DJs
The HTC HD2 continues to be one of the most resilient smartphones of all time. The handset which was first released way back in 2009 has now released the forked Android which runs on the Nokia X. The HTC HD2 was originally released with Windows Mobile Professional 6.5 and has received ports to Windows Phone 7, Android, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT and even Firefox OS.
Before you try and install the update on your device, its important to note that this ROM is far from complete. Outside of the boot graphics and sound, nothing else is working. Of course, we need to consider that the HTC HD2 is powered by a single-core 1GHz Snapdragon S1 with 448MB of RAM. Eventually, we expect to see the gang at XDA working hard to bring over more functions from the forked Android OS.
The HTC HD2 continues to live on, as best as you could hope for a phone that sports technology half a decade old. Like the cockroach, this is one handset that cannot be dismissed.
source - XDA | GSMArena
HTC HD2 receives Android ROM from Nokia X
The HTC HD2 continues to be one of the most resilient smartphones of all time. The handset which was first released way back in 2009 has now released the forked Android which runs on the Nokia X. The HTC HD2 was originally released with Windows Mobile Professional 6.5 and has received ports to Windows Phone 7, Android, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT and even Firefox OS.Before you try and install the update on your device, its important to note that this ROM is far from complete. Outside of the boot graphics and sound, nothing else is working. Of course, we need to consider that the HTC HD2 is powered by a single-core 1GHz Snapdragon S1 with 448MB of RAM. Eventually, we expect to see the gang at XDA working hard to bring over more functions from the forked Android OS.
The HTC HD2 continues to live on, as best as you could hope for a phone that sports technology half a decade old. Like the cockroach, this is one handset that cannot be dismissed.
source - XDA | GSMArena
DJs
The HTC HD2 was first launched back in 2009, with Windows Mobile and carried a 4.3 inch screen that was exceptionally large for the time. Over the last four years, developers have been able to hack the phone to run on Android 4.1, Windows Phone 8, Ubuntu and even Windows RT, despite the outdated specs inside the handset, Now, developers have managed to port Firefox OS onto the device
The port is still far from perfect with the SIM not being detected, and with problems popping up with the camera, low volume, resolution and with mass storage. The developer says that he is working on a bug free version of the OS.
If you still own the HTC HD2 and want to see how the Firefox OS looks on the device, click on the source link below.
source - XDA
HTC HD2 receives Firefox OS port
The HTC HD2 was first launched back in 2009, with Windows Mobile and carried a 4.3 inch screen that was exceptionally large for the time. Over the last four years, developers have been able to hack the phone to run on Android 4.1, Windows Phone 8, Ubuntu and even Windows RT, despite the outdated specs inside the handset, Now, developers have managed to port Firefox OS onto the device
The port is still far from perfect with the SIM not being detected, and with problems popping up with the camera, low volume, resolution and with mass storage. The developer says that he is working on a bug free version of the OS.
If you still own the HTC HD2 and want to see how the Firefox OS looks on the device, click on the source link below.
source - XDA
DJs
The HTC HD2 is a very popular smartphone among developers and despite its age, it has had Windows Phone 7, Android 4.1 and Windows Phone 8 ported to it. The WP8 port to date was the most surprising to us, especially considering Microsoft’s claim that current Windows Phone 7 hardware was incapable of running their latest operating system.
Now developers have managed to top their previous feat by porting Windows RT to the HTC HD2.
The developer has posted some photos of the port on Twitter and while we would have liked to see how the device performs under the strain of a full operating system we are very impressed by what this hardware has been able to do over the years.
The HTC HD2 was launched before Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 with a 4.3-inch touch display, 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and a 1GHz single-core processor with 576 MB of RAM.
While this mammoth hardware of its time was capable of running Windows Phone 7, Microsoft decided that they would only release their new platform on new hardware, citing the hardware keys on the HD2 as the reason for it not receiving the port.
The developer community has embraced this device since then and we have seen several operating systems ported to this legendary device. Along with seeing the latest versions of Windows Phone and several versions of Android, the device has even had Meego and Ubuntu ported to it.
No device has still seen this level of support form the developer community and we can only wonder how long it will be before the HD2 hardware is finally unable to take another update.
source – CotullaCode (Twitter)
HTC HD2 receives a Windows RT port
The HTC HD2 is a very popular smartphone among developers and despite its age, it has had Windows Phone 7, Android 4.1 and Windows Phone 8 ported to it. The WP8 port to date was the most surprising to us, especially considering Microsoft’s claim that current Windows Phone 7 hardware was incapable of running their latest operating system.Now developers have managed to top their previous feat by porting Windows RT to the HTC HD2.
The developer has posted some photos of the port on Twitter and while we would have liked to see how the device performs under the strain of a full operating system we are very impressed by what this hardware has been able to do over the years.
The HTC HD2 was launched before Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 with a 4.3-inch touch display, 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and a 1GHz single-core processor with 576 MB of RAM.
While this mammoth hardware of its time was capable of running Windows Phone 7, Microsoft decided that they would only release their new platform on new hardware, citing the hardware keys on the HD2 as the reason for it not receiving the port.
No device has still seen this level of support form the developer community and we can only wonder how long it will be before the HD2 hardware is finally unable to take another update.
source – CotullaCode (Twitter)
DJs
The HTC HD2 was a device ahead of its time when it first launched featuring a 4.3-inch touch display, 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and powered by a 1GHz single core Snapdragon S1 processor with Adreno 200 graphics 448MB of RAM. Everyone expect that Microsoft would offer an upgrade to the device for Windows Phone 7 because of its more than capable hardware. While it never officially received an update, the developer community have ported various versions of Windows Phone 7 and even ported Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to the device.
The most recent news is even more surprising as developers have now managed to port the newest Windows Phone 8 on the HTC HD2.
Keep in mind that the hardware is over two years old and the port is somewhat limited as you can see in the following photos which the developer team posted on Twitter. However what's interesting is that a two-year old device is capable of running Windows Phone 8, while Microsoft chooses to deny it to Windows Phone 7.5 devices.
It is also important to point out that the images have been provided by the developers only as a proof of concept and we cant expect a fully working Windows Phone 8 ROM to be released for the HTC HD2 anytime in the near future.
source – DFT via WPCentral
HTC HD2 gets to sample Windows Phone 8
The HTC HD2 was a device ahead of its time when it first launched featuring a 4.3-inch touch display, 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and powered by a 1GHz single core Snapdragon S1 processor with Adreno 200 graphics 448MB of RAM. Everyone expect that Microsoft would offer an upgrade to the device for Windows Phone 7 because of its more than capable hardware. While it never officially received an update, the developer community have ported various versions of Windows Phone 7 and even ported Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to the device.
The most recent news is even more surprising as developers have now managed to port the newest Windows Phone 8 on the HTC HD2.
Keep in mind that the hardware is over two years old and the port is somewhat limited as you can see in the following photos which the developer team posted on Twitter. However what's interesting is that a two-year old device is capable of running Windows Phone 8, while Microsoft chooses to deny it to Windows Phone 7.5 devices.
It is also important to point out that the images have been provided by the developers only as a proof of concept and we cant expect a fully working Windows Phone 8 ROM to be released for the HTC HD2 anytime in the near future.
source – DFT via WPCentral
DJs
For those of you who don't remember the HTC HD2, it was one of the large Windows Mobile 6.5 devices which features some very powerful hardware at its time. The device has been treated to various version of Android OS and Windows Phone over its lifetime (and even after) and now it has been treated to the latest version from Google’s camp – Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
It can be frustrating to some, when their more than capable devices are being denied the latest version of Android while this three year old device which wasn't even built to run Android is enjoying a port of the latest version.
The bad news is the update is far from perfect, as some features including the device camera, web browser and Google Now don’t work. But if you have one of these handsets lying around head over to XDA Developers for information on how to update your HTC HD2 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
source – PhoneArena
HTC HD2 receives Android 4.1 Jelly Bean port
For those of you who don't remember the HTC HD2, it was one of the large Windows Mobile 6.5 devices which features some very powerful hardware at its time. The device has been treated to various version of Android OS and Windows Phone over its lifetime (and even after) and now it has been treated to the latest version from Google’s camp – Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
It can be frustrating to some, when their more than capable devices are being denied the latest version of Android while this three year old device which wasn't even built to run Android is enjoying a port of the latest version.
The bad news is the update is far from perfect, as some features including the device camera, web browser and Google Now don’t work. But if you have one of these handsets lying around head over to XDA Developers for information on how to update your HTC HD2 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
source – PhoneArena
DJs
The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) source code has been handed over to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). So it should be no surprise that the community has taken lead to bring ports of ICS to some of the popular devices.
You can check out the guide for installing Android 4.0 ICS on the Samsung Galaxy S II here.
But now the community has also brought a port of Android ICS to a Windows Mobile device, the popular HTC HD2 has also received ICS and you can find the step by step guide to install Android 4.0 ICS on your HTC HD2.
The HD2 which runs Windows Mobile 6.5 features a 4.3-inch display, 5MP camera with dual-LED flash and is powered by a 1GHz processor. It has already received a Windows Phone 7 port and an Android 2.2 port and now gets to savor ICS before many newer devices.
NOTE - The process of rooting and installing custom ROMs is for experienced users and may void your warranty. This process may leave your device bricked and un-usable. We are not responsible for any issues which may occur by inexperience or not following the guide properly.
NOTE - This is an alpha build. The data connection (3G), audio, USB mass storage and camera are still not working. Please note that you wont be able to use your device for day to day activities once you install this ROM because of functionality. [UPDATE] The beta build has been uploaded through XDA Developers
That's it. You should now be running Android 4.0 ICS on your HTC HD2.
If you have any questions or want to get updated to the files head over to the original XDA-Developers thread.
[Guide] How to install Android 4.0.1 ICS on HTC HD2
The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) source code has been handed over to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). So it should be no surprise that the community has taken lead to bring ports of ICS to some of the popular devices.You can check out the guide for installing Android 4.0 ICS on the Samsung Galaxy S II here.
But now the community has also brought a port of Android ICS to a Windows Mobile device, the popular HTC HD2 has also received ICS and you can find the step by step guide to install Android 4.0 ICS on your HTC HD2.
The HD2 which runs Windows Mobile 6.5 features a 4.3-inch display, 5MP camera with dual-LED flash and is powered by a 1GHz processor. It has already received a Windows Phone 7 port and an Android 2.2 port and now gets to savor ICS before many newer devices.
NOTE - The process of rooting and installing custom ROMs is for experienced users and may void your warranty. This process may leave your device bricked and un-usable. We are not responsible for any issues which may occur by inexperience or not following the guide properly.
NOTE - This is an alpha build. The data connection (3G), audio, USB mass storage and camera are still not working. Please note that you wont be able to use your device for day to day activities once you install this ROM because of functionality. [UPDATE] The beta build has been uploaded through XDA Developers
Installation
(Please use at least 190MB system partition and at least 2MB cache partition)
That's it. You should now be running Android 4.0 ICS on your HTC HD2.
If you have any questions or want to get updated to the files head over to the original XDA-Developers thread.
DJs
NOTE - This process involves installing a custom ROM on hardware that may not have been originally intended for the software. The guide is recommended for advanced users only who understand the implications of installing custom ROMS. This process may result in your device getting bricked and this site or the creators of the port should not be held responsible for it.
Things you will need:
Guide and links courtesy of XDA-Developers. Support these guys as they bring the best content for your devices
[Guide] How to Dual Boot Android and Windows Phone on HTC HD2
The HTC HD2 comes with Windows 6.5. But thanks to the hard work from the folks at XDA developers, you can now install Android and Windows Phone 7 on the device.
But what would you think about Dual-Booting Android and Windows Phone 7 on this device? The XDA Developers just made that possible.
The following guide will take you through how to dual boot Windows Phone 7 and Android on the HTC HD2
NOTE - This process involves installing a custom ROM on hardware that may not have been originally intended for the software. The guide is recommended for advanced users only who understand the implications of installing custom ROMS. This process may result in your device getting bricked and this site or the creators of the port should not be held responsible for it.
- SD Card Reader
- Partitioning Software for Windows
- Two microSD cards (8GB and 16GB)
Instructions:
- Install Partition Manager.
- - Insert your small sd card into your phone. Flash WP7 Rom using Magldr 1.1.2. Let the phone reset and start wp7. This will allow WP7 to format your smaller sd card with its partition.
- - Turn off your phone and remove the smaller sd card.
- - Plug in both sd cards in your pc. The larger and the smaller one.
- - Run Partition Manager. You should see both the smaller and larger sd cards. On your smaller sd card, there should be 2 partitions. A fat 16 partition of 200 mb and another partition called unformatted which takes up the rest of the smaller sd. This “unformatted partition” is actually your wp7 partition.
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- Delete the partition of your larger sd card. To do this, select the partition and right click delete (menu also works). Don’t forget to click “apply”.
- - Copy and resize the fat16 partition of your smaller sd card to your larger sd card. To do this, select the partition on your smaller sd card, right click (or use the menu) and select copy and follow the onscreen wizard to copy. You can change it to fat32 as well. When resizing, you need to do some math. Take the size of your larger sd card and subtract the size of the “unformatted” partition of on your smaller sd card and set this value as the resize value for the fat16 partition that you are copying. In other words, if the unformatted partition is 8gh and you are setting things up on a 16gb sd card then set the resize value to approx. 8gb. Click “apply”.
- - Using same procedure as outlined in 7, copy the “unformatted” partition from your smaller sd card to the larger sd card. Click “apply”.
- - Before copying your android build and while still in windows format the fat 32 partition using 32 or 64 kb sectors USE WINDOWS EXPLORER OR MY COMPUTER TO FORMAT. This should help with speed. I used 64 kb sectors. I am using the desire_Z build in this post and set up everything in the desire_z folder.
- - Copy your android sd build onto the fat32 partition.
IMPORTANT - Do not use usb mass storage as there is some data corruption problems. Remove your sd card to copy (see below and thread for list of working builds -
IMPORTANT you need to have a modified rootfs.img file where nand_init was added to init.rc and you need to copy and replace the existing rootfs.img file of the sd build else it won't work)
- - Remove the larger sd card and insert it into your phone.
- - Reboot the phone and hold the “red end key” to enter the magldr boot menu.
- - In Magldr 1.1.2 use volume down to go to “9. Services” and click “green phone button” to select.
- - Use volume buttons to select “1. Bootsettings” and click “green phone button” to select.
- - Use volume buttons to select “2. Always Menu” and click “green phone button” to select. This will give you the Madldr menu on phone startup to allow you to choose wp7 or sd android as your boot choice.
- - Click the “green phone button” to confirm.
- - Once you’ve done steps 13 to 16 you will be brought back to the initial magldr 1.1.2 menu.
- - Again, use volume down to go to “9. Services” and click “green phone button” to select.
- - Use volume buttons to select “1. Bootsettings” and click “green phone button” to select.
- - Use volume buttons to select “3. AD SD Dir” and click “green phone button” to select.
- - Select the folder where your SD android build is located.
- - Reset your phone and enter Magldr 1.1.2.
- - To boot into wp7 select boot “1. Boot WPH” or to boot sd android select “2. Boot SD AD”
- - Booting into android SD is long. Guess having android nand has spoiled us.
Gencaslan from XDA has provided an alternate method. Go here to check it.
HYellow from XDA has provided yet another alternate method
- Put your sd card inside the hd2 and power on.
- - Go to about screen, in settings, and reset your device. Let it reset and boot to WP7 again. While booting to WP7, it'll create the partitions it needs, so this is important. After you have gone through the setup wizard, go to about screen and reset your device again.
- - When it has booted into magldr screen, remove the sd card and insert into pc. (make sure that magldr is shown and stays there at bootup, otherwise it'll boot straight into wp7 without sd card and that is not what we want.
- - You'll see two partitions. A whopping 200mb of fat16 partition and the other is unformatted. Now right click on the unformatted partition and click delete. After that, click apply. Now you have unallocated space. Right click on the unallocated space and select create. Set parameters to logical and unformatted and size size the partition. This will be your WP7 partition, so decide how much you want to allocate to it, this is permanent, no changes afterwards can be made. Also, make sure you move it to the end of the sd card in the same 'create' window. Hit apply.
- - After some time, you now have a green fat16 partition to the left, some unallocated grey portion in the middle and your WP7 partition in modern turqoise colour on the far right. Agreed? Now remove the sd card from PC and insert in HD2.
- - After you have inserted the sd card, let it boot into WP7. Remember what your last action was when you were still in WP7? Yes, you pressed reset, so the device actually thinks he is still resetting the device. He might do it too, but just go through the setup wizard again.
- - Go to about screen and verify your storage. Don't look strange if when the storage has a different of about 1Gb, this is swallowed by WP7 for system stuff etc. Are you happy with the progress so far? Then power down your device and remove the sd card. Allow the HD2 to fully powered down as sometimes the screen is pitch black, but the device is still turning off.
- - Insert the sd card in pc and right click on the green fat 16 partition and select resize/move. Now fill up the rest of the unallocated space and hit apply. This is your android partition. Put an android build onto it and test.
- - If you want to convert your WP7 partition from logical to primary, please search in this thread for the the program: minitool partition wizard. Right click on your WP7 partition and, select modify and then click on set as primary and hit apply.
NOTES:
- Make sure you backup your sd cards as wp7 will erase all that is on them.
- This method works for me but i take no responsibility for whatever may happen to your phone.
- You should be able to reactivate your phone with windows market but I cannot guarantee this. I have re-activated market 4 times so far.
TESTED SD BUILDS:
Most builds should work but you will need an edited rootfs.img file for it to work. Have a look in the thread of the build you want if someone posted an edited rootfs.img file.
You can get a list of edited rootfs.img files here
DJs
Several users were disappointed when the very capable HTC HD2 wasn't updated to Windows Phone 7 and forced to remain on Windows Mobile 6.5. Especially when it had the hardware capable of running modern mobile operating systems. Luckily developers have managed to port the Android operating system to this once proud Windows Phone.
NOTE - This process involves installing a custom ROM on hardware that may not have been originally intended for the software. The guide is recommended for advanced users only who understand the implications of installing custom ROMS. This process may result in your device getting bricked and this site or the creators of the port should not be held responsible for it.
The HD2 runs Windows Mobile 6.5 features a 4.3-inch display, 5MP camera with dual-LED flash and is powered by a 1GHz processor.
If you have any issues with the installation please visit the XDA Developers forum here.
A detailed video guide is also available if you prefer
[Guide] How to install Android on HTC HD2
Several users were disappointed when the very capable HTC HD2 wasn't updated to Windows Phone 7 and forced to remain on Windows Mobile 6.5. Especially when it had the hardware capable of running modern mobile operating systems. Luckily developers have managed to port the Android operating system to this once proud Windows Phone.If you want to try it out for yourself, check out the following guide shows you how to install Google's Android 2.2 on the HTC HD2.
NOTE - This process involves installing a custom ROM on hardware that may not have been originally intended for the software. The guide is recommended for advanced users only who understand the implications of installing custom ROMS. This process may result in your device getting bricked and this site or the creators of the port should not be held responsible for it.
The HD2 runs Windows Mobile 6.5 features a 4.3-inch display, 5MP camera with dual-LED flash and is powered by a 1GHz processor.
- Download MAGLDR 1.10
- - Download NAND Android ROM [ 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 ]
- - Extract MAGLDR
- Open the extracted folder
- Run ROMUpdateUtility.exe
- Connect your device over USB and make sure it's connected
- Click 'I Understand...' then 'Next' and follow the prompts.
- After setup device will reboot
- - When device reboots select '4. USB Flasher' from the menu which loads
- You can use the volume buttons to browse and Send (green) button to select.
- - Extract the NAND Android ROM file you downloaded in Step 02
- Open DAF.exe file from within the folder.
- Ensure your device is connected and run the file
- Wait while the device is connected and the ROM is flashed to your device.
- Your device should automatically reboot into Android.
If you have any issues with the installation please visit the XDA Developers forum here.
A detailed video guide is also available if you prefer
DJs
Even though the HTC HD2 is a fairly new device, it never got a chance to go beyond Windows Mobile 6.5 update. The hardware keys on the device were blamed for this, even though the internal hardware itself was capable of running Windows Phone 7.
[NOTE] This process involves installing a custom ROM on hardware that may not have been originally intended for the software. The guide is recommended for advanced users only who understand the implications of installing custom ROMS. This process may result in your device getting bricked and this site or the creators of the port should not be held responsible for it.
[NOTE] When installing WP7 your SD Card will be formatted during the installation process. Please make sure that you have made a backup of your SD Card prior to installing.
[GUIDE] How to install Windows Phone 7 on HTC HD2
Even though the HTC HD2 is a fairly new device, it never got a chance to go beyond Windows Mobile 6.5 update. The hardware keys on the device were blamed for this, even though the internal hardware itself was capable of running Windows Phone 7.Now we have a guide that will show you how to install Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 on your HTC HD2.
[NOTE] This process involves installing a custom ROM on hardware that may not have been originally intended for the software. The guide is recommended for advanced users only who understand the implications of installing custom ROMS. This process may result in your device getting bricked and this site or the creators of the port should not be held responsible for it.
[NOTE] When installing WP7 your SD Card will be formatted during the installation process. Please make sure that you have made a backup of your SD Card prior to installing.
- Download and install HSPL2 on your device
- To check your HSPL version hold the volume down button... press the power button (red phone button at bottom left) till phone reboots. ·
- You need HSPL2.08 or higher
- If you have to downgrade your SPL version in order to get to HSPL2.08 check here
- - Download and install Radio (Ver 1.12 or Ver 1.13)
[NOTE] Make sure you read up on the radio's and that the radio you select will work on your phone. Example...don't use a USA radio (1024 ROM) for a 512 (ROM). · - Get Radio (I used Leo_RADIO_2.14.50.02)
- Reboot Phone – press volume down button to enter boot loader
- Run CustomRUU (From Radio folder on PC)
- Follow instructions on PC screen
- You will notice on phone and PC that its installing
- - Download and install MagLDR (Ver 1.12 or Ver 1.13)
[NOTE] You need MagLDR 1.12 or higher - Reboot Phone – press volume down button to enter boot loader
- Run ROMUpdateUtility (From MagLDR folder on PC)
- Follow instructions on PC screen
- You will notice on phone and PC that its installing (It might wait a bit on 96% but don’t worry about that its normal)
- Boot into MagLDR by holding power button down
- - Download and install a WP7 ROM of your choice
- Enter MAGLDR loader by pressing and holding the "Power button" if you aren't already in it (End of Step 3). ·
- Choose point 5 - "USB Flasher" then press Green button
- Run DWI.exe (Vista/ W7 user should do that with administrator rights)
- Done, you have WP7 ROM on your device
- - Download and install Zune for Windows
- - Download and install the Windows Phone 7 SDK
Now that you have Windows Phone 7 installed on your HTC HD2, you can install XAP files of your choice on your device.
If you need further assistance installing Windows Phone 7, you can check out the following video guide.