How To: Run Android on Your Windows Mobile Phone
February 8, 2010 in Featured, How To's, Windows Phone How To's
So you have a Windows Mobile device and you would like to try out Android on it? No problem thanks to the guys over at XDADevelopers.
I. Before You Begin
1. Right now, this ONLY works on the following HTC phones:
HD (Blackstone)
Touch Diamond
Touch Pro (and Fuze)
Touch Diamond2
Touch Pro2 (and Tilt2)
2. This runs off of your SD card as a program so no worries about messing with your phone’s internal systems.
3. There are a lot of features that don’t currently work in Android for Windows Mobile so do not ask when they will work. They will work when the devs figure out how to get them to work (like Bluetooth and the camera for example). You can check back at our Windows Mobile Downloads section and click on the download link to see if the app has been updated and features have been added.
II. Download the Necessary Files
1. Download HTC Xdandroid from our downloads section:
Windows Mobile Application Downloads
2. Save the .cab file to your SD card.
III. Install and Run Android
1. Install the file by double clicking on the .cab file you just downloaded in your phone’s file explorer.
2. When asked where to install it, make sure to install it on the SD Card, not the phones internal memory.
3. Once it is installed, simply goto your phone’s Program Files menu and click on the Android icon to start Android (the first time you run it will take over 5 minutes to boot up, but after that it will be faster).
4. Enjoy!
the_sleeve said on February 8, 2010
If they get this going for the HD2 I might just have to get one
Khalid ali said on July 16, 2011
is there any one who tell me about that problem while iam installing zdandroid in my htc touch diamond phone, its always give an error that “you must have to unzip rootfs”, so could you help me and mail me my hotmail account “khalid_k8629@hotmail.com”
Y314K said on February 9, 2010
Guess this won’t be a good enough solution for Android on a HD2…
Still too many bugs & missing features…
Don’t forget the Gen.Y.DualBoot App…
http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/01/28/dual-booting-android-on-a-windows-mobile-smartphone/
Almost went with a HD2 but I don’t think it would make for a good Android experience…
Any chance of the guyz @ XDA figuring out how to fully install Android on the HD2 & getting rid of Wimo on it all together… Dual Boot would not be bad if it was full featured Android……
TheUnlockr said on February 9, 2010
Y314K,
Yea, I found out that Gen.y is actually a UI for the XDAndroid program I posted here, it just allows for a nice UI when booting up to choose your OS or decide which OS to boot into automatically.
I figured the less steps the better for most people, and the XDAndroid page I linked to updates regularly and the Gen.Y doesn’t seem to.
Still a very cool program and if anyone wants to use it instead just follow Y314K’s link above.
Thanks man!
Y314K said on February 9, 2010
yeah… Anything that makes it auto can’t be that bad… Since it’s just a Boot App/Boot UI… Updating is not needed as much… At least so far… From the models that are capable of running the HTC XDAndroid…
Another thing why I might go with the Nexus One instead of the HD2… If you look at PhoneDog’s HD2 vs. Nexus One… The screen quality on the Nexus one is much better.. like 25% better(pulls % out of hat)…
See for your self…
http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-videos/dogfight-hd2-v-nexus-one-1.aspx
http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-videos/dogfight-hd2-v-nexus-one-pt-2.aspx
What u think UnLockr…
sunny said on February 10, 2010
Android can work on htc tilt 8925 or not
adam said on February 13, 2010
what should the boot up look like, after i click on haret i get the linux with all the words and shit and the screen goes black but the backlight doesnt go off and just stays like that
yumjello said on March 2, 2010
@sunny You can run android on the first att tilt 8925. I was running it with haret on my tilt before upgrading to the tilt 2.
DK said on March 25, 2010
Yes, this type of phone is going to common now.
Dual System: Windows and Google Android. I see a cell phone on CNDIGIT’s website, they provides the model call Diamond T5353. Which has Dual System (windows and google android), GPS and WIFI etc..
dave said on April 13, 2010
lets show the hd2 some android love…im a die hard android fan but I had to get the hd2…can some one please let me know when this will work on the hd2 then I will be the happiest guy on earth
jid said on April 18, 2010
can i just ask which android version it is. 1.6 or 2.1?
Robert G said on April 24, 2010
hey unlockr,
WILL THIS WORK FOR THE NEW HTC HD2
TheUnlockr said on April 24, 2010
Robert G,
Not yet…
ROBERT G said on April 28, 2010
HEY UNLOCKRS,
IS THERE ANY WAY U CAN PUT IPHONE LOCKSCREENS ON THE HTC HD2 OR MUSIC PLAYERS
baLLA773 said on June 14, 2010
hey i got it to run on the touch pro 2 tmobile version but i have no signal and it dont even complete the search for network what do i do
em said on June 28, 2010
will i be able to install and run the android market apps after installing this to my HTC tilt 2?
Chris said on July 29, 2010
baLLA773,
i had the same problem with my HTC TP2 for sprint but there is a certain way you need to start your phone. one guy told me to take the SD card out but that didn’t work so i just tampered with the SD card and taking it in and out while booting the phone up and i eventually got it.
ry said on October 24, 2010
you need to change the log in the startup file before you run haret.
Josh said on October 27, 2010
A more current step-by-step Android installation guide: http://goo.gl/BnWs
Anthony said on October 31, 2010
Whenever it tells me to press the android to begin, i press it, and nothing happens?
Koolaid142 said on April 18, 2011
i did this but it says no network when i boot it up. is this cause i have att. i did this on my att tilt 2. anyway 2 fix this?
Harindra T said on June 28, 2011
Touch Diamond does not consist of memory slot, it’s only 4Gb of internal memory. Then how to follow these steps??? Pls copy your reply to harindra.t@gmail:disqus .com too
Thank you