yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pakure:
hi..nice to hear that, but what happened with the issues u posted above, and hows the radio working?...signal reception , sound and the like.........also, what build of android are u using?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] m2]iceman:
I have just tested 24 - JULY - 2010 - Parad0XUA Latest Leo Android Test/Beta Build and let me say - IT IS AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!

I have tested some other android builds so far but this is so awesome!!! A lot of things are working (sadly camera isn't) Anyway its fast , its good looking and slick and has a better browser than opera 9.7 and 10 for that matter. My opinion tough.

PS. I am trying to boot the XTARANTULA build but I can't - it stays in bootloader and keeps repeating almost the same message. I've put the files in an \Android\ folder in the SDcard. Any ideas ? Could anyone confirm - its been 10 min now since it started booting.

PS. It says that XTARANTULA build is sensless and froyo but it has to be put in the root folder it seems.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] txsizzler:
My thoughts: I just did the whole setup this morning, from the stock WM 6.5 that came with the HD2. Following the directions was easy; the hardest part for me was getting the torrent file to take (downloaded Vuze, solved problem). I am using the WWE rom for the WM part.

For Android, I am using the Froyo build. Overall it works good, with the exception of the camera and the phone (gotta love the robot sound!). I will be much happier once these two items are corrected. I was able to get the camera to load up briefly, and then it bombed out. Will probably have to reset and get back into Android. Had no problems whatsoever using the wifi or network internet services through my APN (using epc.tmobile.com). I have been downloading alot of cool apps in the Android Marketplace so far. Also, I have been able to use GPS just fine.

Overall, the menus are much nicer to use than anything I have used in WM. They do show some slight slowdown here and there, but overall are very good. I am using the zImage from 07/23, as I fear the SOD, although I could just pull the battery and start over again.

Great work guys! Kudos to the OP for the easy to use instructions and all the great links! Can't wait to see the upcoming improvements. Will definately be keeping a close eye on this thread!

Ian
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] regerer:
I have PDAnet tethering working in 2.2 but I still cannot get the built in tethering or wifi sharing to work. Any help?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Mase_Mase:
I'm also rocking the stock WM6.5 TMOUS ROM and I was wondering if you had any issues with your WM Sense interface after playing around with Android?

I played around with early builds of Android back when people were only getting 3 minutes of use before BSOD and when I went back to using WM, my Sense interface was borked. Luckily, I'd made a back up and that restored everything, but I'd rather not do that every time I switch between the 2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Mase_Mase:
This is a great guide and I'd like to suggest and additional section listing some of the most popular ROMs and their compatibility with the different builds. For example, I have the stock TMOUS ROM and from some of the posts in this thread and the dev's thread, it seems that there might be an echo issue with this ROM. Some ROMs have issues with 3G connectivity.

It would be great to be able to look up my WM ROM and see which Android build offers the most functionality and vice versa, if I'm getting ready to flash to a new WM ROM, I could check to see which WM ROM works best with my favorite Android build.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Susasama:
I agree with Mase Mase. Also, I'm using Energy Maxsense ROM, (i think the 22nd or something, not the newest one) and Radio 2.12.50.02. I have a couple questions/queries..

My battery life (from what i can tell, first day of use) is absolutely terrible. I mean in 3 hours lost about 75% battery. I turned off 3G, and dimmed the back light and have advanced task killer to close apps and basically every battery saving technique that i know of. Any solutions? new radio/rom etc..

Also, Android seems to be really laggy to me for certain things. Facebook over edge consistently tells me authentication failed. The pattern lock screen for me is -REALLY- slow. I know android is in it's infancy on HD2, are these things normal? or should i look into better roms/radios. Thanks and sorry for the wall of text.

EDIT: Also, i saw someone mention it earlier, but when i plug my phone into computer, it comes up as charging, but it does not recognize it as a storage device at all, computer doesn't even make the USB connect sound. Solution? or normal.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] frank71607:
hey sorry for this dumb question but im stuck at the bootloader andit keeps repeating rootfs failed root to main sd card i have it on the sd card but know know what it mean by rooting to main sdcard?....any one have an idea what im doing wrong..on energy rom 2.5 and radio 2.10.50.26.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] polstein:
Thank you for this thread. This is like my 15th or so Windows Mobile ppc, but first time I'm playing with Android. For reference, I'm on a TMOUS HD2, on factory rom. Radio is fine. No HSPL either.

I tested froyo today on a freshly formatted sd card. Per instructions, I put it into a subfolder off the root called Android. It ran fine, and I got to play for about an hour. I pulled the card out to copy some books & music file samples over,and it didn't recover. Rebooted, but it locked up running Android. I also noticed that the files were moved from the Android folder to the root (?!?)

Rebooted a couple more times - no luck running again. Runs through a bunch of text stuff & then just stops. Never get to a graphical lock screen or anything.

Wiped the card & put the sense version (on the root as per directions). Ran it & got to the lock screen - then the phone went to a green screen of death.

Wiped card, but haven't put something back on yet.

I know very little about Android, but in my hour of testing was impressed with the speed - and, well, it's something new to play with :)

Problems I have that would have to be addressed for me to take it more seriously as something other then then playtime (some of which I haven't even looked up yet):

- A way to connect it to my pc. Quick search showed usb drivers that I would probably have to get. Mainly to copy files over (like books, music, movies, podcasts). But a way to syn to Outlook via cable would be nice.

- Synch to Outlook/Exchange server. I did the export of contacts/import to gmail. OTA synch to gmail worked well. But I like on Exchange/Outlook. I could live with a cable synch, but would prefer an OTA solution. I saw some commercial $30-$40 products, but did not test anything.

- eBook reader, preferably that can handle Mobireader prc files w/o needing to to re-convert everything again.

- Good Music/Podcast player (currently using Pocket Player for WinMo)

- Some sort of Sense or Mobile Shell frontend. Have not played with Widgets or what I can do, but basically need a way to quick check weather, launch programs, check Twitter, SMS, see missed calls/sms, dial people.

- Picture Player, currently using Resco Photo Viewer.

- Movie Player that can handle flash, currently using TCPMP.

- File Explorer (found a freebie whose name I forgot already)

- Sliding keyboard. Swype. Slideit (didn't get to the demo part)

- Web browser (assume there are good ones, but didn't get to try)

I think those are the must haves, but I'm probably forgetting some key things.

I'm nervous about mixing my sd cards, but ideally a world where I can use 1 sd card so I can keep all my movies/pix/music on 1 card and all the apps for each OS can be on there would be great.

Anyway, I will be playing more as time permits and trying to cross off the things on my list. When all are crossed off, I can see trying to stay Android for a while.

OH - last one - I d/led a couple things from the Android Store - where the heck do they install to? The SD card, I hope....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pfonti:
Tested DESIRE ROM

hi guys,

today I installed the HTC SENSE (DESIRE ROM) on my htd2.

I had to use another Sd as putting the files in the root of the SD where there are other WM software Android started in a loop where it show me the batt status and something like that and never move from the text screen to load the system...

So, using a new SD and putting the files in the root, it started to load and seems that all worked fine.

To be honest, coming from WM I had some problems to understand how to use Android...

The thing that I noticed that it use a lot of battery!! It really drain about 1% in 4-5 mins...it's a lot..probable there are thing that are still to be tuned perferctly...

I used it only for an half hour and I could test:

- Data Connecton

- Phone

- WiFi

- Camera

- G-sensor

and all worked fine...I haven't test:

- GPS (I don't know how to test as I haven't any app. installed for gps)

- BlueTooth

As I told in the beginning it was my First time with Android...and really, probably as I am used to WM, I found enough hard to understand how to use it...and i really don't know where to find the programs generally used on a WM phone :(

Now I'll try to give a look to some youtube video to start to understand how to use android ;)

Btw, GREAT JOB...I'm sure that in the future we will have more stable e quikly version (in the 30min of used the phone never hung up).

Ahh, I use radio 12.50 and with Wm Artemis v. 25

If have any suggestion...

Luca
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pakure:
on stock rom 1.48 wwe, radio 2.08.50.............darkstone's froyo v1.1............working outstanding...........way to go guys
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] txsizzler:
I have noticed that the Windows WWE rom I am using has the Sense built in on it, but it is a bit clumsier feeling, although I love what the rom has done with the windows and icons. There is also alot more flexibility with this rom too.

I have considered loading Desire V5 on another memory card, that way I can try out both Froyo and Desire. Any thoughts on which one is better? Until a more stable zImage comes out, I will be staying with 23/7.

Ian
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] polstein:
Couple more quick things.

Testing FBReader - works for drm free prc books, now need to try one of my paid for ones.

Also on the need list - audio profiles. Something that lets you automate audio levels (say to be quieter at night) and allow quick profile changes. Something that easily lets you have specific rings for people would be nice as well. Oh - and play a reminder sounds in case I miss a call/sms!

--

Finding out some other odd things (that mebbe I haven't found the right answer for) - there is no way to store contacts on the phone? They have to be on the sim or synched to google? BTW, if they are synched, then you can't set a custom ringtone? Testing ringo now to see what it can do... ?!?

Did find a way to access the sd card via usb (using 'mounting')

But I'm hitting things that I took as 'no biggie, just need to learn how' as 'android isn't there yet' - I know Android is relatively the new kid on the block, but I thought there was much more flexibility & program availability for it. Will have to dig up some reviews of Windows Mobile 6 vs Android.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Julian2103:
whats the main difference between FROYO BUILD BY dan1j3l and Froyo 2.2 Android Build by Parad0XUA?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] txcyko:
getting stuck at htc screen with radio 2.10.50 energy 23673 rom trying to run darks froyo

just reformated fat32 and it still gets stuck at the white and green htc screen I reset after 15 minutes....can someone please help I feel left out lol
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 11calcal:
froyo or desire

Ian I'm using all 3 off dans builds froyo, desire and new desire and keep them all on the same sd card. just renaming them all 1 andrew another andrea and another andcifyhf or anything else you want, that way you've got 3 diff builds- 1 sense, 1 adw launcher and pro launcher you just need to name 1 as android b4 you boot, also I'd stick to cabledet zimage as charging is better than most
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Hatefly:
OK, so I have done my searches, tried just about everything and i'm at the point now where I am stuck. I'm running stock ROM on T-Mo US HD2 12.x Radio, etc...

I am having issues with two items that supposedly should be working on every build out.

Sound

Camera

I know that I need to run CLRCAD

before

running Haret in order to get sound. I do this, often times directly after a soft reset. I have tried the Android Loader. I have tried the Duel Boot programs (both) nothing seems to work.

In this latest build by Darkstone I am able to get audio from music now. I just can't get any audio from phone calls. Nothing.

Also, Camera won't work at all. App loads up but the screen stays completely black.

I'm essentially prying that a new build fixes it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nickrx:
Same here :( but with energy 211xxx rom

any help? do i need to flash another radio and check ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] txcyko:
well im not sure whats going on but i think i am going to flash a different WM rom tomorrow and try again....hopefully someone can chime in and help because i am bummed

i want Android
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kcfong2:
FROYO BUILD BY dan1j3l / Data Connectivity Problem

On my TMOUS HD2 running the Froyo build from Dan1j3l, I am not having success with a reliable 3G internet connection. I have confirmed the APN to be the epc... setting (can't recall it off the top of my head), but what I am experiencing are apparent "data connectivity problems".

For example, I can bring up the browser, get the Google home page to come up, but then, any searches simply time out, and I get the "Data Connectivity..." error dialog.

When using Google maps, I will occasionally get "connection lost" errors.

In all cases, I am in a good TMOUS 3G area, often with 4-5 bars, and always 3G (not switching to Edge, etc).

In WIFI mode, everything works fine.

The Froyo build from Dan was downloaded 7/26.

Anyone with ideas? I couldn't find an answer here when I searched for "data connectivity", other than someone else reporting a similar problem with the PR release.

Thanks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 11calcal:
I have had similar issues @ getting data to work. In the end I downloaded zimage cabledet, hard reset and it worked for me, but that was my last resort as nothing else would work for me. Also deleting your data file sometimes works but you'll loose everything.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] [Krueger]Dr.Stein:
as for me data works perfectly for local websites

zippy if i may say so

not so much for any others

gonna try to find a proxy setting for the apn and see how it goes

anyone
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] faisalee:
Hi Guys,

Another noob here... How does the WM rom effect the Android? I have NRGY + Cookie + Dinik rom and my Android is Darkstone v5... it seems to be working fine :)

Just wana understnad the relation between the two on an HD2! Will my android perform better if I flash a barebone / light WM rom first?

Cheers,

Faisal.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] j3.cole:
We have been told the Tom and radio makes a difference. However, my experience has not supported all the wasted time flashing radios and Tom's. Stick with what you have. Your set up sounds good. The developers are making progress by leaps and bounds .
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] j3.cole:
Uhg... ROMs. Not Toms. :-) Sorry
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] faisalee:
LOL! I was wondering what the heck is "Tom" :p

I understand its all because of the intellegent keyboard on the HD2 hehe...

Thanks for clearing that up bro. I was about to flash a light rom from NRGY :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] naps1saps:
Same here. Instead I'm using the Desire v5. It has HDSPA support which is faster than 3G anyway. I'm going to try a radio update to see if the battery life improves. Right now the battery dies after 9hrs in standby.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slyb5:
OK then here you go :p

I asked a while ago if Android could be boot from the tricolor screen (SPL/bootloader mode). Could you confirm it's still not possible?

Once android is booted, can I mount the windows filesystem? or can I read/write the phone's NAND memory?

thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] naps1saps:
lol (NOT!) I just bricked my phone. For some reason I downloaded the 2.07 radio and didn't realize it was a 51. WHY WOULD YOU PUT A SINGLE 51 ROM IN THE 50's LIST!?

Hopefully TMOBILE will replace it under the 1 year warranty. I just made my last payment on it too, lol (NOT!!!).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Gotanius:
Cant you put a different radio on your sdcard and go into the bootloaderscreen and flash from there? using vol up(?) or something :P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] naps1saps:
nope. does not power on at all. I can feel a extremely light bump but nothing happens after it. I just got off the phone with tmous and they are sending me a new one at the cost of $9.95+tax. If the phone is found to have user caused damage (ex: moded rom, she didn't say that lol) They will charge a $100 fee. So all in all it looks like I might have to pay up to $110+tax to replace it which isn't bad at all. Hopefully they'll think it's just defective and won't charge me.

LET THAT BE A LESSON TO YA"LLS! DON"T USE xx.xx.51.xx RADIO ROMS ON YOUR TMOUS PHONE!!! LOL.

I guess I'll have to live with my 2.5" EDGE only Tilt for now. Glad I didn't sell it yet. The guys at work are going to laugh at me now.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] brynweb:
I'd like to know something similar to this question too...

Basically, will Android on the HD2 always be a hack OS booted from WM using the Linux bootloader, or will it at some point become 'flashable', so my HD2 can say goodbye to WM forever?

Anyone know?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] polstein:
Top Important Question for me - need answer asap please!

Still messing with froyo on another micro card, but would really love to try the dual boot program (from jmz? gotta look it up). This would mean keeping all my normal WinMo stuff on the same micro sd as the android stuff.

(so I don't have to keep switching cards, and both can access the same books/music/movies/pix/etc)

Will this cause any problems??

Where the heck to the Android programs I'm downloading through the marketplace go? Will it all install to the Android subfolder on the sd card?

Thank you very very much for anyone doing this with no problems!!

PS - Is the green led light supposed to constantly flash when Android is running?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 11calcal:
Theres no problem having different stuff on your SD card as long as you've got dans build on its own android folder you'll be fine, I've got ³ different builds on same card and winmo stuff also. Definitely get mark's android boot its very quick.;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] snowblindd:
i use the same sd card for android and wm-storage ... no problems here at all
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Duce HD2:
+1 on this. I've asked the same question awhile back.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slyb5:
When I asked if android would be bootable from HSPL (bootloader mode), the answer was that the power and backlight management was not developped yet and that a windows based loader (using windows power mngt resources) was necessary to boot the kernel.

So basically it seems to be the main issue...

As for me, the main point is to actually be able to "see" the WinMo partition under Android and/or fully dump the NAND (flash memory) of the phone.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] polstein:
Thanks for the fast response. I finished double checking my backups (in case something goes wrong), so I'm going to copy my small sd card onto the normal one I use - install the android boot - and see what happens...

Finding more & more annoyances that I take for granted on WinMo. At this time, I don't think I can say Android is better then WinMo, but still having fun playing for now. There's a couple of apps (not free ones) that I think will make life easier, but don't want to start buying small apps just yet.

3 builds, laugh! Which reminds me, when it's time to upgrade wonder if there is an easy way to move over installed programs & settings.

Anyone happen to know what the default SMS notification is for WinMo HTC HD2? Used to it, so trying to find it to make it the Android default as well.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] itsQuang:
i'm still getting black screen on dan1 2.2 froyo

my rom is miri, and i formatted my sd card to fat32, i have the latest zimage and rooft, but when i boot android and use it then put it on lock it goes to black screen and doesn't come out of it? can someone help?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 11calcal:
At the moment unsure about upgrading I've got different apps on different builds
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] psycocorey:
rootfs problem

I have seen the question asked a couple of times, but I cannot find an answer... I am having problems when it comes to booting android the second time. Does not seem to make any difference which WM rom or which version of android either, when I try to boot the second time I get this error

"failed to find rootfs on sd card. you need to unzip a rootfs zip file to the root of your sd card." and obviously when I check, the file is actually still there.

then it just starts repeating what seems to be a report on the mAh left on the battery. I am currently on the miri wm rom with the darkstone android. I have also tried 2 different memory cards as well. Would it help to get a higher class memory card? or would that even make any difference? I am stumped....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jealousy:
Yep, same situation, was afraid to post this because i supposed that it was already mentioned somewhere (i couldn't find tho).

For me the only solution is deleting the Android folder ( with some cache files ) in my sd root. Then everything's fine and i am able to boot into my Android without any setting loss.

I can conclude, that the Android folder isn't necessary for an android boot, so why is it left, when it's only cache files? (which obviously lead to the fact android cannot find rootfs [when it's still there though])
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] yuvichb:
...hi people...

:)

...im running on stock 1.48 rom...runnin dan's desire froyo with sense...the only problem i get is that when i lock my device it goes dead and i need to eect battery and reboot each time...that gets pretty tacky...im also using the dual boot zm software...kindly help out...thanx...

:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] psycocorey:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 3 successful boots in a row and all apps/settings coming back up with the boots as well!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] naps1saps:
use the 7/23 zimage. lots of people are having that problem with the 7/25 zimage including me.