Long live HTC HD2. Yeah, the most development friendly smartphone on earth just won’t die. ROM chefs are still working hard to get the latest and greatest Android on HTC HD2. So you can enjoy Android 4.2 Jelly Bean CyanogenMod 10.1 ROM on HTC HD2. It is still in alpha stage (do expect bugs, not working features and slowness). But you can give it a try if you want…
I love the legendary HTC HD2. That’s the main reason that I love HTC. But HTC One X, unlock HTC bootloader void warranty and poor HTC Support make me stay away HTC products from now on. But lot of developers is not still not giving out on getting latest and greatest Android ROM for HTC HD2. So you can download and install Android 4.1 Jelly Bean CyanogenMod 10 ROM for HTC HD2. By the way, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is quite new on HTC HD2. So do expect bugs flying around here and there…
XDA Developer, tytung has done a very well done job on bringing good ROM and GPS Libraries to HTC HD2. I tried his Froyo, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich ROM. And now he has Android HTC HD2 ROM based on CyanogenMod 9. This is the version that he is currently developing and supporting. So whoever love to use Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM on HTC HD2 should try out this very ROM.
How to install Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on HTC HD2? Yes, I am sure that you will ask this question if you have HTC HD2 with older Android version like 2.3 Gingerbread. Basically, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich installation on HTC HD2 is the same as previous version which use ClockworkMod Recovery CWM method. For experience ROM flasher, you can skip this tutorial. Download Android 4.0 ICS ROM and install it now. As for new comer, please stay with me by following below step by step guide to install Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on HTC HD2.
Prerequisites
Google denied Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade on old Nexus One officially. But that does not stop developers from create Android 4.0 ICS ROM for Nexus One. And ported to HTC HD2. Since the porting is just started few days after Google released Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich source code to Android Open Source Project (AOSP), it is consider beta version to me as not all the functions are working well and smoothly. But it sure looks good for early build and no soft buttons like Galaxy Nexus. So you have extra space on screen and use hardware buttons instead. And I am looking forward for the main stuff that I want in Android 4.0 to be working ~ 2D hardware acceleration with GPU.
