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[Savo]

Hi I am no expert but managed to run Android for a few months from SD on my hd2 easily then made it the primary os, it was easy and worked well. Since Christmas I've been running WP7 with no problems at all, I phoned MS and told them I needed an activation code for my HD7 and they give me it :-) Once you find a good guide to follow the whole process becomes quite easy, I think I followed a tutorial on youtube. XDA forum is brilliant but takes a lot of reading. It is possible to have the phone dual boot WP7 and Android from a partition on the sd card. I LOVE my hd2 because of the amount of tweeking i've done on it

[Clippy]

So have you got WP7 working on your HD2?

Haven't tried yet - haven't had the time.

I wanted to get the WP7 authentication key first as didn't want a scenario where I upgraded and then couldn't get a key.

Also, I want to look at the instructions in more detail as I have a couple of other concerns/queries.

I'll update this thread when I have.

[Spacecadet]

Just wanted to feedback regarding this.

I called MS Support and managed to obtain a WP7 activation code by giving them the actual IMEI number for my HTC HD2 - result.

So have you got WP7 working on your HD2?

[Clippy]

1) Same thing I said about the IMEI number, just ring up their support & say you need your activation number for a HD7 (Important), then quote a HD7 IMEI. They'll give you a new activation code which will work on your HD2. You might have to edit your registry to act like it is a HD7 not a HD2 but I don't remember doing it.
2) Yep they do, not sure on Outlook, but it does include a nice email application.

Just wanted to feedback regarding this.

I called MS Support and managed to obtain a WP7 activation code by giving them the actual IMEI number for my HTC HD2 - result.

[ee61re]

Yes, removable storage once it's already been installed is not possible. But you can upgrade your storage by changing the SD card, it just means reinstalling the OS.

I think a hard reset is all that is required. That causes the OS to respan across whatever storage it finds.

Most of the currently available models do not have removable cards, but one or two do, although you have to remove the battery to do so.

[NotReallyButSeriously]

I thought the WP7 spec specifically disallowed removable storage.

Yes, removable storage once it's already been installed is not possible. But you can upgrade your storage by changing the SD card, it just means reinstalling the OS.

[d000hg]

I thought the WP7 spec specifically disallowed removable storage.

[NotReallyButSeriously]

Do the WP7 phones have sd card slots? I looked at one on 3 but all it had was 8gb of storage and no card slot. I think the hd2 had 16gb but I could be wrong. I think I'll be getting the Samsung Galaxy 2 when it is released - my first geeky android

Yes, well sort of. When WP7 is first installed it spans it file system over all available storage. So if you have a 16GB SD card in there when you install WP7 then you will have 16GB + whatever your phone has as standard. However if you remove the SD card the phone will fail to boot and you have to put it back in there or reinstall WP7.

A lot of cards are incompatible so it's mostly try & cross your fingers.

[Spacecadet]

Do the WP7 phones have sd card slots? I looked at one on 3 but all it had was 8gb of storage and no card slot. I think the hd2 had 16gb but I could be wrong. I think I'll be getting the Samsung Galaxy 2 when it is released - my first geeky android

AFAIK Windows 7 phones by design do not have sd card slots.
The HD2 does as do most win mo 6.5 phones

[BoredBloke]

Do the WP7 phones have sd card slots? I looked at one on 3 but all it had was 8gb of storage and no card slot. I think the hd2 had 16gb but I could be wrong. I think I'll be getting the Samsung Galaxy 2 when it is released - my first geeky android

[Spacecadet]

I can definitely recommend doing a factory reset on the phone if it's feeling a bit sluggish.
It will take a little while to get the setup back to how you like it but the performance boost makes it worthwhile

[Spacecadet]

Do you need this info?

I think I may have a record of it somewhere.

Just found it ta

[Clippy]

I forgot what the settings was to get iplayer working on the phone

Do you need this info?

I think I may have a record of it somewhere.

[Spacecadet]

I forgot what the settings was to get iplayer working on the phone

[Spacecadet]

Just did a hard reset on the phone to get it back to normal...
I forgot how fast it was when I first got it!

Just need to set up the IMAP accounts again and I'm all done