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[Q] Problem with HBOOT 2.00.0002

Hi guys.. I really hope someone can help with this as i am desperate.
I unlocked my Desire S with Revolutionary, then upgraded HBOOT to ENG 2.00.0002. Until now ,after running all roms possible found on this great site, I had the pre-rooted deodexed stock 2.10.401.4
Today I downloaded the RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5, unpacked copied the PG88IMG.zip to my sdcard and begun update. The update was unsuccessful. Now my device says this:
*** LOCKED ***
*** Security warning ***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO_3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
The phone is stuck is FASTBOOT, and selecting BOOTLOADER only loads again PG88IMG.zip, and of course after "Checking PG88IMG.zip" it errors with Main version is older! <Power> to REBOOT.
IS there anything that can be done? PLS HELP!

OPPiuM said:
Hi guys.. I really hope someone can help with this as i am desperate.
I unlocked my Desire S with Revolutionary, then upgraded HBOOT to ENG 2.00.0002. Until now ,after running all roms possible found on this great site, I had the pre-rooted deodexed stock 2.10.401.4
Today I downloaded the RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5, unpacked copied the PG88IMG.zip to my sdcard and begun update. The update was unsuccessful. Now my device says this:
*** LOCKED ***
*** Security warning ***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO_3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
The phone is stuck is FASTBOOT, and selecting BOOTLOADER only loads again PG88IMG.zip, and of course after "Checking PG88IMG.zip" it errors with Main version is older! <Power> to REBOOT.
IS there anything that can be done? PLS HELP!
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If you remove or rename the PG*.... file from the root of your SD card this should stop happening..
Then you should be able to enter recovery, where I'm hoping that you'll have an available Nandroid backup that you could restore to.

Problem is that choosing recovery from bootloader does nothing, just brings me back into fastboot. I think that recovery was wiped during the failed update process.
Also my device is S-on now so i cannot flash a new recovery in fastboot.

Now I'm afraid that I'm a little out of my depth here so won't offer any more advice.......but, you should be able to flash the recovery partition from fastboot...So hopefully all is not lost yet...
EDIT: Apology, only just read that you're S-ON and am not sure what to recommend.

You should look at my guides below. Both will tell and show you how to flash recoveries via fastboot.
Check my sig below.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

Thanks, but before i wrote this question i did read all guides possible, including yours . Problem is I am stuck in fastboot, i cannot boot the phone, use adb or flash anything via fastboot as my device now is LOCKED and S-ON. Also i have no recovery not even stock one...
Smells more and more like a bricked Desire. Damn.

OPPiuM said:
Thanks, but before i wrote this question i did read all guides possible, including yours . Problem is I am stuck in fastboot, i cannot boot the phone, use adb or flash anything via fastboot as my device now is LOCKED and S-ON. Also i have no recovery not even stock one...
Smells more and more like a bricked Desire. Damn.
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If you have read the guide, you should have known that before you can flash ANYTHING on fastboot, you have to be UNLOCKED first..
You should have tried to unlock it BEFORE flashing anything..
If these doesn't work, then you may be right on your last sentence..
Goodluck!

Before attempting the RUU update with pg88img.zip i had ENG HBOOT with S-OFF, but during that update something went wrong. It managed to update to the official HBOOT 2.00.2002 S-ON, but then i got the "Main Version is older - Update Fail! error and i think I need to send it to HTC as I see no way out of this. What i do not understand is this "Main Version is older - Update Fail!" error! why did this happen in the first place as i was updating from pre-rooted deodexed stock 2.10.401.4 to 2.10.401.5.

Simmilar problem, still wifi not working
I have got simmilar problem on desire s, got revolutionary S-OFF with 0.98 then tryied RUU with sense, something went wrong.. now i have hboot 2.00.0002 radio 3822.10.08.04_M i opened the hboot via HTC development page, then i flashed the newest ROM by Adidas108: RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_signed_prerooted SENSE 3.0(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183684)
now the system is booting properly and i can use the phone again, but the wifi is not working, which sucks because there is newest radio and according adidas108 newest ROM. I havent found solution for this as my hboot is in S-ON now and i cant flash different version of radio. I think first i need to find how to make hboot 2.00.0002 into S-OFF. Anyone any idea?
UPDATE 1: now i managed to install the ROM build 1.28.401 prerooted by Adidas108, everything seems to be working again, even wifi is ok. It is strange that the old ROM is working with newest RADIO and the newest ROM not, does anyone has any reasonable explanation to this issue?

Can you please be more specific on how you dealt with your HBOOT. Did you somehow managed to get it S-OFF. I sure need to flash a new recovery and from there i am good, i can resurrect my phone.

No my hboot 2.00.... Is s-on, i just unlock the recovery it means i can flash roms, but i cant overvrite radio or hboot on its own. I also need a solution how to make my phone s-off, and as revolutionary is only supporting hboot .98 it will not be easy. For now ill better stáy on my old ROM with sense 2.1
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

I unlocked my bootloader on htcdev. After that my old rom booted up normaly and everythig was back to normal. I then flashed in recovery RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_signed_prerooted SENSE 3.0 by Adidas108 and it all works perfectly now since my radio was updated before the error with "Main version is older" in the official RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5. thanks guys for the help.. i read Skanob guides again and found out about htcdev.

moloto said:
No my hboot 2.00.... Is s-on, i just unlock the recovery it means i can flash roms, but i cant overvrite radio or hboot on its own. I also need a solution how to make my phone s-off, and as revolutionary is only supporting hboot .98 it will not be easy. For now ill better stáy on my old ROM with sense 2.1
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
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BTW, from my experience it seems that you could update your radio to latest version if you try with the official RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5. It will probably error "Main version is older" and lock your bootloader, but you could unlock it on htcdev, and enter custom recovery after that and flash Adidas108's RUU. My wifi works perfectly with 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 radio.

Solution
So finnally my cell is working with sense 3.0. I downgraded hboot to 0.98.0000 thanx to Skanob(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318919), then S-Off with revolutionary, flashed actual clockwork mod recovery, after the newest saga radio and as the last the newest ROM by Adidas108. Everything works fine, even with hboot 98.0002. End of Story

Need help to Get S-off back with 1.20 HBOOT

Hello Everybody,
I have a problem I can't figure out.
I have had my phone rooted and S-off and have had many custom roms. I wanted to go back to stock and followed the procedure, but the RUU 1.29 won't flash because I am on image 1.74 with HBOOT 1.20 I also now lost S-off so I can't flash another Radio.. There is how my fastboot screen looks
*** Unlocked ***
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-On RL
HBOOT-1.20.0000
RADIO-10.14.9035.02_2
EMMC-boot
I did the HTCDev unlocked bootloader which made it go to Unlocked mode but did not give me S-off.
Any help please

the RUU should work.
make sure u go through it carefully.
I used the 1.29 ruu today on my hboot 1.23 ICS sensation
The RUU failed the first time but gave me some menus which flashed somekind of recovery files
then i ran the RUU again and it proceeded normally

Oomike said:
the RUU should work.
make sure u go through it carefully.
I used the 1.29 ruu today on my hboot 1.23 ICS sensation
The RUU failed the first time but gave me some menus which flashed somekind of recovery files
then i ran the RUU again and it proceeded normally
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Did you use a particular 1.29 ROM per chance?

Oomike said:
the RUU should work.
make sure u go through it carefully.
I used the 1.29 ruu today on my hboot 1.23 ICS sensation
The RUU failed the first time but gave me some menus which flashed somekind of recovery files
then i ran the RUU again and it proceeded normally
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Thank you I will try that.

I tried the RUU recovery and it didn't trigger or do anything, I followed all instructions.. The FASTBOOT still says Update Failed and Security failed or something like that. I also tried flashing the update in bootloader by extracting the rom.zip from the RUU and no luck.
I have a custom 2.3.4 rom runing fine but my WIFI doesn't turn on, it just says Error. I really need to get this back to stock so I can warranty this phone if the WIFI doesn't come back.
Any more ideas everyone?
Thank you in advance.

Found this Thread, this is the same problem i'm having..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1296134

[Q] Sensation ICS s-off

So. I have Sensation phone. When i've started it has a android 2.3 and i've got s-off and root by guide. Some days ago i've flash ICS from OTA zip and then unlock it at htcdev.com Now i have: unlocked, pyramid pvt ship s-off, and hboot 1.27.0000. So the problems are: i can't flash recovery, i can't root a phone and can't make backup. When i've started to flash su through stock recovery i got a error like "failed to verify whole file signature" or so. And with recovery flashing i've got the same. I've tried to make revolutionary s-off but there is no 1.27.0000 hboot version at list to get beta key.
So? How can i root my phone?
p.s. i've tried root it by supertool but nothing

If your full s-off, flash the 1.17 firmware found in the dev section, then flash the RUU for your carrier/region.
You should be back to stock, run revolutionary, s-off and root will be regained and then just be careful what you do from now on.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

RUU -> revolutionary s-off, root, cwm or 4ext -> ICS OTA
right?

Just get a PG58IMG zip with cwm in it and flash via hboot. Then you can flash a new ROM or the su zip
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

The same story with cwm. When i tried to flash PG58IMG.zip with cwm by hboot i've got nothing (parsing PG58IMG.zip... and flashback to boot). Flashing PG58IMG.zip by stock recovery (flash zip from external storage) give nothing. Just error "failed to verify file signature".

Whatever you do... Don't flash ICS OTA.... Or you'll be stuck.... You'll have to wait for revolutionary to update to have those new hboot be s-off...
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4g with Beats Audio

Will revolutionary support new hboot（such as hboot1.23,1.27）in the future? My device is s-on with hboot 1.23. i just want to upgrade to ics.
Sent from my Sensation using XDA

I think revolutionary will be able to support the new ones in the future... There are unlock firmwares in the forum so no doubt rev will be able to do it...
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4g with Beats Audio

Sorry posted in wrong forum. Mods please delete

So i have news about my sutyation. And one problem still avaliable - how to root
So i've flash RUU ICS. Then unlocked phone by HTCdev. Flash 4ext recovery from windows (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) because couldn make it from htc standart recovery (signature verify error). Now i can flash custom roms, but still can't gain root. I've successfully flashed Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip from 4ext recovery but busybox don't want install (reason can't get root privileges) and superuser app told me "access to root folder - failed".
Can anybody tell me what i have to do to get root?

Severusnt said:
So i have news about my sutyation. And one problem still avaliable - how to root
So i've flash RUU ICS. Then unlocked phone by HTCdev. Flash 4ext recovery from windows (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) because couldn make it from htc standart recovery (signature verify error). Now i can flash custom roms, but still can't gain root. I've successfully flashed Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip from 4ext recovery but busybox don't want install (reason can't get root privileges) and superuser app told me "access to root folder - failed".
Can anybody tell me what i have to do to get root?
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so you have s-off but htcdev unlocked bootloader ????
dude you can get completely unlocked firmware...(by revolutionary that is)
here get the 3.32 unlocked firmware from this thread
assuming you are supercid...(if not as you are soff you can do it via fastboot i guess)
"fastboot oem writecid 11111111" without quotes
flash the firmware ...then you'll get complete access to fastboot commands..
then try flashing superuser again...and check your root privelages via root check basic (market app)

bootloader:
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

Severusnt said:
bootloader:
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
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cid?
fastboot getvar cid

001
btw I've flashed revolutionary firmware and still can't gain root.

Severusnt said:
001
btw I've flashed revolutionary firmware and still can't gain root.
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run old root files
run the root from this thread ...step 3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
also check troubleshoot (post #2 from same thread) for problems regarding root

I've flashed this one first - su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
and nothing

Severusnt said:
I've flashed this one first - su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
and nothing
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Flash the latest on top.

Severusnt said:
I've flashed this one first - su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
and nothing
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you mean it failed ..saying some error in recovery...
try it three times continuously...(its mentioned in trouble shoot )
it should flash successfully after third time

I mean first I flashed 2.3.6.3 successfully but no root. then I've got 3.0.7 and flash it. with same result. no root.

Severusnt said:
I mean first I flashed 2.3.6.3 successfully but no root. then I've got 3.0.7 and flash it. with same result. no root.
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try the rooting tools from this thread

[Q] [HELP] Installed CWM, factory reset, now can't flash Custom ROMs or Restore

I used One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0 to install CWM then stupidly (I admit) and
drunkenly (I'm ashamed to admit) wiped data without creating a restore
point and when I flash custom ROMs and reboot my device freezes on the HTC
boot screen.
I've managed to locate my CID & MID (cid: ORANG001 & mid: PG5813000) and
have added them to the android-info.txt located in PG58IMG.zip but when I
boot into bootloader and select fastboot the update is found but parsed
rather than flashed.
Some additional information:
HTC Sensation
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.18.0000
eMMC-boot
Aug 2 2011, 22:35:52
Bit of a mess really. Any ideas?

If you've installed CWM for a different phone and wiped, then you're lucky it still works at all.
Install the right version of CWM right now.

IIBORNII said:
I used One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0 to install CWM then stupidly (I admit) and
drunkenly (I'm ashamed to admit) wiped data without creating a restore
point and when I flash custom ROMs and reboot my device freezes on the HTC
boot screen.
I've managed to locate my CID & MID (cid: ORANG001 & mid: PG5813000) and
have added them to the android-info.txt located in PG58IMG.zip but when I
boot into bootloader and select fastboot the update is found but parsed
rather than flashed.
Some additional information:
HTC Sensation
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.18.0000
eMMC-boot
Aug 2 2011, 22:35:52
, of a mess really. Any ideas?
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It appears that you are HTC Dev unlocked. Because of that you will have to flash the boot.img via fastboot commands. Go to this guide to learn
how to do it.
But your Hboot version is supported by Revolutionary so I suggest you re lock your bootloader and then use Revolutionary to S-off your device before flashing the 3.32 firmware you will have to flash for any ICS ROM. Cause without you being S-off you will not be able to revert your firmware version. Plus if you are S-off your recovery can flash everything and you will not have to use fastboot to or Smart flash option in 4EXT.

I'm surprised your phone still works after using the One X method to root; considering the One X is a different phone.
Here the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 for reference to S-Off and stuff. I recommend you change you change your CID to 11111111 as well.
Change your recovery to 4EXT. Better in my perspective.

Firstly, thank you Rusty!, T-Macgnolia and You_got_owned123.
So, I've downloaded 4EXT recovery and will flash it and I understand that I need to be S-OFF before I can flash new firmware and if I change to Super CID I can flash any carriers firmware. But.... I need to be able to boot the phone to enable HTC Sync to run Revolution. Or is there a way to run it in Fastboot usb?
As soon as I achieved S-OFF I can change to SuperCID.

BOOM!
Okay... so, I flashed 4EXT recovery (which is much better that ClockworkMod) then flashed a Gingerbread ROM (Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_3.6.13) as it was compatible with my existing firmware and flashed the boot.img for the 1.56 kernel then used Revolutionary tool to achieve S-OFF so I could flash an ICS ROM (Sensation_3.32.401.5_odexed), GAPPS and update the firmware. I didn't SuperCID as I knew the firmware was compatible but may do that later while it's fresh in my mind.
That wasn't so hard, phew!!!

IIBORNII said:
Okay... so, I flashed 4EXT recovery (which is much better that ClockworkMod) then flashed a Gingerbread ROM (Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_3.6.13) as it was compatible with my existing firmware and flashed the boot.img for the 1.56 kernel then used Revolutionary tool to achieve S-OFF so I could flash an ICS ROM (Sensation_3.32.401.5_odexed), GAPPS and update the firmware. I didn't SuperCID as I knew the firmware was compatible but may do that later while it's fresh in my mind.
That wasn't so hard, phew!!!
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Haha, good job. Just make sure you use the approperiate firmware when flashing ICS ROMS. ICS require a different firmware than GB does.

[Q] freeze at logo...

my sensation freeze when it start at logo screen....please help
this is what in bootloader screen...
pyramid pvt ship s-on RL
hboot 1.18.0000
radio 10.14.9035.01_m
thank you

aldimiri said:
my sensation freeze when it start at logo screen....please help
this is what in bootloader screen...
pyramid pvt ship s-on RL
hboot 1.18.0000
radio 10.14.9035.01_m
thank you
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if you are flashing ICS rom then it will freze as the firmware is still of gingerbread and you need to update it
for flashing firmware(3.32/3.33) and flashing ICS rom ..refer to this thread

i did not know what it was flashed with, i try to s-off but the problem that the revolutionary file dose not recognize the phone even when i work on sdk , i cant recognize the phone
but it just work with htcdev unlock methd

aldimiri said:
i did not know what it was flashed with, i try to s-off but the problem that the revolutionary file dose not recognize the phone even when i work on sdk , i cant recognize the phone
but it just work with htcdev unlock methd
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ahh you unlocked via HTC-DEV over 1.18 HBOOT ? thats a bad move
now dont upgrade to ICS you can still do revolutionary SOFF
do this
flash any Gingerbread ROM
then once you booted up ..root it (no need if you flashed a custom rom ..as it comes prerooted )
then you need to go to superuser app and make default access is allow
then you need to relock your bootlaoder (fastboot oem lock )
you need to temp root (using my soff temp root ..take the temproot_sensation_windows zip from my soff guide and run temproot.bat file)
then you need to run the revolutionary (phew that s a damn long process)
revolutionary will work then

but how to flash gingerbread rom if the phone not recognized,and recovery not work ???

aldimiri said:
but how to flash gingerbread rom if the phone not recognized,and recovery not work ???
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click on IRC HELP CHANNEL in my signature and join it
Its a chat like thing and this can be done much fatser (i'll be there too )