[Q] Windows 7 and Android - HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera

Dear All Experts....
First of All Thanks to all.............
I have one question I have android 2.3.5 cynogenmod rom install on my htc hd2
on 16 GB card.... now i also want to taste win 7 on other card.....
Is it possible to use both Os without changing any setting while swaping the cards......

The HD2 (ATM) can't boot Windows 7.
But if you mean WP7, then no.
No because the HD2 can only hold one OS on its NAND, either WP7 or Android.
However, you can dual boot both OS's under two conditions:
1- It must not be a mango version (e.g nodo) .. because Mango locks up the SD and you can't use it for android. (AFAIK)
2- Android must be on the SD (an SD version).

Marvlesz said:
The HD2 (ATM) can't boot Windows 7.
But if you mean WP7, then no.
No because the HD2 can only hold one OS on its NAND, either WP7 or Android.
However, you can dual boot both OS's under two conditions:
1- It must not be a mango version (e.g nodo) .. because Mango locks up the SD and you can't use it for android. (AFAIK)
2- Android must be on the SD (an SD version).
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Isn't there a SD card unlock for Mango ?

No its not possible to run both os off two sd cards
I got dual boot on my hd2 mango running as nand and android off the sd card
There is a storage unlock.cab file which partitions your sd card to whatever size you want to run android off the sd card after you flash mango..

Hi Moschino02
Can you tell me the Process for There is a storage unlock.cab file which partitions your sd card to whatever size you want to run android off the sd card after you flash mango..

Harshad3483 said:
Hi Moschino02
Can you tell me the Process for There is a storage unlock.cab file which partitions your sd card to whatever size you want to run android off the sd card after you flash mango..
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a) Got to the back to future WP7 rom thread.
b) Read.
You just install the cab to unlock card and resize partition and then put your android files on the sdcard and boot android via magldr.

yeah but after i did that i cannot boot wp7.I use hyperdroid nand rom and yuki's mango build.Can anyone help i'm new in dual boot and i really dont know what to do but i want to fix it.If there is some way without flashing a stock rom and install the mango all the way from the beggining please share

I have clearly stated that you cannot boot Android (NAND) along with WP7, yet you tried to use HyperDroid NAND + WP7?
You need Android on your sd (refer to the SD development forum) and WP7 on NAND.

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WP7 NAND HD2 + Android Boot From SD ?

Hi,
Interested to see if this is possible, Simply because MAGDLR 1.12 has the SD Android boot option BUT NAND flashing of WP7 rom does something ? to the SD card, pretty much leaving the SD card useless unless formatted back to Winmo/Android, BUT the second catch is, if the card is formatted back AFTER WP7 flash, WP7 on HD2, then WP7 doesn't work properly ... A catch 22. Anyway around this, or maybe something I'm missing ?
Working
I got both of them dual booting and working great so far...
1) Do an AD hard reset from MAGLDR boot menu
2) Flash windows nand rom (dont boot)
3)Boot into MAGLDR and connect as USB mass storage
4)Format SD card
5)Put an SD android build onto sd card
6)Go into services, bootsettings, set sd dir to android folder
7)I personally set it to show menu on boot so I could choose which one to boot
7)Reboot in MAGLDR and choose boot ad sd
8) Setup android
9) Reboot and choose WPH
10) setup WP7
Good LUCK!
What about using the SD card still? How much storage do you have when you boot into Android?
EDIT: I tried but when it boots into Android, the whole build is frozen
Jwatt0918 said:
I got both of them dual booting and working great so far...
1) Do an AD hard reset from MAGLDR boot menu
2) Flash windows nand rom (dont boot)
3)Boot into MAGLDR and connect as USB mass storage
4)Format SD card
5)Put an SD android build onto sd card
6)Go into services, bootsettings, set sd dir to android folder
7)I personally set it to show menu on boot so I could choose which one to boot
7)Reboot in MAGLDR and choose boot ad sd
8) Setup android
9) Reboot and choose WPH
10) setup WP7
Good LUCK!
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Dang It, I Read This AFTER Getting A Working Activation For WP7 :X
THANKS Jwatt For This Info !!! Looks Like Our HD2's Are Truly The Ultimate Phone ! WP7 AND Android !! WOOT !
let us know if same code will work or not.
EDIT:
I haven't yet got activation code so I am giving this a try and will report back how it is. Will have to try and argue with MS later lol
TheArtiszan said:
let us know if same code will work or not.
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I'm Halfway Scared To Re-flash Now Though, If It Doesn't Work, I'm Without Live Services ... But If It Does, Then I Have Something Even Greater, Dual-booting WP7 AND Android ... The Dilemma :S
Jwatt0918 said:
I got both of them dual booting and working great so far...
1) Do an AD hard reset from MAGLDR boot menu
2) Flash windows nand rom (dont boot)
3)Boot into MAGLDR and connect as USB mass storage
4)Format SD card
5)Put an SD android build onto sd card
6)Go into services, bootsettings, set sd dir to android folder
7)I personally set it to show menu on boot so I could choose which one to boot
7)Reboot in MAGLDR and choose boot ad sd
8) Setup android
9) Reboot and choose WPH
10) setup WP7
Good LUCK!
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Correct me if I am wrong, but this leaves only internal storage for WP7. I have a telstra t9193 with 512 or so mb internal. Once it is synced with my exchange and emails, I can't even load a song from zune on my hd2 as there is no space left.
Guess the tmobile hd2 has more space left for apps etc.
I am trying to find a way to resize the wp7 sd card partition but this does not seem easy.
I need a dual partition for my sd card. One for wp7 and one for Android. Unfortunately wp7 seems to take all the sd card except for 200 mb which is too small for an android build.
If anyone has a solution, I would appreciate.
Thanks
It doesn't work. He's just lying.
I attempted those steps and and soon as you setup WP7, the Android folder is all gone.
You have 200mb space which isn't space for a proper Android build. Maybe if we find a hack to increase this size to at least 1 gig then we should be able to do it.
Psygnosis84 said:
It doesn't work. He's just lying.
I attempted those steps and and soon as you setup WP7, the Android folder is all gone.
You have 200mb space which isn't space for a proper Android build. Maybe if we find a hack to increase this size to at least 1 gig then we should be able to do it.
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That's what I got too. I even tried putting separate partitions on the sd card (ie. linux swap) to try to fool wp7 into deleting only the fat 32 one but it also did not work.
I have resulted to using 2 sd cards, one for wp7 and one for android. I have to make a holster for them so that I may swap them at will
EDIT: THE CURRENT SD ANDROID BUILDS DO NOT YET WORK WITH WP7 ON NAND - THEY LOAD BUT FREEZE AFTER THE LOCK SCREEN AND ALL YOU GET IS THE WHITE HTC SCREEN.
darrengladysz said:
EDIT: THE CURRENT SD ANDROID BUILDS DO NOT YET WORK WITH WP7 ON NAND - THEY LOAD BUT FREEZE AFTER THE LOCK SCREEN AND ALL YOU GET IS THE WHITE HTC SCREEN.
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Yeah only nand compatible sd card builds are work with magldr, the only problem is I dont think there are any...
darrengladysz said:
I have resulted to using 2 sd cards, one for wp7 and one for android. I have to make a holster for them so that I may swap them at will
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What works well for holding an extra sd card is to cut a microsd sized piece of foam out of the middle of the foam on the inside of the back cover. If you cut it right so it kinda hugs the sides of of the microsd, it will hold it in place well so you don't have to worry about it falling out when you take the back off.
http://www.darkforcesteam.com.cn/thread-25910-1-1.html
Maybe someone wants to try this?
How can I boot into the MAGLDR Menu?
Everytime i reset my phone it goes to WP7?
Edit: Never mind
Long Power Hold
James_Caliber said:
http://www.darkforcesteam.com.cn/thread-25910-1-1.html
Maybe someone wants to try this?
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It pretty much says never use the sd card with wp7 in the first place, however then it can never be used giving very little storage. Also I don't believe that there are any magldr compatible sd builds on xda, though I could be wrong...
Im booting up WP7 without the need for SD card.. Everythings seems working like normal..
And no partition on my SD card.. (My SD card is still clean but still can run..)
Uhh.... Is this normal....? Does this mean I can just copy DL's 2.2 SD Android onto my SD card?
wp7 and android
hi guys if you create two partitions on a 16gb sd card you will have two cards one for wp7 and one for android
how come it says that we need an sd card to run WP7 but you guys says ur running it on the same device with no problems without one. If that was the case then whats with all the insturctions on partitions and things. Also how do you run a Android sd rom from MAGLDR so that I canrun Android on my sd and WP7 On NAND. Thanks
darrengladysz said:
That's what I got too. I even tried putting separate partitions on the sd card (ie. linux swap) to try to fool wp7 into deleting only the fat 32 one but it also did not work.
I have resulted to using 2 sd cards, one for wp7 and one for android. I have to make a holster for them so that I may swap them at will
EDIT: THE CURRENT SD ANDROID BUILDS DO NOT YET WORK WITH WP7 ON NAND - THEY LOAD BUT FREEZE AFTER THE LOCK SCREEN AND ALL YOU GET IS THE WHITE HTC SCREEN.
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genesis123 said:
Yeah only nand compatible sd card builds are work with magldr, the only problem is I dont think there are any...
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For those who happened to read this post , maybe this could be ur solution?
I personally have tried it with 2 sd cards, It worked flawlessly. I might be getting a 16gb to combine 2 os in 1 card later on. But for now, this methods works best for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913964
I used this method and it worked for me...
http://www.techienote.com/2011/01/dual-boot-htc-hd2-leo.html
Dual booting WP7 and Android SD now.
Guys Iam dual booting wp7(nand) and mdj desirehd 4.6 (SD) with a 16 gb class 4 card.....8 gb for each partition. Go to android SD development section and read the stickies. It sounds difficult but is very simple. Enjoy
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

[Q] DualBoot Wp7 and android?

Just Installed Windows Phone 7 on my HD2 and I was wondering if there's a way to Dual boot Windows phone 7 and Android Either SD builds or NAND builds.
Thanks in advance
Can you not run Haret or whatever other android loader you have from your wp7 file explorer? P.S. I haven't installed WP7 yet, I need to know if Dual Boot is possible
I can't even find a file explorer
so far I like really the looks of WinPhone 7 but I miss the Functionality
There is a guide for this under the android dev forums, its one of the stickies.
You can still run android from SD with magldr... you just have to either partition your sd card or switch sd cards used for wp7 and android. WP7 doesn't run winmo apps. And doesn't come with file explorer, but schaps made a file explorer called touchexplorer that you can install. Read around the forums, there are directions allover for this stuff. I have WP7 on my nand right now with a 16gb card, and I'm about to setup my 32gb card to run android off of.
Thanx, so I have an 8 GB card and i'm Currently runing WinPhone 7
I don't Know exactly how to partition it and the method to run android too is there a guide?
and will it be NAND or SD build?
and if both of them run will Both OS's be able to see same Music, Photos, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913815
Here's a guide.
And no, they won't be able to see same music or anything... they will be completely seperate partitions and can't read each other. WP7 will be on NAND and Android is ran from SD card.
Thank u so much
just another Question plz
Android can't be run from NAND also as a second operating system, it must be an sdcard build right?
Edit: Ignore that found the answer in the thread which is no it must be ran from SD
Thanx again

[Q] Can I use respectively Android and Windows Phone 7 OS on the two sd cards??

I'm wondering that if I have 2 sd cards, can I use Android and Windows phone 7 OS on each card respectively?
If I could, I would buy one more sd card for android.
Actually, I the most like Windows Phone 7 OS among Android, WP7, Meego and WM6.5.
Could anybody tell me about it pls?
The short answer is no.
You can run Android from your SD card and still have a Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM on your phone.
You can have an Android ROM flashed to your phone (NAND).
You can have WP7 flashed to your phone (NAND).
You cannot have two NAND builds flashed at the same time (e.g. Android and NAND).
Therefore the best you can do right now is to have either:
WinMo 6.5 AND Android, or
Android NAND, or
WP7
Your solution... buy another HD2
Yes, you can have WP7 on nand and attached with one sd card, and then use a different SD card to run android from. Android will not be on nand, but you can run it from sd with magldr. Thats what I'm doing so I have a lot of space for each os... I have my 16gb card for WP7, and my 32gb card I have several android builds working. Working great for me now! You have to make some changes to the init.rc file in most android builds to make them work, but there are a few that work as is. There's a couple stickied threads in the HD2 Android SD Development section.
Also, you can partition your SD card so you can have WP7 and android using the same card. Instructions also in the sd dev section.
nobnut said:
The short answer is no.
You can run Android from your SD card and still have a Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM on your phone.
You can have an Android ROM flashed to your phone (NAND).
You can have WP7 flashed to your phone (NAND).
You cannot have two NAND builds flashed at the same time (e.g. Android and NAND).
Therefore the best you can do right now is to have either:
WinMo 6.5 AND Android, or
Android NAND, or
WP7
Your solution... buy another HD2
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You forgot WP7 AND Android from SD
Quite correct, sorry.

[Q] understood right? WP7 + Android on same SD card? (WP rookie)

Hi
1st of, I've been using XDA for years, but as a Android user. Now, a friend came to me at work and asked if i could root and update his HTC, while he knew I was able to help. But when I saw the phone I could quickly tell that this was not a HTC Desire HD as he thought, as of it came with dual boot. It did have Android on it though, but obviuos that part is already rooted
Now - my Q is. He wants WP7/WP7.5 on it + Android ICS. Is it true that I need to partition the SD card so both installs is located on the SD card? So it will have both 6.5 + WP7 + ICS?
Also how much do the installs take up of space? (recommended sd card size)
part of what you understood is wrong.you can only have EITHER wm6.5(internal memory) + android(sd card) OR wp7.5(internal) + android(sd card).neither of the Windows run from sd card, but only from the NAND memory.
the other part that you got ALMOST right was that you have to partition your sd card.that in case you wanted dual boot wp7.5 + android, because wp7 uses the card as its memory.now you need to search the ''BACK TO THE FUTURE'' rom and read all about dual booting.if you wanted to dual boot wm6.5 and android, you do not need to partition your sd card.
hope this helped
you can use any WP7 ROM for dual boot but i recommended to avoid Back to the future ROM because locking sdcards... use Pdamatejam ROM... also you have video tutorial how to dualboot WP7 and android
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356833
you can use any ICS based android ROM for SD/MAGLDR....
recommended this two:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492488
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361940

Installation - NAND vs. SD

Hi
I just bought a used HD2 and I will get it next week.
I wanted to get the HD2 to install Android on it, but I don't know if I should run NAND or SD version. As of what I understand, installing to NAND will install onto the internal storage where Windows Mobile 6.5 is installed by default and installing to the SD will install onto the an optional MicroSD card. Is this correct?
will you be dual booting or just replace the WM to Android? if you haven't heard about Native SD check out the links below, it could give you some ideas.
You can even dual boot from WP7.8 & Android but WP is always in nand, try to search the forums & read more about the HD2

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