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Comparison of the HTC HD2 and HTC HD7 running WP7

January 14, 2011 | By Surur

HDBlog.it have published this above video showing a guide to installing Windows phone 7 on the HTC HD2 (and are also hosting the rom on their website, for those looking), and have also spent some time comparing the performance of both devices.

Interestingly, while the HTC HD2 is pretty fast, it is still somewhat laggy on occasion compared to the HTC HD7, showing that more than a bit of optimization went into the HTC HD7 before its release.

Read the post at HDBlog.it here.

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HTC HD2 WP7 hack–now with working Marketplace, Live services

January 13, 2011 | By Surur

The HTC HD2 Windows Phone 7 hack has just become more useful, with ceesheim describing a pretty simple registry hack which identifies the HTC HD2 and the HTC HD7, and then allows activation of the device.

The hack required editing the registry, which requires the device to be developer unlocked, but if you are going to load a new ROM on your HTC HD2 I doubt that is very intimidating.

Read full instructions at XDA-Developers here.

Via WPCentral.com

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Windows Phone 7 HTC HD2 port completed, cloud services still not working

January 13, 2011 | By Surur

The Dark Forces Team have completed their port of Windows Phone 7 to the HTC HD2. The software appears to be fully working, except for Microsoft’s cloud services such as Xbox Live and Windows Live Sync and Marketplace, but does bring things like 720P video recording to the device.

The download is available for logged in users at the DarkForces Team website here.

Via WPCentral.com

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Windows phone 7 on HTC HD2 runs into cloud services snag

November 24, 2010 | By Surur

Famous ROM hacker Cotulla has announced on Twitter that the Windows phone 7 hack for the HTC HD2 is close to release, but it might not matter much.

He notes that "GSM, GPRS, Camera, GSensor, USB, SD, BT, WLAN, etc" were working, but that, due to Microsoft’s hardware locking of the OS to the motherboard, none of the cloud services, like Zune, marketplace and Xbox Live was working.

Calling it mostly a demo, he notes "It will be released soon, but don’t expect anything from it – without Live services it’s not really usable ".

It seems to get a fully functioning port much more than a leaked ROM image will be needed, but more likely a fully functioning low level jailbreak.

Follow Cotulla on Twitter here.

Via Pocketnow.com

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The dream come true? Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD2!

November 6, 2010 | By Surur

It appears some Chinese hackers have achieved what has been thought to be nearly impossible – Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD2!

The video above is much more convincing that previous mock-ups we have seen, going from boot all the way to proper interaction and multi-touch.

The XDA.CN forum appears to have an active hacking community working on the port, which will hopefully spill over into an English version very soon.

Of course with Windows Phone 7 being a much more locked down OS than before a hacked ROM may not be able to access features such as Zune and Marketplace, but getting the OS up and running is a major achievement in itself, given the discouraging news we have heard previously.

I for one cant wait to give it a try.

Via Pocketnow.com

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HTC HD2 booting Windows Phone 7?

October 8, 2010 | By Surur

Has Windows Phone 7 been hacked to run on the HTC HD2? The device certainly has the horse power, and of course the specs are virtually the same as the current crop of Windows Phone 7 devices, but readers who follow the progress of the project on XDA- Developers know it has been hard going, with Da_G recently admitting prospects were dim.

This video however filmed by renowned ROM hacker Cotulla however appears to show the goal is in reach, with the device booting from the MAGLD bootloader.

Is it real? Who can say at the moment, but as they say, in an infinite universe anything is possible

Via the Tomorrow may Never Come blog.

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Windows Phone 7 Vs Windows Mobile 6.5.5

September 24, 2010 | By WenWP

Well Pocketnow has been pushing out video demos of Windows Phone 7 and now we have a video comparing the old to the new. In the video Brandon has an HD2 running 6.5.5 with a custom ROM, like everyone else, and using basic Snese UI without cookie.

The video comparison seems to cover everything, so I will just let you guys watch and enjoy. Do not forget to comment and tell us if its “out with the old and in with the new” for you.

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Black GTX For SPB In The Building And Updated

September 23, 2010 | By WenWP

GTX is one of the best looking theme that I personally have ever had running on my HD2, well now imagine that but in all black. This change has been made by doc3000, who took the basic GTC aspects and changed it to give the user a blacked out looking design. Unlike the original GTX this is for SPB, so that limits who can really use it.

This theme is very well made, looks nice and will go with the HD2’s black build but I do not think I will be using it. I love the black and white too much on my HD2 but that is just because no one else that I know has it.

If this black look is something you have been waiting for… Download it and comment with your thoughts.

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HTC Sense From Desire ROM Video Walkthrough

September 22, 2010 | By WenWP

Well many of you wanted to know a bit more about the video made by Darkstone that was set to private after some time, well now Pocketnow has the solution for us. The video was produced by my friend Brandon and pretty much goes through the Build, and more importantly the new Sense.

Now since we know what Sense will look like in Windows Phone 7, we really do not want it, but there is nothing wrong with humoring others.

Enjoy

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Desire HD ROM Port Now Available

September 20, 2010 | By WenWP

We usually like to keep our Android news apart from each other but since there was much interest in the previous article, we though we should let you know of this. Just released today by Darkstone, you can finally download and use the Desire HD ROM that was unveiled last week. HTC has been cracking down on the leaked ROM and seemingly asking people to take down the links, but they got it a bit too late since Dark had a go at it.

His port seems to work fast on the video and here is a little information he provided:

HTC Desire HD build for HTC HD2 by darkstone (Beta 2):
Easier to list whats NOT working:
- Camera (app closes itself)
- Ebook reader (E-Books do not open)
- Ringtones (Unable to select a ringtone, get a force close error)
- Video playback from SD card is slow, needs rectifying
- LED Notifications are bizzare, sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t
// Creates a 1gb data.img (takes a long time to make on first boot, be patient. No, the HD2 has not crashed despite what the screen looks like! Wait 10 minutes or so.)
// Don’t worry about FB console not showing, that’s normal
// This shouldn’t really be considered as a build for daily usage, still experimental
// Copy the Android folder to SD card, run CLRCAD.EXE and haret.exe on your HD2
Git diff patches included, Thanks to gauner1986 for sharing his patch (and also correcting my mistake with PPPD )!
Thanks to mattc for support!
Thanks to football for the dump!
Thanks to the usual suspects at #htc-linux and #htc-linux-chat!
Kernel Tree: http://www.gitorious.com/linux-on-wi…x_on_wince_htc (Kernel compiled on 19/09/2010 by darkstone)
Diff patches used in the kernel provided are included in the build, found in the /Android/diff/ folder.

So if this all interests you, head over to Xda to talk and download it at his site.

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PS3 jailbreak demoed using an HTC HD2

September 13, 2010 | By Surur

There seems to be a fashion at the moment for jailbreaking PS3’s using odd electronics, including TI-84 calculators and Palm Pre’s.

We thought we would let HTC HD2 owners know that they do not have to be left out of the party.

Raddicon has uploaded the instructions for using the HTC HD2 for the process, which includes loading a special Android partition.

The instructions are:

Extract the Android folder on the root of your SD card.
Run CLRCAD.exe and haret.exe in the Android folder on your HD2. Boot the build until at home screen, ensure screen remains on.
Plug in the HD2 USB cable in to the Playstation 3 whilst the Playstation is turned off from mains.
Turn Playstation 3 mains power on.
Press the Power button on the Playstation then the Eject button as soon as the Power has been turned on.
And that should be it
Copy the backup-manager to an USB-stick and connect it to the PS3
Install the backup-manager in the “game” menu

Full details and downloads can be found at xda-developers.com here.

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HD2 Now Can Take Locked Pictures, But With An App

September 11, 2010 | By WenWP

One of the cool things we have seen in all these demo videos is the ability for WP7 to take pictures while the device is lock. That is a very nice concept and it seems the person that brought us the video brought us this news about the xda application development. This news come from Pocketnow who were tipped of this new XDA application called Camera lock button. Created by MilaCzeque and available to all HD2 owners, it does just what WP7 can do, by letting you press the home button twice while locked and your taken to the camera app and returned to the lock screen after.

If I took many pictures with the HD2’s great Camera, I would actually get this, but I have found myself taking less and less as time goes on and have become a little conservative on the matter.

If you on the other hand find taking pictures on your device an hourly thing, download this and let us know how it goes.

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