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Hi I just recently got an HTC Desire HD and im new to android. I've been reading some of the other forums and I've become completely confused on what exactly the s-off, eng-off, rooting/unrooting, radio?? is.
I tried to root my phone but I end up with a CID error during the downgrading process.
I read that a new gingerbread official version leak has come out yesterday and there is a RUU or exe file that you can flash onto an unrooted HTC Desire HD and get the gingerbread to work but I have no idea how to flash it? I have an unrooted HTC Desire HD in India so its not locked with any carrier.
Can someone please give me a simple understanding of what the terms mean and how I should flash my device with gingerbread...I would REALLY appreciate it. Thanks!
If it's an RUU simply plug your DHD into your PC via USB, then run the RUU, That's it
im pretty sure this is a stupid question but do i need to turn the usb debugging on and would i connect it through htc sync or as a hard disk?
Also is there any way to do this on a mac or would it have to be done on a pc?
Figured it out...thanks
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Hello everyone,
This is my first post and sorry if this question was already answered, but I couldn't find the answer to my particular question when I searched for it. I just recently got my Sensation for T-Mobile a couple weeks ago and rooted it but do not have the S-OFF because of the OTA update to 2.3.4 so I used the HTC unlock method. Is there any way I can get the s-off because I am finding it difficult to flash a lot of ROMs I want to try since a lot of them either never load or they just go into an infinite boot loop? Thanks for all your help and advice and I'm hoping I can gain more knowledge thru you guys since this was a big leap for me from a Blackberry 9700.
I recently rooted my HTC Sensation and got the s off following the directions provided here on xda. Then installed Revolution HD. No issues with that either. I just followed the directions there also. Did it not work for u?
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No, it didn't work for me. My friend told me that the alpharev method used here on the forums wouldn't work because I downloaded the OTA update to 2.3.4 when I first received it out of the box. He told me that only the htc unlock method would work to root my phone but I wouldn't have S-off. My phone is currently rooted right now with no s-off so certain ROMs won't flash or they will butt I'll hey errors in them.
I find that strange. I'm no expert but my Sensation was running stock Android 2.3.4 before I rooted and it reads that s is off. I went to revolutionary.io/ download for Windows filled in the info for the beta key save the zip file and and launch it then enter the beta key. Then just follow the prompts from there. Did u do that?
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Yup, I did exactly that a number of times but it didn't work. That's weird. Maybe someone else on here can help me get full s-off on my sensation. What's your service provider ? Cuz mine is T-Mobile and it came stock 2.3.3 but I did the OTA update and was able to root it but get no s-off
hi,
just to share my experience ... On Asian Starhub
i have updated to 2.3.4 via OTA before i root and s-off, and eventually supercid.
Followed the guide step by step.
The rooting , s-off and supercid process is smooth as butter ( as some dev quoted ).
Flashed Bulletproof 1.4 and now InsertCoin 3.3.0.
Perhaps u can provide more phone details like your current Hboot version and which part of the process you are stuck so that some experienced member can help u out easier.
flavor76 said:
hi,
just to share my experience ... On Asian Starhub
i have updated to 2.3.4 via OTA before i root and s-off, and eventually supercid.
Followed the guide step by step.
The rooting , s-off and supercid process is smooth as butter ( as some dev quoted ).
Flashed Bulletproof 1.4 and now InsertCoin 3.3.0.
Perhaps u can provide more phone details like your current Hboot version and which part of the process you are stuck so that some experienced member can help u out easier.
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Same here. 2.3.4 OTA and I am fully rooted with S-Off. Followed the guide step by step. Used Revolutionary.io with no problem. Be sure you enter your beta key in exactly, its case sensative. I'm also on TMOUS.
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cmalvado said:
I recently rooted my HTC Sensation and got the s off following the directions provided here on xda. Then installed Revolution HD. No issues with that either. I just followed the directions there also. Did it not work for u?
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So it worked ok for the Sensation XE? I'm about to upgrade my phone from the Desire (s-off, root, leedroid hd 3.3.3 data++) and was wondering if the revolutionary route would work (really want the XE!). Had no issues at all with the Desire and would wait to upgrade if there were issues.
Thanks.
pogiazz said:
Yup, I did exactly that a number of times but it didn't work. That's weird. Maybe someone else on here can help me get full s-off on my sensation. What's your service provider ? Cuz mine is T-Mobile and it came stock 2.3.3 but I did the OTA update and was able to root it but get no s-off
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Sorry if I'm asking the obvious or if this has already been covered, but did you first go to the HTC dev. site and follow their specific instructions for unlocking the bootloader? If not, do that first, then use Revolutionary to root/s-off, wipe your phone to factory (I always wipe dalvik cache and cache partition, too), then flash whatever ROM and kernel you want.
Let me know if that helps any.
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walkabout said:
So it worked ok for the Sensation XE? I'm about to upgrade my phone from the Desire (s-off, root, leedroid hd 3.3.3 data++) and was wondering if the revolutionary route would work (really want the XE!). Had no issues at all with the Desire and would wait to upgrade if there were issues.
Thanks.
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Yep, confirmed working as it's the same HBOOT as the Sensation
EddyOS said:
Yep, confirmed working as it's the same HBOOT as the Sensation
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Very cool. Can't wait to upgrade to this phone. Sensation looked great before, but these latest two (LE screen too big for my tastes) are looking amazing!
Ok guys, thanks for the input. I'll be sure to fill you in if I'm havng any difficulties...I'll try it again today.
I'm also on Tmobile 10 plus years. After following the steps and entering the beta key added the Su zip and it kept s off. You are prop missing something in between. Make sure u are entering the right hboot of your phone otherwise the beta key will be incorrect. Did u set up connection to HTC sync when u did it?
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Ok guys, I tried getting s-off again tonite. Mind you my phone is already rooted but has s-on. I have a custom ROM flashed on it currently, I ran the revolutionary app and it suddenly closed on me and i also got an unforseen FC on the home screen of the phone. I flashed back to my nandroid backup of my stock rooted ROM and still the same thing. Suggestions? I saw on another post I should try doing this on a different computer. I tried different methods of connecting the phone via usb with mounting it as a drive, charge only, htc sync but to no avail. I did have htc sync running and it did sync up properly.
I tot we should uninstall HTC sync .... Only leave the HTC drivers alone ....
Maybe someone can advise on this ....
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flavor76 said:
I tot we should uninstall HTC sync .... Only leave the HTC drivers alone ....
Maybe someone can advise on this ....
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Yes, uninstall HTC sync, leave HTC drivers alone.
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Is there specific drivers I need to install? It doesn't say in the guide.
When u install , then uninstall HTC sync . The HTC sync drivers will be removed but HTC drivers remains . That's the drivers we want to keep. Alternatively , u can just install the HTC drivers. But u got to search for it elsewhere. I think its HTC 3.7.0.01 drivers or something .... ( if I can remember correctly )
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Damn, this whole time I've been putting in a capital I when i should have kept messing around with it and it ended up being a lowercase L lmao. Thanks guys...gonna start flashing **** like crazy now!
Case sensitive ... Nothing new ... Happy flashing ( Roms :b )
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Hey guys, I wiped my phone but forgot to do a backup when installing a new rom which didnt work, i want my phone to go back to how it was but cant get it to for now ive had to put gingervillan onto it just so my phone works but want to go back to the desire official rom, any help would be great
thanks
Doesn't matter I fixed it now
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I have tried everything on my wife's phone.
First I rooted didn't work
Tried the paper to push the battery down
Then tried numerous sense rooms didn't work
Then tried s off didn't work
Tried newest firmware didn't work
Matched latest radio with til didn't work
Tried cm9 stable didn't work
I just witnessed the phone restart 4 times without even touching it while on the charger fully charged. I'm tired of stressing about this pos.
What will fix the phone. Please help
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Calm down buddy. Please tell me what you have on your phone and I'll try to help.
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I have 3.33 firmware with radio and til matching boot 1.27.1100
On cm9.1 stable which I just flashed a couple days ago but was fine until today. I didn't restore any apps and wiped everything
Thanks
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Is it restart even if no app in stalled ?
Well that would be hard to consider cuz there would still be system apps installed I did see dsp manager running even though it was never opened so o deleted that
I also reflashed the firmware to see if that would help
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Try an RUU
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Well the phone first came with gb and was never rooted and then received the ota update which is when problems started happening as I know so did many other people.
So that's when I decided to root it
The only other option I think of at this point is if it keeps happening to just go back to gb.
Does anyone know if there will be a jb update for this phone?
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I'm not aware of an official JB update from HTC but I'm using an AOSP JB ROM currently and there are some problems.you have to follow the proper process for your phone.
Flash an RUU
S-OFF the phone
Install custom recovery
Root the phone
Install ROM of your choice
In the process, please don't forget to follow documented processes for each step to the letter or you'll definitely run into problems. Post back here if you get stuck and we'll definitely help you.
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Its a problem with the phones motherboard. I called HTC and told them what was happening and the tech on the phone told me to send it in and they would replace my mother board under warranty. He confirmed that they have been receiving many calls with the same problem and there was a defect with the mother board.
So either send it in for warranty or try pulling the contact pins out a little bit and jamming some paper by the battery to give it better contact. That seems to work for me.
I appreciate the feedback but so far for some reason after reflashing the 3.33 firmware package the phone has not acted up since hopefully it doesn't happen again
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I'm still struggling to find a rock stable ROM. Are you still running CM 9.1?
Yeah cm9.1 is great I love it better than a sense from its got no lag
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So unfortunately the phone is still restarting in the middle of the night. The t mobile my device app tells you when the last time the phone was restarted
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in my experience reboot problem is what happen to many sensation user with custom rom u can see that on roms or kernel topics .
for me using the brick kernel with sense rome and bruce cm10 is very stable 1 restart per 2-3 days or one week
Well my problem I believe started when updating to ICS completely stock never rooted. I rooted the pH one thinking that it would solve the problem. I don't remember if the phone ever restarted on GB .
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Since being on cm10 I haven't seen a restart. The T-Mobile my device app tells u the last time it restarts and so far so good for the past 3 or 4 days. I just think ICS was crap for these phones
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Spoke too soon restarts but seems to only restart now while charging in the middle of the night and not everyday which is an improvment
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Well an update not that really anyone cares just for reference I guess.
Finally flashed back to a GB ROM cm7 actually and what do u know all problems have disappeared. No more rebooting. So guess I'm stuck with GB until next device
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Tried many roms but no use
Hii
First of all am a nooby on flashing roms. I have HTC sensation. When I tried to install cm 9,10,11,etc on my device but nothing works. I have also tried RUU and viper ROM. Atlast Installed cm9 but the phone keeps restarting. Anyone please help me to resolve the problem. Atleast help me to install the factory version which is Android 2.3. Am sick of trying. My device model is given below.
HTC sensation z710e
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.0008
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
eMMC-boot
May 13 2011,21:04:57
prasadpnair1 said:
Hii
First of all am a nooby on flashing roms. I have HTC sensation. When I tried to install cm 9,10,11,etc on my device but nothing works. I have also tried RUU and viper ROM. Atlast Installed cm9 but the phone keeps restarting. Anyone please help me to resolve the problem. Atleast help me to install the factory version which is Android 2.3. Am sick of trying. My device model is given below.
HTC sensation z710e
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.0008
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
eMMC-boot
May 13 2011,21:04:57
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As you're device is S-OFF, you can use the appropriate RUU for your device that will flash Android 2.3 on your phone. You can download the appropriate RUU from HERE. (If you could tell us more about your device, like run the command: "fastboot getvar all" from the command prompt on your PC and post the outcome here, we could help you finding the proper RUU for your phone.) If you want to try custom roms like cm10-11 or the latest Viper rom, you must update your firmware and hboot. The latest firmware for the Sensation is v3.33 and the latest hboot is v1.27. If I remember well.
I need special help with the sensation XE, I bought not long ago and never checked the WIFI Or bluetooth But recently I tried both and it showed error, i saw some faq about it did it like, unlocking the bootloader though it came s_off, install custom recovery and upgraded the firmware to 3.33, try revolution HD rom no way, flashed another firmware or so to 11. And tried cm10 no way, tried slimbean no way, Am just stuck at it. DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
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Guys pls advice me on what else to do, it's just 2 weeks old and I got no warranty over it....
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Emmaugoh said:
I need special help with the sensation XE, I bought not long ago and never checked the WIFI Or bluetooth But recently I tried both and it showed error, i saw some faq about it did it like, unlocking the bootloader though it came s_off, install custom recovery and upgraded the firmware to 3.33, try revolution HD rom no way, flashed another firmware or so to 11. And tried cm10 no way, tried slimbean no way, Am just stuck at it. DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
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Guys pls advice me on what else to do, it's just 2 weeks old and I got no warranty over it....
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Did you try going back to Stock ROM? I would strongly recommend flashing back to the Stock Rom and then --
Enter the following line of USSD code in your Phone Dialer to get into the Diagnostic Menu
type *#*#3424#*#* and you will enter in HTC Diagnostic menu 3424 means (DIAG)
Test your Wifi and Bluetooth from there. If you are still not getting any positive results, then go the Settings > About Phone > Software update and check for any updates regarding the phone from Htc.
I faced a similar problem regarding Wifi not powering on and it turned out to be a Settings Update which broke the Wifi. I uninstalled the update and the phone worked as a charm.
Good Luck,
Ravi.
Emmaugoh said:
I need special help with the sensation XE, I bought not long ago and never checked the WIFI Or bluetooth But recently I tried both and it showed error, i saw some faq about it did it like, unlocking the bootloader though it came s_off, install custom recovery and upgraded the firmware to 3.33, try revolution HD rom no way, flashed another firmware or so to 11. And tried cm10 no way, tried slimbean no way, Am just stuck at it. DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
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Guys pls advice me on what else to do, it's just 2 weeks old and I got no warranty over it....
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I had the Wi-Fi problem, but flashing a kernel fixed it all.
Here are some other links that may help;
[GUIDE] How to fix the «Wifi Error»
WiFix
& here is one too, it might be a hardware problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43324603&postcount=8
Ok let me try the two and report back.....
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None work ,thinking now is an hardware ish,,,saw some crack in the back maybe it
Was broken before I was sold to....just wanna try returning it or pulling it apart..
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Emmaugoh said:
None work ,thinking now is an hardware ish,,,saw some crack in the back maybe it
Was broken before I was sold to....just wanna try returning it or pulling it apart..
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The golden pins in the back cover also need to be clean in order to Wi-Fi work.
EDIT: Make sure the golden pins & back cover are very clean, and in contact properly.
All antennas are in the back cover.
Including bluetooth.
Emmaugoh said:
None work ,thinking now is an hardware ish,,,saw some crack in the back maybe it
Was broken before I was sold to....just wanna try returning it or pulling it apart..
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Mate try ruu
I was suffering from same issues
Changed lot off Roms , even I restored my stock Rom backup but still same problem.
Finally I flashed original ruu
And all problms r gone
Did u try WiFi hotspot??
Check it , it also keep turning on and never turned on .
For me
This problem occurs when I flashed jelly bean sense 4+ Rom and switch back to arhd and other ics Rom
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Hi i baught a sensation cheap coz the wifi r bluetooth did not work, tried every fix, s-off, radio, firmware everything but nothing worked at all. Turned out that it was the back battery cover, there is copper looking pins on there but they aint pins, they just conductive paint and they worn through to the plastic so this is what i done, look at the pics, now i have perfect wifi and bluetooth ever since. Its worth a try
Oh so many things to try out let me try them one by one and by the way where can I see the Ruu
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Piece of crap, tried what u told me about the pin stuff still didn't and it didn't solve it
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I even flashed back the original firmware from gingerbread and Rom refuse to boot maybe I will find the Ruu for gingerbread and try GB.. Just to see this blue toot working
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My problem was solved.
Emmaugoh said:
I even flashed back the original firmware from gingerbread and Rom refuse to boot maybe I will find the Ruu for gingerbread and try GB.. Just to see this blue toot working
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I had the similar problem one my one S...I simply turned off my phone, removed my back cover and since I can't remove my battery, removed my sim card for a few minutes, reinserted and it just worked fine..
Try it once..