yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] samsamuel:
turning on - do you mean not booting up? or do you mean no power at all?

did you use a radio.nbh? if so which one?

regular hd2 or tmous?

did you check teh battery pins yet?

facts! we need DATA!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] havlaz:
no power at all

i didn't use radio.nbh

tmous

i've cheackted and the pins are ok

and use fulled power buttery

and didn't press vol.down when it wan in 99% , i've finished the prosses
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] carl1961:
this is a HD2 T-mobile phone?

I have used this so many times and never had a issue, If your still trying to get it to come back , POST some info about your phone .
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] markthomson1404:
Thanks

yet another thank you for this

Mark:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] kroolas:
thanks for this
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] jcaffeldt:
Ok so the rom I want to install tells me to task 29 etc first. Do I boot into the rainbow screen, the magldr then usb or what? Then run task 29?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] samsamuel:
run task29 from three coloured bootloader. You flash wm roms, splashscreens, radios, task29 and magldr from the propper, three coloured bootloader.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Marquis63:
Is there anything like this for the MT4g? Thanks in advance :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] stevedebi:
Task 29 flashing without radio

If I understand this thread correctly, the Task 29 utility provided contains a radio that is flashed, after which the memory is cleared.

My question is: does this actually flash the radio? I don't want to have to flash my radio every time, since the NRG ROM does not contain any radio files.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Ibn MuSa:
lol. just read the red lines. nice one! thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] silverwind:
Task 29 does not flash Radio. It will only erase the NAND.

To change the radio, you need to flash it using RUU, and you need HSPL.

Cheers
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] tomX2:
error message

After what seemed to be a successful install of my ROM (t-mobile (US) Stock upgrade) weeks later i needed to perform a hard reset i now get this error.

'Storage memory is critically low. If the storage memory is not increased, other programs may not be able to start. Use File Explorer to delete files that are no longer needed or move some files to a storage card'

After a hard reset the message appears the phone freezes and i am unable to do anything at all. Tried several times to hard reset the phone, same result. I also tried to run task 29 again and although i can see files via active-sync on the phone i get the message "Device not responding".

Anyone have have experience with this issue?

tom
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] silverwind:
Since you can do task 29, means that you have HSPL installed.

You can try to reflash your CORRECT STOCK ROM via micro SD Card method.

This will erase HSPL, radio and the rom.

Goodluck
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] matd20012001:
when i connect my phone to PC via data cable n run Task 29 it says i haven't connected phone to pc and says to turn on activsync.....i dont see it anywhere??
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] silverwind:
You should go into bootloader. Turn off the phone.

Then, pressing both at the same time: the volume down button and power on button. After 4 color screen appear, you will see the below of the phone (the white screen area) text saying: Serial. You now can plug the USB cable to your PC (use the USB Port at the rear ports of your PC instead of front ports) and wait until that text changes to " USB".

Now you run the task 29 from your PC.

Dont forget to turn off you Antivirus, Firewall, Battery must be 50% more. And if you runs on Win Vista or Win 7, you should run as Administrator.

And keep in mind, task 29 will erase your rom

Good luck
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] suco.zyx:
Thank you so much for making the formatting so easily!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] :
someone please tell me I can do a task 29 of some sort with no usb port, my micro usb is whacked and after changing roms a few times starting to become a little bit dodgy now :( please.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] HD2Owner:
if you flash a stock rom from sdcard, a task29 is performed automatically.

but if you flash stock rom from sdcard, hspl will overwritten with stock spl.

you need to reinstall hspl after installing stock rom from sdcard.

@all:

in the meantime, another RUU from barin (Advanced ROM Update Utility) will do task automatically after flashing a custom rom.

you can also perform only task 29 with advanced ruu.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] silverwind:
Thanks Mate :)

This is cool :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] lihkin:
Thank u HD2Owner so much dis sud b added 2 FAQ as i was 2 use task29 but i generally use d flashing stock rom frm sd card was just bit confused thank u so much :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] xmoo:
Any posible ways that this can also modify SPL?

For people who are stuck on SPL2.x
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ShaDrac:
Task 28 & Task 29 both formats nand.

Task 28 formats FATFS (storage memory)

Task 29 formats BINFS (where our XIP is and the files we cooked in to a rom)

You could check with MTTY to see what clusters get formatted and notice the difference between task 28 & task 29.

Task 28 would be comparable with an hard reset.

So you need both Task 28 & Task 29!

With only using the RomUpdateUtility from a shipped rom to flash my custom rom gave me still some instabilities.

This happened most of the time when there were files in the rom (that I wanted to flash) were older than the files already on the rom of my phone.

It seems that you can only flash newer files that way.

Maybe an shipped rom starts RomUpdateUtility with some parameters?

Would be interesting (if someone had the time) to investigate.

Enjoy!

ShaDrac
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] cliver:
Many thanks Oalex, much clearer in my mind now, great explanation. As I thought this is a great tool for doing just what I want, I don't mind having to do two things, it makes me feel needed ;)

Regards

Clive
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] pongster:
Used the single exe task29 and it works like a charm...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] oalex:
Your very welcome. :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] cliver:
Me too. Just ran the .exe, followed the prompts then put handset into bootloader and flashed a new rom all in less than 10 mins. Great stuff :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] sebasbabel:
Tnk U for the app....:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Donald24:
Thank U!

No need for firing up VMware-WinXP to do task29 anymore!

I've just tried to inject an customrom.nbh into an official Rom.exe. Hm, seems to be not as easy as extracting, as totalcmd and winrar won't do that :p

So fail/safe procedure is for people with HSPL is:

1. Firing up your tool to do task 29

2. Loading custom rom (does not matter if ROMUpdateUtility.exe or CustomRom.ese)

3. Hardreset after flashing.

Anything I left out?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] dXsL:
TIP: on win7 x64 remember to "run as administrator". and you of course already temporarily disabled your virus scanner :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] turborider:
:confused: i have no idea what this do still :confused: and what this task29 is
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] DaveShaw:
It's the task after 28 and before 30 :D

EDIT: You know, I thought that thread would have the answer and was been funny, apparently not :o.

It performs a format of the BINFS (Binary File System). A normal Hard Reset (task 28) removes all the user data from your phone (anything stored on the device, not the Card / IS). task 29 formats a greater area, fixing problems that some badly created ROMs can cause. It removed your OS as well, so a task 29 on it's own will leave you with a phone that cannot boot. You need to put it in bootloader mode and flash a ROM then.

This little app helps do a task 29 as part of the flashing process - so you don't need to take the steps yourself.

All in all task 29 removes some problems caused by some custom ROMs (like random Hard Resets, weird bugs, etc).

HTH,

Dave
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] turborider:
lol nice one matey haha:D cheers
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] DaveShaw:
See above - I had to edit my post :o.

Dave
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] turborider:
thankyou for explaining m8 :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] follettoverde:
sorry for this noob question.....

before running task29.exe i have to connect device in bootloader mode or simply with activesync and device turned on?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] giorgos25:
Just activesync.

But before you even connect your phone to your pc run the task29.exe and you will see that it comes with build in instructions! :)

Have fun flashing!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] BladeKnight:
so it means i can change my Official Stock Rom of my hd2 with this process?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
No, you will still need hspl or sspl in order to flash, this just helps to "format" the memory where the rom is stored and to help with a cleaner flash. It is similar to using MTTY, just easier, especially for Vista and W7 users. (Pity I've already installed all of the drivers on my W7 Ultimate :D)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] turborider:
cant open and wont work on my sony vista lol
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] edjtpa:
I'm having an issue with error 262 when trying to run task29. It shows it connects to the phone. It starts to load, then it stays at 0% then errors out with the error 262. I search all over and all I can see is that I have to Pay to UNLOCK the phone before I proceed....Is this true? Also...I noticed that it says to establish an Activesync connection...how is that possible when the phone is not booted up? Also I have windows 7 which comes with Windows Mobile Center and I know it's the upgraded version of ActiveSync.

How can I get this to work?

HELP!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Matthes42:
Have you installed HSPL?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] samsamuel:
no its not

ignore that, so long as it says USB in bootloader, that is enough

google 'windows mobile device center', find the microsoft page for it, and install teh latest version. the shipped one doesnt work out of teh box.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] so 77:
hi i can't do the task i got error 262 and i installed the HSPL? :confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] iluuvmochi:
Thank you! :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] saMMuel'sky:
I would like to ask something, if I may. Will that Task 29 also make my HD2 faster?

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] crosby:
PLS Reupload ,,, thanks :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Mister B:
Just remember too much task29ing ain't a good habit to get in to ...

http://www.datafilehost.com/download-62f6c755.html
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] swtlilbabigrlviv:
Thanks for reuploading.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Ahmed93:
broken links
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] samsamuel:
running as administrator?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] turborider:
oh i c [hides]:p
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] turborider:
ty doloop works awsome :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] tkalli:
Used Task 29 by doloop.

Worked like a charm.

Thank You.

:)

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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] pongster:
What I've done to make this process even easier for me, YMMV of course, (thanks to all the tools at our disposal):

1. Extract Task29.exe into its own folder (so it doesn't extract to the directory it runs from)

2. Put HD2 in Bootloader

3. Run Task29.exe (in extracted folder)

4. Hold Vol Down as the HD2 resets to take me straight to Bootloader

5. Extract Shipped ROM then replace RUU_Signed.nbh with my Cooked ROM of choice

5. Run Official ROMUpdateUtility (after copying the RUU_Signed.nbh of my Cooked ROM to where I extracted the Shipped ROM)

6. As the HD2 resets I hold Vol Up and Vol Down to Hard Reset

7. Vol Up to let the HD2 boot into its new ROM...

This makes sure I do a task 29, then 28 (similar to a Hard Reset) and finally a Hard Reset again before the ROM even boots for the 1st time...

All those steps done in less than 10 minutes... Using Sashimi it will take me 30-40 minutes from task 29 to fully customized ROM...

Happy Flashing:)!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] neitin:
Thanks for your guide I have followed it and successfully carried out Task29 and off-course thanks to Doloop for Task29.exe

Cheers, :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] gohyc:
I don't wish to shatter your hope, but I have a friend with HD2 that did just that, but he still experienced auto hard resets.

I have been using MTTY on Windows 7 (32bits), and since then I have not experienced a single auto hard reset or main memory corruption. The steps to set it up seems to be tedious (actually I don't find it so considering the benefits), and it's a one-time setup. Just remember to always use the same USB port for which the driver has been setup for, as I noticed if another port is used, Windows will default to the newer driver (which of course can also be updated with the older driver, also a one-time setup).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] pongster:
No problems here.... task29 then run official ROM Update Utility (for the task28) then hard Reset before 1st boot...:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] mnet:
task 28 already does hardreset. no need to do again if using official RUU
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] neitin:
One doubt I have, will be happy if someone can clarify

I have flashed tmous 2.1 rom and suffer from pink boot screen, if I do task29 and flash another rom will there be still pink boot screen
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] pongster:
I hard reset twice before just to make sure nothing is left behind:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] turborider:
man you confusing me more

5. Extract Shipped ROM then replace RUU_Signed.nbh with my Cooked ROM of choice

5. Run Official ROMUpdateUtility (after copying the RUU_Signed.nbh of my Cooked ROM to where I extracted the Shipped ROM)

:eek::confused: dude do a video and see how you doit
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] [★]:
If anyones interested I just added a guide on how to do this too my HSPL thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=621930

:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] BladeKnight:
Bravo Bravo.....you make things easier by your tutorial vid.....

tnx doloop for this task 29 and Shadrac...making things possible...hehehhehe
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] htc12345:
fabulous :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] pablo11:
Nice work guys. Saves a lot of messing about in W7:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] giorgos25:
Nice work guys! And the video-tutorials make a lot of people feel more confident!

Thanks and,

Happy flashing :) !
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] [★]:
Thanks :) I would appreciate it if people were to comment on the video thread to keep it alive though :rolleyes:

Great work I agree :) especially for someone with Windows 7 :p
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] seal_team_six:
Thanks Doloop great work... it will shortcut the time to run task29 :)

anyway is it okay to use this way, everytime i want to flash new ROM?

any negative side effect ? :P :D

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Neurosis:
sorry for a stupid question... i've got 2 HD and 1 HD2 at home. I'm just wondering if i can use this for HD? I dun seem to able to find anyone using this in the HD side of the forum. I'm asking becoz both my wife's and my brother's HD have the problem of "sleep of death", and i hope that this can solve their problem. Pls advice... thanks...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Heart1010:
I used it with my HD (Blackstone)!

But you have to download the 1st version (post #1) not the smaller RePack from ShaDrac (because he includes a very small HD2 Rom nbh file in it).

So take the first archive, delete the ruu_signed.nbh in it (because it's a radio rom for HD2) and replace/add/copy your radio rom nbh file in this folder and rename to ruu_signed.nbh
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Neurosis:
Thanks alot for your help. The problem is... I can't download from both of the sites... always saying download limit exceeded... possible for you to post it here? Thanks in advance...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Heart1010:
Hmmm, tried both here... both download from 1st post working fine :confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] djet:
Could you explain in more detail what's the point of formatting separate partitions of the same flash if in the result after flashing a ROM they get repartitioned again? Would not formatting the whole flash make more sense?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] giorgos25:
And for Vista64 ;)

I'll comment on your thread right away and also tell the people from my favorite Artemis Rom about your video-tutorials!

Keep up the good work!!! :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ShaDrac:
Hi djet,

I don't know exactly how it completely works and how many partitions we have on our flash, but I think (wild guess :D) on our Leo we've got 7 or 8 partitions! :eek:

radio/splash/spl/uldr/xip/imgfs/fat and some other unknown stuff for me, so formatting the whole flash isn't an option. :(

I think when we flash a rom our MBR of our flash is told where an partition starts and where it ends, after that I think it tries to copy only newer files to our flash.

That's also why we've got mxipcold_etc_etc.provxml's and mxipupdate_etc_etc.provxml's.

But I could be completely wrong, since this is mainly based on observations and conclusions.

I found it very hard to find some official documentation about this.

ShaDrac
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] giorgos25:
I read in another thread here on xda that flashing a custom Rom will perform Task 29 :confused:

I think this is not correct.

Could somebody please verify that ? :confused:

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] sliv:
thanks guys have been following this thread for sometime now..but didnt have the courage to ask if this will work with blackstone :o
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Neurosis:
I think it's becoz I'm in Singapore, and due to our IP... we have problem downloading from both the link...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Neurosis:
I've just asked... i just wish ShaDrac would do the same exe file for blackstone...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Heart1010:
#1 for that ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Nixeus:
Hello my friend :

Some questions :

* Is the task29 dangerous for the NAND ?

* Do you advice, use this task 29 for each rom flahing ?

Thanks a lot :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] [★]:
Ahh why thankyou very much :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] chris_ah1:
just to make sure, but this DOES NOT format the memory card? I'm sure it doesnt, but worth a quick Q :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
No it doesn't, only the internal memory on the device, where the rom resides.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] jchoong:
My PC is on Win7 and I did MTTY a few weeks ago, and it was not an easy process (despite very good and detailed instructions); this Task 29 without MTTY is a breeze to run. Many thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] s-shev:
After RomUpdateUtility.exe so it runs task 29 not flash HD2

error 262

Upgrade ROM code error

Help
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Going to need more help than that. Please explain exactly what you did and then what you were trying to do when the error occurred.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] s-shev:
1.Download files 3616...5___task29.zip

2. unzip and run task29.exe

3. ...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] xaoc747:
Вроде ж в шапке всё конкретно описано?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Did you run it as Administrator?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Rossimac:
lol .
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] cd78:
Great tutorial - thanks

Works great cheers Shadrac!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] robert.maas:
HSPL ???? You used it?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] s-shev:
Yes

Windows xp
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] s-shev:
xaoc747

Посоветуй, пожалуйста, как его теперь прошить s-shev@yandex.ru
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] miwe42:
I downloaded "Task29 provided by doloop" and just started (with win7 and xp) both the same result. after following the screen instructions the device got into three color-mode, the flashprocess started (HTC-screen with 0%) and got stuck by 0%. After a few minutes the recovery started and thats it. How can I get it to work?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] gianton:
you must have hspl.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] martouf13:
The single .EXE worked like a charm! So much easier than the mtty because I am on Windows 7 which makes the mtty quite annoying. Thanks for this program its awesome!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Qazz~:
hmmjust making sure so this actually does a task 29 after flashin a ROM/splashscreen? so after flashing the splash screen, task 29 will be done and the splashscreen will also be gone? am i right?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] samsamuel:
splash screen and radio aren't touched by task 29.only the main rom.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Troden:
awesome works like a charm!!

thanks

T
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] UncleManuel:
+1! :cool:

Easy as it gets. Nice work... :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] flat_eric75:
hi

I have a question

work on diamond p3700 ?

thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] madman_cro:
it works on any device. you just need to put in radio of your device
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Use this version and you don't even need to add the radio
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Heart1010:
yes Clyde.... but ShaDrac told me that:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] jigners:
huh? any device? is this confirmed?:o

Hello, ClydeB1,:) have you tried this on the Blackstone? (Task 29);)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
True, I missed the

any device

part of the quote :o. You can use the ShaDrac version for HD2 and the other version together with the radio or splash screen nbh file for your device

Hi

Hi jigners, I don't have my Blackstone any longer so I can't try it. :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] jigners:
thanks, I still have the Blackstone, my partner is still using it. LOL:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] vodanhdaisu:
sorry, i'm newbie here. i read some pages but still confusing. Do you mean: I put the ShaRag repack .exe with the radio.nbh at same folder and run this exe file >> it's gonna delete my old rom but upgrade my radio ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ElCondor:
I'd like to have a confirmation of the fact that it works for every device.

So I'm sure I won't end up with a bricked Diamond;)

But great work man, I can't get the drivers to work on my pc so this is a great solution!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] flat_eric75:
hi

I don't understand if this program can use to format and load a new rom or just for radiorom

thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
No, I think you need to use the original version, not the repack as that contains a small hd2rom file AFAIK. Use the original one together with the radio file for your device.

No, not for roms. It flashes the rom first and then clears the memory, so your newly installed rom would be wiped by the task 29. The radio file however does not get wiped.