This is a discussion & also support thread for ppl who are going to flash or has flashed WP7.5 Mango on their good old HD2

The how to is on xda dev link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236027

another complimentary thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246040
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249925

This is the proof of running WP7.5 Mango unlocked on HD2



Feel free to join the thread ...



This post has been edited by cruzzmz: Sep 6 2011, 11:08 PM

Step 1
How to install Windows Phone 7 on HTC HD2
Video by Jayce Ooi

Step 2
How to upgrade from Windows Phone 7 to Mango (7.5) on HTC HD2
Video by Jayce Ooi

How to remove it back to Windows Mobile 6.5
Download official rom, reflash in TriColor boot,

[Guide]Activate Via Chat(with proof)

--more post will be updated later--

This post has been edited by enCORe: Sep 19 2011, 03:54 PM

Is this ROM stable? Buggy?
Grateful for a brief intro;)

good for everyday use

Thanks. XDA still reporting bugs. Thinking of buying a used HD2 to flash WP7

good idea
HD2 still the best from the best

Heard that Mango on HD2 have massive battery drain bug. Is this already fixed?

This is my main bottleneck in purchasing an HD2 now.

p/s: Now having question, lets say I partitioned my microSD card and dual boot the HD2 with Android n WP7. Does the phone can still detect the files on other partition, eg, songs in my android partition detected in WP7, and vice versa.

theres a patch to unlock sd card partition for 7.5, however reading music files from SD is incapable due WP7 limitation, so Zune sync is necessary (AFAIK)

Wow. Thats a bummer. Having to maintain 2 sets of library really makes dual booting not a viable choice for me now.

Been dying to try WP7, but the glaring limitations still held it back from being a powerhouse OS. Thats why I hope that HD2, via the dual boot scheme can somehow make things more feasible.

Just my 2c, and have to clarify, I'm not saying android is better etc2, every os have their own sets of advantages and weakness. And I'm not an android fag, heck I do love Symbian more

Still, who am I kidding, I'll still gonna buy this beast! (Have some sweet spot for old, but still powerful gadgets ha3)

I'm using WP7 Mango 7720, can confirm for my case that standby battery time is very good after the camera trick. However, when under moderate-to-heavy load, the phone tends to heat up a lot and suck battery relatively fast. I'd say for standby, it's on par with HD2 Android NAND. For under load, it should consume about 30-50% more battery than Android NAND.

With full push email, constant 3G/WiFi on, about 20 messages and about half an hour heavy web browsing (reading multiple news using Weave quickly, opening a lot of web pages), the phone can last me 18 hours and still have 30% of juice left. If used for really heavy usage, the battery will definitely be gone fast. Putting the phone under load for too long will also cause the phone to overheat SUPER fast and it's SUPER hot.

Tried to download 300MB worth of maps in Navigation app before. Around 30MB (which was about half an hour) later, the phone was super super hot.

Btw, for the new Mango I don't think you can partition your SD card for WP7 and Android. But you can always use a 2nd SD card and run Android using SD. I'm using that method, I'm using Android mainly for GPS navigation when needed only.

zero_kbom
Nokia roadmap is going WP7, Symbian does offer lotsa usabilty but Android Market is like catalog overwhelming

xcen
IC.., great 7.5 review btw
Ya, swapping SD card is alot recommended instead using the same card for dual boot purpose, safe & easy

And to whoever that is going to try Mango on your phone, I strongly suggest you flash back to stock ROM first, and then format your SD card. I did those things and my update process went 100% smoothly, I didn't need to do the MAGLDR hard reset or anything.

I saw a lot of people in the xda thread with various problems so I guess it's better to be safe than sorry.

willing to wait till the rom got mature enough
a million thanks in advance for bug reporter!

Updated - Jayce Ooi post on how to upgrade Mango

In few month Mango rom should be available, hence installation might easy as Windows Phone 7 installation

Can I dual boot WP7.5 with Android like the old WP7 after unlocking the SD card?

lucass
check out here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279538


SD card may not working after removing the memory card, Have you may try repartition with Mini Tool parition wizard ?

I used the storage tool way and it worked. Now in currently running WP7.5 and Android 2.3.5 MIUI.

Which instructions did you follow? I'm interested to dual boot them in a single card too, less hassle.

Erm. Sorry, I can't really remember. I remembered sending a special file in to auto partition the memory card to 4GB\4GB. Then I pushed an app called storage lock.

I'll check on it and get back to you.

i'm a mango user, 1sti time experience here
any links where i can download games or gps software?