I recently bought a new Desire S which works great with me. I installed an update that upgraded my hboot from 0.98 to 0.98.0002. Now I need to s-off it using AlpharevX but it only supports 0.98. My question is: is there a way to downgrade it into 0.98? I followed another guide on the site that didn't help at all & didn't even provide the right rom. Any help
not sure but i think that u need to flash stock rom with 0.98.0000 then s-off ....maybe someone can provide hboot 0.98.0000 image
that's exactly what i've been hoping for. hope someone could do that
Extract it from a RUU or wait until I get home and upload it.
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badeaioan said:
Extract it from a RUU or wait until I get home and upload it.
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Please, I beg you upload it when you can. This would be a great favor for me. Just when excatly do will you return (so I would when to check as there is a big time difference here in Egypt ) Thanks in advance .
Here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?tiuuiuoc70k3q0j
Remember ! I will not be responsible if you brick your phone. It worked for me though.
Good luck !
ok, thanks so much but I have a very silly question. How do I flash the .img? I know its a very silly one but I'm still a bit of a noob in Android
Reboot your phone into Bootloader and then choose Fastboot.
Open a cmd window, cd into your android sdk folder and then type:
fastboot flash hboot example.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
*replace example with the name of the img.
I did what you said but when I write "fastboot flash hboot saga_hboot_0.98.img" it displays:
{sending 'hboot' (1024 kb)...
OKAY [ 0.189s]
writing 'hboot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.339s}
any idea what might be causing the signature check error?
I suggest you to flash a RUU and then S-OFF it.
Better and safer.
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ok, steps?
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca1...0805U_38.03.02.11_M_release_177977_signed.exe
download this one and install. put ur phone on usb
u sure? i have a slow (but unlimited) net & what should i do after that, just run the installer & it will downgrade the hboot?
Exactly. It will replace everything: ROM, radio, hboot, etc.
L.E: Have you checked this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078497 ?
actually, yes. I've tried the following but it didn't work. Every time I reach step 10 it finishes but doesn't change anything. And I have another question but its out of the topic, if I flash Virtuous Unity ROM, will games & apps recognize the device as HTC Desire S & be compatible or what?
Yes, your device will be recognized as Desire S.
Ohh, that's a great relief. Thank you so much for your help up till now. Hope it works out in the end. Sadly, I won't be able to continue the process today & I'll have to continue tomorrow. Don't worry, I'll immediately post the result when I wake up & finish the process (probably I'll wake up here at about 8:30 - 9:00) & the download takes 30 min. so I'll post the result at about 11:00 - 11:30 in Romania .
Ohh thank you so MUCH. It worked!! Luckily I backed up all my things first. The most important thing is, my hboot is now 0.98.0000! Thanks a million again .
Really glad it all worked out nicely. Have a nice time testing ROMs !
Yeah, got Cyanogenmod & Virtuous Unity but liked Virtuous more. Anyway, thanks so much for all your help . As for anyone that needs to downgrade his hboot, I suggest that he downloads this program & it will do all the work: http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca1f...977_signed.exe. Not my fault if it bricked your phone or if it didn't work but it worked for me. & note that it will erase every thing on the device so back up first.
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when I try to install my radio it sends but it wont write please help I don't understand why.
What do you mean it sends but it won't write? What are you downloading and from where? What rom are you on? Are you s off?
I have successfully installed Android Revolution and I am attempting to install the radio that has been suggested to go with it. After downloading the radio and putting it in its own folder, on my computer, I open the "read me" portion of the radio file, and it looks as follows:
--=[ How to flash a radio ]=--
This guide is for Windows users only! Your phone must be ENG S-OFF. Radio S-OFF is also highly recommended.
Requirements:
- HTC Sync
- A Windows PC
1. Connect your phone into a PC, and make sure that USB Debugging is enabled
2. Click "Start here". A black command prompt window will open
3. Type: "adb reboot bootloader"
4. Once your phone is in bootloader (white screen with text), type "fastboot flash radio radio.img"
5. When the flashing completes, type "fastboot reboot"
6. Done. Enjoy!
I follow the step to bootload and when I type in "fastboot flash radio radio.img" it gives me this:
sending 'radio' (24960 KB)... okay [ 4.134s]
writing 'radio'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
I am confused about what I have done wrong. I have used other ROMs and Radios so I might have messed something up along the way.
bart2278 said:
I follow the step to bootload and when I type in "fastboot flash radio radio.img" it gives me this:
sending 'radio' (24960 KB)... okay [ 4.134s]
writing 'radio'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
I am confused about what I have done wrong. I have used other ROMs and Radios so I might have messed something up along the way.
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I use the Pd98img.zip way.... so much simpler.
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what is that?
Youngunn2008 said:
I use the Pd98img.zip way.... so much simpler.
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especially since using the fastboot method requires ENG S-OFF...and is very risky
I have the ENG S-OFF but I don't like the risky part. I am what some would call a "n00b"
bart2278 said:
what is that?
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Please, search for the inspire radio thread. In there is every available radio and matching ril combo, and the radio is in the pd98img.zip format for you. Put it in the root of your sd card, then boot into the bootloader. It'll ask you to apply update press vol up...
A good question tho is do you really need to update your radio?
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Using the Eng s off method can give you a brick. It's just a possibility.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106324
Inspire Radio Thread [OP Updated July 12, 2011]
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To get into bootloader, you can power off phone, then hold vol down and power until it comes up.
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From what I read I do need this matching radio. my radio as of now is from TPC Inspire 4G and I would like to switch it over to Android revolution specific radio.
bart2278 said:
From what I read I do need this matching radio. my radio as of now is from TPC Inspire 4G and I would like to switch it over to Android revolution specific radio.
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OK well go to the radio thread and find the radio you want and flash it, but also flash the ril. You use recovery to do that.
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I'm brain dead. I was trying to use the radio file that AR had provided. I Didn't know the radio file on the radio thread and the radio file from AR was different, but it is and I have successfully flashed my radio. I already tried the radio thread earlier today, but I wasn't using the right radio file. Youngunn I greatly appreciate your help you have thwarted a cerebral aneurysm on my part. Again thank you sir.
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I'm brain dead. I was trying to use the radio file that AR had provided. I Didn't know the radio file on the radio thread and the radio file from AR was different, but it is and I have successfully flashed my radio. I already tried the radio thread earlier today, but I wasn't using the right radio file. Youngunn I greatly appreciate your help you have thwarted a cerebral aneurysm on my part. Again thank you sir.
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No problem. We were all newbs at one time
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best thing you can do is read read read then read some more lol there are lots of threads about roms,radios etc. and the best way to understand what you are doing is to read and learn. there are several diffrent radios avalible for this phone. but that doesnt mean the recommended one is the best for you .the suggested radio might work very well in one part of the world and then totally different in another part of the world. the best thing to do is read thru the inspire radio thread and people usually post where they live and what radio and ril work the best in that area .just find one you like try it for a couple days and if works well good if not try another one .its just trial and error to find one that works well in your area hope this helps
rayford85 said:
best thing you can do is read read read then read some more lol there are lots of threads about roms,radios etc. and the best way to understand what you are doing is to read and learn. there are several diffrent radios avalible for this phone. but that doesnt mean the recommended one is the best for you .the suggested radio might work very well in one part of the world and then totally different in another part of the world. the best thing to do is read thru the inspire radio thread and people usually post where they live and what radio and ril work the best in that area .just find one you like try it for a couple days and if works well good if not try another one .its just trial and error to find one that works well in your area hope this helps
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+1 well put.
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I bought a Desire S off eBay. It had Froyo Orange UK on it.
Yesterday I started flashing it (whilst having a couple of drinks!)
I got it to S-OFF, got Revolutionary working and had a rooted Gingerbread ROM on it, but I cant remember which variant.
I don't have an Orange SIM so I started using various methods to unlock the SIM, getting more frustrated and drinking more.
I read hudreds of threads (not too methodically) and eventually decided I needed S-ON so I have got it back to an S-ON state.
By this time I was drunk and cannot remember if it booted after I S-ON'ed it and therefore cant tell if I have USB Debugging enabled.
I think the bootloader may be locked but it boots into the white HBOOT screen. There is no Recovery that works so I am stuck with a blank page.
If I try to RUU Orange UK or any stock ROM on it I get different errors half way through.
I have tried to flash a new HBoot onto it but get a signatire error in fastboot utility. Revolutionary no longer works.
I'm lost. I'm going for a walk!
You tried HTC unlock bootloader ? Then flashing a new recovery?
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Maybe unlock it via htcdev.com, flash new recovery with fastboot
fastbooot flash recovery PathToRecoveryImg
...do it sober dude ^^
Well....first dont drink n flash.
Then try the following:
Flash a new recovery via android flasher.I suggest the 4ext touch.For me is the best out there.
Then wipe the device ccompleteley including cache ,data,system etc.
Then flash the rom you want.
After that reboot into bootloader and choose fastboot.
Extract the.same rom that you flash somewere in your pc.Copy the boot.img and paste it in you platform tools in sdk dir.
Open cmd.
Connect your device.
Assuming your sdk is to c:/ and named for ex android-sdk-windows then type.
Cd c:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
Fastboot devices(see if the device identified)
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Done.
Then reboot your device
Hope that helps
don't drink and driv... ehm flash your phone! (or post in the wrong forum )
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don't drink and driv... ehm flash your phone! (or post in the wrong forum )
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+1 for that @apx
While i have all the sympathy for you @Nezbert, this is the wrong place to put your questions.
In case the alcohol hasn't metabolized completely, let me put it in clear loud words - "This is the Development forum... NOT the Question and Answer Forum. Your thread does not belong here. The Q&A thread is custom built for exactly these kind of threads"
Thread reported for relocation. I hope you understand.
Probably why he thinks he had froyo on it...
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dan-fish said:
Probably why he thinks he had froyo on it...
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Might have been a super secret prototype by HTC R&D
Haha. All jokes aside, does the phone actually work? Maybe he pulled battery?
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This sounds like exactly what I did mate, I believe it was a combination of incorrect goldcard and trying to install a foreign RUU -- which Revolutionary bootloader with S-OFF will allow.
check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464513
I managed to solve it, but I needed to borrow a phone to do it. Check out my solution post on Page 2
Actually I might as well just tell you what I think will work here.
1. Borrow a friends android phone, any phone should do I believe.
2. Download Goldcard Helper from the market, use it to get the CIDs of the memory on your phone. One of these is the SD card, you might as well copy both down but for me MMC2 was my SD card. The app by default copies the other one when you use the Menu > Copy function, so don't use that. Go to the website and generate the goldcard.img file.
3. Use GoldCardTool (attached) to patch your SD card.
4. Pop it into the phone and boot to HBOOT and select fastboot again
5. If you've unlocked the HBOOT via HTCDev.com, lock it again before trying an RUU! If you don't have fastboot.exe it's in the ADB-Windows.zip attached... type "Fastboot oem lock" to lock the HBOOT.
6. Run the RUU for Europe - RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.8_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_225161_signed worked for me
That should do it. Hope it does mate!
I just tried using the HTC Dev unlock bootloader site and at the first fastboot command I get:
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.007s
The command was for 'fastboot oem get_identifier_token'
I know fastboot is connected because if I issue 'fastboot reboot' the phone reboots.
Looking at your other posts now. Thanks.
I'm gonna use my Sony Ericsson Xperia to download the goldcard app and try that. I'll report back in a bit. Fingers crossed!
FrakEarth, thank you!! Your advice worked to the letter!!
The only thing I didn't do was the fastboot oem lock part, as I couldn't get fastboot to work.
Now I am kind of back to square one. I have a working OS on an Orange UK phone but when I put my giffgaff/o2 SIM in there isa no prompt to enter an unlock code. I have bought a code that goes with my IMEI but I dont know how to enter it.
Is there an easy way to SIM unlock this?? I will search the site.
Thanks again FrakEarth!!
One more question...
Now that Android has booted and created all it's driectories on my SD card will it still be a Goldcard, or will it have been overwritten into a standard SD?
One more question!
Where do I click to edit the thread title to [SOLVED]?
Nezbert said:
One more question...
Now that Android has booted and created all it's driectories on my SD card will it still be a Goldcard, or will it have been overwritten into a standard SD?
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I think that you still have the files needed for the GoldCard but don't bother, it's not something that will create any problems. As I recall my old SD Card when I used it as a Goldcard, I installed my desired Android RUU but there were still some files in the SD from the Goldcard utility.
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One more question!
Where do I click to edit the thread title to [SOLVED]?
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You select "edit post" in your 1st post and then select "Go advanced" and there you have it.
Drink less!
Are u sure? How possible u buy a desire s with froyo? It have gingerbread at first!
so i unlocked my device via HTCDev.com thinking since its htc device and all they said was i had to unlock bootloader to flash custon OS's i already knew about S-OFF but being the site didn't talk about it(why would it) i went and flash virtouous ROM and got stuck at the HTC screen. i wasnt thinking so i never backed up the stock HTC Rom!!
now i tried 2 of those RUU's in the shipped rom thread the tmous ones with 29 and 50 both saying wrong version.
my question here is there anyway to get at least one RUU to work or get s-off from HBOOT?
my reason of doing this after going back to completely stock is i cant wait any longer for HTC/Tmobile to get us ICS so i tried the custom way and failed lol
I am sure unless you super SID you will have to find ROMs specific for the country the phone came from.
Eg my phone was from Asia region and I could not flash Euro ROMs
ok from the Shipped rom thread in the dev section for the sensation i was trying to go back to stock to gain s-off but the tmous(USA) which is where i am from said wrong version.
futty said:
ok from the Shipped rom thread in the dev section for the sensation i was trying to go back to stock to gain s-off but the tmous(USA) which is where i am from said wrong version.
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What h boot version do you have?
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Hboot: 1.18.0000
Check your CID using fastboot getvar cid to see if these still match the ROM you were trying to flash.
says for cid is t-mob010
i guess out of the 2 stock ruu"s from the post doesnt match that?
edit: ok from what i learned in another post i opened up the rom.zip file and looked at android-info.txt both the cid and mid matched my phones from the RUU file "RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed" buuuuttttt it tried to update it but fails saying i need to correct version :\
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Hboot: 1.18.0000
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Are you on t mous us?
Also you can s off and super cid and flash any ruu.
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Yes i am. the 2 Ruu's i am using seem to have matching info to my phone when i went to get the rom.zip it uses to send to my phone and looked in the android-info.txt but tell me to get the correct RUU and try again. i got the from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559 under the tmous RUU one with 29 and the other 50.
so i am just stuck at the white screen with the word HTC. if i could get s-off and SuperCID through fastboot that would be awesome but googling it shows up that i cant s-off via fastboot ughhh
still no luck cant seem to flash anything without s-off or supercid
so looks like i am jumping the boat going to sprint this thursday and geting the iphone 4s...byebye android
If you can get into fastboot you should be able to flash RUU from there. Just download the RUU.exe and run it as administrator. Follow the prompts in the exe program while your phone is in fastboot mode.
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futty said:
still no luck cant seem to flash anything without s-off or supercid
so looks like i am jumping the boat going to sprint this thursday and geting the iphone 4s...byebye android
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Maybe iCrap is better for you. When you use Android phones and want to complete unlock them for flashing customroms aso you shoud realy learn to read before you do something. I hate it when people are not able to read about the stuff they want to do and when something goes wrong they blaim Android for it.
To get s-off, super CID and root on a HTC Android device is realy easy if you read the how-to threads and normaly takes about 15 minutes.
Have fun with your iCrap 4S and please don't try to jailbreak it before you read some stuff.
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first off let me say i have rooted and flashed roms on my sensation before just fine. i was unlocking via htcdev.com and figured their method didnt require s-off since it didnt say anything about it. it just talked about unlocking it to put customs os's on it. 2nd i always had a love hate thing for IOS since i had the 3G and ipod touch.
far as using the RUU'ss it tells me i need the correct Ruu version or something like that. maybe because i didnt run as admin but i have all that stuff turned off due to the theme i used for windows 7 required it off.
If I were you I would Super CID your device. That is what I had to do. A great guide that I used was http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
i tried and i get this error
vreg_set: request is duplicated id 14
pyramid_init_sd, SD card power on ok
sdcc_init_memory_device done
[FAT_ERROR] fat_open_file: can not find SMART_IO.CRD
[JAVACARD_ERR] SMART_IO.CRD cann't find
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and my cid remains the same as t-mb010
how can i fix it? would love to get mt device back up and running
You can recover this. Firstly read this guide, regarding downgrading hboot and getting s-off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23222794
The problems are due to HTC.dev not unlocking all parts of the boot loader - you can't flash radio.img or boot.img so nothing is working.
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stringer7 said:
You can recover this. Firstly read this guide, regarding downgrading hboot and getting s-off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23222794
The problems are due to HTC.dev not unlocking all parts of the boot loader - you can't flash radio.img or boot.img so nothing is working.
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thanks for your help. i went to your link and i flashed a stock tmobile rom as suggested and before i could take out boot.img and send it over fastboot my sensation booted to the home screen. i went ahead and s-off'd and SuperCID. just need to create a backup before i screw up again.
again thanks for the help everyone.
Heeellllooooooooooooooooo,
I'm totally new on here so please excuse me ...
I've a HTC Sensation 2710e but its NOT rooted for the time being...
So which guide should I use to get the phone rooted (theres so many out there!!)???
Thanks
macdadi112
Hi and welcome! First thing you need to do is find out your hboot version. Their are different proccedures for different hboots, thus the reasons for the many guides. Once you find your hboot then we can help finding a guide. Too find hboot you can power volume down at same time this will boot you into a menu, you will see the information you need written above menu. You can also access by pulling battery out, replace battery volume down power at the same time. You can read your hboot then also. Really hope this helps you out! Once you know hboot you can take it from their.
Or we can help find proper guide if you can not.
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Ancenis, ingsixu
Thanks realsis.
My hboot is 1.27.
Hope that helps...
macdadi112 said:
Thanks realsis.
My hboot is 1.27.
Hope that helps...
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Then you can use the guide in my signature (SOFF and one click root). To first SOFF then root your device.. The guide is bit tricky
You can also go via htcdev unlock..
Search for "flashing rom's with SON" guide by asskicker2 to have the root too.. (this method may(very slim) void the warranty)
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
sensation xe official ICS wifi error
I was connected via Wi-fi to my home router and downloaded the new version of android 4.0.3, and after updating the phone and it turned on again i couldnt connect to the router.
I can tell that the Wi-fi device on the phone works just fine. Because i can find my router, and my neightbours. It aks me the password ofc. Then when i try to connect, at first it says connecting, then after about 2-4secs it says disconnected. When i look at the list of routers, it only says 'not in range', but that isn't the problem.
I would say its not a hardware problem, but somehow a software problem. Because it was running just fine before the update.
Any idea on how to fix the issue ?
Anyone experienced the same problem after updating the phone ?
Could it be a WiFi driver problem with the on the new version of android ?
Here is some info on the software on my phone :
Andriod Version 4.0.3
Htc Sense version 3.6
Software number 3.32.401.105
Hope to get some help
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I was connected via Wi-fi to my home router and downloaded the new version of android 4.0.3, and after updating the phone and it turned on again i couldnt connect to the router.
I can tell that the Wi-fi device on the phone works just fine. Because i can find my router, and my neightbours. It aks me the password ofc. Then when i try to connect, at first it says connecting, then after about 2-4secs it says disconnected. When i look at the list of routers, it only says 'not in range', but that isn't the problem.
I would say its not a hardware problem, but somehow a software problem. Because it was running just fine before the update.
Any idea on how to fix the issue ?
Anyone experienced the same problem after updating the phone ?
Could it be a WiFi driver problem with the on the new version of android ?
Here is some info on the software on my phone :
Andriod Version 4.0.3
Htc Sense version 3.6
Software number 3.32.401.105
Hope to get some help
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apparently its a bug in HTC
you need to search for updates again from phone (they released another update to fix this--around 15mb)
but as you didnt have wifi..you need to either use mobile network or internet pass through
if updating didnt solved the problem..try factory reset
I've checked out asskicker [GUIDE] Flashing roms with S-ON and 1.27 HBOOT..
The problem is I get to the Stage 2. Flashing a recovery.
I continue getting the following error message:
C:\AndroidSDK>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (6116 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.494s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 2.285s
So any ideas guys???
Your help is really appreciated.
macdadi112 said:
I've checked out asskicker [GUIDE] Flashing roms with S-ON and 1.27 HBOOT..
The problem is I get to the Stage 2. Flashing a recovery.
I continue getting the following error message:
C:\AndroidSDK>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (6116 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.494s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 2.285s
So any ideas guys???
Your help is really appreciated.
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wow signature check..that should not happen if you got htcdev unlocked bootloader
did your bootloader say *unlocked* ..if not get the bootloader unlocked (step 1) and then try flashing recovery again
Ive been trying since yesterday to try and unlock the bootloader using the htc website.. Nothing seems to happen
Is there any other way I can unlock the bootloader...???????
macdadi112 said:
Ive been trying since yesterday to try and unlock the bootloader using the htc website.. Nothing seems to happen
Is there any other way I can unlock the bootloader...???????
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not happening means...unlock process is failing ?
did your phone..recently came from replacement ?
you can use my guide(link in signature) to SOFF then ROOT
Yo ganeshp...
when I mean nothing happens, I mean I click the Begin unlock Bootloader and nothing happens, I sit there waiting for the web page to do something... But nothing.
My phones a HTC Sensation 2710e...
Wow, I've checked out your version as you said... And it looks amazing...! Much simpler than what I was trying...
Now shall I go with your version???
macdadi112 said:
Yo ganeshp...
when I mean nothing happens, I mean I click the Begin unlock Bootloader and nothing happens, I sit there waiting for the web page to do something... But nothing.
My phones a HTC Sensation 2710e...
Wow, I've checked out your version as you said... And it looks amazing...! Much simpler than what I was trying...
Now shall I go with your version???
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the actual JB SOFF process ..was kinda difficult..you need to wire trick...that's the tricky one but fun part (some people struggled for hours to get wire trick done and some ppl did it in first try)
anyways if you can do unlock of bootloader i advise you to try that
try to open the web page in different browsers
I've done it and thanks to you, I'm finally rooted
Thanks to ganeshp
Now I'm on the lookout for ROM's.. Just a couple of quick questions..
1) Will I lose data and software each time that I flash my phone?
2) How do I check if I'm s-off or s-on?
3) Is there a ROM that you'd recommend?
Thanks
macdadi112 said:
I've done it and thanks to you, I'm finally rooted
Thanks to ganeshp
Now I'm on the lookout for ROM's.. Just a couple of quick questions..
1) Will I lose data and software each time that I flash my phone?
2) How do I check if I'm s-off or s-on?
3) Is there a ROM that you'd recommend?
Thanks
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1. when completely changing the rom..you need to wipe your phone completely..so that will cause data loss..
(but the apps and contacts will be linked to your gmail account...so they can/will be added, you can backup your messages and call logs using an app (there are lot out there) , the only thing you lose is system data (wifi pairings,bluetooth pairings, the phone data usage etc etc) and data of the apps... i use titanium backup for saving data of apps and restore them once i change a rom)
Also remember ..you no need to wipe unless mentioned..when upgrading the same custom rom ..like going from 1.2 to 1.3 etc etc
2.to check for SOFF..you need to go to bootloader..and see
to go to bootloader ...uncheck fastboot in settings -> power
then power of your phone
then hold volume down and power together...you'll go to a white screen ..it
has all the details...post it here ..so that i can confirm you are soff
3.im currently using sense 4 ROM ..check my signature..almost all sense 4 roms ..here are pretty stable..except two bugs...wifi theter and hdmi out..i dont need them so ..im on sense 4 ...for sense 3.6 you can go for any ROM..as they are completely stable..no bug at all imho
Hi press volume down and power OR pull battery, put back in press volume down and power, this will take you to your menu where you can see if your soff or on. When flashing roms ALWAYS do a full back up of
Current rom, then use a app. Of your choice to backup applications. This way if something goes wrong during flashing you can restore recent rom and apps remember to please flash apporiate firmware before flashing your rom. Ics firmweare is usually 3.32. Gb firmweare is différent. If you ignore this step you will be headed for trouble. Follow thé guides to flashing with either s-on or off. Depending on which you are . There are à lot of great stable roms out there depending on YOUR personal prefrence. You can find a senceless rom with victorious inquisition, you can find sence 4 with béats with ordroid, you can find sence 3.6 with béats in many, ive uséd béats by Grogg. Its just à matter of personal taste, look at thé change logs, and screen shots and you can choose from there in development section. Its so wonderful to havé options
And wé have great developers that give us mamy options! Thank God for thèm! So i suggest looking over thé Roms and décide which suites your needs best! This is thé fun part! Good Luck to you. Happy flashing . i hope this helped answer your questions.
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What about my settings such as version numbers?
I know for a fact that I'm on hboot 1.27..
I dont wanna download the wrong one?
P.S. You guys are really good with sharing your thoughts
macdadi112 said:
What about my settings such as version numbers?
I know for a fact that I'm on hboot 1.27..
I dont wanna download the wrong one?
P.S. You guys are really good with sharing your thoughts
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as you are having ICS ..you no need to flash firmware again ..aka version number ..wont change
just flash the rom and enjoy
Sorry but what is ics?
macdadi112 said:
Sorry but what is ics?
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ICE CREAM SANDWICH android 4.0.3 the one HTC sensation has now
DOH...
HOW does one figure out what ver of isc ver there on?
Out of the blue, my htc sensation 4g started restarting again & again.
I've tried to flash stock rom again using correct RUU but nothing is working. Yesterday formatted my SD card through other phone & after phone started working nice but when I switched off phone to insert SIM card, it started giving same problem.
Please advise what kind of solutions I have to restore my phone back on stock rom? I don't want to loose my investment.
S-ON
HBOOT: 1.27.0000
cid: T-MOB010
RADIO: 11.23.3504.07_M2
PROVIDER/LOCATION: TMUS T-MOB010
version-main: 3.32.531.14
Try a new battery buddy, this happened to me and I bought an anker battery and its fine now, batteries show wear after time and do need replacing , good luck
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I read a lot about people with batteries not making contact with the pins. Maybe stick in a tiny piece of paper to tighten it up?
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Thanks for the quick reply folks but don't think its battery issue as I'm able to start phone in bootloader everytime.
In bootloader, getting message "No image or wrong image"
Could it be a problem with your SIM maybe ? If your phone can stay powered in bootloader , the radio won't be powered up in bootloader, try a different SIM and see if that helps ? And the no image stuff is just where the bootloader is scanning for update and diagnostic images , nothing to worry about .
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I tried it already, this happens with/out SIM card. Started without SIM, with same SIM & with different SIM.
Ummm not too sure I can help then buddy sorry , all I can say is I had the exact same problem as you and I replaced the battery and never had any issues again , good luck in finding a solution , I hope someone can find a solution to your problem
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No worries, all kinds of help is appreciated as it's 3rd day with this problem.
What do you think about SD card? Yesterday phone started working when I've formatted my card but after next restart, it started giving same problem.
not too sure, Have you got another sdcard laying around to try ? may not help but worth a try i think, At least you can rule out faulty sdcard if it doesnt help
Flash Boot.img
Sometimes I have the same thing.
What works is to flash de boot.img of the rom again. I see u also have S-ON so I think you allready know how it works.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Good luck!
>> I see u also have S-ON so I think you allready know how it works.
No not sure what you mean? can you please elaborate.
Tried to flash boot image but got
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
Any suggestion?
hurreyy said:
>> I see u also have S-ON so I think you allready know how it works.
No not sure what you mean? can you please elaborate.
Tried to flash boot image but got
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
Any suggestion?
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did you unlock the bootloader in order to use the fastboot command?
No I did not & not sure how to do it. Can you please help me to go through the entire process? Any past thread on this topic or link would help.
hurreyy said:
No I did not & not sure how to do it. Can you please help me to go through the entire process? Any past thread on this topic or link would help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
step 1 is for unlocking the bootloader
i suggest you to install a custom rom and see how it goes
after unlocking bootloader follow step 2 for recovery
then from recovery
format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash
flash the rom