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RunDroid dual boots Android and Windows Mobile on the HTC HD2
If for some reason your smartphone of choice is the HTC HD2, you'll probably be very happy that RunDroid has been created. Sure, the HD2 has some very capable and high-end hardware under the hood, but on the other hand, it runs Windows Mobile 6.5. Not even Windows Phone 7, but its ancient predecessor. Understandably, people have been hacking Android onto the HD2 for months and months. Up until now, there hasn't been a very easy (or stable) solution to dual-boot Android and Windows Mobile.Which is where RunDroid comes in. You download the app, use a file manager in Windows Mobile to locate and run it for the first time, and then set it to autorun at boot. And that's it. From that point on, every time you boot your device, you'll be presented with a choice of running either Android or Windows Mobile.
Android needs to be on the SD card for this to work, and Windows Mobile on the phone's main memory, but that's the most usual setup anyway. A neat fact is that you can even have multiple versions of Android on the same SD card apparently, and RunDroid will detect all of them and let you choose between them at boot.
To get RunDroid and leave feedback about it, go to the dedicated thread over at the XDA-Developers forum.
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Subscribe to commentssarasmartMar 29th 2011 4:08PM
So how would this work if you are synced to Outlook on your Windows 6.5? Would you have to sync your phone twice, once for Windows and once for Android?
ragtagMar 29th 2011 6:25PM
@sarasmart Yes, you would have to sync twice, it's almost like having two different phones.
kojo87Mar 29th 2011 4:59PM
PLEASE make something like this happen for the HD7. i will most likely be picking up an HD7S for AT&T when it releases and the possibility of dualbooting WP7 and Android would be absolutely amazing. probably a pipedream but still.
do.ronMar 29th 2011 6:50PM
dont forget about http://xdandroid.com, it brings android to these htc phones and others
Touch Pro
Touch Diamond
Fuze
Touch Diamond2
Touch Pro2
Tilt2
Touch Pro2
blitzkrieg999Mar 29th 2011 6:54PM
Android has been running on the HD2 for nearly a year, with dual-boot options almost since day 1. There have even been options to fully wipe Windows Mobile off your phone and run Android straight off the NAND for several months.
BirkoffMar 29th 2011 10:26PM
Of all the dual boot apps to review that's probably one of the ugliest.
KrazyCalvinMar 29th 2011 11:08PM
Are you kidding me!? Vlad must not know much about the hd2 community because we have been dual booting for a very long time.