Dual Boot HTC HD 2 with Android & Windows Phone 7 [How to]

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“It’s really hard to satisfy human greed… enough is not-enough” its human nature to demand more and more. In this discussion, we will deal with the procedure and know how related to using windows 7 and android together on HTC HD 2. Yes, we can run both.

If you are HTC HD2 owner then you can accomplish dual booting over it with Windows 7 operating system and Android Operating system on the same device. In fact, it will not be a simultaneous run of two platforms i.e. booting with the desired OS to use its features. The trick is simple and based upon booting the phone with OS files placed over the SD card.

• Boot by swapping the different SD cards
•  Boot by creating partitions over single SD card (HTC HD2 has only  single microSD card slot)

We will require 2 SD cards. The SD cards must be preferably 16GB and 16GB. The larger (16GB) for Android and a smaller one (8GB) for Windows 7.

Have a look over the procedure:

• Begin by installing Easeus Partition Manager (a special utility to create partition) over PC/Laptop.
• Insert the small SD card into HTC HD 2, then Flash WP7 Rom with the use of Magldr 1.1.2. Allow the phone reset and start Windows Phone 7.
• Turn off the phone and remove the smaller card.
• Plug both SD cards in a card reader and connect it to computer.  Then open Easeus Partition Manager.
• You will see that the smaller SD card there will be two partitions i.e. a FAT partition of about 200 MB and another unformatted partition (Windows Phone7).
• Now your task would be to swap the partitions to create a single SD card having both of the operating systems in two distinct partitions with use of Easeus Partition Manager.
• Rest is a simple story of selecting the desired partition to load the specific platform.

Loading of Android takes some time in comparison to windows 7 but that is normal. Both of the operating systems are quite distinct and operate in total isolation. The settings will be configured separately and data sharing is unavailable between them.