Hey folks, im thinking of buying an hd2 and i have a few questions. I have searched quite a bit about porting to android, but i have a few questions unanswered.
First off, can i unlock the hd2, port it, and then use it on att's network?
About the voice issues, are they fixed? i read up on it and i couldnt get a sure answer, all i read was it was a problem with the radio or something.
itsyasuperman said:
Hey folks, im thinking of buying an hd2 and i have a few questions. I have searched quite a bit about porting to android, but i have a few questions unanswered.
First off, can i unlock the hd2, port it, and then use it on att's network?
About the voice issues, are they fixed? i read up on it and i couldnt get a sure answer, all i read was it was a problem with the radio or something.
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You can use an unlocked HD2 on AT&T, but you won't have 3g. AT&T uses a different frequency for their 3g.
Most of the android builds I've tried work great. You will have to flash HardSPL onto your phone and flash on a new Android-friendly Windows Mobile ROM. Check out the ROM Development under the HD2 forum. There are several tutorials on how to do all this.
Currently there is no permanent ported android build yet as in nand.
The android its either running in your SD card or RAM.
With HTC HD2 you have dual boot to Winmo & Android.
Depending on Winmo ROM & Radio & Android build will get stability.
So you can try diff ROMs & build to test out.
Thank you for such a quick reply, so just to be clear the voice issue ive heard of is fixed? and i can unlock the phone and use it with att and put android on it as well? i dont use data much so 3g wont be missed much.
voice issue depends on the version of radio rom of ur HD2.
roughly told it is fixed (be frank, so far I haven't encountered this problem from my day 1 lol)
Honestly, why would you buy an HD2 if you want to run Android. As wonderful as the development here is, it will most likely never be as stable or bug free as a device which runs Android natively.
I'd much sooner buy an HTC EVO or Desire HD. In fact I'm tempted to try and sell my HD2 to get one.
I'm by no means trying to put down the work of the Devs, they do a fantastic job and are very close to what I would call a stable build for daily use. But seriously, you will find Android on the HD2 frustrating at the best of times when compared to a device which is designed to run it.
P.S - This should not be in the development forum.
hd2 running andriod
hi im new to the forum thing but i know a bit about phones the hd2 running android is a very good option for you there are a few issues still effecting hd2s at the moment one is mms cannot recieve or send mms (pic msgs)and the other issue is the bluetooth its not a major issue as you can get a blutooth app from the store i run a build that uses the ram of my phone to speed up the build and i havent had any problems with it as of yet and its a lot quicker if your new to flashing i would just put the build on a 8gb sd card (you need to set it up first )but its a lot quicker than the normal builds that run from the sd card
if you have any problems let me know and ill get a reply asap
Sentinel196 said:
Honestly, why would you buy an HD2 if you want to run Android. As wonderful as the development here is, it will most likely never be as stable or bug free as a device which runs Android natively.
I'd much sooner buy an HTC EVO or Desire HD. In fact I'm tempted to try and sell my HD2 to get one.
I'm by no means trying to put down the work of the Devs, they do a fantastic job and are very close to what I would call a stable build for daily use. But seriously, you will find Android on the HD2 frustrating at the best of times when compared to a device which is designed to run it.
P.S - This should not be in the development forum.
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I want an hd2 because its sort of a cheaper alternative for me to use than to buy a samsung captivate or vibrate, and its one of the few GSM phones with its kind of specs at its price. Also ill be switching carriers in 6 months so i just want to use it until then.
And everyone else, thanks for the info, you've been a great help and if i need help ill ask again, and i wont try to clutter the forums, i didint realize there was a Q&A forum, my bad lol
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867842
If you use AT&T get a AT&T phone. . . Not because of any real reason except native carrier devices really do work better.
I had a unlocked iPhone forever and no 3g sucks. Even if you don't use it much, it's a waste not to have it.
nemuro said:
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867842
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Wow, i wish i had seen this before, sorry for the post and thanks alot for the help
First of all, sorry if I post here but I'm not sure what section I should post.
I'm a very very happy owner of HTC hD2 currently running android on a custom rom and I wouldn't change it for any reason. My girlfirend, who owns a blackberry wants to switch to android and she asked me about a good phone.
What I'm looking for is a phone:
easily rootable
able to run custom android roms (i'm actually running american android, but another good one would be good as well)
able to use 16gb SD card
at least 3g but 4g is better.
she will use it with simple mobile (as I do)
doesn't have to be the newest, maybe something that can be found used.
Thank you very much
Hi
So far my three android phone that I owned were G1, G2, and G2x from Tmobile. They all had vanilla android which I love. Since G2X kept freezing and losing signal I returned it and I am going to buy Sensation next month.
I am a bit worried about going to Sense and I was wondering - in general, what are the chances of getting a vanilla android ROM available for a Sense phone ? I know it would take some time but is that something that was made available for other Sense phones in the past?
thanks
gulo101 said:
Hi
So far my three android phone that I owned were G1, G2, and G2x from Tmobile. They all had vanilla android which I love. Since G2X kept freezing and losing signal I returned it and I am going to buy Sensation next month.
I am a bit worried about going to Sense and I was wondering - in general, what are the chances of getting a vanilla android ROM available for a Sense phone ? I know it would take some time but is that something that was made available for other Sense phones in the past?
thanks
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i know i will be working on it as soon as we crack the boot loader porting the latest gingerbread aosp to sensation and it will take time to do but i think its possible.
gulo101 said:
Hi
So far my three android phone that I owned were G1, G2, and G2x from Tmobile. They all had vanilla android which I love. Since G2X kept freezing and losing signal I returned it and I am going to buy Sensation next month.
I am a bit worried about going to Sense and I was wondering - in general, what are the chances of getting a vanilla android ROM available for a Sense phone ? I know it would take some time but is that something that was made available for other Sense phones in the past?
thanks
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Once the bootloaders is unlock, and we have the device S-OFF, just about anything will be possible! Until then, it's a long road ahead.
sweet, thanks for the replies. I knew it would take a while but as long as someone will work on it I am ok waiting
I'm an avid cyanogen fan, from my nexus. I now currently own an incredible s and I am surprisingly pleased with sense, I think you will too. Tho admittedly I did eventually swap back to launcher pro for the feel and customizability
Still hanging for release and bootloader unlock of sensation tho
Rellikzephyr
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gulo101 said:
Hi
So far my three android phone that I owned were G1, G2, and G2x from Tmobile. They all had vanilla android which I love. Since G2X kept freezing and losing signal I returned it and I am going to buy Sensation next month.
I am a bit worried about going to Sense and I was wondering - in general, what are the chances of getting a vanilla android ROM available for a Sense phone ? I know it would take some time but is that something that was made available for other Sense phones in the past?
thanks
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I had a G2X also, what a piece of junk and am planning on the Sensation.
Until they have roms just use ADW or Launcher Pro, I had a Samsung with touch wiz a couple of years ago and used one of the launcher mentioned earlier to get rid of the touch wiz ui.
Hi... I've been using a DInc for almost a year and a half; running rooted and CM7. I love the phone, love Cyanogenmod. I am in the market for a 4G phone - will probably give the DInc to my son. I am looking for a 4G Verizon phone with stable Gingerbread or ICS ROM's available. I would like to be able to root it and run an alternative ROM, preferably Cyanogenmod. I'm not seeing much that meets my needs in the CM supported devices area. Does anyone have any suggestions for Verizon 4G phones that are root/mod friendly? Thanks in advance!
Hi,
Basically I'm friendly with the rooting and tinkering side of Android (ROM's, OC, Flashing etc..) on Samsung devices, however I have a friend who is new to Android and really caring about what phone you have (previously had a Blackberry:/), since I got him into phones and how they work and stuff, hes decided to buy a HTC One S. After seeing my rooted S3 and all the cool stuff I've done, he really wants to do this on his One S. I offered to do it for him and look into things, however the whole HTC way of things is really alien to me. I hear things about how its impossible to root and flash ROMs as its carrier locked its impossible to unlock its bootloader and stuff. So I was basically going to ask (sorry if already asked on the forum just don't have much time to do it) how can I root his HTC One S, locked on Vodafone UK, so he can flash custom ROMs and OC and stuff? If it's even possible..
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks