[HD2 Android NAND Development] Reedickulus:
First, I want to start of by giving a huge thank you to the developer and dedicated members who gave feedback and support here. I'm not a big "phone ROM" guy, and just wanted to help my older father get more use out of his old phone this Holiday season. I could not believe what this ROM had done to the HD2. It completely breathed new life into the phone, and this legacy hardware was performing like a brand-new, top-performing smart phone. Top notch!

My post here is two-fold; one is to help other users who might not be as "pro" looking to upgrade their phone AND also ask about the one issue/concern I am having with this phone.

My phone is a 1024MB TMOUS HD2.

1. The phone already had an Android ROM on it (running a 2.2.1 Android version) when I first set-up the phone almost a year ago. Therefore, many of the relevant "S-OFF," and other necessary steps were done. New users coming from an "untouched" phone should google and peruse the relevant threads for the necessary steps.

2. From my previous set-up, I had aMAGLDR 1.13 installed. I attempted an install with another ROM (before discovering this one,) but did not like it as it still used an older version of Android.

3. I believe I had an older radio installed. First step I did was go here: http://www.rhiffsta.ch/LEO_Radio/list.html and flashed the 2.15.50.14 radio for TMOUS.

4. 4EXT was flashed during my attempt to install CoreDroid. However, when I used 4EXT to flash this NexusROM, I never got past the boot screen. After lots of googling and searching, I took the following steps which allowed me to successfully install it.

5. Task29 the Phone. This essentially "wipes clean" the phone, while keeping the necessary S-OFF settings for flashing a new ROM. I used ShaDrac's repack here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=644781 and followed the instructions. However, it is also possible to use the HD2 ToolKit here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1090783

6. I then re-flashed MAGLDR 1.13. Instructions, etc. found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893618.

7. Probably the most crucial part in this whole process was setting up partitions. I had to do it twice. First time, using the HD2 Toolkit above, I repartition my System Partition Size of MAGLDR to 400MB with a 45MB Cache.

8. The next step is to either flash CWM or 4EXTRecovery. I had initially installed CWM from this thread (400MB one): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1044830. But then read/discovered that CWM 3.0.x (which I had downloaded) *DOES NOT WORK* with JellyBean ROMS. Therefore, I had to TASK29 again, re-flashed, MAGLDR, and re-partitioned it, as above.

9. I then installed 4EXTRecovery. This is a link to the download, and also the guide proved invaluable: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33796855&postcount=1612. Since I planned on doing a full-installed, I paid attention to this step

. So I modified that file before flashing the 4EXTRecovery.

10. I then used 4EXTRecovery to completely "factory reset" the phone. I then went and repartitioned the SD card. I found the options necessary to select from this thread, but I essentially chose the largest option for the partition (4048? I believe?) and "skip" for the second partition and for the swap.

11. After this completed, I went to "USB Toggle," connected my phone to the PC and moved this ROM (zip file) to the SD care. I verified MD5 checksum on both the PC and on the SD via the 4EXT option.

12. Then used AD Recovery option from MAGLDR to "install ROM from .zip" file. Used the touch-screen AROMA installer. Because I have TMOUS I chose option 1 (all from NAND).

13. Installation went perfect, and I am enjoying the ROM on my phone!

Now, the one issue? From searching this thread, it looks like a few users have had this problem (perhaps isolated to those using TMOUS phones?). My Wi-Fi. The signal is incredibly weak. I have to be a few inches from the router before it will pick up a WiFi signal and connect.

Not sure how to fix this? Looks like there were discussions about RIL files that could supposedly help. But I think those were incorporated to v1.3a of this ROM - so I'm not sure where to look for a fix?

Any suggestions? People say the HD2s have a "loose WiFi antenna." Not sure if this might be the case or if it is a result of this new ROM.

Anyone have luck getting WiFi working properly on a 1024 TMOUS Phone with a full NAND installation?

Again:

1024MB TMOUS HD2

aMAGLDR 1.13

4EXT Recovery version from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33796855&postcount=1612

2.15.50.14 Radio TMOUS version (http://www.rhiffsta.ch/LEO_Radio/list.html)

16GB Class 4 SD Card

MAGLDR repartition to 400MB / 45MB Cache

SD Care repartition to 4048?/skip partition 2/skip swap

THANKS ALL!