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Android installation guide and tips.

First thing, If you smoke, go grab your smokes, if you drink coffee, go grab a cup. This is usually a painless process but not always.
You will need HSPL installed, as well as a Class 4 or better sd card.
Before i begin i want to thank the following; with out them it would not be possible.
cr2
NetRipper
dcordes
Markinus
LeTama
Cotulla
dan1j3l
tsamolotoff on s200
Parad0XUA
Cass
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719646
THANKS GUYS!!
What you will need is the installation copy of the build that you will be using, the latest zImage and your sdcard.
The latest Android build can be found here: Its under the standard builds section.
http://gamesquare.co.uk/
And the latest Zimage can be found here:
http://cotulla.pp.ru/leo/Android/
I personally recommend the dan1j3l's Froyo build.
Down load both the zimage and the build.
Format your sdcard, select default settings and unselect the quick format option.
After the formatting is done (about 20 mins)
extract the contents of the Froyo build to your sdcard.
Located in the folder "android" you will find a file names zimage, replace it with the one you downloaded.
WITH YOUR USB PLUGGED INTO A POWER SOURCE, reboot your phone.
As soon as you can, using the built in file manager if u have one, navigate to the android folder, select the program CLRCAD, (it will not do anything that you can see)
Then select the Zharet program.
Lay the phone down!
Sit back and wait, you will see text fly across the screen, the flash might flash, screen might fade and then come back.
Once linux is done loading and mapping out the hardware, android should be up and running.
Sign in to google and your contacts will sync if you have any on there.
Android is not perfect yet BUT it has come an amazing way since the beginning of the month.
I am using the current settings in WM, if you can do the same and you should have no problems.
SA TMOBILE HD2
HSPL2, I know HSPL3 is/has been out and is recommended, but is there any advantage in using it, i don't want to change if i don't need to
Radio 2.10.50.26
O.S. 5.2.21908 (21908.5.0.93)
Manila 2.5.20161332.0
Energy.Leo.21908.Sense2.5.Cookie.Jul.16 (absolutely love the energy roms, always updated and he includes the program to back up all settings making the update flashes a pleasant experience)
i ALWAYS TASK 29 before all roms!
CLASS 4 or better sd card.
When ever you want to load android, you must do so by selecting the two files mentiond above after a clean boot and always clrcad.exe first.
Sometimes android will not boot correctly, remember it was not designed for this phone.
Also all settings you make, programs you download, ect will stay in android
Pictures and such will be shared between android and wm.

Trying...
I'm installing it now per your instructions. A couple of concerns you might be able to help me with. I could not find the program CLRCAD in any folder, ok I couldn't find an android folder either. I went to my SD card where I had extracted the froyo & copied over the Zimage, I didn't see a Zharet program but I did see a haret file that looked like a program so I clicked on it and it started to download Linux! I hope I did it correctly even though it seemed slightly different. am I going to run into trouble not having run the CLRCAD?
Thanks for all your hard work.
Guess I answered part of my question. It did not install correctly. I'll look for a CLRCAD and retry.

cant believe im back in the winmo forum once again.ran HARET froyo last night on my HSPL2 Leon RoM,and wow.with wifi i was browsing,playing 3d games(flawless compare to my EVO 30fps capped),and watching youtube.really loving it.glad no one bought my HD2 but now its a keeper.

BigB4400 said:
I'm installing it now per your instructions. A couple of concerns you might be able to help me with. I could not find the program CLRCAD in any folder, ok I couldn't find an android folder either. I went to my SD card where I had extracted the froyo & copied over the Zimage, I didn't see a Zharet program but I did see a haret file that looked like a program so I clicked on it and it started to download Linux! I hope I did it correctly even though it seemed slightly different. am I going to run into trouble not having run the CLRCAD?
Thanks for all your hard work.
Guess I answered part of my question. It did not install correctly. I'll look for a CLRCAD and retry.
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I Found CLRCAD ( I think I was just a little sleepy last night when I was trying this) I ran it and it loaded correctly. Wow it seems to run great! I am running Touch-X Extreme ROM and have some issues with the phone(it doesnt work, I have no antenna). I will try loading energy's rom (since so many people have got the phone to work well with his) and see how well it works out.
Good luck!

Do we really need to format our SD card? If we don't what would happen to the data already on there?

is the "zimage" provided for both dan's froyo and desire v4?
which files do i replace with the new zimage?

After a few days of use, this build seems to run fine. Except for a few things. 1) my phone tends to run real *hot* after using Android. And second, after about 5 min of idling the screen goes black and there seems like there's nothing I can do about except to reboot. I can't even push any of the bottom buttons, that doesn't work either. on. It will run just fine as long as I don't let it sit to long without touching the screen. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? I can't wait for a even more stable build.

why cant i sign into google and other networks and why is it running overclocked? help me out yall got daaaamn lol. thanks

Is Paradoxua's Froyo build more stock than daniel's? Because daniels' uses ADW, which I'm not too fond of.
Also, is anyone else experiencing weird scrolling issues? Like you flick down a list and it's supposed to go flying down, but it only goes down like a tiny bit.
Another issue, when the screen turns off while you're connected to PC, the phone seems to disconnect too. I assume this is a WinMo issue because in WinMo when you connect your phone to your PC the screen is always on.

Thread moved to General.

i got my hd2 to load android just fine.. but the screen is very dim.. any ideas??

maybe you can toggle the backlight settings in winmo.. idk. it works for the tp2.

I always get the green screen or death or it enters android and quickly says powering off. And shuts off.

jaadamoo said:
i got my hd2 to load android just fine.. but the screen is very dim.. any ideas??
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you need to make sure automatic light is off in win mo before you boot up android and i always leave it at around 60% and it works fine.

I have also been having some scrolling issues. It goes down a tad bit and if you hold the screen for a fraction of a second too long after first setting your finger on the screen, then it acts as if you did a holding touch.
Also the 3g is very very slow, kinda makes the market place useless since it takes for ever to download something. Wifi downloading is working.

New zimage file
Try replacing your current zimage file with this one.
http://cotulla.pp.ru/leo/Android/Cotulla_zImage_CABDET_NOSPEEDDY.rar
Just replace/override it on your sd card.
Also delete your cache folder and your data file.
You will loose your information inside of android, like doing a reset of the OS.
Check this http://cotulla.pp.ru/leo/Android/ often, fair warning many people are having problems with the newer image marked(7-25)

Some roms or radios wont work for sure!
I am now running MIRI rom wm6.5 V17.6 with radio 2.12.50.02.2 and I must say very impressive how far you devs have come in a few weeks. Phone is working with audio and WIFI. I had stock rom TMO 2.13 installed with radio 2.10 and although Android loaded and ran fine I did not have audio during calls,they sounded robotic at times or no audio at all. I am not sure if it was the radio upgrade or switching the ROM to MIRI that did the trick. I have been playing with phone for approximately six hours nonstop and it has been solid...

Gen. Y DualBOOT Implementation
Does the app work well the newer builds?
Btw a very BIG thank you all the guys working on this, you guys are freaking AWESOME!

acessford101 said:
Try replacing your current zimage file with this one.
http://cotulla.pp.ru/leo/Android/Cotulla_zImage_CABDET_NOSPEEDDY.rar
Just replace/override it on your sd card.
Also delete your cache folder and your data file.
You will loose your information inside of android, like doing a reset of the OS.
Check this http://cotulla.pp.ru/leo/Android/ often, fair warning many people are having problems with the newer image marked(7-25)
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Thanks, I was using the Jul 19 zImage.rar file. I'm about to try this one and see if it makes a diff.

anyone know how to get the data connection to work for T-Mobile on the Android desire v5? I go into APN settings but it always requires a username and password but t-mobile doesnt use a username/password for apn.

The Ultimate Guide to Flashing a ROM on the HD2 (Windows Mobile)

I already posted this in the general section but thought i would post it here as well as this is more of an appropriate forum for the thread.
Just thought i would share a tutorial i made about flashing ROMs
If this helps anyone in any way then i will be happy, i know there is already a few Flash guides out there but i wanted to have a go at my own.
Anyways if you find it helpful please leave a comment on the tutorial or if you have anything i could add leave a comment saying what it is.
Flashing a ROM is a simple procedure but for most the task sounds daunting. For those of you who are ready to take the leap and flash a ROM onto your phone i have good news for you. In this guide i am going to show you how to flash a ROM the easy way.
NOTE: This guide is based on the European version of the HTC HD2 (Leo) flashing process, flashing for other devices may vary. You must also make sure before starting this guide that you know which version of the HD2 you have so that you can flash the right ROM and Radio if needed. The European version of the HD2 has a 512 MB ROM and the US version has a 1024 MB ROM, the European version is also a little smaller than the US version and has less RAM, the US version has 576 MBs of RAM and the European version has 448 MBs. The US version also has a different Radio version that supports T-Mobile US's Frequencys. If you are unsure about which version of the HD2 you have then go to the Settings menu on your device, go to About Phone, and then look at Hardware information and Software information.
The first thing your going to need to check before you begin is that you have HSPL on your phone. If you don’t have any idea what HSPL is, take a step back and read up on it first. (Video on how to install HSPL) (XDA thread on HSPL with download link – For HD2 only) If your not using a HD2 then search XDA forums for the correct HSPL for your device.
Now that you have HSPL or for those that already had it, your going to need two things, a phone with Windows Mobile on it and a USB cable to connect your device to your computer.
NOTE: You may also need to update your devices Radio version depending on which ROM you flash.
So go ahead and plug your device in, a new screen should now show on your device. If not its probably because its your first time connecting the phone to your computer, don’t panic! just wait a while for the drivers to install and you should be up and running in about 20 seconds.
Select the Active Sync connection from the list.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And press done.
Now your device is connected properly you are ready to choose a ROM.
The best place to get ROMs is the XDA Forum. Point your browser to http://forum.xda-developers.com/ and then continue on to the next step.
The main page of the forum gives you a list of devices running Android and Windows Mobile and their respective threads.
Windows Mobile Forums are labelled with a Windows Mobile icon and Android Forums with an Android icon. Find your device and select the “ROM Development” Sub-Forum.
Once your in the Sub-Forum for your device browse through the ROM threads until you find a ROM that best suites you. For the sake of the tutorial we are going to choose the Energy GTX ROM.
As you can see in the screenshot above there are a lot of numbers involved. The only numbers you really have to worry about is the Windows Mobile Build Number. In this case its 21911 and 23673. The difference between the two is that a 21911 ROM has Windows Mobile 6.5 on it and a 23673 ROM has Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on it. There is not a major noticeable difference between the two Builds apart from the change in UI. In 6.5.3 the start menu, lock button and exit button are located at the bottom of the screen where as in 6.5 everything is located at the top, 6.5.3 also sports full multitouch support, threaded email and texting, Office Mobile 2010, the ability to drag and drop start menu icons and decreased page load time, improved memory management and gesture smoothing in Internet Explorer Mobile 6. In my opinion 6.5.3 looks better as it has a more up to date UI and on a device like the HD2 having everything at the bottom saves you a stretch. For more information on Windows Mobile Builds hit this link.
NOTE: Not all builds for 6.5.3 and 6.5 will have the same build number. However all builds with 21 as the first two digits will be windows mobile 6.5 and all builds with 23 as the first two digits will be windows mobile 6.5.3
Now you have chosen which ROM you are going to flash, you will need to download the files for that ROM. In my case the download link is on the second post of the thread.
NOTE: Don’t forget to check if the ROM needs a specific Radio version. Link to the HD2 Radio thread. For other devices search the XDA forum for your devices radio thread.
REMEMBER: Make sure you get the right ROM for your device and the right Radio version as flashing a Radio that is not for your device could brick it.
Hit the download link and save the file to the desktop. The file may be hosted of site but don’t worry, the sites are safe i assure you.
Once you have downloaded the ROM file you will need to extract it. In my case the ROM i downloaded was in the .7z format so i used WinRAR to extract it. WinRAR also works for .rar files and .zip files.
Now you have extracted the files you should have a folder that looks like this.
Inside the folder there should be two files, one .nbh file and one .exe file. If there are any other files in the folder you need not worry about them unless they are named “READ ME” or something similar to that.
NOTE: Do not move or remove any of the files inside the folder as it will cause the flashing process to not work.
The .exe file is the ROM flashing utility and the .nbh file is the actual ROM image that will be flashed to your device. Think of the ROM file as a .zip file and the ROM flashing utility as the extractor program which will extract it to your device.
Now we will begin the ROM Flashing process. MAKE SURE TO BACK UP ALL OF YOUR DATA AS THIS WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE AND PUT IT BACK TO FACTORY SETTINGS. if you need a program to backup your data then i recommend using PIM Backup.
REMEMBER: Make sure your device is plugged in and set to active sync connection mode.
If your using XP run the .exe file which in my case is Leo_softwareUpgrade.exe and if your using Vista or Windows 7, right click the .exe file and choose run as administrator.
The ROM flashing utility will now open, read any warnings and click next.
Again read any warnings and click next
The utility will now take a few seconds to check the information on your HD2
The next screen will open after your information is verified. Click “Update” to proceed.
The next screen will tell you which ROM version you are currently using and which version you are about to flash. Double check that the ROM you are about to flash is the correct version and hit next.
The final screen will now show, read everything on screen and make sure you are ready to continue, if you changed your mind and don’t want to flash anymore you can hit the ESC to exit the program. Hit “Flash” to begin the flashing process.
NOTE: Once the flashing process has started you cannot stop it.
Once you have clicked “Flash” the flashing process will begin and a progress bar will appear onscreen.
REMEMBER: Make sure to read the warnings.
Your device will now restart and boot into the HSPL screen, don’t worry if this looks strange to you, its perfectly normal and safe.
If your device does not show this screen straight the way its probably because the drivers for HSPL mode are installing, be patient as this can time a while. Sometimes when the drivers aren’t already installed for HSPL mode the ROM Flashing utility may give you an error and say something like “Device not connected” or “Could not connect to device”. Don’t worry if this happens, just start the process again and follow the steps until you reach this point again.
The next screen you will see will look like this. So there should now be a progress bar onscreen on your computer and on your device.
NOTE: Flashing times may vary depending on the speed of your computer.
Once the flashing process has reached 100% you should see a confirmation on your computer screen saying “Congratulations your ROM update is now Complete”. Hit the finish button and you are done.
If the ROM has flashed successfully your device should restart and boot up as normal. Notice at the bottom of your screen it should display your new ROM version.
Your device may take longer to boot than normal but this is normal after a fresh ROM flash.
Most ROMs will have their own install screen so after the first boot screen you should see a screen like this.
The best thing about custom ROMs is that most of them have many of the usual settings already set up and skip unnecessary screens like the Screen Calibration setup and Typing Test screen.
The next screen that will show will be the carrier setup screen. Select the option that suites your plan and hit “Next”
NOTE: PostPay = Contract and PrePay = Pay As You Go
The next screen will confirm your selection and download the necessary settings.
Hit “Done” at the bottom when the download is complete.
The device will now load up your home screen, in my case that is GTX Sense.
And now your done! You now have a brand new ROM installed and set up on your device.
Credit to: Cotulla and DFT for the HSPL and NRG for the ROM

Excellent Guide for New Device Owners.
Sticky Recommended.

Excellent. I have only ever flashed official ROMs before, but nice to know that the process is the same for Custom ROMs. Looking to flash to the Energy Rom just so that I can get the FB tab! LOL.
Now to check how to flash a new radio.

good one !!!
very good guide, i'll be sure to use it when i decide to flash. cheers.........

Nicely done, one of the best ones that goes into detail. It assumes you know nothing, yet would turn you into a seasoned pro at the end!
Well done

morpheus1982 said:
Excellent. I have only ever flashed official ROMs before, but nice to know that the process is the same for Custom ROMs. Looking to flash to the Energy Rom just so that I can get the FB tab! LOL.
Now to check how to flash a new radio.
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You won't go wrong with the Energy roms - have a look at my sig for rom and radio. And flashing the radio is the same as flashing the rom - it just takes less time to do!

Towserspvm2000 said:
You won't go wrong with the Energy roms - have a look at my sig for rom and radio. And flashing the radio is the same as flashing the rom - it just takes less time to do!
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Thanks for the info.

thanks for positive response guys, much apreciated, glad to see it helped a few

A very good explanation,reminds me of the Iphone Redsnow tutorial,keep the good work.
I have never flashed custom ROM before ,I usually customize the oficial 1.66xxxx which came with my phone,but Im thinking to flash one soon,just couple of questions:
1-My OS version is 21xxx thats according to your guide must be WM 6.5,now can I install any version of custom ROM including one with 23xxx which is WM 6.5.3 or just the the same version currenty on my phone:.
2-Should I install the HSPl and the Radio first.it would be nice if you could make another tutorial on those two subject as well.Very confusing since there are so many versions of both.
Thanks.
And please make this thread sticky.

I have recently installed a new rom, it installed successfully but when the phone is on it stays on for one minute then it shuts off by its self. when i turn it back on stays on the T-mobile stick together screen. Also When I take the battery out for like 10 minutes the phone boots up to windows but turns off after 1-2 minutes. Please help, I have tired Reinstalling the rom again but that does not help

[TROUBLESHOOTING] SOLUTION for:Random freezes, Poor battery life, SoD, WSoD,Robovoice

I am updating this post constantly with all the solutions that I find useful so please keep checking the first post.
Details of my Phone
Model: T-mobile US with 16GB class 2 card
Windows ROM: Energy WinMo ROM 01/08
Android ROM: Mattc Froyo 1.5
Radio: 2.12.50.02_2
1. Possible solution for Random freezes
As everyone is discussing here, Random freezes are caused by the G-sensor so I decided to do some experiments on my own. Here's what fixed my problem.
Go to Windows mobile-->settings-->system-->G-sensor, Put your phone on a leveled surface and hit the calibrate button. Now shut down and boot to Android.
This fixed the problem of random freezes on my android. Try this and let me know if this works.
Some users also reported that disabling Auto-rotation option in Android display settings solves the problem. But when I tried it, it didn't work for me. But worth a try since it did work for some users
If none of the above two work please try the following solution at your own risk. Some users reported that this has messed up their system and had to re-install WinMo but most of the people got it working with this solution.
1. Back up your registry
2. In windows mobile go to Registry Editor, search for "gsensor.dll" and remove the whole keyset. Reboot your phone. This step should disable your Gsensor in WinMo but it will still function in Android.
Please share your experiences after doing so.
Another possible solution(credits to ......)
Install flip n shake app from the market place ,go to advanced setting and change the sensitivity.
Please report if it worked for you or not.
There are many reasons for the freezes but the most common one should be solved by one of the above solutions.
1a. Momentary unresponsive touchscreen (hard buttons work but the touchscreen doesn't)
Theory behind the touchscreen insensitivity
The Gsensor drivers in Android are unstable and momentarily it uses a lot of CPU randomly and thats when you get the momentary touchscreen insensitivity.
Temporary solution 1(Credits to shadiku for the development)
The quickest solution would be to disable G-sensor completely. And it works 100%. Use the Kernel developed by shadiku which disables G-sensor completely. Click here for more info
Temporary solution 2(If you don't want to disable G-Sensor)
This solution won't fix the freezes 100% but it will reduce the freezes to a considerable amount.
1. Using setCPU overclock your phone to 1.1 GHz(or whatever highest frequency available). Create profiles as you wish but make sure to put all profiles to conservative mode.
2. Disable "background data" by going to Account & Sync settings.(So there would be minimum load on CPU)
3. Kill all running applications (every hour) using Advanced task killer.
4. Disable Auto rotation.
All the steps mentioned above will surely help you with the battery life as well. You will still get some rare touchscreen freezes like once every two or three hours. But it is very very very less compared to once every 5 to 10 minutes before doing the tasks above. This is due to more CPU available for the culprit application (Gsensor driver)
2. Poor battery life
This isn't my work. This is copied from Bakedbread's thread here
1. Install BSB tweaks 1.6 and turned ON "Power Savings"
2. Go to registry editor and edit the following keys as under
HKLM\Comm\AsyncMac1\Params
DisablePowerManagement=0
HKLM\Comm\PPTP1\Params
DisablePowerManagement=0
HKLM\Comm\L2TP1\Params
DisablePowerManagement=0
HKLM\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\SDMemory_C lass\High_Capacity
DisablePowerManagement=0
HKLM\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\MMC_Class\ High_Capacity
DisablePowerManagement=0
HKLM\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\SDMemory_C lass
DisablePowerManagement=0
HKLM\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\MMC_Class
DisablePowerManagement=0
It helped me. so try your luck.
Also some people have reported that underclocking(using SetCPU or other programs) help in increasing battery life too.
Changing to the latest kernel also helps with battery life. Please find below the procedure for changing the kernel.
1. Download latest Kernel(zImage) from here. You need to download the regular one and not the usbhost one.
2. Rename the downloaded file to zImage.
3. Go to your phone's android folder and rename the zImage there to zImage.old(just incase the newer zImage gives you trouble). Copy the downloaded zImage to the Android folder.
4. Boot Android.
Trouble booting or connecting to wifi after updating to the latest Kernel?
check out the post here for booting problem. and checkout the post here for wifi problems.
Here is also another observation. When you charge the phone in Android it doesn't charge fully(even though it shows 95% or 96%) and it drains the battery really quickly. If you charge the phone while its switched off or while its in WinMo the battery life seems to be improved. But I need some confirmations for this from users.
Check out this thread as well regarding standby current which affects your battery life as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770903
3. SoD(Sleep of Death)
I had the problem of SoD while using 2.09.50.02_2 radio. Once I changed my radio to 2.12.50.02_2 the problem of SoD was gone. Please try changing your radio and report back.
If changing radio doesn't help then try this it might help (Credits to fi3ry_icy)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7531752&postcount=16
Also another possibility is in WinMo change the sleep time to never/maximum possible and see if that helps.
4. WSoD(White screen of death)
Not my work. Not sure whose finding this is.
When u get stuck at white screen while rebooting open startup.txt and change set cmdline to set cmdline "rel_path=Android lpj=638976" and reboot again.
Edit: If the lpj=638976 is already there when you open the startup.txt and you are getting WSoD then try removing "lpj=638976" from the line and reboot.
Another possible solution(Credits to ....)
copy the whole sdcard (backup to PC), format it the with 'SD formatter' (total write, erase and format process) and afterwards, start with a fresh install of the android folder. Copy all other folders back from the backup.
do not use automount in android, but only use 'diskdrive option' when booted back to WinMo if you want to transfer files to the SD card. If you need to transfer smaller files to SD while in Android then use a wifi file explorer(Search market place for one that suits you).
5. Robotic voice
I believe this problem is associated with the combination of WinMo and Android rom. Changing the WinMo rom helps get rid of this problem. So try new combination until you find one thats working.
It is said that Windows mobile Base rom 2.14 and higher does not cause this problem. Users have reported that they had the problem with 2.14 and when they tried 2.13 it eliminated the problem. So not sure if it has anything do with the Base ROM or not. But one thing is for sure that it is the combination that creates/solves the problem.
6. Taking long time to wake up from stand by
When pushing the end call button on ur mobile, it will go in standby and when u push it again, u get lockscreen.
7 off the 10 times it take a few seconds for the screen to wake up, and sometimes it freeze longer (5seconds).
Possible solution:
The problem is caused by Advanded task Killer. here's what solved my problem of screen not coming back on for couple seconds.
In advance task killer I changed the "Auto kill frequency" to 30 minutes instead of "when screen off" and it solved the problem.
If you want to try different lock screen go to market place and download 'finger scanner lite'. I know its a stupid program but at least something to experiment with.
Another temporary solution(Credits to Bazman123)
try pressing the power button for a few seconds, this will bring up the shutdown screen kicking your phone back into life instantly.
7. Unable to mount SDCARD error Thanks to shu8i for solution
If you get unable to mount sdcard plz replace set cmdline "rel_path=Android" with set cmdline "rel_path=Android loop_partition=mmcblk0" in startup.txt
8. Mount SD card to PC for file transfer
I knew this trick since the days of Kaiser Android but never needed to use it on my HD2 but for anyone who wants to mount the SD card to PC for file transfer here's a quick trick.
Download and install "Auto Mount Your SD Card" made by JR Studio from market.
Unplug your phone
Open the Auto Mount App
Check Enable SD Card Auto-Mounting and exit the app
Plug the phone in
Or you could just use a wifi file explorer type program for transferring small files.
9. Error while installing certain apps
There are some particular apps which gives an error while trying to install (e.g. Neocore)
All you need to do it go to setting and unmount the SD card. Install the app and remount the SD card and you are good to go.
If you find anything wrong or if you want me to add your solutions to this post. Please PM me.
Also check out the third post below by fi3ry_icy for more solutions.

And please add this to the thread for what people have to report to the developers if they experience problems.

Unable to mount SD card
set cmdline "rel_path=Android" with set cmdline "rel_path=Android loop_partition=mmcblk0" in startup.txt
SOD (Sleep of Death) related, and generally setting up phone and SD card for booting into android properly ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7531752&postcount=16 )
fi3ry_icy said:
how can i do that if i am using chuckydroid rom for booting android? it is very stripped down and has very little function as a winmo os..
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in addition, i would like to add that i think i have found a way to overcome the SOD (at least for now for me), hopefully, it will continue to work as i have not have any SODs since i tried what i did..
this is what u need to do:
reformat ur SD card but before u click the format button, change the allocation size from the setting u see, to the largest possible...
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after u format ur SD card, only copy in the Android boot file of the android of ur choice..
next up, prepare the phone by doing task 29, flashing a 2.08 and above radio.. i am using 2.12.50.02.2 radio from ( http://vbnfiles.com/HD2 Common/Radios/Radio_2_12_50_02_2.rar )
then, install chucky rom lite for android booting ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734238 )
next, start up the phone and do a hard reset without the SD card inside..!
after the hard reset, boot back into winmo and change the date and time settings..
off the phone..
insert the SD card then on the phone..
run android and set up froyo..
hopefully it stops the SODs for good..
so far so good for me, its 2 hrs, and i've not have SODs.. previously the longest time b4 SOD hit me was 35 mins..
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ADDED: added a pic to show what i mean..
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Battery Related
Use one or more of these program together:
SetCPU ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734886 )
OR try
Juice Defender ( http://www.talkandroid.com/9599-extend-your-battery-life-with-juice-defender-for-android/ )
OR try
Overclockwidget (need root) by billy cui (from android apps market)
OR try
Tasker: a program or android for users who want almost total control over their system ( http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone )
Possible winmo setting tweaks which may or may not help improve battery life: ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749753 )
Robot Voice
Use another WinMO Rom-Radio Combination
Possible improvement in SD card performance
Use special SD card formatting program ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748961 )
Laggy screen/phone/android when using the phone while walking or when phone is not stationary
Turn off auto-rotation in froyo ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7579476&postcount=21 )
a way to possibly increase ur DATA connection speed (worked for me)
memin1857 said:
Nice find!
For other users:
What warrenb213 means in simple English is:
3G/EDGE speed tweak for shubcraft 1.4:
1) Launch Astro File Manager
2) Goto /system and find file named build (build.prop)
3) Tap and hold and select edit -> copy
4) Goto /sdcard/Android/root/system
5) Tap Paste
6) Tap and hold build file and select open as -> text -> file editor
7) Scroll down and find these lines
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
Those lines are correct.
Look 6-7 lines further and you will find:
ro.ril.hsxpa=1
ro.ril.gprsclass=10
Delete these two lines.
(shu8i tweaked values are 2 and 12)
SAVE (click back button and tap save when asked)
8) REBOOT android. Now you should get faster 3G/EDGE data.
Notes:
-If you directly edit build file within /system folder IT WILL revert back after reboot.
-You may want to delete /sdcard/Android/root/system/build.prop after one reboot so in the future you don't forget it. It gets copied to real /system on first reboot.
-You may want to backup the original build.prop file incase you have problems with data. (Or you can change the values back to 1 and 10)
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Crashes and how to help kernel coders by submitting logs for them to troubleshoot and debug
moorgogel said:
Come on guys, you wont help developers if you just write "ok i will help you" Nobody need that besides this thread is going to be confusing. Please help Cotulla and provide him your logs.
How to create logs:
Download the tool Andlog on Cotullas Homepage: http://cotulla.pp.ru/leo/Android/andlog.exe
After you detect Problems in Android (Sleep of Dead or something) you need to reset your device with the red reset button on the back of your HD2
Don't remove battery!!!
Once WM is booted you can run andlog.exe and it will create a andlog.txt file on the root of your device. Be aware that Andlog dont show any message! (like CLRCAD)
Paste the content here: http://pastebin.com
and link it here in this forum with detailed information
Ok i will start with providing logs:
Got SOD while LEO was in Standby. Waited any seconds but screen stayed black
Log: http://pastebin.com/DPPAd6ep
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Cotulla said:
moorgogel, nice guide, thanks!
other method (for non-fatal errors) possible to use ADB from Android SDK.
just put in command line
Code:
adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt
and u got current kernel log in dmesg.txt.
basically it's not obviously.
some bugs won't show anything in log. for example if BT isn't working in some android build, kernel log won't show anything.
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General questions answered in FAQs already
HD GEEK said:
[WARNING] ***ANDROID ON HD2 IS STILL AT EARLY STAGES NO 1 CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR DEVICE ***
From what i have found there are at the moment 3 main builds that are running well -
HTC SENSE (DESIRE ROM)
FROYO BUILD BY dan1j3l
Froyo 2.2 Android Build by Parad0XUA
FROYO 2.2 WITH SENSE
Android 2.1 Eclair (Senseless)
all these can be found at http://gamesquare.co.uk allways keep a close eye on this site as new builds come out fairly frequent as development is quick.
★★★NOW HOW TO GET ANDROID ON HTC HD2★★★
Download a build of your choice
htc sense desire build
or froyo build
**THERE ARE ALSO NEW BUILDS BEING ADDED TO HD2 ANDROID SECTION ALL THE TIME WITH INFO AND LINKS AVALIBLE WITHIN THE THREAD **
Prepare your device
windows rom - windows rom has been linked with issues within the android builds so for the first time im going to compile a list of working roms here that have no issues within android
i have been using ChuckyROM GTX + CHT 1.8.5 - 23128 from the start of android development and have yet to have an issue below is a list of other roms and links that are working well with android :-
BARE BONES WM ROM FOR ANDROID BY NRG
[ROM][WWE]★★★Astraios Roms★★★[REG/BUUF/GTX][23569][22nd July]
ELEGANCIA ROM Series™
ChuckyROM GTX + CHT 1.8.5 - 23128 ~ 2.10.1
¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.- Energy -.¸¸.·´¯ |Jul 21| 21911||23121 * Sense 2016
★★★ PLEASE LEAVE LINKS AND INFORM ME OF ANY ROMS YOU HAVE TRIED AND HAD NO ISSSUES ★★★
FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO FLASH A ROM PLEASE GO TO FLASHING GUIDE.
THE RADIO
RADIO IS SIMPLE USE ONLY RADIO FROM 2.08 ~ 2.12 DONT USE A RADIO LOWER THAN 2.08 AS IT WILL NOT BOOT I CAN NOT SAY WHICH IS THE BEST RADIO AS IT IS DIFFRENT IN DIFFRENT AREAS THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO TEST DIFFRENT RADIOS WITH ANDROID I HAVE TESTED 2.12 AND HAD NO ISSUES.
HOW TO INSTALL A RADIO : -
For installing a RADIO ROM you need HardSPL installed to your device.
Rename the extracted file to "RUU_Signed.nbh" and flash with the CustomRUU
RADIOS THAT WORK WITH ANDROID : -
Leo_RADIO_2.12.50.02_2: MegaUpload
Leo_RADIO_2.11.50.26**: MegaUpload
Leo_RADIO_2.11.50.20**: MegaUpload
Leo_RADIO_2.10.50.28_2: MegaUpload
Leo_RADIO_2.10.50.26**: MegaUpload
Leo_RADIO_2.10.50.19_2: MegaUpload
Leo_RADIO_2.08.50.05**: MegaUpload
FOR REF USE RADIO THREAD
HSPL
You must have hspl 2 or 3 for android to run well please use HSPL GUIDE
Memory Card
all though not nessecery re-formating your memory card is a must - i had problems with android builds in the past but re-formating memory crad solved nearly all crashes and and slow downs.
BACK UP ALL DATA BEFORE RE-FORMATING
RE-FORMAT TO FAT32
COPYING ANDROID ACROSS
SENSE BUILD - copy all files to the ROOT of your memory card not a subfolder i.e haret boot loader should be in E:/HaRet.exe not E:/android/HaRet.exe
FROYO BUILD - Copy all files to a folder called android on the root of your memory card i.e haret boot loader should be in E:/android/HaRet.exe
**SOME NEW BUILDS ARE BEING ARE BEING PLACED IN FOLDERS WITH NEW NAMES IF THIS IS THE CASE IT WILL BE STATED WITHIN THE README**
BOOTING ANDROID
easyiest way to boot is to boot windows then go to a file explorer and run CLRCAD.EXE then run HaRet.exe ALWAYS REMEMBER RUN CLRCAD.EXE FIRST AS THIS GIVES ANDROID SOUND DONT WORRY IF IT DOES NOTHING ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO
YOU MUST BOOT ANDROID THIS WAY WITHIN 30 SECOUNDS OF WINDWOS BOOTING OTHERWISE ANDROID WILL RUN IN TURBO MODE AND BE VERY UNSTABLE.FIXED WITH NEW ZIMAGE
DUEL-BOOT PROGRAMS -
GEN.Y DUEL BOOT - QUOTE FROM NRG -
Hi All,
I changed the dual boot cab from yozgatg.
It now puts clrcad.exe to the startup folder so if you boot android you'll have sound. I also put the skin in from sk8inmonk.
So credits for yozgatg and sk8inmonk.
Only boots android directly from the root of the storage card!
This has an autoboot option in 10 seconds or in 3 seconds.
LINK
jmz Android Dual-Boot for HD2 v4 --- 19JUL10
LINK TO THREAD
***IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN BOOTING ANDROID***
WHEN BOOTED GO TO ANDROID MARKET AND DOWNLOAD ADVANCED APP KILLER I HAVE FOUND THIS THE MOST IMPORTANT APP TO HAVE ATM AS IT KILLS APPS YOU DONT WANT RUNNING THUS SAVING BATTERY
POWER MANAGMENT IS A BIG ISSUE AT THE MOMENT BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT LEAVING PLUGED IN ON CHARGE WHILE BOOTING ANDROID WILL CHARGE THE PHONE BUT THE LED WILL STAY PERMENANTLY ON! EDIT - USE LATEST ZIMAGE LOCATED IN 3RD POST AND ALL CHARGING PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED
ALL QUESTIONS WELCOME IN THIS THREAD NO MATTER HOW NOOBISH ALL WILL BE ANSWERED F&Q SECTION COMING SOON ALONG WITH A TROUBLESHOOTING CHART FOR NOW I HAVE WORK
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HD GEEK said:
TROUBLESHOOTING
THE PROBLEM - The linux kernel did not finish booting.
/ failed to mount the sd card. cannot continue
/ bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
/
SOLUTION -
What I did was download and install the SDFormatter tool and formatted my SD card. I've had formatted my card a lot of times but this tool did the trick.
You can locate it here: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/sdfv2000.zip
(PROBLEM AND SOLUTION PROVIDED BY WOUSIPX
ANDROID TIPS AND TRICKS
LONG PRESSING HOME BUTTON OPENS A TAB SHOW ALL APPS THAT ARE OPEN SO YOU CAN SWITCH BETWEEN THEM
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[HOWTO] Backup ALL Settings and Prefs When Upgrading Android (Homescreen/SMS/etc)
Fmstrat said:
This method requires ROOT, but will allow you to backup all settings quickly and easily for a full restore to a different build. This is handy when running Android on a Windows Mobile device such as the HD2, since it allows us to easily switch to one of the many builds that come out weekly. However, this method can be applied to any Android device.
Ops, if you’d rather move this thread to a general Android discussion, no problem. I just thought it was pertinent here given all the ROM changing people are doing.
It can back up everything, from home screen widget positions to SMS messages. If you’re using keyboards like SwiftKey, it will even save your learned DB.
Backup:
Acquire Titanium Backup” from the Market
The first time you run the program, hit the “Problems?” button. This will download the latest version of Busybox, a set of command line utilities used to backup data.
Tap “Backup/Restore”
Press the “Menu” button (hard button)
Choose “Batch”
Press “Run” next to “Backup all user apps + system data”
Leave everything selected on this screen. We will selectively choose what to restore in our new build. Having everything backed up means you won’t miss anything.
Ensure “Kill active apps” is selected
Press “Run the batch operation”
While this is running, tap the screen every now and again to ensure your phone doesn’t time out. (just to be safe for any auto-killers that may be running)
Reboot your phone
Restore (after switching builds):
Note: For those running on a WM device, you can download the APK for Titanium Backup here and place it in your AndroidApps folder for it to be accessible on your first boot.
Skip as much of your new Android Setup screens as possible. No need to waste time here when it will be restored with Titanium.
Go into settings and set up your Google Account.
After adding the account, set it to NOT sync.
Do this BEFORE entering the Market, or the syncing will happen automatically. The reason for doing this is that you’re going to overwrite it all with Titanium data anyway, so why waste the resources and time.
Go into “Settings -=> Applications” and check “Unknown Sources”
Re-acquire Titanium Backup (unless you had the APK in your AndroidApps folder) and hit the “Problems?” button to install in your new build.
Tap “Backup/Restore”
Press the “Menu” button (hard button)
Choose “Batch”
Press “Run” next to “Restore missing apps + all system data”
If you are restoring the exact same Build:
Click “Select All”
Choose “App+Data”
If you are restoring a different Build or upgrading to a new version of a Build:
Click “Deselect All”
Choose “App+Data”
Select all Green items (These are your settings)
Select all Crossed out items (These are the apps not included in your build)
Select any other items you know are the same within your build, and that you want to restore settings for
Press “Run the batch operation”
For every application that the install prompt comes up for, hit “Install” and then “Done.”
Reboot your phone
On next boot, if you get “Problem Loading Gadget” on some widgets, you will have to remove them from the home screen and re-add them manually. This has only occurred a couple of times for me, usually things go smooth.
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for people and devs who want to try messing around with desire apks (sense apks)
rheza02 said:
http://rapidshare.com/files/353766794/Desire-apk.zip
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Yes I will report to developers once everyone confirms what works and what not because things that work for me might not work for everyone.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

robotic voice.
i use a 2.14 base and 3.04 ext packs but still have robo. now i use andriod bootcamp and when i make it auto load andriod on boot. i get clear voice but then second call back to robo. using radio. 2.12.50.02.2. if i disable sense reboot blah blah still the same. playing music and other sound apps are perfect but all goes mad once made a call, shuts sound off and gets laggy. so is it down to clrcad whatever it actually does? can't say its oemdrivers as it worked once. must get to bottom of it.

richmondo said:
i use a 2.14 base and 3.04 ext packs but still have robo. now i use andriod bootcamp and when i make it auto load andriod on boot. i get clear voice but then second call back to robo. using radio. 2.12.50.02.2. if i disable sense reboot blah blah still the same. playing music and other sound apps are perfect but all goes mad once made a call, shuts sound off and gets laggy. so is it down to clrcad whatever it actually does? can't say its oemdrivers as it worked once. must get to bottom of it.
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same here.
got the latest goatrip-rom (gtx) - GER
radio 2.12.50.02_2
shubi-android-rom 1.2b
no matter which way i boot into android, i got the robo-voice or sometimes cant hear a thing on calls (no ringing, no voices etc.).
this really makes the whole android useless for me. its working really smooth, except the phone-calls. any help?

Trying your recommendation for calibrating the G-Sensor in WinMo, I'll report back if I get anything conclusive.
As for Radio, I'm using 2.10.50.08_2 - I've only ever had the echo, and once Cotulla put out the volume fix etc, it went away, but as already mentioned it's also down to the WinMo, the amount of combinations possible is always going to be a pain in the arse!
Phil

i am at work at mo but seems like stuff from 2.10 wavedev.dll rilphone.dll is reported to fix the robo. sneaky suspition that it maybe rilphone.dll which relates to the radio. like said earlier in thread mine did work once with complete 2.14 base. when i get back i will try many combinations and let you know of my findings. ******ing phones lol. but personally prefer winmo at mo especially on leo with sense. better weather animation, but like the live wallpapers on android. AHHHHHGGHGHGHH

Any conclusions on the G-sensor solution yet?? Can somebody please report back if it worked for them or not??? It will surely help a lot of people.
kerman19 said:
Trying your recommendation for calibrating the G-Sensor in WinMo, I'll report back if I get anything conclusive.
As for Radio, I'm using 2.10.50.08_2 - I've only ever had the echo, and once Cotulla put out the volume fix etc, it went away, but as already mentioned it's also down to the WinMo, the amount of combinations possible is always going to be a pain in the arse!
Phil
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I'm trying to test the solution based on erase "gsensor.dll" keys from registry in windows mobile and no freezes yet....it looks so good. Still testing...

proalius said:
I'm trying to test the solution based on erase "gsensor.dll" keys from registry in windows mobile and no freezes yet....it looks so good. Still testing...
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Did you try the calibration solution? did it work?
Let us know how the gsensor.dll solution works over days. Also does your Gsensor work in Android after deleting the key from WinMo?

hardik119 said:
Did you try the calibration solution? did it work?
Let us know how the gsensor.dll solution works over days. Also does your Gsensor work in Android after deleting the key from WinMo?
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I didn't do the calibration, i directly did the ajusts over registry. I still without freezes at this moment

This may be a silly question but why would deleting the wm Gsensor file affect android at all, because android doesnt run adjacent to wm ?

When pushing the end call button on ur mobile, it will go in standby and when u push it again, u get lockscreen.
7 off the 10 times it take a few seconds when the screen responds, and sometimes it freeze longer (5seconds).
I noticed when u install a different lockscreen (i used for fun fingerprint lockscreen)
No freeze at all, quick responding..
Can someone check this..? If it really helps..
Maybe it's the lockscreen that is the problem..
When u use Fingerprint lockscreen, it;s not loading the standard lockscreen..
Greetz Jordi..

Batskoning said:
When pushing the end call button on ur mobile, it will go in standby and when u push it again, u get lockscreen.
7 off the 10 times it take a few seconds when the screen responds, and sometimes it freeze longer (5seconds).
I noticed when u install a different lockscreen (i used for fun fingerprint lockscreen)
No freeze at all, quick responding..
Can someone check this..? If it really helps..
Maybe it's the lockscreen that is the problem..
When u use Fingerprint lockscreen, it;s not loading the standard lockscreen..
Greetz Jordi..
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I had the same problem that you are talking about with the screen not coming on for couple seconds when locked. But that problem is different than the freezing problem(atleast for me)
Do you have Advanced task killer installed? here's what solved my problem of screen not coming back on for couple seconds.
In advance task killer I changed the "frequency to kill (I don't remember the exact word)" to 30 minutes instead of "when screen gets off" and it solved the problem.
Please let me know if this works for u too so that I can add it to the first post.

tinmanjo said:
This may be a silly question but why would deleting the wm Gsensor file affect android at all, because android doesnt run adjacent to wm ?
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Android doesn't run adjacent to wm but it sure uses some drivers from WinMo. And I am sure about that because I get Robotic voice when using certain WinMo roms. Also changing some settings in wm helps with the battery life. So it is certain that Android uses some drivers from WinMo.

Radio
Thanks for helping out guys. Everything is going smooth with Android but the only thing that I'm having problems with is the SOD. I currently have radio 2.10.50.26 and I'm reluctant on changing radio to the one recommended (2.13.xx.02 radio). My question is: What is the difference between these two radios? What changes? Will I get better/worse signal and data speeds? BTW Im using a tmobile hd2 with energy rom. Thank you for your help.

hardik119 said:
Android doesn't run adjacent to wm but it sure uses some drivers from WinMo. And I am sure about that because I get Robotic voice when using certain WinMo roms. Also changing some settings in wm helps with the battery life. So it is certain that Android uses some drivers from WinMo.
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I tried to delete hklm/drivers/builtin/gsensor but resco reg editor says "the key cannot be deleted".So i went inside key and in the value dll gsensor.dll i wrote something else.I did soft reset.In winmo boots correctly.But in android doesnt boot again.It stucks in white screen with htc logo.I correct the value,but still nothing.I made hardreset but no luck.Now i restore from spb backup my winmo installation and i am going to do a new clean install of android.

mustang_3kgt said:
Thanks for helping out guys. Everything is going smooth with Android but the only thing that I'm having problems with is the SOD. I currently have radio 2.10.50.26 and I'm reluctant on changing radio to the one recommended (2.13.xx.02 radio). My question is: What is the difference between these two radios? What changes? Will I get better/worse signal and data speeds? BTW Im using a tmobile hd2 with energy rom. Thank you for your help.
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I am not sure what are the differences between the radios and the better/worse signal depends on the area and network you are using. with the same radio some ppl get better reception while some get worse. So you will have to experiment yourself.
clio94 said:
I tried to delete hklm/drivers/builtin/gsensor but resco reg editor says "the key cannot be deleted".So i went inside key and in the value dll gsensor.dll i wrote something else.I did soft reset.In winmo boots correctly.But in android doesnt boot again.It stucks in white screen with htc logo.I correct the value,but still nothing.I made hardreset but no luck.Now i restore from spb backup my winmo installation and i am going to do a new clean install of android.
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I am sorry to hear that. Some people have reported that they got the freezing problem solved by deleting the registry key. Did you try the calibration trick???

Hi there...
Thx for the advice about the screen freezing...i tryed the calibration but still freezes then i deleted the gsensor.dll and till now evrything going right..for about 3-4 h of using the phone without freezes...thx dude for the advice!!!!
Cheers!!!
EDIT: The thing to deleting gsensor.dll definetly work...before when i was playing UNO it was freezing evry 5 min. and now playing for 40 minutes without a single FREEZ...amaizing suggestion.... Thx

WP7 Install on HD2 T-Mobile Version TIPS

My Guide to Installing Windows Phone 7 on HTC HD2 TMOUS(T-Mobile US) edition
I’m sure there are lots of guides out there and I am noting other threads and give ALL CREDITS to where credit is do. I CLAIM NOTHING BUT UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES AND THE PAINS OTHERS HAVE ALREADY ENDURED TO GET THIS WORKING.
Most of the directions were pretty straight forward but just felt that they didn’t highlight things that you needed to know. I found that this knowledge and method of doing things made it easy and the best chance for you to get it working the first time around.
I USED THE INSTALL GUIDE FOR XBmod-Yuki located http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246040 to actually walk through the install. Below is simply the consolidated knowledge I learned from countless hours of research in the forums and the REAL work done by others. I am hoping this post helps to eliminate the constant posting of the same issues where the answers are often buried within pages of postings. This is not from an expert but from someone who spent days trying to get WP7 on the HD2 because I wanted to use it.
MicroSD TIPS
First off: REMOVE MicroSD MEMORY CARD. Simply put you don’t need it till you update to MANGO (build 7720 of WP7 software) using Zune. All it does is cause hundreds of forum postings about why people can’t get it working.
Secondly, NOT ALL MicroSD MEMORY CARDS ARE EQUAL. After much research in the forums and all the problems I had with trying to get this working, I can honestly say that I still do not know that there is a single source of the problem. What I can say is that MicroSD MEMORY CARDS that work get easier to find as you update. We could go on for hours about this topic and people will say all sorts of things but this is what I found to work for me. FOLLOW RULE #1 from above then stick with quality brands with at least a Class 4 rating (the number in the small circle on the card). People recommend SanDisk above all else, other cards do work.
Third, the use of a MicroSD card with WP7 OS will lock the card and encrypt it. You CANNOT use this card with anything else until it is unlocked. TONS of guides on this but there are three methods to it.
• Using some form of disk destruction or partitioning software such as KillDisk to remove the lock
• Using your phone to unlock by side loading an app on your phone and booting into WP7 after Hard Reset and unlocking. I USED this method after many hours trying other things and not understanding how this worked, therefore I will elaborate on this more in just a bit.
• Using a special Nokia phone/camera that does low-level formatting of any media inserted. There’s a list of devices that are known to work in the forum.
Expansion notes of using phone to unlock:
You can put WP7 on your phone without a memory card in it at all. DO THIS FIRST. Once you get WP7 up and running you can use Zune to update your phone to where it tells you have the latest release (NOT MANGO YET), the build is 7392 (NODO) update. Google this to find build number or I will edit it in eventually. Side load the unlock app as outlined in the install guide. Once you have this you must understand the way the process works. WP7 encrypts and preps any MicroSD card at time of first boot. With that said you MUST USE the same WP7 ROM to get this to work. So if you locked your card using the XBmod-Yuki ROM then you have to use it to unlock it. I tried HD2O ROM and then went back and realized the card was not only locked to WP7, it was locked to that build. I was successful at flashing the XBmod-Yuki release back into place after flashing the HD2O and was able to use the MicroSD and unlock if I needed to. Which I did since I used like 10 cards before figuring out Rules #1 and #2 of MicroSDs.
THE TRICK TO SUCCESS:
After having the same WP7 ROM you locked your MicroSD with installed and updated to NODO, the unlock app installed, you can simply do a HARD RESET.
What is a “HARD RESET”: Simply put either use WP7 – Settings -> About -> Reset or using the Vol up and down where you it counting in MAGldr, 1,2,3,4,5,6. When you hold the Volume Up and Down it will present you with a white screen and you simply press Volume Down twice to do the same thing that using the menu item in WP7 does. The great thing is that first time you boot into WP7 it doesn’t seem to care about the memory card much. You can run the unlock app and then do a battery pull and remove the card. At this point Windows on your PC will see the card and you will be able to format it. If you have more than one card simply insert the next card and use the Volume button reset method. It will make you go through the initial WP7 setup screens each time but heck you unlock the card without much effort. I found this method to be the most useful and easy method.
Remember you will need to HARD RESET after each memory card change including once you are done unlocking all the cards you locked trying to get this working and have the card you will be using.
Remember your MicroSD card must be inserted before WP7 boots. Easiest way I know of was to simply pull the battery out when done unlocking or before HARD RESETTING.
INSTALLATION NOTES/OUTLINE FROM FORUM POST REFENCED ABOVE WITH CHANGES THAT I SAW SINCE THEIR WRITINGS
1. READ READ READ the Install Guide and follow the guidelines above
2. HARD SPL v2.08, when using the install tool simply select the one with .HSPL at the end NOT .0000, the HSPL means HARDened. This simply allows you to be sure you can get the tricolor boot screen (get to by holding Volume Down) no matter what you do to the phone. The Tricolor screen allows you to fix most damage that I saw.
3. Radio – Just simply use LEO_RADIO_2.15.50.14, it supports all HD2 versions so it doesn’t matter if you have TMOUS or EU edition of the phone. The rest of the radios listed are older and for the general user are not useful for this process.
4. MAGldr 1.13 is the NEWEST VERSION for the boot loader. Install this. Why, because it allows your phone to actually load WP7. You can use it for Android too if you wish to dual boot but I don’t cover that as you won’t be using these notes if you are that advanced with things.
5. Windows Mobile 6.5 Stock ROM, I honestly have no idea why you use this but I can follow directions and so should you. Install it and move on.
6. Zune, just simply install it, you will need it to update. MAKE SURE IT IS CLOSED AT ALL TIMES OTHERWISE. If not it will interfere with installing using other methods.
7. WP7 Update CAB Sender. You will need this. It is a very simple program to use. Whatever CAB files you stick the folder with the .bat file it will install on the phone. Be sure you pay close attention to adding and removing CABs from the folder as they are needed.
8. To Get to MANGO you must do the HD2-7720fix and the DeviceProvisioning.CAB steps (#11 and 12 from post #4 of the install guide), Zune will take you directly to MANGO 7720 instead of 7712 which I am assuming changed since the guide was made. No need to complete the #14 step from what I can see since Zune seems to be able to install RTM version of 7720 automatically. This may change at some point where as long as you got 7392 update and a working MicroSD you don’t need the fix part or the device provisioning cab but I could be wrong. I just did steps #11 and #12 and got MANGO to shop up as the update.
9. HARD RESET IS YOUR FRIEND, it cures most issues with MicroSD issues, including lockups, freezing and crashing.
I hope this helps you get your WP7 loaded the first time. READ READ READ the install guide fully and before each step be sure you know what you are to do and you will be successful.
If can sticky this or reuse it eslewhere to aid in the install guides please do so. PLEASE "THANKS" ME SO I MIGHT GROW IN RECOGNITION AND HELP FURTHER!

Hi
the new Hd20 (v1.22) cannot see any wi-fi (both wpa2 protected and unlocked).
Can you tell me how you got it to work ? I see that most of the posts are from
outside the US (probably using the EU version of HD2). I have the TMOUS version
and in the US.
thx
z

Very nice work. I have been planning to get my hands back on my HD2 that I had given away to my dad a few months back, and have been trying to read up on all that is there to know about having WP7 on the HD2 and I have to say that this is the best post out there that I have come across.
Thanks a bunch !

Hi,
Would you consider changing the format of your tutorial? As in... varying fonts, using paragraph spacing, bold where applicable, and maybe indentations? Right now, it looks information, but a giant mass of words with no visual separation.

anseio said:
Hi,
Would you consider changing the format of your tutorial? As in... varying fonts, using paragraph spacing, bold where applicable, and maybe indentations? Right now, it looks information, but a giant mass of words with no visual separation.
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^ I agree with this.
Very useful info, but would be easier to follow if formatted for better organization.

waiting for 1 day the T-Mobile HD2 can use the full 1024ROM, even don't need the extend card....may it be ?
"At current moment LEO1024 supported, but only 512 megabytes of NAND is used. "

bount said:
waiting for 1 day the T-Mobile HD2 can use the full 1024ROM, even don't need the extend card....may it be ?
"At current moment LEO1024 supported, but only 512 megabytes of NAND is used. "
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Not sure what you mean by this comment.

I'm testing to see if I can replicate this issue, I do not have this issue as far as I can tell.

I revised my post, is it better or do you have suggestions to make this better? Is there a better place for my notes to go? i.e. different post or thread? Referenced in a STICKY? I am happy to help however I can.

That is so much easier to read now. Thanks for making it pretty!!!

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waiting for 1 day the T-Mobile HD2 can use the full 1024ROM, even don't need the extend card....may it be ?
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azon21 said:
Not sure what you mean by this comment.
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The USA T-Mobile HD2 has 1GB ROM and 576 MB RAM, whereas the Asian and European versions have 448 MB RAM (576 MB of RAM enabled by Special Radio) and 512 MB ROM. NAND is the internal flashable memory here, or the ROM in the phone. bount is wondering if the full 1GB of ROM can be used on the USA T-Mobile, rather than using the SD card. A more likely scenario might be having Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile on partitions in the 1GB of ROM, and Android on the SD card..............

Awesome this post is awesome........
Sir make a new post where we can get dual boot process WM7.5 & Android
Thanks in Advanceeeeeeee

SOHOM said:
Awesome this post is awesome........
Sir make a new post where we can get dual boot process WM7.5 & Android
Thanks in Advanceeeeeeee
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You can find all the information you are seeking on dual booting in this thread. I hope you find the information you need in that thread.

[Q] Oh, I GIVE UP!!

Sorry for having no perseverance but for the last 3 days solid I have been trying to upgrade my basic Win 6.5 hd2 to either Win7 or Android without success - my eyes are hurting, really.
I bricked the phone initially but realised that was my own fault by not following instructions but I rectified the problem and reinstalled the original 6,5 rom from htc.
Back to square one.
I now have managed to get the phone to MAGLDR v1.3 and it's menu shows up whenever I switch the phone on but that's as far as I've got.
The problem I seem to find is that all the easy guides I have visited give a link to the win7 rom and when I click the link I am bombarded with adverts , flashing do-dah's etc, etc to download some advert stuff and also some messages saying the file is no longer available.
I know the xda site encourages noobs to search the site for the answers but all I've found are loads and loads of complicated techno jargon that a noob can't understand.
So, can some kind person please, pretty please, give me a dummies guide to upgrade my standard hd2 to either w7 or android?
Sincerely,
Jenifer.

From MAGDLR to Android OS
Once you managed to install MAGDLR, you're not far from the finish. I will show you my way of installing Andorid OS in HD2. I'm assuming you use Windows, you have an SD card, cable to connect your phone to computer, HSPL 2.08 and radio 2.15.
First, what you will need is HD2 Toolkit windows application, which includes all features to easily manipulate your HD2. So basically it's all-in-one application regarding to HD2 capabilities.
1. a) Download it from here and b) install it.
http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/327686/HD2ToolKit4.2.0.1.zip
Secondly, you will need to install ClockWorkMod into your HD2. To perform this operation, use HD2 Toolkit you just installed. ClockWorkMod enables you to easily install android ROMs, backup and restore them, and other features.
2. This step will re-partition the system size and simultaneously will install ClockWorkMod. a) So open HD2 Toolkit, and select "Repartition MAGDLR" in the first section. b) In the left box choose "Custom". c) Below, type 5, into the cache size box. Keep in mind that different ROMs need different partition size and cache size, but most of them will fit in 180 mb partition size.
c) click the button "Repartition", and the dialog to set the partition size will show, type there 180 mb, and click OK. d) click OK in the next dialog as well, which warns you that all data will be deleted in your phone.
e) DFT Android Flasher dialog will show, click next. Follow instructions, from DFT dialog:
>>Installation Instructions:
1) Connect Your Phone To PC
2) Power Off Your Phone
3) Hold "Power" Button On Your Phone Until You Get To The MAGLDR Menu
4) Use Volume Keys To Navigate To USB FLASHER And Press The Green Button To Choose It
5) Press Next Below
Note: You will loose all the data from your phone!!!<<
Then, you will see some codes running, it indicates that something is going on
Then the device will reboot itself. To verify that ClockWorkMod (CWM) is installed correctly into your HD2, let's try to boot into it. First go into MAGDLR menu and choose "AD Recovery". If you see something similar as here http://cloud.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/image28.png, you're good to go into the final step.
3. Final step. Choose an Android ROM, you would like to install in your HD2. From my experiences, I highly recommend one of below.
1.) Paranoid Android Jellybean from Xylograph, updated yesterday.
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817793
Download link for MAGDLR: http://d-h.st/unP
2) Gingerbread Xtreme Edition from pongster
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=918899
Download link for MAGDLR: http://hyperdroid.calibur.info/index.php?file=c89e2a242464a8910379418dc5930006
If you want something beautiful, customizable, and new, go for first recommendation.
If you want something super fast, simple and very stable go for the second recommendation.
According to my measurement, when the ROM contains installed around 30 applications, an average operation (for example launching viber, or a game) take 2.3 seconds in the first ROM, while the second ROM takes 1.6 seconds.
a) Once you made up your mind download one of the mentioned above ROM, or any other of your desire, but don't forget to choose a ROM which does not exceed the 180 partition size, and to choose the MAGDLR version of ROM, (not CLK).
The downloaded file, will come as ZIP format. b) Copy this file into your SD card. c) Then boot into CWM (AD Recovery) we installed previously, and choose "install Zip from SD card". d) Select "choose zip from sdcard" e) Select the zip containing ROM you previously copied into SD card
f) if any dialog comes up, choose NAND installation, click next/finish if needed, wait for the installation, and reboot the device.
First boot will take a while, mostly 10 minutes.
PS: I recalled all this steps mainly from memory, so I might have forgotten something. For any help feel free to ask.
imcn said:
Sorry for having no perseverance but for the last 3 days solid I have been trying to upgrade my basic Win 6.5 hd2 to either Win7 or Android without success - my eyes are hurting, really.
I bricked the phone initially but realised that was my own fault by not following instructions but I rectified the problem and reinstalled the original 6,5 rom from htc.
Back to square one.
I now have managed to get the phone to MAGLDR v1.3 and it's menu shows up whenever I switch the phone on but that's as far as I've got.
The problem I seem to find is that all the easy guides I have visited give a link to the win7 rom and when I click the link I am bombarded with adverts , flashing do-dah's etc, etc to download some advert stuff and also some messages saying the file is no longer available.
I know the xda site encourages noobs to search the site for the answers but all I've found are loads and loads of complicated techno jargon that a noob can't understand.
So, can some kind person please, pretty please, give me a dummies guide to upgrade my standard hd2 to either w7 or android?
Sincerely,
Jenifer.
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blackmatrix64 said:
Once you managed to install the MAGDLR, you're not far from the finish. I will show you my way of installing Andorid OS in HD2. I'm assuming you use Windows, you have an SD card, cable to connect your phone to computer, HSPL 2.08 and radio 2.15.
First, what you will need is HD2 Toolkit windows application, which includes all features to easily manipulate your HD2. So basically it's all-in-one application regarding to HD2 capabilities.
1. a) Download it from here and b) install it.
http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/327686/HD2ToolKit4.2.0.1.zip
PS: I recalled all this steps mainly from memory, so I might have forgotten something. For any help feel free to ask.
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Hi, many thanks for your assistance.
I have clicked on the link above for the toolkit and after numerous attemts I cant get it downloaded. I have requested the file but it doesn't show up anywhere?
Help!
Jenifer

imcn said:
Hi, many thanks for your assistance.
I have clicked on the link above for the toolkit and after numerous attemts I cant get it downloaded. I have requested the file but it doesn't show up anywhere?
Help!
Jenifer
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Check your spam folder. I would post the direct link, but I can't because XDA stupid rules:
>>To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!<<

blackmatrix64 said:
Check your spam folder. I would post the direct link, but I can't because XDA stupid rules:
>>To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!<<
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Hi, yes I can get the emails ok, the thing is when I click the link in the email I am taken to the download page relating to the file and when I click that download file button I get another page asking me to upload a file?!
I will post screen shots....
Jen.

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Then I get this box when I click the download as shown in the previous jpeg.

imcn said:
Then I get this box when I click the download as shown in the previous jpeg.View attachment 1361657
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Before taking you to upload page, the download should start.
Anyway, search in google "HD2ToolKit4.2.0.1.zip zippyshare" , and click in the website zippyshare (second in my search result), download it from there.
If for some reason you still can't download it, send me a private message with your email.

try the links below, it might help

Hi, thank you, I got the file from zippy. Installed everything re your instructions to the point where my phone has the screen with some blue text and a top hat and cmm based recovery v 5.0.2.6
The final installation seems complicated - if you can spare the time could you walk me through it?
Many thanks
Jenifer
P.S. And thanks to MENGFEI for your advice also.

imcn said:
Hi, thank you, I got the file from zippy. Installed everything re your instructions to the point where my phone has the screen with some blue text and a top hat and cmm based recovery v 5.0.2.6
The final installation seems complicated - if you can spare the time could you walk me through it?
Many thanks
Jenifer
P.S. And thanks to MENGFEI for your advice also.
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Final step is the easiest. Right now your HD2 does not have a operating system to run. So, you should choose a ROM (Firmware) to flash/install into HD2. Whatever ROM you seems to like from screenshots download and install it. Whenever you change your mind, you do not have to start from the beginning, but just repeat this final step with a different ROM.
I've tried I guess hundred of ROMs, and from my subjective judgment, I recommended my two favorite ROMs.
To make it even simpler, let's start with Jellybean Paranoid Android ROM, as an example, then whenever you would like to try a different ROM, follow the same instructions.
So in details, what you'll have to do is:
1. Download Android Jellybean 4.1 (Paranoid Android ported from Xylograph) from here http*:*//d-h.st/unP (remove 2 stars)
The file is "PA_leo_beta_v2.15_div2a.zip". This is the ROM.
2. Flash it.
a) Turn off your phone.
b) Remove your SD card
c) Copy the ROM (PA_leo_beta_v2.15_div2a.zip) inside the root SD card.
d) Put the SD card in the phone.
e) Boot into MAGDLR.
f) Using volume down, choose "AD Recovery" to go to the screen with top hat.
(Choose it pressing "answer button", first hard button, next to home)
g) Using volume down, go to "install zip from sdcard", then press answer button
h) In the next menu press again the answer button to select "choose zip from sdcard"
i) Using volume down and up, locate the ROM (PA_leo_beta_v2.15_div2a.zip)
j) Press answer button
k) Press again answer button
l) The installer will show, press touchscreen "Next"
m) Select using touch screen "install to NAND"
n) Press Next
o) I guess you should wait here for installation
p) At the end of installation press Finish.
q) The device will reboot itself, and the after the HTC Screen, you will see Android booting.
r) It will take several minutes, then set up your Android preferences.
Good luck.

blackmatrix64 said:
Final step is the easiest. Right now your HD2 does not have a operating system to run. So, you should choose a ROM (Firmware) to flash/install into HD2. Whatever ROM you seems to like from screenshots download and install it. Whenever you change your mind, you do not have to start from the beginning, but just repeat this final step with a different ROM.
I've tried I guess hundred of ROMs, and from my subjective judgment, I recommended my two favorite ROMs.
To make it even simpler, let's start with Jellybean Paranoid Android ROM, as an example, then whenever you would like to try a different ROM, follow the same instructions.
So in details, what you'll have to do is:
1. Download Android Jellybean 4.1 (Paranoid Android ported from Xylograph) from here http*:*//d-h.st/unP (remove 2 stars)
The file is "PA_leo_beta_v2.15_div2a.zip". This is the ROM.
2. Flash it.
a) Turn off your phone.
b) Remove your SD card
c) Copy the ROM (PA_leo_beta_v2.15_div2a.zip) inside the root SD card.
d) Put the SD card in the phone.
e) Boot into MAGDLR.
f) Using volume down, choose "AD Recovery" to go to the screen with top hat.
(Choose it pressing "answer button", first hard button, next to home)
g) Using volume down, go to "install zip from sdcard", then press answer button
h) In the next menu press again the answer button to select "choose zip from sdcard"
i) Using volume down and up, locate the ROM (PA_leo_beta_v2.15_div2a.zip)
j) Press answer button
k) Press again answer button
l) The installer will show, press touchscreen "Next"
m) Select using touch screen "install to NAND"
n) Press Next
o) I guess you should wait here for installation
p) At the end of installation press Finish.
q) The device will reboot itself, and the after the HTC Screen, you will see Android booting.
r) It will take several minutes, then set up your Android preferences.
Good luck.
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Hi, I have downloaded and unzipped the file and I have now a folder on my desktop with 4 folders inside it - sdcard/kernel/METS-INF/system.
Erm, 'flash it'? Not exactly sure what that means. (told you I am a noob)
c) How do I copy the rom into sd card - do I put it into a card reader then plug into pc?
Thanks for your patience.

imcn said:
Hi, I have downloaded and unzipped the file and I have now a folder on my desktop with 4 folders inside it - sdcard/kernel/METS-INF/system.
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I didn't say you have to unzip it. Copy the whole file "PA_leo_beta_v2.15_div2a.zip" to SD card. I wouldn't skip an important step as unzipping if it would have been required, so just follow my steps precisely.
imcn said:
Erm, 'flash it'? Not exactly sure what that means. (told you I am a noob)
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My bad, ignore that line. I just wanted to summarize all these steps with a name.
The whole process from a) to r) is the flashing (installation of ROM).
imcn said:
c) How do I copy the rom into sd card - do I put it into a card reader then plug into pc?
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Exactly.
imcn said:
Thanks for your patience.
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No problem.

OK, I'm nearly there. I am at a screen which asks 'Default Connection' RMNET Connection - check or leave unchecked for ppp connection(default)?

imcn said:
OK, I'm nearly there. I am at a screen which asks 'Default Connection' RMNET Connection - check or leave unchecked for ppp connection(default)?
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Great. To tell the truth I don't know what it means, so I leave it unchecked.

If you want to run Windows 7 here's a video how to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ7nJ4hSbHc&feature=youtube_gdata_player and for Rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356833
I still love my Hd2. Running so smooth I just set this up a week ago because my files got corrupted.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
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Use this video instead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuR59UXw_4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Great. To tell the truth I don't know what it means, so I leave it unchecked.
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Well, at last, thanks to your help finaly got android installed. Seems to be working ok however, I have started to recharge the battery and when I switch the set off it immediately restarts without me touching any buttons. Also, whilst in camera mode a message says 'please insert sd card'
and the settings at the top screen says my sd card corrupted reformat y/n .
Other than that I will give it a try and report back.
P.S. the sd card is the 2 gig standard one that came with the phone.
Cheers
Jenifer.

hi Jeny,
for your SD card, it's really small in capacity & not much to move around & even the 4g i'm using for testing is sometimes not enough. Since SD cards are really cheap nowadays you can get an 8g or 16g card since HD2 supports up to 32g & some can even run those 64g ones.
this tutorial I made is really for the new users to this phone & I made as easy to follow, hope you can get your working coz this is one amazing dev phone!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25781675#post25781675

imcn,there is a much easier,quicker,safer way of getting android onto hd2,its called sd or now native sd,no pissing about with mgldr etc.
also gives you the option to still have winmo 6·5 still on the phone and instantly available if you need to actualy have a guaranteed working phone.
i dont care what folk try and claim for our hd2,just remember,all the hardware was built to run winmo 6·5,not android and phone still runs best using 6·5,see what your battery life is like with android on your phone and if your in a dodgy signal area dont expect much more than 4 hours battery life even with a big mugen battery,android has crap radio software that appears to be about a 5 year step BACKWARD its one of the many major problems android has especialy on an old phone/cpu like ours.
android is fun to play with but somebody should have asked you first if you need a working phone at all times if you do then its much safer to go the sd card way,if you have spare phone as daily phone then fine go the mgldr way.
have tried both ways lots of times,will stick with simple sd card way for now.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda premium

tleaf100 said:
imcn,there is a much easier,quicker,safer way of getting android onto hd2,its called sd or now native sd,no pissing about with mgldr etc.
also gives you the option to still have winmo 6·5 still on the phone and instantly available if you need to actualy have a guaranteed working phone.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda premium
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Hi, thanks for your post. Would you like to expand on the sd only method? - it sounds interesting.
As for the few things I mentioned above earlier, that's all the problems that I have encountered having tested the phone all day. I don't get a great signal anyway because of my location and there doesn't appear to be any weaker signal running Android. Battery life is much the same - wasn't great with Win 6.5 if I was using the set a lot.
The handset has been very smooth and quick to respond since the upgrade( blackmatrix64 guidance) so, apart from the 'damaged sd card' thing, I am very pleased with the results so far.
I will invest in a bigger sd card tomorrow.
MENGFEI - I will read up on the info you have posted. Thanks