Can you flash too many times?

[KingDubby]

I was just wondering if you could flash too many ROMs/Kernels/Whatever. Would it work the memory too hard and it eventually fails? Is flashing too much or too often bad for the memory?

 

[huskerkate]

Given my flashing habits, I would say its rather unlikely...

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[dub8420]

I've flashed nearly every ROM at one point or another and never had any issues and I know many others on this site flash mutliple times a week and don't seem to have any issues.

 

[alonsou]

Recently I was testing a theme for a member of the forum... in that single day I flashed UD over 14 times (wipe data and cache too) and pretty much I've flashed every ROM available for my D1 since I rooted and haven't have a single issue since then.

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[fox_dye]

I flash at least once a day and a lot more than that when I'm working on my theme

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[DroidMastar2]

I flash at least once a day and a lot more than that when I'm working on my theme

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lol I heard a public service announcement that started off like this once... Flashing is virtually harmless. Meaning you won't notice the changes it causes.

 

[Dave12308]

Flash memory can wear out with repeated erase cycles. I've developed quite a few bad blocks in my data partition from repeated flashing. However, this causes me no issues in day to day life. And even "quite a few" bad blocks don't diminish storage space by an appreciable amount.

 

[KingDubby]

cool. Thanks for the responses guys. Makes me feel a little better about all this flashing.

 

[jdailey1981]

You can flash many many times and the flash memory will still have plenty of life on it when its time to upgrade. Flash memory generally lasts give or take, 5 years, so yes it has a finite life span,
But 5 years from now, the D1 will be looked at like what the first generation blackberries are.

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