Hello
My girlfriend borrowed her dads HD2, and now it stopped working. She talked to him and most likely it requires an update of Android.
I'm usually pretty tech-savvy, but the language spoken on this forum is beyond my comprehension.
So, I have a HD2 with both win & Android installed. To boot into Android i need to go into windows and press two files on the SD-card: "CLRCAD" & "HARET".
The files look like this in Windows (pc):
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Her dad mentioned Boxmax 6.5, so I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100560
The files I downloaded from there looks pretty similar, aside from a few additions on the phone.
Downloaded the SD-one, but now i'm lost.
How do I update the phone? Just overwrite the files with the new ones or clean install? If it's a clean install, how do i do it? Do i need to backup something?
Backup all files on the SD card to a safe place (pc).
Delete folder Android on the card.
Copy the Android folder from the archive you downloaded.
Pop the SD card back into HD2, and start Android from winMo (clrcad, haret) or better yet install the exceller autoboot.
Thanks alot, sounds easy enough
When i pop the things back on the SD-card from the backup-folder, I still need to install all the apps and widgets again right?
Edit: Oh, and what about all her messages? Are they stored on the phone?
bolbronx said:
Thanks alot, sounds easy enough
When i pop the things back on the SD-card from the backup-folder, I still need to install all the apps and widgets again right?
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Yeah, you usually use titanium backup, heh.
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Thanks so far for all the help, I got it working fine except, and this might be a really n00bish question, how do I turn off the phone?
Nevermind, found Quickboot
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I bought my HERO just a few days ago.
Once,the system halted and I took the battery out of the phone.
After that,when I turn on the phone,it show the first picture in the attachments
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and then only when I press the DIAL button ,the phone responses,and it shows the second picture in the attachments
I have checked that the buttons of the phone are all OK.
And I have sent it to someone to mend it,he said that the phone can not be connected to the computer,but he succeeded in flashing it with the miniSD memory card. BUT the phone still has the same problem.What's more ,the H-BOOT has been flashed by him from 1.76.005 to 1.76.007. But the problem still
exist....
Can anybody help me?...
And I'm from China,my English is not very good...
This might help...
g0mib0y said:
EDIT: DON'T UPDATE TO 2.1 AGAIN SINCE IT WILL HANG ONE MORE TIME. WAIT FOR HTC TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE!!!!!!
EDIT 2: BACK UPP ALL YOUR DATA FROM YOUR MEMORY CARD FIRST!!!
EDIT 3: How did I find this out? I talked to a very helpful HTC suport rep (yes they do actually exist in Sweden). He helped me do these steps and so I thought I should share this.
Ok so you got a message that 2.1 was available for your Hero - FINELY! and you installed it using OTA. And then you got a triangle with a ! in it and you rebooted and all it says is "HERO".
This is how to solve it!
Take out your memory card. FORMAT TO <span style="font-weight:bold;">FAT32</span>!!!
Download the RUU 2.73.405.5 from HTC support homepage
Run the installation.
When it fails to find your phone <span style="font-weight:bold;">DON'T EXIT!!!</span>
If you are using Windows 7 go in to c:\Users\<span style="font-style:italic;">yourusername</span>\AppData\Local\Temp
Search for ROM.zip
Move to desktop
Rename to HEROIMG.zip
Transfer to your newly formated memory card now with FAT32 file system
Put memory card into phone
Start phone holding volume down pressed.
It will now check zip fil and then ask if you want to install.
homekey for YES
After installing you have 1.5 again and can safely upgrade to 2.1 OTA
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What is the best way to roganise my phone?
I plug in my phone and all i see are folder's after folder's and file's after file's
totally, unorganised it looks a complete mess and to be honest i dont even know what most of the files are for as well as folders.
102 items in the root of my phone & Sd-Card, am trying to tidy it up,
I want all my music in a Music folder as apposed to 3 which I have Music, Music Junk & Music_online , its really unorganised. Photo's and Video's need to be organised as well.
So i have applications that create folders in the root. , can i not add a folder called Applications, and then the apps will create folders in their or somthing?
Anybody got any idea's and will i be ok to delete most of these folders and files?
Thanks
I too find it a complete mess, although I have organised my media folder. Here's what mine looks like right now...
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I too find it a complete mess, although I have organised my media folder. Here's what mine looks like right now...
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Thanks for the reply, I had a LOT more than that in my list haha, so what i decided to do was just backup my music / photos / apps (.apk) / video's and format my card, then place the backup back .
looks alot tidyier now =D
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Thanks for the reply, I had a LOT more than that in my list haha, so what i decided to do was just backup my music / photos / apps (.apk) / video's and format my card, then place the backup back .
looks alot tidyier now =D
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I've rooted mine so think some of what's on there will be needed, so I'll just have to put up with it. I've had to flash it 5 or 6 times already by tinkering, only had it a week too lol.
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First, get the game on your Phone!
If it's not available in your country, you can change your operator with Market Enabler (to T-mobile for example) and one of the 3 versions listed by EA will become compatible with your phone.
Run Worms and let it download it's database in sdcard/android/data/com.ea.worms_NA_vzw
Create a folder called com.ea.worms_na if it's not there already and paste the content from the one above inside it.
You should now have an identical content in the two folders and the same size ~34mb each.
Then locate your worms.apk file (com.ea.worms...).It should be in or data/app; if it's not go to your program manager and select "move to phone".
Then paste the folders in sdcard/android/data on your tablet and worms.apk anywhere you like and install it.
Voila, you have worms! Don't forget to say thanks if you enjoy this game too
Let's see how long it takes for EA to "port" since the only thing that's not in place is the cross-hair, it's a little too big but the game is totally playable.
ill try (did this on my nook) but since the last update the game doesnot even start up
Make sure you have the two folders synched right, the app is bugged and doesn't do that by itself.
If anything else fails, delete the folders, uninstall, start over.
I use a Appkik Backup to get the .apk, then I email it to myself from the phone.
On the tab, I download the app and install it from email.
Same process, but easier (the backup .apk's are always in the same folder) and it's wireless. Plus some paid apps are hidden.
Then occasionally I will plug my phone into my PC and make a copy of the backup folder. Then all apps are on my PC should I clean sweep and want to reinstall all of them.
I have tried this several ways, but it tries to download the files to support and then says unsupported device. Any suggestions?
OK - after playing around I finally got it to work. Do I need to install anything to get the sound to work? No luck here.
OK - after playing around I finally got it to work. Do I need to install anything to get the sound to work? No luck here.[/QUOTE]
Turn off Dolby.
Been getting touch screen issues with 3.1 custom roms. Have to check around more.
Please try a round and report.
I spent the last 3 years on an iphone so I'm a bit rusty as far as Android. The last time I rooted an Android, it had a regular sd card. Since this phone mounts its files as basically a virtual sdcard, I'm wondering if flashing a rom will wipe all that data as well. In other words, should I back everything up first. Maybe that's a dumb question, I should back up no matter what....but I'm still curious.
Thanks!
Hi jedthehumanoid,
Your thread was moved from the development section to Q&A. Please do not post questions in the development section in future. I have also edited your post removing the first paragraph which asks for a "best" ROM. There is no best ROM/Kernel, head over to the development section and try them out to see which "best" suits you.
jedthehumanoid said:
I spent the last 3 years on an iphone so I'm a bit rusty as far as Android. The last time I rooted an Android, it had a regular sd card. Since this phone mounts its files as basically a virtual sdcard, I'm wondering if flashing a rom will wipe all that data as well. In other words, should I back everything up first. Maybe that's a dumb question, I should back up no matter what....but I'm still curious.
Thanks!
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Wiping data/factory reset (which is what is required when flashing roms) will not erase your sd card contents. In other words, pictures, downloads, and stuff like that will remain. But you should always do a nandroid backup of your system so you can return to a working state should something get borked. Your apps will get erased. Consider using the Titanium Backup app to backup those.
Do not push this button because that WILL delete your SD card contents. Simply swipe the slider to wipe data/factory reset.
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OK a few months ago I installed Hyperdrive rom on my phone, Correctly with busybox, superSu and safestrap.
I would like a clean Wipe and reinstall. I forgot how using safestap. I downloaded the newest Edt of hyperdrive rom and I would like to replace it from the old version
Can someone guide me please on how to do this correctly, Phone is rooted etc already Just want to delete the old rom * on the stock slot and reload the new rom from my .zip file on my Sd card.
thanks
Jayson
I-ron-ic-HTC said:
OK a few months ago I installed Hyperdrive rom on my phone, Correctly with busybox, superSu and safestrap.
I would like a clean Wipe and reinstall. I forgot how using safestap. I downloaded the newest Edt of hyperdrive rom and I would like to replace it from the old version
Can someone guide me please on how to do this correctly, Phone is rooted etc already Just want to delete the old rom * on the stock slot and reload the new rom from my .zip file on my Sd card.
thanks
Jayson
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Don't do the erase just flash over top of it and do a clean wipe
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Don't do the erase just flash over top of it and do a clean wipe
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OK I did it, thanks.. It was missing some .Apk packs it didnt reinstall , I just checked what apks I was missing like Viper4andriod etc I just Downloaded them separately and
reinstalled. I do notice once in a while * system settings force closes on me, but I wont worry about it.
could you please give me some advice on great * Icon packs * syfi if possible ? where to look on these forums for them ? and would they be compatibly with hyper drive rom
jayson
again thanks