[Q] Can Android NAND be achieved thru SD-Card only??? - HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera

My situation is this,
have a fully working HD2.
Except that it's USB port is damaged, and when it's plugged in USB it won't work.
So I've been limited to run Android to thru SD only.
and that's not all, with the USB port damaged it also means not able to charge the battery, so I bought a direct battery charger and 2 extra batteries.
Thus, every time I need to change the battery I must restart the phone, which means having to boot Windows Mobile, then Android from SD....
But I really want to turn on my phone and go straight to Android, as on NAND. And I know I know there's this Android-run-at-startup-app that I've already tried.
I've reviewed several tutorials to achieve Android NAND, and I was just wondering, could it be done in similar steps using the SDcard as a tool to flash certain files?

Yes.
Format your SD card
Look in my guide post 3 (in my signature)
download the clk v 1.5 extract the leoimg.nbh file to the root of the SD card
Press volume down + end key
Install the file.
Pull out battery
Put rom on SD card
Boot into recovery
And flash your rom
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Doing those steps you never have to hook up USB to your phone
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kylew1212 said:
Doing those steps you never have to hook up USB to your phone
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Ohhhh shiii- for real!? I really had very little hope on this, woow I'm about to try that!...
Thanks for the reply!
Edit: okay,, I just took a look at the instructions, and apparently I'm still unable to achieve Android on NAND....
I don't have HSPL, and this leaves me unable to even start because that process requires the phone to communicate thru USB....:/
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just trying to find a link to where I can boot android of sd and have wp7 on nand...i know wp7 formats the sd after the first boot so you would have to load it on after the boot...I'm just looking for a link
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This is not currently possible.
Probably will be in the future in one way or another but not yet.
Booting android from the sd card is done via haret which wont work on WP7.
no way to do iit threw magldr ? I just wanna b able to have the best of both worlds until they figure out how to place both on nand(1024leos) well if they decide to do it
conantroutman said:
This is not currently possible.
Probably will be in the future in one way or another but not yet.
Booting android from the sd card is done via haret which wont work on WP7.
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It will become possible at some point. By creating a partition on NAND and flashing both (I think).
But at the moment as far as I know its not possible yet.
I dont follow the MAGLDR updates that much because I use "WM / SD Droid" so perhaps one of the MAGLDR addicts might be able to give you a more detailed answer as to when and how it will be possible.

[Q] Is it possible to convert an SD android os to a rom?

I just had android installed onto my sd card, and I would really like it to boot up into android, opposed to having a dual boot. Is it possible for me to convert my os to a rom? What do I have to do in order to get it to boot directly into android? I'll pay someone to walk me through and do a flash of my hd2 if necessary. Thanks!
Yes, it's possible. Just download magldr version Rom from where you have downloaded your sd Rom and flash magldr,it ll boot your Rom which is on sd. ( note that you ll have to download magldr Rom,xda developers provide same Rom in both type - magldr and sd.)
Goodluck.
Refer here for how to flash magldr..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298188
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still confused^^^^ sorry
Here's the answer in another way:
No you can't convert it to a rom, but a devloper can.
A ROM, at least the way I know, is what you put on your device memory, while what you use on SD is called a build.
so basically to use android on HD2 you have two options, NAND which is a ROM installed on device memory, and SD which is a build copied to your SD card.
The SD method has two ways of working:
1- using haret, which is what you're using now, and this allows you to dual boot easily.
2- MAGLDR which needs to be flashed on your device. It is a tool that runs SD android right from the start, not allowing WinMo to boot. It only needs a file (usually provided by the build's developer) to run correctly, but it's the same SD build.
Note that when flashing Magldr there are certain conditions you should meet. read the whole magldr info page (that's the firsat few posts with info, not the whole thread), because if you spend 15 minutes reading what can go wrong is better than spending hours trying to fix what you messed up.
okay, I understand. How to I run MAGLDR on my phone? Do I just copy it to the sd card? Sorry for the noob like questions ive just never flashed a phone before.
gearhead1030 said:
okay, I understand. How to I run MAGLDR on my phone? Do I just copy it to the sd card? Sorry for the noob like questions ive just never flashed a phone before.
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Then asking here is the wrong thing to do.
The best thing to do is spend some time reading the guides etc. You are not the only person to ever ask this question so obviously there si already topic that cover this and will have all the info you need.
Pls read this, here is everything u want to know..
If you still not getting then pls watch video tutorials on YouTube. There are lots of video tutorials for newbies.
Goodluck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
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It keeps on freezing on me, I dont know what is wrong with it. What can I do. Sometimes it'll work for hours, at times it wont even boot into the os, and sometimes it works for only 5min. What the hell?!?
Doesnt worked 4 me
gearhead1030 said:
It keeps on freezing on me, I dont know what is wrong with it. What can I do. Sometimes it'll work for hours, at times it wont even boot into the os, and sometimes it works for only 5min. What the hell?!?
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make sure you have a properly formatted, error-free SD card.
Scan in for file system errors, backup your data, then format it using this
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
make it a full(overwrite) format for first time. and try again.

[Q] MAGLDR problems...

Hello,
I have flashed my phone 3 months ago, everything worked just about perfect. Now i tried to install a new rom of android and i get these:
When i press vol. down and plug the usb in the phone to get in the "colored screen", the phone won't enter usb mode. After i remove the usb from the phone it says "serial". (PB81100 HX-BC / SPL-2.08. HSPL 8G XE / CotullaHSPL)
When i choose option 4 USB MassStg from MAGLDR, it allows me to see the contents of the sd card and to write data on it
When i choose option 5 USB Flasher , the phone freezes, i can't get back from that option , and it alltso won't allow conectivity to the computer
When i choose option 9 AD Recovery, it sais ADNROID LOAD RAW ERROR: ERROR: Cannot read ramdisk image
When i choose option 3 Boot AD NAND, it boots perfectly well into the rom i am stuck with and it works just fine but i can't acces my sd card at all... it's just like it's missing , in fact that's what android sais.
The SD card i'm sure it works perfectly cause i have put it in an adaptor and tested it with a card reader.
My usb cable is working just fine.
Is there something to do in this situation? Can i somehow wipe magldr and install it again?
don't wipe magldr and install it again, you don't have to. just repartition your cwm through USB flasher and you should be good to go.
one more thing, never use USB mass storage from within magldr,it corrupts data, use a card reader.
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Lol, u have a tool for all ur needs.. hd2 toolkit. Every thing u need is in it. Thanks to the dev.
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Lol, u have a tool for all ur needs.. hd2 toolkit. Every thing u need is in it. Thanks to the dev.
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Thank you for your solutions guys , but i am a bit of a noob in this domain, can you guide me trough the process for your solutions, i will appreciate it.
LiNcUtT said:
Try to install the newest HTC SYNC in your computer first.
Then go to find the HD2 NAND Toolkit to do everything what you need.
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When i try to repartition i get this
Rapi.dll is missing
An error has occurred
Read below for more information
Error Description: USB init failed
Info: .\RSPL\RSPL.cpp (736)
On the colored boot screen i can't get my phone to run into USB mode
Rapi.DLL errors,,99% of time caused by older version of windows mobile device center (or activesync).
Google wmdc, find the manual download page and install wmdc.
Zune, wp sdk, r all u need. Every thing is in it. Wmdc is for wp6.5 and xp. Not good for 7 and wp7.
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Marvlesz said:
don't wipe magldr and install it again, you don't have to. just repartition your cwm through USB flasher and you should be good to go.
one more thing, never use USB mass storage from within magldr,it corrupts data, use a card reader.
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Hi marvlesz, would u mind explaining a bit abt how accessing usb mass storage from magldr could corrupt data? Or maybe from your own experience? If possible, then i now what to avoid. I've flashed my phone thrice so far all during some time of flashing accessed sd card using usb mass storage in magldr. I did not notice any problems since i restored only contacts and and some app datas.
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showlyshah said:
Zune, wp sdk, r all u need. Every thing is in it. Wmdc is for wp6.5 and xp. Not good for 7 and wp7.
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Wrong, activesync is for XP, wmdc for vista / win7. However the wmdc that comes with win7 often gives the rapii error, hence downloading the manual instal package.
hairuleff81 said:
Hi marvlesz, would u mind explaining a bit abt how accessing usb mass storage from magldr could corrupt data? Or maybe from your own experience? If possible, then i now what to avoid. I've flashed my phone thrice so far all during some time of flashing accessed sd card using usb mass storage in magldr. I did not notice any problems since i restored only contacts and and some app datas.
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I can not explain it myself, neither have I experienced it before.
But from user reports, it seems that MAGLDR is, for some reason, unable to correctly transfer data. Especially large files(Maybe that's why you weren't affected).
You may have just been lucky, but I wouldn't recommend it.
samsamuel said:
Wrong, activesync is for XP, wmdc for vista / win7. However the wmdc that comes with win7 often gives the rapii error, hence downloading the manual instal package.
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Yap i know that, but its a little bit long aft i got hd2,its android. But b4 that it was wp6.5, which used to connect, and b4 that my hd7, which never connected to wmdc. I searched for the problem, and figured that wp7 is not comaptible with wmdc. Only wp6.5 is.
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But were talking about flashing a winmo phone, even if you're running wp7 on it, its still a 6.5 phone as far as flashing is concerned, and always will be, so its the activesync (wmdc) drivers that are needed. Anything you do in bootloader gets treated as a 6.5 flash,, regardless of what os is on/being put on, the phone.
Thank you guys!, i have managed to fix it. I think the problem was somewhere in my computer cause i was getting so many errors. I have connected my phone to another computer and it worked just fine. Thank you!

[Q] How to fix my problem...

Hi, I'm having problem to flash my HTC HD2 back to android after flashing my HD2 to Windows Phone. The error that I'm having right now is to unable to mount SD Card. Everytime i've tried to mount /SDcard, an error Unable to mount /sdcard occured.
I've tried so many options but still no avail. Tried to use adb shell command but still unable to mount. So, I've tried to run android using SD Card, my phone stuck at port-a-droid screen and keep rebooting. At first, I though it was the SD card but when I tried on my friends HD2, the SD Android can boot and no problem.
I can't think what is the main problem as when I've load back to WP7, my sdcard can be detected and use as a storage and even in Magldr.
Hope someone could shed some light to my problem as i really love this phone.
wakaru_ken said:
Hi, I'm having problem to flash my HTC HD2 back to android after flashing my HD2 to Windows Phone. The error that I'm having right now is to unable to mount SD Card. Everytime i've tried to mount /SDcard, an error Unable to mount /sdcard occured.
I've tried so many options but still no avail. Tried to use adb shell command but still unable to mount. So, I've tried to run android using SD Card, my phone stuck at port-a-droid screen and keep rebooting. At first, I though it was the SD card but when I tried on my friends HD2, the SD Android can boot and no problem.
I can't think what is the main problem as when I've load back to WP7, my sdcard can be detected and use as a storage and even in Magldr.
Hope someone could shed some light to my problem as i really love this phone.
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Ok, follow these steps and you should be fine:
1. Flash task29 by placing task29.nbh onto root of SD card and holding volume down and power button while phone is OFF
2. Flash magldr or CLk
3. Flash recovery
I highly recommend HD2 Toolkit for this if you are not experienced. just google HD2 Toolkit and you will see the xda thread
Goodluck!
Thanks for your reply.
I will try it and hopefully it will solve my problem.
I will post again for the result. Thanks again.
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wakaru_ken said:
Thanks for your reply.
I will try it and hopefully it will solve my problem.
I will post again for the result. Thanks again.
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It should fix everything. Can't wait to hear the results!
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It should fix everything. Can't wait to hear the results!
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Hi again.
I've tried the step that you suggested using the toolkit but still the same problem.
I'm still unable to boot android from the SD as it keeps reboot after showing the port to droid ultimate screen.
Try to install rom via sdcard still giving me the same can't mount error.
Any other suggestion?
I quit confuse on what reason this is happening as when installing WP7, sdcard can be detected. But when I've flash to Stock Desire HD using DFT (as is the only method that I cn use to install android) my sdcard can be detected by the android os.
It's kinda weird actually...
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Have you tried simply formatting your SD card to FAT32? This often solves issues involving the SD card
wakaru_ken said:
Hi again.
I've tried the step that you suggested using the toolkit but still the same problem.
I'm still unable to boot android from the SD as it keeps reboot after showing the port to droid ultimate screen.
Try to install rom via sdcard still giving me the same can't mount error.
Any other suggestion?
I quit confuse on what reason this is happening as when installing WP7, sdcard can be detected. But when I've flash to Stock Desire HD using DFT (as is the only method that I cn use to install android) my sdcard can be detected by the android os.
It's kinda weird actually...
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Oh my bad i thought you were trying to reinstall nand after coming from windows phone.
But yes try what nigeldg suggested, also, make sure your setup (SD card folders, startup.txt etc) is correct as well, thats honestly where it seems like its failing. But without the device its hard to try myself
elesbb said:
Oh my bad i thought you were trying to reinstall nand after coming from windows phone.
But yes try what nigeldg suggested, also, make sure your setup (SD card folders, startup.txt etc) is correct as well, thats honestly where it seems like its failing. But without the device its hard to try myself
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Hi, thanks for your reply.
Actually I did want to reinstall android from WP7 however when i enter recovery mode and choose install from the zip file, I get can't mount sdcard.
I've been trying a lot of things, format using sd formatter, format to FAT32, swap with another sdcard and even purchase new sdcard also gave me the same error. Even trying to fix using adb also fail or maybe I'm not expert enough to fix using adb. Found a topic in the forum by modifying initrd.rc (if i'm not mistaken) my knowledge is still shallow, so I dare not to try such attempt yet.
Do you think using Clk would solve my problem rather using Magldr? Maybe I should give it a try.
As for the boot android from sd is an effort for me to run android as a temporary solution while trying to figure out NAND installation problem but that method also fail.
I've already format my card using FAT32 (but will try to reformat again later), but copy all the android file into the folder and try to reboot from sdcard. Only got to loading screen of port-a-droid ultimate and then my phone reboot. But when I insert the same sdcard into my friends HD2, it boot into the android without a problem as I'm facing right now.
So I don't know what's the different between his HD2 and mine.
Hopefully someone could help me.
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wakaru_ken said:
Hi, thanks for your reply.
Actually I did want to reinstall android from WP7 however when i enter recovery mode and choose install from the zip file, I get can't mount sdcard.
I've been trying a lot of things, format using sd formatter, format to FAT32, swap with another sdcard and even purchase new sdcard also gave me the same error. Even trying to fix using adb also fail or maybe I'm not expert enough to fix using adb. Found a topic in the forum by modifying initrd.rc (if i'm not mistaken) my knowledge is still shallow, so I dare not to try such attempt yet.
Do you think using Clk would solve my problem rather using Magldr? Maybe I should give it a try.
As for the boot android from sd is an effort for me to run android as a temporary solution while trying to figure out NAND installation problem but that method also fail.
I've already format my card using FAT32 (but will try to reformat again later), but copy all the android file into the folder and try to reboot from sdcard. Only got to loading screen of port-a-droid ultimate and then my phone reboot. But when I insert the same sdcard into my friends HD2, it boot into the android without a problem as I'm facing right now.
So I don't know what's the different between his HD2 and mine.
Hopefully someone could help me.
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After reading this, and thinking about it for awhile, to eliminate ALL software issues, i would flash stock TMOUS or your carrier's stock Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM and try the sd card there. It almost sounds like youre having a hardware issue. Or wait a minute, what programs did you use to format your SD card? there might be a partition still on it that recovery isnt liking, download mIni tool partition wizard and delete all partitions then create a fat32 partition set as primary. Or use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool that takes forever but it does an excelent job at erasing completely the contents (master boot records, paritions, data, everything) and restores it to a fresh state. every time i get any sort of external media i use this tool to completely wipe it clean. if problems still persist we may need to move to a google talk chat session or something so i can talk to you as you move through some steps.
elesbb said:
After reading this, and thinking about it for awhile, to eliminate ALL software issues, i would flash stock TMOUS or your carrier's stock Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM and try the sd card there. It almost sounds like youre having a hardware issue. Or wait a minute, what programs did you use to format your SD card? there might be a partition still on it that recovery isnt liking, download mIni tool partition wizard and delete all partitions then create a fat32 partition set as primary. Or use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool that takes forever but it does an excelent job at erasing completely the contents (master boot records, paritions, data, everything) and restores it to a fresh state. every time i get any sort of external media i use this tool to completely wipe it clean. if problems still persist we may need to move to a google talk chat session or something so i can talk to you as you move through some steps.
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Hi again.
Thats what I'm affraid off. But if there's no other options, then I have to try to see if it would solve my issue.
BTW, where can i get and download stock WM6.5 ROM. I'm using 512MB version of HD2 and not TMOUS.
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wakaru_ken said:
Hi again.
Thats what I'm affraid off. But if there's no other options, then I have to try to see if it would solve my issue.
BTW, where can i get and download stock WM6.5 ROM. I'm using 512MB version of HD2 and not TMOUS.
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Good question lol i have the stock TMOUS ROM, and a custom ROM. The only problem with those is the radio will most likely brick the device.
What carrier do you have? im pretty good at tracking down files on the net. I would start with the carriers website, then go to HTC's website. its 100% out there, just gotta get the blood hounds out and sniff it down i found a 12 year old program (simple .exe file) that would compare two folder directories and output there results to a text file so its definately out there
And i say it might be a hardware issue since you claimed it booted on your friends HD2, thus ruling out a bad SD card, or bad software setup. These devices arent that hard to pull apart, ive had mine a apart more times than i change my underwear xP
So if it is hardware related, prolly a pin thats not connecting 100% (Hopefully) you can easily rip it apart and bend the pin to make contact.
Well the best to ya if you need help finding the stock ROM just post your specs of the carrier and what not and i'll try to help ya. Also if you need anything else you know wher to find me
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Good question lol i have the stock TMOUS ROM, and a custom ROM. The only problem with those is the radio will most likely brick the device.
What carrier do you have? im pretty good at tracking down files on the net. I would start with the carriers website, then go to HTC's website. its 100% out there, just gotta get the blood hounds out and sniff it down i found a 12 year old program (simple .exe file) that would compare two folder directories and output there results to a text file so its definately out there
And i say it might be a hardware issue since you claimed it booted on your friends HD2, thus ruling out a bad SD card, or bad software setup. These devices arent that hard to pull apart, ive had mine a apart more times than i change my underwear xP
So if it is hardware related, prolly a pin thats not connecting 100% (Hopefully) you can easily rip it apart and bend the pin to make contact.
Well the best to ya if you need help finding the stock ROM just post your specs of the carrier and what not and i'll try to help ya. Also if you need anything else you know wher to find me
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Thanks again. I will try to find stock rom first. If not, I will post again.
Btw, is it possible for me to pull out (or create an image) of the stock ROM as my brother had a friend that ask me to convert his HD2 to Android. But just to be save, I want to extract the original stock rom first just in case and at the same time i could use it to restore my HD2.
Do you think it is caused by the hware. Because if it is, would it also effecting WP7 rom also. A bit weird as WP7 could access my sdcard without an issue. I don't know as i'm no expert in mobile device.
If my device is bricked either because of the radio or others, is it possible to un-brick it.
Anyway, thanks. Will be posting again soon.
If still couldn't solve, then i will just stick to WP7 and sold the unit instead.
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I forgot to ask. If my device came from WM6.5, should I flash the radio first or HSPL?
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wakaru_ken said:
Thanks again. I will try to find stock rom first. If not, I will post again.
Btw, is it possible for me to pull out (or create an image) of the stock ROM as my brother had a friend that ask me to convert his HD2 to Android. But just to be save, I want to extract the original stock rom first just in case and at the same time i could use it to restore my HD2.
Do you think it is caused by the hware. Because if it is, would it also effecting WP7 rom also. A bit weird as WP7 could access my sdcard without an issue. I don't know as i'm no expert in mobile device.
If my device is bricked either because of the radio or others, is it possible to un-brick it.
Anyway, thanks. Will be posting again soon.
If still couldn't solve, then i will just stick to WP7 and sold the unit instead.
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Here are the stock ROMs for the UK, so the ones for your carrier are probably on the HTC website somewhere Try searching through your country's branch of the htc website (i.e. rather than htc.com/uk try your country's code) and you will most probably find the ROM you're looking for. If you're flashing from WinMo you flash HSPL>Radio>MAGLDR/cLK>CWM>ROM (in response to your second post)
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Here are the stock ROMs for the UK, so the ones for your carrier are probably on the HTC website somewhere Try searching through your country's branch of the htc website (i.e. rather than htc.com/uk try your country's code) and you will most probably find the ROM you're looking for. If you're flashing from WinMo you flash HSPL>Radio>MAGLDR/cLK>CWM>ROM (in response to your second post)
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Hi and i'm here again to ask a question as i'm quite noob regarding this stuff and i don't want to end up brick my phone.
I've found this ROM upgrade for HTC HD2 at:
www.htc.com/sea/help/htc-hd2/#download
Can i use this rom to flash back to stock rom?
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wakaru_ken said:
Hi and i'm here again to ask a question as i'm quite noob regarding this stuff and i don't want to end up brick my phone.
I've found this ROM upgrade for HTC HD2 at:
www.htc.com/sea/help/htc-hd2/#download
Can i use this rom to flash back to stock rom?
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I'm reasonably sure you can, as that says it's just a generic software update. Try it out and see if it helps your SD issue and report back
Nigeldg said:
Here are the stock ROMs for the UK, so the ones for your carrier are probably on the HTC website somewhere Try searching through your country's branch of the htc website (i.e. rather than htc.com/uk try your country's code) and you will most probably find the ROM you're looking for. If you're flashing from WinMo you flash HSPL>Radio>MAGLDR/cLK>CWM>ROM (in response to your second post)
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Nigeldg said:
I'm reasonably sure you can, as that says it's just a generic software update. Try it out and see if it helps your SD issue and report back
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Way to steal my thunder lol haha thanks for the added information! i found the same things by browsing HTC's website. Hopefully its not a hardware fault!
elesbb said:
Way to steal my thunder lol haha thanks for the added information! i found the same things by browsing HTC's website. Hopefully its not a hardware fault!
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Trololol
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Trololol
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*cough*clears throat* loser *cough* mmm sorry about that had a scratch in my throat
:O meanie
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Rc30+no sim

I'm not really a newbie to android, but this G1 is my first HTC phone. I just bought it on eBay for basically nothing. It has no SIM card, and I do not own one. It is running RC30, and to downgrade I have placed the US RC29 on a microSD, in the root, with no other files present on the card. When I put it in the G1 and boot it into bootloader, the gray screen says "No image found." and then it goes back to tricolor and a gray band appears saying "Serial0"
EDIT: I didn't format the SD to FAT32, but now it still won't recognize the file. It goes through the install (the progress bar is full) but then it says UPDATE TERMINATE UPDATE FAIL. And it won't boot to anything but tricolor
PLEASE HELP ME, THIS THREAD HAS HAD NO OTHER REPLIES!!!
Seriously? I've had a bricked phone for over a month, and this thread still has no replies...
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Then your SD is formatted to fat32 or you didn't name the dreaimg.nbh file right, or you didn't put it on root of SD card. Also possible that SD reader is bad and you would then need to replace daughterboard. Really there are lots of reasons why this may not work so you'll need to explain more what you've tried
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Thank you so much for your reply. It is very much appreciated. I have reformatted the card to FAT32, and the package is named correctly. The device recognizes the file, goes through the install (the progress bar is full) and then says
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Sometimes the progress bar doesn't make it all the way and it interrupts to the error again. I have tried MANY different dreaimg.nbh files, to no avail. I cannot boot to recovery. I cannot boot to system. I have tried making the file DREAIMG.NBH, dreaimg.nbh, DREAIMG.nbh, and dreaimg.NBH. None work. Also, I am 100% sure the file is in the root of the SD card. Thanks again for the reply!
So you can still boot into current os but it fails to downgrade? You may need to make a gold card, also try rc7 instead of rc29
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demkantor said:
So you can still boot into current os but it fails to downgrade? You may need to make a gold card, also try rc7 instead of rc29
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No. I can't boot to system OR downgrade. I'll try RC7, that's a good idea. The problem now is finding my microSD! XD
I'm gonna need to do that before I make a goldcard
EDIT: As soon as I sat up from my computer, I found my microSD. Must be the luck of the Irish! Could you send me to a guide on how to make a gold card? Is there a way I can revive my G1 from a computer, as I have a working installation of linux and a mini USB cable.
To revive it from a computer you would need to JTAG it. Not super easy and you'll need more than a USB cable
Just Google search gold card g1, you should find lots of hits, I think the unlocker even has a video. Not near a computer so I can't send you a link easy
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You have been such a help. I....I love you. (no homo)
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arceusg said:
You have been such a help. I....I love you. (no homo)
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I need to be able to boot the system to create a gold card according theunlockr.

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