HD2 Windows Phone 7

Things you will need

1. HTC HD2 that is charged to at least 50%.
2. Data sync cable.
3. If you are on Win XP, you must have Active Snyc installed. Vista and Win7 dont need additional software.
4. SD Card (the card will be formatted!).
5. Only some Radio's seem to work. I used 2.15.50.14 (Download from here).
6. Download the WP7 ROM and MAGDLR from here.
7. Make sure you have HardSPL on your HD2. You can read about what it is and download it from XDA Forums.
8. Bottle of Mountain Dew.

Installation Steps

1. Connect your HD2 to your PC. Make sure the Connection Type is set to ActiveSync (these options usually pop up on your phone when connect the cable.
2. To check if its connected via ActiveSnyc, Windows Mobile Device Center should pop up (for Win7 and Vista users) or MS ActiveSync should pop up (for XP users).
3. Open up the folder where you saved the Radio. Double click the CustomRUU.exe
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. After the reboot, open the Win7 ROM file you downloaded above. There should be 2 folders. Open the MAGLDR112 first. Run the ROMUpdateUtility.exe.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions.
7. Once it reboots again, it will go into MAGDLR...after a few seconds, you will see a list of options. Use the Volume rocker to move down to the 5th option (USB Flasher) and select it. It will then say "Waiting for USB"
8. Open up the Win7 ROM rar and open the LEO70_ROM folder. Run DWI.exe
9. Follow the on-screen instructions.
10. If you did all of the above, when the last step is complete, the phone should boot into Windows Phone 7 !!! Enjoy...

Troubleshooting

Here are some of the problems I ran into whilst flashing

1. When it was loading WP7, on the phone it goes through 4 steps...mine failed at step 4...some formatting error. To fix this, you need to re-load your original ROM and start again from step 1 above. Before proceeding, take out your Micro SD and plug it into your PC and format it. That helped me.

Revival

Almost a year since I posted...seemed like flashing my HD2 to Windows Phone 7 would serve as a good revival of this blog.

I have had my HD2 for about 14 months only. Since then, it has seen varied WinMo 6.5 ROM's like Chucky, Artemis, Stellar and others. A couple of months ago, I loaded Froyo 2.2 on it and have been dual booting. Froyo is pretty cool. The icon set is brilliant for the display. There are some lag issues but seeing as how the phone isn't even supposed to have Froyo on it, the lag issues were tolerable.

Windows Phone 7 was released a few months back and with a slew of new phones. I had my eye on the HTC HD7 but before it got launched, I made an impulse buy of the Samsung Galaxy Tab (hope to review that too) and my purchase was put off.

However, thanks to the members of the Dark Forces Team, a new stable WP7 ROM has been released for the HD2. A guide and my feedback will appear in the Reviews section shortly (if all goes well!)

3 for 3 ?

So, it was recently announced the governments proposal for the GST is postponed.

This comes after the cancellation of the tiered fuel system and the reintroduction of the RPGT late last year.

As far as I can see, things aren't looking good for the current administration. The infamous Khir Toyo came out saying that our PM is smart for trying new things and postponing them after listening to the voices of the Rakyat.

While I do agree with the concept of new ideas to help, especially the lower income groups, what I don't understand is suggesting something that even a common person can tell you is a crazy idea. Even the MyKad is not perfected. I can't find one person who agreed that the tiered fuel system would have been a good idea. How much time and money went into that?

Toll Traffic...

Now that I work in Glenmarie, I have to use the toll twice a day and there is something that baffles me. The queue at the cash lane.

I don't get it. Fine, if you want to argue that the SmartTag cost about 100 bucks to get, I understand. But as far as I know, the Touch N Go card is virtually free. Why don't more people just get that?

I save AT LEAST 20 minutes of travelling time by not paying cash and using a SmartTag.

Surely the queue can't be caused purely by people wanting receipts or not having enough on their Touch N Go?

Molotov-ing and Stonings...

Are you guys nuts ?

Seriously, what does this damage accomplish? You're angry over the use of a word Allah? I can relate to the anger if people were using it wrongly or in an insulting manner but because just because a non-Muslim is saying it?

So, that means you should result to violence? And that does what for you? Push you up to a higher plane? You think your God is pleased at your actions?

I read a comment that I thought was very spot on from a buddy of mine :

"Burn a church, burn a mosque, burn a temple, burn a gudwara, heck burn it all, label it a 1Malaysia excercise. Muhibbah eh? Then you'll all be even. Job done."

What the hell is going on...

NameWee Goes After TNB...

Typical response from TNB...