New hboot - HTC Desire S

Hey now my HTC Desire S got bricked, the eMMc chip has crashed/fried. I have tried to unroot/RUU and back roll my hboot, but i can´t.
I wanne change from Hboot 6.98.1002 to stock hboot.
Can I switch hboot without the eMMc chip??
Spec.
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO 3805.06.02.03_M
eMMC-boot
Mar 10 2011, 14:58:38
I´m sure the eMMc chip is fried.
mmc0: failed to get card ready
mmc0: reinit card
mmc0: Starting deferred resume
mmc0: Deferred resume failed
I would like to have my HTC Desire S back to the default (stock rom with s-on).

I am afraid that this is mission impossible. The only option you have is to try to brick the phone completely which appeared to be a difficult task. Good luck.

cjward23 said he knew a way to brick the phone, he wouldn't say publicly how to do it (obvious reasoning behind that), but for OP's sake he should try PMing him.
amidabuddha said:
I am afraid that this is mission impossible. The only option you have is to try to brick the phone completely which appeared to be a difficult task. Good luck.
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There is a cmd to brick devices, but it will not work on devices with a fried emmc.
Sorry, there is nothing that I'm aware of that you can do, apart from send it in to HTC and hope for the best. But by the sounds of it htc do not like repairing devices that have the patched revoultionary hboot. With my experience of the HTC Vision where we had no support from revoultionary and just used the leaked eng hboot, when emmc chips did go HTC were always happy to replace.
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Hey
Hey
Can I change the rev hboot out with eng hboot and send it to HTC. Or can I not change the hboot if the eMMC chip is grilled/fried.

from the looks of things no.. but dont take my word for it cjward23 from what ive seen has been a mighty fine help on these forums pretty knowledgeable guy

Exactly same thing happened with my brothers desire s on 15th from the discussion above it seems there is no way to install new hboot to my device so that its recognised back to android device from qualcomm chip when connected to my pc

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[Q] DS Singapore ROM

Greetings! I need a rom! My DS can't get out of bootloop, so I can't get the CID. That means I'm not able to make a gold card. All I know is that my device was made for Singapore. Does that mean I need to get a Singapore custom rom to bring my DS back to life? Where can I get it? Any help will be greatly appreciated!
My phone info, if that'll help:
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.98.0000
RADIO-38.03.02.15_M
eMMC-boot
Mar 10 2011, 14:58:38
Hey, check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
I guess those are all we have so far. Just out of curiosity, how did your boot loop happened? There were several reports on this after battery being removed while phone wasn't responding and in all cases it was broken eMMC.
Thank you for your reply. I've tried some of these roms and it said "wrong CID" or smth like that..
I rebooted the phone while it was connected to pc. At the first time it almost booted but hanged when I was typing the sim password. The result of my next attempts to boot it was the htc logo on a white screen. I've tried the factory reset but it didn't work.
Is there a way to find out if it's 100% an eMMC problem?
Hey, I think if your factory reset went ok, there should be no problem with eMMC (but there might still be hardware issue).
Have you tried this ROM? http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca3...0805U_38.03.02.15_M_release_179398_signed.exe
There are very few developers or advanced users in Desire S forums, unfortunately, I'm not one of them, so there's only limited amount of advices I can offer. If I were you, I'd try to contact HTC directly and ask them for help. Is your phone under a warranty?
Tried it, still "wrong cid". HTC-Russia won't help cuz my phone's illegal here.. but thx anywayz

[Q] I got 2 sensation, 1 keep restarting. both cm10, 1.27.1111 Hboot

Okay, there is my problem ***(SOLVED)***
I got 2 HTC sensation 4G, First, lets call it: Alt. Had a broken screen, I bought a new one wich we'll call : Main.
Alt came with Hboot 1.18, was rooted using Revolutionary tools. Main had Hboot 1.27 so i used juop tool.
When CM10 came up, I started flashing daily on Alt to wait for a stable, nearly bugfree version of J-B to install on Main. However i always had the same issue : force restart every 10sec or so. After a week or so, I decided to try on my Main even if Alt had trouble. It ran perfectly! Except the little bugs CM10 still had at those time, but no restart at all .Since then I found out that Alt has all the trouble in the world for running any J-B Rom. CM10 is somewhat stable now, but camera and video camera restart the phone, too much request after sleep ( feels like a ''panic'' when missing memory, like if new Govs, werent supported)
Now I Installed Juop Hboot 1.27.1111 on alt as well and the problem persist. I figure my problem is the Radio, wich is now the only firware difference between both. Any Ideas?
I am sick of reading about piece of papers and battery connectors, if your reply has anything to do with cleaning connectors, wedging something in my phone or changing batteries, please sont bother. I got 3 stock battery, the behavior is the same with anyone of those, and the connectors are clean, thank you.
Here are the bootloader screen Info :
Alt =juopunutbear=
Pyramid pvt SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.27.1111
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_m
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
Main =juopunutbear=
Pyramid pvt SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.27.1111
RADIO-11.24.3504.10_m
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
So, This : RADIO-11.24.3504.10_m, OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
Is what I can seem to find Anywhere... the only Ruu i can find for my carrier contains the RADIO-10.14.9035.01_m.
Just so you know, the problem with the connectors can be the phone, ever thought about that? Anyway, did it's screen break when it fell? If so, some internals might be messed up.
ridder215215 said:
Just so you know, the problem with the connectors can be the phone, ever thought about that? Anyway, did it's screen break when it fell? If so, some internals might be messed up.
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Sorry, I guess i wasnt clear enought. I should really point out that by : ''Since then I found out that Alt has all the trouble in the world for running any J-B Rom.'' I meant that every other GB and ICS rom was running perfectly with no restart.. Cm7 was running well for 5months, Only J-B roms shows this problem.
I am convinced that my problem is Firmware, and am only looking for a way to upgrade my Alt radio to the same as Main Or any other FIRMWARE related suggestion. I only created this thread because every others are suggesting physical trouble, play stay on Firmware topic.
Running ics you have two firmware choices 3.32 or 3.33. As for radios and ril I suggest you start with the generic ics radio and matching Ril file. Radio is flashed via pg58img, ril is flashed regularly. Do some experiment and see if that helps.
Sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1,kernel- faux 10b6 , Mugen 3800 mah battery. Please press thanks if I helped in anyway.
realsis said:
Running ics you have two firmware choices 3.32 or 3.33.
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Well I guessed thats all i needed to know, Everything works great now that i've flashed the 3.33 universal firware from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21711154#post21711154
I guess its fixed all my connector, loose battery issues :silly:
Big Fat THANKS!!
:thumbup:Great to hear you got it fixed! And you're very welcome! Best wishes
Sent from my HTC Sensation

[Q] Htc Sensation 58100 keeps restarting

Hi,
This is my first post and i have done alot of reading regarding my issue but could not find the correct answer that would fix the problem. So i need some help from the experts. I apologize if i sound stupid. So here it goes.
I have a htc sensation from t-mobile. (58100) I got this from a friend when it was stuck on htc logo on startup and would go no where from there.
So i did some research and installed different firmwares from (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767) and roms and would get different issues.
I installed "cm-9.1.0-pyramid.zip" and "OpenSensation2-20121203-pyramid.zip" with firmware 1.17 and 3.32 i was able to boot to the homepage past all the logos and loading but then the device would restart on its own and continue to do that everytime. I did do a complete system wipe except the SD card option in "4EXT recovery" but made no difference.
Then i installed the "DarkSense 1.1.0" with firmware 3.33. I would get past the htc logo but after a few minutes on the next htc sensation xe logo screen it would restart and do samething over and over until i do a battery pull.
This is what i get when i do the Vol down + power:
Revolutionary
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
This is all i know about the phone. I would really really appreciate if someone can guide me through this. I'm sure someone else must have faced this issue at some point. Please tell me what i should do to be able to use this phone. I don't mind using an old rom or firmware as long as the phone is working.
Thank You very much in advance
manzsaad said:
Hi,
This is my first post and i have done alot of reading regarding my issue but could not find the correct answer that would fix the problem. So i need some help from the experts. I apologize if i sound stupid. So here it goes.
I have a htc sensation from t-mobile. (58100) I got this from a friend when it was stuck on htc logo on startup and would go no where from there.
So i did some research and installed different firmwares from (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767) and roms and would get different issues.
I installed "cm-9.1.0-pyramid.zip" and "OpenSensation2-20121203-pyramid.zip" with firmware 1.17 and 3.32 i was able to boot to the homepage past all the logos and loading but then the device would restart on its own and continue to do that everytime. I did do a complete system wipe except the SD card option in "4EXT recovery" but made no difference.
Then i installed the "DarkSense 1.1.0" with firmware 3.33. I would get past the htc logo but after a few minutes on the next htc sensation xe logo screen it would restart and do samething over and over until i do a battery pull.
This is what i get when i do the Vol down + power:
Revolutionary
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
This is all i know about the phone. I would really really appreciate if someone can guide me through this. I'm sure someone else must have faced this issue at some point. Please tell me what i should do to be able to use this phone. I don't mind using an old rom or firmware as long as the phone is working.
Thank You very much in advance
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Hi,
You need to update your radio,in order to run ICS
Look HERE
Read it carefully,especially about the checksum.

[Q] Yes, another but documented Boot Loop - Sensation 4G

I examined most if not all Boot Loop related items in XDA-Developers, as well as other sources. Although there are lots of suggestions, I cannot find one that relates to my specific situation. The last thing I want to do is make it worse. So, here's my story. I'll keep it brief, but concise.
I've had my Sensation 4G for a little over two years. Soon after purchase, I rooted it via the Revolutionary mechanism. Unfortunately (I think), I also opted for the Clockwork Mod. Unfortunately, I have not been able to do OTA updates, and find I'm still running 2.3.4.
I recently desired to purchase the HTC One for T-Mobile, and did so. I wanted to pass on my Sensation 4G to my sister. Therefore I needed to unroot it. I did weeks of reading about all the ways to do this. Early last week I attempted doing so by following the directions found here (http://kgs1992.com/ruu-guide/). I used the PG58IMG file found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767#2). The file selected was Firmware 3.33 Universal: (http://d-h.st/SuC). I followed the directions precisely. All appeared to run properly, and appeared to end with successful messages. At the end of the instructions it states "If you experience a boot loop, repeat 4.4.2 again." I did that several times. I still have the boot loop.
I started the process with this...
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.1111
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMCC-boot
Jun 2 2011.22:31:39
HBOOT
(VOL UP) to previous item
(VOL DOWN to next item
(POWER) to select item
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
Following afore-mentioned process it says...
-Firmware-3.33-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.24a. 3504.31-M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
That brings me to my big question. What do I do now? I had hoped to retain my contacts and applications. I'd like to first attempt ways to fix it and still salvage what's on the phone, but ultimately I just need the phone to work. I should also mention that I've downloaded the following two files. My next attempt was going to execute the top one, but I don't know the status of the phone after doing so. Can anyone help me? Are there other things I should try first?
RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS_3.32.531.14_Radio_11.69A.3504.00U_11.23.3504.07_M2_release_256085_signed.exe
RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed.exe
Micalee said:
I examined most if not all Boot Loop related items in XDA-Developers, as well as other sources. Although there are lots of suggestions, I cannot find one that relates to my specific situation. The last thing I want to do is make it worse. So, here's my story. I'll keep it brief, but concise.
I've had my Sensation 4G for a little over two years. Soon after purchase, I rooted it via the Revolutionary mechanism. Unfortunately (I think), I also opted for the Clockwork Mod. Unfortunately, I have not been able to do OTA updates, and find I'm still running 2.3.4.
I recently desired to purchase the HTC One for T-Mobile, and did so. I wanted to pass on my Sensation 4G to my sister. Therefore I needed to unroot it. I did weeks of reading about all the ways to do this. Early last week I attempted doing so by following the directions found here (http://kgs1992.com/ruu-guide/). I used the PG58IMG file found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767#2). The file selected was Firmware 3.33 Universal: (http://d-h.st/SuC). I followed the directions precisely. All appeared to run properly, and appeared to end with successful messages. At the end of the instructions it states "If you experience a boot loop, repeat 4.4.2 again." I did that several times. I still have the boot loop.
I started the process with this...
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.1111
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMCC-boot
Jun 2 2011.22:31:39
HBOOT
(VOL UP) to previous item
(VOL DOWN to next item
(POWER) to select item
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
Following afore-mentioned process it says...
-Firmware-3.33-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.24a. 3504.31-M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
That brings me to my big question. What do I do now? I had hoped to retain my contacts and applications. I'd like to first attempt ways to fix it and still salvage what's on the phone, but ultimately I just need the phone to work. I should also mention that I've downloaded the following two files. My next attempt was going to execute the top one, but I don't know the status of the phone after doing so. Can anyone help me? Are there other things I should try first?
RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS_3.32.531.14_Radio_11.69A.3504.00U_11.23.3504.07_M2_release_256085_signed.exe
RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed.exe
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You will probably have to wipe the data partition, and therefore delete your contacts and apps (but if your contacts are saved on your google account they will be restored).
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Do you have access to the recovery? from there you can flash a ROM and do a fresh install. I got that problem when I upgraded to the newer firmware, and I just flashed the ROM, and then everything worked fine.
astar26 said:
You will probably have to wipe the data partition, and therefore delete your contacts and apps (but if your contacts are saved on your google account they will be restored).
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Do you have access to the recovery? from there you can flash a ROM and do a fresh install. I got that problem when I upgraded to the newer firmware, and I just flashed the ROM, and then everything worked fine.
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I'm not sure I know what the data partition is. I can get to all my apps via play.google.com. I took full Titanium Backups, so maybe that'll be an option. Those backups were copied to my laptop.
As to Recovery, I can access it, but cannot put anything on the sd card as I do not have access to it. Apparently I can only do things via ADB.
I was just reading "A must read for those noobs who want to enjoy ICS". Perhaps there is a solution. There are apparently conflicts with Hboot versions and ICS or something. I just found that, so I'm still looking into that. I don't know how to deal with only Hboot.
Micalee said:
I'm not sure I know what the data partition is. I can get to all my apps via play.google.com. I took full Titanium Backups, so maybe that'll be an option. Those backups were copied to my laptop.
As to Recovery, I can access it, but cannot put anything on the sd card as I do not have access to it. Apparently I can only do things via ADB.
I was just reading "A must read for those noobs who want to enjoy ICS". Perhaps there is a solution. There are apparently conflicts with Hboot versions and ICS or something. I just found that, so I'm still looking into that. I don't know how to deal with only Hboot.
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You can connect your MicroSD card via another phone to the PC, and also use the "adb push" command to push the ROM files to the root of the microSD card. Also, some recoveries allow mounting the SD card to the PC like doing it when the phone is booted, as an external drive, check for it in the recovery.
To move the ROM files to the SD card:
put the files in the folder where ADB is located
On command line type: "adb push rom.zip /sdcard/rom.zip"
Where rom.zip is the name of the rom file you are going to flash. this should work, here is a full guide to help you pushing the file via ADB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
Good luck
astar26 said:
You can connect your MicroSD card via another phone to the PC, and also use the "adb push" command to push the ROM files to the root of the microSD card. Also, some recoveries allow mounting the SD card to the PC like doing it when the phone is booted, as an external drive, check for it in the recovery.
To move the ROM files to the SD card:
put the files in the folder where ADB is located
On command line type: "adb push rom.zip /sdcard/rom.zip"
Where rom.zip is the name of the rom file you are going to flash. this should work, here is a full guide to help you pushing the file via ADB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
Good luck
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That certainly sounds doable. I went to the link you provided. I'm not sure how pushing the rom.zip to the sdcard and doing the recovery via the phone's recovery is different than via the adb command as done earlier. The adb command process seemed to work correctly, except for the resulting boot loop. Apparently I still need to determine which rom.zip will leave me with a function phone. The only other difference in what I read at the link you provided was to do the various ["Factory Reset", "Wipe Cache Partition", and "Wipe Dalvik Cache]" commands, which I have not done. I need to determine whether those commands are necessary in my case. Thank you for your contribution.
What's happens here is that you have placed ice cream sandwich firmware with a gingerbread Rom. Gingerbread doesn't support it and as such won't boot. If you want to regain access to everything again the reflash 1.17 firmware from the thread. Then your Rom should boot up. Then jump to recovery and make a full nandroid back up. Then re-flash the ics 3.33 universal firmware and then run one of the ics ruu's you downloaded. That will make the phone have a fresh install of ics and stock HTC sense unrooted
don't try to s-on again as their is no real point to it. It's not going back for warrenty so what's the concern eh?
Good luck pal
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk 2
Micalee said:
That certainly sounds doable. I went to the link you provided. I'm not sure how pushing the rom.zip to the sdcard and doing the recovery via the phone's recovery is different than via the adb command as done earlier. The adb command process seemed to work correctly, except for the resulting boot loop. Apparently I still need to determine which rom.zip will leave me with a function phone. The only other difference in what I read at the link you provided was to do the various ["Factory Reset", "Wipe Cache Partition", and "Wipe Dalvik Cache]" commands, which I have not done. I need to determine whether those commands are necessary in my case. Thank you for your contribution.
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If you want you should backup via recovery, but wiping the phone after is necessary. if you managed to push the ROM to the SD-card, you can normally flash. but use a ICS (or newer) ROM, that supports the firmware.
In contrast to what heavy_metal_man said, you can do a nandroid backup as it is, as the files are still there. but you don't have much to do with it.
Edit - If you need any help doing it step by step - I'm here to help, just say where you are stuck on the guide (or just explain)
heavy_metal_man said:
What's happens here is that you have placed ice cream sandwich firmware with a gingerbread Rom. Gingerbread doesn't support it and as such won't boot. If you want to regain access to everything again the reflash 1.17 firmware from the thread. Then your Rom should boot up. Then jump to recovery and make a full nandroid back up. Then re-flash the ics 3.33 universal firmware and then run one of the ics ruu's you downloaded. That will make the phone have a fresh install of ics and stock HTC sense unrooted
don't try to s-on again as their is no real point to it. It's not going back for warrenty so what's the concern eh?
Good luck pal
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks heavy_metal_man for that information. In the mean time, while waiting for another suggestion, I decided to try a different rom. That was due to the comments I'd seen about conflicts between Hboot and ICS. So, just for the heck of it I went through whole routine, using ROM V3.12. After doing so (twice), the phone booted! Amazingly, other than thinking it's 1970, it appears to be identical to what it was before I ever did anything. It's still running V2.3.4 of Android, and Sense V3.0. I don't recall which version of Sense was there before. After it booted, I shut it down again and put it in Recovery mode. There have been a number of changes there. Now it says...
*** LOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.23.0000
RADIO-11.19.3504.29.2
OpenADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011.12:14:25
Does any of this information affect or change your suggestion in any way? I'd still like to get ICS on this thing so the latest is available for when I give it to my sister. I wonder what will happen if I attempt OTA? By the way, it still has Revolutionary CWM V4.0.1.4 on it.
Micalee said:
Thanks heavy_metal_man for that information. In the mean time, while waiting for another suggestion, I decided to try a different rom. That was due to the comments I'd seen about conflicts between Hboot and ICS. So, just for the heck of it I went through whole routine, using ROM V3.12. After doing so (twice), the phone booted! Amazingly, other than thinking it's 1970, it appears to be identical to what it was before I ever did anything. It's still running V2.3.4 of Android, and Sense V3.0. I don't recall which version of Sense was there before. After it booted, I shut it down again and put it in Recovery mode. There have been a number of changes there. Now it says...
*** LOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.23.0000
RADIO-11.19.3504.29.2
OpenADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011.12:14:25
Does any of this information affect or change your suggestion in any way? I'd still like to get ICS on this thing so the latest is available for when I give it to my sister. I wonder what will happen if I attempt OTA? By the way, it still has Revolutionary CWM V4.0.1.4 on it.
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you just used a ruu.exe from pc and restored everything to stock condition
but how you were able to keep custom recovery(cwm V4.0.1.4)
when you flashed the 3.33 firmware you could just install a custom ics rom
because with 3.33 firmware the gb rom you had it would never booted
about OTA i assume nothing will happen as long as you have cwm recovery installed
you must have the stock recovery
Well, since you flashed a new rom you can disregard my first suggestion and go straight for running the ics ruu you have. Ota updates will not work if you dont have the stock recovery. But the ruu will give you it so ota will work, but the updates will be for the cid of the rom you flashed. So flash a WWE rom to make sure you get any updates, but at this point their will be few if any.
Aside from that you will be all sorted pal
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
Thanks again heavy_metal_man. It wasn't that I ignored your suggestion, I tried the second (V3.12) Rom before I had seen it. As for your last entry, I was following it until you hit me with the WWE reference. As for the V3.12 Rom I used, there was a direct MIB match, and the CID used was cid******, so a direct match was not necessary as far as I can determine. I could have edited the txt file and inserted my actual CID however. Also, was your comment about "the ics ruu I have", in reference to the two RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS...etc. files I mentioned that I had already downloaded? Running one of those will be a new experience. I'll run the latest. If that works, I'll be a happy camper. I've learned a lot, but I have a long way to go.
Micalee said:
Thanks again heavy_metal_man. It wasn't that I ignored your suggestion, I tried the second (V3.12) Rom before I had seen it. As for your last entry, I was following it until you hit me with the WWE reference. As for the V3.12 Rom I used, there was a direct MIB match, and the CID used was cid******, so a direct match was not necessary as far as I can determine. I could have edited the txt file and inserted my actual CID however. Also, was your comment about "the ics ruu I have", in reference to the two RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS...etc. files I mentioned that I had already downloaded? Running one of those will be a new experience. I'll run the latest. If that works, I'll be a happy camper. I've learned a lot, but I have a long way to go.
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ah sorry, getting ahead of myself with terminology here WWE stand for world wide English. most unbranded phones run on world wide English roms, and if people are downgrading/upgrading they tend to want unbranded as they will get official htc updates faster
as far as cid`s are concerned they dont really matter as you are s-off and the phone will accept any ruu (rom update utility) you give it. one note of caution though is you have select a t-mobileus ruu and they are ment to be for the tmobile sensation 4g. if you dont have the tmobus 4g it may give you some issues with the radio, meaning you may lose phone signal. ( im not 100% sure but caution is advised )
if you dont have a sensation 4g then download and run this one here. im pretty confident that its a stock ice cream sandwich unbranded rom
Running the RUU is simple enough, just boot the phone into your stock 2.3.4 rom and turn on usb debugging from settings for good measure. Then connect the phone to the pc via the usb cable and then run the RUU. it will connnect to the phone and confirm the phone is the correct model i believe, then it will confirm this is what you want to do. select yes and let it work its magic. its pretty straight forward they phone may reboot several times, this is normal. just dont disconnect the battery or the usb cable and you will be fine. should be done in ten minutes tops
good luck pal
I made it through the RUU process, but not without some difficulty. When I ran the RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS_3.32.531.14 version, it died with an Error 155. Fortunately it left everything intact. Then I ran the older RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1 non-ICS version. It got the same error. I think these errors must somehow be due to the peculiar results from flashing the PG58IMG file earlier. Once again, it left everything intact. I tried the RUU ICS 3.32 version one more time, except this time I put the phone in flashboot mode first. Curiously, the RUU screen that came up thought it was updating a later version than what was actually on the phone, but IT RAN... all the way through to a successful finish. I was stunned. Now the phone reports...
-Firmware-3.33-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.24a. 3504.31-M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
The entire process left my SD card intact as well. Amazing. It still says S-OFF as you expected. I may or may not attempt turning S-On again.
One comment I'd like to make about xda-developers. There is an amazing amount of information here. The biggest problem I've encountered is trying to figure out if I'm looking at, or have found, the latest information. Some times I'll find something that looks pertinent, only to find that I'm on page 2 of a 114 page thread, and the information I'm looking at is completely obsolete. It's tough for a noob to decipher it all. Anyway, thanks again for everyone's assistance. I think this is a proper place to terminate this particular thread. Now I'll start looking for the latest information on rooting my new HTC ONE. At least I have a fall back phone in my newly restored Sensation 4G. I'm not sure I'm in love the ONE yet, so perhaps I'll take it back. I'm within my 14 day return window.
I'm glad your sorted pal the threads can be a bit out of date, maintenance of information is not really regulated but as always if people are unsure just ask, quoting the info you have and what you think is the case
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk 2
Micalee said:
I made it through the RUU process, but not without some difficulty. When I ran the RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS_3.32.531.14 version, it died with an Error 155. Fortunately it left everything intact. Then I ran the older RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1 non-ICS version. It got the same error. I think these errors must somehow be due to the peculiar results from flashing the PG58IMG file earlier. Once again, it left everything intact. I tried the RUU ICS 3.32 version one more time, except this time I put the phone in flashboot mode first. Curiously, the RUU screen that came up thought it was updating a later version than what was actually on the phone, but IT RAN... all the way through to a successful finish. I was stunned. Now the phone reports...
-Firmware-3.33-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.24a. 3504.31-M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
The entire process left my SD card intact as well. Amazing. It still says S-OFF as you expected. I may or may not attempt turning S-On again.
One comment I'd like to make about xda-developers. There is an amazing amount of information here. The biggest problem I've encountered is trying to figure out if I'm looking at, or have found, the latest information. Some times I'll find something that looks pertinent, only to find that I'm on page 2 of a 114 page thread, and the information I'm looking at is completely obsolete. It's tough for a noob to decipher it all. Anyway, thanks again for everyone's assistance. I think this is a proper place to terminate this particular thread. Now I'll start looking for the latest information on rooting my new HTC ONE. At least I have a fall back phone in my newly restored Sensation 4G. I'm not sure I'm in love the ONE yet, so perhaps I'll take it back. I'm within my 14 day return window.
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actually are you sure that you flashed the ruu.exe correctly?
you still have the patched hboot and on top of the screen it still says firmware 3.33 which is the patched one
don't attempt to S-ON.probably you will brick the device
after ruu installation your bootloader should say relocked or locked on top of the screen
edit:if i remember well error 155 means a connection issue
rzr86 said:
actually are you sure that you flashed the ruu.exe correctly?
you still have the patched hboot and on top of the screen it still says firmware 3.33 which is the patched one
don't attempt to S-ON.probably you will brick the device
after ruu installation your bootloader should say relocked or locked on top of the screen
edit:if i remember well error 155 means a connection issue
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Flashed? All I did was run the program. It did whatever it did. I think the 3.33 was somehow left over from flashing a PG58IMG I'd gotten from here>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767#2. That failed as explained earlier in this thread. I figured that running the RUU would overwrite that failure, and I'm surprised it didn't. All I care is that I'm now getting OTA updates correctly. Yeah, I won't be trying to S-ON. I've thought about rerunning the RUU (3.32) again, but for now I'm going to just leave well enough alone.
I forgot to mention. This information was in the documentation for the RUU
ERROR [155~159]: IMAGE ERROR
One of these error messages will appear when you use the incorrect RUU to update and the image file size is larger than the Flash ROM size. In this case, download the correct RUU version and try again.
One last note. I returned the HTC ONE, and have reactivated the Sensation 4g which this thread is about. The HTC ONE hardware is wonderful, but I didn't like all the HTC ONE software "features" you can't turn off. Maybe I'll jump ship and go with the Samsung Galaxy S4. In the mean time, this Sensation 4G is okay.
Micalee said:
Flashed? All I did was run the program. It did whatever it did. I think the 3.33 was somehow left over from flashing a PG58IMG I'd gotten from here>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767#2. That failed as explained earlier in this thread. I figured that running the RUU would overwrite that failure, and I'm surprised it didn't. All I care is that I'm now getting OTA updates correctly. Yeah, I won't be trying to S-ON. I've thought about rerunning the RUU (3.32) again, but for now I'm going to just leave well enough alone.
I forgot to mention. This information was in the documentation for the RUU
ERROR [155~159]: IMAGE ERROR
One of these error messages will appear when you use the incorrect RUU to update and the image file size is larger than the Flash ROM size. In this case, download the correct RUU version and try again.
One last note. I returned the HTC ONE, and have reactivated the Sensation 4g which this thread is about. The HTC ONE hardware is wonderful, but I didn't like all the HTC ONE software "features" you can't turn off. Maybe I'll jump ship and go with the Samsung Galaxy S4. In the mean time, this Sensation 4G is okay.
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exactly the firmware 3.33 and the 1.27.1100 hboot version are from 3.33 universal firmware zip(from the thread you mentioned)
but as long as you are on S-OFF you can use any ruu.exe if you are also supercid
When the PG58IMG flash failed, I assumed at that time that it failed completely, and that no part of it actually worked. I'm too much of a noob to understand the pieces, or elements of the phone's software vs. firmware. I know the difference of course, but not as they relate to this phone, and certainly not as they relate to all the various flashes or other 'fixes' or other such mechanisms I see here on xda-developers.
If I get the nerve to attempt it, is there a way to get everything to a fully legitimate 'stock' situation? That is, just in case I upgrade to another phone again and want to sell this Sensation 4G? For example, I wonder what would be the result of a factory reset at this point? I realize it'll wipe everything out of course, but I wouldn't care.
Micalee said:
When the PG58IMG flash failed, I assumed at that time that it failed completely, and that no part of it actually worked. I'm too much of a noob to understand the pieces, or elements of the phone's software vs. firmware. I know the difference of course, but not as they relate to this phone, and certainly not as they relate to all the various flashes or other 'fixes' or other such mechanisms I see here on xda-developers.
If I get the nerve to attempt it, is there a way to get everything to a fully legitimate 'stock' situation? That is, just in case I upgrade to another phone again and want to sell this Sensation 4G? For example, I wonder what would be the result of a factory reset at this point? I realize it'll wipe everything out of course, but I wouldn't care.
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A factory reset only deletes the data partition and cache, not any other partition. There are ROMs that are based on stock (and even stock). By fully legitimate 'stock' situation I believe you mean S-On and every thing stock. There are guies for that in the general and development forums.

[Q] Help with free phone with half-flash

So I lost my phone this week, and my buddy offered me up his old Inspire for free. He didn't mention the fact that it's like, midway through a failed flash (soft-bricked, I guess?). I've been searching and reading, but I just seem to get further down the rabbit hole with what exactly I'm supposed to do. Really, I haven't run across any threads with this problem yet.
It's currently S-ON, but has CWM installed. There doesn't seem to be a rom installed, because it'll hang on the HTC splash screen on boot (matter of fact, he didn't even give me an SD card with the phone, so I had to scavenge one of my good SanDisk ones) and I'm not entirely sure where to go from here to get it up and running. I don't care much for the Inspire's stock rom, but at this point I'm in dire need of a phone and if it's easier to go back to stock than it is to fix this mess and have a nice ROM, I can live for a little while.
What should I do, and how exactly should I do it? It's been quite a while since I tried this (and even then it was with my lineage of janky huawei handsets).
EDIT: I've got a screencap of the info but the board spam prevention won't let me link it.
***UNLOCKED***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
burk992 said:
So I lost my phone this week, and my buddy offered me up his old Inspire for free. He didn't mention the fact that it's like, midway through a failed flash (soft-bricked, I guess?). I've been searching and reading, but I just seem to get further down the rabbit hole with what exactly I'm supposed to do. Really, I haven't run across any threads with this problem yet.
It's currently S-ON, but has CWM installed. There doesn't seem to be a rom installed, because it'll hang on the HTC splash screen on boot (matter of fact, he didn't even give me an SD card with the phone, so I had to scavenge one of my good SanDisk ones) and I'm not entirely sure where to go from here to get it up and running. I don't care much for the Inspire's stock rom, but at this point I'm in dire need of a phone and if it's easier to go back to stock than it is to fix this mess and have a nice ROM, I can live for a little while.
What should I do, and how exactly should I do it? It's been quite a while since I tried this (and even then it was with my lineage of janky huawei handsets).
EDIT: I've got a screencap of the info but the board spam prevention won't let me link it.
***UNLOCKED***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
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My strong hunch is that he didn't flash the boot.img in the ROM zip, which you need to do for S-On Unlocked phones. When you flash a ROM in the recovery, make sure you also fastboot flash the boot.img from the ROM zip. The Ace Think Tank thread in DHD General has links with instructions on how to do that.
bananagranola said:
My strong hunch is that he didn't flash the boot.img in the ROM zip, which you need to do for S-On Unlocked phones. When you flash a ROM in the recovery, make sure you also fastboot flash the boot.img from the ROM zip. The Ace Think Tank thread in DHD General has links with instructions on how to do that.
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Aha! That did the trick. I just flashed Carbon on this thing, but now the Android keyboard won't work. It's okay, I'm sure I can fix it. Thanks for the help!
Yeah, that'll be an issue for the ROM thread. Though of course, if you didn't full wipe first, try that.

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