[Q] What to flash and how long? - HD2 General

One of my friends sister recently acquired an HD2. It has an issue where the slide to unlock does not respond all the time but once it unlocks, that part of the screen works perfectly fine. Leads me to believe its software related. Anyways...
I think windows 6.5 is a little outdated. So I was thinking of upgrading her phone to WP7 or android. I also dont have a whole lot of time to preform the upgrade. Like a few hours. So my two questions are:
A) How long will it take to flash?
B) Which OS will you recommend?
I think WP7 is a better OS for her but the android market is clearly superior right now. She is not a geek so the more basic the OS the better. Also I am looking for an OS that is 100% there without any MAJOR bugs(software/hardware).
I should mentioned I have flashed phones before. I had a touch pro that I flashed to 6.5, an EVO that is running CM7, and my HP touchpad running CM7.

yelserp87 said:
A) How long will it take to flash?
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once you know how to do it, it can be done start to finish in fifteen minutes.
flash hspl - one minute
flash radio - one minute (not specifically required for tmous phones)
flash magldr (or cLK) - one minute
flash cwm - one minute
create ext on sd card (if using android and you want an ext partition - can disregard for tmous phones) - three minutes
flash rom - five minutes
allow rom to configure, first boot - some minutes.

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[q] big noob here, android/6.5 help!? Pretty please

I am new to XDA because I'm knew to the HTC HD2 T-mo USA. I like Win 6.5, works fine, but have the need to tinker. Seriously, have been researching how to install Android for about 12-14 hours combined. See plenty of guides that are not easy to understand, and then don't mention HSPL, etc. Could anyone help me safely install? I have loaded (but not installed) froyo sense 3.2 and dual boot loader. Everything appears to be okay, pressed clrcad, then hared and the HTC logo comes up??? I have not installed HSPL, is that the problem? A complete layman's guide would be very helpful. If I install HSPL can't I just remove my sim card to not lose contacts? Links to help, will probably not be helpful, I think I've read them all, as well as the rest of the Internet.
My info:
Radio 2.10 stock
Rom Vers. 2.13.531.1 stock
Thanks to all here, you guys are way beyond me and your mercy would be appreciated!
When you saw the htc logo how long did you wait for? If it's your first boot then boot time should take roughly 20 mins max. Unless you've downloaded a data image with the build you're trying out and placed the data image in the same android folder, then boot time should be faster. So if you didn't copy a data image file that you've downloaded, into the android folder, go into the android folder, delete the data image file that the system has created, and try to boot android again, wait for about 20 mins and android should be ready, complete the setup or not (DO not install any apps). Then reboot your phone, start up android again, then you're ready to go. HSPL does not remove sim contacts if i remember correctly.
The only problem with HSPL is the possibility of voiding your warranty.
Thanks!
First, thanks for your reply. In videos about installing, after people click haret, massive amount of script(?) start running, that just never happened. HTC logo comes up instantly, waited about 10 minutes, due to many people saying it took about 7 min. I was just expecting scrolling script/code(?)
Again, thanks for your help. I will certainly wait longer if that's what you believe I should do. Does HSPL need to be installed to install Android? Seen talk about radio, appears my 2.10 version is okay?
It's okie, it's normal for current android builds not to show those massive amounts of scripts. If i remember correctly stock roms don't really bode well with android so i suggest you flash a custom rom. I would recommend you HSPL the device first however since HSPL is recommended for both flashing winmo and booting android, HSPL 2 or 3 will do. You can remove the HSPl by flashing a stock rom through sd card when you don't want the HSPL anymore.Your radio is okie i think, i'm not sure about the prerequisites for running android on a t-mo hd2 however.
Hi, the videos you have watched are of the older versions of android which showed all the script when launching linux. Now they are all nicely concealled under the HTC logo, if you want a nice safe build to get you started, try darkstones superRAM rom.
It loads itself onto your ram rather than running off the SD card, and also runs perfect on stock phones without HSPL.
Simply drag+drop onto your SD card then lanch CLRCAD+haret, and away you go.
Heres a link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870518
Hope this can get you started
Yes I believe you have to use hspl for your phone for the android process to be complete and work properly.
phoneman09 said:
Yes I believe you have to use hspl for your phone for the android process to be complete and work properly.
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No, you do not need HSPL, I use Android every day on the ROM in my sig, with regular stock SPL.
No robot voice, no SOD, everything works.
Just place the Android folder on the root (not inside any folders, just on the sd card) of your sd card, go into file explorer in WinMo, navigate to Android folder, press CLRCAD, press Haret, and enjoy Android. First boot can take 10-15 mins.
try this,its very simple very quick to do and works very well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870518

[Q] HELP unstable radio / network

Hi folks, Basically I want to be able to use both WinMo and Android (SD) but can't find a stable solution.
I have upgraded my WinMo to 3.14.xxxx and so the Radio is also updated too. But when In Android I get a lot of freezes etc when doing network stuff (sometimes in Weather, mostly when downloading apps in Market).
I have tried various Radio's and Rom Versions, but it still isn't very un-stable.
Currently my Radio is 2.15.50.14 - which should be fine with Android.
My last clear down last night I did the following.
1) dropped my Win OS back to 1.72... (so I could load HSPL for Task 29)
2) loaded HSPL2
3) ran Task 29
4) loaded 3.14..... (but obviously HSPL is still on)
5) removed HSPL back to SPL delivered
6) loaded 3.14... again so I could get SPL 3.03...
Then I tried Android and still it frooze :-(
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Tony
I have same problems like you when using android now convert it to wp7 its better now (not locking especially(i couldn't wake the phone with power button with different android roms typhooon cyanogen, motoman,cmylxgo )radio rom same 2.15.50.14)with wp7 its continue signal strength changing but not locking now.
canawar said:
I have same problems like you when using android now convert it to wp7 its better now (not locking especially(i couldn't wake the phone with power button with different android roms typhooon cyanogen, motoman,cmylxgo )radio rom same 2.15.50.14)with wp7 its continue signal strength changing but not locking now.
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Are you saying your Android is more stable with WP7 as the base?
Although I say WinMobile is more stable than android, its not totally stable.
For example I just finished a call and then the phone rebooted.
any other suggestions?
is my phone defective?
TonyOCL said:
Are you saying your Android is more stable with WP7 as the base?
Although I say WinMobile is more stable than android, its not totally stable.
For example I just finished a call and then the phone rebooted.
any other suggestions?
is my phone defective?
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Are there no suggestions ;-(
Unless you need a dual boot, then go for a Android nand build, slow to boot, but there are now some fast stable nand builds. I recomment the version in my sig, but version 1.4 will be rekleased soon try that. Its a full nand install, simple instructions, and ofcours if you don't like it just task 29 and choose something else
johnerz said:
Unless you need a dual boot, then go for a Android nand build, slow to boot, but there are now some fast stable nand builds. I recomment the version in my sig, but version 1.4 will be rekleased soon try that. Its a full nand install, simple instructions, and ofcours if you don't like it just task 29 and choose something else
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I may do this this weekend.
When you say slow to boot.. can you tell me how long in seconds to get to the home screen?
Thanks
TonyOCL said:
I may do this this weekend.
When you say slow to boot.. can you tell me how long in seconds to get to the home screen?
Thanks
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First flash will take a while, like 5 minutes, but after that it takes a minute or less for my phone to boot. Its actually quite fast.

Going back to windows mobile 6.5 from Android- SIMPLE

Hello,
Heres the story:
I sold today my htc hd2 and someone came by to my house to get it and pay. Now i got a message that he cant get used to android. Now I need info for a simple instalation of windows mobile on the htc hd2. Like Getting a windows mobile RUU.exe and simple install it with 1 setup. The phone has hyperdroid, magdlr 1.13, cwm 1.3
I need your answer fast.
David
You can just download the official rom and flash it over usb, it will overwrite everything, HSPL, radio, splash screen, everything back to stock. Or you could do the same with most other wm6.5 roms, but if you're giving it to someone not comfortable with it and you don't want to be their phone support guy for the next however long, I would give them the phone stock, or link them to the proper official rom.
If you have a US T-Mobile HD2 (1024): http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm54430.xml?
If you have an HTC HD2 (512): http://www.htc.com/www/SupportDownloadList.aspx?p_id=297&act=sd&cat=2
The above instructions are correct, but did not mention that if you have flashed HSPL and MAGLDR that you will need to flash the stock ROM from an SD card that is under 2Gig in size. Just copy the original ROM file to the card, enter bootloader mode and go from there.
One thing, though - if the person who bought your phone can't get used to Android, he's in bigger trouble than he thinks. I mean, what the hell did he think he was buying? Is it that he can't get used to a PDA phone, a touch screen or does he prefer communicating by carrier pigeon? Rhetorical questions, I know, but geez... what the F did the guy think he was getting, and why is it now your problem?
I'm no expert, but I thought I remembered hearing something about how you weren't supposed to flash the original rom from sd, because it somehow makes it so you can't reflash hspl later if you change your mind.
Not 100% on that by any means.
I know this may involve an extra step, but to avoid usage of SD flashing, you can flash a custom HD2 WM6.xx ROM. Then flash the stock ROM..
willr001 said:
I'm no expert, but I thought I remembered hearing something about how you weren't supposed to flash the original rom from sd, because it somehow makes it so you can't reflash hspl later if you change your mind.
Not 100% on that by any means.
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That may have been the case in the early stages of HSPL development. If you flashed the wrong rom and got stuck on an spl that was not supported by the HSPL versions out then that was so. This is no longer the case now with all spl versions being able to be HSPL'd.
I gave him an link to an official RUU wm 6.5 NL rom. It's an exe file. I told him he haves to run this exe file in android and if that doesnt work he haves to go to boot menu (holding volume down) and if that's doesn't work he haves to try out the usb flasher option in magdlr. I also gave him the link to this forum post.
here is a simplier way to explain it. i use it sometimes if i forget how to do it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc89Gh0QpIY&feature=related
Hi, New to HD2 but not to flashing ROMs ( Mogul, polaris, TyTN 2) got a second hand TMobile USA yesterday. Came with a nand Android 2.2 install, Magldr v 1.11 and spl 2.08 hspl. I intend to flash back to the stock rom ( latest version T-Mobile HD2 MR Software (Version 3.14.531.1 ) so I can dual boot with an sd android install. I also intend to check out some of the custom 6.5 builds along the way.
Have installed HTC sync for Android and and all appears to be good. I can also get a usb connection while in bootloader.
I'm assuming its as simple as the 2nd post but I don't want to brick my new phone on my first day . Would somebody please confirm that I'm not making any obvious mistakes? I gather I will then need will need to flash a new HSPL, which version is recommended for my purposes?
I apologize in advance for asking such a simple question but the HD2 forums are new to me and much larger than those for any of my old phones. I have been reading for most of the past week and think I know what I'm doing but I might be completely wrong.
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Is anybody out there?
I know that posting in "[GUIDE] Flashing Your First HD2 NAND Android Rom [For Newbs]" would be more appropriate but I can't seem to post in it as I just get a bulletin message saying I don't have permission. This is the closest thread I can find for my question.
Many Thanks in anticipation of a reply
Oh well. No replies. looks like I will just have to give it a go. Will play with some other Nand android builds first and upgrade MAGLDR to 1.13. Will also experiment with different radios to see if I can improve battery life as it is shocking (loses nearly 30% in 7 hours while 'asleep").
BTW I think my current radio is 2.08.50.08 (settings/software information/baseband version - second half of string). Happy to stand corrected if this is not where you find the radio version in android - as I said before I'm new to this OS.
In case anyone is wondering. The reason for multiple posts in a dead thread is to reach the number required to post on the more appropriate development thread.
Hope that does not upset anyone. I do promise to come back to this thread and post how I got on. ie successes, failures, tips etc.

[Q] Freezing issue for the clever folks

Hello folks, I appear to have gotten into bother during a rom flash. After successfully installing a MAGLDR nand rom via CWM, the first boot of said rom just gives me the frozen splash screen without animation and the boot does not complete. Happens the same with three different roms.
I suspected somewhere further back in the boot process was at fault so I reflashed a known working radio rom, but problem still persists.
Despite a LOT of reading I can't see much about freezes at this point in the boot process on MAGLDR roms.
Bits that work - HSPL rainbow boot screen happily comes up, Task 29 works, magldr reinstalls and works fine, CWM perfect. Installs roms from SD (freshly reformatted) and appears to be ready to go, until boot actually begins then... splash screen freeze.
I have redownloaded various versions of everything to ensure no issues with corrupt files. I have also used different SD cards and ensured freshly formatted FAT32.
If it helps anyone, I have previously used NDT CM7 12.1 for about a month with zero problems.
Any other less obvious stuff I'm missing?
I'm off to bed so will be approx 7 hours from post time when I start responding. In the meantime I've put MAGLDR 1.10 on the phone so at least it can charge!
Many thanks in advance for reading.
Replying to self with update:
Installed OzRom Winmo 6.5 via the tried and trusted CustomRUU method, and it appears to work perfectly. What is winmo doing that android nand roms don't? I assumed if there had been bad blocks on the nand the much larger windows mobile rom would have covered this, and thus failed on boot.
At least opens the door to using an SD build till I can troubleshoot. Odder and odder.
Forgive my ignorance, but if the CustomRUU flash method still works for me, are there any modern android roms that don't need MAGLDR or clk?
Again, many thanks.
drachers said:
Replying to self with update:
Installed OzRom Winmo 6.5 via the tried and trusted CustomRUU method, and it appears to work perfectly. What is winmo doing that android nand roms don't? I assumed if there had been bad blocks on the nand the much larger windows mobile rom would have covered this, and thus failed on boot.
At least opens the door to using an SD build till I can troubleshoot. Odder and odder.
Forgive my ignorance, but if the CustomRUU flash method still works for me, are there any modern android roms that don't need MAGLDR or clk?
Again, many thanks.
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How long have you been leaving the ROM on the boot screen? A first install of an Android ROM can take anywhere up to and over 15 mins for first boot. I also remember one when installing a hyperdroid ROM I had to restart the phone once to get passed boot splash.
I'd recommend flashing a popular ROM, leaving it for 20 mins, restarting and leaving another 20 mins. What do you have to lose? Just remember magldr doesn't have charge while off capabilities!
Also check your partition sizes and layout (you have to edit flash.cfg for magldr builds, partition sizes depend on the rom you pick but will be specified in the ROM thread).
Thanks for the reply. Each time I left the rom on the boot screen for a good half hour, and in one case an hour. I have installed NDT 12.1 and the newer v16 successfully before, so I know what sort of timescales are involved. I also had a go at an earlier Typhoon build. Naturally I used only the recovery sizes specified in each rom's own thread, using versions of MAG/CWM specified there, and Task 29 beforehand.
I have an update to all this, however. Previously I said Winmo installed, but now it is bugging out to all hell. This might fit my "bad blocks in nand" hypothesis, perhaps the files covering the bad area are less critical than the ones in each android build, and Winmo just crosses its fingers and tries to boot anyway!
In any case, if I can get an SD android build running I'll cut my losses and stick with whatever works.
Cheers again, hopefully this random screed of info will help people. Seems to be if all else fails, try winmo.

help me with wp7

Hi guys! I have LEO T-Mobile with installed HD2 CoreDroid GB 2.3.5 V3.7 & Froyo 1.8 . Now i want to try WP7 can you recommend me WP7 ROM and tell me how to install it from android i have installed HSPL. Sorry for bad english
beblioy said:
how to install it from android
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not from android.
the mechanics of teh flash are simple
Clear your sd card (it will be fully wiped and formatted)
Into magldr - usb flasher - flash the wp7 rom of your choice according to the instructions in that roms thread.
I liked
[ROM] Back to the Future [XBmod-Yuki][Updatable]Build 8107 Ready
because it will work with official updates correctly through zune, (more roms might do that by now, I've not used it for some months) but its a loong delicate process, you essentially install several things in the correct order, some from files, some from Zune, some take seconds some an hour or more, especially if you let it update through Zune from MS, rather than finding the packs and installing them in order.
One slip up and you have to start again.
Its not a ten minute flash like android, took me several hours and several flashes to get right. (basically you install each of the builds all the way from 7004 up to mango.
If you go for that rom i mentioned, be sure and read the first 3 or 4 posts FULLY more than once before you start. I 'think' i remember a second thread specifically about how to install that rom.
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HERE
[Install Guide] Back to the Future [XBmod-Yuki]
read it very carefully, the first 5 or 6 posts.
The best install method for the ROM mentioned is one-shot from the basic WP7 or through Zune, it takes a while (an hour-odd), but you get there in the end. Although other working Mango versions have just straight flash options that only take minutes, so might be worth a shot.
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!!! Most muck-ups happen when you fail to read some small, but important piece of info.

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