Hey all, I just bought myself an HTC HD2, I've read the guide for n00bs but I still have some questions.
What are some basic Dos and Don'ts with the hd2? I want to put Android on it. I see that they can get bricked easily, which is strange coming from an HTC Espresso that is nigh impossible to brick. What are some Dos and Don'ts to avoid a brick?
Are dual boots possible?
What are the most stable Android builds?
I'm really excited to get started with this phone, thanks for reading + answering
Dual boots are possible.. But then you'd have to boot Android from the SD card. If you have a T-Mobile HD2 make sure you never flash a non T-Mobile radio. That'll brick it. Apart from that there aren't many things to brick the phone. Most stable android builds should be the CM7 one's without sense
sudeep6258 said:
Dual boots are possible.. But then you'd have to boot Android from the SD card. If you have a T-Mobile HD2 make sure you never flash a non T-Mobile radio. That'll brick it. Apart from that there aren't many things to brick the phone. Most stable android builds should be the CM7 one's without sense
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Awesome, I'll be sure to remember that.
Sucks that the ones with sense aren't as stable, I love sense and some of the sense 3.0 roms looks mighty nice.
Al radios work on all European/International HD2's, there is no such thing a T-Mobile only radio. Just to be more persise read the following from the guide linked in my sig.
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Warning to all TMOUS HD2 owners you can not flash a 2.04,50.xx, 2.05.50.xx, or any x.xx.51.xx version radio to your HD2.This includes radio ROM verision that are included in a ROM. These radio versions will brick/ KILL a TMOUS HD2!!!!!
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Also never let your HD2 come unpluged or the battery die while flashing anything via USB/RUU.
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Hello,
I am getting ready to buy an HTC HD2 from T-Mobile next wednesday.
I have been doing some searches for stuff here ond XDA.
I have a probably stupid question.
Are HTC HD2 and HTC Leo the same thing, can I install themes and other things for the Leo on the HD2 from T-Mobile?
Thanks in advance!
Yes, leo is the HTC name for the hd2. Yes you can run all the same apps and themes and registry tweaks, only when it comes to rom and radio must you be sure that what you are flashing is tmous compatible.
samsamuel said:
Yes, leo is the HTC name for the hd2. Yes you can run all the same apps and themes and registry tweaks, only when it comes to rom and radio must you be sure that what you are flashing is tmous compatible.
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It is super important you are getting a radio and rom that are compatible with the Tmobile thing. If you are planning on flashing there is a link in my signature that should help you. If you flash something not compatible with tmobile it will brick your phone and be just as useful as a brick have fun. its an awesome phone
I too, am a WinMo noob and I just got the HD2 and am looking forward to putting custom ROMs on it. My only concern is if I accidentally brick the phone, is there any way to 'un-brick' the device and reinstall the stock TMo ROM that comes preinstalled with the phone?
if you can reinstall, then it wasnt bricked in teh first place, , , but yes, most problems are recoverable.
The big nono for tmous users is the radio, which the main distinction is the 3rd set of digits in the version.
It will always be either 50 or 51,
2.07.51.x
2.08.50.x for example.
all, every, and each radio with a ..51.. in the version WILL ALWAYS totally kill a tmous. Also 2.04.50.x and 2.05.50.x, even though they are 50 radios, will still kill it, stone dead.(or i suppose that should be brick dead)
PENGUINCARL said:
I too, am a WinMo noob and I just got the HD2 and am looking forward to putting custom ROMs on it. My only concern is if I accidentally brick the phone, is there any way to 'un-brick' the device and reinstall the stock TMo ROM that comes preinstalled with the phone?
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Listen to SamSamuel, Ive read many of his posts and he KNOWS his stuff. But I think he may have mis understood one part of your post. If you brick the phone, like really birck BRICK it, meaning it will not turn on, the computer only recognizes it as 'Qualcomm xxxx', it is toast. There will be NO going back. It is a loss. So read, and read some more, then read some more, before you even consider flashing. HD2 bricks are some of the most expensive bricks out there...
Thanks alot peepes!
I appreciate all the comments!
I decided to stay with at&t and I also decided to switch from my old trusty Iphone to the Samsung Captivate.
So far, I love it!!
Hey guys,
New to the forum
I've had my HTC HD2 for about 2-3 months now, and recently its been running really slow and crashing all the time.
Now I was wondering, would it be wise for me to upgrade to the latest ROM, or Android?
Thank's in advance.
smerf1 said:
Hey guys,
New to the forum
I've had my HTC HD2 for about 2-3 months now, and recently its been running really slow and crashing all the time.
Now I was wondering, would it be wise for me to upgrade to the latest ROM, or Android?
Thank's in advance.
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welcome. you can have both - new rom and android. i would do that!
The HD2 is an awesome phone, you honestly won't find much better stuff out there.
Don't run the stock winmo rom, it's crap. Flash a custom rom and install android, which imo is much better. Soon we will have a nand version of android on our phones making it just as quick in android as native android phones.
Thank you for the replies guys.
Now off to find tutorials lol
Any recommendations?
lots of reading!!!!
Start with updating your info so we know where you are located and what carrier you have.
There are 3 versions of the hd2.
Euro version
Aussie version
T-mobile usa version
I would read here for a tutorial on flashing custom ROMs for the t-mobile hd2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
For all others:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=609477
To flash a custom ROM you need to hspl unlock your phone.
go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6891358&postcount=1893
This will unlock all versions of the hd2.
For Android, the best 2 radios are usually 2.10 and 2.12 found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611787
These radios will work on all phones and are usually good radios for all ROMs. You need a .50 radio to flash most of the custom ROMs not to mention to run Android so might as well install one of these.
Next go here and pick out a ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=534
Most ROMs are compatible with all phones. Make sure if you have a tmous phone, not to flash any radio that has .51 in it. To run android you need .50 radios anyways.
I would suggest these ROMs as good ROMs to run android from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618787
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657807
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721438
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591784
and then finally, the Android builds that run from your SD card are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=735
I have personally only used this Android ROM as I have found Android to be too much like IOS and only really find the web browser to be better than WinMo:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735532
I really think that you should start with a custom ROM, get to know it, get to know about flashing before jumping into Android, but hey, it's your phone. How many other phones can dual boot?
Alternatively, you can flash the latest Stock ROM from HTCs website.
The stock ROM isn't necessarily crap, its usually down to opinion.
I use an O2 stock ROM, and have no performance issues.
rp-x1 said:
Alternatively, you can flash the latest Stock ROM from HTCs website.
The stock ROM isn't necessarily crap, its usually down to opinion.
I use an O2 stock ROM, and have no performance issues.
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I agree on the fact that the Stock Hd2 ROM isn't crap at all: if anything its the perfect one for me (so far)
I've tried the energy rom, the mirri rom, basic wm rom and all of them didn't do it for me looks wise.
All I really want is the basic 9 apps (iPhone style that I am used to) as my homescreen so I really don't need a ROM outside of wanting to find one with even better battery life. The Hd2's battery life has been great so far for me but is there a rom out there that is even better?
nrfitchett4,thanks thats really helpful
Hi Guys
I just got my T-mobile HTC HD2, and its used and unlocked, so I dont know if it's already has HSPL or not!! how do I know that?
the second thing; what happen if I installed by "mistake" an HD2 ROM that is not for T-mobile?
and does android froyo works perfectly on t-mobile hd2?
finally, is there a big different between the T-mobile HD2 and the orginal one? I know it has a 1024 MB Rom but is there a good reason to buy it over the orginal one, because I found a non Tmobile HD2 with cheap price and I am thinking to buy it for my brother.
take care
To find out if you have HardSPL applied, restart your device and hold the volume down button until you get to a three colored screen. Ass long as it says "COTULLA SPL" near the top you have HardSPL applied.
If you accidentally install a ROM that is not for the T-Mobile US HD2, it will brick your device and you will no longer have a working phone. Currently there is no way to repair such a device except through JTAG.
Android for the most part works, except for the sounds and MMS basically. Read the threads about Android for more info.
The difference between the Euro HD2 and the US HD2 is indeed the ROM size. The Euro one has 512MB of ROM, and the US has 1024MB of ROM. They ROMs are NOT compatable with each other, you MUST flash a ROM that is safe for the US HD2 if that is the device you have.
Thank you very much
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If you accidentally install a ROM that is not for the T-Mobile US HD2, it will brick your device and you will no longer have a working phone. Currently there is no way to repair such a device except through JTAG.
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Not quite true. If you accidentally flash a non tmous COOKED rom, then you are OK, because cooked roms generally dont contain a radio, and its the radios that kill. So the phone would hang on initial boot screen, but you could still enter bootloader and flash a new rom. Its only the official roms that contain radios, thats why so many people brick them trying to change the language, because they go for non tmous stock roms.
Thats what I mean, official ROMs cannot be mixed.
Hi there
i am planning to take hd2 as i love modding
which version is the best for modding the t-mobile or the leo???
Please help
If you want to mess with NAND i'd recommend tmo as it has a 1gig nand, but if you want to try winmo roms or android sd build i'd recommend leo as it doesn't treat you strictly regarding radio flashin, but it only have abt 480-512 of internal memory.
I want to try android i recently sold my tmobile vibrant
as there was very less development in the forum
little confused wether to take hd2 or international galaxy s but my bugdet is low
i will be trying all with sd initiallly later nand which will you suggest ???
I suggest Tmo as it has 1024 mb but you have to take care when flashing radios or roms ..
Congratulations on your new tmo HD2
Thanks a lot for your suggestion....
I hope there ARE plenty of ANDROID roms and modding to t-mobile hd2 ???
Tmo is the same as leo, so it has the ame roms ad builds (I repeat, Take extreme care when flashing anything, read everything twice )
aarif_ziaee said:
Thanks a lot for your suggestion....
I hope there ARE plenty of ANDROID roms and modding to t-mobile hd2 ???
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=928
that enough ROMs for you?
man you making me scared .... lol
i have previously used win mo htc touchpro .... i am used to installing custom windows rom but android i dont have any idea ....
i have owned an android device and i am used to installing custom rom on android but dont have any idea on htc hd2 will it brick???
You just have to check for everything you want to flash and see whether it's compatible with Tmou or not !
Does the telestra hd2 have the same 1gig nand?
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I just purchased an HTC HD2; which came with a dual boot of Windows Mobile and Froyo on the SD card.
I wanted to install CM7; but I'm new to the whole process and I have heard various methods of installing it; either on the SD card, NAND, or RAM?
What are the pro's/con's of each? Which would you recommend?
Go with NAND and MAGLDR.
RAM builds are kinda obsolete now.
SD Card.. uses more battery and cannot mount the phone as USB mass storage.
Latest ROMs, tweaks etc are in NAND.
NAND hands down.
dsmatrix said:
I just purchased an HTC HD2; which came with a dual boot of Windows Mobile and Froyo on the SD card.
I wanted to install CM7; but I'm new to the whole process and I have heard various methods of installing it; either on the SD card, NAND, or RAM?
What are the pro's/con's of each? Which would you recommend?
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I would recommend trying multiple different ROMs on SD (e.g. CM7, MIUI, Sense 3.0, Sense 3.5 etc.) on SD, then, once you've selected a ROM, flash a similar NAND ROM.
Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I've heard some rumors that NAND has some issues so I wasn't sure.
Is NAND the ROM?
Since I will most likely do a NAND flash, this would be the best guide right? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948)
Also, the phone is currently SIM-Locked;I wont be getting the unlock code from the buyer for another day, would I still be able to flash the phone and THEN input the unlock code after without screwing up anything?
dsmatrix said:
Since I will most likely do a NAND flash, this would be the best guide right? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948)
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yeah, that one guide is great.
I would personally advise you to try out the clk versions, it acts more like a native android device. Also, with clk you will be able to use clockwork mod recovery, which makes things a lot easier.
I'm using AmeriCanAndroid, and I couldn't be happier about it.
But anyway, for sure go for the Nand version, that means that android will be installed as the native operation system, formatting the internal memory and getting rid of windows mobile. You won't need it anymore.
P.s. Just to make things clearer: nand is installing android on internal memory, clk and magldr are types of bootloaders to use and install nand android through.
Sent from my HD2 using my fingers.
I would recommend using a NAND based ROM over an SD. Uses less battery and is smoother running, unless you just have to have WM. And if an issue arises, a NAND based ROM is easy to back up or change out to a different ROM. On your question on unlocking your phone, the process is independent of whether your phone is on WM or Android. The procedure to unlock the phone is based on the IMEI number of the phone and uses hidden features on the phone independent of the OS on board.
Thanks guys. I just had a few more questions,
Is the guide that I posted compatible with a T-Mobile version hd2?
In terms of flashing, are there any big things to be careful about to avoid bricking your phone? (radio, etc?). Would there be any way to salvage a phone if something were to happen?
dsmatrix said:
Thanks guys. I just had a few more questions,
Is the guide that I posted compatible with a T-Mobile version hd2?
In terms of flashing, are there any big things to be careful about to avoid bricking your phone? (radio, etc?). Would there be any way to salvage a phone if something were to happen?
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That's the guide I used to flash my T-Mobile US phone. So it should work for you as well. If something did happen to your phone, you can always flash back to WM. Follow the guide, you shouldn't find that you will brick your phone. As long as you don't flash the wrong radio. US phones use the 2.xx.50.xx versions and EU use the 2.xx.51.xx versions of radio. If you search for the radio thread, it will fully explain this and have the correct/latest radios available for download. Just don't mix them up and you won't brick your phone. Latest radio version for US phones is already in the guide that you posted.
slbenz said:
That's the guide I used to flash my T-Mobile US phone. So it should work for you as well. If something did happen to your phone, you can always flash back to WM. Follow the guide, you shouldn't find that you will brick your phone. As long as you don't flash the wrong radio. US phones use the 2.xx.50.xx versions and EU use the 2.xx.51.xx versions of radio. If you search for the radio thread, it will fully explain this and have the correct/latest radios available for download. Just don't mix them up and you won't brick your phone. Latest radio version for US phones is already in the guide that you posted.
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Thanks! The seller mentioned he flashed the latest radio, is there a way to make sure?
dsmatrix said:
Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I've heard some rumors that NAND has some issues so I wasn't sure.
Is NAND the ROM?
Since I will most likely do a NAND flash, this would be the best guide right? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948)
Also, the phone is currently SIM-Locked;I wont be getting the unlock code from the buyer for another day, would I still be able to flash the phone and THEN input the unlock code after without screwing up anything?
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Actually, I would recommend this guide. The guide you posted doesn't involve CWM and is thus pretty much useless for modern ROMs.
And the Radio version should be in phone software info (if I remember correctly) under settings.
I think it doesn't matter as far as your sd card is fast enough! I am buying new Tmous HD2 since i don't have to make sd ext for sense Roms and they took 1.5 hours to install on my wwe HD2! Big advantage of sd build comes when you dual boot.
Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm a bit caught up with work so I wont try flashing it till this weekend, thanks again.
dsmatrix said:
Thanks! The seller mentioned he flashed the latest radio, is there a way to make sure?
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Go under Settings then About Phone and you should see a line called Baseband Version and should tell you after the underscore what radio you are using. Mine shows 2.15.50.14 which is the latest for a T-Mobile US phone.