Hey All
I have a requirement for setting up a dual boot on the HTC Hero using the SD Card for the 2nd OS.
I've looked around and have come across the Dual Booting for the Windows Mobile and Android on the HTC HD2 and was hoping somebody might be able to point me in the right direction archiving this on an Hero.
I'm not looking to run both OS at the same time, ie not running Ubuntu/Debian via a loop device.
So if anyone knows of any good guides for editing the Boot.img, i thinking that where the magic gonna happen, i might be wrong, please i would very much like to hear from you.
Many Thanks
c0mput3
ubuntu in its present form simply will not run. cmd based linux is a possibility for many mobile devices, as has been prooved by cmd linux on iphone os.
I wouldnt know about how to go about this though.
Speak to kendon over on Villainrom forums.I think hes probably the one to talk to as im sure he said ubuntu is possible
Many thanks Bonesy, checking that now. =)
Status?
... and what was the end result?
There is a thread on the villianrom forum for running ubuntu/debian alongside android though I'm still waiting for a new SD card before I try it. I would link but its still down, any ETAs for it being back up yet, I understand it might take a while?
i saw there are windows mobile and android dual boot built into HD2 out there?
how did they do that? is there a finished built here ?
citrix80 said:
i saw there are windows mobile and android dual boot built into HD2 out there?
how did they do that? is there a finished built here ?
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Dude, seriously? You passed right by the thread that said HD2 android Development. Im not trying to be mean, but, in the words of the immortal James Brown, "Get down!"
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Dude, seriously? You passed right by the thread that said HD2 android Development. Im not trying to be mean, but, in the words of the immortal James Brown, "Get down!"
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hey you sir. no rush.
I was talking about those has a built in boot menu with a picture that shows a button boot windows mobile or andriod. for instance, i click windows mobile, it boot up energy rom or something like artemis 41.0, i click on andriod it boot into [Kernel Hastarin #R8].
omg seriously?
i think he's talking about excellers boot loader
^^_
go figure
i found it. this should be it.
http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/01/...ual-boot-solution-for-windows-mobile-android/
but how to put 2 different version window mobile and android ?
it only loads winmo and shows that screen. then, if touch android icon, haret is launched. if you touch win icon, nothing happens but close that screen and run desktop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623792
hey you sir. no rush.
I was talking about those has a built in boot menu with a picture that shows a button boot windows mobile or andriod. for instance, i click windows mobile, it boot up energy rom or something like artemis 41.0, i click on andriod it boot into [Kernel Hastarin #R8].
download and flash one of the latest energy roms, they very nice, fast and android friendly........ download your favorite android build, extract to desctop and just copy de android folder to the root of your sd card......... boot windows, go to start>tools and youll see the android icon to boot direct into android. you can even go for one of the chucky roms..... the latest one will boot strait to android of course if you want android as your main OS.
try energy (latest) and phireMOD skinnyEVO v1.7 with radio 2.12.50.xx.x
matutemhn said:
hey you sir. no rush.
"""""""""I was talking about those has a built in boot menu with a picture that shows a button boot windows mobile or andriod. for instance, i click windows mobile, it boot up energy rom or something like artemis 41.0, i click on andriod it boot into [Kernel Hastarin #R8]."""""""""""
download and flash one of the latest energy roms, they very nice, fast and android friendly........ download your favorite android build, extract to desktop and just copy de android folder to the root of your sd card......... boot windows, go to start>tools and youll see the android icon to boot direct into android. you can even go for one of the chucky roms..... the latest one will boot strait to android of course if you want android as your main OS.
try energy (latest) and phireMOD skinnyEVO v1.7 with radio 2.12.50.xx.x
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dont forget to turn auto backlights off and kill all tasks on WM before booting android.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9124573&posted=1#post9124573
go to this thread for good working apn settings after you boot android.
Have a Sprint TP2. Had Android running off my SD card last year and ready to try it again. My main computer is Win 7 64-bit, but I have access to other computers with Win 7 32-bit, and possibly another with XP if it is necessary.
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A few questions, if you please.
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I) To get a *complete* backup of my phone, I can use SPB Backup, right? (Will allow me to get *everything* back the way it is right now?)
II) Recommended Android ROMs are OMGB and GBX0*?
III) For OMBG:
.....1) I need to have ADB working (I installed it last night)
.....2) The readme said I needed to "have all the drivers installed". I don't know what that means.
.....3) The "How-To" also said I "must have Fastboot working".
.......a) Where do I get this? From here?
.......b) Is it difficult to install and/or run?
.......c) Found this, but no idea what it means
IV) For GBX0*, I need to download and install ClockworkMod Recovery. Where do I get this? From here?
You'll need the same things for Android NAND. They both require fastboot, and some sort of recovery. I prefer CWM.
Edit - Your links are pretty much all wrong. You should be getting pretty much everything from here.
Use whatever ROM you desire. Fastboot and CWM are agnostic to ROM.
For any NAND ROM to work, you need adb working. If adb works, fastboot *should* work.
Fastboot flashes from the NBH. If you flash the NBH for Android, you have fastboot (installed on the phone...)
It is a little difficult/tricky. Not for the feint of heart. Read a lot, test a lot, before you flash anything. Make sure you know the process and what you need to do.
Most importantly perhaps is a fully charged battery. I've seen a few users get stuck in fastboot mode because they let their battery die - and now without CWM or WinMo, the phone won't charge. Don't want to be in that situation.
If battery life is most important to you then OMGB is the way to go. If you need native tethering then GBX is the way to go. I use GBX as my daily. Either way read the threads, and you can see the features that work on either.
I am trying to get my Rhod 250 prepped. I have the flash program to unlock the Hard-SPL but the phone will not connect via USB and I am fairly certain attempting a flash over Bluetooth would brick the phone. I have tried disabling Advanced Network Functionality and have also tried installing the .cab file found in another thread but neither have made a difference. I am running Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate, and the Rhod is showing up as Unknown USB Device.
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I am trying to get my Rhod 250 prepped. I have the flash program to unlock the Hard-SPL but the phone will not connect via USB and I am fairly certain attempting a flash over Bluetooth would brick the phone. I have tried disabling Advanced Network Functionality and have also tried installing the .cab file found in another thread but neither have made a difference. I am running Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate, and the Rhod is showing up as Unknown USB Device.
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Please make sure ADB works before you flash anything.
You need to do the unlock before you can flash any unsigned images regardless. HSPL is the first thing before flashing anything - custom WinMo ROM or Android.
Welcome to my tutorial !
You can find others tutorials related to the Cube i6 :
Install windows 10
Install Android 4.4.4 (Stock & RemixOS)
I received the magnificent AllDoCube i6 Air 3G last week, and i've been struggling since to get updates,
firmware flashing and all of that working, I searched the whole web and the drivers/Firmwares are nowhere to find,
but on some chinese proxy-needed sites sometimes, or baidu which is a pain in the a** to download from.
So I decided to share the ways to update this tablet at all costs (heh, no worries, -NORMALLY- it wont brick)
Disclamer: This process might contain ROM hacking, this is for advanced users.
THIS TUTORIAL HAS BEEN TESTED ON i632GB1537XXXXXXX MODEL, AND WORKS ON IT,
WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT i632GB1522XXXXXXX MODEL BRICKED UPON DOING IT,
SO PLASE DO IT CAREFULLY, IF THE INSTALL VERSION IS 202 YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE TRIYING AS IT COULD BRICK!
Software included may be subject to copyright.
Flash your device at your own risk. Developer is not responsible for what you do on your device.
What you need:
Cube i6 Air (3G or Wifi)
Flash Drive (256Mo +)
OTG cable
USB Hub (3 Ports recommended)
EFI BIOS Firmware
DOWNLOAD THE FIRMWARE BEFORE STARTING SO EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE WHEN YOU DO IT
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8YPw4HjmqNCZktOZy1OTEN2ZVE&usp=sharing
Get on the drive, go to your device folder, select the wanted version inside BIOS folder
What to do :
1.) Start by plugging the usb drive into your computer, and format it to FAT32 using any formatting tool
2.) Now you need to uncompress the downloaded firmware :
you will find a "Firmware_X.X.X" folder inside, take all of its content, and extract it to your freshly formatted drive.
here's what looks like the root of your usb:
3.) Your USB Drive is ready, now just plug the OTG cable to your tablet, plug your HUB onto that OTG
and fill it with your keyboard and the USB Drive just created.
4.) Press power button until you see the screen backlight, when you see it repeatidely smash "Esc" key on the connected keyboard.
You will see the bios 6 square configuration screen.
Hit "Boot Manager" and select your USB in the list.
5.) The tablet should now boot from your USB, booting to a UEFI Shell. Depending on your device, it might be either 64 or IA32.
Now you just let startup.nsh script do the firmware flashing init, it should drive you to a flashing BIOS screen.
6.) Follow instructions on screen and let the tool flash your BIOS automatically.
Once done, the tablet will shut down.
Congrats! You successfully updated your BIOS !
It is my first tutorial, i will post some photos of steps in the future so come back, the guide will be better soon !
Regards,
Max.
Hi,
I have bought the Cube i6 Air 3G a week ago and i'm still waiting for it to arrive.
Have you update the win 8.1 to win 10?
Does everything works correctly?
Regards
re
Hi, I successfully updated the BIOS as of now,
I changed the bootloader animation to nexus one on Cube ROM.
I also manager to boot on Android x86 but it had too many drivers issues.
Still, 4.4.4 stock cube is working and i reflashed to a new partition scheme of 9Go
and i'm currently testing some win10 pen drives for install, will keep you updated.
Édit: oh you were asking about thé tablet? Weil jack has default, charging takes hours, glass is plastic, firmware is pain but hell this is a goodamn good tablet for its price !
regards,
Max
stalker2106 said:
i'm currently testing some win10 pen drives for install, will keep you updated.
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I achieved installing Win10 x32 Pro on Cube i6 Through hacking WinPE installation environnement, but now i'm struggling finding the drivers. touchscreen, battery and vital things like hd graphics are not working as of now. Will post a tutorial on how to install Win10 in given time when i'll get out of this mess!
My tablet has arrived yesterday.
From what the little i've used it, it has good performance especially in android.
A lot faster compared to my last android tablet (Cube U39GT).
Something i didn't like was the size of the icons and text in android, my next step is to root and change the dpi.
Regarding windows 10, i found in a chinese tablets blog with win 8 and 10 drivers.
I haven't tested it, but as soon as i find it again, i will let you know where to download them from.
You haven't tried the normal win 10 upgrade? From the microsoft icon?
gtbr said:
My tablet has arrived yesterday.
From what the little i've used it, it has good performance especially in android.
A lot faster compared to my last android tablet (Cube U39GT).
Something i didn't like was the size of the icons and text in android, my next step is to root and change the dpi.
Regarding windows 10, i found in a chinese tablets blog with win 8 and 10 drivers.
I haven't tested it, but as soon as i find it again, i will let you know where to download them from.
You haven't tried the normal win 10 upgrade? From the microsoft icon?
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I did not try anything as i like "stock" versions of my windows, but tonight i got it working all the way !
My cube i6 is running perfectly windows 10 and oh my god what a paradise it is ! The tablet experience got way better onto that version.
Can you try to update from the icon you are talking about ? i'd be curious if it works. anyway, i'm currently writing+uploading for the win10
tutorial for this tablet, so you'll be able to flash it late tonight, or tomorrow.
EDIT: The dpi is correct in android, only the status bar icons and some other are not in correct dpi but that is KitKat issue I guess. still interested in resolving that though. I'm currently hacking android lollipop ROM also, i'll keep you tuned on that. For rooting, i used KingRoot, it worked, but after a reboot, it tells me "root" is wrecked, so i guess there is some investigation to do there, but I was mainly focused on getting windows 10 ENGLISH STOCK version running to share it with you guys.
EDIT2: Still uploading, but tutorial is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/guide-how-to-install-windows-10-t3252042 and it should work on any Z37xx powered device. Enjoy !
Hello,
I'm using this tablet from 2 days now. great !
But, i got wifi problem after sleep : wifi chip cut and never found network anymore.
has to reboot, and all goes right.
same in win and android.
Did you hear about this ? many poeple complain about this.
Any trick or advice ? Is this bios correct this ? Is your bios work on i6 3g dual-boot ? (there is 2 bios for dual boot ?...)
Thanks !
Hi,
I've also have the same problem with the wifi.
I usualy disconnect the wifi and reconnect it, but sometimes it doesnt work and have to reboot the tablet.
I've not noticed it in windows but maybe it's because i'm using the tablet a lot more in android.
I've tryed to update to win 10 using the microsoft icon, but i got an error and was unable to complete the upgrade.
gtbr said:
Hi,
I've also have the same problem with the wifi.
I usualy disconnect the wifi and reconnect it, but sometimes it doesnt work and have to reboot the tablet.
I've not noticed it in windows but maybe it's because i'm using the tablet a lot more in android.
I've tryed to update to win 10 using the microsoft icon, but i got an error and was unable to complete the upgrade.
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Hello, i have such a tablet for now about 6 Months and it is awesome so far (i often use win8.1).
My Tablet has also DUAL Boot with Android 4 and win 8.1 Bing.
I tried to upgrade to win10 but i also got a message that the partition can not be resized by windows. So i cant upgrade to win 10 with the normal tool from microsoft.
Is there any Solution yet to get this to work?
Anyway, i tried to boot from usb (win8.1 / ubuntu / gparted) but it is not working at all. When i try to boot true windows Advanced Boot Options, the BIOS says that there is no USB device.
When i use the EFI Shell to mount the USB Stick i can see that the BIOS has recognized the USB Stick.
I think that is all very strange, but i will try to update the BIOS soon. The serialnumber is not the same as from @stalker2106 but i will try it.
I hope there is a way to get win 10 working, but Ubuntu would be even better for performance.
Greetings from Germany.
tysonpower said:
Hello, i have such a tablet for now about 6 Months and it is awesome so far (i often use win8.1).
My Tablet has also DUAL Boot with Android 4 and win 8.1 Bing.
I tried to upgrade to win10 but i also got a message that the partition can not be resized by windows. So i cant upgrade to win 10 with the normal tool from microsoft.
Is there any Solution yet to get this to work?
Anyway, i tried to boot from usb (win8.1 / ubuntu / gparted) but it is not working at all. When i try to boot true windows Advanced Boot Options, the BIOS says that there is no USB device.
When i use the EFI Shell to mount the USB Stick i can see that the BIOS has recognized the USB Stick.
I think that is all very strange, but i will try to update the BIOS soon. The serialnumber is not the same as from @stalker2106 but i will try it.
I hope there is a way to get win 10 working, but Ubuntu would be even better for performance.
Greetings from Germany.
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Check windows 10 Post, there is no need to update BIOS to fix this error, your USB has to be in GPT partition style, check answer on the other thread
But usually the bios update should work, as it did on my tablet. But why bother taking risk if you can get it working without it
Hi,
I have sucessfully updated to win10
I have bios 203 in my cube and serial i632gb1510xxxxxxxxxxx, does anybody have tried to update to 206 on such setup ?
What are the chances that I will brick my device ?
I have downloaded latest Cube i6 roms from cube site (may 2015) . There are two bios-es which have to be installed in chronological order.
Shall I do it first, and then try to update to 206 ?
Edit: I was not patient and tried it on my own.I have successfully updated bios and tablet has started to both android and windows
I will perform some functional tests afterwards.
Actual steps :
I have first downgraded bios to 201(provided here )
Flashed bios1 from link provided
Flashed bios2 from link provided
Flashed bios 206 from guide in first post
Edit2:
I have tested basic functionalities like : Gyro-sensors, WIFI, GPS, 3G network and yet everything works like charm.
Maybe a placebo, however I have the feel that android runs like two times faster
I do suggest to update the windows, however I take no responsibility if you will brick your device. Even if the setup is like mine, neither if it differs
Regards
Why do you first downgrade to 201?
What do you mean with bios1 and bios2?
Many thanks and question
Hello Stalker,
I am new here and i want to
thank you for the instructions!
I bought a cube i6 from china.
It is the 'i6 air remix',
So it should have only Android on it.
When it arrived. it didn't function.
The only think that happens is booting to theEFI-shell.
I could switch between Android and Windows in the boot settings.
But Android did not boot.
I have updated the bios with your instructions
now firmware 2.0.6 is installed.
But still i can not boot Android.
I found a few flash tools and android for the cube i6 .
But i don’t know what is the right version flash tool I have to use.
Maybe you have advise or the right android and flash tool in your google drive download area?
Kind regards and many thanks in advance.
jan-netherlands said:
Hello Stalker,
I am new here and i want to
thank you for the instructions!
I bought a cube i6 from china.
It is the 'i6 air remix',
So it should have only Android on it.
When it arrived. it didn't function.
The only think that happens is booting to theEFI-shell.
I could switch between Android and Windows in the boot settings.
But Android did not boot.
I have updated the bios with your instructions
now firmware 2.0.6 is installed.
But still i can not boot Android.
I found a few flash tools and android for the cube i6 .
But i don’t know what is the right version flash tool I have to use.
Maybe you have advise or the right android and flash tool in your google drive download area?
Kind regards and many thanks in advance.
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The truth is, the 206 BIOS provided is hacked off i6 remix repository from cube, so i guess there is no big deal flashing it on your device as it works on regular i6.
Moreover, you can use any version of the flash tool as long as you flash a correct rom for your device, which i would suggest to download from official cube repository or geekbuying or so.
Android Geecbuying
Hello Stalker,
Ok. Thank you!
I will try Geecbuying.
Hopefully the windows drivers will function.
There isn't a way to flash from USB I suppose?
Greetings
Hi, well, actually, you should flash over USB with à windows computer. MFT by Intel is recommended. I shall make some tutorial about Android installation and partition resizing.
flash and resize partitions
That is super. When you want to do so.
I was indeed wondering or there would be one android partition on the tablet or two partitions (one for android, one for windows).
I also questioned myself how to see that there are partitions.
In earlier times when I was working with a pc, i use F-disk or partition-magic for this kind of work.
But on the tablet I do not have a clue...
So if you could make me wiser on this, I would be very thankful.
Maybe you could boot on some gparted liveusb? Or inside efi shell some commands could help
bluefish007 said:
Why do you first downgrade to 201?
What do you mean with bios1 and bios2?
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no particular reason, I just wanted to know, which version of bios is in the latest firmware provided by geekbuying
Additional condition in my decision mechanism was that my serial did not match mentioned ones in w10 thread from stalker, so somehow I have used sleepy sloopy logic and tried to minimalize the risk (I know it have no rational reason and logic behind it at all)
Therefore, I tried the ones from geekbuying repository, to be sure to have latest provided from "official source".
greetings
thermoska said:
no particular reason, I just wanted to know, which version of bios is in the latest firmware provided by geekbuying
Additional condition in my decision mechanism was that my serial did not match mentioned ones in w10 thread from stalker, so somehow I have used sleepy sloopy logic and tried to minimalize the risk (I know it have no rational reason and logic behind it at all)
Therefore, I tried the ones from geekbuying repository, to be sure to have latest provided from "official source".
greetings
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Ok thanks for the answer! So i can upgrade from 203 at 206 at one part or what do you think?