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Not a noob but can't get s-off, help

i have rooted my nexus one and friend's incredible but can't get s-off on my tmobile htc sensation hboot 00008 using revolution.
htc drivers installed, usb debugging and htc sync enabled, htc sync uninstalled from pc
tried running revolution.exe but hangs on "waiting for device"
i have already searched the dev threads and i am not sure if a factory reset is necessary
any help would be greatly appreciated
update 1: fast boot also off, revolution.exe ran as administrator but no luck and very jealous of all the current s-off users

Same as op- really starting to annoy me now
Only rooted my xoom a short while ago...
Anyone have any clue what is happening
On 011 by the way
Cheers,

got it sorted - now S-OFF and rooted
my issue was i had fastboot enabled
once i unchecked that i flew thru it
simple process really
kudos to the dev teams that made this happen

[Q] Problems with installing Sensation > Sensation XE rom from start - noob error?

Hi All.
Noob alert!!!!!!
Straight off the bat I'm having problems performing my first ROM upgrade.
Following the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849 and downloading the S-OFF utility I immediately get stuck.
Downloaded the Windows version of S-Off, unzipped it to a folder and ran it, only to get a dos window flash on and off so fast I can't see the error. I can just about make out it saying something like "HTC Sync is incompatible with this tool"
What am I doing wrong? Had a dig around the thread but with over 2000 pages....couldn't find any hints last night. I've since checked through numerous YouTube videos and I still can't see what, if anything that I'm doing wrong.
I have tried it on both my PC and Laptop just in case it was an OS issue.
Sorry to bother but driving me nuts and frustration getting the better of me.
Stock HTC Sensation HBOOT 1.18.0000
HTC Sync 3.0.5579
Windows 7 (SP1)

Turn off HTC sync and and try usb I had the same problem
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jsheathcote said:
Hi All.
Noob alert!!!!!!
Straight off the bat I'm having problems performing my first ROM upgrade.
Following the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849 and downloading the S-OFF utility I immediately get stuck.
Downloaded the Windows version of S-Off, unzipped it to a folder and ran it, only to get a dos window flash on and off so fast I can't see the error. I can just about make out it saying something like "HTC Sync is incompatible with this tool"
What am I doing wrong? Had a dig around the thread but with over 2000 pages....couldn't find any hints last night. I've since checked through numerous YouTube videos and I still can't see what, if anything that I'm doing wrong.
I have tried it on both my PC and Laptop just in case it was an OS issue.
Sorry to bother but driving me nuts and frustration getting the better of me.
Stock HTC Sensation HBOOT 1.18.0000
HTC Sync 3.0.5579
Windows 7 (SP1)
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Hi,
You have to be careful to read everything.
Did you go to the revolutionary page and download and read the documentation page?
It includes links to drivers you will need .
As i remember it the phone has to be plugged in via USB before you start.
And did you fill out the beta key as well.
Uninstall HTC SYNC.

First, install HTC sync to get the needed drivers, then uninstall it. The drivers will be left on your PC. Also, temporarily close any antivirus while running revo

[Q] Can someone point to how to root mytouch 4g slide, S-Off or S-On

I previously had a Motorola Cliq and had no problem rooting the thing, but now I've got the MT4GS and it's giving me a headache. Since we're probably not getting ICS, I figured I'd experiment with some of these roms (pyr-o-ice sounds great). Problem is, I don't know where to start/the easiest way/any way. I tried the revolutionary method via unlockr.com and my computer (windows developers preview) won't recognize the drivers/neither will my other windows 7 computer. I can't get them to sync up. Because of that, I can't get my token ID to use that guy Hasoon's noob tool. I'm sure this has been answered before, but any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance

get the drivers from here

Yeah so I got the driver, clicked install, and then boom. Still nothing happens. Windows recognizes that it's an " HTC Android Phone USB." But HTC Sync doesn't recognize it. Does that really matter?

try mr root....? lol never had that error

Yeah I've never really encountered it either. I downloaded Mr. Root (nice work, by the way), and I'm not sure what the instructions are for that because it automatically stops working as soon as I open the .exe cmd

Could it be the USB cable I am using? The divers say that they're not compatible with my version of Windows, but that doesn't seem to be the case. When I use the Revo tool it just says on the cmd prompt "Waiting for device..."

I thought you needed to exit HTC sync to make it work

I think it is the version of windows... Download linux? Ubuntu...? Borrow a computer...

mattlowry said:
I thought you needed to exit HTC sync to make it work
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No. Get rid of HTC Sync. It messes with everything while trying to root.

When I rooted, I had problems until I remembered to exit htc sync, but that was ages ago when we first got root.

Alright, cool. I'll give all of this a shot and check back in..thanks! This phone kicks ass, I can't believe we're not getting ICS

kk DONT run mr root with admin priviledges. It will messup. And also in the beginning type yes to enter device mode then plug in your device when prompted. Oh and also you should be using windows to operate it

It was either HTC sync, being an administrator, using windows dev. preview, or all of the above. Either way mr root worked w/revo, and now when i fastboot at the top it says S-Off RL. I assume that means mission accomplished? Thanks to everyone who helped out! This was definitely frustrating lol. Time for some stable(ish) ICS. Any recommendations?

I used the instructions given in the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286324

cool kk thanks your done no go flash a cool ROM

I'm using Pyr o Ice desensed and it's ridiculous. Considering trying out your AOKP Wildchild Ice rom, but I'm still having fun with this one. The gap between gingerbread and ice cream sandwich is monstrous. The OS is basically as smooth as the iPhone now, which really says something about how far its come along.

[Q] Cannot flash Sensation with S-on and formatted memory!!! HELP!! PLEASE!!

Hello all, I apologize if this or similar has been posted ahead of time. I've have been searching the forums and Google for the past 4 days trying to figure this out. I'm lost...
Just to be known, I am not a "complete" noob on rooting/hacking phones. I am however a noob on this Sensation..
So a few days ago I got this phone. I had all intentions of running rooted custom roms. I've followed every turtorial I could find on it. I see there were two ways: Through SDK and the All-in-one kit v1.0
I tried using the SDK first... the problem I had with it was I would get a "failed to fetch URL"
So I would have to close down. Then after that I couldn't get "revision 5" to load up to tick on it.
Obviously it wasn't working correctly or somthing was wrong with drivers? I did install HTC Sync AND latest Java.
I dunno?
Next I went to use the All-In-One toolkit
Seemed better and easier. I went through the steps of unlocking the Bootloader - DONE!
Next I went to flash recovery.. Well I got stuck. It wouldn't load.
Well this next step is probably where I went wrong...
I was trying to move clutter off my desktop and was clicking on things... I happen to hit the "Stock kernel" button. Wouldn't be a problem except the tool kit is used for the HTC One X (although it is said to also be used for the Sensation). I'm thinking maybe I loaded thr One X kernel?
Basically, after that I am stuck on the HTC wite screen. I can get into bootloader, Fastboot, and now CWMrecovery (although recovery is giving me issues too. Can't mount USB and half the time wont run SuperWipe, will say aborted status 1 and sometimes 7)
There is current rom in the phone so I cannot boot into anything and I wasn't able to do "perm root" because of my accident.
I'm stuck and I've run out of options. Is it bricked? What can I do to get back to stock to atleast start over and get S-OFF?
I do have the OTA ICS update 1.27 if that helps.
Please, any help is greatly appreciated!!!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
look here
first flash 4ext recovery then is easy

Thanks for replying back so quickly! That is the actual thread I've been trying to follow. My problem with it is I can't get command prompt to work right? I follow the directions but every time I keep getting "not found" in the directories. Is it something on my comp I'm not doing right?

BlastDrumBeater said:
Thanks for replying back so quickly! That is the actual thread I've been trying to follow. My problem with it is I can't get command prompt to work right? I follow the directions but every time I keep getting "not found" in the directories. Is it something on my comp I'm not doing right?
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if you are trying to flash 4ext recovery then did you open the command prompt in the folder where adb and fastboot files are located?
if yes then did you have installed htc drivers?
best wishes
big mistake that you used kernel from that tool
i used the same tool to root my device but never flashed that kernel because it is for one x
never do steps that are not mentioning

Hi.
Your phone is not bricked..
Please look HERE
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

[Q] Lost USB/ADB connection after ROM change

I rooted my HTC One X 3 days ago and installed ClockworkMod recovery.
I then used CWM to backup the stock ROM which I moved (not copied, damn it!) onto my desktop via USB. I also made an online backup with "Backup Pro".
Then I downloaded and installed Cyanogenmod 10.1 ROM using ADB.EXE and flashed the associated boot.img. It worked ok but crashed and rebooted the phone every hour or so, constantly. After half a day I gave up on that and looked around for something else. I made a ROM backup with CWM and then downloaded Viper Venom on the PC and copied the zip file and boot.img onto the phone. I loaded the ROM and boot.img, using adb.exe - same as before.
After rebooting into Viper Venom the HTC splash-screen appeared and a groovy animated robotic snake moved across the screen for 3 seconds before locking up the phone and rebooting. Now it was in an endless loop rebooting every 20 seconds or so.
So I restored the Cyanogenmod rom but forgot to restore the boot.img file, and rebooted. This time once the OS loaded and I unlocked the screen this error popup appeared: "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped". Once I dismiss the popup it re-appears 0.5 second later, and repeats endlessly.
Then I remembered I didn't flash the boot.img so I rebooted into Recovery again but then suddenly I lost computer connection via the USB cable. Now, no matter what I try "adb devices" just won't find the phone. In Windows Device Manager the phone appears as "My HTC" under "Android USB Devices". An unknown icon also appears under "Other Devices" called "Android Phone".
Many months ago I installed the HTC windows drivers and have been connecting to the phone on countless occasions so I don't believe it's a PC driver issue but something in the last boot.img or ROM on the phone that has corrupted the phone.
I have googled non-stop for the past 2 days throughout XDA and other sites and the solutions offered to anybody having issues with rooted ROMs is to use ADB via USB or TCP/IP and do this and that. My problem is that nothing will talk to the phone over cable or wifi, so my hands are tied to make any changes.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can try to re-enable the USB connection? I've tried 2 newish micro-USB cables in all of my Windows7 64-bit USB ports (I heard USB 3.0 ports can cause problems so tried the 2.0 ports), and I've repeated everything on a new Windows7 build 32-bit desktop but everything displays the same in the Device Manager and ADB never connects.
I have a dual-boot Ubuntu desktop I haven't tried yet. Is it possible that would have more luck?
Any ideas anyone.............?

Try installing twrp recovery. Cwm does not have official support for our phone and causes issues
Sent from my VENOMized HoxL

Try reinstalling your HTC drivers.

Fixed!
area51avenger said:
Try installing twrp recovery. Cwm does not have official support for our phone and causes issues
Sent from my VENOMized HoxL
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iElvis said:
Try re-installing your HTC drivers.
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Thanks for both of your suggestions. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the HTC drivers countless times but the device can never be seen. Re. trying TWRP, well without USB access and a phone I can't use, loading anything else is impossible.
HOWEVER! I stumbled on some software called PDANet last night and installed that on my laptop. Immediately ADB was able to see my phone again (MAJOR YAY!!!). I rebooted into Fastboot USB and low and behold, fastboot could now see the phone too! I was back in business and ran fastboot flash boot boot.img to install the Cyanogen boot image. Within 5 seconds it was done and after a reboot the relentless error message was gone for good!
I have since copied the stock rom files back onto the phone via usb (it now appears again in My Computer so I just drag and dropped them) and then ran a CWM Restore. Then flashed the boot.img and rebooted. My old stock rom appeared and everything is 100% as I left it.
I have learned so much about root/rom/recovery over these last 4 nights trying to recover the phone so it's not wasted, although I'm sure I cut a few days off my life worrying whether the "brick" would ever go again
This morning I installed CleanROM from ScottsRoms as I like many of the HTC apps, but I just want better battery life. For some reason it seems I have got a completely stock rom now which is weird but I've asked for advice on the Scotts Rom forum.
Does anybody have advice regarding another suitable rom that has better battery life but still runs some of the HTC stuff like these apps: Email, Car Dock, Messages? I also love the HTC One X keyboard - nothing else I've tried comes close to it, so ideally a rom that retains that would be a major plus.
I tried Viper/Venom 3 nights ago which is when all this went crazy. It was stuck in an endless loop which no amount of clearing cache/data/resets/fix permissions could fix so I'm reluctant to try that again.
Many thanks for any advice!

Make sure your dev settings are turned on and make sure usb debugging is turned on
And for the Rom recommendation you just have to try yourself per the rules we cannot say due to equal competition
Buut if your looking for battery life cough* bulletproof kernel *cough
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Kole_Ackerson said:
Make sure your dev settings are turned on and make sure usb debugging is turned on
And for the Rom recommendation you just have to try yourself per the rules we cannot say due to equal competition
Buut if your looking for battery life cough* bulletproof kernel *cough
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Thanks for the tips Kole. It's all good now. As for the ROM question, I didn't realise recommendations weren't allowed, whoops
I did coincidentally stumble upon a kernel called bulletproof after reading your post , and chose the fastboot flash boot method since my phone is S=OFF - as per their recommendation, but sadly the phone wouldn't boot after that. Not sure if I should have performed any other actions (cache deleting etc?) but I returned it back to the original boot.img and all is well again.
I've since restored a CyanogenMod 10.1 image and is working ok now. Days ago when I installed it, the phone would crash when it was locked. I think I have identified the culprit to be the "2X" battery saver app I installed on it. When that's not active it doesn't crash so I've uninstalled it now.
Would it be fair to assume I should get better battery life day to day with CyanogenMod than the stock HTC rom? Hope so.
thanks

gpfnz said:
Thanks for the tips Kole. It's all good now. As for the ROM question, I didn't realise recommendations weren't allowed, whoops
I did coincidentally stumble upon a kernel called bulletproof after reading your post , and chose the fastboot flash boot method since my phone is S=OFF - as per their recommendation, but sadly the phone wouldn't boot after that. Not sure if I should have performed any other actions (cache deleting etc?) but I returned it back to the original boot.img and all is well again.
I've since restored a CyanogenMod 10.1 image and is working ok now. Days ago when I installed it, the phone would crash when it was locked. I think I have identified the culprit to be the "2X" battery saver app I installed on it. When that's not active it doesn't crash so I've uninstalled it now.
Would it be fair to assume I should get better battery life day to day with CyanogenMod than the stock HTC rom? Hope so.
thanks
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you don't need to fastboot kernel after s-off. bulletproof kernel doesn't work with aosp roms only sense roms.

bulletproof question
DvineLord said:
you don't need to fastboot kernel after s-off. bulletproof kernel doesn't work with aosp roms only sense roms.
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Whoops, I got it wrong. The phone is S-ON and I wrote S-OFF in above post. I followed the instruction in this thread on xda:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38727496
INSTALLATION
1. Install zip from TWRP Recovery
2. Reboot!
S-OFF recommended for easy installation
hboot 1.14+ and S-ON:
The installer includes a method to flash the boot.img for S-ON devices using hboot 1.14 or higher;
however, some people still have difficulties. If it doesn't work:
1. extract boot.img from the zip, reboot to bootloader and do:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
2. If you had previously installed ElementalX or Beastmode, be sure to run the installer to get the correct wifi module.
First boot will take a while. Let it load all the way, then let it settle in for a few minutes, then reboot again.
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I followed what's mentioned under this heading: hboot 1.14+ and S-ON since my phone spec. meets both criteria:
Endeavoru PVT SHIP S-ON RL (what's RL stand for???)
HBOOT-1.36.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-5.1204.162.29
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: disabled
MODEM PATH: OFF
Nov 16 2012, 18:32:39
I think I applied it when I still had ScottsRoms CleanROM onboard. When you say it only works on sense roms, do you mean the stock HTC ROM or should it also work on a cleanROM which contains lots of sense stuff? Sorry for the newbie questions, I find it difficult to get answers online to the most basic of android/rom/root questions.
Thanks for your time guys!

this is the evita forum not the endeavoru forum.
what phone do you have? this is probably not your forum.

DvineLord said:
this is the evita forum not the endeavoru forum.
what phone do you have? this is probably not your forum.
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As it says in the first line of my post: HTC One X. I thought endeavoru=OneX and evita=OneXL?
According to the thread path, this forum is for both phones:
> AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL > One X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q] Lost USB/ADB connection after ROM change > Reply to Thread
Thanks for calling me an idiot too, nice sign-off, not.

gpfnz said:
As it says in the first line of my post: HTC One X. I thought endeavoru=OneX and evita=OneXL?
According to the thread path, this forum is for both phones:
> AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL > One X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q] Lost USB/ADB connection after ROM change > Reply to Thread
Thanks for calling me an idiot too, nice sign-off, not.
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AT&T and Rogers both sell a model that they call the "One X" but is really a One XL (evita) just like Telstra and other carriers sell. Any One X not from AT&T or Rogers is an endeavoru
You need this forum instead

Oh I see. On this side of the world we don't have AT&T and I've never heard of Rogers. It must be a US thing only.
Oh well, discussion is over anyway, problem solved, thanks to all for your input.
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