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Htc sensation semi brick

HI ALL
I have a massive problem with my htc sensation xe. My phone is a t-mobile sensation xe.This is what i have done to it i unlocked the boot loader from the htc dev website. I then rooted it using super click one. I then installed clockworkmod recovery. I then tryed to flash a leedroid rom to my phone and my phone would always restart after the htc logo.
I tryed to flash many other roms but same result, phone would either freeze or continuosly reset.
Can somebody help me please. I have attached a picture of my recovery screen as this is the only thing i have access to.
Thanks In Advance

And what happens when you choose an option from there?
try
fast reboot
factory reset
Try going back to the thread for you rom read, reread and reread agan,
Then follow the instructions 100% and as if by magic........................

I have been assisting this person on the sensation forum he was originally rooted with ship s off however he installed a Rom and apprantly his hboot has changed.
He has tried to change Rom but his phone is boot looping with the HTC logo and as you can see he his picture he is back to ship on.
I provided a list of ruu but he's phone fails while attempting to run application.
He has tried resetting phone through recovery and clearing data,cache,formatting system.
He explained he tried to root following the current 4 methods but still no sucess.
I advised him to seek help on here.
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I done as you told me
1.)I went into recovery and clicked factory reset
2.)I then clicked wipe cache partition
3.)I then clicked wipe davlik cache
4.)I then clicked fix permissions
5.)I then tryed to install the shipped t-mobile rom
It did not work
6.)I also tryed to install another custom rom same problem. The phone would hang on the htc logo boot up screen.
I have included pictures to make it easier to assess the problem

I don't think flashing a Rom will get you back to s-on. From your pictures I noticed you're trying to downgrade from ICS to GB, no? If you have the ICS firmware (3.06), how come you have hboot 1.18 s-on? Either there's something missing in your explanation or you really have messed up the software. Anyway, why don't you cross referenced what you've done with this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16125079
Cheers
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I want my phone to work wetaher with original rom or custom rom.
This is what i done.
1.)I went onto htc.dev and unlocked my bootloader
2.)I used super click one to root my phone and gain super user access
3.)I then installed rom manger and clockwork recovery to my phone.
4.)I then used rom manger to download leedroid rom for my phone and installed it.
This is were it all went wrong. My phone would continuosly restart and not let be do anything. If i installed any other custom rom through recovery myphone would freeze at the htc screen untill i removed the battery.
Somebody please help i do not want to send it into htc and pay £60 odd pound

Have you tried to select fastboot from hboot, connect to a pc and run the ruu from there?

I have run into the same problem with Sensation 4G (TMO).
Here's what I did:
1. Tried revolutionary to gain s-off - and it failed
2. Unlocked phone with HTC (so my hboot scren says "Unlocked")
3. Flashed recovery
4. Flashed Android Revolution HD™ 6.5.1 | ICS |
Now stuck in a boot loop (with HTC logo on white background). Tried multiple RUUs, none of them worked (including the latest one from T-Mobile).
No luck resurrecting device so far.

weird. ive used revolutionary 3 different times to gain s-off and have never had it fail. i would give it another shot and be extra careful and follow the instructions to a T.

What version of leedroid are you trying to flash? Remember to have the latest firmware to flash ICS roms...
This is were you can get them...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Select the proper firmware according to your cid and mid... If you have supercid, you can get any file... 1.17 is for Gingerbread.... 3.32 is for the latest ICS roms out there...
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AndroidNeophyte said:
What version of leedroid are you trying to flash? Remember to have the latest firmware to flash ICS roms...
This is were you can get them...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Select the proper firmware according to your cid and mid... If you have supercid, you can get any file... 1.17 is for Gingerbread.... 3.32 is for the latest ICS roms out there...
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I've tried firmware from thread you are suggesting (cid and mid matched). Hboot does recognize the zip on sd card, parses it and takes me to normal menu. Nothing else happens. I verified that my cid and mid match androidinfo.txt in zip file.
Any other clues?
I've also tried flashing "boot loop" at the bottom of the same post, but HBOOT keeps doing the same: loads zip, parses it, shows regular menu. Nothing else.

Other option is to supercid your device if you can.... Makes your device more flexible...
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@paul.turchenko, the firmware will not flash as HTC.dev unlock only unlocks part of your bootloader. Radio and boot images (included in each fw package) will not flash unless you have s-off.
Have you tried to relock the bootloader then run a gingerbread ruu? Try to match the baseband, software version, carrier, area etc. as closely as you can to your original setup.
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mohammedkhalilaslam said:
HI ALL
I have a massive problem with my htc sensation xe. My phone is a t-mobile sensation xe.This is what i have done to it i unlocked the boot loader from the htc dev website. I then rooted it using super click one. I then installed clockworkmod recovery. I then tryed to flash a leedroid rom to my phone and my phone would always restart after the htc logo.
I tryed to flash many other roms but same result, phone would either freeze or continuosly reset.
Can somebody help me please. I have attached a picture of my recovery screen as this is the only thing i have access to.
Thanks In Advance
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What type of from you trying to flash gb or pics if its pics you need to flash firmware for the from build
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stringer7 said:
@paul.turchenko, the firmware will not flash as HTC.dev unlock only unlocks part of your bootloader. Radio and boot images (included in each fw package) will not flash unless you have s-off.
Have you tried to relock the bootloader then run a gingerbread ruu? Try to match the baseband, software version, carrier, area etc. as closely as you can to your original setup.
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Thanks for reply. Any giudance on relocking bootloader? Which T-Mobile RUU should I try? All RUUs I've tried keep failing on me saying something like "this RUU is not compatible with your device" - error 155.

This might help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404
I have never used htc.dev, but I've read other users posts and understood there are instructions for relocking on the site too?
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[SOLVED]
AWESOME!
Thanks to post above I successfully unbricked my Sensation 4G.
For those who stuck with the same problem:
Symptoms:
HBOOT:
*UNLOCKED*
S-ON
1.18
Solution: use tool from post above (can't post links) and lock bootloader back. After that your HBOOT will show
*RELOCKED*
S-ON
1.18
After this, phone will accept RUU (which failed before with *UNLOCKED* bootloader).
RUU:
RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed
I will keep all files for a while so if anyone wants them - PM me.

hboot 1.20.0000 problemi

I need to downgrade program for sensation hboot
i was using my phone since 4 months wht s-off and root and there are no problems. just 2 days before i rooted one of the ics roms and got an error message and phone went ofline so i made a restorewhit cwm and phone came back online. after this steps i did supercid and s-on to my phone. now telephone works correctly but i cant get any updates or even i cant make my phone s-off again because of it says hboot version is older than 1.20.xxxxxx
short for long about phone
- its working
-no problem whit general usage
-i cant do s-off
- cant get any updates
- sometimes when i open close actions it opens whit bootloader.
question how can i get my hboot to 1.17xxxx or 1.18.xxx again please help me
edit: now
1- phone : s-on
2- bootloader : htcdev bootloader unlock
3- root : unlockroot21 using the program, to be root
4- htc update does not install
5- hboot 1.20.0000
6- rom: 1.45.468.1 ( orj. turkey ruu ) ( new rom 1.45.468.2. 9,6mb update)
7- I would like to s-off.

Dude please ask stuff like this in q and a this is development for devs. Have a look at Mike's hboot op.
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Download firmwares here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436663
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Thank you.
but this was not. bootloader is opened, the installation is not automatic. . manual installation when you have made and an error message
-- installing:\sdcard\PG58IMG.zip
finding update package
opening update package
E:Can't open\ sdcard\PG58IMG.zip
(bad)
installation aborted
edit: süpercid is not.
leejames55 said:
Download firmwares here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436663
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Not sure i understand your post 100%, but as i understand it, you can install a standard RUU from here with a older HBoot
I did that and it solved my problem.

standart ruu installed
error mesage : you want to install version, that version does not match the moment.
loaded : 1.45.468.2 standart turkey ruu ( current)
phone version : 1.45.468.1 standart turkey ruu
thank you
jkolner said:
Not sure i understand your post 100%, but as i understand it, you can install a standard RUU from here with a older HBoot
I did that and it solved my problem.
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Are you still working on the problem you have mentioned or have you get over with it ? PM me in case you would like to get a Turkish help..

The problem is this:
He tried some Ics roms and restored the original Turkish rom from Cwm after he triad to S-on back.
Finally his device is S-on with Hboot 1.20
He achived to root and custom recovery with open bootloader, but couldn't downgrade hboot for S-Off
I adviced to dreamnej this method for downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372913
But He gets ''Hboot older'' fail.
He has vey strange problem.
We are looking for professional devs

go to fastboot and SUPERCID
then find PD58ING.zip for hboot 1.17 and you should be able to go back down and run Revo again
do at your own risk make sure you read all directions on how to downgrade your hboot, and SUPERCID

ilostchild said:
go to fastboot and SUPERCID
then find PD58ING.zip for hboot 1.17 and you should be able to go back down and run Revo again
do at your own risk make sure you read all directions on how to downgrade your hboot, and SUPERCID
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PD58ING.zip ?

Develepors please. Help me.

Why did you S-ON your phone? I don't get it.

aNYthing24 said:
Why did you S-ON your phone? I don't get it.
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I wanted to return to the original state.
ics for the original HTC update.
hboot 1.20.0000. this cause will not come with the update. I want to fix.
There was no warning about hboot s-on process. writes may be brick. but hboot "1.18.xxxx 1.17.xxxx or" no warning. "hboot 1.20.0000" problem does not write.
send to the service, but out of the warranty agreement. service asks a lot of money.
edit: sorry "google translate"

I need to downgrade program for sensation hboot

[Q] help please - revert from custom ICS rom to stock

Hi,
A couple of months ago I upgraded my UK Tmo Sensation to Android Revolution HD 6.5.5 XE as I got bored waiting for TMO to release ICS. In short, too many of my favourite apps worked better with the stock rom than they do with the ICS, and so I want to go back.
I downloaded what I think must be the right stock app from here (RUU_Pyramid_TMO_UK_1.34.110.1_Radio_10.43a.9007.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_196473_signed.exe, seemingly the last TMO UK in the list) and have been trying to flash it.
It didn't work ("wrong RUU" error message, phone never went into bootloader when I ran the RUU) and so I thought maybe I need to set the CID back to the original. Done that and it doesn't make any difference. Error code 155 thrown up by the RUU, defined in the accompanying readme as "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."
I used to be fairly adept at doing all this in WinMo and think I'm still getting the hang in Android. What else do I need to do before flashing it? Remove custom recovery? Change radio? Any guidance much appreciated!

TO DE-BRAND OR REINSTALL STOCK ROM (Changes to Stock S-off, Removes Root and clockwork)
Reinstall your original stock ROM you had (e.g Vodafone, Tmous, Asian, European unbranded etc. if you are changing back to S-ON)
1. Backup all User Data and Apps (Titanium backup Recommended) SKIP THIS STEP IF YOU WANT TO WIPE EVERYTHING
2. Use the SUPERCID method above. (Confirmed to work)
3. If you cannot get superCID to work. Follow this by Alexp999. HERE: any problems PM ME and i will help
Your phone bootloader will read "PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL" after this, Root and clockwork will have been removed now
STEP 5 - CHANGING BACK TO S-ON - PROCEED WITH CAUTION. ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. BEWARE THERE IS A RISK OF BRICKING READ BEFORE GOING TO STEP 1.
YOU MUST Follow this correctly otherwise you could semi-brick your device (Semi bricks recovery by re-flashing RUU). If you follow it correctly YOU WILL GET S-ON SUCCESSFULLY -confirmed by other users
I cannot be held responsible if anything goes wrong but i will help in every situation. 2 unrecoverable bricks so far. 1 due to not flashing RUU
First time i did this with a custom ROM installed - semi-bricked my device (couldn't boot due to security warning as S-on doesn't work with custom roms), restored it using RUU.exe
Second time after S-off i took the following steps and successfully went back to S-ON without any problems and booted up into stock rom.
Confirmed to work by several others as well as myself
1. Follow Step 4 above to get SuperCID - Skip if you already have it
2. Restore your official stock Rom: Just click here to download an Official Rom RESTORE STOCK EVEN IF YOU JUST RESTORED IT RECENTLY OR ARE ALREADY ON STOCK ROM. This is to ensure nothing gets changed in stock for S-on to be successful
So if you are already on a stock ROM or you just went back to stock ROM, i don't care, restore the stock ROM again using the RUU.exe if you don't want to be bricked!
Connect to your phone in charging mode. click the "RUU_pyramid_*****.exe" file you downloaded and follow on screen instructions.
3. Make sure when you download the RUU. download the same or similiar RUU version as your phone came with (e.g. Tmous or EU or Asian etc). As long as you install a stock rom similiar to what you had you should be ok. FAILURE TO DO THIS MAY BRICK YOUR PHONE.
4. Switch your phone on now and let it boot for the first time and just skip through the welcome screen.
5. Go back to Step 4 - SUPERCID and go through 1 to 7 to get to the fastboot bootloader. (so just do what you did before, put adb files in local disk, adb reboot bootloader etc)
6. enter the command "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" (Thanks Dazweeja)
7. Reboot into bootloader using "fastboot reboot-bootloader" or remove & reinsert the battery and press power on while keeping hold of volume down.
8. Bootloader should now read Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL.
9. Remove and reinsert the battery. Press power on as normal
You should now have S-on back and you can return your device or do whatever it is covered again under warranty.
10. IF IT DOESN'T REBOOT and bootloader says ***Security Warning**
Remove and re-insert the battery and go back into bootloader and holding Volume Down +power button select fastboot
11. Run RUU_Pyramid_***.exe to reflash stock rom. (the one u just downloaded in step 1) and then reboot. It should work now
info from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300

I want to change my CID to SEA my CID is HTC_38 how can I change it so I can able to receive ICS...
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Will changing CID is considered as rooting.. Will it Void my warranty...
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karuva said:
I want to change my CID to SEA my CID is HTC_38 how can I change it so I can able to receive ICS...
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SEA?! don't you mean 11111111? well you don't need to change your CID, if you're on a stock ROM, you'll get the OTA ICS update eventually. unless you want to flash a custom ROM with ICS. changing your CID only allows you to flash any RUU onto your phone...
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karuva said:
Will changing CID is considered as rooting.. Will it Void my warranty...
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Changing your CID has nothing to do with rooting, so no, it's not considered rooting. as for warranty, i don't know, sorry...

how do i get my pyramid back to normal?

i've been trying for about 7 hours now (no joke) to get my phone fixed
i'm pretty familiar with rooting/hacking/ROMS on my droidx and if anything went wrong i just plugged in the phone and SBF back to stock - simple. i assumed i could do that for the sensation but that is obviously not the case.
my first time with the sensation i got the bootloader unlocked/cwm installed/installed CM9 and got stuck on the CM9 loading screen. i think i never got the s-off to work, but didn't realize it.
last 7 hours have been spent trying all kinds of things to get it back to normal but nothing seems to work.
i am now stuck on the green htc logo at boot every time
i can currently access cwm 5.8.0.9 / fastboot
fastboot shows:
***unlocked***
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot - 1.27.0000
radio - 11.23.2504.07_m2
openadsp-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
emmc-boot
jan 13 2012,17:33:34
i know how to use adb/access the fastboot from a command line
i have htc sync and htc drivers
i have one x all in one kit
i've tried a couple of RUU but they didn't recognize my device
finally got an RUU (RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed) to work but i got an error telling me the device could not be recovered
i just want to get the phone back to stock so i can start over and try again!
any help/leads would be greatly appreciated.

I'm not 100% on this, so get another opinion, but since you have the bootloader still, try to attain S-Off using the wire method.
Edit: Scratch that, you need a stock rom that's rooted for it. If you can boot CWM, restore the nandroid backup that you hopefully made. If not, make sure you wiped data/cache before installing CM9. If you forgot to, wipe them and reinstall CM9. There's also a guide floating around about installing and booting custom roms with S-ON that could help you out.

Since you have the official ruu Rom. You will double click on the ruu and since HTC Android Phone ROM Update utility pops up, you'll go into c:\Users\yourUser\AppData\Local\Temp and you'll search rom.zip. You will put it on the sd card and rename it to PG58IMG.zip and you will start your phone into bootloader, and when it asks, proceed with the update and you should be fine.
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manev.trajce said:
Since you have the official ruu Rom. You will double click on the ruu and since HTC Android Phone ROM Update utility pops up, you'll go into c:\Users\yourUser\AppData\Local\Temp and you'll search rom.zip. You will put it on the sd card and rename it to PG58IMG.zip and you will start your phone into bootloader, and when it asks, proceed with the update and you should be fine.
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i actually donloaded the pg68img.zip file from the same place as the RUU, and tried it just like you said. didn't work. perhaps ill try that again. maybe i didnt do it correctly the first time

don't you mean pg58?
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heavy_metal_man said:
don't you mean pg58?
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yes

ok so two things
its a sensation 4g
and
when i RUU
my current version is 3.32.531.14
and its trying to install 1.50.531.1
im currently downloading a 3.32.531.14 RUU to try that

fixed.

w00dberry said:
fixed.
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Lol I was about to answer you
You just need to flash the boot.img of the rom separately that will do the job
For more details refer to
Help thread (q&a sticky)
Post #2
Guide #4
It explains how to flash roms with SON
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

Problem with bootloader unlock on my sensation

Hello!!!
I have one problem with my sensation bootloader unlock. I took Unlock_code with HTCdev site and I start the unlock screen appears, yes or no, and when I click yes and power button phone freezes. Also when I run reboot bootloader also freeze. He prayed to for help. Pictures are attached.
P.S. Also when you are fallen cell phone shows HTC logo and go to end reboot reboot and when I go into recovery then get an error shown in Fig.
Sorry for my bad english.

If you want to unlock your bootloader to flash custom ROMs or a custom recovery, then I would suggest you to s-off your sensation since the HTC Dev unlock won't work.
The s-off method by ganeshp is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26280760
Read the thread carefully, and if you need the windows version for juonuput s-off then shoot me a PM and ask me for it. Recovery.io only supports Linux (as for now)
You can also install Ubuntu on your PC to use the Linux version.
Sent from my HTC Sensation

AndroidSupporter318 said:
If you want to unlock your bootloader to flash custom ROMs or a custom recovery, then I would suggest you to s-off your sensation since the HTC Dev unlock won't work.
The s-off method by ganeshp is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26280760
Read the thread carefully, and if you need the windows version for juonuput s-off then shoot me a PM and ask me for it. Recovery.io only supports Linux (as for now)
You can also install Ubuntu on your PC to use the Linux version.
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I am not sure "usb debugging" is checked becouse not enter to normal start up phone, phone get to htc logo and reboot, several time then go to scree with red triangle.

Hmm... so you can't boot your phone. In that case, I would run a RUU, and then s-off...
Here's the RUU info and downloads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26541170
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I think for unlocking bootloader from HTC dev u needs to b on completely stock , mean stock Rom , stock recovery
But u r using custom recovery , that's y it hangs when u select yes
Btw u can run ruu for complete stock , run ics version of ruu with same cid
I think this is a only option for u
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Itsakash said:
I think for unlocking bootloader from HTC dev u needs to b on completely stock , mean stock Rom , stock recovery
But u r using custom recovery , that's y it hangs when u select yes
Btw u can run ruu for complete stock , run ics version of ruu with same cid
I think this is a only option for u
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i agree ruu.exe is the only option
but can you have custom recovery when you are on S-ON and locked bootloader?

Just install a Ruu for your Sen. And retry unlock bootloader and s-off
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Hmm, nothing work for me, i try all solution but nothing work, when do bootloader load phone freez, when do write hboot phone freez. i try flashing RUU via sd card, (unzip RUU and rom.zip rename to PG58IMG.zip and start hboot cheking all ok, but when start flash rewritw bootloader phone freez). I dont know what to do. please help.
p.s. sorry my english is to bad.

Damirzvo said:
Hmm, nothing work for me, i try all solution but nothing work, when do bootloader load phone freez, when do write hboot phone freez. i try flashing RUU via sd card, (unzip RUU and rom.zip rename to PG58IMG.zip and start hboot cheking all ok, but when start flash rewritw bootloader phone freez). I dont know what to do. please help.
p.s. sorry my english is to bad.
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try flashing the ruu from pc
don't extract the rom.zip