How To Install Android On Lumia 630

Interested in Android but think you lot need to buy a new phone to try it out? Actually, your Windows Mobile phone may already have the capability of running Android. Today we show yous how and the type of phone you lot'll need.

Update: This article was written 5 years ago, and every bit far as we know this procedure doesn't work anymore on modern phones. Information technology'southward certainly possible that you tin can still run Android on a Windows mobile phone, simply nosotros don't have a practiced solution to give you. We recommend asking nearly your specific phone model over on the XDA Programmer forums.

Installing Android

To run Android you lot will need a microSD card that is not SDHC (typically a carte less than 2GB) and a supported Windows Mobile telephone (run across beneath). You can check your microSD menu compatibility by looking at the card to run across if it shows the "HC" characterization.

The microSD card volition demand to be formatted in FAT32. Plug the microSD bill of fare into the computer and right click on it and choose format.

Notation: Formatting a microSD bulldoze will erase everything on that drive. Brand sure y'all take any important files backed upward earlier you format it.

Now that the microSD card is formatted, the showtime pace to installing Android is finding the right Android port for your phone (encounter beneath). You lot volition need to observe the port that works on your phone too equally the version of Android you want to run. Versions beginning at one.0 merely typically you will observe ports for version 1.half-dozen or 2.1.

Once you have found the correct port for your phone and Android version you want to utilize, extract the files to a folder using 7-zip.

After the files have extracted there should be a folder chosen "andboot". Become into the andboot folder and there volition exist another binder called "startup config" or "startup". Open this binder and you volition need to notice the right startup.txt file for your phone. Inside each folder volition be a single "startup.txt" file. Copy the file for your phone model to the root of the andboot folder. This file will tell Android what blazon of hardware you accept, how big your screen is, how much RAM your phone has etc. so it is very important to cull the right file. If y'all are confused on what these phone names are please read below on finding your telephone model.

Once y'all have moved the correct startup.txt file to the andboot binder, re-create the unabridged andboot folder to the root of your newly formatted microSD card.

Plug the microSD bill of fare back in the telephone and open the file browser on your phone and browse to the memory card. Brand sure the phone is plugged into ability before the adjacent few steps considering on some phones running on battery may cause the phone to hang.

Open the andboot binder and run haret.exe. If the correct startup.txt file is in the root of the andboot binder y'all should be able to click "Run" and you lot will get a quick loading screen while haret turns off Windows Mobile and starts upward Android.

You should get some scrolling text and probably a nice Android logo while the phone boots up the first time.

Note: The start boot is going to take a considerably longer fourth dimension than subsequent boots. and you may demand to calibrate your screen during the kicking procedure so make certain you proceed an eye on it.

One time the basic Linux settings are done your new "Android" phone will boot to a welcome screen then you tin walk through the rest of the settings similar setting up your e-mail account.

Tip: If you are running Android on a phone that does not accept an agile data plan but does have wifi, y'all can get effectually the startup screen by tapping on the welcome screen in this guild: top left corner, top right corner, lesser right corner, bottom left corner so tap the Android logo. You lot tin can then enable wifi and bring together a network and ready upward your gmail account manually.

It is usually recommended that y'all leave your phone solitary while it syncs your data for at least 10 minutes. One time the initial syncing is done the phone should showtime running faster and y'all can play around with installing apps. If you don't wait for the phone to fully sync y'all may take problems with apps crashing prematurely and a force close dialog popping upward.

Change any settings and install whatever apps you lot want, they will be saved to your retentiveness card and ready on adjacent boot. All phones that run Android from the microSD card will automatically kicking Windows Mobile when the phone restarts. To run Android again, just open the file browser and run haret.exe once more.

Android Ports

There are a few different Android ports for Windows Mobile devices and each one supports a different family of device; each family of device has a varying amount of hardware support. Nearly phones will support the touch screen, hardware buttons, cell phone radio, and data connexion, but some ports may not back up bluetooth, GPS, or ability direction. This is non a complete listing of Android ports available, but it should cover the most popular Windows Mobile phones.

Well-nigh all Android evolution on Windows Mobile phones started with the evolution on theHTC Touch (also known equally the HTC Vogue and the Verizon xv6900). The HTC Touch has 100% of the hardware features working and even some features that were non available in official Windows Mobile ROMs. One of the main differences betwixt Android for the Touch and Android for every other telephone is the Bear upon allows for Android to exist flashed to the phone's ROM (NAND memory). This was a big break through for Android development and has increased battery life and speed greatly. Running Android on the Touch can be done following the steps above but it is recommended to run Android by flashing the phones NAND retentivity. To larn how to do that, start at the Android Touch FAQ thread at XDA-Developers.
Android ports for the HTC Bear upon tin also exist used on the following phones with varying success.

HTC Nike (Neon)
HTC Polaris (Bear upon Cruise)
HTC Kaiser (TyTN II)
HTC Titan (Mogul, xv6800)

Note: HTC phones all have proper names that come from HTC and in many cases each carrier will give the phone its own branding and rename the phone to something else. For instance, the HTC Titan was called the Mogul on Dart and the xv6800 on Verizon. To find the Android port for your phone, start by finding the proper HTC name of your device. Start on HTC's site to discover your device's official name.

XDAndroid supports the most pop bear on screen HTC Windows Mobile phones and if you bought a bear upon screen HTC Windows Mobile phone within the past year, near probable this port volition support your phone. XDAndroid runs directly from the phones microSD memory card on the following phones:

Touch Pro (Fuze, RAPH, RAPH800, RAPH500)
Affect Diamond (DIAMOND, DIAM500)
Affect HD (BLACKSTONE)
GSM Touch Pro2 (TILT2,RHODIUM, RHOD400, RHOD500)
GSM Bear on Diamond2 (TOPAZ)

Andromnia is an Android port for Samsung devices. Currently this port is in the pre-alpha stages and things similar the headset speaker does not work. Just if you want to test it out information technology supports the following phones:

Samsung i900 (GSM, supported worldwide)
Samsung i910 (CDMA, used past Verizon in the The states)
Samsung i780 (Mirage)
Samsung i907 (AT&T Epix)

Fly Linux isn't every bit quickly adult as XDAndroid but should get the job done if your phone isn't supported past any other port. Fly Linux supports the following phones to varying degrees: