yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] xmoo:
And what if I tell you that's posible ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pongothemagnificent:
heres the qsd git https://www.codeaurora.org/gitweb/q...ortlog;h=refs/heads/aosp/android-msm8k-2.6.29 , cant wait till this gets to a bootable form =], my acer f1 is arriving tomorrow xD.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kindadevil:
Cool! I like WinMo, but I would prefer to try Android, and since no hardware is better than HD2´s, and new possibilities to port Android successfully are coming, I think a new monster could be born here :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 20mihalko:
yes, i`m definitally for this thing.... there will be no problem if leo won`t support wm7, if it will be able to run android...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pongothemagnificent:
In fact it will support wm7, but thats up to the OEM's if they want to release a wm7 test rom for these cortex 8 devices =].
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dazza9075:
HTC have says no to android on HD2, so if its going to happen your going to have to do it yourself.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] GEN3RIC:
What would be required? Android 1.6+ supports other CPUs including Snapdragon so what else is required to get it to work with Android? Would be very neat.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mickeymouse:
that would be great, but what makes you so shure??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 10076757:
who wants andorid 1.6 on the hd2. what we want is the full version of android 2.0
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] GamerOfFreedom:
Definitly 2.0
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shure2:
maybe the release of a htc android device with the same hardware as the hd2 will make it easier for developers - but better off getting in the mindset that it won't work

the hero has the same processor as the hd1 doesn't it (and android development on that seems very difficult and slow)?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mickeymouse:
that would make me forget my iphone and buy a hd2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tids2k:
yeh but look at the possibilities of where we were and where we are today. progress is being made every day now, i hope you go throught the irclogs if so, and it takes time to achieve every goal. a seed doesnt grow into a tree in a day, it takes time and thats whats being talked here. so it wont be hard enough for us to get to the deep of the phone when it comes. cheers.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shure2:
it would be good to see the progress.. I have read the last few pages on the blackstone and haven't seen anything from the developers. Last update was the 18th where it went back from v1.6 to v1.5?

I can't see why time is being devoted to 1.5, surely the focus should be to work on the most up to date version of android than taking a step back.

Obviously i'm not a developer for the android project on the hd1, but if one comes to the hd2 I will donate to a project with quicker progess on android 1.6, preferably 2.0.....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] borillion_star:
I have one of these HD2's on pre-order just for this reason :D I hope I can get something accomplished, and am willing to work on flashing and dumping things

if anyone so asks, as soon as I have it in hand.

Ill be working on it myself too.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tids2k:
wow .. so do i man !! im buying only for the sole pupose of seeing android on this phone ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Tung_meister:
if the nexus one had a 4.3" screen i'd be very tempted to sell the hd2 and switch to it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] willbread:
that's exactly what i think ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thebomber:
nexus has a 3.7 inch screen

i hate the trackball style its bull really and will collect crap

i guess our leo is the best for 2010

but really is andriod worth the fuss

i tried it once on my tytn and i was having a pain in the butt

it really sucked
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] avathar behemoth:
nexus one rom dumped? so it seems

hey people lookie here.. seems a rom dump of the nexus is here.. maybe one for the tweakers/programmers/developers?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=600190

so ehm i cant do anything with it, but im sure some people here can!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ragdoll20:
OMG i saw it and i SO want it too on my HD2... I almost feel sorry for not waiting and then buying the nexus one.. but maybe if we can get android on it? :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ragdoll20:
Oh snap! does this mean that people can finally start working on it now? also another question: How hard is this on a scale of 1 to 10..

Im just a noob here but.. the specs are almost identical right? so is it really that hard?

Also, if work starts, i'll donate for sure, this is awesome! :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
Hi everyone,

I'm from France and I would be so happy to use Android on the HD2 Leo. Same thing as the post before, if a project starts, I'll donate for sure.

The best thing we could have is a complete ROM, I think. The link before, witch is only a system dump, does not provides hardware drivers, bootloader ...

In fact what are differences between the G-Phone and the HD2 ?

- Trackball

- 3.7 inches screen

Does it have a resistive screen ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
I would be happy to donate towards this too :)

Window mobile is getting on my nerves a bit now. Part of the reason I get smart phones is to play and hack about with them so Android would be a fun little project.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
HTC Sense with WinMo 6.5 are fine. But the Windows Phone MarketPlace is poor & empty.

Android Market grows so fast ... And I really want to try Google Maps Navigation, with Spoken Address function.

In a few hours I'll try booting the Nexus OS using Haret. Stay tuned !
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] balisto:
Nice News.

Is there any device that is running Android, and every thing is working? (I mean any WiMo devices)?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hobbit19:
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/msm.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/android-msm-2.6.29-nexusone
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dhavalg:
The reason i baught this device is the hardware, as it is the mightiest device on the market yet.

I am waiting for the winmo 7 update for our phones, and yes android, when ever it may come, but i am sure it will come.

All the best to the devs out there, may you all come out with a working android port....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ImeXis:
hell... would love 2 get android and the speech funktion on my hd2..

but i could also change my hd2 .. with a n1... but 2 b honest... the hd2 looks better and for it has some kind of a WOW effect everytime im using it=)

dont think that the n1 could be on a par with it..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
Tried to boot the Donuts release of Android using haret, it gives me a black screen ...

I've changed the STARTUP.txt width, height, but what lcd density Leo has ? I tried 240, it does not work.

My idea is to boot the old Android, put the system folder of the nexus on the SD card, then chroot on the nexus system folder, et re-init the system.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Johnston411:
any chance of upping the z image for us to try too? :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
Tried to boot the Donuts release of Android using haret, it gives me a black screen ...

I've changed the STARTUP.txt width, height, but what lcd density Leo has ? I tried 240, it does not work.

My idea is to boot the old Android, put the system folder of the nexus on the SD card, then chroot on the nexus system folder, et re-init the system.

Edit : I don't have the z image, that's the problem :-( That's why I try to boot the old Android release.

Archive witch contains old zimage http://www.cobaltcode.com/fileupload/data/Android/AllInOne/android-donut_diam-raph-01-11-09.7z

NB : included haret.exe is for Diamond.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twister_65:
are you using a modified version of Haret?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5207439&postcount=127

The actual version have doesnt support for the HD2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
Yes. I'm using this one

http://www.netripper.com/leo/haret-pre-0.5.3-20091129_135434.exe
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
is it possible to create a zimage from this dump? I don't know much but would love to help out if I can.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Is the post here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2271238&postcount=73 any help?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
See http://source.android.com/download

For creating a zimage kernel I think it's necessary to boot this kernel first. Other way, only Nexus' users can create this zimage.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Ah ok, I though you grabbed from the git repository and then compiled from here to a zimage.

So we need to wait a bit then :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
http://connect-utb.com/index.php?option=com_rokdownloads&view=file&Itemid=68&id=87:android-2-0
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
"HTC Raphael-Diamond-Blackstone \ "

If we can boot that I'm still not sure we can create a zimage can we? Does the differing chip make a difference? As in, does it need to be booted first on a snapdragon device? (I'm a little new to Android messing).

Edit: plus I'm pretty sure not all the drivers will be correct in that, but I could be wrong.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
With the link I posted above, black screen again after starting haret.exe ...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twister_65:
can u post ur startup.txt?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
This one does not work

NB : Without my MAC address.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Just out of interest can you try screen density as 217?

Edit: Its the PPI of the screen I think.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
Same thing.

Black screen with little purple dots.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_density#Calculation_of_monitor_PPI

Witch is 216.97 !
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Are the little purple dots progress?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Haha for the sake of it go with 216.97 and see what happens. I reckon its just a display thing now.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
They don't move at all. They are placed diagonally.

Edit : I'll be back when at home, I leave office. BRB :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
what about on 216.97?

I'm at work atm so can't really do anything more technical than guess at parameters atm.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Also saw:

on another thread. Try with and without maybe?

Edit: Surely there is someone more technical around that wants to see this happen and can help more than me?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
I removed "msmts_calib" and tried 216.97, black screen again ... :-(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Its one of these annoying little buggers. Put that bit back then. Found the mtype for the raphael but guess that wont work (1910 btw). Could try it though.

Really need to bow out to someone with more experience now. Or someone who can make a zImage.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gauner1986:
I think you can't just set a RAMADDR. This one should be protected by MPU. I tried loading some **** there once and got a blank screen also. So try booting off another address. Or just leave out RAMADDR.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] wblugc:
Nexus ONE

One question, can use to Nexus ONE phone to base?, iis of HTC with Android 2,1 and is very similar in specifications to the HD2: D...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Does anyone here have a Nexus One? ;)

Agree ram address could easily be wrong.

Also try a 160ppi, just for fun - I know HD2 is classed as medium density which defaults to 160PPI
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
Same thing with 160 PPI and without ram address.

It takes more time to display the black screen, probably because it search itself the ram adress.

I'm pretty sure the problem is MTYPE, or screen config.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ragdoll20:
Do it Do it Do it!!!! :D :D :D

The faster we get this thing working, the faster I'll be in heaven! :P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bigx86:
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: OMG

Anywayz guys if there is anything I can do to help just PM me. Thanks for your effort everyone...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Do you want to post an easy to download link to what you have already (i.e. what you are trying to boot)?

I think the mtype sets the sd card controller which it then boots from sooooooo....if we can find out what the nexus mtype is I reckon we are getting there.

Tried to have a look at the superboot rooted rom but couldn't see anything whilst in the office (still!)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Someone try 2039 as the mtype. Worth trying all of them ;)

If anyone who knows more about this than me reads this, please help lead us in the dark hehe

Edit: Also try root of internal storage rather than card.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
I've already tried MTYPE 2039.

Done :

PPI :

- 160

- 220

- 240

- 217

- 216.97

- 210

Ram Adresses :

- empty

- default (0x10000000)

MTYPE :

- 2039

- 1910
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twister_65:
maybee the guys on

irc.freenode.net

#htc-linux channel

can help for the options in the startup.txt
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] edisonic:
I will give ( 250$ ) to first person to make Andorid work on HD2. A little competition is always fun!

However, system should work without no problems.

Edi.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] simranjits:
I'll give $50
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
Without any problem or with no problem ? :-D

We don't do that for money, only for Android ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] edisonic:
The more the better!

.

Edi
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bigx86:
I will also donate 50 dollars....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] edisonic:
It should run without problems.

I know. But it is kind of support!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Crash1983:
I guess we will have to wait for the Nexus One guys to do a complete firmware dump. As I understand, we do not have that dump actually, or am I wrong?

The Nexus One should be compatible with the HD2 in most parts. I don't see a way to boot another image. All other firmwares don't support the snapdragon platform.

Greetings from Germany.

Crash
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] edisonic:
Is it only Nexus firmware you need to work?

Edi
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
It may not be the ONLY thing we'll need, but we need it. Not only the system backup.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twister_65:
importent are the kernel and the drivers. Either is on Nexus1
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] edisonic:
Are there some who have the necessary things?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Will http://android.modaco.com/content/g...mages-in-signed-zip-build-22607/#entry1142729 do?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TEAM17:
Ah nice :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] edisonic:
Thank you.

Now we have everything we need.

Clever people get started..! :D

Edi
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] simranjits:
modaco already has a custom rom for the nexus .
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
I need to point out I'm winging it here so if anyone cleverer wants to give me instructions I'm all ears!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Ook now I'm a little stuck anyone know how to create a zImage from this?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
With hard SPL maybe we can directly flash our HD2 ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Don't think so as its all in system .img files. We really need someone a bit more au fait with android now.

Edit: Can't someone mount this in the SDK emulator for android development, then use that to create the zImage?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] uTomi:
i will give 10€!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] terminal 7:
Wheels in motion

Things are hoting up here now, I can't wait for the working results.

Again I pledge that I'll donate to the first dev to make it to the finish line and upload a working port.

Can't wait to see where this goes next..

:-)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twister_65:
first we should have a version that we can start over haret... ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] deyanp:
I would also gladly donate here, but why do I have the feeling that NO developers (with good Android knowledge) are working on this or reading this thread?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
It's true. No Android knowledge for me :)

Not a reason to do nothing, in my case :)

Everyone can help.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] erikvario:
replaced but hangs at android_ android
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Crash1983:
Okay, for all starters like me - here is some basic knowledge that may help us to help the community:

(1) Basic Instructions how to run Android over a preinstalled OS

http://www.androidonhtc.com/installing_android

(2) What we need:

HaRET (haret.exe)

The latest Android kernel (zImage)

The latest initrd (initrd.gz)

A boot script (default.txt)

Root filesystem (rootfs.img)

The Android OS files (system.img/system.sqsh)

Build configuration files (user.conf files)

Now we know what we need, but what do we have?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] drewX2:
I believe a comparable device with a snapdragon processor had to be released first to get a working kernel. now that the nexus has been released we may see something soon. I am learning Linux device drivers now so that I may somehow help later, but I have no clue on how to get a working kernel. Getting a kernel working and working within the linux environment is completely different. I may be completely wrong but that is my understanding
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
Crash1983, we have haret (http://www.netripper.com/leo/).

We tried to boot a 1.6 Android kernel. (http://www.cobaltcode.com/fileupload/data/Android/AllInOne/android-donut_diam-raph-01-11-09.7z

and replace with

http://www.cobaltcode.com/fileupload/data/Android/BuildUpdates/build-update_donut-1.6_2-11-09.7z). These archives include zImage, initrd, rootfs and system files.

We can't get any boot script working, or haret doesn't work (black screen, see before).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bigx86:
This is perfect man, exactly what i was looking for...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Crash1983:
I think you should stop trying to boot a 1.6 kernel. What we need now is a nexus image with Android 2.1 for Snapdragon devices. The Nexus One is the closest relative to the hd2, sharing most of its components.

Over at modaco (http://android.modaco.com/content/g...odaco-com/299300/06-01-1-0-modaco-custom-rom/) you can get a nexus rom.

But this rom is created to be installed with RA-nexus Recovery Image (http://android.modaco.com/content/g...m/299241/05-10-1-5-3-ra-nexus-recovery-image/). It can only be used to upgrade the Nexus One.

Maybe we should ask Paul (@modaco) to give us an image in a file format that we need?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CleM71:
We need a NBH image. But i think the RUU won't accept flashing an HD2 with a Nexus image.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 10076757:
please developers figure something out. WE ALL BELIEVE IN YOU GUYS!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] drewX2:
Which processor was this kernel built for? Need a snapdragon kernel or schematics
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
(1) Basic Instructions how to run Android over a preinstalled OS

http://www.androidonhtc.com/installing_android

(2) What we need:

HaRET (haret.exe) - have it

The latest Android kernel (zImage)

The latest initrd (initrd.gz)

A boot script (default.txt)

Root filesystem (rootfs.img)

The Android OS files (system.img/system.sqsh)

Build configuration files (user.conf files)

All of these are obtainable once we can actually get anything out of the .img files over at modaco. We really need someone with proper android dev knowledge as I think the sdk needs to be used on Linux.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
We have haret. The rest can be obtained using the DK I'm pretty sure (not by putting any of these files in haret).

Once its mounted in the emulator I tihnk you can do a dump of the virtual device. Then you've got your zImage :)

Again, winging it, the gf is over, and I'm going on holiday this weeknd but will do what I can.

PS: The Nexus is the hardware this is dumped from, as its the only system with this build I believe. And it has the snapdragon so no problem there as far as I see.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twister_65:
no.

Everybody can load the SDK Emulator.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

i am download now the emulator. But i never used befor Android SDK and have until now no HD2 (thanks o2 germany -_- ).

How can i make a dump of the emulator device?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
Yea I just found that and downloaded it.

Gtg eat. Anyone wants to take this forward I will be back later :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] drewX2:
You need Android 2.1 as that is what is included with the Nexus One.

Visit http://source.android.com/ for more info.

Really good video on Anatomy and Physiology of Android:

http://sites.google.com/site/io/anatomy--physiology-of-an-android
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twister_65:
*disch*That's right.

But there is until now no 2.1 Source
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Crash1983:
The android 2.1 source is no help for us, because it needs to be compiled for the dragon platform and we don't have any drivers. We have to work with a nexus one image. At the moment I don't see any other chance to get it running.

Edit: Google has released the Nexus One Kernel Source. That should be with drivers and all we need. It just needs to be compiled, but I'm no android expert...so someone will have to build it :-)

Maybe there is a key to our solution: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/msm.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/android-msm-2.6.29-nexusone
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nikc0069:
I don't have Linux anymore and I'm pretty sure the kernel has to be compiled there. any penguin lovers around here?