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[Q]Impossible access to the bootloader

Hi everybody, after i have flashed a rom, my phone doesn't want to start and always reboot on the HTC screen.
So i try to go back to the bootloader and here i am :
Model ID incorrect
Update Fail !
Press <POWER> to reboot.
So i searched on the net and read some people success by using Android Flasher then i download an hboot here : alpharev .nl but the software ask me an ENG bootloader and i can't find any on the net ?
Hope there is someone can help, thanks

Have you run SuperCId
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
Follow step 4, then update firmware. You will have to deleate the update file of your sd card 1st

IS there a way to access the SD card ? I have nothing for read it right now only my phone ...

either put it in another phone or put it in an adaptor for lappy/pc

yeah i would put in an other phone or something else but got nothing until tonight so then i guess i have to wait tonight

Have you got a recovery on your phone. Clockwork etc.
If so take memory card out boot to recovery, then put memory card back in.
You only got to get past bootloader, with out it seeing the update file on sd

Yeah i just found this way, i delete the PG58IMG.zip install a new ROM and now the phone boot do i have to make the process you told me with ADB ?

sawara said:
Yeah i just found this way, i delete the PG58IMG.zip install a new ROM and now the phone boot do i have to make the process you told me with ADB ?
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If you plan on flashing the latest ICS roms, you will need the laest firmware.
You phonse has to be SuperCID to that.
So maybe worth it, its easy enough to do.

ok thank you for help i will do this then other ROM will finish to be ICS so yeah would better to do

[Q] From ICS back to Gingerbread?

hey guys.
I got an HTC Sensation with Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 Custom ROM. I flashed the 3.24 Firmware. Now I want to go back to Gingerbread & original ROM. How to do that? Just flash the newest RUU? Or flash 3.12 firmware & then flash RUU? Thanks for an answer
Sensation
S-OFF
H-BOOT: 1.23.0000
Firmware: 3.24.401.1
Ice Cream Sandwich
greetz

AL3X3st said:
hey guys.
I got an HTC Sensation with Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 Custom ROM. I flashed the 3.24 Firmware. Now I want to go back to Gingerbread & original ROM. How to do that? Just flash the newest RUU? Or flash 3.12 firmware & then flash RUU? Thanks for an answer
greetz
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3.12 will do both GB and ICS but it isn't a native GB F/W release.
i) I'm assuming you have a Nandroid backup of the original ROM ?
ii) Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767 and get the 1.17 Firmware.
iii) Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178143 and get the 10.58 Radio
iv) restore the nandroid backup.
If no nandroid backup, then I'm sure others can oint you in the direction of the right RUU. Be careful installing RUUs as they potentially update too much.

You can either flash the gb firmware or simply run the latest RUU that you would like to have.
Keep in mind that you will lose your custom recovery.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

the thing is, I want S-ON, should have mentioned that. Somebody told me to flash an old RUU, then upgrade manually & S-ON then?

AL3X3st said:
the thing is, I want S-ON, should have mentioned that. Somebody told me to flash an old RUU, then upgrade manually & S-ON then?
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Eek, never considered trying for S-ON. S-OFF is the main battle.
Can I ask why S-ON ? I struggle to see a need for it apart from returns.

@gol_n_dal nope, don't have a nandroid backup -.-

AL3X3st said:
@gol_n_dal nope, don't have a nandroid backup -.-
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So why the S-ON ?

there's some dust under my display & I want to exchange my phone. But I'll lose my warranty if I send it with S-OFF..

AL3X3st said:
there's some dust under my display & I want to exchange my phone. But I'll lose my warranty if I send it with S-OFF..
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Have you looked at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
BE WARNED though, I've seen many posts where folks mess it up == Brick. There might be a better post but as I said never tried.

yes, I've already seen that, but there's also an howto in my native language, so I won't mess it up, the question just is, if it makes a difference, that I've got ICS?

AL3X3st said:
@gol_n_dal nope, don't have a nandroid backup -.-
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-Download the hboot 1.17 matching with your cid&mid (if you're superCID doesnot matter which firmware u download and install) Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
-Download superwipe for sensation
-Download a radio for gb here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178143
-Download a gingerbread rom whichever you like.
1)Put your gb rom and firmware file into the "root" of your sd card and reboot into bootloader (or use volume down+power combination when the device is off). It will detect your firmware (if it doesnot not detect, select fastboot). select yes to upgrade and wait it to finish the upgrade.
2)Then power off your device and take your sd card off. Then volume down+power again (bootloader). Place your sd card to your device and select recovery. Connect your phone to your pc via cable and select usb mount (usb toggle for ex4 touchrecovery). Replace your firmware file with the radio file (the same file name) using your pc. Then apply superwipe and flash your rom as usual.
3)reboot into bootloader again and select yes when it asks to upgrade your radio (if it doesnot select fastboot again).
4) When finished, restart your phone and wait for the rom to boot!

redoano said:
-Download the hboot 1.17 matching with your cid&mid (if you're superCID doesnot matter which firmware u download and install) Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
-Download superwipe for sensation
-Download a radio for gb here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178143
-Download a gingerbread rom whichever you like.
1)Put your gb rom and firmware file into the "root" of your sd card and reboot into bootloader (or use volume down+power combination when the device is off). It will detect your firmware (if it doesnot not detect, select fastboot). select yes to upgrade and wait it to finish the upgrade.
2)Then power off your device and take your sd card off. Then volume down+power again (bootloader). Place your sd card to your device and select recovery. Connect your phone to your pc via cable and select usb mount (usb toggle for ex4 touchrecovery). Replace your firmware file with the radio file (the same file name) using your pc. Then apply superwipe and flash your rom as usual.
3)reboot into bootloader again and select yes when it asks to upgrade your radio (if it doesnot select fastboot again).
4) When finished, restart your phone and wait for the rom to boot!
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thx for that, so after doing this, I'm on Gingerbread, but how to get S-ON then?

redoano said:
-Download the hboot 1.17 matching with your cid&mid (if you're superCID doesnot matter which firmware u download and install) Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
-Download superwipe for sensation
-Download a radio for gb here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178143
-Download a gingerbread rom whichever you like.
1)Put your gb rom and firmware file into the "root" of your sd card and reboot into bootloader (or use volume down+power combination when the device is off). It will detect your firmware (if it doesnot not detect, select fastboot). select yes to upgrade and wait it to finish the upgrade.
2)Then power off your device and take your sd card off. Then volume down+power again (bootloader). Place your sd card to your device and select recovery. Connect your phone to your pc via cable and select usb mount (usb toggle for ex4 touchrecovery). Replace your firmware file with the radio file (the same file name) using your pc. Then apply superwipe and flash your rom as usual.
3)reboot into bootloader again and select yes when it asks to upgrade your radio (if it doesnot select fastboot again).
4) When finished, restart your phone and wait for the rom to boot!
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can you please help me with step 1) & 2)
so I put the gb rom, the radio & the firmware on my sd.
then flash firmware, then radio, then superwipe & finally rom?

i think first thing is firmware, then super wipe in recovery mode, then rom and after long boot radio..
i do radio flashing with fastboot. connect phone with usb in terminal:
adb reboot bootloader
if you are in bootloader then in terminal:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
you must change radio.img with your radio name and i asume that you have ADB and FASTBOOT, you can get this from android dev..its named android sdk

AL3X3st said:
can you please help me with step 1) & 2)
so I put the gb rom, the radio & the firmware on my sd.
then flash firmware, then radio, then superwipe & finally rom?
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Actually both radio and firmware have the same file name (the name is PG58IMG.zip) ıf you change the name of one of the files, fastboot will not detect the file. SO ; you have to put the firmware and rom into root of your sd card FIRST. When flashed the firmware, power off the device and just unplug your sdcard. Then boot into bootloader again (volume down+power when the device is off) As the device cannot recognize an sd card this way, it will not try to upgrade the firmware automatically. Then when the device is turned on into the bootloader give it 5-10 seconds and plug your card. Then go to recovery menu. And choose mount usb storage when the device is connected to pc. Delete PG58IMG file (firmware) Then superwipe and flash your rom. Then put your radio file which has the same file name with the firmware into root of sd card. Boot into bootloader and upgrade it. That's all!
If you are confused about unpluging sd card, then plugging again while in the bootloader menu, that is just to deceive the bootloader as i told before. If bootloader finds PG58IMG file in the sd card you will not be able to get into recovery menu. Alternatively, and easier method is to delete the firmware file after flashing it by using an external card reader instead of getting into recovery and mounting sd card via phone.
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AL3X3st said:
thx for that, so after doing this, I'm on Gingerbread, but how to get S-ON then?
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All you need is here mate : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
But be aware that changing back to s-on is reported as a bit more risky! . If you miss any step, there is a high possibility that your device will be bricked. Be careful

redoano said:
Actually both radio and firmware have the same file name (the name is PG58IMG.zip) ıf you change the name of one of the files, fastboot will not detect the file. SO ; you have to put the firmware and rom into root of your sd card FIRST. When flashed the firmware, power off the device and just unplug your sdcard. Then boot into bootloader again (volume down+power when the device is off) As the device cannot recognize an sd card this way, it will not try to upgrade the firmware automatically. Then when the device is turned on into the bootloader give it 5-10 seconds and plug your card. Then go to recovery menu. And choose mount usb storage when the device is connected to pc. Delete PG58IMG file (firmware) Then superwipe and flash your rom. Then put your radio file which has the same file name with the firmware into root of sd card. Boot into bootloader and upgrade it. That's all!
If you are confused about unpluging sd card, then plugging again while in the bootloader menu, that is just to deceive the bootloader as i told before. If bootloader finds PG58IMG file in the sd card you will not be able to get into recovery menu. Alternatively, and easier method is to delete the firmware file after flashing it by using an external card reader instead of getting into recovery and mounting sd card via phone.
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All you need is here mate : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
But be aware that changing back to s-on is reported as a bit more risky! . If you miss any step, there is a high possibility that your device will be bricked. Be careful
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wow, thank you so much
everything worked! Succesfully S-ON again Thank you!

[HowTo] Root the latest OTA when the HTC Unlocker tool doesn't work

So, you've got the latest OTA (1.55.531.3) and the HTC unlocker tool won't work? Tired of waiting for HTC to issue a fix/resume the OTA? You no longer have to wait in agony.
These are the steps I took to unlock the latest OTA. They worked for me, they may not work for you. Anything you do to your phone is not my responsibility.
That said..
Backup what you can. Your phone is going to be wiped.
Make sure your battery is charged up.
Download the full 1.55.531.3 image. This contains the confirmation splash screen which wasn't loaded on older MT4GSes, and is the reason the unlocker tool won't work on our devices. You can get the full image (it's over 400MB) here:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c0f....00_11.16.3504.20_2_release_227956_signed.zip
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Download the CWM recovery image:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.7-doubleshot.img
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Rename the full image downloaded in the first step to PG59IMG.zip and place it on the root of the SD card in your phone.
Shut the phone down, remove the battery, and boot back up while holding both the volume down and power buttons down.
The phone will check the PG59IMG.zip file and will ask you if you want to restore that image. You want to do this, but keep in mind this is going to wipe your phone. All data will be lost.
The phone will restore the image. This takes a few minutes. When it's done, you'll be prompted to reboot, and you'll boot into a completely stock MT4GS experience.
Use the unlock tool on htcdev.com to generate your unlock code. The splash screen is now on your phone, and you should be able to unlock (I had no issues).
I rebooted at this point, just to be safe, and set up my phone.
Copy the recovery image you downloaded earlier into the directory where you're running fastboot. Rename it to recovery.img
Shut down, boot into the bootloader/fastboot, and enter the following command to flash CWM recovery:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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At this point, you should probably reboot the bootloader before entering CWM. Once you've done that, you can go ahead and flash superuser/roms/etc.
Here's a pointer to restoring your phone to stock, courtesy of blue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17424340&postcount=24

So if we've gotten this far, is S-OFF going to gain us anything more? Are we still locked out of certain areas? The tool worked for me, but I'm using the rest of your guide to flash CWM. Thanks for writing it!

xzuhto said:
So if we've gotten this far, is S-OFF going to gain us anything more? Are we still locked out of certain areas? The tool worked for me, but I'm using the rest of your guide to flash CWM. Thanks for writing it!
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In my opinion, S-Off won't really gain you much more. You'll have to flash kernels separately when flashing ROMs, but that doesn't seem to be a big deal (IMO).
You could probably flash back to the original release software if you wanted, and gain S-OFF with revolutionary, but I haven't tried that and have no idea if it will work.
The only thing you can't do with Unlocked/S-ON is flash radios.

Well in that case this phone is right where I want it. I've never messed with kernels on any phone I've had previously nor have I messed with flashing radios. I just got done completing the steps and I'm now root along with CWM. Great work throwing this up for everyone.

jonnycat26 said:
So, you've got the latest OTA (1.55.531.3) and the HTC unlocker tool won't work? Tired of waiting for HTC to issue a fix/resume the OTA? You no longer have to wait in agony.
These are the steps I took to unlock the latest OTA. They worked for me, they may not work for you. Anything you do to your phone is not my responsibility.
That said..
Backup what you can. Your phone is going to be wiped.
Make sure your battery is charged up.
Download the full 1.55.531.3 image. This contains the confirmation splash screen which wasn't loaded on older MT4GSes, and is the reason the unlocker tool won't work on our devices. You can get the full image (it's over 400MB) here:
Download the CWM recovery image:
Rename the full image downloaded in the first step to PG59IMG.zip and place it on the root of the SD card in your phone.
Shut the phone down, remove the battery, and boot back up while holding both the volume down and power buttons down.
The phone will check the PG59IMG.zip file and will ask you if you want to restore that image. You want to do this, but keep in mind this is going to wipe your phone. All data will be lost.
The phone will restore the image. This takes a few minutes. When it's done, you'll be prompted to reboot, and you'll boot into a completely stock MT4GS experience.
Use the unlock tool on htcdev.com to generate your unlock code. The splash screen is now on your phone, and you should be able to unlock (I had no issues).
I rebooted at this point, just to be safe, and set up my phone.
Copy the recovery image you downloaded earlier into the directory where you're running fastboot. Rename it to recovery.img
Shut down, boot into the bootloader/fastboot, and enter the following command to flash CWM recovery:
At this point, you should probably reboot the bootloader before entering CWM. Once you've done that, you can go ahead and flash superuser/roms/etc.
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the doubleshot img downloads painfully slow, do you have another link?
edit: also i think you missed somthing here"
[*]Shut down, boot into the bootloader/fastboot, and enter the following command to flash CWM recovery:
"

ac3theone said:
the doubleshot img downloads painfully slow, do you have another link?
...
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Well, where football is hosting the new PG59IMG.zip file is the only place we have it - i just found it yesterday and we haven't had time to up it anywhere else yet.
We are working on making mirrors for it now - give us some time to get set up with our new data.
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jonnycat26 said:
In my opinion, S-Off won't really gain you much more. You'll have to flash kernels separately when flashing ROMs, but that doesn't seem to be a big deal (IMO).
You could probably flash back to the original release software if you wanted, and gain S-OFF with revolutionary, but I haven't tried that and have no idea if it will work.
The only thing you can't do with Unlocked/S-ON is flash radios.
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No, you can't go back to retail factory if you are S-ON. This new PG59IMG.zip I found is the furthest back you can go completely.
With S-ON you cannot replace hboot, or radio - those two are a big deal - i'm still working on an S-OFF solution for S-ON people with hboot 1.45.0013.
With S-OFF I can swap out hboots on a whim, and thrice43 even flashed a Sensation hboot to his doubleshot and it worked out for him - but with S-ON you cannot do this. (and if you could, you would brick)
S-OFF is very much preferable to S-ON UNLOCKED.
I've also had problems flashing OTA updates through stock recovery manually when S-ON where I had no trouble doing so while S-OFF.
There are still a lot of things you can't do with your device while S-ON.
EDIT:
also, all the PG59IMG.zip files I made for people to flash recoveries, hboots, and so on in the dev reference sticky cannot be used by anyone S-ON because they fail the signature checks. My custom PG59IMG.zip files don't have an HTC signature which you must have for an S-ON device to load the PG59IMG.zip file.
...so there are a number of reasons why S-OFF is something to get.

xzuhto said:
Well in that case this phone is right where I want it. I've never messed with kernels on any phone I've had previously nor have I messed with flashing radios. I just got done completing the steps and I'm now root along with CWM. Great work throwing this up for everyone.
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You must flash a kernel if you want to flash an ICS ROM or any GB ROM with a modified kernel.
Also:
Here's a faster mirror, hopefully: http://www.4shared.com/zip/vVHQuid0/PG59IMG_Doubleshot_TMOUS_15553.html

I see the downsides to s-on but I'm happy to have root and cwm. I will however be excited to get this thing fully unlocked. I won't be messing with custom roms till then. lol
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk

I managed to host it on my Dropbox
Edit:
Oh sorry Lime, I didn't see that you were already hosting it...

this might deserve a sticky?

If anyone is going to mirror it please keep the original filename - we have more then one PG59IMG.zip file with an HTC signature (retail launch and this one).
If they are not named including the software version and radio then people may be confused on what they are getting - thanks guys!

it worked, now to get su. thanks for the guide

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jonnycat26 said:
So, you've got the latest OTA (1.55.531.3) and the HTC unlocker tool won't work? Tired of waiting for HTC to issue a fix/resume the OTA? You no longer have to wait in agony.
These are the steps I took to unlock the latest OTA. They worked for me, they may not work for you. Anything you do to your phone is not my responsibility.
That said..
Backup what you can. Your phone is going to be wiped.
Make sure your battery is charged up.
Download the full 1.55.531.3 image. This contains the confirmation splash screen which wasn't loaded on older MT4GSes, and is the reason the unlocker tool won't work on our devices. You can get the full image (it's over 400MB) here:
Download the CWM recovery image:
Rename the full image downloaded in the first step to PG59IMG.zip and place it on the root of the SD card in your phone.
Shut the phone down, remove the battery, and boot back up while holding both the volume down and power buttons down.
The phone will check the PG59IMG.zip file and will ask you if you want to restore that image. You want to do this, but keep in mind this is going to wipe your phone. All data will be lost.
The phone will restore the image. This takes a few minutes. When it's done, you'll be prompted to reboot, and you'll boot into a completely stock MT4GS experience.
Use the unlock tool on htcdev.com to generate your unlock code. The splash screen is now on your phone, and you should be able to unlock (I had no issues).
I rebooted at this point, just to be safe, and set up my phone.
Copy the recovery image you downloaded earlier into the directory where you're running fastboot. Rename it to recovery.img
Shut down, boot into the bootloader/fastboot, and enter the following command to flash CWM recovery:
At this point, you should probably reboot the bootloader before entering CWM. Once you've done that, you can go ahead and flash superuser/roms/etc.
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Copy the recovery image you downloaded earlier into the directory where you're running fastboot. Rename it to recovery.img
Shut down, boot into the bootloader/fastboot, and enter the following command to flash CWM recovery:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Cant do this last few steps.Don't understand what to do as yet

Scondrel said:
Copy the recovery image you downloaded earlier into the directory where you're running fastboot. Rename it to recovery.img
Shut down, boot into the bootloader/fastboot, and enter the following command to flash CWM recovery:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Cant do this last few steps.Don't understand what to do as yet
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You need to transfer the recovery image to the directory with your fastboot.exe file.
You would then need to rename it to recovery.img
Then you boot your phone into fastboot mode, and plug it into the computer.
Open a command prompt, and navigate to the directory with fastboot.exe and run the command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Thanks got it now.Appreciate the help
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Scondrel said:
Thanks got it now.Appreciate the help
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Didn't work for me,I all the way to final step, but once i enter recovery for CWM,and try to flash the superuser file or anything else, it just shows the icon and nothing else happens.Once i click the power button it goes back to the CWM Home screen.Any advice on this guys ?

Scondrel said:
Thanks got it now.Appreciate the help
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Didn't work for me,I all the way to final step, but once i enter recovery for CWM,and try to flash the superuser file or anything else, it just shows the icon and nothing else happens.Once i click the power button it goes back to the CWM Home screen.Any advice on this guys ?
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You are using the trackpad to "select" within CWM, not the power button, right?

jonnycat26 said:
You are using the trackpad to "select" within CWM, not the power button, right?
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Thanks it was 'nt that. There wasn't enough space on the memory card and I didn't have USB debugging on.Got it solved now .Thanks for the speedy responses.Truly appreciated .Feels so good to be a part of this community.

jonnycat26 said:
So, you've got the latest OTA (1.55.531.3) and the HTC unlocker tool won't work? Tired of waiting for HTC to issue a fix/resume the OTA? You no longer have to wait in agony.
These are the steps I took to unlock the latest OTA. They worked for me, they may not work for you. Anything you do to your phone is not my responsibility.
That said..
Backup what you can. Your phone is going to be wiped.
Make sure your battery is charged up.
Download the full 1.55.531.3 image. This contains the confirmation splash screen which wasn't loaded on older MT4GSes, and is the reason the unlocker tool won't work on our devices. You can get the full image (it's over 400MB) here:
Download the CWM recovery image:
Rename the full image downloaded in the first step to PG59IMG.zip and place it on the root of the SD card in your phone.
Shut the phone down, remove the battery, and boot back up while holding both the volume down and power buttons down.
The phone will check the PG59IMG.zip file and will ask you if you want to restore that image. You want to do this, but keep in mind this is going to wipe your phone. All data will be lost.
The phone will restore the image. This takes a few minutes. When it's done, you'll be prompted to reboot, and you'll boot into a completely stock MT4GS experience.
Use the unlock tool on htcdev.com to generate your unlock code. The splash screen is now on your phone, and you should be able to unlock (I had no issues).
I rebooted at this point, just to be safe, and set up my phone.
Copy the recovery image you downloaded earlier into the directory where you're running fastboot. Rename it to recovery.img
Shut down, boot into the bootloader/fastboot, and enter the following command to flash CWM recovery:
At this point, you should probably reboot the bootloader before entering CWM. Once you've done that, you can go ahead and flash superuser/roms/etc.
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These instructions worked perfectly! Can not believe it worked. This should be stickied! Thank you.

tbalden said:
this might deserve a sticky?
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revo420 said:
This should be stickied!
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Eh, why not. Done .

[Q] Help, boot loop here?

I wanted to flash to ARHD 6.3
This is my first time.. I managed to S off.. But then the bootloop began after I flashed PG58IMG.zip via fastboot.
Step 1. To S-OFF your Sensation - (You do not need to do this if you have S-off already or done this before) - WORKING NOW for TMOUS users
Visit
download the application for your operating System. AND EXTRACT IT TO A FOLDER
YOU MAY NEED TO DISABLE YOUR ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM- Norton is flagging up Revolutionary as a Virus when it isn't
IMPORTANT
Fill out the form under the download links with your OS, Device, Hboot Version and Serial number. This will give your beta key to enable you to S - OFF. Make a note of this.
How To get your Hboot Version - 3 methods below
1. [/url] and if it has found your device it should read
"Found your Device: HTC Sensation Z710* Applications -> Development)
4. With the phone switched on (not in HBOOT, just the regular home screen), plug in your USB cable and select HTC sync mode.(IGNORE any warning messages on your phone telling you it cannot find HTC Sync )
5. Launch revolutionary.exe. It should detect the phone and ask for your beta key. Type it (BE CAREFUL, as its case sensitive) or copy and paste it in.
If Revolutionary fails to find your phone verify you have all the drivers installed, try disk drive mode or charging mode (Linux users can use disk drive mode. Confirmed to be working by others)
6. Once you have entered your beta key correctly, follow any on screen prompts or actions from revolutionary and wait for it to S-Off,
7. You're done. Your Device will Successfully have S-OFF....if it hangs on method 3 and doesn't S-Off. See post 2 below for solutions.
IF REVOLUTIONARY SAYS FAILED YOUR PHONE IS NOT SUPPORTED. Go back and check hboot using the methods above. some users are told its failed and they still have S off now. If you have S-off your hboot will now be 1.17.1011 and revolutionary will tell you now your device is not supported
8. Revolutionary will now ask you to Install clockwork recovery mod after S OFF. Type N and install it manually below (the recovery provided is v4.0.1.4 doesn't charge when device is switched off, the one below v5.0.0.1 does charge)
9. Your Device now is S-off.
To install clockwork recovery for the sensation. Follow step 2!
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)
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I got stuck at step 2.5.. Pls help me out. Actually I used to flash ROM for i9000 a couple of times but for sensation this is my first time. I'm using sensation unlocked. I lived in Malaysia so most probably its asians version.

ethanmars said:
I wanted to flash to ARHD 6.3
This is my first time.. I managed to S off.. But then the bootloop began after I flashed PG58IMG.zip via fastboot.
I got stuck at step 2.5.. Pls help me out. Actually I used to flash ROM for i9000 a couple of times but for sensation this is my first time. I'm using sensation unlocked. I lived in Malaysia so most probably its asians version.
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Hi,
Try loading 5.0.2.0 HERE
Then follow THIS GUIDE to install 6.3.0

thank you so much for your reply!
i've downloaded that. Now how do i install it? fastboot only accept .zip files right? or is the instruction is in the 2nd link you gave me?

ethanmars said:
thank you so much for your reply!
i've downloaded that. Now how do i install it? fastboot only accept .zip files right? or is the instruction is in the 2nd link you gave me?
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Hi,
Just rename 5.0.2.0 to PG58IMG.zip
Power off
Power on holding volume- and power button.
When it has finished,delete PG58IMG.zip

malybru said:
Hi,
Just rename 5.0.2.0 to PG58IMG.zip
Power off
Power on holding volume- and power button.
When it has finished,delete PG58IMG.zip
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just pressed thanks, hehe..
i was wandering alone while waiting for your reply n managed to install ext4 touch recovery.. lol.. but still bootloop when pressed reboot.
now I wanna know will the 5.0.2.0 help me to access android again coz i haven't backup my contacts n sms yet..
let's say the answer is no, will it help if i make a nandroid backup now? or is it too late considering i cant access android anymore?

ethanmars said:
just pressed thanks, hehe..
i was wandering alone while waiting for your reply n managed to install ext4 touch recovery.. lol.. but still bootloop when pressed reboot.
now I wanna know will the 5.0.2.0 help me to access android again coz i haven't backup my contacts n sms yet..
let's say the answer is no, will it help if i make a nandroid backup now? or is it too late considering i cant access android anymore?
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Hi,
Lesson for the future...
Always backup(nandroid,Titanium Backup,google) BEFORE starting anything major.
If you have 4EXT installed,then follow THIS GUIDE to install 6.3.0

malybru said:
Hi,
Lesson for the future...
Always backup(nandroid,Titanium Backup,google) BEFORE starting anything major.
If you have 4EXT installed,then follow THIS GUIDE to install 6.3.0
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thanks again ..
so that means there's no way to access my phone like it was before eh?
btw, i thought it wasnt anything major coz it was just gaining an s off n then installing recovery.. then this happened.. i dont know what went wrong.. hmm
so i shall proceed with installing 6.3.0 since its like the only option i have left i believe?

ethanmars said:
thanks again ..
so that means there's no way to access my phone like it was before eh?
btw, i thought it wasnt anything major coz it was just gaining an s off n then installing recovery.. then this happened.. i dont know what went wrong.. hmm
so i shall proceed with installing 6.3.0 since its like the only option i have left i believe?
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Hi,
Just as a matter of interest.
Do you still have a PG58IMG.zip on your sd card?
If so ,delete it.
Then it may boot into your ROM...

malybru said:
Hi,
Just as a matter of interest.
Do you still have a PG58IMG.zip on your sd card?
If so ,delete it.
Then it may boot into your ROM...
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oh i've read that as well so i have deleted it manually by using sd adapter.. then reinserted it back n tried to boot normally.. but to no avail.. what's the root cause of this eh?
when i gained s off, i still can boot into my ROM.. however disaster happens when i flashed the .zip files obtained as per instructions..
oh but directly after i've flashed it, i didn't remove the .zip files n tried to immediately reboot into ROM.. does this make a difference?

ethanmars said:
oh i've read that as well so i have deleted it manually by using sd adapter.. then reinserted it back n tried to boot normally.. but to no avail.. what's the root cause of this eh?
when i gained s off, i still can boot into my ROM.. however disaster happens when i flashed the .zip files obtained as per instructions..
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Hi,
Did you complete the s-off thread by rooting and getting SuperCID?

malybru said:
Hi,
Did you complete the s-off thread by rooting and getting SuperCID?
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good question..
immediately after s off, i boot into my ROM and tried to install busybox and other apps that requires superuser or root but failed and stating that my device was still not rooted..
so i proceed to install a recovery (in this case its ext4 recovery) but failed to find a .zip installer (but managed to find the .apk and .img version but afraid to proceed considering the extension wasn't the same as per guide's PG5...ZIP). so i tried to simply install cwm as per stated in the guide. coz i know after recovery is installed, only then i would be able to install the su zip files.
then it boot looped.. n here we are trying to shoot all of these troubles.. XD
and if my understanding was wrong, pls correct me. thanks!
only after you sent me the links i managed to install ext4 recovery via a much easier method using cmd.exe..
n that also means that i wasn't even able to follow through the supercid part of the guide..

ethanmars said:
good question..
immediately after s off, i boot into my ROM and tried to install busybox and other apps that requires superuser or root but failed and stating that my device was still not rooted..
so i proceed to install a recovery (in this case its ext4 recovery) but failed to find a .zip installer (but managed to find the .apk and .img version but afraid to proceed considering the extension wasn't the same as per guide's PG5...ZIP). so i tried to simply install cwm as per stated in the guide. coz i know after recovery is installed, only then i would be able to install the su zip files.
then it boot looped.. n here we are trying to shoot all of these troubles.. XD
and if my understanding was wrong, pls correct me. thanks!
only after you sent me the links i managed to install ext4 recovery via a much easier method using cmd.exe..
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Hi,
I follow THIS GUIDE
If you have 4EXT installed ,then you should be able to boot into recovery and make a nandroid,then root,then supercid...

malybru said:
Hi,
I follow THIS GUIDE
If you have 4EXT installed ,then you should be able to boot into recovery and make a nandroid,then root,then supercid...
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wait a moment, i dont know if things are making more sense to me but, is it possible that this was caused by a wrong firmware? i just figured out my cid and its htc_044 and there are 4 different version of firmware for this cid, so should i try each of it until my phone boots to my original ROM?
Update: Oh God, I'm in such a relief! Thank God it works now. I flashed the firmware 1.17 n now am able to boot back into my ROM. Now i'm gonna get things backed up n will proceed. phew thanks so much for helping me out. The cause was maybe the zip files werent compatible with mine. So i check my cid n mid, n downloaded what might be the original one. so now its fixed..

Radio Downgrade failure???

hey guys, i am trying to root my inspire. When i ran the Ace Hack kit, it gave me the error saying ...
********* Radio Downgrade failed ***********
** Either:
** Goldcard failed
** USB connections are not working 100
********* Radio Downgrade failed ***********
Press any key to continue . . .
i made sure the antivirus was disabled, removed apple software, 2 pcs, 2 sync cable and will be trying another SD card, but im stuck. Also i tried to boot in HBOOT but no luck either. The HBOOT screen came up but no luch on trying to load the img file. Please assist me if you can, Thanx

Probably an SD card that can't be used as a gold card. Get another SD and try again.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

Gizmoe said:
Probably an SD card that can't be used as a gold card. Get another SD and try again.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium
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I'm having the same problem. I've tried swapping the SD card. Any other ideas?

Same problem...
I already try to change the SD using another and format to FAT32, but result still same.
Is there any solution or any other method to continue rooting my phones with this state?
Appreciate for any comments

victasa said:
Same problem...
I already try to change the SD using another and format to FAT32, but result still same.
Is there any solution or any other method to continue rooting my phones with this state?
Appreciate for any comments
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That is due to corrupted sdcard. Anyway, you can unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and root without the Hack Kit (take into consideration that is has been discontinued as so has the files and support) Check my signature for doubts

glevitan said:
That is due to corrupted sdcard. Anyway, you can unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and root without the Hack Kit (take into consideration that is has been discontinued as so has the files and support) Check my signature for doubts
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OK, I try to unlock bootloader now. But I got stuck to this (same problem with other guy in this forum, but no lead):
My ROM Software Numbre is 3.13.707.4, and the RUU tool (PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe) displayed the same number. The option I was given was "Update the current ROM version." So I clicked update and it says "From Image Version 3.13.707.4 To Image Version 3.13.0.0". I clicked next to proceed. Then I get:
ERROR [190]: ROM IS NOT UPDATED
Your ROM version is not the latest version.
Please upgrade to 3.13.707.3 to apply this RUU to be able to unlock your bootloader. On your phone, go to Menu > Settings > About phone > Software updates > Check now. After you have updated, please run the RUU again to upgrade your HBOOT to unlock your phone. Click Exit to quit.
At this point I went back to the phone and performed the "check now", but there are no other updates.
I have google for this (ROM 3.34.707.3) but leads to nothing... no problem solving at all...
Stuck again now....

Updated :
Finally I can root my phone...
Problem described above, can be solved by update the Hboot version manually check this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252161
I can download update Hboot files from the link in there...
Then I continue with unlocking bootloader as describe in your signature (using easy unlock tools) then continue to flash CWM and SU using easy ace hack tools... Wow your tools is very easy to understand for a noob like me
Now, since i already have root access, it should be enough for me...
But just curious, how to gain S-Off access from here... I still not clear enough about S-off and S-On difference, what exactly advantages to have S-Off?

Please help me!
Hi Victasa:
Can you tell me how you solved this problem step by step?
I followed the link into your post, but I have a problem, I speak Spanish, and do not understand English well :crying:. Please can you tell me exactly how you did it?
Thank You

Decasys said:
Hi Victasa:
Can you tell me how you solved this problem step by step?
I followed the link into your post, but I have a problem, I speak Spanish, and do not understand English well :crying:. Please can you tell me exactly how you did it?
Thank You
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Hi Decasys, follow this step :
*Unlock boot loader with htcdev/bootloader
see your HBOOT version : you face problem describe on this thread if your hboot ver is 2.00.0027 you have to download file as below to achieve version 2.00.0029 because it support token key for unlock.
1. download this rom copy to your c:\ drive : http://www.mobfirmware.com/dl/behtash/imei dhd/rom.zip
2. then download : http://www.mobfirmware.com/dl/behtash/imei dhd/dhd update hboot by behtash.rar
3. run hboot update by behtash.bat in normal mode ,waiting until flash hboot complete
at this point your HBOOT will be upgrade to 2.00.0029 (check it)
*Then continue to use :
Easy unlock tools, follow insctrution in this therad : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133336
at this point, on your bootloader, it will have "unlocked" notification on the top
*Then continue to use :
Easy Ace root tools, on this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169515
When you run it, just choose to flash CWM (as I remember it was option #2)
And then continue to flash SU (as I remember it was option #3)
That's all, you gain root access.
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Update again...
Seems the way I get the root access can't use to install custom ROM.
I try to install cyanogenmod as in this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073992
But seems after do all the steps to install a custom rom there, my phone was stuck on HTC logo...
Fortunately, I have do nandroid backup, so I can restore to stock roms...
What i want to ask is, why my phone can't install custom ROM now? I know that I still has S-ON, but is that the cause? If yes, is there any possible way for me to get S-Off and install a custom ROM?
glevitan, i need your help again I think :angel:
Update again :
After checking on some place, apprantly i still left some steps
this one :
Flashing roms with an unlocked bootloader
Unlock your bootloader and flash a custom recovery (CWM or 4ext)
Download the rom zip file you are willing to flash to your PC.
Extract the the boot.img from inside the zip file (do not extract the whole rom)
Put the zip file in your sdcard.
Boot into recovery and do a full wipe (wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, format system)
Flash rom (install zip from sdcard)
Reboot into bootloader again and plug the phone to the PC.
You need to be in fastboot usb (if you see HBOOT USB PLUG in the phone, just press power to toggle)
Open a cmd/terminal and navigate to where the boot.img file is located.
Type: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Reboot and now you should be enjoying your custom rom
Finally I can enjoy my custom rom

Finally.
Finally.
I did it. I followed your instructions and I have root my phone.
I'm using the Custom ROM JellyTime and works perfectly.
Many Thanks for your help.
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