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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jarrodsinclair:
Issue getting the genyboot to load on startup.

Hi guys,

I have been searching the forums for hours looking for the answer to this issue and haven't found it, so sorry if it is in here and I missed it.

Here is my setup:

AT&T HTC Tilt 2 with Stock ROM

Mail Sync with Corporate Exchange server that is enforcing PIN code on wakeup / boot

XDAndroid 2.2 Aug-30 build installed to "\ANDBOOT"

Gen.Y DualBOOT v1.0.6.0 installed via Cab file to Internal Storage.

Reg key "AndroidBootFolder" set to load folder "andboot"

When I boot the device I never see the Gen.Y DualBoot screen. Here are the things I have tried:

nav to \andboot and click haret - WORKS!

nav to programs list and click Gen.Y DualBoot - WORKS!

add shortcut to genyboot to windows\startup - WORKS (but why bother)!

Verified HKLM\init Launch62 was pointing to genyboot - Fails to load at boot

Change HKLM\init Lanch62 -> Lanch52 and back - Fails to load at boot.

Did I miss something?

Thanks,

Jarrod

BTW - great tool!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sonnier:
thank you very much. man .
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tjnovais:
Thanks for the program. It works fine ;) until now lol

Keep it the great work :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] YOSEFE:
I have a TP2 and was having similar problems.

What I did on advice from the forum was simply change the Reg key "AndroidBootFolder" set to load folder "\andboot\" - that is it should look like this without quottation marks:> \andboot\

I hope it works for you too.

Cheers.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dsramesh:
I just tried the above solution on mine Verizon TP2 and it still did not work.

- Did you change anything else?

Thanks!

..Ramesh
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pgdrz4:
hmmm

I have android froyo v2.2 and when i download it says android is missing?:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RKEY01:
I have the same problem. Android missing.

I tried everything now. Could it be a problem that my SDcard is called 'Opslagkaart'?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jdr00ejr:
HTC Touch Pro 2 - Mighty Rom - loaded - had to tell it where Android was but that was no big deal...

Now when booting I see the "HTC Touch Pro 2" Logo then I see the "Mighty Rom" Logo then I see the "Windows" Logo then I see the "Gen.Y Dual Boot" at the top of the rest of the screen is black. I can't select anything.

Next I end up in Windows.

EDITED TO ADD: Okay, I took the Auto-Boot off - seems that with this Mighty Rom version it's pratically booting all the way up into Windows before Gen.Y Luanches so by the time it was launching it must have been surpassing the 10 second Auto-Boot and moving right along into Windows. I have to have a password on my phone for my Exchange. I found with Auto-Boot off - I have to unlock my phone while it's booting into Windows and then I see Gen.Y and can choose Android from there...not what I expected but better than still waiting for the Sense to load and finding the Haret Icon. Hoping there is a better way to speed it along.

Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ken_nx:
thanks so much!

i am using LG-EXPO, (400*800)

could you tell me how to install android on my device as well?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Luka92:
i just cant get it to work! it runs haret.exe, and then it runs all that text and then it just restarts! i changed the reg key to "Android". why doesnt it work? i see that im not the only one. if any1 figures out pls tell... thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the binary:
since the app is already looking on the sd-card probably you'll have to change the reg-key to "andboot" (without any quotes or slahses). at least this worked for me..

regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rr5678:
For all you HD2 users:

To get Dual Boot working properly, you need two things: A copy of "clrcad" and a registry editor.

1) Have a copy of Android (we all do, that's why we're here :p)

Remember the folder name used for your Android folder.

2) Install Gen. Y Dualboot.

3) You may think you're done. No, you're nowhere near done.

4) Run your favorite registry editor.

Go to HKCU>Software>Gen. Y>Dualboot

Remember the folder name to your Android folder? Good, now edit the string "AndroidBootFolder" and put the folder name in the field. For example, "/Storage Card/Android would only be "Android" here (minus the quotes).

Now that you're done editing the registry, only one more thing to do.

5) Go to your favorite file explorer. Now remember that copy of CLRCAD I mentioned you need? This is where it comes into play.

Browse to Windows>Startup and put a copy of the program in there. Not a shortcut, but a full copy of CLRCAD.

Reboot, and enjoy your Dual booting goodness :p

Remember, give it 5 seconds to load CLRCAD at start. So no Fastbooting for you :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Luka92:
But the folder containing my android is named "Android", not "andboot"...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
Then in the registry you must write Android. Without any quotes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Luka92:
I did... It finds android in the app, then runs haret.exe and all that text and then just restarts, and all over again...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
Try another distribution. I recommend Shubcraft 1.5 from HERE. The fact that Android is not loading properly is not this application's fault.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yospeedfreak:
An error occured on sub _main_bootandroid.

Win32Exception

Continue?

If i click YES. Nothing happen.

What can i do to run Android on Kaiser?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Luka92:
As you can see in my sig, i am in fact using Shubcraft 1.5 android build... and it works when i launch it from file explorer or jmz dual boot, but i want it to work with this dual boot app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jason370:
this totally worked for me, seamlessly. im running the latest dan froyo.

thanks

jason
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] madindehead:
Just to add, I have done all of this, and the Android distro I have boots properly when running haret.exe. However, when booting with this dual boot application (the nicest looking one I have to say) it simply runs around in a reboot loop.

All the file names are correct, I know exactly what I am doing :)

Any ideas guys?

Update: I may have got it working. I think that copy of clrcad in the startup folder actually made a difference :p Will report if it breaks :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
I have tried this too, putting clrcad in startup, but this program caused problems in WinMobile.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Luka92:
Ok, I finally made it to work by putting CLRCAD in "startup" folder... But now i cant play music in winmo, so i guess i have to install jmz dualboot, because this one still has issues... oh well, the good ones cant always work how you want them to...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rr5678:
That's the side effect, but if you use Android primarily, no problems for you :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nzxtneo:
Fraking finally!!!!

Sorry, but I have been trying to install this on a Stock HD2 and I kept getting that dang error and I couldn't find the fix! I found this after 2 hours of searching and attempted fixes.

I used Advanced Configuration Tool V3.3 and the options actually were

Miscellaneous>Security warning>Disabled (instead of enabled).

But, I couldn't get past the robo voice issue, so I have to flash to a custom ROM...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spursfan1965:
program android

hi thanks for the duel boot can anyone point mne in the right direction to download the android for the windows mobile for the duel boot to work thanks richard
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
You didn't say what phone you have. I have an HD2 and I recommend Shubcraft.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pixine786:
Excellent Tutorial for HD2 user.

Just my two cents.

While in Registry Editor -

The value for the string "AndroidBootFolder" should be /Android - Presuming your Android files are inside Android folder of the SD Card

Rest CLRCAD instructions are same

Thank you so much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the binary:
this would result in a path like: /sdcard//Android/ (at least in my case)

thatswhy i just put "andboot" (or respectively "Android") for the value of the reg-key.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anubius:
So if the window of this program never shows up at the startup can I do something to fix this. I am trying this on Kaiser. Both Android and this program works if I click on them. Thanks for help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
Check to see if there is a shortcut to the program in the Star-Up folder (Windows\Start Menu\Startup or something similar).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] platwnakovic:
hi! I did all the instrunction step by step. i reboot and when it shows the dual boot it says: Android missing, so i can only choose windows. Does anyone know what is wrong? Thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] solcam:
OK. Ill see if I can help. If u're booting android (and you have downloaded android for your phone I,m assuming) from ur sd card (root[ive tried nothing else]) then download the cab fro ur phones resolution (idk what it is because i own a touch pro) and install to storage card. Then, (again, idk if its exactly the same, as have a different phone) go to your registry and change the dword values to -AutoBootAndoird-0

AutoBootEnabled-1

FastBootEnabled-0

StorageBootMode-1

AndroidBootFolder-blank<-Dont type this in, theres nothing there is what I mean.

I hope this helps u, ive been trying for two days now and i just got it working on my alltel tp by installing the VGA Storage Card cab then changing the values all to 1, which didnt work then I uninstalled and reinstalled and it worked (after tryin all the cabs) and my reg settings are back to the way that i told u to set urs up. Thanks, Yozgatg, for your hard work. It took me two days, to figure it out, but now, it works perfectly on my TP. And i"m running Energy Rom for WinMo and FroYo (Frozen Yogurt) for android. Voip working over WI-FI and all. Android is a beast without a neck and is stomping WinMo into the ground. I would like to see a flash from Windows to Android for my phone to just bypass windows all together. I'll just wait though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rr5678:
What did you put in the registry for your Android boot folder? (the folder that contains Haret)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rr5678:
Don't put slashes at the beginning of the registry key.

Right way:

Android folder - \sdcard\Android\Android2

Registry Key - "Android\Android2"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Solarwind:
Hello, Just what I've been looking and waiting for!

Will try!

Your efforts much appreciated.

SW ;o)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kern417:
Is there a way to get this run another exe file? I would rather run MJGDroidUtil.exe instead of Haret.exe, that way i can keep the AutoBacklight enabled. With the overclocker I can't run Android seperately but I do have safe mode enabled long enough that I have about 5 min after boot to run Android.

Any way i can add a registry key or edit something that will help it work for my purposes?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SkitzoDelic:
Changing The AndroidBootFolder string into Android didnt worked for me.

Yes, Haret is in the Folder Called "Android"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bryan5255:
I know this was the first thing mentioned in this thread about snapdragon processor phones not working with this. However there are now android phones with a snapdragon processor. Is there now or will there be soon a dualboot available for snapdragon windows mobile phones?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
I have an HD2 (it has a SnapDragon processor) and it is working well if you configure it properly. I have posted a few times how to make it work. Go back a few pages and look for my posts, I had the same problems as many of the ones posting here.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRBEAN:
How to install it?

i downloaded the zip, and saw about 4 cabs in the folder but none is running, can you please give me some instructions, thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
Read the first page. You should run the cab that fits your phone. What phone do you have? For HD2 I used Gen.Y DualBOOT WVGA v1.0.6.0 - Storage Card.cab.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRBEAN:
Ok thanks, i will try again, but i was using total commander, and i think i clicked in all but none ran. I am suppose to do it in windows correct?.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
No. You must unzip from the archive the file that fits your phone screen. I recommend using the storage version, so you can put Android on the SD card.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lilpharaoh2003:
hey guys im a noob to this and im using a cab install of xdandriod and cant figure out how to make the boot folder the andboot folder. can someone help me out step by step and tell me what exactly the registry has to say
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
It is so easy to ask then to search. What phone do you have?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alayebrown:
help

when i reboot it its says android missing:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bryan5255:
Thanks for the help. With there being 84 pages to this thread I probably never would have found the information. Well I got dual boot to find my android build, but it freezes each time it tries to load it and after a few seconds reboots my phone. I have an LG Expo and I'm running the mattcfroyo1.5 (Android 2.2) build you recommended, and I have tried both the PPP version and the RMNET version as well and they both freeze up. Any ideas as to how to fix this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRBEAN:
Mine says Android missing, but i do have android installed on my SD card? what am i doing wrong?

I have HTC HD2
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bryan5255:
I'm no pro at this myself, but try and go to:

registy\HKCU\Software\Gen.Y\Dualboot\AndroidBootFolder

And change the value of the boot folder to the folder you have android installed in. I had the same problem myself at first.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRBEAN:
You mean change it to Android?

I did and still saying missing hmmm
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bryan5255:
Yea, as long as android is the file you put android into to begin with. Another thing to try is to copy each file over separately into the android folder. When I checked, mine originally for some reason never really copied the files over to my phone, but when I copied each one separately it was able to copy them just fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRBEAN:
What files have to be copied? i cant remember having to copy files
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bryan5255:
Dualboot isn't android, you still have to download an android build onto your phone from someplace else. It says that on the first post of this thread. A build I've been told has worked for some people, but haven't got working myself yet is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=736545

Those are the files you copy into the android folder on your SD card. Another guy on here by the name of "tmihai20" has an HTC HD2 and he was working through how to get his phone working as well. Look at what he worked through to get it working on his HTC HD2 if you have any further questions. His posts start from page 74 on.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRBEAN:
Ok thanks, i have an Android build already, i will check his post thanks so much. I will let you know what i up

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRBEAN:
OK so it still says Android missing so i am totally lost. I have me AndroId folder on SD card. I installed Gen Y dualboot on device, made the regedits like changing folder name and still it says Android missing. Anymore advice?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bryan5255:
Sorry, that's as much as I know, you're going to have to wait for someone else to post and help you at this point. Good luck.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DRBEAN:
Np, thanks i will just run Android from Winmo till a solution
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shaunjohn:
i put the andboot in all suggested places......finally when it was near haret ...linux wouldnt boot.....i got rid till someone could stear the way
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
This software will be able to boot Android if the haret launcher is located in \Storage Card\Android. The registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Gen.Y\DualBOOT\AndroidBootFolder must have the value Android. But this software will not launch clrcad.exe, so you won't have sound.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 5zeci:
It will not work on the HD2. It says so in the first post... so keep doing what you were doing before...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] silver_arrow:
Doesn't work under HTC Touch

Hi,

I installed the software as shown in this thread.

I did all the registry modifications but is failing to boot Android. It says:

- Android missing

I am using HTC Touch (from Telus, Canada).

I installed this version of Android (in SD Card):

- Eclair 2.1 for Kaiser/Vogue/Polaris -- polymod 2.1 Delta (Final Stable Version)[Based on OpenEclair 1.3.0.1 (XDA thread)]

Thanks a lot,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aberry:
TP 2 Gen Y with XDAndroid

Here's what I did to get this to work. It's been mentioned in this thread, but there were too many comments to really figure out what was going to work for me.

Under the androidbootfolder string put \andboot\

notice the second back slash? that's what I was missing.

to get your overclock and sleep mode and all the other settings you want, like force cdma then configure your startup.txt properly. Read the faq here: sites.google.com/site/androidport

Hope this helps someone. It usually is something very easy and very simple, but most people don't have the patience to finally see "it".
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] flowk3:
genydualboot not recognizing windows

OK, so here is what I did to make it work. I had an old build working. But I flashed a new energy rom (I dont think this has anything to do with it though). But what I found was that if I went to the storage card and COPIED the zImage, initrd AND haret to the storage card ROOT from the andboot file. AND THEN I copied the startup.txt to the ROOT. AND I ALSO copied startup.txt and RENAMED it to default.txt. I know this may seem like an overkill, and someone will prob say you dont have to do all that..BUT..it worked for me.

I do not know about regediting or any of that, I just know that playing with filenames sometimes work, and this did for me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] naughty6t9:
ppl who face prob with dual boot in v1.0.6.0

thre r ppl who say when they edit registry key the dualboot says no android found.

here i tell u simple step

when u go to registry editor..go on this location

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Gen.Y\DualBOOT]

v1.0.6.0 and newer: "AndroidBootFolder"="string" ("": boot from root of storage (e.g. \Storage Card\haret.exe)| "andboot": boot from \Storage Card\Andboot\haret.exe, string can be edited in registry)

"AndroidBootFolder"="string"

this means ull find androidbootfolder string there, tap n hold to edit the value

-if u installed android os on default location of SD card that is \stogaecard\haret.exe then leave the string blank

-if u installed it thru cab, tat is if u have android on this location \storageecard\andboot\haret.exe then type andboot at place of value.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] m0nt3r0z4:
arrrghh..... i'm goin insane :(

anyone using blackstone here?

please helpp....

i'm using FroYo [XDAndroid 2.2 (rel 1.6)] on my HD

first i just install the FroYo using cab and install on my SD card (on root)

and i just click the Android icon on my start menu everytime i wanna use android.

then.. i found this nice apps Gen.Y dualboot.

I install gen.y, and using default setting (android on root of SD Card) it works like a charm.

Then i read that android can be launch on specific path, i think this very nice mod, and i wanna use it.

So i change the AndroidBootFolder key on regedit to..let say "FroYo" (of course without "" )

and i create folder "FroYo" on the root of SD Card and i copy all android files into that folder.

And, i restart WinMo, and wait until Gen.Y menu is show up.

Then i choose Android, it launch haret.exe, but it halt with error : "Failed to find rootfs on SD Card [bla bla bla]"

please help me.... did i miss something?

or... the android bulit that im using doesnt support boot from other path except from root sd card? :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 6700Freak:
Driving me nuts.

I have Gen.Y Dual boot installed.

Have latest Froyo Build installed at andboot on storage card.

I have the HkCU\Software\Gen.Y\DualBoot\AndroidBootFolder = \Storage Card\Andboot\haret.exe

When I boot the phone, it still says Android Missing.

Phone is TP2 running wm6.5.x using BigNadad MaxSense ROM.

Am really missing being able to boot to Android via Gen.Y.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tecnomaster:
CLRCAD.EXE to solve the problem.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init]

"Launch62"="\Storage Card\Android\CLRCAD.EXE"

"Launch63"="\Program Files\Gen.Y\DualBOOT\genyboot.exe"

Value Name: Launch62 (geny is where, just above.)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xtreme10:
Hi,

i dont understand how to Install DualBoot on my Diamond.

Can anyone help me please?

xtreme10
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] orijonl:
For those having the "Android missing" problem, you need to make sure that you have all of the files necessary for Android to boot in the right place and named in the right way.

I messed around for an hour trying different text strings in the HkCU\Software\Gen.Y\DualBoot\AndroidBootFolder key and moving my files from the "andboot" folder to the root of the SD card, when I realized that I had renamed "haret" to "1haret" on my SD card in order to find it faster.

When I fixed that, and put everything (haret, initrd, startup, and zimage) back in the andboot folder, it began working for me. I did place the "andboot" string in the

HkCU\Software\Gen.Y\DualBoot\AndroidBootFolder, but I did not use any slashes or other characters. Also, since haret is the only thing looking for your "default.txt" file, it doesn't matter whether you name it startup or default.

I hope this helps someone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] davidwlam:
Missing Android

I have android installed in the storage card under \Storage Card\Andboot\haret.exe

Data is AndroidBootFolder=\Storage Card\Andboot\haret.exe for the android boot folder value.

how should the string be set?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mrkevinhall:
Use this dual boot instead much better: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=382896&d=1282141640

EBL2.1a._PlusUbuntu.CAB

works great with all builds
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alby1kenoby:
Hi.

¿What is the name of the program you are talking about? Can you post the link to the thread related to it, please?

Cheers.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meltwater:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=737001 It seems.

[APP] Exceller Multiple Build Loader for Android/Ubuntu
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mrkevinhall:
There is the link and name in my post
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] congo:
i create a folder name call " boot android"

should I put all file relate to android into this folder?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] congo:
should in storage card???

X2

same suitation.

i can use dual boot when all file in root,

once i create new folder and put all file in and change the registry,

same thing happened

please help

is it relate to startup.txt?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] james1050:
HD2 with Android

I got the dual boot with Gen Y.

For those who have problems in registry change the Android Boot folder to \Android\ with slashes .

But I just can't get sound on Android when the phone rings.I tried to put the clarad.exe in startup folder ,but now it freezes when you make calls in windows mobile?

Are we pouched with sound on HD2 when it comes to Android?

I've almost giving up, if anyone knows please help with answer?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tmihai20:
You must manually launch clrcad.exe before launching haret.exe. This program doesn't launch clrcad.exe.