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[Q] Other possibility to flash my phone to stock ROM?? RUU doesn't work

Hi.
I bought my Sensation few days ago. Updated it to 1.45.401.2, got bored with stock Rom. So I decided to unlock bootloader to use CustomeRoms
I removed SIMCard from Sensation (I needed it in my old phone) and used official bootloader unlocker tool from this site http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader and everything went ok. After unlocking I rebooted my phone to bootloader and saw this:
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.18.0000
eMMC-boot
Aug 2 2011,22:35:52
Good so far.
Installed Recovery 5.0.2.0 (official tool doesn't include this) - no problem.
Downloaded ROM SlimSense, made full wipe (cache, data system, dalvik etc) installed it per Recovery (succesfully), rebooted and.... the problems started.
After rebooting bootloop started. Full wipe, reinstalation (succesful again), reboot and the same - bootloop.I thought that instalation .zip file maybe was broken - let's try different. Downloaded virtuous_sensation-s-pyramid-v3.0.0-beta ROM, full wiped, installed (succesfully), reboot and... the same - bootloop.
I started suspecting something is wrong so decided to cure my phone by flashing stockROM. Downloaded RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.45.401.2_Radio_10.56.9035 .00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_208857_signed from XDA, full wiped with recovery, and tried to flash it -RUU founds my phone, reboot it to start instalation (black screen with white htc- missing percentage info) and try to send files to phone for 15-20 sec - then RUU show message that it cannot update my phone. When I unplug phone from usb, phone goes back to bootloader and show:
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.18.0000
eMMC-boot
Aug 2 2011,22:35:52
RUU
Security fail!
Update fail!
After this "try" i still have fully working Recovery. I tried also 1.35 and 1.73 stock ROMs - the same fail
I tried to unlock super cid 11111111 but it didn'twork - some SMART_IO.CRD file is missing.
Then i tried to use revolutionary way of unlocking, but without system on the phone it doesn't recognize it. And i can't have system cause RUU doesn't work.
Then I remembered that my SIM card is out of phone.
So I put it back but it didn't change anything: full wipe, instalation of SlimSense, reboot and... bootloop again, the same with virtuos.
The same fail with RUU! , the same supercid and revolutionary failure.
So here comes my question:
Is there any other posibility to flash stock ROM? PG58img somehow?
Pls - DON'T TELL me that i should use revolutionary first - i know it now.
Tell me how to solve this problem.

Tachion81 said:
Hi.
I bought my Sensation few days ago. Updated it to 1.45.401.2, got bored with stock Rom. So I decided to unlock bootloader to use CustomeRoms
I removed SIMCard from Sensation (I needed it in my old phone) and used official bootloader unlocker tool from this site http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader and everything went ok. After unlocking I rebooted my phone to bootloader and saw this:
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.18.0000
eMMC-boot
Aug 2 2011,22:35:52
Good so far.
Installed Recovery 5.0.2.0 (official tool doesn't include this) - no problem.
Downloaded ROM SlimSense, made full wipe (cache, data system, dalvik etc) installed it per Recovery (succesfully), rebooted and.... the problems started.
After rebooting bootloop started. Full wipe, reinstalation (succesful again), reboot and the same - bootloop.I thought that instalation .zip file maybe was broken - let's try different. Downloaded virtuous_sensation-s-pyramid-v3.0.0-beta ROM, full wiped, installed (succesfully), reboot and... the same - bootloop.
I started suspecting something is wrong so decided to cure my phone by flashing stockROM. Downloaded RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.45.401.2_Radio_10.56.9035 .00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_208857_signed from XDA, full wiped with recovery, and tried to flash it -RUU founds my phone, reboot it to start instalation (black screen with white htc- missing percentage info) and try to send files to phone for 15-20 sec - then RUU show message that it cannot update my phone. When I unplug phone from usb, phone goes back to bootloader and show:
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.18.0000
eMMC-boot
Aug 2 2011,22:35:52
RUU
Security fail!
Update fail!
After this "try" i still have fully working Recovery. I tried also 1.35 and 1.73 stock ROMs - the same fail
I tried to unlock super cid 11111111 but it didn'twork - some SMART_IO.CRD file is missing.
Then i tried to use revolutionary way of unlocking, but without system on the phone it doesn't recognize it. And i can't have system cause RUU doesn't work.
Then I remembered that my SIM card is out of phone.
So I put it back but it didn't change anything: full wipe, instalation of SlimSense, reboot and... bootloop again, the same with virtuos.
The same fail with RUU! , the same supercid and revolutionary failure.
So here comes my question:
Is there any other posibility to flash stock ROM? PG58img somehow?
Pls - DON'T TELL me that i should use revolutionary first - i know it now.
Tell me how to solve this problem.
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PG58img ??? yes, you can try this : http://goo-inside.me/ruu/pyramid/fu...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_208857_signed.zip
after download, rename to PG58IMG.zip and move to root of your sd-card, enter to bootloader -> flash this...

i could be wrong (not an expert) but maybe its failing because your phone still says its S-ON

vegi71 said:
i could be wrong (not an expert) but maybe its failing because your phone still says its S-ON
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As far as I know Official bootloader unlocker gives only "UNLOCKED" and it's enough to flash custom ROMs.
@ ranggazay
I extracted rom.zip from StockROM 1.45 renamed it to PG58IMG.zip and tried to flash but still nothing. Also tried the same earliers StockRoms (1.35, 1.27 etc).
Unfortunately I can't use your file cause i gave my phone to service.

Any solution?
Hello,
did you find a solution to the problem? I experienced this today and thinking about a repair unless I find something here. Did you get any solution? Thank you.

Try flashing the RUU again whist the phone is on FASTBOOT-USB

Same problem here - I'm interested in any solution

Tachion81 said:
As far as I know Official bootloader unlocker gives only "UNLOCKED" and it's enough to flash custom ROMs.
@ ranggazay
I extracted rom.zip from StockROM 1.45 renamed it to PG58IMG.zip and tried to flash but still nothing. Also tried the same earliers StockRoms (1.35, 1.27 etc).
Unfortunately I can't use your file cause i gave my phone to service.
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S on will not allow you to flash radios. Unlocked bootloader through HTC does not give you s off which is a requirement to flash custom ROMS.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G XE with Beats Audio using xda premium

Htc dev method unlock only few parts of the bootloader.
It doesn't unlock the radio area, it doesn't give you advanced fastboot write command access (that's why you can't change your cid) and I think that the boot.img partition (where there is the kernel) is not flashable from recovery.
You unlocked your bootloader on a 2.3.4 rom (with a 2.3.4 kernel, sense 3.0) and you tried to flash two 2.3.5 roms.
Without the possibility to flash a new kernel your phone was trying to boot with a 2.3.4 stock kernel + a rom that was meant for 2.3.5. This could be the cause of your bootloops.
I would try to install a 2.3.4 rom, like android revolution HD 3.x.x, you could have problems with wifi but it should boot at least.

First of all get S-off then supercid ur phone. You need to have s off to install any custom Rom properly. Ones you do that hopefully solve problem. Try not to messing around u might brick ur phone. You already void ur warranty by unlocking bootloader.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

su27 said:
Same problem here - I'm interested in any solution
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Grandelama said:
Htc dev method unlock only few parts of the bootloader.
It doesn't unlock the radio area, it doesn't give you advanced fastboot write command access (that's why you can't change your cid) and I think that the boot.img partition (where there is the kernel) is not flashable from recovery.
You unlocked your bootloader on a 2.3.4 rom (with a 2.3.4 kernel, sense 3.0) and you tried to flash two 2.3.5 roms.
Without the possibility to flash a new kernel your phone was trying to boot with a 2.3.4 stock kernel + a rom that was meant for 2.3.5. This could be the cause of your bootloops.
I would try to install a 2.3.4 rom, like android revolution HD 3.x.x, you could have problems with wifi but it should boot at least.
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Same problem but with different unit--- I have a HTC ChaCha.
Any solutions please? I would love to get S-OFF on my ChaCha but I know that is only possible via an XTC Clip.
Why would he have problems with WiFi? I think my stock ROM got broken or one of the stock ROM's kernels got messed up when I installed BusyBox because for some odd reason when I restored to factory settings with stock ROM the WiFi had problems connecting. It couldn't connect to anything at all.

I had same problem and this is how I solved it
Ok here is answer to solve you
Flash any 2.3.5 Rom and open that zip in computer and extract the boot.IMF file and place it to the web folder in c drive and and flash it immediately after installing Rom
Go to bootloader and make sure fastboot USB connected and then flash the boot.IMG file from cmd prompt
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

With s-on and **unlocked** via htc.dev, you can't flash radio.img or boot.img, nor can you write using fastboot (eg. superCID). RUU will not run with s-on.
You will need to revert and downgrade via this guide, you can then either continue with custom flashing or run the ruu correct for your original software/baseband/carrier/location.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23222794
Sent from my Pyramid-T

solution
ok here is solution
just after u unlocked your bootloader u have to keep stock rom.....means official 2.3.4 and then u need to flash android revolution rom "3.6.x"
then after that rom boots...........just open the revolutionary.exe and try to root it and i am sure u will get s-off
this is what i did to get out of this problem.......after this super cid your phone and u will be able to flash any ruu.....
if u think this helped press thanks button

ptlsajan said:
ok here is solution
just after u unlocked your bootloader u have to keep stock rom.....means official 2.3.4 and then u need to flash android revolution rom "3.6.x"
then after that rom boots...........just open the revolutionary.exe and try to root it and i am sure u will get s-off
this is what i did to get out of this problem.......after this super cid your phone and u will be able to flash any ruu.....
if u think this helped press thanks button
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Flashing a custom ROM does not give you s off. Which part of you can't flash radios and kernels with s on do you not get?. You cannot flash Android Revolution ROM with s on. Read the OP of the thread, requires s off.
from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using xda premium

Rhiannon224 said:
Flashing a custom ROM does not give you s off. Which part of you can't flash radios and kernels with s on do you not get?. You cannot flash Android Revolution ROM with s on. Read the OP of the thread, requires s off.
from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using xda premium
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You're wrong. You can flash ARHD with s-on. The only requisite is to flash the kernel (boot.img) by "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and voila. You need to have the unlocked bootloader with htcdev too.
My Sensation came with HBOOT 1.21, so no revolutionary at all. I unlocked by htcdev, installed 4ext recovery and ARHD 4.1.3 this way.

nangu said:
You're wrong. You can flash ARHD with s-on. The only requisite is to flash the kernel (boot.img) by "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and voila. You need to have the unlocked bootloader with htcdev too.
My Sensation came with HBOOT 1.21, so no revolutionary at all. I unlocked by htcdev, installed 4ext recovery and ARHD 4.1.3 this way.
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i read that HBOOT 1.21 can be S-OFFed " reported done by a member " in [S-OFF] Juopunutbear S-OFF or [Finally Here!] HTC Unbricking Project threads , i don't remember if the device on GB or ICS
i think it is Juopunutbear S-OFF search inside it [S-OFF] Juopunutbear S-OFF , it is done using the wire trick , link http://unlimited.io/
the only comment i have , is to verify the S-OFF type , is it like hardware S-OFF " i.e can't be S-ON again for warranty reasons ? " or it Software S-OFF

ruu security fail update fail
hi
i am using htc explorer. somedays before i unlocked my phone through htc developer site. After that i made a partition in my sd card to increase internal memory of phone via using link2sd apps.
i found that my old application like ndtv which were already installed in my phone are not working .i reset my mobile by going into its setting menu.
Now phone stucks htc word screen.
To get out of the problem i tried to installed ruu.
But at the last of its installation part
i get an error 155
and get an message
ruu
security fail
update fail
after rebooting my phone it stucks to htc
show me the way to get out of it.

nirajkpatle said:
hi
i am using htc explorer. somedays before i unlocked my phone through htc developer site. After that i made a partition in my sd card to increase internal memory of phone via using link2sd apps.
i found that my old application like ndtv which were already installed in my phone are not working .i reset my mobile by going into its setting menu.
Now phone stucks htc word screen.
To get out of the problem i tried to installed ruu.
But at the last of its installation part
i get an error 155
and get an message
ruu
security fail
update fail
after rebooting my phone it stucks to htc
show me the way to get out of it.
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if i remember well error 155 means connection issues
but i can't tell you more because you came in a sensation/xe/4g forum
search for your device's forum and ask there

rooted but roms wont load...sensation noob. please help. thx.

so i have s-off using revolutionary. also i had clockwork installed but now i seen to have a coredroid touch recovery lol. confused on how i did that. also, have done the su flash. BUT i didnt do the super cid flash. is that where im hanging up?
the roms install and i get to the splash screen for the rom but the phone then just reboots.
any feedback would be great!
thanks men!

Anyone?
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

what firmware do you have(check in bootloader for hboot version) and what roms are you trying to flash?

Upgrade your firmware if flashing an ICS ROM, link here darkforest.violishious.com/Firmware
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium

Snake_skw said:
what firmware do you have(check in bootloader for hboot version) and what roms are you trying to flash?
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i was 1.18.0000 however now after visionary im 1.17.1111
also i tried coredroid and virtuous

Jonny said:
Upgrade your firmware if flashing an ICS ROM, link here darkforest.violishious.com/Firmware
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium
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ok ill do that. now try and do the rom?

flashed my firmware, did a complete wipe, installed rom. got to the roms splashpage and it reboots...

I would recommend changing to super CID then reflash firmware > wipe > Flash rom. That way this can be completely ruled out.
It sounds like your firmware and rom don't agree with each other. I don't know anything about coredroid
kdm212 said:
so i have s-off using revolutionary. also i had clockwork installed but now i seen to have a coredroid touch recovery lol. confused on how i did that. also, have done the su flash. BUT i didnt do the super cid flash. is that where im hanging up?
the roms install and i get to the splash screen for the rom but the phone then just reboots.
any feedback would be great!
thanks men!
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kdm212 said:
flashed my firmware, did a complete wipe, installed rom. got to the roms splashpage and it reboots...
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if u use cmw
the change to 4ext recovery have heart about that problem before
u can also try this from mike´s thread https://www.rapidshare.com/files/1225017304/PG58IMG.zip
i have edit it so it will install 4ext recovery also
remember to delete pg58img from ur sdcard after u have flashed it

janielsen said:
if u use cmw
the change to 4ext recovery have heart about that problem before
u can also try this from mike´s thread https://www.rapidshare.com/files/1225017304/PG58IMG.zip
i have edit it so it will install 4ext recovery also
remember to delete pg58img from ur sdcard after u have flashed it
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follow the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480061

musarraf172 said:
follow the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480061
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"I really want to use the latest ICS! How do I go about doing this?
I get this PM'd to me a lot. The best way I have seen to do it is as shown (Thanks to PaulGiz)
1. Do some reading as this is a bit different and harder than a normal ROM flash.
2. Best way is to place Firmware PG58IMG.zip, ROM and Superwipe script on the root of your SD Card.
3. Shut down phone and remove SD card.
4. Boot phone to Bootloader (Power+Vol down).
5. Move selection to Recovery, but don't select yet.
6. Insert SD, then select Recovery.
7. Flash Superwipe (ARHD Superwipe will reboot when done, others may not. Make sure it is a superwipe for the sensation!) & then Flash ROM.
8. Power down, then boot to Bootloader. Select Fastboot. Say yes to upgrade.
9. Watch the flash. It will flash 3 or 4 things, then reboot to bootloader. Don't panic when screen goes dark. Bootloader will come back and it will finish flashing.
10. Now select reboot.
11. Wait (up to 10 minutes) for ROM to boot up.
12. Set up your phone and enjoy ICS!!!
followed this to the T and still i get to a rom spashscreen and a few seconds later im bootlooped.
also now when i boot into fastboot my phone says its locked and model ID is incorrect. HBoot 1.27.0000
Pyramid PVT Ship S-off RL
Did i flash the wrong img?
perhaps i should just stick to my g2x lol

is there a way for me to go back to gingerbread? ill wait on ics...

kdm212 said:
"I really want to use the latest ICS! How do I go about doing this?
I get this PM'd to me a lot. The best way I have seen to do it is as shown (Thanks to PaulGiz)
1. Do some reading as this is a bit different and harder than a normal ROM flash.
2. Best way is to place Firmware PG58IMG.zip, ROM and Superwipe script on the root of your SD Card.
3. Shut down phone and remove SD card.
4. Boot phone to Bootloader (Power+Vol down).
5. Move selection to Recovery, but don't select yet.
6. Insert SD, then select Recovery.
7. Flash Superwipe (ARHD Superwipe will reboot when done, others may not. Make sure it is a superwipe for the sensation!) & then Flash ROM.
8. Power down, then boot to Bootloader. Select Fastboot. Say yes to upgrade.
9. Watch the flash. It will flash 3 or 4 things, then reboot to bootloader. Don't panic when screen goes dark. Bootloader will come back and it will finish flashing.
10. Now select reboot.
11. Wait (up to 10 minutes) for ROM to boot up.
12. Set up your phone and enjoy ICS!!!
followed this to the T and still i get to a rom spashscreen and a few seconds later im bootlooped.
also now when i boot into fastboot my phone says its locked and model ID is incorrect. HBoot 1.27.0000
Pyramid PVT Ship S-off RL
Did i flash the wrong img?
perhaps i should just stick to my g2x lol
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I am a bit confused. You said your hboot 1.27 and your phone says locked ?????
Double check it . If your HBOOT is 1.27 your phone should say
"Unlocked Revolutionary
Pyramid PVT Ship S-off RL
HBOOT 1.27.0000"
If it is showing HBOOT 1.27 andlocked then firmware flashing is incomplete. Did you download the correct file for your CID? What is your CID? which file did you download? Did you check the md5 checksum of the file after download? Was it same ? Redo the firware flashing.
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kdm212 said:
is there a way for me to go back to gingerbread? ill wait on ics...
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Sure you can install GB based ROM. It was discussed in section 9 of the first post. of my guide .
Before installaing an GB based ROM , you have to downgrade the firmware.
Download the v1.17 firmware from this page.
Download the firmware as per your CID. If you are superCID then you can use any v1.17 firmware.
Check the md5 checksum of the downloaded file. It must match else redownload it.
1. place Firmware PG58IMG.zip on the root of your SD Card.
2. Shut down phone.
3. Remove the battery.
4. Wait a minute.
5. Put the battery again in phone.
6. Boot phone to Bootloader by pressing (Power+Vol down). keys together.
7. Say yes to upgrade.
8. Watch the flash. It will flash 3 or 4 things, then reboot to bootloader. Don't panic when screen goes dark. Bootloader will come back and it will finish flashing.
Now your phone should show:
Eng Unlocked
pyramid pvt ship s-off rl
hboot-1.17.0000
radio-11.15.3504.16_m
eMMC-boot
( The radio version might show different ; don't worry )
9. Now download your rom.zip ( I suggest to use ARHD or RCMIX GB edition )
10. Put it on your sdcard root.
11. boot into recovery.
12. Wipe data, boot, system , cache and dalvik cache ( i.e superwipe)
13. Install your ROM.
14. Reboot
15. Have patience . First boot may take 7 to 8 minutes.
16. Enjoy.
If your rom suggests a specific radio, then download it.
Boot into bootloader (usb fastboot)
use fastboot to flash the radio as follows.
" fastboot flash radio radio.img"
Then reboot by "fastboot reboot"

[Q] HTC Sensation Boot Loop after S-off

First post. Hi all. I have rooted phones for years now and am finally at a loss of what to do with this current phone I have. I have a HTC sensation. I just S-offed it and was trying to install clolckwork mod 5.0.0.8 and it says model id incorrect and I am stuck in a boot loop. I must have downloaded 15 different PG58IMG files and they all say the same thing..... model id incorrect. I just got this phone in the mail. Revolutionary S-offed it. Then when it asked "Revolutionary will now ask you to Install clockwork recovery mod after S OFF. Type N and install it manually" from the [Guide] to Installing S-off, Unlocking, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on. Now I am stuck in a boot loop. Does anyone have any idea of how to get this phone working again??
Revolutionary
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-BOOT
Jan 13 2012.17:33:34
I have successfully rooted a HTC sensation before. My phone got stolen out of my work truck and this is the replacement phone I just got yesterday and was going to do go through all the stuff to install android revolution HD on it. and right after s-off it boot looped. Next step was to install clockwork mod and thats where im stuck. I have no recovery installed because that was the next step. Any insight/help appreciated thanks

If you a have sd card adapter, you can download CWM Recovery form Here rename it PG58IMG and put on the root of sd card.
Put your sd card back into the phone and reboot in bootloader and it will install recovery. When you are done, delete or rename PG58IMG from sd card.
Btw what is your model Id?
Download terminal emulator from the market and detect it by typing "getprop ro.mid" (without quotes).
Inside the PG58IMG there is a text file with MID and CIDs which you could eventually edit in case of mismatch.
Hope it helps!

Also, instead of CWM you could try installing 4ext
Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA

Ok I will try that. I looked under battery on my phone it say PG58100. SInce I cant get into my phone because of the boot loop I cannot download that program you mentioned. So should I open the android-info.txt in the PG58IMG and change
modelid: PG5813000
to
modelid: PG5810000
????
and then try the update?

lackdog said:
Ok I will try that. I looked under battery on my phone it say PG58100. SInce I cant get into my phone because of the boot loop I cannot download that program you mentioned. So should I open the android-info.txt in the PG58IMG and change
modelid: PG5813000
to
modelid: PG5810000
????
and then try the update?
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I would try and see if it goes
Btw I see that your firmware is a ICS. Are you sure you downloaded the right firmware for your CID?
Read here very carefully

lackdog said:
Ok I will try that. I looked under battery on my phone it say PG58100. SInce I cant get into my phone because of the boot loop I cannot download that program you mentioned. So should I open the android-info.txt in the PG58IMG and change
modelid: PG5813000
to
modelid: PG5810000
????
and then try the update?
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If you have adv setup and can boot to bootloader
you can try installing 4ext recovery using fastboot commands.....here is link for touch recovery image
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377759
Command
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Just wondering if you flashed a wrong PG58IMG (ICS firmware instead of recovery).
You are on ICS firmware now but your rom is a GB I guess. This can be the reason of boot loop.
If this is the case read carefully and download the right PG58IMG (firmware 1.17 if your rom is a Gingerbread) from here.
Unfortunately all the bootloader flashable zips are named PG58IMG, but their content is different.

Heres what I did. Took phone out of the box. turned it on. used it for a couple minutes. Then I did the whole revolutionary s-off process. Then I did this
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STEP 2. To INSTALL Recovery - v5.0.0.8
1. Download recovery v5.0.0.8 for the Sensation HERE: or Multiupload
2. Copy the PG58IMG file into the Root folder of your SD card (The main Folder of your Memory Card)
3. Turn off your phone FUlly and reboot into the Bootloader/HBOOT screen (see post above on how to get to hboot screen)
4. Press Volume up to Accept when it asks" Do you want to start the update"
5. Press Power Off to Reboot back to android after installation is successful (normal screen with homescreen)
6. Delete PG58IMG from your memory card and you can now root using step 3 below or install a custom ROM using CWM (Customs Roms are already rooted)
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I downloaded the older 5.0.0.8 because it worked for me in the past when I rooted my old HTC sensation.
Now its saying no image even though I renamed it to PG58IMG.zip
And it still stuck on a loop. SO alls I did so far was s-off a brand new phone.

Thank you all. Phone is back to normal. I did the 1.17 firmware that kualmente mentioned. So now my phone is a stock phone but just S-off'd. The next step is to install a recovery. Do i even have to install clockwork mod or can I just put on 4EXT recovery? if so how. I was just following directions from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
And step two says to install clockwork mod so thats what I was going to do. but I know i need 4EXT later anyway to install android revolution

I personally prefer 4ext touch recovery but basically both cwm and 4ext have same functions.
There is a nice tool to easily install 4ext recovery touch HERE

I'm all back up and running android revolution 6.5.5
Thanks for all your quick responses.

uys a question my htc xe is stuck in a loop.. keeps rebooting to htc screen everytime and restarts.
Here are my details
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
i unlocked the bootloader with htcdev.
i flashed the boot.img via fastboot from PC and tried to fix the wifi error.
This was the link i went http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...1469428&page=2
Thanks a million for all the help.

What ROM are you trying to boot ?
If it is an ICS ROM you must have 3.32 firmware

azzledazzle said:
What ROM are you trying to boot ?
If it is an ICS ROM you must have 3.32 firmware
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sorry i am still new at this.. let me explain everything from the start..i used htc dev to unlock the bootloader.. managed to root it..and i managed to flash Virtuous Inquisition ICS.. there was a wifi problem so i tried to flash the boot.img from the link in my first post.. and there the problem occurred..after i restarted.. it just kept restarting and restarting. I have no idea what to do now. T_T

Boot into Bootloader (volume down + power) and tell me what numbers are next to HBOOT
Also, when flashing virtuous ROM, Did you flash 3.32 firmware ???

azzledazzle said:
Boot into Bootloader (volume down + power) and tell me what numbers are next to HBOOT
Also, when flashing virtuous ROM, Did you flash 3.32 firmware ???
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Hboot 1.27.0000
No i didnt flash the 3.32 firmware...

You flashed the firmware (otherwise you wouldn't have hboot 1.27).
Most probably you did'nt flash the rom and you are still on GB. This is why it bootloops.
Did you install a custom recovery (cwm or 4ext)? If not do it and then flash the rom from recovery

kualmente said:
You flashed the firmware (otherwise you wouldn't have hboot 1.27).
Most probably you did'nt flash the rom and you are still on GB. This is why it bootloops.
Did you install a custom recovery (cwm or 4ext)? If not do it and then flash the rom from recovery
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I was on official ICS on my HTC XE before i went to root and install custom rom.
hmm i have cwm.. i ran the recovery but it still gave me the bootloop..

Qiwei said:
I was on official ICS on my HTC XE before i went to root and install custom rom.
hmm i have cwm.. i ran the recovery but it still gave me the bootloop..
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I didn't know that sensations are already shipped with ICS. By the way are you still s-on or you s-off and root?

guys thanks its ok already i managed to get back to my custom rom! Thanks alot for all the help and fast response!! A million thanks to everyone of you!!
---------- Post added at 05:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:26 AM ----------
kualmente said:
I didn't know that sensations are already shipped with ICS. By the way are you still s-on or you s-off and root?
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hmm no it wasnt shipped with ICS. I updated it OTA for the official update. I am on S-on with root.. i unlocked my bootloader with htcdev

Help - stuck, hopefully didn't brick my phone

Hi all,
I hope one of you masterminds is able to help me out.
I tried to root my sensation without s-off with hecdev.com (using One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0) and then tried to install cm9 from one the links here via revcovery with CWM 5.8.0.9.
But then I was stuck with the loading animation...
I cannot run Android now, so I cannot flash a stock RUU.
I can enter bootloader, which seems to be unlocked, here's the info:
"Unlocked"
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012,17:33:34
I was on the latest official ROM (ICS, via OTA) before trying that.
I have not succeeded in flashing a ROM anymore.
Do I need to get S-Off first?
Or is HBOOT to new? Do I have to revert? How?
I tried older HBOOT, but it wouldn'T do anything after PArsing
Please help, any hint is appreciated =/

PS: I would be more than happy to have a stock rom again...as mentioned, cannot use a ruu.exe file, as it seems fastboot usb ist not recognizable by ruu.exe
Edit: After the 4th or 5th try, RUU recognized the phone when in fastboot usb mode, but update fdailed, cwm saif "security fail" ... sigh, seems I really blew it this time

the_bmg said:
PS: I would be more than happy to have a stock rom again...as mentioned, cannot use a ruu.exe file, as it seems fastboot usb ist not recognizable by ruu.exe
Edit: After the 4th or 5th try, RUU recognized the phone when in fastboot usb mode, but update fdailed, cwm saif "security fail" ... sigh, seems I really blew it this time
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Hi,
Start again using THIS GUIDE

Flash the boot.img from your ROM through fastboot.
Extra step 1 from this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25587345
Be sure to use the boot.img from your ROM.
Then make a clean install of the ROM again.
Also, read that thread for the sake of understanding what you're doing.
There is NO need yet to flash an RUU.

Latest OTA comes with hboot 1.29 which is locked.
You might not be in the latest one, perhaps start with an RUU with.the latest fw (3.33).
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium

thanks malybru & kgs1992 - tried that, and the 4ext touch recoery said both superwipe and the rom installed correctly.
but when rebooting the white screen with the green htc logo appears right away and nothing more happens...any idea? I may have messed up the kernel before, but when asked by ext4 recovery whether to flash a kernel, tried both custom and stock, none changed the problem with booting up

@Raven2k: Manually installing boot.img with fastbok seemed to help, at least I come over the white screen, am stuck with the beatsaudio logo right now - thanks so far =)

the_bmg said:
thanks malybru & kgs1992 - tried that, and the 4ext touch recoery said both superwipe and the rom installed correctly.
but when rebooting the white screen with the green htc logo appears right away and nothing more happens...any idea? I may have messed up the kernel before, but when asked by ext4 recovery whether to flash a kernel, tried both custom and stock, none changed the problem with booting up
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Can you try this again
Flash boot.img again as kgs explained
Then flash the rom again... Don't do any wipe
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

Amazing, guys! Thanks for your help, my phone is back :good::fingers-crossed::laugh:

the_bmg said:
Amazing, guys! Thanks for your help, my phone is back :good::fingers-crossed::laugh:
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good
and for thanks ..there is a button for that

[Q] HTC Sensation stuck on Juopunutbear screen!

Hi,
I have a HTC Sensation. I wanted to root the phone, so that I could install custom ROM's. Fist I unlocked the phone following HTCDev's instructions. It worked fine. The bootloader screen said UNLOCKED. After that, I decided to S-OFF the phone with Juopunutbear. I ran the temp_root.bat first, then I ran ControlBear.exe. Everything went fine. I got the message that I should do the wiretrick, which I did. From this moment on, I am stuck. I tried to run temp_root_remove.bat but that didn't work. I tried all kinds of thing. (example: I tried to flash original RUU from HTC to the phone, but then while sending signature it has an ERROR.)
Please help me!
On my boot screen: ***UNLOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.000
eMMC-BOOT
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34

edelange said:
Hi,
I have a HTC Sensation. I wanted to root the phone, so that I could install custom ROM's. Fist I unlocked the phone following HTCDev's instructions. It worked fine. The bootloader screen said UNLOCKED. After that, I decided to S-OFF the phone with Juopunutbear. I ran the temp_root.bat first, then I ran ControlBear.exe. Everything went fine. I got the message that I should do the wiretrick, which I did. From this moment on, I am stuck. I tried to run temp_root_remove.bat but that didn't work. I tried all kinds of thing. (example: I tried to flash original RUU from HTC to the phone, but then while sending signature it has an ERROR.)
Please help me!
On my boot screen: ***UNLOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.000
eMMC-BOOT
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
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hi
greetings,
visit here and check troubleshoot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
can you tell on which screen the phone is stuck?
You got error while flashing a ruu as your bootloader is unlocked, lock the bootloader and you can run the ruu (keep this as the last option)

shrex said:
hi
greetings,
visit here and check troubleshoot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
can you tell on which screen the phone is stuck?
You got error while flashing a ruu as your bootloader is unlocked, lock the bootloader and you can run the ruu (keep this as the last option)
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I have done this troubleshooter. It did not help. I am stuck on the juonunutbear screen with the green arrow pointing down.
EDIT: i have tried also relocking the phone (which went well) and installing the original RUU. It has a problem/error message when "sending signature".
tnx for your help until now

Hi
Greetings
Can you boot into bootloader?
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium

shrex said:
Hi
Greetings
Can you boot into bootloader?
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium
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Yes, I can boot perfectly into my bootloader.

edelange said:
Yes, I can boot perfectly into my bootloader.
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HI
GREETINGS,
that good
now to one thing
unlock your bootloader again
flash 4ext recovery
Download 4ext recovery from the attachment and install it with following command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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later after flashing the recovery download stock ics rom or ARHD and place it in the root of your sdcard
now boot into recovery and wipe everything excpet sdcard
now enable smart flash from recovery to that
boot into recovery>tools>scroll down>enable smart flash
and then flash the newly download rom

shrex said:
hi
greetings,
that good
now to one thing
unlock your bootloader again
flash 4ext recovery
download 4ext recovery from the attachment and install it with following command
later after flashing the recovery download stock ics rom or arhd and place it in the root of your sdcard
now boot into recovery and wipe everything excpet sdcard
now enable smart flash from recovery to that
boot into recovery>tools>scroll down>enable smart flash
and then flash the newly download rom
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thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!!!

Same issue
Hi there....
I'm not new to Android and have had my Sensation for over two years. Previously to that, I was using a blackberry changing os files and such.
I'm having the same problem as the user above and frankly not sure what to do at this point.
I've gone to the HTCdev and unlocked the bootloader but the phone has S-On.
Downloaded the Controlbear program and didn't realize I needed the wire to finish the steps. I exited the program and now it's stuck at that screen.
I've pulled out the SD card and formated it on my PC to then put on a rom to at least get it to boot into it but that hasn't worked.
I've also downloaded the RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS_3.32.531.14 stock rom to try to reset it but the name of the device shows as asjds.
When I run the program, It had problems installing stopping on the black htc screen. Now it just boots up to the white screen with green HTC logo.
I'm really not sure what to do at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile
***UNLOCKED**
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-board
jan 13 2012

Check troubleshoot point #4 from my soff guide... Link in my signature
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

edelange said:
Hi,
I have a HTC Sensation. I wanted to root the phone, so that I could install custom ROM's. Fist I unlocked the phone following HTCDev's instructions. It worked fine. The bootloader screen said UNLOCKED. After that, I decided to S-OFF the phone with Juopunutbear. I ran the temp_root.bat first, then I ran ControlBear.exe. Everything went fine. I got the message that I should do the wiretrick, which I did. From this moment on, I am stuck. I tried to run temp_root_remove.bat but that didn't work. I tried all kinds of thing. (example: I tried to flash original RUU from HTC to the phone, but then while sending signature it has an ERROR.)
Please help me!
On my boot screen: ***UNLOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.000
eMMC-BOOT
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
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I have the same problem on HTC Raider, formated sd card, presed factory defaults in the bootloader and now i cant do anything:
======== ControlBear 0.6 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Connecting to device...
Searching device.....
Connect device and install drivers
Press ENTER to exit.....
C:\Users\Home\Downloads\Vivid_SOFF_All-In-One_Kit_V1.0\Vivid\data\CBGB>controlbe
ar.exe -f
======== ControlBear 0.6 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Connect device to fastboot mode
Drivers already installed on PC

Htc sensation wont pass bootloader
Help pls... I did the rooting process on my htc sensation and it worked fine, was doing the S-off with JuopunutBear. was getting the process till i got to the wire trick, while doing in my phone suddenly turned off, and it wont turn again. After a long period it comes on to the bootloader once i plug it directly to AC adapter. i cant boot in bootloader except i remove the battery and fix it back, then plug it to AC adapter then it comes on. i tried doing the factory reset but it wont work and also when i plug it to the system it says unrecognised usb. pls what do i do

dewuzz said:
Help pls... I did the rooting process on my htc sensation and it worked fine, was doing the S-off with JuopunutBear. was getting the process till i got to the wire trick, while doing in my phone suddenly turned off, and it wont turn again. After a long period it comes on to the bootloader once i plug it directly to AC adapter. i cant boot in bootloader except i remove the battery and fix it back, then plug it to AC adapter then it comes on. i tried doing the factory reset but it wont work and also when i plug it to the system it says unrecognised usb. pls what do i do
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did you remove the temproot?
use the remove temproot.bat file

rzr86 said:
did you remove the temproot?
use the remove temproot.bat file
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The thing is whenever my phone comes on it goes directly into the bootloader page and within few minutes it hangs and turns off, so if i plug it to the system it doesnt even recognise it. so if am to do the temproot, am not sure my system would recognize the phone.

dewuzz said:
The thing is whenever my phone comes on it goes directly into the bootloader page and within few minutes it hangs and turns off, so if i plug it to the system it doesnt even recognise it. so if am to do the temproot, am not sure my system would recognize the phone.
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the only thing i can tell you is to use a ruu.exe

rzr86 said:
the only thing i can tell you is to use a ruu.exe
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so i do i go about that. pls i dont mind a detailed step for me. lets just say i am a newbie. so a detailed step for the ruu.exe pls. have downloaded ruu.exe for the htc sensation already

dewuzz said:
so i do i go about that. pls i dont mind a detailed step for me. lets just say i am a newbie. so a detailed step for the ruu.exe pls. have downloaded ruu.exe for the htc sensation already
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boot your device to the bootloader
select fastboot
connect it to pc
run the ruu.exe from pc
more nifo see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425

rzr86 said:
boot your device to the bootloader
select fastboot
connect it to pc
run the ruu.exe from pc
more nifo see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425
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I said i couldnt boot into bootloader except i plug it into ac adapter which also hang in about 30 seconds in which, i wouldnt be able to move up or down with the vol keys except I unplug it, den wait for it to shut down. den do the same process over again. the power button and vol keys arent taking me to the bootloader. thanks for ur support. i believe u wld help me out. waiting ur suggestions

dewuzz said:
I said i couldnt boot into bootloader except i plug it into ac adapter which also hang in about 30 seconds in which, i wouldnt be able to move up or down with the vol keys except I unplug it, den wait for it to shut down. den do the same process over again. the power button and vol keys arent taking me to the bootloader. thanks for ur support. i believe u wld help me out. waiting ur suggestions
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see then if you can use the ruu manually
from the ruu thread see step 4(Flashing RUU manually)
after that i am out of ideas

Shree.bhagwat said:
HI
GREETINGS,
that good
now to one thing
unlock your bootloader again
flash 4ext recovery
Download 4ext recovery from the attachment and install it with following command
later after flashing the recovery download stock ics rom or ARHD and place it in the root of your sdcard
now boot into recovery and wipe everything excpet sdcard
now enable smart flash from recovery to that
boot into recovery>tools>scroll down>enable smart flash
and then flash the newly download rom
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Sorry, have the same juopunutbear Problem, but can you tell me still, where to get stock ics rom or ARHD from …???
Thanks a lot
JAS

ARHD Rom for HTC Senny.
Johann A. Sutter said:
Sorry, have the same juopunutbear Problem, but can you tell me still, where to get stock ics rom or ARHD from …???
Thanks a lot
JAS
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http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html