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[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] shantanil:
Brilliant idea. Haven't tried it out yet but if it works, this is going to be revolutionary.

Thanks for even thinking of such a procedure.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] chemita:
this is wonderful news !!!!!!!!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] n-zocker:
thx agent, should be sticky!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] StriderNZ:
This is a fantastic application, as using MTTY with 64bit windows 7 takes a bit of mucking around.

Thanks agent)_47 :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] mobilkungen78:
this task29 messed up my phone now i can get past the se logo on the vakyrie 23540 rom....i did exactly what u sayd agent and then flashed ur rom and i

cant get passd se logo so now ill try to flash stock rom and then back to yours
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] jimk68:
Thanks Agent, just one question. Can it be use for HD2 and HD?

Cheers.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] agent_47:
did u flas a rom afterwards? if yes u need to use a different customruu, not this one....this one is only for mtty use

no

but we hav the same app in the hd2 dev section
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] mobilkungen78:
i know its fo the mtty use i flashe thrue sd card..and ur rom and it started to softreset by itself and would not get passed sony logo on boot

so now i have stock rom and i works perfecly
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] agent_47:
wat?? n comfused...

just to make surre...this is what you do.

1. flash the task29 folder (not from sd card...via active sync)

2.when done, flash any ROM using a different customRUU or via sd card
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] sara32:
sori i was to ask task29 just format n clean rom?what about radio?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] 2wice:
Good one Agent, mtty Win 7 x64 had too many loops for me to jump through.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] doobe66:
Thank you agent, i had tried and it worked.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] mobilkungen78:
i flashed stock rom after the task29 and then ur rom and now its fine :p
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] deepthroat:
great work agent! thanks :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] dexteral:
worked for me. thanks very much:)

1. run ROMUpdateUtility in task 29 folder when in boot screen

2. and then install any custom rom
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] chemita:
a question. after installing the new rom is necessary to make HR?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] agent_47:
in theory, no

but i don see a problem HRing nonetheless as it only takes 5sec to do it :p
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] chemita:
I mean after installing your rom for example. not the task29
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] royalbloodvi:
so what exactly is this? this will delete everything on internal storagE? will this wokr on x2?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] notalways:
good one!...works well thanks
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Fahar Salleh:
hi agent,

just wondering. does it means each time when i flash new rom i need to flash task 29 or i need to perform once only?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] jimk68:
Greeting from KK.

Flash task 29 when your phone is acting wierd after to many flashing across to many roms.

Cheers
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] gongoscho:
Cool Feature!

Thx,

cool feature!

Working with win7 64bit ;)

grEEtZ,

gongoscho
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Diagrafeas:
If i put ruu_signed.nbh in microSD (rename it to KOVSIMG.nbh) and flash from there it should work, should it? So this basically deletes the OS part and leaves the bootloader and radio as is?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] maddude88:
Tried your tool and whether it is due to task 29 being such a great thing or if its just a placebo effect, my X1 is now at flying speed! Anyhow, thanks for your tool and your time, makes me happier to use my phone no matter if it did any difference to it :)

Thank you as always mr. Agent!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Jonny4911:
i don't think that would work, its the .exe that runs the task 29. (or so i believe)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] agent_47:
ditto :):p:p:p:p
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] MykeChester:
thanks for this agent_47...totally refreshed my x1...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] b-m-b-85:
Hmm!

Very Clever Agent, U Never Fail To Amaze.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] pegasus123:
hi agent, i was able to flash the image 2.0 however the pc application always saying connection error in the process..
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] pegasus123:
oh i have removed my sim card and sd card and it worked. tnx agent
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] BigJoe381:
I've toke out my SIM and MSD card and I still cant do Taks29.

My X1 enter into BootLoader after I click update, and I get Error 260...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] deepthroat:
have you done hardSPL?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] BigJoe381:
Yes 0.72.OliNex
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] agent_47:
start-setting-connection -usb2pc and uncheck e.nable fasg data sync
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] BigJoe381:
OK, thx I'll try when I recharge my device :wave:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] GTBlackIce:
Hi Folks...

Just wondering if anyone could tell me where I did wrong.

I've dl-ed the task29.zip from the link...unzip it...got the task29 folder.

Connected my phone on activesync with (fast data sync UNcheck)...ran the ROMUpdateUtility from the task 29 folder. Phone went to booloader mode... RUU was doing its job...asking me to replace the current version of ROM...clicked next...finished... and the best thing was my phone re-booted and guess what... it's as though I'm just restarting the device.

Everything loaded...whole ROM...no flashing done... SD card was not inserted. Checked on the radio version... true enough it is different.

But... what did I do wrong that task 29 was not started? I have no idea. Anyone care to guide me on where I did wrong? Thanks in advance.

Cheers!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] agent_47:
read post 1 carefully for instruction
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] GTBlackIce:
Agent... thanks for the reply.

I did read the instruction posted... and realized where my mistake was.

I took for granted on the quoted doloop's message stating that we may replace the ruu_signed.nbh with any radio we preferred. So that's what I did and therein lies my mistake.

Re-do it 4th time (yeaps...1st 3x failed coz of the mistake :o) and it works this time. Never went pass bootscreen. So it's done. Beats the hell outta doing it the original way that I've tried before.

Thanks much for making it a much quicker way!

*Self-reminder: Don't be a smart@$$ and change anything without confirmation* :p
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] vcoolvin:
Thanks... I guess it was really needed, did mess up while trying but fixed it as well :D
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] kallepuk:
Bricked phone.

Hi Agent,

Since my phone has the wellknown x1 problem where it does'nt enter bootloader through all the methods available, it stopped doing so after a while and I had to start enterbootloader.exe manually. I formatted it with this tool and now I am wondering if this deletes the SPL since I still have my warranty for this device, will SEC be able to see that SPL has been modified?

Thanks!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] theoverseer:
Sorry to sound like a n00b. But will this also remove the Radio?, meaning one has to be installed along with the ROM?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ozzybulldog:
Thanks for this. Worked fine. :)

Oz
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] libehv:
i did everything by the instructions but after few hours my phone lost its system files and after reset it starts to install the rom all over again :confused:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] djromeo:
yep i have the same problem..but how did u get the ENTERBOOTLOADER.exe to run?? mine wont pass the SE logo, the button combination's for entering bootloader doesn't want to work, neither does the restore buttons...this is sad :(. any ideas...i think SEC will still see your SPL has changed, which is in terms broken warranty! :( :(

are there any other methods to enter boot loader?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] kallepuk:
enterbootloader.

What i meant was before when it worked and I flashed my phone I would copy enterbootloader.exe to my sdcard and run it from there. :) Now it is at SE since the repairshop was unable to repair it. I hope they don't see the SPL has changed. And since they are unable to enter bootloader they will have to pick out the chip in som way. Hopefully this is not an extent they will go to,. I'll keep you updated.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] cristidotro:
Thanks for this. It's awesome. The response of every ROM is increased with this tool. If you have a memory card that you can format when you want to try another ROM, I suggest you using this tool.

Cheers!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Eldarik:
Thanks for this.

It solved my SoD issue.

With some ROMs i've had a SoD every day.

After using this tool, i've never had a SoD again for the last 12 days.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] spikegotti:
thanks agent_47

this tool i will recommend to all my users :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] chemita:
a question .... if the work is clean task29 internal memory ..... also releases the sim .... I be right?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Exa777:
I tried it but when i try to flash my phone wheter its a Stock Rom/ Custom Rom

it get stuck at the os part for the stock rom and says OS -FAil (0018003)

or when i try a custom rom it just stop after a few mins (lets say 3mins)

OS- Fail
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ulysse84:
Hi,

I'm wondering if formatting internal memory has any affect on the Radio Rom which has been installed?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Jezza0:
Sticky!

Given the usefulness of this, perhaps we want to sticky it?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Jezza0:
Well I'm not too sure what you are asking here, but it does not do anything with regards to your SIM. Certainly, it does not unlock the device to use SIM cards from other networks.

I expected it to, but it did not affect my radio. After successfully wiping the device, I re-flashed using SD-Card method, and radio was already present and working, same version as before.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] kensonsn:
Thanks Agent

I can do it
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] allenx1:
if anyone is having trouble

try removing the memory card. I did and it established a connection after it went into the bootloader
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] diogoapmiranda:
Hello!

I had the same problem. I solved it with these steps:

1 -Turn on the phone. The screen will freeze in Sony Ericsson logo.

2 - After this, hold the two silver front buttons and press the softreset button behind the battery cover (to do a Hard Reset).

3 - Follow the instructions to perform the Hard Reset.

4 - When finished, remove the battery. Wait for 3 seconds and put the battery back.

5 - Now try to hold Vol Down key and turn the phone on.

It worked for me... I don't know why the hardreset turned on the bootloader again. This is a crazy issue.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Arsenicem:
Error[262]: Update Error

I've just read through the entire thread but I have an error which doesn't seem to be posted.

I have removed both my simcard and memory card, but when trying to use the utility the software comes up with Error [262].

"The ROM Update Utility has encountered communication errors during the update process"

And then allows me to run through a recovery tool which does return my phone to a working state.

Anyone any idea how to solve this?

Edit: And now I get Error[244]: Invalid model ID

sooo what am i doing wrong?

Edit2: OK, I had downloaded TASK29 from a different source where it only had one executable. Downloaded the package from your initial post and everything works fine. Hadn't realised I was using the wrong package
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Im Packing:
Not sure if it's just me or not, but I'm unable to get passed the SE Logo using the SD card method. I've tried several times, but each time after it flashed it would just freeze. Only way I was able to resolve this was to go to the boot loader screen and then customruu.exe via USB.

But either way, I must say this is definitely a nice handy utility program I've added to my collection. Can't say yet if it's made any impact on performance or SOD issues as I've only done this about an hour ago. I wonder if there's any way to benchmark before and after the Task 29 method to measure performance enhancements or changes? At least then we could get solid evidence if it does in deed truly speed up the X1, even if marginally.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] xtenzx:
i used the program and now my phone wont go past the sony ericsson logo. i tried to use bootloader but that wont even work. PLEASE HELP!!!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Im Packing:
When using Task 29 make sure you leave your SD card out until it finishes and displays the Sony Logo. Remove the battery. And then go to the bootloader screen and flash using the SD card or get your phone into the bootloader and then flash via USB with the customruu.exe that came with your custom ROM.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] BigJoe381:
I'm finally done Task29 :)

I cant do it on Win 7 x64, so I do it on XP.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] diogoapmiranda:
Try this:

1 -Turn on the phone. The screen will freeze in Sony Ericsson logo.

2 - After this, hold the two silver front buttons and press the softreset button behind the battery cover (to do a Hard Reset).

3 - Follow the instructions to perform the Hard Reset.

4 - When finished, remove the battery. Wait for 3 seconds and put the battery back.

5 - Now try to hold Vol Down key and turn the phone on.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] samsamx:
used the tool then flashed latest rom from energyrom, bus not passing the sonyericson logo....

what now
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] agent_47:
someone emailed me asking me "i wanna confirm that if i extrat the zip files, and only take out the nhb file and put to micro sd card will work fine too or must use inside's one ROMUpdateUtility.exe to run it?"

now if you search properly u will see it wont work.....u need to run the exe....

..this is the last time i will entertain an email. PM is one thing, very understandable; but email ?? :eek:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] circleofomega:
I am sorry but I am losing it, WHERE, and i repeat WHERE THE HELL is it mentioned we have to remove the mem card..i HATE JUST HATE these half baked instructions... NO WHERE DOES IT READ: KINDLY REMOVE ur dAMN mem card it ONLY reads

"INSTRUCTIONS:

- download and unzip

- run ROMUpdateUtility.exe and wait for it to finish…..

- device will reboot but will never go past the bootscreen because there is no OS to boot

- take out your battery and then flash a ROM using mSD card or by taking device into bootloader and using customRUU to load your favorite ROM"
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] circleofomega:
here u mention it..GR8..just plain GR8...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Im Packing:
Who would've thought that after pages of thread and just a couple posts above yours... :p
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] xucaleb:
I downloaded task 29,unzip it on my xp system pc. I followed the instructions，flash my phone with ROMUpdateUtility。

After successfully flash task 29, I can not take my phone into bootloader mode. Anything goes wrong?who can help?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] circleofomega:
this TAsk29 is damn fishy if u ask me...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ovVe:
is because there was no ROM uploaded or updated on the device

*remove your battery

*re-install again your battery

*bring the device in to the "bootloader mode" (volume down + power button)

*flash your desired new rom
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] xucaleb:
:confused:

I did try to bring the device into "bootloader mode"(volume down + power button),but nothing to happen.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ovVe:
ok dude.. after you made it into bootloader mode... start flashing again with new ROM.. via USB cable

*after TASK29 it doesnt go pass the "sonyericsson" splash screen (so you have to the next thing...)

*remove your battery

*re-install again your battery

*bring the device in to the "bootloader mode" (volume down + power button) the tri color screen (kovsky hardspl olinex blah blah blah)

*from that state..flash your desired new rom.. via USB

cheers
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] circleofomega:
1 suggestion...DONT use this Task29, its not as safe u think it is...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] jkoljo:
Why don't u enlighten us?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] deepthroat:
Can you clarify here? :confused:
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] circleofomega:
Do i need to clarify anymore, many people including the guy above (xucaleb ) and MYSELF found issues, first of all, there iS NO CLEAR tut written..no where and I repeat, NOWHERE is it mentioned we need to remove the SD card while we run the task29 shyt..go ahead for all u who think it works, i cant change your opinion and u cant change mine, so i have nothing against it..but its just that such things should be made idiot proof...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] theoverseer:
I used Task29 for the first time this weekend. Everything worked like a charm.

As there seems to be some confusion about how to do it, here's what I did:

- Download and unzip Task29.zip (obviously...)

- Remove SD Card from phone

- Turn on phone in bootloader (hold volume down and power until tri-coloured screen appears)

- Connect USB

- Run ROMUpdateUtility.exe as administrator (right click "Run as admin"...)

- Follow on screen instructions

- Once completed phone will stay at SE logo

- Disconnect USB and remove phone battery

- Insert SD card with chosen ROM loaded on

- Flash ROM via SD Card method (Enter into bootloader again)

- Hard reset for good measure :)

- Enjoy!!!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] circleofomega:
This, is the way a TUT should be written instead of being sarcastic and thinking, 'Oh it worked for me and if it didnt for u, YOU are a fool'

Thanx pal, i really appreciate you effort and i suggest the uploaders of Task29to include these instructions "AS IS" in their threads....
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Benjamin Linus:
Awesome tool, it works great :)))
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] inaw234:
Agent,

Thanks for sharing this tool, it works.

:)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] el Filou:
I'm confused: can this (formatting the flash before flashing a new ROM) fix the type of crash where the X1 randomly freezes when in standby?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] deepthroat:
you're right, I flashed task29 several times with SD card inside without any problem :D i think i'm just lucky.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] spikegotti:
i never task29 with the sd card out except for a minute ago and never had any problems...

btw a personal experience i'd like to share...

few moments ago after flashing and the UC was running, the device kept turning off and would only wake by pressing the power button, therefore preventing the device from setting up...

what solved this??? task29... i just task29 my x1 and now everything is going smooth as it should...

guys, make sure you task29 your device before flashing the new roms...

there is absolutely nothing wrong with task29, it does what it was described to do
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] marko_mk:
works great no problem tnx :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] syhnuria:
Yup totally agreed with the task29 work greatly :D

you'll will see there is different using that tool and not using it b4 flash any rom e.g SOD, hang etc....
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] caliban2:
task29 is a great tool, been using it for weeks now and its effects are noticable. but there's one thing i'd like to leave behind here:

(no, circleofomega, this is not related to your issues. don't.)

during the last week i had grave stability-problems when flashing new roms, after a few hours the filesystem on my phone would always crash. (filenames like "&/()$§$%.!(%", disappearing files/folders; it progressed with every restart and ended in a non-functioning phone or a self-induced hardreset) i blamed itje's new kitchen first, but turned out the solution was simple:

flash stockrom. now everything is running smoothly again.

if i'd have to bet i'd say it was either the "bootloader"-part of stockrom or the running of "task28" (right?) that solved these issues.

bottom line:

task29 can and will solve most problems, but not all of them. :)

edit:

what's all that fuzz about removing the sd-card?! maybe agent_47 could enlighten us (if he's not already too fed up after some posts i've read in here), but the only problem with sd-card i see is if there is a kovsimg.nbh in its root. this will always override an usb-connection in bootloader and start the microsd-flashmode, so of course the exe can't work (that should be common knowledge, btw). but apart from that - what's the point?!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] agent_47:
sometimes u get connection error with cd card inserted.....its safe to have it removed to avoid that hold up, but not mendetory.....either ways, it has no effect on the purposed of task29. it works fine either ways :D
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] vcoolvin:
I had been using task29 for sometime it has been good.... But recently i upgraded my work PC to windows 7 x86 professional and also bought a new dell laptop with windows 7 x64 home premium, I am not able to use the tool with both the computers and i had to stop using it, today i just tried it with a windows xp computer at work and it works.... Is there a problem with running this tool on windows 7.

The problem i would face is the communication error with the phone, and running the recovery would not help. I can always run this program at work from windows xp but just wanted to know if its my device or its the tool having issues with windows 7.

Oh By the way Agent_47 Thanks for the tool, really appreciate all your hardwork.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] DIGItonium:
Win7 x64 Compatibility Issue

I ran into the same problem with Win7 64-bit, so I switched over to an XP machine without any problems.

I've been using Touch X 10.9.1 for several months, and I've hard reset a couple times because installing a bunch of apps started slowing down the phone. So I've kept my phone "clean" since the last hard reset. Recently my phone started running real slow even though I barely do much with it (applications, settings, etc., same for past few months). Texting is in slow motion even though text prediction has been disabled. Sense would take forever to load, and the phone wasn't responsive much at all. Opening anything grinds to a halt. Today the colors change to 8-bit after waking up the phone, so I had to soft reset.

So I'm giving Task29 a try, and then reflashing Touch X 10.9.1 to see if it makes any difference. So far it's booting up and setting up the phone. :D
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Jezza0:
Hmm. I use Windows 7 64-bit, and have been able to use task29 several times. Something else is causing your issue. It could still be 64-bit related, such as a driver issue.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] borabora801:
I also use windows 7 64-bit in combination with task29 no problems here.

Maybe your usb drivers cause the problems.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] koyote_0942:
after using the tool task29 my phone is no more dead sony ericsson logo, any suggestions to resuscitate
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] qwer23:
yes, flash a ROM ;)

task29 formats all your internal memory, including your OS. So it will stop loading in the boot screen. Just flash a ROM from your SD card and you should be fine.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] koyote_0942:
if I get into my sd and then renamed to kovsimg.nbh do hard reset and nothing more sony ericsson symbol
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] vcoolvin:
In my case its not working on both win 7 32 bit and 64 bit, but works on xp 32 bit. I guess i will have to research a bit more about the drivers, thanks, i just over looked this point of view.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] koyote_0942:
solved but now when my battery is very low, and I make my phone is locked Softreset not respond and have to do a hard reset and lose everything, any suggestions to solve