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Return to stock 2.3.4 from custom rom (2.3.5)

Ok so I have been searching for a few days this entire forum and I dont think I have found a newbie friendly answer so posting.
I have a Tmobile Sensation 4G that I s-off'd, clockwork recovery, rooted, Super CID following the guides successfully. Then I flashed the Android Revolution HD rom on to it and played with it for a few days. Now I need to sell my sensation and the buyer is asking for it to be in factory stock state.
I have found many posts guiding me to download and flash the RUU but when I try to do that it tells me that update is not possible because apparantly I am trying to downgrade from 1.45.401 to 1.29.xX
I have also flashed the clockwork recovery again as most guides assume or require that recovery to be present and have done a nandroid backup. How do I flash the stock Tmobile ROM ? The only RUU I have found is the 1.29 version. I will also later on do the S-ON (or should I be doing it before?) and removing the Super CID

Any ideas ?

boot your phone in bootloader and then fastboot, connect it to usb port and launch the RUU

In addition, once the RUU has flashed, reset CID to stock TMOUS and then S-ON

[Q] Very strange issue with hboot

Hi all,
I'm having a strange issue with the hboot downgrade process. I S-OFFed my DS using revolutionary, but wanted to go back to a stock ROM using one of the shipped RUUs. I realised I cannot flash the RUU over the revolutionary hboot, so I looked around the forum for a recipe how to downgrade to a stock 0.98.0000 or anything that would not render my DS unusable after using RUU.
I tried most hboot.img files on this forum and none of them managed to overwrite the current file. I don't know what to do, when I use the zip file method I get "Bootloader bypassed" message and nothing changes. I tried android flasher as well, and even though it reports that phone has been flashed successfully it sill comes up with the revolutionary hboot version and running a RUU makes my phone stuck on the HTC logo.
There was one tutorial topic on how to go back to the original hboot, but it was pulled by the author due to people bricking their phones caused by not following the instructions properly etc.
I would appreciate any help, as I really want to go back to S-ON and stock ROM. At the moment I'm rocking CM7 as thankfully I made a nandroid backup before playing with the hboot stuff.
Kris

You first need to flash a hboot that can be over written by a RUU. The one you need is Eng 0.98.2000, once you've flashed that you can install the RUU.

I think u need to flash it using adb or fastboot whilst the phone is in bootloader or maybe recovery
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

HTC Sensation stuck on white screen

i think i have bricked my device. was trying to put latest ICS. Then it was booting in a loop. So i tried restoring it to a backup of one of my old roms. Now it just stays on the HTC green logo and white screen
can get into bootloader
says ***locked***
pvt ship s-off
hboot 1.23
radio 10.14.9035.02_2
emmc_boot
can get into recovery but how do i get it working again helpppp

Flash the 3.24 firmware, there's a thread located in the Development section. This has been asked dozens of times. For Gingerbread, you want 3.12 or stock. For ICS, 3.12 works but you want 3.24 - just flash 3.24.

its ok did another recover backup and managed to get it all working again. Thankgod!!

sshede said:
Flash the 3.24 firmware, there's a thread located in the Development section. This has been asked dozens of times. For Gingerbread, you want 3.12 or stock. For ICS, 3.12 works but you want 3.24 - just flash 3.24.
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how can I tell which one I already have?
I'm trying to go from stock to ICS....and I'm flashign through CWM but keep getting stuck at the white bootscreen

[Q] locked HBOOT v2.00.0002 with S-OFF! Is it possible to turn S-ON??

Hi,
I'm very familiar with flashing ROMs on phones and have flashed a fair few in my time. I flashed my sisters Desire S a while ago but recently the phone has stopped detecting the SIM card and subsequently has to go back for warranty.
I've flashed a Stock rom over it - trouble is, I now have the locked HBOOT v 2.00.0002 with S-OFF!
Could someone verify if these steps are correct? I'm not too familiar with the Desire S.
1. Downgrade HBOOT to earlier version - 0.98 i think it is.... or 0.68
2. Turn S-ON
3. Flash RUU Stock ROM
I cannot for the life of me downgrade the HBOOT version - I've tried every method out there!
I am very familiar with working in command line on Windows and Linux so don't be afraid to get technical!
Any help is very much appreciated!

Daft question, but have you tried a different Sim?
Does she still have the box?
Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium

Haha I spent hours debugging the sim card issue and finally came to the conclusion it's a hardware fault!
Yes - tried several different sim cards from two different carriers (this household only uses 2 carriers!)
Also tried several different ROMs/Radios - she was happily using MIUI for months then she just told me it stopped detecting her SIM card - she certainly hasn't been playing with ROMs so I know it's nothing she has done.
Update: Box is long gone

I've flashed a Stock rom over it - trouble is, I now have the locked bootloader v 2.00.0002 with S-OFF!
Could someone verify if these steps are correct? I'm not too familiar with the Desire S.
1. Downgrade bootloader to earlier version - 0.98 i think it is.... or 0.68
2. Turn S-ON
3. Flash RUU Stock ROM
Can I skip the first step? I guess not.

What has me confused is that you flashed the 0.98 hboot and you said it was s on, now you ran the RUU, and its s off....
Did you use revolutionary to get s off or was it s off to start with?
The correct steps would be.. (if you use revolutionary)
1. Use fastboot to flash 0.98.2000 over the revolutionary one.
2. Run correct RUU.
Problem you could run into are cid's of the RUU (make a goldcard to avoid error) and two misc version being higher than RUU.

Thanks for the reply. I never said it was S-on, the phone was running a custom MIUI ROM with S-Off, I flashed a stock rom straight over the top of it by running the RUU (pretty sure I shouldn't have done!) now I have stock ROM with S-Off and locked HBOOT v2.00.0002
I cannot remember if I used revolutionary to get s off originally - it was many months ago, more than likely though. I remember the phone came with S-On and I had to make it S-Off.
I just want to get S-On again with stock rom but it's proving impossible!
So just to clarify, it is currently running stock rom with LOCKED HBOOT v2.00.0002 and S-Off.

I've tried manually overwriting the version with miscinfo, I've also tried the zerg method - all to no avail.

I have NEVER heard of a stock hboot that is s-off, only when the phone was s-off to start with (early models), or if you used a clip.
Flashing the RUU would bring the phone back to completely stock. (if it flashed correctly)

foX2delta said:
I have NEVER heard of a stock hboot that is s-off, only when the phone was s-off to start with (early models), or if you used a clip.
Flashing the RUU would bring the phone back to completely stock. (if it flashed correctly)
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Haha want screenshots? I assure you that's what I've got.
Ran an older RUU which has downgraded my HBOOT to 0.98 or 0.68 (can't remember off top of my head) and am running stock rom, HBOOT says ***locked*** at top and also says S-OFF.
I think I'm getting there now.

Please Help me! HTC sensation problem!

I rooted my phone, i got my first rom... it worked well... then I decided to update the firmware and hboot to 1.27.1100 in order to get the ICS... i didn't do the CID or anything... when i flashed the rom... (Android Revolutionary 6.6.4)... when it was done, it would stay on this Android logo... it would just stay there for hours. So I decided to go back to the old (Android Revolutionary HD android 2.3.4)... but it would just keep on getting in a bootloop... please how do I fix this? i tried doing a wipe... still doesn't work... I read somewhere that in order to do this i have to downgrade back to 1.17 hboot... how do I downgrade? If i could avoid downgrading and get ICS to work what else should I do? please help me!

you cannot go back to GB from a 1.27 hboot, if your s-off you can just downgrade your hboot to 1.23 or below. I think you also have to downgrade your firmware...tht stuff is all posted here somewhere
fyi: hboot 1.23 supports GB roms and ICS roms

What firmware did you install?

Try This
Boot into recovery
Superwipe
Flash firmware for ARHD 6.6.4 (I believe it includes the proper hboot)
Flash ARDH again
I had a similar problem. After flashing ARHD, for some reason I was no longer Revolutionary s-off, so I tried flashing an engineering bootloader, which worked, but I ended up with a bootloop (the logo you're talking about that doesn't go away). I followed the steps above and was fine. Hope that helps.