How to install Windows Phone 7 on HTC HD2? (Video)

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Jayce Ooi
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HTC HD2 is going to be phone of the year 2011 again. It came with Windows Mobile 6.5 in year 2009 and running Android 2.2 Froyo on SD card on year 2010. Just got NAND Android treatment last month. And here come Windows Phone 7 on HTC HD2. Who dare to say that 5 buttons’ HTC HD2 cannot support Windows Phone 7 now?

Prerequisites

  • HSPL3 ~ SPL-2.08.HSPL
  • Radio that support 576 RAM

Note – by installing MAGLDR, you cannot boot into Windows Mobile 6.5 anymore. And do backup your SD card data. Windows Phone 7 will create 2 partitions on SD card during installation. 200MB will be left for PC access, the rest for Windows Phone 7. If you don’t have HSPL3, please install it by follow the guide ~ How to Install HSPL3 on HTC HD2? (Video). And install radio ROM 2.15 with this guide ~ How to Install Custom Radio ROM on HTC HD2? (Video). Are you ready to turn your HTC HD2 into HTC HD7? Okay, let’s get started…

Step by Step Guide

  1. Press volume down button (don’t let go) and power on your phone.
  2. It will load into bootloader.
  3. You should get ‘Red, Green, Blue and White’ screen with SPL-2.08.HSPL.
  4. Connect USB cable from PC to phone.
  5. Open DFT_LEO70_RELEASE.rar with 7-Zip.
  6. Copy LEO70_ROM, MAGLDR112 folders and readme.txt to desktop.
  7. Enter MAGLDR112 folder.
  8. Right click on ROMUpdateUtility and select ‘Run as administrator’.
  9. Click ‘Yes’ if User Access Control prompt up.
  10. Follow onscreen instructions to install.
  11. Phone will be rebooted after installation finished.
  12. Disconnect USB cable from phone.
  13. Then hold power button and don’t let go.
  14. DFT MAGLDR Bootloader will be loaded.
  15. Use volume down button to go down to 5. USB Flasher.
  16. Then press call button to load USB Flasher mode.
  17. Connect USB cable from PC to phone.
  18. At PC, Enter LEO70_ROM folder.
  19. Right click on DWI and select ‘Run as administrator’.
  20. Click ‘Yes’ if User Access Control prompt up.
  21. Follow onscreen instructions to install.
  22. Disconnect USB cable from phone after installation finished.
  23. Follow onscreen instructions to setup Windows Phone 7 settings.
  24. That’s all.

Download LEO “Stock” NAND Windows Phone 7 ROM DFT_LEO70_RELEASE.rar here.

Bye bye Android 2.2 Froyo and hello Windows Phone 7…

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