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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martouf13:
Yes you would have to change carriers...

You can find the phone on Newegg.com here...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875502039&cm_re=htc_hd2-_-75-502-039-_-Product

If you want the 3G version you will have to get on eBay...which is exactly what I did. Buying a phone outright like this is more expensive but you are not locked into a contract. Just walk into AT&T with the phone and tell them you want to signup and use the phone...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martouf13:
I hope posting an eBay link isnt against policy but the following is a Telstra HTC HD2 that will work on AT&T 3G...

http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-HD2-T9193-T...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item20b06534ed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnsongrantr:
see, it's funny.... at first glance this almost seems like it would be a development topic, but when you get inside it's a bunch of non-development trash talk.

thanks, can I have the last 2 min of my life back please?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njbianco:
Are you sure theres not an alternative software you could just switch to when i switched to android i was able to find a app that was equivalent to all my apps i had on winmo. Maybe you should say wut app you are currently using see if any1 that knows a app for Android that will have the same functions. Theres so many apps in the market and on the web for android there is a alternative for pretty much anything and everything ts just looking then switching over.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martouf13:
Unfortuantely, there are still many companies that require Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro. They have software which is developed and only available for Windows Mobile. You can't use an Android APP which is "KINDA" the same even if it does everything that WinMO APP does. It requires the EXACT application which is only available and compatable with Windows Mobile 6.5. There is NO way around this. I have a few friends that are in this exact situation and have to have a WinMO phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freeza:
I would enjoy having a Windows Mobile 6.1 dual boot on the EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sopenco:
Having an Evo and wanting to "upgrade" to Windows 6.5 is like sitting down to dinner at Morton's of Chicago and asking if you can "upgrade" your chateaubriand to a balogna sandwich.

What a clownhat.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Young_e:
Why must people give these smart ass answers? I myself was a windows mobile guy before purchasing the EVO and i loved my TP2 and 6.5.....now that i have my EVO i will say that i like android alot more then i ever thought i would and after giving it a chance i would say that in it's current state it's better then WM 6.5 at some things. Now with that being said there are other things that i still like more about 6.5 like editing word and excel documents, task managers on windows are alot easier and it only shows you programs that you can and should close. Where as android shows you all kinds of **** if you use a task killer some of which you shouldnt kill and there are other things but im not trying to start a WM vs android war. But let me tell you that the specs of the evo is what sold me and not the operating system. If a similar spec'd windows phone would of came out on sprint i would of been all over it. So quit flaming a guy for asking a question. I would love if someone would port windows phone 7 to the evo just like alot of other members would. thats the point of thes developer forums. To push these phones to the limit
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freeza:
agreed, one of the main reasons I bought this phone as well.

However, Android is much better than I anticipated. Still, having WM6.1 in a dual boot would be awesome.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mongoose8p:
honestly dude this isn't the right place for this topic and this is a stupid question that has nothing to do with Evo or XDA

Verizon and Sprint = CDMA carriers - ONLY CDMA phones will work on these carriers - IF YOU see a sim card tray it will more than likely NOT work there are a couple blackberries that both carriers offer that use CDMA and GSM- only for outside USA

T-Mobile and ATT- GSM carriers - AGAIN only GSM phones will work on these carriers - (Phones with sim cards- thats it they will never be able to work on a phone without a sim card)

If you want the EVO you have to stay on Sprint- CDMA carrier its YOUR only choice unless you do some hacking for other networks data and such like people were discussing in this thread a week or so ago, but still only CDMA signal.

If you want HD2 - Windows Mobile 6.5 you HAVE to get ATT or T-Mobile phone service ONLY options and if you want 3G for HD2 on ATT you need to get the phone with the correct mobile frequency band - AKA DO NOT BUY from T-Mobile unless you want T-Mobile service and THEIR 3G. Hope this helps, the HD2 may be getting an android port soon so for you it seems like the best option is to go for the HD2 and dualboot in the future.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frettfreak:
Dude.. go get a TP2 and be done with it if you want to stay on Sprint, or cancel your contract and go to AT&T or Tmo and get your WM on... but... As this guys said....

This is a Dev forum and not the appropriate place for this question...

Honestly.. you would have been WAY better off posing this on a WM forum thread than an android thread. most android fans would shoot themselves in the head if they were on WM6.anything... i had that for a bit and its absolutely HORRIBLE...

good luck.... maybe you should just try to find comparable apps that will do the same thing but on Android!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MisterKrispy:
Then if you are on Sprint, you have a "world phone"... congrats. There are no world phone EVOs yet.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gh0zt718:
why??? android kills windows 6.5 and its dead... windows 7 is out annnnd you can get that but if you want a evo with windows 6.5 go to a tmobile store and sign a contract :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mediocrates:
Wait...we could run WinMo as a virtual os...and have our evo's look at us and say.. ..WTF?..(they have front facing cameras, they look at us all the time, you know some hacker in China is checking out your ear canal while ur on the phone)...Developers?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popinadam:
I've seen the touch pro 2 boot to android so I wouldn't think it inconceivable to see a phone do it in the opposite fashion. Whether or not it'll ever be the EVO, that's another story.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_black03:
why in the hell would you want to do such a horrible thing to quite possibly the best phone out right now (iPhuck a iPhone)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aman1127:
I had the duel boot tp2, its a long way from ready. It's merely a toy right now, can only make phone calls on it. It's not worth the trouble. Why are we talking about 6.5, winmo7 and froyo are the future
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toenail78:
i just chopped off my manhood and shot myself and now im dead.. my cat is now homeless
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnsongrantr:
sad thing is, that's the only thing in this world that will miss you.

sadder thing is, it's only because you feed her.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toenail78:
its a him :p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DyeZone:
NOT winmo 6.5

Got to be CRAZY ..not to try ANDROID specially if you own an sprint EVO...

so much more to discover
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokuzumi:
The main issue of putting a windows phone os on any other non-windows phone device is licensing. The OEMs must pay MS for licenses for each phone that has a Windows OS. Android does not charge this fee, thus the reason you see it ported to every device known to man, from HD2s, to refrigerators.

The other issue is development effort. I have seen some posts here and there about putting a WP os on a non WP phone, so the interest is there, but no developers have put any interest into actually making a rom.

So, based on what's currently available to you, you have a few options:

1) Go back to your TP2, if you want to stay on Sprint

2) Keep your Evo as your personal line, and get a windows phone for your business line

3) Dump Sprint, and get the HD2 on either T-Mo, or AT&T
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XmentalX:
so true, so true, I cant see why anyone would want to make the evo winmo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Minigtr:
Jesus! you know i join a forum to become enlightened and informed, as The Evo is my first smart phone(i dont think the s30 is considered smart LOL), and when someone asks a question because they dont understand something all the

****1N6 KNOW IT ALL'S

like this dunce i quoted come-out.

If you cant answer a tech question, albeit nice or educated, STFU and GTFO.

btw @100Million

Try posting on other forums to spread the inquiry....you wont get a definite answer from one source...kinda like asking one doctor about your upcoming heart transplant LOL.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_black03:
I NEED me a 'droid Fridge!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manicmobileaddict:
I think it's a legitmate question and it should be in rom development. Many people have asked the question and many would like to see it developed. This is how you find someone to take up the development.

Here's just one super basic reason I still like winmo over android. Try putting 7 (5 if you don't have sense) full screen widgets and just one folder on android. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there's a launcher or shell or some other ui or something that will enable that, but I haven't been able to find it. If someone knows of it please do tell.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
For the love of all that is holy in the world. I wish I was a mod just for the simple ability to shut every one of these types of threads down (off topic, out of hand, flame threads).

OP: Please read before posting your question in every section of the EVO subforum. This is a community of smart phone users. Many people have been here since the beginning of XDA and get testy when new people come in and ask a question that has been posed several thousand times before (in one form or another). The logic of the circumstance is this: if you like the Toyota, buy the Toyota; but don't try to convert a Honda and wonder why the Honda lovers are getting upset with you. Savvy?

Everyone else: If you don't like the question, don't reply. It's a waste of space and time. Flame wars are idiotic. This is Q&A, not Q&Flame. Save your time and energy.

~Jasecloud4
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkboid:
Sorry - N/M figured it out
[Touch HD General] TechnoTone:
I am trying to unlock my Touch HD from Orange.

I've used www.htccode.com and I now have an unlock code for my phone. I have put a friends vodaphone sim card into my phone but it doesn't prompt me to enter the code. I've even tried a hard reset but still nothing.

Could it be the ROM I'm using (BlackStoneHenge HyPer)?

Tony

p.s. Just tried with an O2 sim too - same result.
[Touch HD General] TechnoTone:
Here's a thought: I notice that the phone always goes to airplane mode when I put a sim card in. I wonder if Orange - in their infinite wisdom - have deactivated my old phone when I activated my new one. Does that sound right?

I'll put my new Orange sim into it and see what happens...

edit: Tested with my new Orange sim and the phone works fine.
[Touch HD General] TechnoTone:
In case anyone has a similar problem - I've found the cause. It was the ROM (BlackStoneHenge HyPer) that was the cause. I flashed a different ROM to the phone and the unlocking prompts then appears as expected.
[HD2 General] Fif23:
Well guys, after a couple weeks with the stock TMOBILE rom I conclude that it's just USELESS.

I can't even use the phone... It's getting stuck when I'm trying to call someone, stuck when viewing images, stuck stuck stuck, at least 5 times a day.

Plus a million SOD's a day... I tried everything, from losing all apps, to modifying the registry.

I NEED A NEW ROM

But there are so many over there, I do not know what to choose.

I need:

1. As little visual tweaks as possible, i'd like to take care of that myself (CHT Cooked in is fine though)

2. Maximum system stability and performance, I DON'T WANT HANGS FROM SIMPLE OPERATIONS SUCH AS CALLING SOMEONE

3. No bloatware

4. Not much bugs (ie good support, constantly worked on, not a 1 time "job" )

Basically If it can resemble the stock one, but with more stability, tweaks and performance boosts, then i'm happy.

I have the sticky flashing manual in hand, so all I need is a recommendation.

Looking forward to flashing this thing today, thank you very much XDA.
[HD2 General] chaoscentral:
Energy ROM Cookie's Reference ROM
[HD2 General] :
this is a custom rom close to stock as you're going to get, please make sure you read loads before flashing.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=612580
[HD2 General] M3PH:
Or the standard sense reference or full. I recommend using the 23569 builds as well. more finger friendly and slightly quicker. Also there is an advantage with the full version in that if you wish to update the rom in future you can backup your settings using the energy settings exporter and then reimport them.
[HD2 General] Fif23:
regarding the builds mentioned - can you expand ? links ?

thanks !

Exporter sounds GREAT.
[HD2 General] M3PH:
Basically there are two builds of almost all the custom roms. One build will be the latest 6.5 build (21907, same WM version as the stock roms but with some bug fixes) then there is the 23569 (or higher) builds. These are WM 6.5.5. Some big changes here to the way the start menu works and also to the UI to make it more finger friendly. It's also a little quicker than WM 6.5 but (apparently. i've not found any yet) more buggy then WM 6.5. Also as i said (and i've now checked this) custom roms also include newer, less buggy, versions of sense (AKA manilla)
[HD2 General] ryuu55:
I suggest EnergyROM
[HD2 General] Fif23:
Great, I think I will go for Energy.Leo.23569.Sense2.5.Cookie.Reference.Jun.26.7z

Is that OK for me ? (well, is it better than what i have now )

Is there a settings exporter in Energy.Leo.21907 ?
[HD2 General] Paten:
If you have the T-Mobile US HD2, make sure you use the right radio for your device.
[HD2 General] M3PH:
That would do nicely although i don't know if it includes the exporter tool. You may want to look at the full cht version.

Good point about the radio. I have a UK version so i can use whatever i want. The right radio roms for the TMOUS devices have verison numbers that look like this: 2.xx.50.xx. the 50 bit is important as radios with the 50 in it have the unlock code for the extra ram in them and are compatible with the 1024MB rom chips. Also never ever use a radio with a version number like this: 2.xx.51.xx. The 51 radios will brick your phone and they can not be recovered as far as i am aware.

And yes afaik there is a setting exporter in the WM 6.5 builds
[HD2 General] Fif23:
My radio is 2.10.50.26

Is that OK ?

Just how much faster is the 6.5.5 over the regular one ? I'm not liking that lower start button anyway so if it's not really faster i'll pass.

Looks kinda like an iPhone.. Less " serious "

m3ph - what ROM have you had in mind with the Exporter build in and the upper start button and CHT ?

I thank you for all the help... I am feeling positive about my HD2 again.. Can't wait to flash it !

Just making sure I get everything right about all the different Energies so I don't reflash and reflash a thousand times... Making a concious decision
[HD2 General] M3PH:
the radio will be fine.

The difference in speed is not massive so i wouldn't worry about it.

The rom i'm thinking of will be at this link: http://hotfile.com/dl/50755734/bde591c/Energy.Leo.21907.Sense2.5.Cookie.Jun.26.Take2.7z.html

Sorry if i'm being a little slow. i'm trying to eat my din, while texting the mrs, getting nfs world beta to work and figure out why sense will not show around 3500 of my messages and thinks my sister is my best mate
[HD2 General] Fif23:
Deal, I will burn that ROM then, in the 21907 version and settle down.

Does it have the exporter for future upgrades ?

Looks like i'm fixed then ! Thanks ! What version is the faulty Sense that thinks your sister is your best mate ? hahah
[HD2 General] eenbox:
Sorry to hear that... my stock ROM still works fine... I did not even update it yet - this one was right from the get-go :)
[HD2 General] Fif23:
Well, I'm on Energy CHT now and IT'S A DIFFERENT PHONE !

WOW.

Thanks guys. You saved my phone and my money !
[HD2 General] M3PH:
Now install chainfires 3D driver patch v2 on it and leocpuspeed v4 you'll be shocked.
[HD2 General] Fif23:
Wooo Hoo ! This phone is ON FIRE now

Now we're talking !!

Thanks man ! Any more tips ? hehe
[HD2 General] s32bauer:
What a coincidence. I'm also having lots of problems with my TMobile UK Rom, same freezing, etc.

I have seen quite a few Roms that I'd be interested, but most of them don't mention whether they will work with a locked T-Mobile handset, and if they do, it only refers to TMobile US version.

Will any Rom work on a T-Mobile UK locked handset, or would I also have to flash a new radio. I have 2.07.50 at the moment.

Like I said, I've seen quite a few Roms that I like, but just concerned in case I flash a Rom that's not compatible.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
[HD2 General] M3PH:
if you have a wifi router in your house get wifi remote access. It allows you to transfer files to and from the phone using a web interface over the wifi. It also allows you to edit the registry "remotely". Really handy little tool that.

Also have a look at omarket. some handy tools can be got from there but be careful not everything is Leo compatible.

Coreplayer is handy if you wanna watch tv shows or movies. just set the video mode to raw frambuffer if the picture looks scrambled. This one isn't free but is definitely worth paying for coz tcpmp (it's free cousin) isn't as good. I also use srs WOWHD with this to improve the sound. look for 1.5 V2.

The only more i can say is use a PIM backup tool regularly. something like MS myphone or PIMBackup. Saves some time if you don't have an exchange server to store you contacts, mail etc
[HD2 General] M3PH:
My advice to you would be to stick to a rom that says it is tmous compatible. that way it will work on any leo but the phone will still be sim locked. so if you wanted to sim unlock it you would need to get an unlock code from TMOUK
[HD2 General] s32bauer:
Thanks for the advice!

So, if I was to flash the GTX Themed Rom from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=591784 , that would be okay on a T-Mobile UK locked handset? And provided the radio was a .50 (which it is on mine), and not a .51, then it should all work okay?

Sorry for the questions, I'm just so thick when it comes to this sort of thing. I've changed the Rom on a Sim free HD2 with no issues before, but with it being a UK T-Mobile one I didn't want to risk it without seeking advice!
[HD2 General] M3PH:
I guess it would be fine. You are talking to a guy that has never seen a TMOUS/TMOUK Leo and has only ever flashed 2 sim unlocked phones with custom roms. I'm not an expert but i haven't bricked a phone yet.

If i were you i would be confident the flash would take with no issues as long as i'd read up on the installation of HSPL3, the rom itself and all related components.

Confidence removes risk. When there is no risk there is no failure!
[EVO 4G General] 100million:
Does anyone know how to convert a android Sprint evo ( HD2 ) to windows 6.5?

Has it been done?

All my software is windows based and I want to upgrade to HD2.

If someone can give me some direction and it has been done that would be nice. I have changed roms on my phone before but never PLATFORMS....

Can it be done?

Or do i need to buy a HD2 windows from Tmobile and unlock it?

Thanks for all the help

Chris
[EVO 4G General] nenn:
i dont think that will work, like, at all.

wimo wont have the drivers needed to properly utilize the hardware. buy a winmo phone, save yourself the headache.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
We just answered this in the inproperly-posted topic on the dev board. There is also a topic about it on the Q&A board.
[EVO 4G General] jasonleb1:
And you can't unlock an HD2 to work on sprint, just in case you were thinking of doing that.
[EVO 4G General] 100million:
Looks Like I am Stuck on Sprint with my tp2
[EVO 4G General] diomark:
Coming from a wm65 background, I'm just going to say... Why?
[EVO 4G General] Shidell:
It's practically impossible. It's a task that would take a team of dedicated engineers weeks to achieve--for us at XDA, it'd be so impractical it might as well be impossible.

If you want/need Windows Mobile, buy a WinMo phone. Shoe-horning Android onto WinMo phones is different because it's all open source. WinMo is closed-source, so it's an entirely different animal.
[EVO 4G General] gthing:
Can we get a sticky on this topic? Seems some hapless person comes and asks this question at least once a week.

The answer is no. Nobody is going to put time and effort into porting an outdated piece of junk operating system that was created before George Burns crawled out of the ocean to your modern smartphone. If you want a crap operating system you're going to need to go buy a crap phone (possibly from your local thrift store or perhaps a museum).

When you're ready to join us all in the 21st century then get to know Android a little bit. If there is something you're missing from the Windows Mobile era it would be easier for you to get that functionality created for Android than to get Windows Mobile working on your phone and continue to be stuck in the dark ages.
[EVO 4G General] 100million:
GUYS Thanks for all the help and work I gues i am stuck with TP2 until sprint gets off there butt and does something about it....or switch carriers
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
I could be wrong but I dont think winmo is coming out with anymore phones after the HD2 until that windows phone stuff. And they probably royally screwed themselves with that move by giving a ton of people the chance to try android who wont be going back.
[EVO 4G General] boomhower:
Have fun with your new carrier. No one is going to release an new 6.5 phone. First WM 6.5 sucks, a lot, compared to other modern operating systems. Second, it's a dead operating system for the most part. With WM7 coming out this fall everyone is developing for that. 6.5 will stay around for a while in dedicated phones for the corporate state but it is dead for the consumer space.
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
Microsoft KIN
[EVO 4G General] ilkhan:
LOL.

If you want a winmo EVO, switch to T-Mobile and get an HD2. Otherwise, Get the EVO. Winmo is dead. IMO winmo7 won't change that, but it has a better chance than winmo6 ever did.
[EVO 4G General] gbm85:
What about it??
[EVO 4G General] boomhower:
It's a joke.
[EVO 4G General] chrisctb:
wm sucks so hard!
[EVO 4G General] jagox5:
winmos sucks lol
[EVO 4G General] ramiss:
There was a time I thought I would never leave WinMo. Then I tried an Android and holy cow, it was like night and day. Not only is Android a super sexy OS, but it also does absolutely everything I wanted in WinMo.

I admin Windows Servers so I had to have a device with a Remote Desktop client. Not only are there plenty available for Android, but they are way better than the WinMo version....go figure!

On top of that, compare the $30-$50 you would spend on WinMo software with the $2-$20 costs of the same stuff in the Android Marketplace.

There really is no comparison at all.