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I came to this phone solely because there are so many roms to choose from and a lot of development. In the past I have worked flashed dif galaxy s phones, and mytouch 4g so I am not a complete noob.
When i power the phone on these are displayed:
R: 2.10.50 26
G: 15.39..50.07U
D: 2.13.90963 8G
In settings my flash size is 1024mb
I read the guide through and I just want to be 100 percent clear that my phone is capable of something before I flash it. So in short, do I just flash hardspl to phone, then magdlr, then the rom? I have a macbook pro and my windows desktop is old and sucks so I try to avoid using it whenever possible. Once i flash hardspl and magdlr can I use clockwork recovery to flash my rom? I am going for the cm7 nightlies. All help is greatly appreciated!
Yeah that's correct. I don't think there are any osx installers though, so you'd probably have to do all this through bootcamp. I don't have a mac so I don't know about the stability of bootcamp, but you really gotta make sure your computer doesn't crash during the flashing process, especially HSPL.
After having Magldr installed you can either use that to flash, or indeed use clockwork (which I recommend). MDJ's Gingerbread is a great CM7 nightly build.
Thanks for your quick reply! How long does it take to flash hardspl? And do I need to have that activesync thing going with windows mobile? This phone is 100% stock I dont want to back it up so can I just avoid windows mobile active sync and run that program in the noob tut
And one more thing, do I need to check to see if my stock spl is supported? What is everything I need to verify to ensure I will not brick the phone due to flashing the wrong thing? Thanks
Go to the guide, it tells you what you need in there. HSPL takes seconds to install. Once that is installed, it's pretty hard to brick your device. Just be wary when installing a stock rom. Best advice is to read lots.
Good luck.
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I'm not sure if you need active sync. I'm 99% sure you do, but I may be wrong.
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Flashing HardSPL takes about 20s.
A rom takes about 10m. You can also check this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925509
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
They explain how it works. Even with video.
good luck!
I'm guessing you have a T-Mobile so watch out! Don't flash an EU-radio.
If you want android your radio is good. No need to change it.
Flashing a rom takes only 3-4 minutes, but it will stop at 96% or 99% for a few secs, so don't freak out
also be sure to flash the newest version of HSPL. and check the youtube vidz, there many around. you don't even have to read, just google youtube+HD2+hspl
The support for this phone is much better than other devices, quick responses thanks! Just to be safe I am trying to find the windows sync thing for the phone. When I am finished flashing hardspl and magdlr do I need to format my sd card to a special way or can I just delete all the stuff on it and put the rom?
I strongly recommend that you first install the official 3.14 firmware, It has the newest radio so you don't have to worry about bricking your phone. After that flash hdspl and you are safe and ready to install magldr and Android.
Depends on the rom, zip, app2sd+, cwm, anything which mentions ext2/3/4, data.img data on sd, all require certain partitions. I would recommend starting with projections rom. It's quick and easy to get started with, and is a good base to get some confidence.
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I just installed the hspl and now i am going to do the magdlr. Really I only want cyanogen mod 7 nightlies on here. I am pretty confident its just whenever it is my first time with any phone I like to be 100% clear because they all vary. I didnt get to looking at the installation of cm7 yet but I am sure I will be going to ext4 with it too. What format do sd cards come stock? I just wiped everything on it but im guessing thats not enough lol.
Um confused... I just got around to flashing magldr 1.12 and it said on screen and in guide post it will take ten min, it took no more than 30 sec. It did boot me into the black magldr screen though so i guess its good. Now can flash cm7 or is there other stuff. I am sure I will find out with more reading which i am about to do but I would like to use cwm to do it.
rrodxbox360repair said:
Um confused... I just got around to flashing magldr 1.12 and it said on screen and in guide post it will take ten min, it took no more than 30 sec. It did boot me into the black magldr screen though so i guess its good. Now can flash cm7 or is there other stuff. I am sure I will find out with more reading which i am about to do but I would like to use cwm to do it.
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It's just a very wide margin to prevent people from flooding the forums if the flashing takes a little longer than expected, 30 seconds is normal.
Go to the clockwork thread and follow the 7 steps posted, you can then use CWM to flash CM7.
I have been trying to flash with usb flasher and I keep getting an error.
Error Description: USB init failed.
Can I flash cwm from magdlr? Every time I reboot it goes to that.
I see two possible problems here:
- In Magldr, have you picked menu item #4? (Something like USB Flasher). If you can still see all the options on the menu, you have not correctly selected it.
- Your USB drivers are not correctly installed. Reboot computer, power off and unplug phone, replug and restart Magldr. Wait for drivers to correctly install.
I just did what was suggested and same thing. Can I install it a different way? Option number 5 is usb flasher, 4 is mass storage.
My bad, I'm still using an older version of Magldr where it's #4.
What are you flashing by the way, CWM or CM7?
By the way, are you running the flasher as admin? Not sure which OS it is you're bootcamping, but right click on the installer and choose Install as administrator should be an option. Might be the problem!
I am on my desktop pc which is xp so I do not believe i need to run as admin. I was just checking out another post in this forum that has a fix for nand usb init failed, I am lost as to what daf.exe is. It sounds when I figure that out I should be good to go.
And I am trying to install cyanogen mod 7 mdj's version. If I can not get usb thing to work could I install clockwork mod without having to use computer and jsut put a .zip file on sd card?
I just hit run and typed DAF.exe and there isnt one. I am not completely lost lol
DAF.exe is the clockworkmod flasher.
I'm not sure what's going wrong, but just try everything again and make sure you follow the instructions very closely, you're probably just overlooking something somewhere.
My wife was having trouble with Windows mobile on her HD2 and asked me to flash Android on her phone so it wouldn't constantly crash and what not.
I have:
* HSPL3 ~ SPL-2.08.HSPL
* Radio that support 576 RAM
* DFT MAGLDR Bootloader
* ClockworkMod Recovery
from this guide right here.
And I have installed this ROM via ClockworkMod instead of the ROM mentioned in the first guide because I thought Cyanogenmod 7 would be nicer.
Here is the problem, the phone has been stuck on the "HTC HD2" screen with the Android logo and "MDJ" on the bottom right corner, it has been stuck for over 30 minutes now so I'm going to assume something went wrong, the problem is that I can't figure out what. Does any one have any ideas? was something I did incompatible with anything from the 2 different guides?
jorge89 said:
My wife was having trouble with Windows mobile on her HD2 and asked me to flash Android on her phone so it wouldn't constantly crash and what not.
I have:
* HSPL3 ~ SPL-2.08.HSPL
* Radio that support 576 RAM
* DFT MAGLDR Bootloader
* ClockworkMod Recovery
from this guide right here.
And I have installed this ROM via ClockworkMod instead of the ROM mentioned in the first guide because I thought Cyanogenmod 7 would be nicer.
Here is the problem, the phone has been stuck on the "HTC HD2" screen with the Android logo and "MDJ" on the bottom right corner, it has been stuck for over 30 minutes now so I'm going to assume something went wrong, the problem is that I can't figure out what. Does any one have any ideas? was something I did incompatible with anything from the 2 different guides?
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I'm sorry...But which part of following the android build developer's instructions do you not get?....Fine, u decided 2 go thru CWR & i commend you for dat but it clearly states in [22 JAN] -=MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 v. 2.6 [A2SD+][GRH78C][RMNET][Kernel: MDJ S10.4 OC] thread from which you got the build that you should install thus;
Installation:
You should have at least MAGLDR 1.12 on device.
For installation you need enter MAGLDR (hold power button during boot)
and select "Flasher" via "VolUp" and "VolDown". Confirm key is "green".
(The above instructions means its a DFT build NOT FLASHABLE BY CWR).....
There are 3 videos in the original post detailing HOW to properly flash this rom...Now tell me...why oh why would you go against the original dev's instructions over one posted on a blog site?...
P.S. 4give my ranting but hope i solved your very SIMPLE problem and Yes, Flashing a nand DFT build will remove your CWR installation (which means should u decide 2 flash a CWR based build? u'll have 2 install CWR again.)
You know when I was looking over at all the information again I noticed that too risght after posting this, I guess all the information I just learned made me forget about needing at least MAGLDR 1.12, my bad. I've been looking for guides on how to update to 1.12 or 1.13 I've already downloaded 1.13 but since I can't get into windows anymore I don't know how to update MAGLDR. Can you help me out with that?
jorge89 said:
You know when I was looking over at all the information again I noticed that too risght after posting this, I guess all the information I just learned made me forget about needing at least MAGLDR 1.12, my bad. I've been looking for guides on how to update to 1.12 or 1.13 I've already downloaded 1.13 but since I can't get into windows anymore I don't know how to update MAGLDR. Can you help me out with that?
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For magldr 1.13, boot to bootloader (multi-colured screen) and run the romupdateutility from the download. You will then need to apply the cwm1.3 partition and then boot to AD Recovery to install the rom.
Ok I was able to update to 1.13 through the bootloader, what I don't get is "to apply the cwm1.3 partition" I'm not familiar with the meaning of cwm1.3 since it wasn't mentioned in any of the guides I just read.
jorge89 said:
You know when I was looking over at all the information again I noticed that too risght after posting this, I guess all the information I just learned made me forget about needing at least MAGLDR 1.12, my bad. I've been looking for guides on how to update to 1.12 or 1.13 I've already downloaded 1.13 but since I can't get into windows anymore I don't know how to update MAGLDR. Can you help me out with that?
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It doesn't matter if you have magldr 1.12 or 1.13. What matters is installing daf vs cwm and not daf-cwm.
Based on your first post, you tried installing a daf nand rom via cwm. That is, based on the links you have given. It has been point out also by vocrane on hist post.
I'm sure this is a dumb question but, what is daf?
jorge89 said:
I'm sure this is a dumb question but, what is daf?
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Daf = daf.exe ie the executable file you click to install a "daf" build as opposed to a zip build which you flash via cwm from your sd card.
PS! you'll find info on cwm 1.3 here
I see, I couldn't find a daf.exe file from the downloads of the ROM I was looking at, does that mean I'll have to find another rom that is flashed via "daf.exe"?
If you need to install the rom via USB Flasher from magldr, it will either have a daf.exe or install.exe file (or should at least). The roms you flash via cwm are in zip format and have afew sub folders which you copy to your sd card (the full unzipped zip file that is) and you then boot into cwm and install the rom from sd card.
I really need to get some sleep, I just found it. I'm flashing it right now.
jorge89 said:
I see, I couldn't find a daf.exe file from the downloads of the ROM I was looking at, does that mean I'll have to find another rom that is flashed via "daf.exe"?
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Here's a quick lowdown...
There r currently 2 main ways u can get android on ur hd2...
Method 1.......Thru sd card (gives u dual-boot options with either WP7 or WinMo 6.5.x
Method 2.......On Nand which installs directly on your device, thereby wiping out WinMo (u've progressed in dis path since u've installed MAGDLR 1.13)....
>>>>>>Method 2 has 2 options;
Option 1......Involves flashing a "DFT Build" via the DAF installer included in the downloaded Build...(D build by Cyanogenmod 7 u pointed out earlier has 2 be installed thru dis method)...
Option 2......Involves flashing a "Zipped Build" via the CWR method...i recommend using builds which have this installation option as they offer more flexibility (full backup & restore)...
Option 1 & Option 2 CANNOT co-exist wit each other...
hi guys i have a very strange problem
after a week that i tried wp7 i decided to go back to wm + andro sd....
i already did other times and everything was going well...
i did task29 to install my usual energy rom...copied back my usual android rom backup...but...
Android dosnt load...its stuck at "htc page" for hours...i tryed different rom...tried the same build of my backup and nothing happens...
now i went back to wp7 and set for dual boot from maglar...always stucked at htc screen...
i really need andro for google maps until wp7 have his version...im going crazy!
anyone ever had the same problem?
i tryed different wm builds before try wp7 dual boot but always the same problem
with a fresh installation of android after 2 hours of wait (i was sleeping hehe) data.img isnt created...tried to put a fresh one from the stock rom but nothing
hoping my english is understandable i say "THANKS" to all for every suggestion
This isnt the questions forum this is the development forum.
uooops! i posted in the wrong tab hehe i have about 15 xda tab open at the same time...can i move this or only admins can?
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xardus said:
hi guys i have a very strange problem
after a week that i tried wp7 i decided to go back to wm + andro sd....
i already did other times and everything was going well...
i did task29 to install my usual energy rom...copied back my usual android rom backup...but...
Android dosnt load...its stuck at "htc page" for hours...i tryed different rom...tried the same build of my backup and nothing happens...
now i went back to wp7 and set for dual boot from maglar...always stucked at htc screen...
i really need andro for google maps until wp7 have his version...im going crazy!
anyone ever had the same problem?
i tryed different wm builds before try wp7 dual boot but always the same problem
with a fresh installation of android after 2 hours of wait (i was sleeping hehe) data.img isnt created...tried to put a fresh one from the stock rom but nothing
hoping my english is understandable i say "THANKS" to all for every suggestion
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I had the same issue. Try loading an official WM6.5 rom. Dont task29. Then load magldr, then CWM them flash build of choice. you should be fine.
Let me know if it works for you please.
nattyd said:
I had the same issue. Try loading an official WM6.5 rom. Dont task29. Then load magldr, then CWM them flash build of choice. you should be fine.
Let me know if it works for you please.
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i will try this evening at pc...but im not very practice with short words...cwm stands for?
i have to task29 to go back from wp7 cos with new roms the update tool dsnt connect
CWM = ClockWorkMod
Instructions
xardus said:
i will try this evening at pc...but im not very practice with short words...cwm stands for?
i have to task29 to go back from wp7 cos with new roms the update tool dsnt connect
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Hope this is helpful.
As Nick.C has pointed out CWM = ClockWorkMod Recovery. Im assuming this is the method you are using to flash your builds.
I did not mean for u not to use task29 at all. Follow the steps below and all should be well.
1. Task29 to remove Windows Phone 7
2. Flash official WM6.5 Build (DO NOT Task29)
3. Download and use SD Formatter 3.0 to format SD Card. Set option to Full Erase and Size adjustment to ON.
4. Install MGLDR 1.13
5. Flash CWM
6. Flash your favorite android build.
just to be sure...after flash official rom...i think i need to hspl before flash maglrd
i know i should read mag installation guide...but...im stuck in highway and im too lazy to find it hehehe
xardus said:
just to be sure...after flash official rom...i think i need to hspl before flash maglrd
i know i should read mag installation guide...but...im stuck in highway and im too lazy to find it hehehe
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If you have flashed custom roms before, then you already have HSPL installed, because u cant flash custom roms without it. HSPL is always there until you remove it, even if you flash an official or custom rom.
To flash MGLDR - Boot into the boot loader screen (Multi Color Screen) and then flash MGLDR
To flash CWM - Boot into MGLDR and select usb flasher then flash CWM. Some chefs have there own custom CWM so read there instruction so u will know if you will use the original CWM or their version.
sd card block size?
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Alas, the old companion HD2 seems totally locked...
In my attempt to flash to an Android ROM, I spent two whole days digging through XDA. So I got me the HD2toolkit, a backup stock .exe, and the target ROM.
installing hSPL worked
magldr wouldn't install. So I updated the phone to get the right radio. This unfortunately upped hspl to 3.03. So i downgraded that by installing hspl4 and opting for 2.08.
Magldr then installed nicely, but the phone would not restart: the OS wouldn't start.
So I task29 succesfully, and install the windows update on the phone again. Works just fine.
Back to installing magldr, since hspl is still at 2.08 according to the tricolor screen. (that surprised me, since at the first time it went to 3.03).
And then it all went to bits. I get an HTC screen on white background, but no 'quietly brilliant' for 5 mins. Going to bootloader works, it recognizes the USBcable (can hear the telltale sound on the PC as well), but no data can be sent across that cable... No hd2toolkit orders (202 connection errors), and no official ROM executables will connect.
Tell me, is this now an official brick? Or might one of you have The Ultimate Revival Secret for me?
myrtthin said:
Alas, the old companion HD2 seems totally locked...
In my attempt to flash to an Android ROM, I spent two whole days digging through XDA. So I got me the HD2toolkit, a backup stock .exe, and the target ROM.
installing hSPL worked
magldr wouldn't install.
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do you mean magldr wouldnt START? see note at the end**
So I updated the phone to get the right radio. This unfortunately upped hspl to 3.03.
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no need, you could have just flashed teh radio, thus avoiding changing teh whole rom, removing magldr and hspl, and taking about ten minutes less.
So i downgraded that by installing hspl4 and opting for 2.08.
Magldr then installed nicely, but the phone would not restart: the OS wouldn't start.
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ummm, what OS? you havent flashed one yet
So I task29 succesfully, and install the windows update on the phone again. Works just fine.
Back to installing magldr, since hspl is still at 2.08 according to the tricolor screen. (that surprised me, since at the first time it went to 3.03).
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spl is prevented from being changed by usb flashing once hspl is installed
And then it all went to bits. I get an HTC screen on white background, but no 'quietly brilliant' for 5 mins.
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again, there is nothing to boot, , flashing magldr removes winmo, and you havent yet flashed an android rom.
Going to bootloader works, it recognizes the USBcable (can hear the telltale sound on the PC as well), but no data can be sent across that cable... No hd2toolkit orders (202 connection errors), and no official ROM executables will connect.
Tell me, is this now an official brick?
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not even close. So far everything sounds like a simple missmatch between magldr spl and radio, made more confusing because you arent really 100% sure of what exactly is being added / removed at each step. (Sorry, not having a go, just being blunt )
the connection errors might be an issue, but probably not, give your PC a reboot, use a different usb port.
in bootloader, what do the top line, and the spl line say? does it say USB at the bottom?
With your phone in bootloader and connected to PC, on the PC, click start - right click 'computer' (or 'my computer', depending on win version) choose properties, find device manager, and see what entry is listed for the phone.
**NOTE when you flash magldr, if the radio or spl is wrong, magldr will be there, it just wont show up, it will go straight to the boot screen and hang there. You dont have to re flash magldr, just change the spl/radio to the correct ones, and magldr is still there and should start, no need to re flash it. Magldr is only removed by flashing a stock winmo rom (or a cooked winmo rom that includes splash screens)
Be still, my beating heart...
Thanks for your answer, Sam. No harm done in the bluntness, you quite rightly marked me as a noob. Indeed not all is clear on the boards, but we all do our best.
As you said, I had no clue all the OS on my phone were gone. So i saved me another ten minutes (thank you, again) and flashed a new radio. And behold! Magldr is back!
You, sir, should be kissed!
Now to find out how to install a Zimage, that still seems to elude me (seeing there is no daf.exe or install.exe)... I'm aiming for this one to install: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250703. hd2toolkit will only help out on nb or nbh, though.
If you could point me in the right direction?
And muchos thankyous are coming your way!
well first up you should add cwm on top of magldr, most roms are clockwork(cwm, cwr its called slightly different things, all mean the same, , 'clockwork mod recovery') roms.
You can do this with the toolkit, but instead of the hd2 being in bootloader, enter magldr and choose 5 usb flashing, then in the toolkit, choose a partition size, (160 by the looks of it, for an eu model) and when thats done,
restart,
enter magldr
option 8 ad recovery - will start cwm,
then choose 'install zip from sdcard' - 'choose zip from sdcard'
but remember BEFORE you do all the above, you should
1 - set up your ext partition (you can do that in cwm, , 'advanced' - 'Partition sd card', but be warned it will wipe the whole card)
and
2 - copy the romname.zip onto teh sd cards fat32 partition.
EDIT - oh and most roms have two versions, a magldr version and a cLK version, dont confuse cLK with CWM, theyre different things. For now stick to teh magldr versions, you can find out about cLK later.
Now we're getting places!
So if I understand correctly, the toolkit has not installed CWM. OK, I'll go and look for that rom.
However, the android I pointed out is, if I read you correctly, not NAND? It was posted in the NANDcategory, so that confuses me. Bummer, I need my SDcard for data.
yea its a nand rom. most nand roms use an EXT partition, and for most sense 2 roms, its advisable, and for sense 3 roms it simply wont work without it. Look at the partition size for the tmous version(which is the same but doesnt use an EXT),,,435meg, that's just for the system partition, it would leave you about 50meg for apps and data.
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myrtthin said:
So if I understand correctly, the toolkit has not installed CWM. OK, I'll go and look for that rom.
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not a rom, as such. Go into the toolkit, with teh phone in magldr, option 5 'usb flashing',,at the top of toolkit 'magldr repartition', below that click the 'custom' size, below that cache size 5 (from the 5/160/5, personally i use 45 regardless of what teh rom says, but thats just me, its not absolutely critical), then below that 'repartition', , a popup will ask you teh custom size, 160, OK,and off it goes installing cwm.
Hm, interesting.
Thanks to your feedback, i get magldr 1.13 up and running, just fine.
Next to that, flashing ROMs seems to be working smoothly.
However, none of the android ROMs are taking! I downloaded (from several sources to exclude download errors) three ROMS:
1) rom Based RUU Desire HD 3.06.405.1 - With sense 3.0 - Android 2.3.5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264828
2) Desire_S_sense3.5_Android.2.3.4_v1.2_EU.zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250703
3) GBLeor3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1256581
nrs. 1 and 3 are installing, but on startup hang on HTC's splashscreen. Nr 2 is not installing (aborting during install, status 0), tried both on 5/160 and 5/200.
Seems like android install through magldr is not working at all! Any thoughts?
To be complete, I installed:
hSPL 2.08
magldr 1.13
radio 2.15.50.14
repartitioning through hd2toolkit
It all started with stock winmo, wich i updated to 3.14.404.2. It's an EU phone.
Don't forget it takes a while on first boot, especially the large ones,I can well believe a sense 3 rom that is writing 300+ Meg to the ext partition would take well in excess of ten/fifteen minutes and more first boot.
Also, if you flash a rom and then go to flash another, you will be leaving parts of the old rom on the SD card. In cwm before the flash choose wipe data/factory reset. That's in cwm, not magldr. Also, did you set up the ext through cwm?
My advice would be go for a simpler rom, one of the cm7 roms, typhoon for example, purely to show its working.
The desire S (sense 3.5) did not even install after 6 hrs, so I'm guessing something's wrong there ;-)
I'll wipe data between flashes, and per your suggestion, try something light as an appetizer first. Not before next weekend though! I lost enough sleep )
Thanks again!
When I started flashing nand, very often(six times in ten maybe?) the first boot never completed, and I soon learned that if after a few minutes nothing happened,I'd pull the battery and it would Start the next boot. Also, keeping the hard keys lit (touch every min or so) seemed to help.
I know I'm straying into "lucky socks" and good luck charm territory,but can't help to try, and I DO know I've seen one rom in the past where the instructions mention keeping the screen on as being important, so who knows?? Not this stoned and overtired techaddict!
I've had a stable rom that I've been just flashing updates for some months now, so I've not had that situation for a while. The wipe data command in cwm is deff important tho.
The only other thing that consistently causes non starting is too small a partition size.
cyanogen is stable
Yub yub, commander, time for an update. Cyanogen has been installed and working for close to 3 months now. So it actually does all work!
On the boards, I can now see updates on the ROM I crave (sense 3.5 from htc desire), and those updates are suggesting 260 Mb partitions (no ext). So it would seem my first partition was indeed too small.
So tempted to try those again...
Too bad cyanogens rom backup is acting weird. Otherwise it'd be no problem just to try, eh?
Hello guys,
Does anyone know what does this message mean:"ERROR: ERROR: Cannot read ramdisk image"?
It appeared on my HD2 while I was installing an Android ROM on it and now I cannot run any other OS on it but Windows Mobile. I tried Google but had no luck. Only one person as far as I understood experienced this problem but I have no reply from him and I am not even sure if he managed to solve the problem anyway.
So, if anyone knows something about it I would be happy to hear. Any help would be useful. Thanks in advance!
Best regards
zgeorgiev said:
Hello guys,
Does anyone know what does this message mean:"ERROR: ERROR: Cannot read ramdisk image"?
It appeared on my HD2 while I was installing an Android ROM on it and now I cannot run any other OS on it but Windows Mobile. I tried Google but had no luck. Only one person as far as I understood experienced this problem but I have no reply from him and I am not even sure if he managed to solve the problem anyway.
So, if anyone knows something about it I would be happy to hear. Any help would be useful. Thanks in advance!
Best regards
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Did u flashed radio ?
I reflashed radio, did task29, flashed hspl, flashed Magldr, flashed stock WM ROM from my PC, then again from sd card and no result. WM ROM works ok but that's it. No Android or WP7 can be flashed. In order to be more specific, here is what I do:
1. HSPL 2.08
2. task29 with Radio 2.15
3. Magldr
4. CWM
And when I try to enter AD Recovery from the Magldr menu I receive the message I mentioned in my first post and there is nothing more to be done but using the phone with WM which in my opinion makes out of my HD2 a piece of crap.
zgeorgiev said:
I reflashed radio, did task29, flashed hspl, flashed Magldr, flashed stock WM ROM from my PC, then again from sd card and no result. WM ROM works ok but that's it. No Android or WP7 can be flashed. In order to be more specific, here is what I do:
1. HSPL 2.08
2. task29 with Radio 2.15
3. Magldr
4. CWM
And when I try to enter AD Recovery from the Magldr menu I receive the message I mentioned in my first post and there is nothing more to be done but using the phone with WM which in my opinion makes out of my HD2 a piece of crap.
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Let mi simple u Task29 and Radio Rom
Task 29 - When u do task 29 to phone u delete everything even radio rom. So the thing u need to do is do this for magldr :
-Task29
-Radio Rom
-Magldr
-CWM
-Wipe
-Flash Rom
-Calibrate battery (some roms do it itself)
If it will make u easier i can make tutorial but im pretty much sure there is milions of them .
Try that way and report if it worked . Its 30min process.
EDIT: HD2 powered by WM is crippled yea. Android is far superiour even withou cam. But let me tell u one thing first thing why i tooked HD2 is Windows by stock and customization possible. Didnt carred about low battery etc. Windows is till now unbeatable bussines platform. iOs is near but its not it. Android hard to get bussines capable like windows 7. What I mean windows is bussines ready,iPhone is kinda ready and on android u have to customize like hell to get everything (at least what I as system admin need)
Task29 does not delete your radio. I was sure of it because I had flashed my phone a lot of times in the past, but anyway, I tried your method and the result was the same. When I install Magldr and then CWM, the phone does not let me enter the CWM menu so I cannot continue with the flashing of the Android ROM itself. It is just not possible without CWM. I also tried cLK method but when I press and hold the home key, the phone restarts and I get to a dead end once again. Thanks for your help anyway.
As far as WM is concerned, there is absolutely no chance for me to use this phone with this OS. if I cannot find a way to manage the problem I will just sell the phone and buy a native Android one which will make things much easier for me.
Best regards
Which rom are u trying to install?
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It is all the same which one because when you are not able to enter the CWM menu you cannot install anything, but for instance, let's say this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264828
I had problems booting that rom too. Try this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326217 almost perfect. Mwakious has some bugs i w8 for him to fix it
You don't follow what I say. I cannot enter CWM menu so I cannot even start flashing any ROM, it doesn't matter which one it is.
Merry Christmass by the way!
Which windows mobile u have/had ? Can u run android from sd ? Can u tell me exact procedure u tried to install nand android? If u want to try ffaster u can pm me to send u skype or gtalk.
Hi
I have the same issue, in bootloader on ad recovery.. i get cannot read ramdisk image, I will not uninstall ANDROID, because I will no longer support android, if I can not install any other roms
Any other advice, but to not lose my actual ROM!!!!
PS: I had installed ROM Manager latest, and installed clockwork from rom manager, Till then the recovery worked....
Had the same problem yesterday. I used the HD2 Toolkit to repartition, by the way it installs Recovery 5.
Then everything worked fine.
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Reaper1337 said:
Had the same problem yesterday. I used the HD2 Toolkit to repartition, by the way it installs Recovery 5.
Then everything worked fine.
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And do I lose my actual ANDROID ROM?
And How to use that toolkit?
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
EDIT:
I managed to fix my problem by HD2 Toolkit 4.2.0.1 with Maglrd update recovery.
THANK YOU!!!
rilley said:
I managed to fix my problem by HD2 Toolkit 4.2.0.1 with Maglrd update recovery.
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Could you please explain me step by step how exactly you managed to solve the problem. I installed HD2 Toolkit 4.2.0.1 and try to use Update recovery function but the console that opens after I start the process freezes and I cannot continue. There is an explanation in it saying that probably the USB connectin is not good. However I use the USB flasher in Magldr menu for this connection between the phone and the PC and I don't know another way to connect both devices for the installation process. Is there something that I am missing?
By the way The message that I receive now when I try to open CWM changed from "...cannot read ramdisk image" to "...cannot read kernel image". Does it make any difference?
Thanks in advance!
@By the way The message that I receive now when I try to open CWM changed from "...cannot read ramdisk image" to "...cannot read kernel image". Does it make any difference?
For this question I do not know any answer, but for USB Connection I know because I had the same problem:
Put your phone in debugging mode.. and connect it to PC..
Use usbdeview to delete any android drivers from that list..
Then in device manager find any new hardware, and right click, and update: Browse my driver manually> Let me pick my driver> find the driver from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090783 find "Download Drivers By T-Macgnolia", and after that you need to find Android Driver installed in device manager, after that hd2 toolkit will work.
Solution
You have to copy the files in the. Zip attachment inside the SD.
Make the whole process as usual, but instead choose the option you choose AD Recovery Boot option AD DS.
This way you can access the recovery menu and load the rom.
regards
Thx a lot!!!
This worked for me- just perfect!!!
Mikel
Worked for me as well, thanks very much, I was about to see how far the phone could fly.
Thanks
Hi, and many thanks.
I fixed my error like a charm.
Had the same problem
Thank you, this realy helped me out!