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[Q] Bricked HTC Sensation 4G ?!

Today , i successfully rooted my HTC Sensation 4G, everything was working totally fine, but then I wanted to install and custom ROM , called Super Villain Shensation.
I followed everything like the instructions told me to, but it says that the installation was aborted. and when i want to reboot my phone, it just stays on the white HTC logo screen, and doesnt do anything. I am able to get to the bootloader, but when i try recovery the same thing happens. what do i do !?

First of all, it is not bricked. Moving forward you need to re-download the ROM to make sure it is not a corrupted download, then try to flash again.
In order it would be:
-re download ROM again (I would personally suggest a ginger bread ROM that doesn't require you to flash firmware and such)
-download super wipe
-put them both in your sd card, somewhere where you could find the files
-go into your recovery and flash the super wipe zip (found in the Android Revolution thread)
-flash ROM
-let it boot (it will take about 5 minutes)
-done
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He's thesuper wipe
http://db.tt/ps5JWwBw
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation

He said he can't get to recovery (-.- )
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Can you get to the bootloader?
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation

Need tothrow the pg85.img zip on the root of you're sd card then boot into bootloader. Follow on screen instructions.
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation

Go to your bootloader like previous poster said and paste this file in the root of your sd card.
-Press the up volume rocker once you get the prompt to do it
If everything goes the way is suppose to go, you will be able to get into recovery again and flash whatever ROM you like.
This file contains Clockwork recovery
http://db.tt/ht4BPIS8
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Did you superCID? If not, what is your CID, because the file: P58IMG.zip is the firmware package for your device, and it's CID dependent. Get the one you need from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767

youssefkiev said:
Did you superCID? If not, what is your CID, because the file: P58IMG.zip is the firmware package for your device, and it's CID dependent. Get the one you need from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
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is there a way to know the cid if we are stuck at boot loader. i have no recovery(backup corrupt). and cant install pg58img.zip....

beartraxx33 said:
is there a way to know the cid if we are stuck at boot loader. i have no recovery(backup corrupt). and cant install pg58img.zip....
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Are you s off?
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Rhiannon224 said:
Are you s off?
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Yes i did every thing right until the cid part. and when i flash the p58img.... wrong cid.

beartraxx33 said:
Yes i did every thing right until the cid part. and when i flash the p58img.... wrong cid.
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In that case you can find it from fastboot.
Code:
fastboot getvar cid
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stringer7 said:
In that case you can find it from fastboot.
Code:
fastboot getvar cid
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Fixed It. used adb fastboot to superCiD and it worked....finally. Thanks for your support guys.

having the same problem with my htc sensation
theshanebennett said:
Today , i successfully rooted my HTC Sensation 4G, everything was working totally fine, but then I wanted to install and custom ROM , called Super Villain Shensation.
I followed everything like the instructions told me to, but it says that the installation was aborted. and when i want to reboot my phone, it just stays on the white HTC logo screen, and doesnt do anything. I am able to get to the bootloader, but when i try recovery the same thing happens. what do i do !?
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i had rooted my htc sensation with s-off....
recently i tried to flash it with cyanogenmod 9 and all i get is the logo....
revolutionary and s-off changed back to pyramid and s-on...
i'm able to get to bootloader and recovery but still the phone is not getting rebooted..
help me out guys!!!!
cheers!!!!

rockinrraj said:
i had rooted my htc sensation with s-off....
recently i tried to flash it with cyanogenmod 9 and all i get is the logo....
revolutionary and s-off changed back to pyramid and s-on...
i'm able to get to bootloader and recovery but still the phone is not getting rebooted..
help me out guys!!!!
cheers!!!!
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Format all partitions and reflash CM9
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rtorres422 said:
Format all partitions and reflash CM9
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I formatted all the partitions but i'm unable to flash CM9 as the security flag is ON now..
S-ON. still not able to S-OFF.. i have tried all the methods posted in xda forums.. ;(

rockinrraj said:
I formatted all the partitions but i'm unable to flash CM9 as the security flag is ON now..
S-ON. still not able to S-OFF.. i have tried all the methods posted in xda forums.. ;(
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HTC_DEV unlock ?

rockinrraj said:
I formatted all the partitions but i'm unable to flash CM9 as the security flag is ON now..
S-ON. still not able to S-OFF.. i have tried all the methods posted in xda forums.. ;(
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What is you hboot if it's 1.18 or below and since you're r now s-on you need to run an ruu for ics that is closes to you stock rom. To upgrade your firmware to an ics compatible firmware. If it's 1.2x then you can htc-dev unlock and if you want s-off use jb then flash 4ext recovery even if your just htc-dev unlock. If your just htc-dev unlocked in 4ext enable smart flash. Now your good to go!
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unlocked.. yes!!
ganeshp said:
HTC_DEV unlock ?
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yeah dude.. its unlocked.

rockinrraj said:
yeah dude.. its unlocked.
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Post the complete bootloader details here
Then I can suggest you better and precise
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[q] phone is not booting after flashing ics

OK so i have made a mistake as i have flashed the ICS Rom as the GB Rom by placing the rom on the SD card and from recovery i installed the .zip file and after all is done the phone freez while booting and restart and keeps repeating that
now that i am reading more into it i st ill cant get my head around for the solution so could someone guide me through it plz?? can i just flash the GB Rom????
p.s am using the NRGZ Rom
thanks

egyptian_guide said:
OK so i have made a mistake as i have flashed the ICS Rom as the GB Rom by placing the rom on the SD card and from recovery i installed the .zip file and after all is done the phone freez while booting and restart and keeps repeating that
now that i am reading more into it i st ill cant get my head around for the solution so could someone guide me through it plz?? can i just flash the GB Rom????
p.s am using the NRGZ Rom
thanks
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Did you update the firmware?
Check my sig for links.

mrew42 said:
Did you update the firmware?
Check my sig for links.
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no !!!!!! i just flashed the Rom :S could you plz guide me to the needed files and how to do it?!!
my phone is dead now so i dont know how to find if iam superCID or not so can get the right firmware to install

egyptian_guide said:
no !!!!!! i just flashed the Rom :S could you plz guide me to the needed files and how to do it?!!
my phone is dead now so i dont know how to find if iam superCID or not so can get the right firmware to install
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My signature has links below for the Radio, and my ROM of choice.
Without knowing what your CID it will be a difficult one
You may be luck and find your CID listed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
If you can get into recovery you can still set SUPERCID by following these instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
But above all READ, READ and READ again to make sure you've got everything you need BEFORE you try

egyptian_guide said:
no !!!!!! i just flashed the Rom :S could you plz guide me to the needed files and how to do it?!!
my phone is dead now so i dont know how to find if iam superCID or not so can get the right firmware to install
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Can you reach bootloader or recovery?
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stringer7 said:
Can you reach bootloader or recovery?
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yes, i can start my phone is safe mode!
what should i do ?

download this http://goo.gl/RcbMy
this is the 3.32 firmware that ics needs to run.
put it on your sd card and boot in bootloader mode...
install the firmware and erase the zip from the sd...
boot and BAM the rom works
for flash this you must have a compatible CID, or superCID...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618
check on this post if your cid is compatible...
but if you have cwm and s off, I think you alredy supercid your sensation

throcker said:
download this http://goo.gl/RcbMy
this is the 3.32 firmware that ics needs to run.
put it on your sd card and boot in bootloader mode...
install the firmware and erase the zip from the sd...
boot and BAM the rom works
for flash this you must have a compatible CID, or superCID...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618
check on this post if your cid is compatible...
but if you have cwm and s off, I think you alredy supercid your sensation
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Yea i have cwm and s off, so where can i find the CID on my phone then since i can only acess the bootloader ?!

Boot bootloader, connect device to PC, use admin cmd prompt and "fastboot getvar cid"
If you get HTC_xxx then either check the firmware supports that, or follow guide for superCID as suggested above.
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Do u ever read before flashing anything to ur phone?
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asesino said:
Do u ever read before flashing anything to ur phone?
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right man, that's not a joke, read...there are so many guides...
you have a good phone, don't kill it
so, you solved?

Thank you all guys for your help! After READING i have realized that it just had to be done the same way when i first flashed a custom Rom!!! so once i got that it was just piece of cake! whewwww

throcker said:
right man, that's not a joke, read...there are so many guides...
you have a good phone, don't kill it
so, you solved?
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off course i do read USUALLY!! unfortuanitly this time i downloaded the ROM at a firned's and was too eager to flash it before going home so did it on the train thinking it would be done same way like the GB Roms!! opppss lesson learned now!!
cheers all

[Q] Need Help - Xe (ICS) bootloader says S-OFF but superuser says not rooted

Hi
I have a sensation xe. I rooted it before upgrading it to ICS (before is GB).
I upgraded it by flashing official ics rom due to I previously installed clockworkmod recovery which stop me from normal way of upgrade.
After upgrade everything's fine, but superuser and clockworkmod gone.
When I install superuser it says binary not found. but I checked my bootloader it says S-OFF.
What should I do?
Android - 4.0.3
Software number - 3.32.401.105
Hboot - 1.27.0000
Radio - 11.22.3504.07_M

Nevermind.
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I don't know what is that, I think not.
I flashed it using RUU_PYRAMID_LE_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.105_R_Radio_11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M_release_251961_signed.exe

If you find it locked you have to unlock first with htcdev.com but many user won't recommend it but at this time I think it the only way to unlock the bootloader, install the custom recovery(CWM) and install the superuser(root the phone).
You can get the details on this post.

But I already have it rooted before upgrade. I thought it will remain rooted? coz my bootloader shown S-OFF

OK, you have S-off. I guess you should be able to flash Revolutionary firmware from Boot loader, then use fast boot to flash the recovery, then flash root from the recovery you installed earlier and voila.
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Or, flash a firmware that contains recovery and then flash super user (just make sure its the correct firmware.) (I don't remember exactly where I seen this firmware, but I'm sure I have. Maybe here or somewhere else)
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xegneto said:
But I already have it rooted before upgrade. I thought it will remain rooted? coz my bootloader shown S-OFF
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If you are S-Off you can root it again (because you flashed a RUU you lost root)
1) need to have a custom recovery (CWN or 4EXT). There is a nice tool to instal 4ext recovery HERE or download this PG58IMG. Just put it in your sd card and flash it from bootloader.
2) Then Download and install from custom recovery the Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
Done!

kualmente said:
If you are S-Off you can root it again (because you flashed a RUU you lost root)
1) need to have a custom recovery (CWN or 4EXT). There is a nice tool to instal 4ext recovery HERE
2) Download and install from recovery Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
Done!
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By flashing the RUU he lost recovery.
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BurnRubber90 said:
By flashing the RUU he lost recovery.
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In fact I wrote point 1) he needs a custom recovery first

XaQi 101 said:
If you find it locked you have to unlock first with htcdev.com but many user won't recommend it but at this time I think it the only way to unlock the bootloader, install the custom recovery(CWM) and install the superuser(root the phone).
You can get the details on this post.
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They don't recommend it because it doesn't unlock the bootloader completely. Read more and please don't recommend it, it's incorrect. His bootloader is already unlocked, hence he is s off. As already mentioned he needs to root and install Recovery.
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kualmente said:
In fact I wrote point 1) he needs a custom recovery first
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And the app needs root
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BurnRubber90 said:
And the app needs root
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Not if you flash a PG58IMG from bootloader. Done hundreds of times
If you download from Market then yes, you need root.

kualmente said:
Not if you flash a PG58IMG from bootloader. Done hundreds of times
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You got me lol. I'm used to either flashing recovery through fast boot or running revolutionary to get it installed, then switch to 4EXT through the app
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BurnRubber90 said:
You got me lol. I'm used to either flashing recovery through fast boot or running revolutionary to get it installed, then switch to 4EXT through the app
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Correct. By revolutionary you install CWM and then you can switch to 4ext. same as I did but in his case he doesn't need to use Revolutionary because already unlocked and s-Offed (and also because Revolutionary doesn't support Hboot 1.27). He needs just to install a custom recovery by a PG58IMG and superuser to get root again.

If the. Hboot is the issue why not just get an older one, put it in a zip called pjwhatever.zip (not sure I own a wildfire) and then just put into bootloader and flash it. He has s-off like.??
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heavy_metal_man said:
If the. Hboot is the issue why not just get an older one, put it in a zip called pjwhatever.zip (not sure I own a wildfire) and then just put into bootloader and flash it. He has s-off like.??
sent from my android powered beast!
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Hboot has nothing to do. The OP wants just root the phone again after upgrade to ICS.
Also, I think we are hitchhiking the thread with OT postings.
That said, this is my last post here.
For the OP: Follow instructions few posts above and good luck

kualmente said:
Hboot has nothing to do. The OP wants just root the phone again after upgrade to ICS.
Also, I think we are hitchhiking the thread with OT postings.
That said, this is my last post here.
For the OP: Follow instructions few posts above and good luck
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ahh, sorry i misread. i thought the ruu had upgraded the hboot to the htcdev hboot that has the locked unlocked thing. my bad.

Thank you so much for teaching me. I have custom recovery and superuser now in my phone.
but I have 1 more question, what is the ***LOCKED*** means in my bootloader? Is that simlock?

xegneto said:
Thank you so much for teaching me. I have custom recovery and superuser now in my phone.
but I have 1 more question, what is the ***LOCKED*** means in my bootloader? Is that simlock?
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It means you cannot use advanced fastboot commands. You're still s off, don't worry about locked.
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How to Flash recovery?

I have followed the instructions how to flash recovery yet it just wont flash it tell me wrong image or no image. The recovery is on the root of the sd card but when I put into hboot screen it wont update. I am not sure what I am doing wrong here.

http://www.4ext.net/get.php?apk
Download that, install it, and flash the recovery from there.

ruffrider5956 said:
I have followed the instructions how to flash recovery yet it just wont flash it tell me wrong image or no image. The recovery is on the root of the sd card but when I put into hboot screen it wont update. I am not sure what I am doing wrong here.
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Follow one of the methods to flash recovery in [GUIDE][APR.16.12] How to flash ICS 3.32 firmware | flash/update ARHD 6.6.x ICS ROM

your rooted i assume ? Get rom manager from market and flash it whitin the app...
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sshede said:
http://www.4ext.net/get.php?apk
Download that, install it, and flash the recovery from there.
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does this work even though your not rooted yet cause my phones not rooted yet.

shahkam said:
your rooted i assume ? Get rom manager from market and flash it whitin the app...
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No I am not rooted yet.

ruffrider5956 said:
I have followed the instructions how to flash recovery yet it just wont flash it tell me wrong image or no image. The recovery is on the root of the sd card but when I put into hboot screen it wont update. I am not sure what I am doing wrong here.
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Ok I am going to ask the obvious questions here.
1. Is the file name PG58IMG.zip? If not the stock recovery will not flash it.
2. Do you have the file on the root of your SD card? If not the stock recovery will not detect the file. If you do not know what the root of your SD card is, it imeans it is not in a folder.
3. Have you tried re downloading just in Case it is a bad down load?
4.have you checked your SD card with a reader to make sure it is a readable card?
5. Are you positive your bootloader is unlocked?
Edit:
6. Have you tried flashing it via ADB fastboot commands?

T-Macgnolia said:
Ok I am going to ask the obvious questions here.
1. Is the file name PG58IMG.zip? If not the stock recovery will not flash it.
2. Do you have the file on the root of your SD card? If not the stock recovery will not detect the file. If you do not know what the root of your SD card is, it imeans it is not in a folder.
3. Have you tried re downloading just in Case it is a bad down load?
4.have you checked your SD card with a reader to make sure it is a readable card?
5. Are you positive your bootloader is unlocked?
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Ok this helped I kept extracting the zip did it without extracting the zip and it worked. How would I know if the bootloader is unlocked?

ruffrider5956 said:
Ok this helped I kept extracting the zip did it without extracting the zip and it worked. How would I know if the bootloader is unlocked?
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Ok if the bootloader is unlocked your Hboot would read either of the following.
S-offed via Revolutionary will say Revolutionary Shipped S-off or something like that, you will know if it is there.
S-offed via HTC Dev it will say Unlocked Shipped S-on.

T-Macgnolia said:
Ok if the bootloader is unlocked your Hboot would read either of the following.
S-offed via Revolutionary will say Revolutionary Shipped S-off or something like that, you will know if it is there.
S-offed via HTC Dev it will say Unlocked Shipped S-on.
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Exactly and once you get root just follow my steps should work and keep in mind if you wanna flash a ics rom get an oca firmware 3.32+ ...
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shahkam said:
Exactly and once you get root just follow my steps should work and keep in mind if you wanna flash a ics rom get an oca firmware 3.32+ ...
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Wont the 3.32 update cancel my root? also do i need to do supercid off to flash roms?

ruffrider5956 said:
Wont the 3.32 update cancel my root? also do i need to do supercid off to flash roms?
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Yes if you flash the official OTA file it will remove root. You only have to super CID if you want to be able to flash official ROMs from other regions besides your own. But saying that it is still a good idea to Super CID as some Custom ROMs may require it depending on what the ROM base is.

ruffrider5956 said:
Wont the 3.32 update cancel my root? also do i need to do supercid off to flash roms?
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It will otherwise your gonna have to stay whit sense 3.0 roms and i think 3.5 aswell just root get s-off grt recovery flash rom power off go back into hboot whit the firmware on root of your sdcard it will ask for update do it reboot and enjoy and you can do supercid later if you wish..
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[Q] Flash S3 Stock Recovery?

Hi guys. I got my One S like two months ago, and I got the S3 version. Unfortunately. I unlocked and rooted (with TWRP). I finally got the Sense 4.1 update. But I need to revert to stock recovery to install it, 'cause it won't seem to install otherwise.
Can someone PLEASE tell me how to do this? I do not know what the heck a "RUU" is. I got linked to this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543588, from there I went to the filefactory download page, and I got a whole bunch of "RUU" files, and I have no idea which one is for mine.
So, please, for the love of god, I'm begging someone to tell me how to do this. I just wan to flash back to stock recover, relock the bootloader, and install the update.
Anyone!

1.You must flash stock recovery via fastboot
2.lock the bootloader with cmd(fastboot oem lock)
3.Then run the ruu exe with windows.
(Ruu is a installation on the PC to revert to stock)
For your device,you must find on filefactory ruu villec2 2.15
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beni8978 said:
1.You must flash stock recovery via fastboot
2.lock the bootloader with cmd(fastboot oem lock)
3.Then run the ruu exe with windows.
(Ruu is a installation on the PC)
For your device,you must find on filefactory ruu villec2 2.15
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Heh, I was actually refreshing the page every minute, waiting for a reply! I'm that desperate.
Question: how do I flash the stock recovery? I'm really sorry if this is a dumb question. I downloaded the mentioned RUU (what the heck is a RUU anyway ). So now I just need to know how to flash the stock recovery. Is this something that happens via a command through fastboot? Or a file I need to specifically flash in? In which case, any idea where I can download the stock recovery for the S3? 'Cause everytime I searched for it, I just kept getting linked back to RUU files. =S

Here you got the stock recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28087059&postcount=18
Put it in your android folder then flash with cmd(fastboot flash recovery recovery_signed.img)
You must be in bootloader usb doing this!
Click thanks if i helped anyway
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beni8978 said:
Here you got the stock recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28087059&postcount=18
Put it in your android folder then flash with cmd(fastboot flash recovery recovery_signed.img)
You must be in bootloader usb doing this!
Click thanks if i helped anyway
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I know I'm supposed to use the thanks button (and I did), but THANK YOU! SO. MUCH. You have no idea how desperate I've been for the last nine hours trying to figure this out! I'm gonna go try it out now.

No problem
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