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[Q] HTC HD2 - Android Porting

Getting ready for brickbats, I send in this query.
I have an HD2. I want to try Android OS on it. However, the information in the forums is quite overwhelming for someone like me, who only knows the front end of the phone. I have searched the forums for methods and which version to use, but end up getting lost.
All I know till now is that I need to download the Android file and save it on the phone and then run it. But which version(there are so many!)? What are things that work, and do not work? What all do I need to do for a functional phone after I port it?
My apologies if the answer to this has already been posted somewhere; please point me to it and I shall be grateful.
Please help!
R

Sorry mate, but all the answers to your questions are in the threads in the development section.
Just pick one and read the first post (realistically, read the first few pages). That gives you all the info you need on running Android.
Just go from ROM to ROM and read what's already been written about them, in order to decide which to use.

Thank you John! I will do that!
Seasons Greetings!

rovanv said:
Thank you John! I will do that!
Seasons Greetings!
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The MDJ Froyo Sense HD version 4.6 on my signature works and i have had no problems with it.
For instructions on installing Android please follow the link on the signature
Hope it helps and happy androiding.................

[REQ] Porting G2 Rom

hey guys, there is a new rom out for the g2/desire z that is a really nice piece of eye candy, its a different rom like the miui / cyanogenmod
I tried my best porting it using the kitchen available in the android forum but i get an error while trying to flash with CWM... anyone have better guides to port roms into the HD2 ? maybe a dev can take a look at this and do it
Please take a look at the original forum for the rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963755

Wouldn't know how to do it but damn... that's sexy!
You should try DM some dev's and ask them to port it.

Skellyyy said:
Wouldn't know how to do it but damn... that's sexy!
You should try DM some dev's and ask them to port it.
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sexy is indeed the right word my good sir, however I wouldn't really like asking someone to do free work for me...
I would more appreciate the gift of knowledge to learn how to port these things! there are tons of guides out there but I feel like those who know how to do it probably know the secret and its a much simpler process..

[Q] MIUI Rom..

hi folks.
i am very new to android. i was browsing over the internet and i came across some screenshots of MIUI roms, and they were looking awesome. i really wanna have that ROM on my phone.
i wanted to ask, is there any MIUI ROM available for wildfire? if not, is it possible to port/develop from the MIUI ROM designed for Desire.
I'm fairly new to both XDA and Android. sorry, if posted in wrong section.

There were efforts to port the ROM (You can lookup the Android Development Section, there is the relevant thread there), but, it failed to boot up at all. So, as of now, there is no MIUI for the Wildfire.

3xeno said:
There were efforts to port the ROM (You can lookup the Android Development Section, there is the relevant thread there), but, it failed to boot up at all. So, as of now, there is no MIUI for the Wildfire.
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thank you for the quick reply.
i was wondering if you could me provide a link for that thread please. it would be nice of you.

Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879682

3xeno said:
Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879682
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thank you very much.

[Q] Language issue?! please help..

Hi,
I really need an Arabic support to my milestone 2 device. I've searched the net for a solution with no result, it might be due to the fact that milestone 2 hasn't been officially released in the middle east!!
I'm quite sure it's possible because milestone 1, Defy and Atrix users have had a solution for this issue, then why not me?
Please guys any help would be appreciated, I'm fed up with this!
I'm running the latest firmware 2.2.2
Thanks in advance!.

hiraan said:
Hi,
I really need an Arabic support to my milestone 2 device. I've searched the net for a solution with no result, it might be due to the fact that milestone 2 hasn't been officially released in the middle east!!
I'm quite sure it's possible because milestone 1, Defy and Atrix users have had a solution for this issue, then why not me?
Please guys any help would be appreciated, I'm fed up with this!
I'm running the latest firmware 2.2.2
Thanks in advance!.
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search this forum. somebody else has asked a similar question needing arabic support. if im not mistaken there is no arabic support. the only way will be to write one yourself. as i said, search the forum and you will find ur answer
EDIT: there's a reason a thread has been created for general questions. had you looked through that thread there wouldnt be a need to create a new thread on this. refer to this thread for your answer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057291&page=3

hiraan said:
Hi,
I really need an Arabic support to my milestone 2 device. I've searched the net for a solution with no result, it might be due to the fact that milestone 2 hasn't been officially released in the middle east!!
I'm quite sure it's possible because milestone 1, Defy and Atrix users have had a solution for this issue, then why not me?
Please guys any help would be appreciated, I'm fed up with this!
I'm running the latest firmware 2.2.2
Thanks in advance!.
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We would have all languages if we would have a Cyanogenmod ROM but we haven't at this moment. You can eventually install More Locale app from market, and add your locale. After that you will get your language in all apps that support it.

agent008my said:
search this forum. somebody else has asked a similar question needing arabic support. if im not mistaken there is no arabic support. the only way will be to write one yourself. as i said, search the forum and you will find ur answer
EDIT: there's a reason a thread has been created for general questions. had you looked through that thread there wouldnt be a need to create a new thread on this. refer to this thread for your answer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057291&page=3
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I did search the forum and couldn't find an answer!
I did submit a question in General question thread and couldn't find an answer!
and in the original post you said yourself:
"DO NOT START A THREAD UNNECESSARILY unless you cant find an answer in this thread"
So I believe nothing wrong with this thread!

mkmck said:
We would have all languages if we would have a Cyanogenmod ROM but we haven't at this moment. You can eventually install More Locale app from market, and add your locale. After that you will get your language in all apps that support it.
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I did not get this, would you be more detailed, please? it sounds helpful
thanks

hiraan said:
I did not get this, would be more detailed, please? it sounds helpful
thanks
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Just install the "More Locale" app from the Android Market, and add your (Arabic) locale in this app. After that all installed apps will recognize your system locale as the Arabic and automatically will be translated to this language if support it. Just try and see results.

agent008my, mkmck or anyone can help, if you could guide me through this?
I've found this generic Arabic files for android 2.2 & 2.3
but I don't know if I can apply them to milestone 2 and how? because I'm no expert in milestone 2 firmware, especially that Arabic is shown in my device but the problem is that it's not connected letters, so there is a little hope here
here is the link please check it out:
http://blog.devasque.com/?page_id=11#english
thanks!.

mkmck said:
Just install the "More Locale" app from the Android Market, and add your (Arabic) locale in this app. After that all installed apps will recognize your system locale as the Arabic and automatically will be translated to this language if support it. Just try and see results.
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Unfortunatly it didn't work. still showing the disconnected letters, thanks anyway!.

hiraan said:
agent008my, mkmck or anyone can help, if you could guide me through this?
I've found this generic Arabic files for android 2.2 & 2.3
but I don't know if I can apply them to milestone 2 and how? because I'm no expert in milestone 2 firmware, especially that Arabic is shown in my device but the problem is that it's not connected letters, so there is a little hope here
here is the link please check it out:
http://blog.devasque.com/?page_id=11#english
thanks!.
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the steps to the link there is pretty straight forward. you have to make sure your phone is rooted though. to root your phone, check through the android development section of this MS2 forum and you should be able to root your phone then. read carefully, and then read again before you attempt a root. once rooted, download root explorer or something similar and you should be able to follow the steps in that blog pretty easily
edit: you should be able to search through all the extension files stated (right from checking if your ROM is deodexed to modding the system/framework extensions) in that blog after you have rooted your phone via root explorer or similar
always always perform a nandroid backup before you start rooting your phone or installing the patch. you can learn more about nandroid backups and similar android terminology and rooting through these threads:
1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057319&highlight=android+for+dummies
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914065
3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032372
4. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046137
5. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953089

I installed Root explorer and before rooting I've explored the Framework. I found a framework with odex extension which make it not suitable for the method the guy mentioned.
So my question here, is deodexing the rom a possible thing for a basic user (I've read it's a complicated method), or do you advice me not to do it? -to be able to apply the files-
Thanks very much!.

hiraan said:
I installed Root explorer and before rooting I've explored the Framework. I found a framework with odex extension which make it not suitable for the method the guy mentioned.
So my question here, is deodexing the rom a possible thing for a basic user (I've read it's a complicated method), or do you advice me not to do it? -to be able to apply the files-
Thanks very much!.
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to be very honest with you, here is my understanding on deodexing:
Apk files have respective odexes that devs use to supposedly save space. Deodexing means you convert it back to a .dex file and put it back inside the apk. This allows you to easily replace files (not having to worry about odexes), but the main point was to deodex services.jar so that you can change all text to different colors (such as the clock color to white) and to deodex services.jar, you need to deodex everything.
to be honest i know nothing about deodexing or how difficult it is to carry out. however, i did take the liberty of searching some up for you, and there is a tutorial on this forum about deodexing. its very complete and it should be able to help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990238

may be you can try the app MoreLocale2

mikkijp said:
may be you can try the app MoreLocale2
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apparently our man here has tried more locale and it has not worked. hence the reason for this rather drastic method

I finally found a file that worked!
and here's the link for the files in case someone searched for the same problem
http://ardoid.com/?p=64
Thanks a lot agent008my you've been of a great help!

new in android Help me please

hello android masters,
i recently bought a samsung apollo i5800, after that update its rom to 2.2 via kies, then root it with superone click v2.11, now i want to install custom rom and lots of things which i dont know also , or what i can do with this pls give me some links from where i can get help to do a lot of things with device although its not a good device as i read from its users comments.
help me guys pls

I think this is the best place to start with..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858583

Also watch videos on youtube on flashing guide by Rudolf
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go to android development section check indroid Rom
links to those videos are present there
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App

brittalpona said:
hello android masters,
i recently bought a samsung apollo i5800, after that update its rom to 2.2 via kies, then root it with superone click v2.11, now i want to install custom rom and lots of things which i dont know also , or what i can do with this pls give me some links from where i can get help to do a lot of things with device although its not a good device as i read from its users comments.
help me guys pls
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It's great device!! For it's price
Word of advice...Get v6_supercharger script!!

brittalpona said:
hello android masters,
i recently bought a samsung apollo i5800, after that update its rom to 2.2 via kies, then root it with superone click v2.11, now i want to install custom rom and lots of things which i dont know also , or what i can do with this pls give me some links from where i can get help to do a lot of things with device although its not a good device as i read from its users comments.
help me guys pls
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Hey come on, dont go by what others say, its a good device. Just look at the support it gets here in xda.

it is a good device...
just follow the roll-up thread any doubts just PM any1 here!