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Task29 Clarification

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

[Q] how to delete your info nand hd2?

so i got mjd cyangamod 7 nand on my hd2 and i recently sold it because it was my second phone...ive been trying to delete my info and seem to got everything off i go into privacy and reset everything but in accounts/sync my email is still there and when i try to remove it it says to factory reset well ive done that a few times and its still showing up?
any help

Go in to MAGLDR, and select the option 'AD HardReset'. That should do the job.

You mean you want to completely remove android, or do you mean you want to remove all your data that was on android (emails, apps, messages, contacts, etc)? If it is the latter, then simply reflash the build. Hard reset in the settings won't solve your problem, as you've noticed. Or you could go into the email app, go to the settings and delete the accounts.

yeah i just want to remove all my data...would the hardreset work?

yes the MAGLDR AD hardreset will work. It will erase the phone's data, leaving only HSPL and MAGLDR. meaning it will remove android also

Yeah, if you go in to MAGLDR and do it. It doesn't work in Android, because it's not the HD2's native OS. There wouldn't be that feature of MAGLDR for no reason.
If that DOESN'T work, then most certainly re-flashing the ROM will work. But there's really no need.

but i would have to reflash anyway correct?, since it only leaves mag, and hspl

No. It just resets the NAND ROM. Doesn't over-write it or anything.

oh I assumed it would erase everything, oh okie, thanks for the info, and sorry about the misleading info.

hey thanks, i got into magdlr and did the reset then just booted into nand and it loaded back up new
how do i give you a thanks point?

No problem. Cotulla/DFT just wouldn't put that feature there for no reason.
But you're forgive, after all, you're Jamaican MON. hahaha. ;p

jbg1 said:
hey thanks, i got into magdlr and did the reset then just booted into nand and it loaded back up new
how do i give you a thanks point?
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Click the thumbs up under my post. Thanks.

hopefully you guys dont mind me bringing a old post up but .. i just bought a hd2 running CM7 on nand and im having the same issue, i did factory reset but the other guys gmail is still in the phone.. im familiar with CWM recovery from the vibrant/mt4g but first time running a android hd2.. how do i get into this magdlr? i wont have to reflash the rom or anything just hard reset this magdlr? thanks for any light you can shed

[Q] Task29 and Magldr

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.

task 29 vs CWM wipes

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.
Edit:
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

[Q] task29

I have a question: if I do a task29 to my phone, do I still have magdlir and recovery or shal I reinstall everything?
thanks for your answer
Ah... please... how do I start task 29?

hi,
try this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644781

thanks for your answer, but now I've got android on my phone and I would like to clean the internal memory , cause I've got some problems in installing new roms...
may I do a task29 or not and do I lose magdlir amd recovery in that case?

Task29 removes everything except HSPL and Radio..
Yeah, you'll have to reinstall all...

ok, that's an answer!
thank you