I've flashed several ROMs to my phone (TMOUS HD2) and I've never run Task29 before.
I understand that it clears the phones memory of everything so you can start on a fresh slate....
But my question is :
How necessary is it? What can happen if you don't do it?
I haven't run Task29 before and I still haven't come across any problems.
broknindarkagain said:
I've flashed several ROMs to my phone (TMOUS HD2) and I've never run Task29 before.
I understand that it clears the phones memory of everything so you can start on a fresh slate....
But my question is :
How necessary is it? What can happen if you don't do it?
I haven't run Task29 before and I still haven't come across any problems.
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Nothing will happen. Its more of a precaution. Think of it as formatting your sd card. You don't need to do it everytime you load a new build. Its just recommended. I do it out of piece of mind to just know that my stuff as clean as possible.
It's just to make sure that there is nothing leftover from your previous rom, going to the new rom you're flashing in,
Kailkti said:
It's just to make sure that there is nothing leftover from your previous rom, going to the new rom you're flashing in,
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I know what it is. Did you not read my original post lol
Read this :
broknindarkagain said:
I understand that it clears the phones memory of everything so you can start on a fresh slate....
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OK...quick clarification on Task29...I've got HSPL3 on my phone, which I have used to load numerous ROM's at the moment, but I have NOT done a task29 before.
Really quick question, if I do a task29, does my HSPL3 loader get blitz and I need to reinstall that, or is all that there and I just jump straight into loading the new ROM.
That's about it.
Thanks!
Neill
BatVette said:
OK...quick clarification on Task29...I've got HSPL3 on my phone, which I have used to load numerous ROM's at the moment, but I have NOT done a task29 before.
Really quick question, if I do a task29, does my HSPL3 loader get blitz and I need to reinstall that, or is all that there and I just jump straight into loading the new ROM.
That's about it.
Thanks!
Neill
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No not at all, Task 29 will not not remove HSPL ...
Cheers ....
nope, just wipes the rom, not the radio not hspl.
samsamuel said:
nope, just wipes the rom, not the radio not hspl.
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hey if its wipe the rom then how i could install new rom :O?
watcher64 said:
No not at all, Task 29 will not not remove HSPL ...
Cheers ....
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Sweet!!
Let the games begin.
Thanks for the clarification.
Mods, if you want you can close/move this thread if you feel you need to.
Will Task29 later today and reinstall the latest Energy ROM and see if it cures my outlook synch issues.
LOVE the Energy ROM, just need my emails to work properly.
Cheers!!
Neill
Proz00 said:
hey if its wipe the rom then how i could install new rom :O?
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boot to bootloader, connect usb, run the rom installer.
BatVette said:
Sweet!!
Let the games begin.
Thanks for the clarification.
Mods, if you want you can close/move this thread if you feel you need to.
Will Task29 later today and reinstall the latest Energy ROM and see if it cures my outlook synch issues.
LOVE the Energy ROM, just need my emails to work properly.
Cheers!!
Neill
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Be sure to end your partnership before you flash, but if you have done this before , you may have to clean out activesync/WMDC and re-install it ..
Never had a problem on any custom rom with activesync/WMDC as long as I end the partnership before flashing ....
Think of it as a "format". I do it before loading any ROM as it seems to make sure everything was cleared out from the prior ROM.
I also suggest doing a hard reset before task29 and after flashing the new ROM. That should cover all bases
Hello to all ..
Every time I want to do a clean install of a NAND ANDROID ROM , I do the following steps:
1) format the memory with task29
2) flash MAGLDR
3) flash the NAND ROM
But my question is this: it is essential to format with task29 to make a clean install? Or do I just have to flash the rom using MAGLDR?
Thank you all ..
Not always necessary.
when flashing with DAF.exe in MAGLDR, it usually formats the partitions it created.
LiFE1688 said:
Not always necessary.
when flashing with DAF.exe in MAGLDR, it usually formats the partitions it created.
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Thanks for your reply. But the formatting with DAF.exe enough?
erestor6 said:
Thanks for your reply. But the formatting with DAF.exe enough?
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Well I Installed a few 3-4 without task29
and did a few doing task29
Does Not seem to matter what method you use .. works fine both ways.
erestor6 said:
Hello to all ..
Every time I want to do a clean install of a NAND ANDROID ROM , I do the following steps:
1) format the memory with task29
2) flash MAGLDR
3) flash the NAND ROM
But my question is this: it is essential to format with task29 to make a clean install? Or do I just have to flash the rom using MAGLDR?
Thank you all ..
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I know alot of people seem to think using Task29 is the way to go, but every time you install MAGLDR, CLOCKWORK, or a new rom the nand is re-partitioned, formatted etc so I see absolutely no benefit of Task29.
I might consider using Task29 if I decided to switch back to Windows, but why would I want to do that..
daz1uk said:
I know alot of people seem to think using Task29 is the way to go, but every time you install MAGLDR, CLOCKWORK, or a new rom the nand is re-partitioned, formatted etc so I see absolutely no benefit of Task29.
I might consider using Task29 if I decided to switch back to Windows, but why would I want to do that..
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+1 Task29 serves no purpose since the nand is essentially scrubbed in the installation process.
WarlockW said:
Well I Installed a few 3-4 without task29
and did a few doing task29
Does Not seem to matter what method you use .. works fine both ways.
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daz1uk said:
I know alot of people seem to think using Task29 is the way to go, but every time you install MAGLDR, CLOCKWORK, or a new rom the nand is re-partitioned, formatted etc so I see absolutely no benefit of Task29.
I might consider using Task29 if I decided to switch back to Windows, but why would I want to do that..
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bdkinney said:
+1 Task29 serves no purpose since the nand is essentially scrubbed in the installation process.
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Thank you very much. I understand that task29 with Android is useless.
Guys I have a one simple question: If I do Task29 will I be erasing Magldr and CWM?
TnX
Yes, but easy to re-flash.
spike15_mk said:
Guys I have a one simple question: If I do Task29 will I be erasing Magldr and CWM?
TnX
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Hi,
Yes and it is recommended to do task29 if you are changing to another rom or want to do clean install. When you do the update it is not needed.
So unlike flashing WinMo, in Android we do Task29 when changing roms. TnX for the help
spike15_mk said:
So unlike flashing WinMo, in Android we do Task29 when changing roms. TnX for the help
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It's honestly not *needed* 90% of the time. But for the few occasions where the ROM just isn't working right, then yeah, go ahead and do the task29.
h.nocturna said:
It's honestly not *needed* 90% of the time. But for the few occasions where the ROM just isn't working right, then yeah, go ahead and do the task29.
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Especially people who only flash a ROM every now and then should take the one minutes it takes to apply Task 29 in my opinion, because it can save you from a lot of hassle later on.
I basically do it before *almost* every flash just to be on the save side.
I'm still a noob with this, but I've read that I should always do a clean wipe before installing a new ROM. I remember doing task 29 way back, and I was wondering what the difference was between these two and which is better.
CWM wipes are suppose to be sufficient to install a new Android ROM and not have issues. But you have to do a full wipe which means doing a wipe of your data partition, cache partition, system partition, and boot partition. Also you have to go to advanced and wipe your Delvik cache, this is a full wipe.
I personally still run a Task 29 as I know it wipes every thing plus it re formats your NAMD memory too. But that is just me.
Remember this and it might help you out. Now remember this is a very generalized description.
Data is your personal information.
Cache is your settings and any other cached information.
System is your ROM
Boot is your Lenuix kernel
Now you will probably get a different answer from nearly everyone as it really is a personal preference I think.
Hi
You are correct in that you should wipe your phone clean before installing a new ROM.
I usually wipe data, partition, and dalvik in cwm then install new ROM, and this is generally enough.
I did, however, read somewhere that too many task 29 will eventually damage your phone, but don't quote me on that...
Save your task29 for when you encounter problems with a new ROM and you want to go back and do a thorough clean.
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HA HA T-Macgnolia you beat me to it.
Curse my slow typing
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malybru said:
I did, however, read somewhere that too many task 29 will eventually damage your phone, but don't quote me on that...
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I wish you could remember where you read this as I would be very interested in reading it. PM me if you remember it or come back across it.
Ah I see, thanks for the replies! Does doing a full wipe before installing a new ROM speed things up? I was trying out a bunch of ROMs and after opening a few programs things started to go really slow, but after I ran a task 29 and installed the same ROM from before I haven't noticed as many slow downs.
I have my HD2 over a year now and in that time ive only ever done one Task 29 and my phone is fine,CWM is fine for wiping when you are flashing a new build on your phone.
deletemyaccount said:
Ah I see, thanks for the replies! Does doing a full wipe before installing a new ROM speed things up? I was trying out a bunch of ROMs and after opening a few programs things started to go really slow, but after I ran a task 29 and installed the same ROM from before I haven't noticed as many slow downs.
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The idea of wiping data ,partition and dalvik is to clear out all the old bits of data etc. from previous ROMS and therefore starting again with a clean slate.
Excellent info! I will "task29" mine before next flash!
DooDle78 said:
Excellent info! I will "task29" mine before next flash!
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I just want to let you know if you run a Task 29 it will remove MAGLDR and CWM or cLK and CWM which ever one you use to boot Android. So you will have to reflash these when you run a Task 29.
DooDle78 said:
Excellent info! I will "task29" mine before next flash!
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you really don't have to mate you can easily do all of that in CWM
I just rooted my G2 after having it for a while, mainly because having the bloatware on my applist was unsightly.
I was getting bored with the stock ROM anyway so I think I might just flash a bunch to see which I like.
Is there any potential downside to flashing a bunch of roms?
Do people generally wipe everything before flashing? Format SD card?
Gigamaster89 said:
Is there any potential downside to flashing a bunch of roms?
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Potentially it wears down the nand write lifetime however realistically this is not a threat at all.
Gigamaster89 said:
Do people generally wipe everything before flashing? Format SD card?
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Yes, generally wipe everything before flashing. If you are going from one ROM to a different ROM, wipe for sure. If you are flashing an updated version of the same ROM (like a newer nightly) it is generally (not always, but almost) ok to just flash over the old version.
Formatting SD card is never necessary.
Yes I thing is important you wanna back up the stock rom so if anything happens.... You can return to it.
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