[HD2 General] blackmatrix64:
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 :P

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://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1817793

Download link for MAGDLR: http://d-h.st/unP

2) Gingerbread Xtreme Edition from pongster

Thread: http://xdaforums.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.