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Unable to downgrade?

I am trying to downgrade from .6 but every time I open the RUU following the instructions on the forums, it goes to "Waiting for bootloader" before it errors out and my phone sits on the HTC logo. Any ideas?

engagedtosmile said:
I am trying to downgrade from .6 but every time I open the RUU following the instructions on the forums, it goes to "Waiting for bootloader" before it errors out and my phone sits on the HTC logo. Any ideas?
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From the other thread that you didn't really read:
On step 2, the RUU was not able to reboot my device into the bootloader. So I booted into the bootloader myself (hold vol down + power on) then plug in the usb, select fastboot and then start the RUU from the PC. It installed like a champ and brought me back to 1.32.651.1.

I wasn't on Step 2. I will try that regardless. Thanks.

if you still cant get it to work, check out the device manager and make sure htc bootloader doesnt have an exclamation mark.
if it does, uninstall driver and reboot pc.
when you reboot pc, manually load bootloader as stated in the previous message..
If the driver loads properly, run the ruu executable and it should downgrade you back to stock.
what i have noticed.. if you manually goto bootloader mode, the firmware version is the same as stock version, even if it has a custom firmware.

Htc Sensation stuck on htc and S-On

my phone info
hboot 1.18.0000
radio 10.14.9035.01_M
image 1.45.401.2
its not getting even stock rom with same image version
ruu says
trying to reboot in bootloader .............
but no luck
ever tried with htcdev bootunlock method to S-Off
gots this
fastboot oem get_identifier_token
C:\sdk>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
Program too big to fit in memory

Try to go fast-boot and run ruu should work.
If not take out the battery and hold volume down and swith on,run recovery or fast-boot and then run ruu.

yes i have done that too
in fastboot ruu runs and read info of my set (which show that its conected with pc)
but when ruu tried to reboot in bootloader
it takes almost 30 minutes then error comes of usb conectivity

problem is that bootloader are locked
it shows when pluged in fastboot mode
"Locked"

It will do, that's completely normal

i think still a driver problem with your laptop.
download the official one from HTC, just following the installation and STOP the installation when it wants you in install HTC SYNC!!

EddyOS said:
It will do, that's completely normal
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what will do what ???
i could'nt get that

Rawahi said:
i think still a driver problem with your laptop.
download the official one from HTC, just following the installation and STOP the installation when it wants you in install HTC SYNC!!
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tried on three different systems with three differernt os and checked all drivers
it does'nt make sense that its a conectivity problem
cuz ruu shows all info of my set. so its conected in fastboot with pc

[Q] Brick after JuopunutBear wire trick

Hi,
I tried to s-off my sensation with JuopunutBear and the wire trick. But the wire trick did not work, so I decided to reboot the device, but after rebooting the tool starts again and again. My device is unlocked via htcdev and s-on. What can I do to get a working device? Is it possible to flash a rom via bootloader and fastboot as PG58IMG.zip or update zip. When I try to "adb.exe push XXXX:zip /sdcard" it says "device not found" It is really strange. Dont know what happened to my phone.
Regards, Heinzelrumpel

heinzelrumpel said:
Hi,
I tried to s-off my sensation with JuopunutBear and the wire trick. But the wire trick did not work, so I decided to reboot the device, but after rebooting the tool starts again and again. My device is unlocked via htcdev and s-on. What can I do to get a working device? Is it possible to flash a rom via bootloader and fastboot as PG58IMG.zip or update zip. When I try to "adb.exe push XXXX:zip /sdcard" it says "device not found" It is really strange. Dont know what happened to my phone.
Regards, Heinzelrumpel
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Connect your device with JB screen to pc
Go to controlbear folder.. Open command window there (hold shift + right click then click on the white space and click on " open command prompt here ")
Then type "controlbear -r" without without quotes.. It reverts you phone back to normal
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

Thanks, but unfortunaty this does not help.

heinzelrumpel said:
Thanks, but unfortunaty this does not help.
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What error you are getting?
If you want to get directed properly please post the output of the whatever commands if it fails
Also
If you connected the phone in fastboot then use this command
"controlbear -f"
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

Follow this guide to get your phone running :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25587345#post25587345
You can then S Off later

ganeshp said:
What error you are getting?
If you want to get directed properly please post the output of the whatever commands if it fails
Also
If you connected the phone in fastboot then use this command
"controlbear -f"
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
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Code:
R:\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>ControlBear.exe -r
======== ControlBear 0.6 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Restoring to normal mode
Searching device.....
Connect device!
Press ENTER to exit.....
After that when I reboot the tool starts again.

heinzelrumpel said:
Code:
R:\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>ControlBear.exe -r
======== ControlBear 0.6 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Restoring to normal mode
Searching device.....
Connect device!
Press ENTER to exit.....
After that when I reboot the tool starts again.
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Tool starts again.. Means the phone is showing Juopunutbear screen?
Also the output is showing that device is not connected... So the device is not properly connected
First if conceded the device via usb hub or usb 3.0 port.. Avoid them.. Connect it directly to pc/laptop
Also if it's pc.. Connect the device to back usb ports
Un install htc sync If you got that installed
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

Great. With your link I am all fine now. Before that I startet the wire trick one more time and it worked. I am now s-off and unlocked.

heinzelrumpel said:
Great. With your link I am all fine now. Before that I startet the wire trick one more time and it worked. I am now s-off and unlocked.
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good..but remove the crappy unlocked hboot and get Jupopunutbear HBOOT
its much better
get the pyramid ics one and run it according to instructions
link and instructions here
after running those commands
to go back
type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" that would take you to bootloader

Why is it bad to have this unlocked hboot? Cant I just lock it again with fastboot oem lock?

heinzelrumpel said:
Why is it bad to have this unlocked hboot? Cant I just lock it again with fastboot oem lock?
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not bad but more freedom
also fastboot oem lock wont work for the Juopunutbear HBOOT ..but you can easily replace it with stock HBOOT

ganeshp said:
not bad but more freedom
also fastboot oem lock wont work for the Juopunutbear HBOOT ..but you can easily replace it with stock HBOOT
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..by flashing appropriate RUU.

Hi, I need help.
I have a REAL brick after "Wire trick".
My phone can't boot and the led don't light when I try to connect with USB cable.
Nothing is possible I thing is dead
HELP

lebossdu90 said:
Hi, I need help.
I have a REAL brick after "Wire trick".
My phone can't boot and the led don't light when I try to connect with USB cable.
Nothing is possible I thing is dead
HELP
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No it may not be bricked, refer to this thread, pay attention to the OP of the thread, please disregard my first post in the thread and continue reading it, there is only six post in the thread.

lebossdu90 said:
Hi, I need help.
I have a REAL brick after "Wire trick".
My phone can't boot and the led don't light when I try to connect with USB cable.
Nothing is possible I thing is dead
HELP
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Pull battery and reinsert it and try to boot it manually.. After wire trick no way the device can get brick..
Also refer to T-Mac thread.. It will help you
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

PLs help!! somebody
ganeshp said:
Pull battery and reinsert it and try to boot it manually.. After wire trick no way the device can get brick..
Also refer to T-Mac thread.. It will help you
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
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Hellp ppl. i tried to do the Juopunut's method of S-off yesterday after unlocking the bootloader through HTC dev and S-on. however while the process was running i received the 'adb is outdated error'. so i unplugged the USB cable midway and took the battery out. when I rebooted, i get this juopunutbeer logo screen. I can boot into recovery and when I restored my backup the same Juopunut's screen shows up and is stuck there.
Pls help me. is my phone bricked?
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ssiddharthsuresh said:
Hellp ppl. i tried to do the Juopunut's method of S-off yesterday after unlocking the bootloader through HTC dev and S-on. however while the process was running i received the 'adb is outdated error'. so i unplugged the USB cable midway and took the battery out. when I rebooted, i get this juopunutbeer logo screen. I can boot into recovery and when I restored my backup the same Juopunut's screen shows up and is stuck there.
Pls help me. is my phone bricked?
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I even tried goin into the juopunutbear's directory and entered command prompt by right clicking the 'Open command prompt' button and typed 'controlbear -r'. But i receive this message
Old beer detected...... Please wait......
Restoring to normal mode
Searching device.....
Found device... Please wait...
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
Press ENTER to exit.....
pls pls pls help. I am so worried.!!!

ssiddharthsuresh said:
Hellp ppl. i tried to do the Juopunut's method of S-off yesterday after unlocking the bootloader through HTC dev and S-on. however while the process was running i received the 'adb is outdated error'. so i unplugged the USB cable midway and took the battery out. when I rebooted, i get this juopunutbeer logo screen. I can boot into recovery and when I restored my backup the same Juopunut's screen shows up and is stuck there.
Pls help me. is my phone bricked?
---------- Post added at 04:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:07 AM ----------
I even tried goin into the juopunutbear's directory and entered command prompt by right clicking the 'Open command prompt' button and typed 'controlbear -r'. But i receive this message
Old beer detected...... Please wait......
Restoring to normal mode
Searching device.....
Found device... Please wait...
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
Press ENTER to exit.....
pls pls pls help. I am so worried.!!!
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Keep your phone connected to pc from bootloader (phone reads fastboot usb after this)
And go to the controlbear folder from where you done the jb soff
There should be a boot_backup.img
(if not there then you might have multiple copies of controlbear and used some other copy)
Copy the boot_backup.img to your adb folder (folder which has adb.exe and fastboot.exe)
Open command window there
(hold shift + right click - open command windows here)
And type this
fastboot flash boot boot_backup.img
Then reboot
Using
fastboot reboot
And see
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

ganeshp said:
Keep your phone connected to pc from bootloader (phone reads fastboot usb after this)
And go to the controlbear folder from where you done the jb soff
There should be a boot_backup.img
(if not there then you might have multiple copies of controlbear and used some other copy)
Copy the boot_backup.img to your adb folder (folder which has adb.exe and fastboot.exe)
Open command window there
(hold shift + right click - open command windows here)
And type this
fastboot flash boot boot_backup.img
Then reboot
Using
fastboot reboot
And see
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
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Thanks so much ganesh. I followed your guide in your signature and it worked like a charm. Thanks once again.

[Q] Stuck on Splash Screen, adb and fastboot not responding

HTC z710a
Unlocked with S-On
hboot 1-27.0000 pyramid
android 4.0.3
ROM version 3.32.666.53
Unknown Radio
rooted with superuser
I tried to install SmartDroidBerserk 2.2 for my htc sensation tonight. After following the instructions on your website http(removeThis://)smartdroidromsDOTcom/berserk.htm I ran into a huge problem; I'm stuck on the HTC splash screen.
I followed the instructions up to where it said to flash the rom. I believe that I misread this part as meaning that you could install the rom from the zip on the sd card, so I tried to do so. I got an installation error with a status 1 message during the installation. I thought that if I tried to reboot my phone that I could try to reinstall the rom or revert back to an old backup through recovery and then try to actually flash the rom the 'proper' way.
I'm now stuck on the HTC splash screen and can't do anything with my smartphone. I tried to connect it to my computer to run adb to get it back into the bootloader. When I try adb devices it doesn't even recognize that my phone is attached. The same goes for fastboot devices - no return. When I go to my computer and try and select my phone as a removable disk, windows asks me to insert a disk into the disk drive because I formatted the phone during your installation process. After I discovered that I can't use adb to get back into the bootloader, I tried to press volume down and power at the same time but I still can't get into the bootloader with that method, it just stalls on the htc splash screen, not even displaying the "quietly brillant" slogan.
If there's anything that anyone can think that would help my situation, I'd be extremely grateful! I've got a 600$ brick!!

tehwarden said:
I tried to install SmartDroidBerserk 2.2 for my htc sensation tonight. After following the instructions on your website http(removeThis://)smartdroidromsDOTcom/berserk.htm I ran into a huge problem; I'm stuck on the HTC splash screen.
I followed the instructions up to where it said to flash the rom. I believe that I misread this part as meaning that you could install the rom from the zip on the sd card, so I tried to do so. I got an installation error with a status 1 message during the installation. I thought that if I tried to reboot my phone that I could try to reinstall the rom or revert back to an old backup through recovery and then try to actually flash the rom the 'proper' way.
I'm now stuck on the HTC splash screen and can't do anything with my smartphone. I tried to connect it to my computer to run adb to get it back into the bootloader. When I try adb devices it doesn't even recognize that my phone is attached. The same goes for fastboot devices - no return. When I go to my computer and try and select my phone as a removable disk, windows asks me to insert a disk into the disk drive because I formatted the phone during your installation process. After I discovered that I can't use adb to get back into the bootloader, I tried to press volume down and power at the same time but I still can't get into the bootloader with that method, it just stalls on the htc splash screen, not even displaying the "quietly brillant" slogan.
If there's anything that anyone can think that would help my situation, I'd be extremely grateful! I've got a 600$ brick!!
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if doesn't someone else come with other solution try to use the unbricking project
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23078349
edit: pull out your battery,put it again and then hold power button+volume down together
hold until it shows you the bootloader

tlyVisa dutch
rzr86 said:
if doesn't someone else come with other solution try to use the unbricking project
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23078349
edit: pull out your battery,put it again and then hold power button+volume down together
hold until it shows you the bootloader
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I was able to get into the bootloader by holding down Vol + power (guess I wasn't holding it down long enough). When I get into the bootloader and try to go into recovery my phone still gets stuck on the htc splash screen for some odd reason. I was able to get it to go into recovery without a problem (until now of course). I'm not able to get into recovery to restore my backup(s).
Unlocked (with htc dev)
Pyramid PVT Ship S-On RL
HBOOT 1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
I'm reading over the unbricking project now and I'll try it tonight....this so sucks the big one (and hard).....

tehwarden said:
I was able to get into the bootloader by holding down Vol + power (guess I wasn't holding it down long enough). When I get into the bootloader and try to go into recovery my phone still gets stuck on the htc splash screen for some odd reason. I was able to get it to go into recovery without a problem (until now of course). I'm not able to get into recovery to restore my backup(s).
Unlocked (with htc dev)
Pyramid PVT Ship S-On RL
HBOOT 1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
I'm reading over the unbricking project now and I'll try it tonight....this so sucks the big one (and hard).....
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at least you managed to enter into the bootloader.then your device it is not bricked
there is no need to use it
see then here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
about adb and fasboot commands did you open the command window in the folder where adb and fastboot files are?

rzr86 said:
at least you managed to enter into the bootloader.then your device it is not bricked
there is no need to use it
see then here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
about adb and fasboot commands did you open the command window in the folder where adb and fastboot files are?
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yes, I put adb and fastboot in a folder C:\mini-adb and navigated to that folder. adb would print out 'attached devices are' and nothing below it when I would run adb devices. fastboot devices simply returned nothing.
I got to the second step part 9 where it asked me to fastboot reboot after flashing the recovery (which was successfully written) however when I try to reboot it just stays stuck on the htc splash screen still.

Sorry for the double post.. I just removed my battery and was able to go back into the bootloader and could get into recovery. I was able to restore a prior rooted backup but whenever I try to reboot my smartphone it loads into recovery and not into my rom.
I have the added problem of not being able to access the sd card where I would put the Android Revolution .zip file. Whenever I try to access the phone's drive windows ask me to please insert a disk into removable disk F:.
EDIT: I just used the rom in the opening post instead of using the Android Revolution rom and it installed just fine. I can use my phone again! Thanks so much rzr!

tehwarden said:
Sorry for the double post.. I just removed my battery and was able to go back into the bootloader and could get into recovery. I was able to restore a prior rooted backup but whenever I try to reboot my smartphone it loads into recovery and not into my rom.
I have the added problem of not being able to access the sd card where I would put the Android Revolution .zip file. Whenever I try to access the phone's drive windows ask me to please insert a disk into removable disk F:.
EDIT: I just used the rom in the opening post instead of using the Android Revolution rom and it installed just fine. I can use my phone again! Thanks so much rzr!
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haha i was about to tell you now try flashing the rom to see if it will work but you already did it
happy for you man:good:
and you can always hit the thanks button if i really helped you somehow

[Q] HTC One S Soft-bricked with USB Debugging disabled

I had the avatar custom ROM on my phone.
wanted to sell it, so went into CModRecovery and tried to restore my phone to a previous restore point i had, thinking that would be with the Tmobile stock.
Anyways, right after that, my phone was soft bricked, constantly restarting. At the beginning i was able to go into recovery, and i tried to restore it to the previous point again, but it didnt work, tried clearing cashe and stuff, but still didnt work, and then I dont know what happened, but all i can access now is bootloader, cant even acced CModRecovery anymore.
I know my phone is soft bricked, and I've found the original RUU Tmobile for my HTC one S, and im using the Hasoon all in one toolkit to try and factory reset it, but the problem is, I dont have USB Debugging enabled, and my phone is soft bricked, so I dont know how to enable it now, and I cant follow any of these tutorials for fixing the soft brick, without it enabled.
So now my question is, how can I enable USB Debugging with my phone in the state that it is (ie, only thing that acccessible is bootloader)
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I really appreciate any help.

I dont think you even need ADB at that point. From the bootloader you can enable fastboot (by selecting fastboot with volume keys and pressing power button to activate it). Then reflash the recovery from your PC by running fastboot flash recovery your-recovery-img.img Then you'd be able to access recovery again.
And when you restore a nandroid of another rom and are on a hboot version 1.09 or higher (and S-on) you also need to flash the boot part of the backup. So first you need to get the boot image to your PC from the phone. At least TWRP recovery has an option to mount storage as a USB drive, probably CWM has this also... Finally flash the boot image to your phone by booting the phone into bootloader, selecting fastboot mode as before, and then flashing the boot from your PC by running fastboot flash boot boot.img.
Hope this helps. I'm just writing what I would try in your situation .
Sent from my One S. Please hit thanks if I helped.

So this is what I did:
1. In bootloader, selected fastboot with the power button. Now im at the screen where it has 4 diff options: bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader, and power down. Also on this screen, since I have the phone connected to the computer, it says FASTBOOT USB
2. So now I open up cmd and write what you said, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (the cyanogen mod renamed to recovery)
3. And it says it failed.
4. So I cant proceed with the rest of what you said. I'm not sure why it failed, but does it have to do with the fact that my USB Debugging is maybe disabled, and thats why its not able to find the phone?
5. Because even when I was trying to get the Hasoon all in 1 toolkit to work, the reason I couldnt was because everytime I'd try something, it would say "device not found" in the cmd prompt window.
As I'm sure you can tell, I'm pretty confused :S

masoodi said:
So this is what I did:
1. In bootloader, selected fastboot with the power button. Now im at the screen where it has 4 diff options: bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader, and power down. Also on this screen, since I have the phone connected to the computer, it says FASTBOOT USB
2. So now I open up cmd and write what you said, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (the cyanogen mod renamed to recovery)
3. And it says it failed.
4. So I cant proceed with the rest of what you said. I'm not sure why it failed, but does it have to do with the fact that my USB Debugging is maybe disabled, and thats why its not able to find the phone?
5. Because even when I was trying to get the Hasoon all in 1 toolkit to work, the reason I couldnt was because everytime I'd try something, it would say "device not found" in the cmd prompt window.
As I'm sure you can tell, I'm pretty confused :S
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Did you relock the bootloader? Does it say *** RELOCKED *** or *** UNLOCKED *** in the top of the bootloader?
If it is *** RELOCKED *** then you need to unlock the bootloader again (here are nice guides for doing it. I don't remember the exact fastboot commands right now). If it says *** UNLOCKED *** then I'm unfortunately out of ideas. I did however do some googling and found this: http://www.askabouthugo.com/general...on-fastboot-with-remote-signature-verify-fail
And are you sure you are trying to flash an S4 version of the recovery and not an S3?