yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
Don't think you can check whether android has been flashed if the phone has been put back to WM6.5.

I bought a 2nd hd2 a few months back and was lucky. At the time, I thought of taking along an sdcard with an SD android build installed on it with a terminal emulator app, then insert the card, boot android, go to terminal and type "su<RETURN>", "dmesg > /sdcard/dmesg.txt<RETURN>", then opening a file manager and checking the .txt file for bad block messages.

If the seller saw you do this, they may have second thoughts about selling it at the quoted price;)
[HD2 General] EvilMegaDroid:
The seller is my friend and he gave me a day time to test the phone if i had any probs with it i can take back the money , also i flashed android now im doing an test with that command
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
Check these lines in dmesg;

There are no bad blocks in this one.
[HD2 General] EvilMegaDroid:
ill got the result and searched for something with the word bad on it and only a result

<4>[ 2.704864] ###BAD BLOCK 3084 18180000###

showed up

so is the phone not worth 70$ only cuz of one bad block??
[HD2 General] EvilMegaDroid:
Ive attached the result , if you have time and don't mind plz check it out , thanks
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
1 bad block in the data partition is not bad for an old phone.

$70=~£45 I think that is about right.

Your decision;)
[HD2 General] EvilMegaDroid:
i will get it , and im having a lil prob with putting my data to ext4 partition , i flashed NexusHD2-ICS-CM9-HWA but the storage is really low , i know how to use the app link2sd but is there any way to link my ext4 to data??
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
See this post and thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31949960#post31949960
[HD2 General] EvilMegaDroid:
i did that and seems like i can't access the rom and the recovery anymore , back to flashing it again :D

---------- Post added at 11:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:33 PM ----------

tried it for a second time now my storage space shows total - 0.00byte and 33mb - used / O.O lol
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
how have you created the ext4 partition on your sdcard? is it primary?
[HD2 General] Piralis:
hello new user with htc hd2

i purchased a used htc hd2 from ebay , and want to ask what is the most stable yet the best android rom . with all function working like camera or buttons wifi etc

Pls help me Thank you !!
[HD2 General] halx:
I'm having problems with my HD2 TMO Leo. My battery (or internal charger) is dead, so it's not working without USB cable anymore. The reset procedure is to remove cable, than battery, then insert battery, and cable again.

I have been playing with re-flashing custom ROMs using installed a while ago aMAGLDR, AD Recovery, but all of them were failing or behaving erratically. I heard it could be due to the NAND is damaged. Is that true?

Anyhow, I have wiped it with HD2 Toolkit (successfully first time), and also re-installed HSPL4 to v 3.03.000, because forgot that 2.08 is mandatory for this device (not sure if that still stands though, please confirm). Also I've tried to install MAGLDR (instead of my aMAFGLDR) using the Toolkit. However I saw that it still booting to aMAGLDR. Tried to reinstall cLK with Toolkit with a small partition - it was stuck booting with some INIT failed error or something.

Now I cannot get rid of HSPL 3.03 to flash 2.08, as when I'm rebooting with leoimg.nbh on SD card it shows Loading forever.

I cannot Wipe with Toolkit either, From: is empty, To: is T29KSubedi the progress bar on the phone and in the Toolkit starts, stays at 0% for like 5 mins, then Toolkit says ERROR [262] : UPDATE ERROR. The same thing happens when I'm trying to flash stock ROM from exe file.

How I could fix that? Perhaps wiping everything and starting from scratch? And also could someone point me out at the most reliable guide how to flash an android ROM from scratch?

Please help!
[HD2 General] ArchivistIX:
HTC HD2 troubleshoot

Hello

I am new here, so i'd like to apologize if these were already answered.

Now to start. I dropped my phone, and since then i only get mostly yellow colours on my display and touch isn't working properly, like when i try to type a massage it types random letter and pushes rendom "buttons" on screen.

What do you think it's broken and how much would repair cost me?

I have rooted phone to win7 (the first oe with this modern blocky look) i think, a year ago approximately and now I am using samsung young, but would really like to fix my faithfull HD2 .( now i cannot get in the os cause i formated my sd card for use in samsung)

And can u tell me, if I get t working again, what OS should I put on it. ( link some guides) Something that would work great but isn't to old or to simple.

What should i look for and is it even worth repairing?

Thank you in advance, and again I am sorry if this has already been answered.
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
Hi ArchivistIX, welcome to the forum. Sounds like the digitiser and the screen are duff. There is a good thread here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1566179 about replacement, I haven't done it yet. Mister B keeps an eye on that thread and may help you if you have any questions. Read the last few pages, someone is sure to have asked similar.

As for OS, it has to be android. Flavour is your choice depending on your needs/wants.
[HD2 General] ArchivistIX:
Hey, thank you very much, will check that out :D
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
Hi [MENTION=7138742]urmuz[/MENTION] welcome to the forum. Can't think why it is not working for you. Have you tried installing clk from the toolbox? or booting an sd rom using haret from your stock rom?
[HD2 General] urmuz:
hello and thanks for your timely response.

after a few hours of lurking on the forum, I found out that my htc hd2 is a pre-release edition with 320 mb of ram. out of all the models I could find, I goy myself the pre-release inbred cousin :( I guess this is the reason why magldr doesn't work, right? and one other question. are there any android/winmo 7 roms that would work with this specific model of hd2?

thank you
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
Never heard of a phone like yours.

Look in the hd2 android SD development section for roms that boot using haret from your stock wm6.5

You will not get WP7 to work without having magldr installed unfortunately.

I am at work at the moment but please report back
[HD2 General] urmuz:
I will have a follow-up when I get back home from work, myself. thank you. btw I researched a bit and it seems that the device is a pre-release version that had, on the original back cover, "Pro. Three" written on it. the guy that sold me the phone had the back cover replaced, hence the reason why I feel so betrayed right now :(
[HD2 General] ch3mn3y:
I just bought HTC HD2 EU version and would like to know (best everything) before it arrives (should come in Tuesday or Wednesday).

If I understand it right NativeSD Rom is one installed on Ext partition and SD Rom is one installed on "normal" FAT32 partition?

Any possibility to change NAND or SD Rom to Native one (ofc if I understand it right)?

DirectSD is the same (or similar) thing to NativeSD?

What I would like to achieve is to get TripleBoot WP7 (NAND), Android (SD, best 6.0, but 2.3 would be good to) and Linux (SD). Is it possible?

Can it be done with MAGLRD? I think not, as it can boot only one SD Rom. And here next question - it boots NativeSD or SD Rom?

Why requirements for some roms says not to use UHS-I card? Unfortunately all my 16GB+ cards are UHS ones...

How much RAM is accessible on SD Rom? On my X1 (haret) I have only ~75MB of it even if device has ~256...
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
depends on the rom, not sure of figures at the moment, but I think 400/512 is about average.

Welcome to HD2:D
[HD2 General] ch3mn3y:
One more thing: I read, but couldn't find real difference between MAGLDR i cLK except unlocking RAM.

However threads about this function of cLK are old and I was thinking if newer versions has it? Or only via MAGLDR i can use it?
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
you use either clk or magldr for installing and booting android, you can't use both at the same time. If you want to boot WP7, you must use magldr.

Android booted from either clk or magldr uses the same amount of RAM, it depends on which radio is installed I think.

There are advantages of both bootloaders, magldr can use RMNET for phone data which is a bit more stable than ppp, clk is a more native way of booting android using boot.img and is open source, but there is no recent development for it. Either one can be set up so that the phone boots directly to android after switching on.
[HD2 General] ch3mn3y:
I want WP7, so I have my answer.

Sent using XT1562 - stock 5.1.1
[HD2 General] urmuz:
Sorry for the... late follow-up. turns out I can't instal cLK either on this device. to your better knowledge, is there any chance that I can flash any android rom on this pre-release version of the HD2 (with 320 mb ram)? Btw this variant of the HD2 had Pro-Three written on the back cover. Mine does not, I guess the man I bought it from had the back cover replaced :( Anyway, I hope you guys could help me with a more definitive answer, so I can decide if I'll re-sell the device and look for a non pre-release version or stick with this one.

Thanks
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
You could still try to boot an sd build. I have been looking around for a gingerbread one and found this http://www.mediafire.com/download/jebh645ydwc4943/hyper.zip

from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585420

it is not superRAM nor NativeSD, so I think it has the best chance of booting on your device, also it has a working link;)

Unzip it (using 7zip or similar decompression tool) and put the "hyper" folder within the extracted "hyper" folder (there is a folder within a folder, you want the one with all the files in it) on your sdcard.

Navigate to the hyper folder using wm6.5 on the phone and run (tap on) clrcad.exe (nothing should happen, it just enables sound) then run haret.exe and see if it boots. we might be able to tweak the startup.txt file if it doesn't.

I don't think a superRAM build will work well since you will need all the RAM you have for android, and superRAM loads about 100mb of /system to RAM. NativeSD needs an ext partition on the sdcard, but we need to know if android boots before we try that. Later versions of android use more RAM than GB, esp the latest ones.

You have very limited scope on your hd2, without magldr or clk.

Edit; actually, it won't boot anyway. I see problems in the startup.txt. I can post a new startup.txt for you to put in there. Are you willing to try?
[HD2 General] urmuz:
of course, please let me know when you have the new startup.txt ready :D
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
what size sdcard do you have? the rom includes a data.ext4 file of 1 gb which might be a bit too much. if you want less you can delete that data.ext4 and the startup.txt attached below will make android create one of 512mb.
[HD2 General] urmuz:
I have an 8gb class 10 sd card, bought specially for this phone because I really wanted to get into this. please note that I am a total newbie so I really hope I don't mess this up :-s I'll try following your steps from your previous post and I'll tell you if I succeeded

---------- Post added at 04:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:23 PM ----------

I ran haret.exe and it booted me in a black screen with some text in it:

HaRET boot

Shutting down hardware

Turning off MMU

In preloader

PSR=6000000df

etc.

but it just kinda stopped there. is anything else supposed to happen?
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
yes, it should boot to portadroid screen for a bit, then go to a snazzy android bootanimation, then boot to android startup screen ;):laugh:

Can you try again and take a close look at exactly what it says, and post it here. I mean the exact letters and numbers. I found an old post of mine here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42064533&postcount=697 and your text looks the same so far (I had to use a magnifying glass ;))

meanwhile I will try to find out the exact size of your RAM so that we can edit the hexadecimal RAMSIZE variable in startup.txt, might work.
[HD2 General] urmuz:
OK so the text reads:

HaRET boot

Shutting down hardware

Turning off MMU...

In preloader

PSR=600000df

Tags relocated to 0x11800100 (size 0x00000400)

Kernel relocated to 0x11808000 (size 0x002c6a94)

Initrd relocated to 0x12200000 (size 0x001c8db9)

Jumping to Kernel (custom)...

Nedless to say, there is no further jumping to any kernel :eek:

L.E. As for the hardware info on my phone, it says:

CPU: Qualcomm (R) 8250B

Speed: 1024 MHz

RAM Size: 320 MB

Flash memory size: 512 MB

Data bus: 32 bits

Storage size: 176.49 MB

Display resolution: 480 x 800

Colors: 65536

Bluetooth version: 2.1/2,1+EDR

Bluetooth address: 00:23:76:35:59:08
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
ok try this startup.txt

:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[HD2 General] urmuz:
still stuck :(
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
try this one

also put the other attached file in the same folder. after boot attempt, you should have a file called haretlog.txt in the hyper folder. use the "manage attachments" box when posting to upload it here.

Edit; I think you need 10 posts before you can upload attachments, what is the weather like?
[HD2 General] urmuz:
quite good, I hope it'll still be the same by the time I can attach things :D

also, keep in mind that the second attachment is not working.
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
haha, it doesn't need to work, it just needs to be there. it is a flag file which tells haret to output a log file to the same directory.

hope that is clear:)
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
ok, I am a bit out of my depth here now. So I will post my calculations up til now for the ramsize;

normal hd2-576mb of RAM, of which 448 is useable, leaves 128mb for android

your hd2-320mb of RAM, less 128mb from above, leaves 192mb=201326592bytes=&c000000, this is the hexadecimal number, base 16, which was substituted for the existing ramsize in the first startup.txt. this did not work, so I took 10mb off the 192mb, 182mb=190840832bytes=b600000, this is the number in the second (last) startup.txt I posted, as can be seen in the haretlog.

I have the feeling that the ramaddress also needs to be changed from &11800000=293601280 bytes=280mb to something. I guess it is the difference between 576 and 320, which is 128mb=134217728bytes=&8000000

if you are brave enough to try it I have attached an edited startup.txt

try it at your own risk, this is guesswork from me.

the haretlog will be overwritten by the new one, if it doesn't work, post it here.

good luck.
[HD2 General] urmuz:
yeah, same result, device stuck at "jumping to kernel..."

according to the info provided by you, this particular hd2 model is pretty much useless for any rom-flashing purposes. I guess it was meant for prior testing of winmo apps back in the day. in this case, I'd hate to further waste your time on a device that is just not meant to work with all of this. I'm attaching yet another haretlog though. if it still doesn't help you, I think we can call it a day :D but thank you for all your support, you have been most helpful, and if I ever get my hands on a legit hd2, I will try again :D
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
Yeah, I think you are right mate. Oh well, we gave it a go.

Good luck, and happy new year!

Edit; Hope I don't see another user posting here soon with the same phone:crying::eek:;)
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
sounds like your data partition isn't working. How did you format it?

best to use the SD recovery in the link you posted to reformat it to ext4.
[HD2 General] Kandyegirl:
Hello y'all ~

I see that there haven't been new posts on this thread since 2016. However, I am impressed by how supportive & willing to help the HTC HD2 experts are by setting up this Q&A thread in the first place. Sooooooo, I'm gonna give it a go! After all, I've got nothing to lose & really adore my lil phone! =]

Here goes...... I have a loyal, 11 year old HTC HD2! She has seen me through thick & thin over all these years. Suddenly, she stopped making & receiving phone calls on Sunday (May 9th, 2021). The "antenna/T" icon at the top of the screen has an exclamation mark next to it. Also, HTC Sense won't launch. When I touch "Phone," nothing happens. The phone screen does not come up. When friends (& T-Mobile) try to call me, nothing happens on my end. They get sent to my voicemail. I do not receive a voicemail notification either. However, the internet & texts can still be accessed.

I spent over three hours chatting with T-Mobile trying to fix it. They re-connected me to their network(s), "updated" my sim card from their end, etc. Nothing worked. They kept saying they needed to call me in order to do anymore troubleshooting! 0.o I, in turn, kept reminding them that not being able to accept/make calls was the problem in the first place! Ugh. So, now I'm turning to the good people of this forum for help! =]

A wee bit of background ~ I have never changed/updated my phone's software, etc! If anything has changed since I bought it, it would have been an automatic update. Still Windows os. T-Mobile Data : epc.tmobile.com. Most websites will not open on my old phone. I can use Facebook & Google. On Google, I can search, but usually can't open any of the results. In recent years, my phone has occasionally not been able to launch "HTC Sense." However, every other time, I've still been able to use the Phone function (plus, internet & texts).

You've no doubt guessed, but.... I am not a developer! Ha! Not a phone guru in any way!

I would be grateful for your help! I can't imagine having a different phone.

Thanks, y'all!

=] Kandye
[HD2 General] blackhawk:
Wow.

Even buying a used one now is hard let alone parts.

Consider upgrade time... really.

Maybe a used flagship phone in excellent condition running on Pie. I would avoid Android 10 and especially 11.

B&H Photos prices are higher but backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. They ship that day, no bs.
[HD2 General] Robbie P:
Hi Kandye, you might want to install an android sd build so that you can check whether it is your phone's hardware which is playing up or whether the software has corrupted over time.

i would recommend this one https://xdaforums.com/t/30-05-13-sd-magldr-barebone-cm7-v3-sram.1868306/

The links don't work but i can upload it somewhere for you if you want to try it

The android build sits on your sd card and winmo6.5 is not affected
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg420:
Hi i'm trying to get s-off on my htc one (m7att)

I've tried revone, firewater, and rumrunner and can't get any of them to work. I can't get an adb connection going with my USB cable, i can connect through wifi using 'adb connect 192.168.1.x" so i'm not sure if that's causing any problems but can't connect with the usb cable. I DO have usb debugging enabled, when i connect and type adb devices it shows nothing. I tried reinstalling drivers, reboot, reboot phone etc.

My ROM is slimkat (4.4.2) and my hboot version is 1.44. also my adb version is 1.0.31

Could someone point me in the right direction to getting s-off?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
Try it on a sense based rom.. ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg420:
I did try both firewater and revone on android revolution. I wasn't able to get an adb connection with the cable
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
Why not wait until it was stable or finished ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
It's a developer option, not meant for the masses yet.

Sent from my Moto X
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hammer_Of_The_Gods:
Hi,

There is already two threads about Dalvik and ART: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47221126 (this one is more relevant) and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47201527...

:)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
I understand what your saying and the threads are more about what it is not why it was placed on 4.4. Why bother with putting it there?

Why did they put it in there at all
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomatot-:
Nothing to add to this...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortenmhp:
They are not giving it to you, they are giving it to developers so they can make their apps comply even before it is officially released to users.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
Pretty much for the asop community to test it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
APP developers
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ApriliaM3:
Please use the existing threads for this discussion.

Thread closed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay-kesrwani:
I got a US Nexus 5 D820-But i do not live in the US (didn't know about LTE bands limitations)

the N5 D820 LTE only works in the US - the N5 D821 LTE works in rest of the world.

North America (D820) Nexus 5 model:

GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

CDMA: Band Class: 0/1/10

WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/19

LTE: Bands: 1/2/4/5/17/19/25/26/41

Outside North America (D821) Nexus 5 model:

GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8

LTE: Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/20

Are these LTE Bands limited by software or hardware? can i make my device work in LTE outside the US? thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Hardware and no.

Actually the bands for d820 listed above are wrong. Even Googles own site appears to be wrong. The wtr1605l radio is the first to be capable of supporting 7 bands but Google list 9. The box of the d820 is more accurate
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilotimz:
Band 2 (PCS A-F) is a subset of band 25 (PCS A-G) and band 5 (CL850) is a subset of band 26 [eSMR 800 + CL850] so it does indeed support 7 bands.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Thanks for clearing that up for me :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay-kesrwani:
Thanks all for answering and clearing things up :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nepotist:
Hello,

I will mention every thing I did since Yesterday so that it can help you guys in helping me.

1) I used the following link to root my phone

The website doesnt allow me to post the link but the main site is called rootgalaxynote dot com

I was successfull

2) After the first step, I connected my phone to Kies and it said there is a upgrade version avaialble and I did upgrade it to 4.3.

3) Worked fine, but when I went to install Titanium Backup, it gave me a message saying that root access was denied and I need to root my device, smiliar message was given by SuperUser app.

4) So I followed the instructions from this thread and was able to successfully complete till Step 4 (A) in the following link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1586223

After completion of step 4 (A), my phone rebooted itself and freezes at SAMSUNG screen.

Can someone please help me fixing this, If I need to post it thread somewhere else, please let me know.

Update:

I have done some search and found that clearing Cache might help. I have done that it still freezes at the samsung logo.

Thank

Nepo

PS: I can still however go to the CMW recovery screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Demmonnixx:
May have been a corrupt file or something. I would boot into recovery and restore you nandroid backup assuming you made one and follow the directions again, this time without updating in Kies. Not really needed if your wanting to root to be able to flash roms etc..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nepotist:
Thanks Demmon,

I found a ATT Stock ROM on this website and was able to re-start my phone. How ever, I am having a hard time trying to update back my phone with the latest OS or even Jelly Bean and also the CWM recovery. Every thing is failing and crashing (Even the Odin give an error cannot find com/port)

I am not sure what to do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 440bro:
Open kies and plug in device. Reinstall device drivers using the kies menu. Then Odin will work again.

You can also put device in download mode, open kies and select firmware upgrade and initialization. Type in model number in all caps. Then serial number. Let it do it's thing and you will be on 4.1.2 officially. Like a brand new phone without root. Odin will work again to flash recovery and roms.