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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] theguy0075:
In case anyone has been informed of this solution, there are still those of us that are having this problem. More specifically...after launching task29 when WMDC loses connection and "USB" is supposed to show up in the white area of the bootloader screen, it doesn't. Then after a couple of minutes I get the 260 error. Further, this only happens when using my laptop (and before anyone asks it has a 1 month old fresh install of Win7 64bit fully updated), task29 works perfectly on my desktop.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] blast0id:
goto start>settings>connections>usb to pc

try unchecking "enable faster data synchronization" if it is checked... works for me =)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] SaturnusDJ:
Same here, only at USB2.0. Guess something wrong with ActiveSync (not working at all :P ).

So, how to clear/replace the splash screen?

EDIT: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=576703
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
If you just want to go back to the standard "Touch Pro 2" screen, see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=550670
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] GiZZy:
So as i was doing this... i realized my volume buttons are messed up so i cant go into the bootloader screen... in there anything i can possibly do to flash my phone again ?

Thanks in advnace
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] chazco:
After reading that running a task29 might help with some of the issues in the latest HTC ROM i decided to give this a go. It worked great and the HTC ROM now runs fast and stable.

Thanks :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bennyj71:
Oopps.

Ran Task 29 just now. Unfortuantely, Volume down button is working to enter bootloader. Please tell me there is another way? If not I think my phone is done :(
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] MCbrian:
I assume you mean the volume down is not working to enter bootloader.

What/how exactly have you tried?

So, you press the vol-down, and while holding that button down you press the stylus into the reset hole?

OR: you turn the phone off by removing the battery. Then, put the battery back in (hopefully, the phone doesn't start yet). Then hold down the volume down key and while holding that key press the power button.

Have you tried both of these approaches?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bennyj71:
Didn't know about the power button. Holding Vol down and soft reset does nothing on my phone. Even had a buddy help me. We tried for 15 minutes, nothing. The power button worked and I'm up and running. Thanks for the help.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
When you do the reset thing with Vol Down, you need to keep holding that Vol Down button. If you let go of it too soon, it doesn't work. Maybe that's what was happening ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bennyj71:
Nope

Vol Down button was held down for 15 minutes straight. Never let go. That's why I asked my friend to help. It never went into bootloader.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] M_T_M:
Soooo...what you are saying is that you pressed the down volume first (without letting go) you press the reset button with your stylus and it never went in to bootloader screen (tricolor) :confused: :eek:

I've never seen that before. :eek:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bennyj71:
Yep, that's what I'm saying. I thought my Vol Down button was broken. When I push Vol Down and Power Button went into bootloader, no problem. Trying it now with Soft Reset and still isn't working. :confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] MCbrian:
If you press the stylus into the reset hole (without the vol-down), does it do a normal soft-reset? That is, does that part of the process work?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bennyj71:
Yes, the normal soft reset works.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] SacTilt:
Does the Vol Down button work when the phone has booted?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bennyj71:
Yes the Vol. Down works. It doesn't seem to work when I soft reset. I pushed so hard on the Vol Down, I thought I broke it. Like I said the button works I listened to music and took phone calls on my phone after that.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] M_T_M:
And....you have a TP2?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] hasbrone:
Question???

Because the pack task29.zip include a file ruu_signed.nbh?

THANK YOU.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bennyj71:
I have a Tilt2.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] MCbrian:
Are you asking what that is -- that file that looks like an OS-rom file? It's like an "empty" rom...something like that..., which clears out whatever is in the OS-rom memory spot on the TP2 -- the purpose of the Task29.

I know I'm not describing it accurately :o and somebody else can probably describe it better.

A definitely-accurate way to characterize that file is "nothing to worry about" ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] hasbrone:
THANK YOU.

This excellent explanation...

It seems important to add that information to POST No. 1.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] MCbrian:
You're welcome, though I don't think my explanation was completely accurate...except the part about "nothing to worry about" -- which is why there is no explanation of the components of Task29 in the first post. ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] M_T_M:
Here you go...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] hasbrone:
muchas gracias.

Thanks...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] M_T_M:
Did it work?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] aiiee:
soooo, this is for GSM TP2s only? Is that mentioned in the OP? I might have missed it but I thought I got to page 6 or 7 before anyone brought that up.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] MCbrian:
ALL of the ROMs -- OS and radio, as well as the HardSPL -- on this ROM-development sub-forum are GSM-only, everything else on this subforum is GSM-only, so it should be understood.

Probably the assumption is that CDMA-TP2 users have no reason to look for stuff on this GSM-ROM sub-forum.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] aiiee:
I see. A reasonable assumption, but I found this thread with a Google search for 'htc touch pro 2 won't turn on' and another xda thread pointed me here with no mention of GSM or CDMA. If it happened to me, it will happen to others. Just sayin'
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] erwinpiero:
Thanks a lot, try it already, yes it's improve ROM responsivity and stability.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] vedichymn:
Just want to make sure I understand this 100% before I go and try it.

I had installed a custom rom on my Tilt2, but I'm planning on selling it and the buyer wants it 100% back to factory ROM. I had flashed back to the shipped rom (downloaded from the HTC link) and went back to the standard SPL, but noticed bits and pieces from the custom rom still there after a hard reset.

Can this be used the standard SPL, or do you need HardSPL?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] SacTilt:
You need to have HardSPL.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] kjdinoc:
Wow

I was really nervous to try it, but it worked flawlessly. Very cool and I can't wait to see how it affects the performance of my phone!

Thanks again to the people who give us all this cool stuff for our phones. Your work is so appreciated.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] lufc:
Must say this is the bizz thanks:)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] tarroyo:
There is a few splash screens, When tha 1st one appears is when you reset?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] wagool:
The greatest tool for our tp2!:d
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] lafester:
where exactly does it say that this is a GSM rom subforum?

just says tp2 rom development
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] MCbrian:
Welll....since a key sticky thread at the top of this sub-forum is called "Flashing your first GSM Rhodium Rom...", and there's no mention of CDMA roms in thread titles on this sub-forum, and since there's a separate sub-forum called "TP2 CDMA" that has a sticky thread called "Links to CDMA Roms", it's not that hard a deduction... ;) At a minimum, those facts should make a user wonder about CDMA-or-GSM -- and ask, rather than assume.

People will get more out of this forum and XDA in general if they take a little responsibility for their own education...after all, we're getting all this for free. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] pegasys:
running task 29 using terminal on linux?

Hi y'all,

I've tried to format my rhodium GSM using different computers using various versions of windows but I get the weirdest errors ranging from communication errors to wrong device type, lockups etc..

Any way to do this using linux? Trying to figure out how/what to connect to the bootloader terminal using ubuntu.

My apologies if I overlooked the already present answer and many thanks for your patience.

Infos:

model#: t7373

rhod100

spl: 0.85.olinex

radio 4.49.25.91

current rom: evo Core 1 (device has been flashed 'bout a dozen times )
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] universil:
Worked for me easy today on windows 7 pc, (64bit)

I must admit I wasn't confident about task 29 but nothing could be simpler and I just did what it said in the post :-)

Thanks to all involved.

PS: It only synchs without errors to windows mobile device centre when it is in airoplane mode. Is that the same for everyone?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Avatar28:
Help! I Task 29'd my phone. Now I can't get into the bootloader to flash. My volume down button is physically broken so I have no way of pressing it to get into the bootloader. Any suggestions? If I copy the RHODIMG.nbh file for my new ROM to root of my microsd card will it still flash?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
Is it broken inside or just on the outside case ? Can you press the volume down button with the outside cover removed ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Avatar28:
No, it is actually broken off inside the phone. The button (the plastic piece that presses against the switch on the pcb) had somehow slipped off so that only the edge of it was sticking out. In the process of trying to get it back to normal the plastic snapped off inside. Not sure if I could pop it all the way out to press the switch inside or not.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Avatar28:
Okay, I was FINALLY able to get it into the bootloader through jabbing a small screwdriver into the empty switch hole when I turned it on. I seem to have screwed up the volume up button in the process too. The plastic piece is sideways in the hole and I can't get it back straight. At least I now have the ROM flashed. No more Task29 for me! Hoping I can get by until this fall when I am eligible for an update. I will miss flashing but might just look into a WP7 device at that point.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] pritz786:
Error 244- Invalid Model ID

I want to perform task29 on my rhodium, but a error keeps popping up - Erro 244 Invalid Model ID. I tried it with XP and 7. Also I tried dolop file and the file by op. Both of them gives same error.

SPL version- o.85.olinex

Any solutions please......
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
What model number is your phone ? If you take the battery out, you'll see this near to where the serial number is written, it'll be something like "RHOD100" "RHOD500" or similar.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] pritz786:
Fixed it. Just loaded a new radio on my phone and replaced the .ngh file in task29 pack. Flashed it and it got stuck on Tmobile Screen. So took the battery out, placed it back in 20 secs, pressed the top power button and then held down the down volume and then bootloader screen showed up . After then loaded the Energy Rom and it seems to be working good so far.

Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
Replaced the file with what ? :confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] lafester:
all that means is that there are some gsm roms here and there is another forum for cdma specific issues. it does NOT mean that this is a gsm only forum. it may have become one over time but it is not obvious to those who do not frequent here.

also didn't the guy ask if it was for cdma? i don't see your point there. if you don't like people asking if apps or roms are for cdma you should pm a mod to change the forum title.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] MCbrian:
The guy wasn't really asking a question -- he'd already figured it out. His real point was the statement that "GSM-only" wasn't prominently labeled and should be done better so that he/others didn't need to read to page 6 or 7 to get the hint. And I explained why it's not unreasonable to assume that users of stuff on XDA should be able to figure out what forum is for what; most do. I think it's enough that developers and roms cooks contribute what they do, and I think it's too much to ask them to make the use of their product fool-proof. After all, how much are we paying for this product? Explicit warnings -- and an assumption that the the user is clueless -- is for commercial software.

But if somebody feels that the sub-forum isn't obviously GSM-only and needs explicit labeling then

that

person should PM a mod and request a change.

BTW: The ROM-development sub-forum was GSM-only

from the start

because the TP2 was first released in Europe and Asia -- GSM-only -- (months before there were any CDMA TPs available) and then was first released in the USA on T-Mobile -- also GSM-only.

After CDMA TP2s became available the CDMA sub-forum was started.

BTW2: I think sincere questions are great -- I've answered many, many questions (in my small way) from newbies (check my record on the Valkyrie-rom thread).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Shinagamei:
thank you kind sir my phone flys like brand new once again thanks to you
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] berrywr:
Can Task 29 be put on a micro sd card and flashed to the Rhodium in the same way a ROM can be flashed via direct bootloader - volume down and soft reset buttons? Thank you!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
No, it can't I'm afraid, it has to be run from the PC.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mjcpa:
I'm confused.

I just downloaded the Task29 file and unziped it.

In the unziped file, there are 4 application files:

Enterbootloader

Rapitool

Romupdateutility

Ruugetinfo

I guess I was expecting a Task29.exe file once I unzipped.

Which of these files do I run?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
ROMUpdateUtility ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] txfire0901:
help please!!!

Ok im new to this and i put some custom roms on my hd2 but at one time i put the chucky rom then i replaced it for the elegancia rom, but every time i would power my phone down the chucky splash screen would come up first then after a bit the elegancia animation would start and the phone would boot up and work good.. i read on here that task 29 would get rid of any left over roms so i did the task 29 radio_2.08.50.05_task29 follow all the instructions but now my phone is stuck on the screen it just says chucky rom, im guessing that is the splash screen now but it wont take me into the boot loader, i have removed the batt and pressed the vol key down for about 10 mins and nothing, i have pressed the reset button on the back of the phone as well and press the vol down key still nothing ... phone boots up as soon as i put the batt in it .... please if anyone can help that would be great .. i have

Tmous hd2 leo

hslp

cant recall the radio version but it had a 2.10..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
You're in the wrong forum, this is the Rhodium forum, you want the Leo forum ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Onok:
hey guys i realllllllly need ur guys help please!!! i just got the phone back from the sprint store (touch pro 2) and after doing the hard-spl unlocker then downloading the energy 6.5 max sense rom it was good but it was soo slow that i wanted to just revert back to the sprint one. i downloaded task29, ran it, and now i cant get to the bootloader at all to run the sprint rom. it might be because the battery is low (im not sure) because I have been charging it all night. is there anything i can do. please i just got this phone fixed and i effed it up again!! grr
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
Sounds like you have a CDMA phone. I don't know if this version of task29 from this forum (for GSM) phones is compatible with CDMA :eek: Or did you run the CDMA version of task29 ? If so, you should really post in that thread.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] LiquidXed:
ROMUpdateUtility

i dont see any Task29.exe. Did i download the right file. heres what i got.

task29\EnterBootloader.exe

task29\ErrorBattery.fig

task29\ErrorUSB.fig

task29\ModelID.fig

task29\rapitool.exe

task29\ROMUpdateUtility.cfg

task29\ROMUpdateUtility.exe

task29\ruu_signed.nbh

task29\RUUGetInfo.exe

task29\RUUResource.dll

i keep seeing run task29.exe. i dont have that.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dirtypiratehooker:
It was answered on the previous page...but ROMUpdateUtility.exe
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Cain1220:
Is there anyone who is planning on modding this to work on a micro sd card? The USB port on my Rhodium isn't working.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] medicmark75:
got the same exact problem. flashed hard spl then task 29ed it and now im stuck. it shows usb on a tri-color screen but my computer is not seeing it. i cant sync it. help!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
You won't be able to sync it since it has no ROM. What problem are you seeing exactly ? It sounds like the phone is seeing everything correctly, it can see the USB connection to the PC. So you should now be able to flash a new ROM.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] medicmark75:
i can;t sync my rhod300 to computer, therefore i cant flash anything, basically when phone is in tri-color screen i plug the phone via usb then serial switches to usb and in the computer it tries to install driver but it fails, "installation unsuccessful", therefore computer cant see the phone therefore i cant sync and flash roms, all of it happened when i task 29ed it, it was all good after hard spl but before task 29. thanx
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
Are you using Windows 7 ? It sounds like a driver problem on your PC, rather than a phone problem. Is there another PC you could try it on, perhaps one running XP ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] medicmark75:
this was a great idea. tried on my old desktop with xp but no go. the computer recognized the phone as usb device"mobile phone" but active sync 4.5 didnot and i could not sync. so i opened the mobile device window and tried to drop ruu or that manual ssl hard .exe file and did not even allowed me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
If your phone is in the bootloader (tri-coloured screen), then there's nothing to sync so ActiveSync won't be able to sync it. As long as the PC is recognising the phone it should be ok. You should now be able to flash a new ROM, just run the utility to flash the ROM that is inside an archive (usually customRUU.exe) - disabling your anti-virus software might be needed to let it run.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] medicmark75:
Disabling antivirus helped. Thank you for your advise. It's all good
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] AGY:
Uninstall Task 29

How do I uninstall task 29 of my PC? every time I try to change rooms all the applications from the task 29 run in my pc screen? is this is normal? should I leave it as it is?

thanks?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
task29 doesn't install to your PC, it's just something that you run stand-alone. So no, it's not normal, though I don't understand what you're doing exactly ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gamikzone:
Help, Stuck on splash screen after task29, cant enter bootloader

help i just did the task29 now im on the splash screen but for some reason the reset button isnt doing anything i press vol down then reset with my stylus but nothing happens :(
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] AGY:
Every time I try to run a new room all the tools form task 29 folder run in my pc: (or at least come visible at the screen)

EnterBootloader.exe

ErrorBatery.fig

ErrorUSB.fig

ModeID.fig

rapidtool.exe

ETC.....

As this application is a stand-alone I was wondering why is launching itself every time I try to run a room
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
You mean when you flash a new ROM ? task29 uses the same sort of tools as flashing a ROM, so you'll see a lot of the same utilities/files, or at least ones with the same names. As long as you deleted the task29 stuff that was extracted after you used it, and then extracted all the files for the new ROM, you should be fine.

Or am I misunderstanding you ?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] MCbrian:
What stevieweve said. :)

What you see has nothing to do with Task 29.

Running Task 29 is like flashing a rom, except that the "rom" that it flashes is empty, to clean out the OS-rom part of the memory (something like that...:o ). So those files that appear aren't specifically Task 29 files, they're just rom-flashing-utility files associated with the rom that you're currently flashing.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] reachdawn:
good tools,each one who wanna flash rom need it
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] PhantomYoda:
Question...

If I flash the stock ATT Rom to get the latest rilphone for the latest radio, then use Task29 with a bootscreen splash, will task29 wipe the rilphone?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
Yes, task29 wipes out the whole ROM. rilphone.dll is part of the ROM, so that will be cleared too. The radio itself will not be touched though.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] 8526WM6:
Is there a version of Task 29 that automatically takes you into boot loader? Thanks for a reply in advance.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
No, but why would you need that ? It's easy enough just to reset the phone while you're holding the Volume Down button (no need to remove the battery).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] 8526WM6:
Maybe i didn't read enough...but after doing task 29 the only way to catch it right after it resets is too hold down volume+power button? Or, take off the battery cover and push the hard reset pin-hole right and try again if you miss it? I always miss it...thanks again.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
Yes, you can either :

1 - Hold down vol down as it's nearly finished

2 - Wait till it's finished then remove battery cover, press reset whilst holding vol down

3 - Wait till it's finished then remove battery and power up whilst holdiing vol down