Memory, but in this case is used to refer to an android build that is installed on the phone.
MAGLDR and cLK are bootloaders, they load android.
CWM stands for ClockWorkMod Recovery, and it lets you back up and restore your phone, as well as lots of other nifty features.
Don't worry, I was new at this once (still am), it's really easy; and if you can't manage, that's what the forums are for.
Good luck!
Not that simple unfortunately. You won't have the drivers as far as I know they don't exist, you will need to run Windows as a virtual machine but I think you will lose the connection during the process..... could be fatal
Erm....... take a look at boot camp you need to create a bootcamp partition and install Windows in it, and then you can dualboot Windows and MAC OS
It would be easier to borrow a friends pc to hspl it and magldr and cwm
Once you have clockwork mod (cwm). You have the ability to install new roms directly from your SD card in the phone without it being connected to anything.
I'm sure there must be users in the hd2 section that have done it all via a MAC but I'm not one of them sorry
Edit/ if you know your way round ios you'll pick it up pretty easy the post above pretty much says it all
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Be careful tho pal your asking for trouble if you lose the usb connection whilst running hspl I'm. Not sure what would happen
Look here
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1461
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Free bump...... anyone wanna advise? I'm curios/
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whynot66 said:
Free bump...... anyone wanna advise? I'm curios/
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If you have a windows installer disk, use boot camp to dual boot, and then do all the stuff you need to do from the pinned tutorials.
was able to just paste stuff on an sd card from an old android 2.2 i had lying around my desktop. it works but won't let me connect to google server for my contacts..
I'm getting that I'm going to have to use a virtual machine though...
ehh,
that info about what everything is definitely is great though.. I will keep looking into this as I'm using a dated "firmware"

Noob's question about CWR for Tmous

I want to use RCMix 3d's rom but it said "TMOUS needs CWR 5/270/5 is the minimum requirement". Mine now is 5/150/5 (I guess coz I don't know how to check it). So can you guys show me how to change that, thanks a lot.
mr_gem said:
I want to use RCMix 3d's rom but it said "TMOUS needs CWR 5/270/5 is the minimum requirement". Mine now is 5/150/5 (I guess coz I don't know how to check it). So can you guys show me how to change that, thanks a lot.
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I've written a guide all about this, if you would like to read it.
kylew1212 said:
I've written a guide all about this, if you would like to read it.
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Thanks for your reply but I'm kinda confused coz I usually use MAG menu to install roms. According to your instruction, should I switch to MAGLDR repartition instead of CLK repartition ?
And there are 3 numbers 5/270/5, what is the other "5" ?
mr_gem said:
Thanks for your reply but I'm kinda confused coz I usually use MAG menu to install roms. According to your instruction, should I switch to MAGLDR repartition instead of CLK repartition ?
And there are 3 numbers 5/270/5, what is the other "5" ?
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Personally I prefer clk, but magldr is fine, and the number 5/270/5 mean the same for clk, and magldr.
In 5/270/5
The first 5 basically doesn't mean anything, it's saaying 5mb for cwm, but thats really a given.
The 270mb is system size
Then the second 5, like this 270/5 means 5 mb cache
Excuse me but 1 more question: Is it necessary to do a task29 again because I heard that doing this will harm HD2 especially Tmous version .
im not sure
I'm not sure about it harming the hd 2 with a task 29 I think its a good idea every once in a while its kinda like defragging a computer just cleans every out fresh I do it once or twice a month mine does just fine. Pls someone correct me if I'm wrong.
theres an hd2 toolkit which let lets you easily change the partition size and cache easily and on the fly, and same way for clk.
noob proof = )
I've written a guide that will walk you through everything. I recommend task 29 but theirs lots of contraversy saying that it isn't necessary. However, if if you have a problem and do a task 29 then 9.9 times out of 10 problem solved.
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i task 29 every time i flash a new rom, just me
never had a problem. it is time consuming reinstalling cwm, and clk or magdlr,
but it keeps me away from bad blocks. which i dont have =-)
just me lol, i recommend, it will solve lots of problems.
Ok I'm so through now thanks to all of you, XDA rocks
You can do it yourself,open the recovery folder,right klick on flash.cfg,open with editor.Now you can change the values of "boot yboot", "system ya", "cache ya" how it is on the Discription for the rom you would to flash.Now you must save it.
That´s all !!

[Q] My Android OS is not fucntioning.

I am running on MIUI Android 2.3.9 and it is a mess, it kept popping up error messages "Google framework" and i dont have any google services, such as Play Store, Gmail, and i cant receive SMS, and my bluetooth also not functioning, and cannot delete anything from the SD card from the phone, i have to take out the SD card and plug it in into a computer just to delete music,video and pictures.
Was hoping to change for a new OS, but the problem is my usb port is also not functioning. I even have to charge my battery using a third party charger.
Is there anyway i could change my OS with using the usb port. Can i use the SD card instead to do all the works.
And if can, what OS should i get and how.
Dear good Sir, PLEASE HELP, im a complete NOOB. I know nothing about phones and how to mod it. The one who helped my change my phone from Windows to Android is a phone shop, that now doesnt do it anymore.
Search for clk 1.5 This can be installed from the sdcard and will also Install a version of recovery.From the clk menu you can partition your nand to the required size for your chosen ROM. Read carefully and you will be fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20519266
There you go. .
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If you mean change ROM, then you can do what Shanman posted. If you mean actually change OS from android to Windows Mobile 6.5 (a stock ROM), you'll have to flash a LEOIMG.nbh in the boot loader (Google how to do this). If you want to flash Windows Phone then I'm afraid I don't think there's any way to do that.
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shanman-2 said:
Search for clk 1.5 This can be installed from the sdcard and will also Install a version of recovery.From the clk menu you can partition your nand to the required size for your chosen ROM. Read carefully and you will be fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20519266
There you go. .
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Thank you dear sir. I think that'll help. Thank you so much.

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