Android for Sprint HTC TP2 links for an old newbie!

Oldladyonbrady · #1 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 07:36 PM

Hi,
As a senior( hence the user name) I am truly trying to learn new things and either my grey matter has really become stagnant or I'm really too dumb to get it.

I'm trying to Android my Sprint HTC TP2 by the simplest way possible. I found a tutorial on you tube
YouTube - full tutorial on how to put android on windows mobile touch pro 2
that was easy peasy but the link for the Android OS took me to a page that wouldn't load or no longer works.
http://www.jbpcrepair.com/mackie/TP2...20Development/

Or is there somewhere else I should be looking for two downloads with directions as clear as the you tube tutorial?

Please help?!?!
Thanks so much,
Old Lady

**natemcnutty** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 08:13 PM

You must have a microSD card in your phone to do Android, but beyond that, it is really quite simple.

Download this CAB: http://reefermattness.scepterr.info/...oyo.112210.cab

If you download it on your computer, you will have to copy it over to your phone. On your phone, use File Explorer to open the CAB file, and then select Memory Card as the install location. Now you will have a shortcut to Android Launcher in your Start Menu, and you just use that.

Refer to the main post here for more details: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/tp2-androi...reference.html

Oldladyonbrady · #3 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 08:48 PM

Thank you so very much!! I do have the microSD card and have removed the Sim card. Do I need to download the Gen Y dual boot as well? Would you mind please to explain what I need to do to copy files from PC to phone?
Is this where I will save it to desktop and then do what?

Sorry that I need so much help but thank you so much for your kindness.

**arrrghhh** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldladyonbrady

Do I need to download the Gen Y dual boot as well? Would you mind please to explain what I need to do to copy files from PC to phone?
Is this where I will save it to desktop and then do what?

Gen.Y is just an "enhancement" - it basically gives you a menu when you start your phone, and you get to choose between Android and WinMo. Normally when you soft reset (little red pin under the battery case, or pulling the battery) it just reboots to WinMo, and you have to wait for it to finish booting WinMo before you can navigate to the start menu, start haret... you see where I'm going there.

Have you installed a cab before? I'm not a big fan of the cab, because it takes forever to install, and it doesn't really help you learn how the files are arranged on the SD card. With that said, the cab makes a nice shortcut

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There's a lot to learn about Android on your WinCE phone... Have you read the FAQ or seen this thread?

Looking at sticky threads is always a great place to start, there's a lot of good info in that FAQ - and you're just scratching the surface

Oldladyonbrady · #5 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 09:16 PM

I tried this link:http://reefermattness.scepterr.info/...oyo.112210.cab
from both my phone and pc and both say 404 error page not found.

sjs01 · #6 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oldladyonbrady

I tried this link:http://reefermattness.scepterr.info/...oyo.112210.cab
from both my phone and pc and both say 404 error page not found.

Really? I tried the link on my phone and it has no issues, it let's me download it right away. What browser are you using?

**proxhack** · #7 (**permalink**) 12-10-2010, 10:47 PM

You can also download the rar file and remember were you saved it for later
connect the phone to your PC using the cable that was in the box with your phone.
Once you connect the phone, you will see that you get prompted with 3 choices
Activesync
Disk Drive
Internet sharing

Select disk drive, click done, a box will appear on your pc screen, click cancel but remember the removable disk letter.
find file, right click then select extract files, select the removable disk, wait for the whole process and then you are done.
Diconect the phone from the cable, connect it again, select active sync.
go to start,tools,utilities, file explorer, find haret, click on it.

that's it....

DaveTN · #8 (**permalink**) 12-12-2010, 02:29 PM

Start here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/tp2-androi...ct-2010-a.html

Its a "Stickie thread" with the tutorial for getting android on your TP2. Worked great for me with easy to follow step by step and links.

Please don't forget to thank teradog.

David

martian63 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-13-2010, 03:22 AM

Tried all that. wifi works on WM but not on Android. Please help!

**natemcnutty** · #10 (**permalink**) 12-13-2010, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by martian63

Tried all that. wifi works on WM but not on Android. Please help!

When wifi doesn't work, it almost always means you updated the zImage but didn't update the modules that came with that zImage. They are a matched pair. If you did update both at the same time, then try renaming your data.img and let it create a new one and see if that fixes wifi. Sometimes the data.img stops installing new drivers when you've updated it too many times. Seems to be kind of random.