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[Q] HTC Sensation can not be updated

Hello XDA-DEV-Team
I have bought a HTC Sensation over Ebay a few weeks ago, no problems so far, and im excited to use it. Also means i dont know what is installed on the phone (for example, i dont know which recovery, if it is rooted, if it is s-on/off, and what ever could explain the problem I am describing below), but if you tell me what to look for, I'll do my best to find it out for you.
I am recently recieving an message that i need to update my System: The update is called: 1.45.163.4 (43,19 MB) - Android 2.3
If I update my HTC Sensation it says it has to restart, then it restarts and then after 5-6 seconds i can see the following picture: - ok i cant post links yet - i get a white triangle with a yellow exclamation mark and blue android guy beneath it.
img580 dot imageshack dot us/img580/7650/fone.png
Is there any chance that i can update my phone?

do you plan to root and gain s-OFF?
that is a a screen before recovery, you manually have to hit the key combo to go into recovery, or thats the screen to see its its progress updating,
if you can boot into the bootloader by pressing Vol down and power
if you see s-off or "revolutionay" means your s-off if you dont see that means your fully stock

ilostchild said:
do you plan to root and gain s-OFF?
that is a a screen before recovery, you manually have to hit the key combo to go into recovery, or thats the screen to see its its progress updating,
if you can boot into the bootloader by pressing Vol down and power
if you see s-off or "revolutionay" means your s-off if you dont see that means your fully stock
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Hello Sir,
thanks for your fast answer.
i dont need root and no S-OFF on the phone!
i see following Screen:
--------------------------------------
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.1011
RADIO-10.11.9007.27_M3
eMMC-boot
Jun 2 2011,22:31:39
HBOOT
then the controls and a menu with:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
--------------------------------------
hope this helps
greetings krstn

what you have there is a s-off and rooted phone, if you go into recovery you should see a blue menu with a list of options at top should say "CWM recovery", go to the DEV section and choose a rom of your liking
(i recommend LEEdroid) and
thats the reason why you cant update, you are running a rooted phone with a custom recovery

Hello Sir,
Thanks ALOT for your help! you really I helped me, i installed LEEdroid now and it looks really nice and smooth!
thanks alot, i am a diffrent person now thanks to you.

Help
ilostchild said:
what you have there is a s-off and rooted phone, if you go into recovery you should see a blue menu with a list of options at top should say "CWM recovery", go to the DEV section and choose a rom of your liking
(i recommend LEEdroid) and
thats the reason why you cant update, you are running a rooted phone with a custom recovery
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Sir,
The following appeaa on recovery screen
-REVOLUTIONARY-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.1111
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
Jun 2 2011,22:31:39
Please help i want to update my HTC Sensation 4g to Icecream sandwich.
Thanks

Frasat said:
Sir,
The following appeaa on recovery screen
-REVOLUTIONARY-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.1111
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
Jun 2 2011,22:31:39
Please help i want to update my HTC Sensation 4g to Icecream sandwich.
Thanks
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first flash 3.33 universal firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
follow the instructions to the letter
and before flashing check md5 sums(important)
after that you have to flash an ics or jb rom from recovery because your current rom won't boot with the new firmware

my htc desire s shows htc confidential & some numbers on the screen

my htc desire s shows htc confidential & some numbers on the whole screen. Plz help me how to remove this watermark frm the screen
my phone details as follows:-
when i open boot loader the following things appears
MY DEVICE NAME :- HTC DESIRE S
SAGA PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT - 0.98.2000 (PG8810000)
RADIO - 38.02.00.11_M
eMMC-boot
Feb 17 2011,13:43:32
HBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
SYSTEM INFO
IMAGE CRC
&&&&&
I HAVE CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY
NOW AM A ROOTED USER WITH S-OFF
I have googled and found that i have to flash stock rom with custom rom to remove that htc logo(correct me if i am wrong)
PLZ TELL ME THE REQUIREMENTS TO INSTALL CUSTOM ROM
DO I NEED TO UNLOCK MY BOOTLOADER TO INSTALL CUSTOM ROM
BUT I HAVE READ IN SOME XDA THREADS THAT
REQUIREMENT FO INSTALLING CUSTOM ROM
1)YOUR DEVICE SHOULD BE S-OFF
2)YOUR DEVICE SHOULD BE ROOTED
3)YOUR DEVICE SHOULD HAVE CUSTOM RECOVERY(CLOCKWORKMOD OR ETC)
4)MAKE A BACKUP OF CURRENT ROM BEFORE INSTALLING ANYTHING SO THAT U CAN REVERT BACK IF U DONT LIKE ETC...
(CORRECT ME IF AM WRONG)
version - main: 1.08.0.1
cidnum: 11111111
thxxxxx in advance.......

Install any ROM. Just as your phone is. How complicated can people make the simplest matters?

CAPS LOCK, REALLY?
Sent from my HTC Desire S

closed as its been answered....
Welcome to XDA OP!!
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Need help with getting back on stock ROM

Hello guys,
Recently I bought HTC Desire S and the ROM on it is Cyanogenmod 7.2.
Now I am trying to install on official version of android 4.0.3. I downloaded the RUU from htcdev.com
RUU_SAGA_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_14.01.401.2_Radio_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_release_275068_signed
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I plug the phone in PC and start the RUU, click few next buttons... till i get to the window to the Current information about your androud phone:
It says I got a ROM verson 2.10.401.4 and it needs to be updated to 14.01.401.2 (check picture 1)
After I click the next button and the wizard starts to update my phone. (check picture 2)
After one minute of that updating process I get the following error: (check picture 3)
ERROR [155]: Unknown Error
The only thing i can do is click recovery which doesn't help at all ....
Information about bootloader:
*** UNLOCKED ***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.02.0002
RADIO-3831.19.00.110
eMMC-boot
Recovery is 4EXT Recovery 2.2.7 RC5
So my question is what am I doing wrong, and how can I install official version of android on my phone.
Tnx for answers,

You want STOCK rom or is it just Sense 3.6 that interests you ?
If it's just for Sense 3.6, there are few customs roms all around here. but you're S-ON so you'll need to flash boot.img independently via adb..
Instead if you want a completly stock rom you can check this thread.

Ok, I relocked the bootloader now I am in updating process. I will tell you what will happend
Till now everything looks okay

Great, if update began then you shouldn't have any prob
XDApped from my pimped Desire S

[Q] HELP! With HTC SENSATION XE [newb alert!]

First of all, greetings from India to all you peeps out there! Please bear with me and help me with this problem. I totally realize how much of an utter fool I am for asking such trivial questions.
So coming down to the point
I decided to install custom firmware on my brothers HTC Sensation XE since it had run out of warranty and as a precursor to mod my own phone which I recently purchased (Sony Xperia Z).
So after reading for a good 3-4 hours finally found a site good enough to make me understand STEP BY STEP (sorry XDA!) on how to go about booting the phone, unlocking bootlocker, making a custom recovery etc etc. LINK BELOW (aah crap as a new user I can't post links yet
This is the site
Google "How To Load a Custom ROM on an Android Device" by David Cogen on theunlockr dot com
I am stuck at being unable to install any custom mod. I put the zip file in the root folder by opening my SD card as a disk drive and then using rom manager to reboot and install using the "load from zip function"
I unlocked the phone using the bootlocker unlock given on the HTC site itself using their token registration system. Rest I followed to the letter given in that site.
The problem is I tried installing the following custom ROM's using the reboot/recovery option in ROM manager but all that happens is once after installing them the cyanogen mod loading screen appears and nothing happens for the next 10-15 mins.
CUSTOM ROM'S TRIED BUT UNSUCCESSFULL:
BassROM Jelly Bean Edition ROM
CyanogenMod 9 ROM
JB 4.1.2 CM-X mEMBER’s Choice ROM
HAVE I DONE SOMETHING WRONG ACCIDENTALLY?? PLEASE HELP!
AND PLEASE TRY TO MAKE ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR SAYING SINCE THE TECHNICAL JARGON HAS KIND OF PARALYSED MY BRAIN..
IF YOU NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING MORE LIKE WHICH BUILD VERSION ETC (I DON'T KNOW MYSELF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, MUST HAVE PICKED IT UP FROM THE LAST 3-4 HOURS OF NUMBNESS INDUCING READING FROM VARIOUS TECH SITES) PLEASE ASK AND I'LL POST SCREENSHOTS.
*** PLEASE NOTE SINCE THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC FILES FOR SENSATION XE I DOWNLOADED FILES AS HTC SENSATION FROM THE SITE INCLUDING THE CUSTOM ROM FILES ***

try this
thebigtechnician said:
First of all, greetings from India to all you peeps out there! Please bear with me and help me with this problem. I totally realize how much of an utter fool I am for asking such trivial questions.
So coming down to the point
I decided to install custom firmware on my brothers HTC Sensation XE since it had run out of warranty and as a precursor to mod my own phone which I recently purchased (Sony Xperia Z).
So after reading for a good 3-4 hours finally found a site good enough to make me understand STEP BY STEP (sorry XDA!) on how to go about booting the phone, unlocking bootlocker, making a custom recovery etc etc. LINK BELOW (aah crap as a new user I can't post links yet
This is the site
Google "How To Load a Custom ROM on an Android Device" by David Cogen on theunlockr dot com
I am stuck at being unable to install any custom mod. I put the zip file in the root folder by opening my SD card as a disk drive and then using rom manager to reboot and install using the "load from zip function"
I unlocked the phone using the bootlocker unlock given on the HTC site itself using their token registration system. Rest I followed to the letter given in that site.
The problem is I tried installing the following custom ROM's using the reboot/recovery option in ROM manager but all that happens is once after installing them the cyanogen mod loading screen appears and nothing happens for the next 10-15 mins.
CUSTOM ROM'S TRIED BUT UNSUCCESSFULL:
BassROM Jelly Bean Edition ROM
CyanogenMod 9 ROM
JB 4.1.2 CM-X mEMBER’s Choice ROM
HAVE I DONE SOMETHING WRONG ACCIDENTALLY?? PLEASE HELP!
AND PLEASE TRY TO MAKE ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR SAYING SINCE THE TECHNICAL JARGON HAS KIND OF PARALYSED MY BRAIN..
IF YOU NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING MORE LIKE WHICH BUILD VERSION ETC (I DON'T KNOW MYSELF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, MUST HAVE PICKED IT UP FROM THE LAST 3-4 HOURS OF NUMBNESS INDUCING READING FROM VARIOUS TECH SITES) PLEASE ASK AND I'LL POST SCREENSHOTS.
*** PLEASE NOTE SINCE THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC FILES FOR SENSATION XE I DOWNLOADED FILES AS HTC SENSATION FROM THE SITE INCLUDING THE CUSTOM ROM FILES ***
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Get back into recovery mode. And wipe data. Then flash the rom. Then flash the g-aps. Then wipe the davilk cache.
When the davilk cache isnt wiped it usually causes a boot loop which I think is what you are in. Try that.
If i helped press thanks!

Hey. I did what you said and removed the dalvik cache after flashing the rom and gapps but the cyanogen mod screen kept flashing for 10 minutes.
Anything else I'm doing wrong? Also how do I know which hboot version I'm using and whether my phone is S off or not ( whatever that means read a tutorial)
Sent from my C6602 using xda app-developers app

Just opened hboot by pressing volume down and power button. It says
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.29.0000
e-MMC-boot
Mar 2 2012, 18:14:34
So this s-on utility is causing the problem? Can anyone HELP?
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thebigtechnician said:
Just opened hboot by pressing volume down and power button. It says
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.29.0000
e-MMC-boot
Mar 2 2012, 18:14:34
So this s-on utility is causing the problem? Can anyone HELP?
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1. Wipe Factory/Data Reset
2. Install ROM
3. Install Gapps
And then wait for atleast 20 minutes. First boot takes a long time than usual.

HELP!!
alright I'll do it but being the newb I am I think I f****ed up BIGG TIME now!
I went ahead and found that hboot v .29 does not use revolutionary method and after searching a few threads found out the joupunutbear method to make my phone S-OFF.
I reached till the wire trick and it worked only to be given a message called
S-OFF Failed
Errorcode: 66732337
ErrorMsg: Still sober
Quit....
Press ENTER to exit
So now how do I go back to clockwork recovery mod since every time I open the root area using vol- + power button and press "recovery" it just refreshes the page and puts me back on the same page.
WHAT TO DO NOW? :X
Now I went to unlimited.io and am told that they no longer support windows os.
I had saved a recovery img but I can't access it now? How do I access it?
Also on opening with vol- + power I get this written now:
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT- 1.29.0000
RADIO - 11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMB-boot
Mar 2 2012, 18:14:34

Alright So I've managed to install the Juopunutbear s-off.
Turns out I was doing it too slowly. Now my phone on pressing vol- + power shows the following
=JuopunutBear=
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1111
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012 17:33:34
However I installed (the files are kept in zip format in the root of SD card and not any other folder)
1. JB_4.1.2_CM_X_mEMBER_s_Choice_v1.0.0
2. JB_4.1.2_Gapps_mEMBER_s_Choice_v1.0.0
I even made sure davlik cache was removed before going in for a system reboot
and waited for 20-25 MINUTES still the ROM didn't load. Only the Cyanogen mod screen ring kept moving.
I used the recovery img and am now running the phone on original htc firmware till somebody can help me install a custom ROM.
What exactly has gone wrong NOW?

thebigtechnician said:
Alright So I've managed to install the Juopunutbear s-off.
Turns out I was doing it too slowly. Now my phone on pressing vol- + power shows the following
=JuopunutBear=
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1111
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012 17:33:34
However I installed (the files are kept in zip format in the root of SD card and not any other folder)
1. JB_4.1.2_CM_X_mEMBER_s_Choice_v1.0.0
2. JB_4.1.2_Gapps_mEMBER_s_Choice_v1.0.0
I even made sure davlik cache was removed before going in for a system reboot
and waited for 20-25 MINUTES still the ROM didn't load. Only the Cyanogen mod screen ring kept moving.
I used the recovery img and am now running the phone on original htc firmware till somebody can help me install a custom ROM.
What exactly has gone wrong NOW?
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Hi,
What recovery do you have?

Clockwordmod
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thebigtechnician said:
Clockwordmod
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Hi,
Go to my signature, top line.
Go to #4 by asskicker.
Go to install recovery(#2)
Install 4 EXT.
Then use the option in 4 ext recovery to "Format all partitions except sd card".
Then try to install ROM
Sent telepathically from my S4

SUCCESS
SUCCESS
FINALLY GOT IT UP AND RUNNING! THANK YOU ALL FOR GUIDING ME ESPECIALLY 'malybru' for creating the thread for sensation users.
The only fault that I was doing wrong was missing out on doing the factory reset every time i went into recovery.
Will now test phone and post screenshots soon.
Thanks to all!

Check them screenies.
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[Q] Help - Phone not loading past HTC logo

I recently bought a HTC Desire S secondhand, however when it arrived I turned it on to find that it just displays the HTC logo then a black screen. It has 4ext installed - which is what loads when try to do a factory reset.
I have no experience with installing custom ROMs but I'm pretty good at following instructions. I'm hoping that someone here will be able to tell me how to fix this!
Some more information, the boot loader menu says:
*** UNLOCKED ***
Saga PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Thank you for any help,
Tom

Read through sticky thread in General section it will get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186401
Not sure what version of 4EXT you have on your phone. Recommend you update it to a newer, if not the latest, version before you start flashing. Download recovery image file and flash via fastboot. Before installing a new ROM, choose "format all partitions except SD card' for a complete wipe.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377745
Your phone is S-on so remember to flash boot.img whenever you flash a new ROM, otherwise it would mostly fail to boot.
Try Cyanogenmod first, It's not the latest and greatest, but a good and safe ROM to get you started
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=saga