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android rom not booting

I have been attempting to get WP7 working on my hd2, but have given up as I just can't get the thing to activate. So I have been trying to put android back on, but nothing I try installing now comes out bootable. I've even tried putting it back to an official rom before installing (or trying to) android. whereas that rom works, the android install still fails to boot.
Anyone got any suggestions?

which rom are you trying to install? cwm or daf install?

cwm install, imilka's vision sense.

Hi,
I have HD2 with 3.03.0000 SPL, 2.15.50.14 radio, ROM 3.14.479.2 (04666) WWE.
I tried to boot SuperRAM_FroYo_V1.5.
Everything is ok, but when green HTC logo appears, phone is restarting to Windows... Can someone tell me what I need to do to boot Android ? I tried to search, but I dont find answer.
Thanks.

Looking into it farther, it's looking like when i try to install from clockworkmod recovery (3.0.0.5) that I have booting off my sd-card, the install goes far too wuick. it doesn't even create partitions or anything. Could it be the wp7 rom caused some areas of the phone to be 'locked' or something similar?

borda01 said:
Hi,
I have HD2 with 3.03.0000 SPL, 2.15.50.14 radio, ROM 3.14.479.2 (04666) WWE.
I tried to boot SuperRAM_FroYo_V1.5.
Everything is ok, but when green HTC logo appears, phone is restarting to Windows... Can someone tell me what I need to do to boot Android ? I tried to search, but I dont find answer.
Thanks.
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Same is happening with 1.42.000 & 2.15.14 radio.

SpiritWolf said:
Looking into it farther, it's looking like when i try to install from clockworkmod recovery (3.0.0.5) that I have booting off my sd-card, the install goes far too wuick. it doesn't even create partitions or anything. Could it be the wp7 rom caused some areas of the phone to be 'locked' or something similar?
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You have reformatted your SD Card to original size after using WP7, have you? If not, download Panaspnic SD Formatter and format your SD card using that.
Are you guys making sure you have right CWR system layout size for the ROM you're trying to flash? That's usually the problem if it won't get past the first Android bootscreen.

Task 29
Flash radio
Reformat sdcard
Flash magdlr1.13
Flash cwm recovery with correct partition size.150, 200mb etc.
Flash rom
Tbe task 29 and sdcard reformat should revers any possibilities of something still hanging around from wp7
2.15 radio
2.2miui stock via cwm

chrisgto4 said:
Task 29
Flash radio
Reformat sdcard
Flash magdlr1.13
Flash cwm recovery with correct partition size.150, 200mb etc.
Flash rom
Tbe task 29 and sdcard reformat should revers any possibilities of something still hanging around from wp7
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Only use this if just flashing the correct CWR partition won't work. There's also no need to reflash the radio. Task 29 only formats the NAND area.

Yeah, I did a full set of partitions on my sd card. not sure it was needed as wp7 didn't recognise the card.

Depends on which task 29 he finds in his search. Also if this is somehow radio related (seriously doubt) why not reflash it anyways, not gonna hurt. Since we dont know exactly whats wrong why not just redo eveything. Only takes about 5 minutes. And pretty much guaranteed to boot
2.15 radio
2.2miui stock via cwm

SpiritWolf said:
Yeah, I did a full set of partitions on my sd card. not sure it was needed as wp7 didn't recognise the card.
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Full set of partitions? Meaning you've got a FAT32 first partition and a Ext3/4 second partition? What CWR do you have installed though? It might be the wrong size for the ROM you're trying to flash. You can check what size CWR partition you have by opening the flash.cfg file (inside of your CWR folder) and find the line with 'system ya | 300' etc.

SpiritWolf said:
Yeah, I did a full set of partitions on my sd card. not sure it was needed as wp7 didn't recognise the card.
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Oh. Guessing u have a leo512 and partitioning sdcard for apps2 sd. Wp7 still got ahold of your sdcard and did something.
2.15 radio
2.2miui stock via cwm

Yeah. I have the partitions set up as follows
1. Fat32 13gigs (ish)
2. Ext4 1gig
3. Ext4 350mb
3. linux swap 150gig.
the version of my clockworkmod recovery thing is v.3.0.0.5 and is running off my sd card, not actually installed on the phone. This has all worked for me fine until i put wp7 on, now nothing seems to be working. sigh.

Running off your SD card as in the intrid and zImage file are in there? I suggest you just update your CWR to the newest version (1.3). It doesn't need those files to be copied to the SD Card and runs off NAND. In MAGLDR it has it's own menu too. (AD Recovery). For me, I just have a load of different recovery folders with different partition sizes but it's not needed. I suggest you download the 150M CWR and then just change the partition size to whatever is needed. You just change the System ya | -150- to whatever size is needed. It'll probably be in the first post of the ROM you're downloading.

SpiritWolf said:
Yeah. I have the partitions set up as follows
1. Fat32 13gigs (ish)
2. Ext4 1gig
3. Ext4 350mb
3. linux swap 150gig.
the version of my clockworkmod recovery thing is v.3.0.0.5 and is running off my sd card, not actually installed on the phone. This has all worked for me fine until i put wp7 on, now nothing seems to be working. sigh.
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You need to format your whole sdcard. Whatever your using to format isnt seeing everything. Some partition types are only seen by linux. What partition tool are you using?
2.15 radio
2.2miui stock via cwm

I used gparted to give it it's fresh lot of partitions

Have you tried what I said to do?

Ok, got recovery flashed in and running out of magldr. When it comes to partitioning the sd card, what is the advantage of 4 partitions over 3, as some rom threads say to partition 4, some say 3.

You mean an Ext3/4 partition? I honestly don't know and I just use an Ext3 partition as it's easier to do on XP. Both work though fine though.
Have you flashed your ROM yet?

Want to change ROM but confused about a few things.

Hi.
After getting my HD2 last week I tentatively but successfully flashed my first ROM, which was the Rafdroid 4.0.2.
I had correct radio.
I installed HSPL 2.08.
I installed MAGLDR 1.13
I got the Rafdroid ZIP file
Prepared SD card with Primary Partition and 1GB ext3 partition.
Downloaded the 400MB CWM partition and flashed to HD2
Then installed the Rafdroid Zip from SD card via CWM.
Everything seemed to go fine and I've been using the Rafdroid for a week. But now I want to try a new ROM, specifically the NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.7 ROM.
Now I'am a bit unsure on how best to proceed still being new to the world of NAND. A few things in the Nexus ROM thread confuse me.
Installing CWM_Recovery_for_NexusHD2 (135MB system and 2MB cache)
Does this mean I need to reflash to CWM partiton size 1.3v 150MB? I'm unsure what the 2MB cache means.
Enter ClockworkMod Recovery when you're on MAGLDR 1.13 (hold "Power" button during boot) and select "AD Recovery" or "Boot AD SD" (if ever copied CWM's initrd.gz and zImage to SD).
The first part of this I understand but I don't know what the bold bit is. Do I need to copy these files to my sd card? I didn't do anything like this when I flashed Rafdoid.
Thanks for your time. Hopefully a few pointers can get me on my way

Yes, reflash cwm but with a different partition layout.
(look in cwm folder find flash.cfg, open it in notepad, you will see the numbers to change)
The bit in bold - ignore that, there are two types of cwm, one that installs to the nand, like you have, and one that runs from sd, so ignore the sd bit.
So,
Into magldr,,
usb flashing,,,
flash the new layout with the sizes the rom suggests, (you can tinker with your own sizes as you get used to changing, it's the system size that is important, a few meg bigger than the unzipped size of the system folder in the rom.zip)
When that completes, back into magldr,
Ad recovery (option 8 I think) to boot cwm, and flash the rom.
You can set the system size to what you like, so long as it is bigger than the roms system folder, but anything over is wasted, it doesn't count towards internal storage, so if the rom says 135 and you flash 150 layout, there is 15meg wasted space. (that being said, 150 is a good size to use, since quite a few roms use that or smaller,, sense free roms will mostly all fit in 150 layouts,) meaning you can switch between them without flashing cwm again. Also means you can restore cwm backups from any of them into that layout, so you can set one up, take backup, flash another, take backup, flash a third, then any time restore either of the backups.

Use flash.cfg to change partition.. Btw. I read in NexusHD rom topic you need to flash 135MB system and 2MB cache.
About the second problem:
Just make sure you have zipped rom on your sd card, enter MAGLDR, select AD Recovery and flash zip.
I think the second way is possible if you manually copy those files, never tried it.

Hi Sam and volv.
Many thanks for taking the time to answer my queries!
Should I get rid of the Rafdroid sd card layout and just re format the card to FAT32? I don't think I'll be going back to it.
Another thing about the backup - where are they stored - in the NAND memory or on the sd card for loading back into NAND?
Everything else you've posted has been very clear and super helpful. I'll definitely be a lot more confident at flashing the ROM tomorrow!
Thank you.

Warren_Orange said:
Hi Sam and volv.
Many thanks for taking the time to answer my queries!
Should I get rid of the Rafdroid sd card layout and just re format the card to FAT32? I don't think I'll be going back to it.
Another thing about the backup - where are they stored - in the NAND memory or on the sd card for loading back into NAND?
Everything else you've posted has been very clear and super helpful. I'll definitely be a lot more confident at flashing the ROM tomorrow!
Thank you.
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Hi,
Before starting anything,BACKUP YOUR STUFF.
Go to ad recovery>backup and restore and make a backup of your current system and data.This is stored on your sd card in clockworkmod/backup.
Next ,flash your new partition.
Then go to ad recovery and wipe data,cache partition,and dalvik(advanced)
Then go back and choose install zip from sd card(having placed your new ROM zip on the root of your sd card using a card reader)

Most roms support using the ext partition, so definitely keep it.
Before you flash, in cwm, do a 'wipe data/factory reset','wipe cache', and then 'advanced - wipe dalvik cache'. This will clear out the data and such from the previous rom, so no need to format it. (there may be some leftover folders from certain apps in the fat32 partition, you can manually delete them as and if necessary, shouldnt cause any problems)
backups get saved to the sd card, in a folder called clockwork, so be sure and back that up if you plan on formatting your sd card.

Hi again.
I just want to say the flash went like clockwork (no pun intended ) The NexusHD ROM has a really nice feel to it. Its my first taste of stock Android and I like it.
I was going to sell the HD2 and keep my old Hero, but I'm not so sure now after trying NEXUS HD ROM.
Hmmn decisions decisions.
Once again thanks for all your help. It definitely filled in the missing blanks.
Ta Ta

you can use every flash.cfg and change the values to the needet. Run the flash tool and after that flash the zip via recovery

[Q] Stuck on green htc logo after flashing NexusHD2-ICS-CM9-HWA V3.0b to NAND

hi all,
so i've been trying this out for two days and no luck also i've searched for it on the forums
so what i've done so far:
-installed 2.08.HSPL
-the 2.15.50.14 radio
-installed MAGLDR
-flashed CMW with a partition with 200 system 5 cache
flashed the rom via zip installation
and it rebootes and just freezes on the green htc logo on the black background for over an hour and i did a task 29 wipe and stated allover again but with no luck... what am i missing here ?
also how do i prepare my sd so i can install data on ex for that rom ? like from the beggingin what should i do?
and have i mentioned im a noob

Are you sure you're doing NAND install? Or NAND with data on EXT? Cause if you're not having EXT partition on SD card - it's not gonna work for sure (explains why you're stuck on loading screen I guess)
"flashed the rom via zip installation" - make sure you're using correct type of install, out of ideas if you're doing it with NAND (ONLY) option.

well i am sure im installing on NAND because i chose it from the AROMA installer..
say i will flash it on NAND with data on EXT for a change , can you direct me to the right steps for partitioning the sd ?
because all the guides i saw here for prepairing the sd were applicable after i install the rom on NAND ...

The easiest way is to backup your sdcard first, because this will wipe it completely. Go into recovery, then advanced and finally choose partition sd card. I suggest choosing 1024MB, and 0 swap. It will take a while, then return your stuff back into the card and try installing the ROM again.
Or, you can use a desktop software to partition it (use google).

thanks for replying ..
so i partitioned my sd and installed the rom on NAND with data on EXT and my phone still stops at the green htc on black logo
what am i missing here ? has this ever occurred before ?

Are you sure you're using wipe option before installing a new rom? (Task29 @ HTC HD2 ToolKit) cause if you're doing it without any wipeout of your phone memory it won't work either, if it's not that, then I'm out of ideas.
However, Ill make a step-step guide, atleast one which I do before flashing new rom.
#1 wipe, Task29
#2 repartition for the system memory etc, I choose 200mb for system (need some space for additional mods xd)
#3 Install MAGLDR
#4 I don't repartition my SD everytime (moving 30gbs out of it is a pain tbh), but find repartitioning of SD card in Recovery, repartition it to EXT4 format
#5 move your rom .zip to sd card after the SD card is partitioned
#6 install the ROM through CWM, should work after that, make sure that you ALREADY have SD CARD PARTITIONED if you're using NAND+DATA on EXT option, cause otherwise it won't work
I always do it this way and it works, correct me if I missed something there cause I'm already doing it without thinking.

Look my signature and mark your bad blocks for once. After that try to flash rom again with bigger system partition.
Sent from my HD2 using xda app-developers app

OK , I've solved the problem .. i flashed cLK and everything went great ..
i guess something's wrong with MAGLDR and my phone .. thanks everyone for replying

[Q] HTC HD2 stuck on boot screen, any rom

i have problem
i have htc hd2, 2.08.HSPL, Leo_RADIO_2.15.50.14, MAGLDR v1.13 and ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6
i instal this rom androidforum.tytung.com/nexushd2-jellybean-cm10-2-t78.html on nand, everything is sucesfull. When i restat device it stuck on boot screen, that hapend with any rom which i instal on nand. i have 2gb sd card and system partition 400m, what i'm doing wrong.
i have one rom that i copy files on sd card an run ad as and works perfect, but wifi wont work. what to to to instal this rom correctly that shuold work, please help

domix5000 said:
... i have 2gb sd card and system partition 400m ...
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That is what you're doing wrong. Do you have an ext partition on your sd card? If you don't, create one. And reduce that 400 to 300mb. (I am assuming you want to install via DataOnExt.)

Marvlesz said:
That is what you're doing wrong. Do you have an ext partition on your sd card? If you don't, create one. And reduce that 400 to 300mb. (I am assuming you want to install via DataOnExt.)
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yes i want it istal like you say, than i must to reduce to 300m , how i create ext4 partiton and how large must it be

How big is something you decide (I suggest 1.5GB), how to create: just google "how to create ext4 partition android"

Installing android on HD2

I have been installing android on my HD2, I followed a guide but I'm not allowed to post the link. I installed hspl4, then CustomRUU, then MAGLDR, then ClockWorkMod, then NexusHD2-ICS-CM9-HWA V2.8 from zip on sd card.
After 4 hours trying to make it work, it finally did. Now there's just 2 problems:
Every app crashes constanly, some wont start
There's only 400kb space left in the internal storage, so I can't install anything.
I believe I have installed android NAND, though I can't quite figure out what this means. When following the guide my phone said I needed to make a EXT 4 partition on the SD card. So I did that manually. I used the 250 MB version of clockwork.
I was wondering if it is possible to install and run android on the SD Card, so there would be more internal storage.
I have never done anything like this before, so I don't have any experience, but I tried to choose the NativeSD (SD-EXT) option instead of NAND with DataOnEXT. But when I boot AD SD it says ssSD kernel open failed
#EDIT
I whiped it, then I tried making a bigger EXT4 partition of 1 gb. Now it works. I am pretty sure I installed it NAND again, which I think means on the internal storage, but the internal storage is now 1 gb, the size of the partition.

Ragusa12 said:
I have been installing android on my HD2, I followed a guide but I'm not allowed to post the link. I installed hspl4, then CustomRUU, then MAGLDR, then ClockWorkMod, then NexusHD2-ICS-CM9-HWA V2.8 from zip on sd card.
After 4 hours trying to make it work, it finally did. Now there's just 2 problems:
Every app crashes constanly, some wont start
There's only 400kb space left in the internal storage, so I can't install anything.
I believe I have installed android NAND, though I can't quite figure out what this means. When following the guide my phone said I needed to make a EXT 4 partition on the SD card. So I did that manually. I used the 250 MB version of clockwork.
I was wondering if it is possible to install and run android on the SD Card, so there would be more internal storage.
I have never done anything like this before, so I don't have any experience, but I tried to choose the NativeSD (SD-EXT) option instead of NAND with DataOnEXT. But when I boot AD SD it says ssSD kernel open failed
#EDIT
I whiped it, then I tried making a bigger EXT4 partition of 1 gb. Now it works. I am pretty sure I installed it NAND again, which I think means on the internal storage, but the internal storage is now 1 gb, the size of the partition.
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well done, and welcome to the forum. The "internal storage" that the android rom "sees" is your ext4 data partition on your sdcard. That is how DataOnExt works. NativeSD does the same, using ext4 partition for system as well.
The NAND is the real internal storage.
Glad you got it sorted :good:
Edit; perhaps, when trying NativeSD, you didn't specify which folder (usually called NativeSD) on your sdcard to boot from, using magldr menu 10. services / 1. bootsettings / 3. ad sd dir then scrolling down to NativeSD folder. Then 2. boot ad sd

Robbie P said:
well done, and welcome to the forum. The "internal storage" that the android rom "sees" is your ext4 data partition on your sdcard. That is how DataOnExt works. NativeSD does the same, using ext4 partition for system as well.
The NAND is the real internal storage.
Glad you got it sorted :good:
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Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

sounds really good. Myself also being a noob, i have a HD2 with Windows also want to upgrade to android only. I'll have a read on the forums, hopefully will be able replicate what "Ragusa12" undergone wish me luck...