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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] polo735:
It isn't very complicated to run android on the HD2. I don't know what feature you suspect isn't working that scared you from attempting. Every feature I could want is working. You also don't need to sacrifice windows mobile if you try android. Give it a shot and post again if you have trouble.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
Problem is that I need to root and flash other wm Rom if I want everything to work as it should. Or isn't that really necessary? I'll just try a build and see what it does. Thx for th reply
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fruchtfliege:
if you have to hspl your hd2 depends on your stock radio rom version. it should be a newer one like 2.10 or 2.12 to avoid most issues with android. flashing another winmo rom is only necessary if you have robot voice and/or faster playback of music (just to mention 2 problems)... you don't have anything to loose if you try android from stock hd2. if it's not working fine, you may think of flashing a new radio and/or rom!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
So if I unzip the file I can dowload here put it into android folder in the root of my SD, I'm good to go? What about that kernel do I need to flash it??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
if he uses it for work then i'd suggest laying off android for now
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
he could still use the WM? It's just like a program no? So by just removing the folder it would be back to normal?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] azzzz:
You basically reboot the phone and it goes back to wmo. Its almost like running a live linux cd...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mick1475:
When you run HaRet Android takes over the phone. When you reboot it will come back to WinMo. Then you run HaRet again and you back in Android. And so on. WinMo 'lives' on the phone, Android on sd.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
So the kernel they are talking about is a fake kernel? (not flashed to the actual ROM)

So if anything goes wrong at first boot with the android I can just pull out the battery without bricking the phone?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] azzzz:
Its not a fake kernel...it is real but it resides on the sd card so your original wmo stuff will still be there in case you ever need to use wmo again.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pierreg34:
new to xda and looking for the build for my hd2

Hello I am new to xda and i have a hd2 it is new and have had it about 5 wks am looking for a way to unlock it and also to put the android os on it. I had a friend of mine try this past wknd to do it and it kept flashing a error code and wouldn't allow us to proceed. Can someone please help direct me in the right direction much appreciated.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] azzzz:
You s should start your own thread. There are many different unlock so specify which one you're after, sim unlock? This section is only for android so if you need help on something else, post it in the hd2 general section, not here. Unless it is android related, you won't find help here.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
Ok so if I install this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773790

I can just remove the file on the SD when it doesn't work like we want it too and everything will be back to normal right?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AMCJUNGLE:
You are correct.

If it doesnt work for you just erase the android folder. I would recommend flashing hard spl, and changing your radio to 2.12.50.02_2. Then load the hyperdroid 1.6 rom. You will have the best luck with that probably without having to change anything in winmo.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
I'd recommend using a spare SD card. When you run Android it creates a ton of folders on it, so it's easier to have a dedicated one than to try and delete everything later (if he decides not to stick with Android).

Also, I read through the thread and couldn't see anywhere... did you tell us what radio is on the HD2? It needs to be (I believe) 2.08 or higher, and it's VERY recommended to have a 2.x.50 and not a 2.x.51 radio.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AMCJUNGLE:
If you flash a 2.x.51 radio on a t-mobile US HD2 you will brick it. Try flashing radio 2.12.50.02_2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
Yeah dno the radio version or the bootloader version.

Do i need root to see that?? Is it just booting while pressing volume down to get the bootloader and the info I need?

Also I read that the HyperDroidV1.6 is overclocked and undervolted and I drather not do that. Just want it as stable as can be. (I know my overclocked legend is stable but if he has a really crappy processor,..)

BTW: I know what overclocking does but what's good about undervolting?? better batterylife?

I think I'll just give this a try this weekend (when my dad (and his phone xD)are home)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
Just reboot the phone. The radio version is shown at the bottom left of the first white HTC screen (R,G,D - R is the radio version).

I'm assuming undervolting is for better battery life, but have never bothered with it myself. Just have a read of the most popular Android builds to see which you think will work for you. I can recommend FroyoStone Sense v3.1, but I would because that's what I use!

It's so easy to try the different builds that it's no big deal if you play with one and don't like it, so don't be shy - give em all a go if that's what it takes!

Edit: Just noticed your edit from when I was posting. lol
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
I've just tried FroyoStone Sense v3.1 but with no luck after I press haret a black screen with white letters show up but it's so small it's unreadable (still as I expected) but after 2 to 3 sec the screen goes black and nothing is showing. I waited for 5-6min but it didn't do anything :(

I've tried putting all the files in the root and also tried with putting it in the Android folder and putting that in the root.

The radio version is 2.04.50.x.x

Is that too old??

any suggestions?

changing the radio version seems pretty hard (I have done a root proces before but it seems nothing like it) Didn't expect it to be so different from my legend :s
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] H2D2:
Nah it's not hard, it's just a matter of connecting your HD2 via USB and making sure you choose ActiveSync then running the exe and following the install wizard.

You do this whether you're updating the SPL (needed to update anything else), updating the radio or updating the Windows rom, all the same process.

Just bear in mind that updating the SPL will void your warranty, although you can downgrade to the original SPL if you ever need to send the phone for repair etc.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AMCJUNGLE:
Flashing new roms or spl does not void the warranty. I know there is a ton of information saying it does, but call and ask t-mobile. They will no longer provide any support of your modded phone, but unless it causes harm to the phone it will not void the warranty. Ive returned 2 phones with hacked radios and roms. No consequrnces suffered. This issue is debatable so I will skip to why I am posting.

Yes your radio is too old. Update to 2.12.50.02_2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
Since I'll be flashing a new radio and rom, may I ask what u use? And have you experienced any bugs?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
Any suggestions for a good radio/rom combi for android??

Probably just 2.12.50.02_2 as radio anyway right?

thx in advance
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
Again, I can recommend what I use, as it's been great for me - decent battery life and very stable. I'm using the latest official ROM from HTC (which comes with 2.15.50 radio) and FroyoStone v3.1 for Android. I can't vouch for the ROM as far as WM goes though, as I've had it on Android since installing it.

Hope this helps mate, and good luck.

Sent from my iPhone 5 beta using the XDA App
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
http://www.htc.com/www/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=2&dl_id=856

is that the latest rom?? There is no info about what radio it uses :(

When I tried to download it and gave my S/N it told me it wasn't suitable for the device :s

Where can I find the latest ROM suitable for the device??

It's so overwhelming I've tried searching but there is a TON of info and more then 85% isn't suitable for this HD2. So sorry if I ask too much but I'm getting really confused and I don't want to brick my dad's phone

EDIT: Ok so I went to the dutch website of HTC and I'm downloading the latest ROM (it's from 2010-02-02)

_HTC HD2_RUU_Leo_HTC_NLD_1.66.404.1_Radio_Signed_15.30.50.07U_2.06.51.07_Ship

Looks like the radio is 15.30.50?? I thought there were only x.50 or x.51??

I'll install this and then install the android on the SD. I'll report back when it's done.

I really want to thank you all for the support I wouldn't be able to do it on my own.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
I've installed that new rom, radio version is now 2.06.51.07 I guess that's even worse? no?

I'll try to install android but I don't have a good feeling about this,...

EDIT: Still a no go, after jumping to kernel,... the screen fades away and goes completly black and the notification led goes orange/amber (USB is not pluged in)

Another update:

Finally got the balls to flash HSPL and the 2.50.12_02 radio

Now android is working :D only looks like the auto brightness isn't working properly is that a known bug?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AMCJUNGLE:
This build is fully functional. Winmo is stripped down tho. Who wants to use winmo? really? Android rocks: http://leoandroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=212&t=168
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonasDroid:
Battery is really poor and sometimes it doesn't even charge.

Anyone who knows what the problem might be?

I'll try a new radio but I don't think that could have anything to do with the phone not charging.

EDIT: I've read somewhere that I need to remove HSPL. Could that be why it's battery usage is so high?

EDIT 2: tried removing hspl but that puts the radio back to the stock one (which doesn't work with android)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LTonthetrack_G1:
WHY WONT FACEBOOK SYNC!!!! Ive used Vibrant 9 and the Hybrid Rom.......and Im using Bionix 1.1 now. Facebook just wont Sync!!........what is da problem!!!!!?!?!!? UGH!!
[Android Software Development] ngholson:
ok so i have done a little research and a little homework, and even some trial and error and been able to get no where.

since flashing my rom and installing the gapps. i have noticed sprint has apparently hijacked my phone (not literally of course.)

my notifications window and carrier id on lockscreen all went to Sprint. This was a really easy fix.

i noticed that the downloads tab in my market app. suddenly says Sprint. i screwed around with it for a little while and cleared the app data, reloaded the market and voila! there was my download tab. this victory was short lived.

today i open my market app again only to discover that sprint is really really trying to get me to leave my current carrier (again, not literally) and has once again hijacked my market app and stolen my downloads tab in lieu of their Sprint tab.

so i did some more looking. using a root explorer i managed to find this file under /system/build.prop there are some notable entries here:

ro.build.brand=sprint

ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-sprint-us

ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric=310120

ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha=Sprint

can i change these entries on my own? is it possible to just comment them out entirely?

towards the bottom of the file there is the following entry that seems to conflict with the above entry

ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-google
[Android Software Development] ngholson:
sorry just realized that i may have posted this in the wrong section.
[Captivate General] GaryS1004:
I recieved this email from Samsung USA Support in regard to my questions on the GPS fix and the FROYO 2.2 update yesterday 9/14/2010: GPS fix soon... nada on the FROYO

Dear Gary,

Samsung continues to listen to customer feedback on GPS performance expectations on launched Galaxy S devices. We are currently testing software updates which will optimize GPS performance. We expect to be able to make the updates available this September and will communicate more information and download instructions in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, we are unable to speculate when/if this software FROYO 2.2 might be available due to the fact that this might lead to inaccurate information and confusion.

Should this become available, it will be posted on our website in the Samsung Download Center.

Should you desire additional assistance resolving this, we invite you to call Samsung Customer Support by phone at our toll free number 1-888-987-4357 between the hours 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Central Standard Time.

We appreciate your understanding in this matter.

Sincerely,

Technical Support
[Captivate General] buddy17:
i like the "when/if" and "should this become available"....thats promising
[Captivate General] mymansionisabox:
That makes me really sad :(
[Captivate General] ryusen:
To be honest though, i'm pretty happy with the phone as is. Froyo is more a topping for me than the ice cream.
[Captivate General] thrubovc:
Samsung general support

that's it, that's exactly why i'm not buying anything else (phone) from Samsung. their software support is terrible, they give you a super phone and after that they forget about you. Once I bought their flagship of that time - innov8, and I was glad I got rid of it, their firmware support afterwards was miserable.
[Captivate General] hashish16:
Hopefully the Galaxy S firmware and kernel will work on our phones.
[Captivate General] kangi26:
I don't think we can really "rely" on any of the manufacturers to push these updates with any speed. For me, and I think for a lot of people, one of the main reasons I went with the Capy and the Android platform, was because of the great Devs here, and their ability to get things out faster, and without all of the restrictions found in the mfg's updates.

In my opinion, we can't take what they said too seriously regarding Froyo. We all know they will release Froyo.

Honestly, there's nothing wrong with Eclair, and aside from the ability to load apps onto SD, I doubt there will be any noticeable difference between 2.1 and 2.2

just my 2 cents

Edit; Maybe the "IF" means that Samsung will pass over Froyo and is developing Gingerbread instead. Would you dump a ton of money into an OS that will be "obsolete" within the next few months? I wouldn't
[Captivate General] matthewpapa:
What is so bad about your captivate software besides the GPS issues, I must ask?

I have been using the original JF6 firmware since launch and have not had any other problems rather than a browser hiccup here and there.

As soon as your rooted and have enabled side-loading your good to go.

I really havent had the urge to flash other ROMs because I am getting everything I want out of this one. (And that is coming from someone that used to flash winmo roms every other week)
[Captivate General] shawn.ferris:
I think the phone itself is great and really have no problems with it. The GPS I can live with until the update, though it does bum me out. However, I got this phone for two reasons.. 1) to sync with Linux (my default desktop operating system) and 2) because it said it was compatible with my enterprise email.. the latter is false. Until Froyo (apparently) I'm locked out of my calendar. That's a huge problem for me and borderline false advertising if you ask me. I'll be patient through Sept to see if they deliver since that date keeps getting thrown out. I hope they don't disappoint!
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
I have no problem sync calendar with my coporate exchange server. The only sync problem I have is sync with Hotmail contacts (doesn't sync) but Microsoft does say it is a known issue for Android 2.1.
[Captivate General] Dani897:
I don't think samsung will poss over group for gingerbread. for one it has been promised after froyo was passed up on, was it the moment?

also I know a samsung engineer, he works with the cdma phones and doesn't know the schedule for the cappy and vibrant but quoted that they are working around the clock to get the froyo updates released and there wouldn't be an unusually long wait. he also says that he can't give information that's not officially released so I'm not gonna bug him any more on that.
[Captivate General] Tinyboss:
Froyo is really important to me. Google likes to make a lot of their new cool stuff (Voice Actions and Chrome-to-Phone, for example) for 2.2 only. I bought this phone so I could be on the cutting edge of geekdom (subject to the limitation that I'm stuck with AT&T). I won't be happy until I can play with all the latest toys.
[Captivate General] sremick:
You mean besides the huge speed increase?

The people who have actually tested and benchmarked 2.2 paint a very different picture than your assumptions. The speed improvements are very significant, which will go a long way to addressing the Captivate's other big issue (besides the faulty GPS): lag.
[Captivate General] kangi26:
I'm not saying that 2.2 is not faster than 2.1, my assumption, is, put a Captivate running 2.1 and one running(when it's available) 2.2, and I suspect that most people would be hard pressed to tell the difference performance wise.

I dont put alot of faith in benchmarks. Just for example, I ran Quadrant on my Cappy, pulled a 866, installed the lag fix, I'm now running over 2000, I cant see ANY difference at all, everything opens just as quickly as it did before the lag fix
[Captivate General] lgkahn:
2.2 In general is faster... but not the sami betas... they r slower as they have not gotten jit working.
[Captivate General] gohaha:
That's also my observation. Benchmark scores often mean nothing and very misleading. I have a Moto Droid before I got my captivate. After I upgraded the Moto Droid to 2.2 (a couple of weeks ago), I see absolutely no difference performance wise. My friend is also using Moto Droid and said the same thing.
[Captivate General] Mechpilot:
I'm waiting on flash thats the main reason I bought a cap.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex62157:
I have Desire not rooted and I'm trying recovery but ...

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command (this comes up before even trying to run the update)

--Install From sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

anybody help me ??
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
what recovery you using? the signature error is just because the rom isnt signed, turn off signature verification or flash clockworkmod
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex62157:
I was having black SLCD (RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_T2_Radio_32.41.00.32U_4.08.00.09_release_137222_signed.exe)

and have solved the problem right now and do OTA update to Froyo and there is System Info. :

Bravo PVT3 Ship S-ON

Hboot-0.93.0001

Touch panel-synt0101

Radio-5.09.05.30_2

maybe I have to disable Signature or (S-off) ....anybody know how?
[Droid Incredible General] Osbor:
i did a through-mail exchange of the incredible to the droid x, meaning i only have a limited time in which to still use my incredible before i must send it back if i don't wish to be charged friggin $500

i request that Droid X vs. incredible flaming be kept to a minimum, i have my reasons

however, is it even feasible to root the incredible, root the X, then use titanium backup to cold-copy the configuration on the incredible onto the X? Will problems arise from transferring data between Sense and Ninja blur? is it not worth the hassle? is there an alternative way to simply copy over my .apks and their various configurations? (like notes within the one-note app)

thanks
[Droid Incredible General] zeke1988:
o no, it wont cause any problems, you will be "FINE" :)
[Droid Incredible General] DeeBG:
Phone to phone transfer is a quite common task with TB, results vary widely. I would say you having better luck transferring to another HTC/Sense phone, however if there are some 3rd party applications you would like to transfer + carry along the contents/settings along with it, there is a good chance this might work (as both phones likely use the same storage location... could be wrong on this). Worse comes to worse you can just reformat, but as a general rule you have more luck with 3rd party apps than Sense-based apk's + sqlite databases.
[Droid Incredible General] Osbor:
uh

any particular reason for the quotes...?
[Droid Incredible General] DeeBG:
Quotes = same thing as /s in this case =p
[Captivate General] Shival:
First Off, OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!

Take this with a grain of salt but I just got off of the phone with AT&T after calling in about not being able to send MMS messages with my phone since I have had it.

They said it has been an Ongoing problem and Samsung has been working on the issue and that Samsung would be releasing a fix this Wednesday (Not Today Wednesday).

Note that I was actually talking to the real tech support people at AT&T(I was transfered to them)

I asked the lady if it was going to be an OTA update and if it was going to be Android 2.2 and she put me on hold to go ask her supervisor and he said He believes that the fix is going to be released with/through the Android 2.2 update...

Needless to say, I was a very giddy customer on the phone and I am going to be an extremely satisfied customer if this is true.

These were the actual tech support people I was talking to so it should be true right?

I just thought I would share this with everyone.
[Captivate General] mchimney:
This would be good news.

From what i heard, and this is only a rumor, that sept 23 is froyo for non US devices.

I hope you're right!!
[Captivate General] Shival:
It would be kind of silly for other countries to be receiving the Android updates before we do. Google, an American based and located company.

Am I the only one who thinks that?
[Captivate General] tytdfn:
Nope. The galaxy s came out months before the us and google has nothing to do with the captivate except just providing the source code for samsung...

Sent from my fonez so excuze the speling erors
[Captivate General] labbu63:
hehe your really going to trust AT&T on that promise lol that funny
[Captivate General] mwxiao:
Sorry. I don't believe a att Rep.
[Captivate General] sparker366:
Well I am in agreement here that the ATT rep is probably incorrect. Working as a vzw customer service rep we get no indication as to when updates will be pushed to phones and also our tech support people don't even know.
[Captivate General] Tchem:
ahhh i can believe it and it would be great because im looking forward to flash 10
[Captivate General] Shival:
Oh my gosh, I have no idea why I was thinking google worked with the phones lol. Opps.

But I guess Samsung is working on a fix and what better way to release it than through Froyo =]