Hello there
I bought htc hd2 second hand with windows 6.5 installed on it, but i did not like it so i followed some tutorial here in how to install android. i did that and i never been happier, however i was surprised when i run out of buttery and my device shutdown then recharge it and turn it on there was windows again and i had to do all the process again to lunch android system which drove me crazy because all the app's i already downloaded and installed on SD card were not working any more ...
So i have a few questions hopefully someone can help:
1. Is there any way i can uninstall windows from my HTC HD2 permanently and replace it with Android ?
2. If not How can i help my app's from getting lost?
3. what is the best way to back up my files and data before doing any thing new to my device?
4. since i am new to this system can any one explain to me what is the different between android, mglader and nand ? and what is latest version of Android?
You´ve installed SD Android? If so, you don´t need to install it every time your phone reboots. Just go into your android folder on SD card and run clrcard and than Haret. After that your phone will boot Android. So your data probabaly weren´t erased.
And for fourth question: Android is operating system, just like WM. For HD2 there are two types of Android - for SD and NAND. SD keeps your WM in phone. You don´t do anything to the phone, so you don´t loose warranty. But is little less responsive. This version I reccommend for those, who aren´t sure if they want Android 100%.
Than there is NAND which replace WM on internal memory. It´s more risky ´cause you need to install HSPL and different loader (MAGLDR or cLK) and there is possibility that you will brick your phone. And if sending phone to service in warranty time, you should restore the previous state - install normal SPL and WM instead of android. So it´s up to you which metod you choose
Thank you very much, you do not know how much that was helpful and i think i will go with the risky option but you still haven't answered my 3rd question about back up my data ??
Don.Meero said:
Thank you very much, you do not know how much that was helpful and i think i will go with the risky option but you still haven't answered my 3rd question about back up my data ??
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Titanium backup from Android market.
Search the forums for the HD2 toolkit. It makes installing Nand Android quite simple. I think you will find that you get better performance and battery life with the Nand version of android as opposed to the SD version.
Thank you guys
Thank you Guys i never been happier with my HTC HD2 working with NAND Android it's awesome
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Hi guys, i have a strange problem i looked for an answer in the forum but i didn't match anything.
I have a HD2 T-Mob with:
- hspl 3
- radio 2.15.50.
when i booted android in the past always was great! android boot and then run normally, but one day my phone with low battery shutdown with android.
Now i tried a lot of wm rom's, radio and android's build, formatted my sd with sdFormatter but NOTHING!
Android load and for only 1 sec appear then shutdown the phone.
I think that android find some file from battery check and shutdown the phone.
I have no idea how to work android on my phone please help me!
Anyone had this problem? anyone can help me?
thanks.
ps. sorry for my english but i'm italian and i don't speak english well.
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Hi guys, i have a strange problem i looked for an answer in the forum but i didn't match anything.
I have a HD2 T-Mob with:
- hspl 3
- radio 2.15.50.
when i booted android in the past always was great! android boot and then run normally, but one day my phone with low battery shutdown with android.
Now i tried a lot of wm rom's, radio and android's build, formatted my sd with sdFormatter but NOTHING!
Android load and for only 1 sec appear then shutdown the phone.
I think that android find some file from battery check and shutdown the phone.
I have no idea how to work android on my phone please help me!
Anyone had this problem? anyone can help me?
thanks.
ps. sorry for my english but i'm italian and i don't speak english well.
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Your English skillz are good dude. Did you try to format your SD card and copying a fresh Android build back over and starting again?
Yes i did, crisisinthecity! But nothing.
the strange thing it's that android loads and when finishes and makes data.img, the phone shutdown it self.
I have seen that in the SD there is a file of windows mobile, a sort of encryption's file, every time i formated my SD and copied on it the android directory when i loaded android at the next reboot (after the shutdown) i saw this file on the root of the SD.
please anyone know this problem?
Thanks.
Nobody can help me?
please.
Do you have a different storage card you could try? Everything works fine in Windows?
yes, i've 2 SD card, one class 4 and class 2. I tried with both, the result it's the same!
yes, on windows everythings works.
when i run clrcad.exe i run it with lights on and then tap to haret.exe! i think it's correct. i flash all my roms after task29, all my roms work correctly on my device and have no problems... I've no more ideas!
It all started when the phone is off with Android.
Now i'm trying to re-flash vbnrom and mdeejay froyo sense 2.4 but i think it isn't a rom's compatibility problem.
Hi guys, I solved my problem to run Android!
It was a stupid problem... now is perfect! I post the solution in case someone else had the same problem.
As you know there are two ways to load wm rom:
the first is via USB, the second is directly load the rom on sd and flash it from your phone without pc.
Both are successful but with a BIG difference (for me)...
If use usb method to load the rom, it created the file data.img but did not run the build of Android.
The wm rom works perfectly but android NO.
I solved it by putting the rom on sd and flash it from the phone.
Thanks to everyone for the help!
Hello guys im thinking to switch to WM7 cause my stock TMobile WM6.5 is makin my battary drain so fast that i lose about 10-15% per hour with nothing working and i think it got bugged and i did couple of hard rests and nothing helped
1)how i change my OS system?
2)will i be able to get back to WM 6.5 after its done?
3)if i hard rest the phone with WM7 what will happen
4)what is the best version is out there? i dont want to get bricked or something is there diffrence between T-mo HD2 getting WM7 then the international?
1) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971478
2) you can flash WM6.5 at anytime
3) If you hard reset it with WP7, it's the same as WM6.5
4) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180857
what u mean flash? like in the PC i can choose which OS i want like XP or Win7 on start up?
No, if you want WM6.5 you need to flash WM6.5 ROM and you will loose WP7, you can use only one OS.
then what is dual boot? i heard about it in here can i do it? like have WM 6.5 on normal and put WP7 on the SD card or its something else?
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then what is dual boot? i heard about it in here can i do it? like have WM 6.5 on normal and put WP7 on the SD card or its something else?
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The dual boot is for WP7/Android Only.
So you would need to start over any time you "flash" WP7 or WM 6.5. you can still use a live account to sync calendar and contacts on both so you want have to put them in every time.
you will need a live.com account and an activation key for WP7(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921309)
it will only take you a few minutes to go back or forth.
you also have the ability to "dual boot" WM6.5 and Android by installing an SD Android ROM to your SD card. This is usually done by downloading a file and putting the Android folder to the root of your SD card, tapping on Clrcad and then on HaRET (Check the instructions given by the Chef for your chosen build(ACA is good))
Voila you are dual booting and can check your battery.
I suspect you may need a new battery anyway
ok so there is no chance that WP7 would be like this??
and tthe battary is good cause when i put my phone off( disabling all wireless connection) battary drain get back to normal like when i had it new
SnakeBites said:
ok so there is no chance that WP7 would be like this??
and tthe battary is good cause when i put my phone off( disabling all wireless connection) battary drain get back to normal like when i had it new
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Nope, i dont think there is enough intrest in it, i personally would love for WP/WM combo but Androids have taken over the forum
there was talking a while back that magldr could get WP and WM booting together but only on 1024MB HD2s, (TMOUS) what we would need is WM running from SD card which then gets loaded in to RAM, intrestingly WM2003se used something similar but i think WM5+ needed non volitile storage.
Hello everybody !
First off, I apologize for my bad english !
I only have a little question : is it possible to install both WinMob6.5 and Android in NAND, or is it required to install Android on SD card ?
I searched all around the board, but I didn't find any satisfying answer (maybe I didn't search very well)
Thanks for reading!
If you want to keep Windows Mobile, and have Android, you'll need to run Android from SD. You can only have one OS on NAND at a time.
Sent from phone
You can not run 2 OS from NAND, so its not possible.
Tanks for your anserws, I will run Android from my SD !
Hi all, I have a smiliar issue regarding WM 6.5 and Android.
I haven't got a clue about flashing the ROM or rooting the phone but my SPL version when I bought the HD2 was already 3.03. I installed Gingerbread 2.3 on the SD Card and it was all running fine but if I power off or reboot my phone it switches back to WM 6.5 which I don't want to happen.
Is there a way to prevent it or have I done something wrong/missed a step?
Thanks for any help.
You can use a WinMo bootloader, like this one. If you are not interested in flashing Windows Phone 7 or NAND Android, it's the best option.
You can prevent switches almost completely (no winmo, but 3 seconds of magldr) by installing magldr, but I don't think that you want it. It doesn't have any sense when you just want to have SD Android.
ANichols24 said:
Hi all, I have a smiliar issue regarding WM 6.5 and Android.
I haven't got a clue about flashing the ROM or rooting the phone but my SPL version when I bought the HD2 was already 3.03. I installed Gingerbread 2.3 on the SD Card and it was all running fine but if I power off or reboot my phone it switches back to WM 6.5 which I don't want to happen.
Is there a way to prevent it or have I done something wrong/missed a step?
Thanks for any help.
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There are two ways to run android:
- SD card
- flashing android in NAND
if you choose the first option, you have to start android from your SD card.
when you reboot your phone, WM will start. i believe you chose this option.
the second one replaces WM completely! (there are ways to change it back if you dont wanna have this anymore)
if you start your phone, android will boot instead of WM.
there are different ROMs for the 2 options you have. just have a look in the forums:
SD ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=735
NAND ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=928
just follow this tutorial if you wanna replace WM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
there is a big FAQ thread for this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905841
Good luck, its not that hard.
prexx
Thanks for your help guys. I've watched the video and it seems fairly straight forward to install the NAND Android as I want WM gone completely.
Very much appreciated to a newbie at this sort of thing!
Hi
I Have The HTC HD2 And I Installed The AmeriCanAndroid
The Problem is Wan I Reboot it goes back to windows. how can i make Android my Default OS
Thank You
No Help ? please
Thanks
Sounds like you have android installed on SD, meaning it runs on top of winmo,, winmo or magldr must be running to run SD card android.
If you want only android, install a nand version.
Matteo-M said:
Hi
I Have The HTC HD2 And I Installed The AmeriCanAndroid
The Problem is Wan I Reboot it goes back to windows. how can i make Android my Default OS
Thank You
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You have to install the NAND version... i think you have installed the SD-card version... and therefor everytime you restart it will booot into Windows first.
if you install NAND, it will automaticly restart into android again.
So what you need to do is install a NAND-rom.
good luck!
Yes that's my problem i installed on SD if I Install The NAND-rom The winmo Will Be Deleted And I Will Have One OS I'm I right?
Because the battery seems to be draining fast With 2 OS winmo + Android
Thank You Very Much..!!!
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Yes that's my problem i installed on SD if I Install The NAND-rom The winmo Will Be Deleted And I Will Have One OS I'm I right?
Because the battery seems to be draining fast With 2 OS winmo + Android
Thank You Very Much..!!!
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yes you´re right!
you might expect better battery also, since you no longer have do run a whole ROM from the SDcard.. thats a lot of hard work. it will run better on NAND.
yes, winmo will be deleted, and Android will be your new standard OS. (and thats a really good thing.)
good luck!
Thank You 123Me !!!
OK,I ve made a thread before but none seems to be interested...I have a T-mobile htc hd2 tha runs on custom winmo6.5 rom...i want to install wp7 but as soon as i install em touchscreen does not respond at all...then i get back to winmo6.5 and everything works great...i ve tried hundreds of tutorials and performed every step very carefully...PLEASE HELP ME!
yeah I think I remember, did you try android?
did you try downloading the latest Original HTC ROM un-modded directly from them and SD card install it?
Its possible that the digitiser is just slightly different for one reason or another than other peoples devices which might not play well with the driver?
have you tried out the ultrafruit ROM, that uses a different drive to Pdamatejam so try them both?
it could well be hardware mate, even corrupt RAM can give off some odd behaviour if you didn't get the answer you were looking for before then its likely that we didn't have an answer to help you.
oh PS
im not one for picking up on spelling and grammar etc (mine sucks!) but see the use of ! you don't really need more than 3, like this!!!
more often than not 1 will suffice!
dazza9075 said:
yeah I think I remember, did you try android?
did you try downloading the latest Original HTC ROM un-modded directly from them and SD card install it?
Its possible that the digitiser is just slightly different for one reason or another than other peoples devices which might not play well with the driver?
have you tried out the ultrafruit ROM, that uses a different drive to Pdamatejam so try them both?
it could well be hardware mate, even corrupt RAM can give off some odd behaviour if you didn't get the answer you were looking for before then its likely that we didn't have an answer to help you.
oh PS
im not one for picking up on spelling and grammar etc but see the use of ! you don't really need more than 3, like this!!!
more often than not 1 will suffice!
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thanks a lot matethis was the most complete answer i could get...as soon as i try everything i will tell you...thanks again
tsagas said:
thanks a lot matethis was the most complete answer i could get...as soon as i try everything i will tell you...thanks again
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be careful of ultrafruit...i've read it's buggy...you probably want to try yuki/xbmod back to the future rom. just make sure you install the devstoragelock.cab so you can unlock your sd card before flashing another wp7 flavor.
i believe i responded to your original thread and asked which rom you were using and also if you performed the required magdlr prep steps? i don't think you ever answered. the prep steps being 10-services, 5-clear mbr, and 4-uselast24nand...then flash.
perform task29, install magdlr, perform prep, flash.
hjhjhj said:
be careful of ultrafruit...i've read it's buggy...you probably want to try yuki/xbmod back to the future rom. just make sure you install the devstoragelock.cab so you can unlock your sd card before flashing another wp7 flavor.
i believe i responded to your original thread and asked which rom you were using and also if you performed the required magdlr prep steps? i don't think you ever answered. the prep steps being 10-services, 5-clear mbr, and 4-uselast24nand...then flash.
perform task29, install magdlr, perform prep, flash.
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I ve done whatever u said and still touchscreen is dead...why do i need to unlock the sd card and how do i know that mine isnt unlocked?
tsagas said:
I ve done whatever u said and still touchscreen is dead...why do i need to unlock the sd card and how do i know that mine isnt unlocked?
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yuki/xbmod's bttf rom is the only rom that locks the sd card. if you haven't used bttf then you have nothing to worry about. also, if your sd was locked the card would be useless period. the card would not be recognized by any pc nor phone until unlocked again.
like i said try bttf rom and see if it makes the screen work. i believe hd2o, ansar, and pdajim's, and others use the ultrafruit as their core. bttf is pure original microsoft wp7 base...and was working long before ultrafruit even came out.
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yuki/xbmod's bttf rom is the only rom that locks the sd card. if you haven't used bttf then you have nothing to worry about. also, if your sd was locked the card would be useless period. the card would not be recognized by any pc nor phone until unlocked again.
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Ok,i will install it and then tell you...but i am sure that my touchscreen won't response...any idea what may causing it?do i need to change digitizer?I've changed once...
tsagas said:
thanks a lot matethis was the most complete answer i could get...as soon as i try everything i will tell you...thanks again
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I ve installed ultrafruit and still touchscreen does'nt respond...at least i have functionallity of the power button now...that s a great improvmentlol
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tsagas said:
Ok,i will install it and then tell you...but i am sure that my touchscreen won't response...any idea what may causing it?do i need to change digitizer?I've changed once...
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if your screen is working with wm6.5 and perhaps android, then for some reason wp7 has interface issues with your phone. i guess the question is does your entire screen work without issues in wm6.5 and/or android. if so, it's a wp7 interface issue...if the screen isn't 100% in wm6.5 then it's probably a digitizer issue.
actually, if you've replaced the digitizer before, it could be the replacement hardware causing
the wp7 interface issue. i guess it depends on the quality of the replacement screen's firmware.
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if your screen is working with wm6.5 and perhaps android, then for some reason wp7 has interface issues with your phone. i guess the question is does your entire screen work without issues in wm6.5 and/or android. if so, it's a wp7 interface issue...if the screen isn't 100% in wm6.5 then it's probably a digitizer issue. if you replace the screen make sure you get the corrwct one for tmous hd2...plus it's not an easy repair (i know from experience). you can easily make your phome useless...you literally have to take the whole phone apart and.back together.
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the screen works 100% with wm6.5,i dont really like android and thats why
i havnt tried to install em...the screen has been changed before(not by me) but it's not a t-mobile screen...
tsagas said:
the screen works 100% with wm6.5,i dont really like android and thats why
i havnt tried to install em...the screen has been changed before(not by me) but it's not a t-mobile screen...
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see my previous updated post.
hjhjhj said:
be careful of ultrafruit...i've read it's buggy...you probably want to try yuki/xbmod back to the future rom. just make sure you install the devstoragelock.cab so you can unlock your sd card before flashing another wp7 flavor.
i believe i responded to your original thread and asked which rom you were using and also if you performed the required magdlr prep steps? i don't think you ever answered. the prep steps being 10-services, 5-clear mbr, and 4-uselast24nand...then flash.
perform task29, install magdlr, perform prep, flash.
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Since i am trying to install yuki/xbmod rom right now can u please tell me how to install devstoragelock.cab?do i install it on wm6.5 like all other cabs?in microsd?
tsagas said:
Since i am trying to install yuki/xbmod rom right now can u please tell me how to install devstoragelock.cab?do i install it on wm6.5 like all other cabs?in microsd?
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you need read how to install cabs for wp7. it's very diffeerent than wm6.5. you have to use the cab sender tool. get the base flash exe from my signature...the v2.1 flasher. then go here for info.
#1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236027
#2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250869
then download ftp is is here just for the devstoragelock cab..
http://xboxmod.sylvester20007.com/CABS/TWEAK.CAB/SDCARD/
if you decide to progress further than the initial base the rest of the needed downloads are here.
http://xboxmod.sylvester20007.com
the devstoragelock cab adds an app to your list of apps and follow screen. be sure to unlock the sd card if this rom doesn't fix the screen issue before trying flash back to wm6.5.
hjhjhj said:
you need read how to install cabs for wp7. it's very diffeerent than wm6.5. you have to use the cab sender tool. get the base flash exe from my signature...the v2.1 flasher. then go here for info.
#1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236027
#2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250869
then download ftp is is here just for the devstoragelock cab..
http://xboxmod.sylvester20007.com/CABS/TWEAK.CAB/SDCARD/
if you decide to progress further than the initial base the rest of the needed downloads are here.
http://xboxmod.sylvester20007.com
the devstoragelock cab adds an app to your list of apps and follow screen. be sure to unlock the sd card if this rom doesn't fix the screen issue before trying flash back to wm6.5.
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still nothing:/touchscreen is dead:/what am i suppose to do?i really want wp7
tsagas said:
still nothing:/touchscreen is dead:/what am i suppose to do?i really want wp7
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new hd2 or new windows phone or be satisfied with wm6.5.
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new hd2 or new windows phone or be satisfied with wm6.5.
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awful...i am gonna try android...if you find anything about my problem please contact [email protected] come my hd2 is the only one in the world that cannot boot wp7?
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awful...i am gonna try android...if you find anything about my problem please contact [email protected] come my hd2 is the only one in the world that cannot boot wp7?
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it's probably the replacement screen used by the previous owner. you should install android on sd...no flashing required. just reformat your sd to fat32. or you can install in nand.
either case i would recommend this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441462 release 34 for either the nand or sd version. the current releases are not very stable. you can see the version in my signature.
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it's probably the replacement screen used by the previous owner. you should install android on sd...no flashing required. just reformat your sd to fat32. or you can install in nand.
either case i would recommend this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441462 release 34 for either the nand or sd version. the current releases are not very stable. you can see the version in my signature.
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Ive tried android and i get stucked to the GO GO GO thing when I am flashing CWM...I dont know what the f is happening or if i am doing something wrong
I'm late to this thread.
OP - have you successfully installed the Yuki BTTF ROM for WP7? That ROM is super stable an no one has complained of the touch screen not working.
All of your posts don't give a conclusive answer that you've successfully installed that ROM. If you had installed it, then your SD card would be locked to that OS. If it were installed and the touchscreen weren't working, then you wouldn't be able to unlock the SD card, as you'd need to use the screen in order to select the storage lock app that you would have installed via cab sender.
Please clean this conversation up by listing exactly what steps you've done and provide links to the ROM's that you've tried.
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I'm late to this thread.
OP - have you successfully installed the Yuki BTTF ROM for WP7? That ROM is super stable an no one has complained of the touch screen not working.
All of your posts don't give a conclusive answer that you've successfully installed that ROM. If you had installed it, then your SD card would be locked to that OS. If it were installed and the touchscreen weren't working, then you wouldn't be able to unlock the SD card, as you'd need to use the screen in order to select the storage lock app that you would have installed via cab sender.
Please clean this conversation up by listing exactly what steps you've done and provide links to the ROM's that you've tried.
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He has tried installing HD2O and Pdajim's ROMs I believe. He says he installed BTTF and it didn't work which means his SD card is locked. I guess he has other cards to use for moving to android.
What part of this thread do you not get?
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tsagas said:
Ive tried android and i get stucked to the GO GO GO thing when I am flashing CWM...I dont know what the f is happening or if i am doing something wrong
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you have to use hd2toolkit found in the android for hd2 forum to install nand android. it's an extensive set of instructions on how to install nand android for the hd2. you cannot use magdlr to install nand android.
in order to install sd android, you have follow and setup certain things in magdlr to boot the sd android installation. for sd android you DO NOT flash anything.
go to the android for hd2 forum and read...read...read....ESPECIALLY if you want to flash nand android!