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[Q] eng s-off problem.

Hello to every one here in this forum.
I am posting here a topic about a problem I have with my new htc inspire 4G.
I had rooted my phone with success with the ace hack kit and loaded the revolution
HD rom .after one o 2 days II thought I load the radio that was given with this rom
So I went to make the phone eng s-off and I forgot to check the I have s-off.
Now the problem is I cannot get to the boot screen and when I turn on the phone it takes about half an hour to start. After that every thing is ok.trying every thing to get the stock rom back but no success. All the methods I found at this forum will fail. The phone just freezes and I have to take the battery to start it again and wait for half an hour to start.
Any help would be grateful.
Thanks.

Look for Gene Poole's s-on tool. Follow his instructions and return to stock. Then try the hack kit from attn1. You should be set then.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

You need to get a proper hboot installed. The newer Inspires have some hardware just enough different that the ENG hboot and/or the older Froyo hboot images will cause just this problem. Since you were able to install this, then you are obviously S-OFF. As such, you can install a new hboot from the booted phone (once it is finally booted) but it is tricky and involves operations that could really screw things up. Your best bet is to jump into the IRC channel and get some real-time help with this:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria

proper hboot
Hello and thanks for your replys.
I am new to these things and i did manager to root my phone with sucsess and load a new rom. The only problem is with the hboot now. How can i fix it to be ok. If i have fast boot enable the phone starts up in 5 sec. if i do not i have to wait about half an hour to start after that every thin is working ok.
What do i have to do?
Any more help would be gratfull.
And sorry for my bad english.

proper hboot
ok guys after i installed the eng s-off the phone canot boot normal any more.
any ideas to fix it or leave it like this?

VAMIAN said:
ok guys after i installed the eng s-off the phone canot boot normal any more.
any ideas to fix it or leave it like this?
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Have you tried hittng the irc link above that gene poole posted for you??????
I got your 10 char right here

You should read up on this phone in the threads. Its been stated many places that eng s-off messes with the new hboot and you dont even need it to flash a radio. Hboot does this with a pd98img without needing eng s-off. But I hope you go to the link suggested and get it fixed. Stay away from eng s-off.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

proper hboo
First i want to thank you guys for your replys i did use the Gene Poole's s-on tool
but it says no image or wrong image i tryed 3-4 times but sill the same.
any ideas about not wanting to load the PD98IMG.ZIP?

eng s-off problem
i finally did manage to to load Gene Poole's s-on tool but still the problem is there and phone is still eng s-off.

Problem fixed
I want to thank you all for all the good things and help you have here.
phone is fixed i took the battery out and after that the phone starts and boots
like new.
thanks again

What more does one have to do to fix wifi?

Here's my "little" story on how I ended up on xda forums asking for help on wifi. TL;DR is at the bottom.
I've owned the sensation for about a year now, or so it seems. Always remained stock everything. Loved it because it felt so smooth, faster than any other phone i have owned previously with Tmo. Updated every OTA update they threw at me, had no plans to root, flash roms of the sort.
UNTIL the latest ICS update, i was a little late on receiving it. I'd say its been about a few weeks since i got ICS OTA on my STOCK sensation. Downloaded it and thought WOW awesome, didn't even expect this. Everything was good until i noticed my wifi wasn't working. This really dampened my spirits as i am a HEAVY user of wifi, weather i'm at work or at home.
I then did my research and found out i wasn't the only one with this wifi problem. Of course Tmo forums had troubleshooting tips for the blind, deaf ,and armless.
"have you tried turning it off?"
"resetting it?"
Tips that you know aren't going to help. Anyways i resorted to checking out this flashing, rom, rooting, s-offing business. Got to say i spent a whole day just going from thread to thread just to be able to grasp the idea of what i was getting myself into. After countless boxes of cheez-its and hours spent on reading up on this, i conjured up enough courage to believe i was ready.
From what i read since i had updated to ics i was not able to "s-off" using the revolutionary website because i was hboot 1.27.... yada yada
so i used i believe it was called "asskickers guide for flashing roms with s-on, 1.27 hboot.
To make this long story shorter, i followed his guide to the T.
And that abled me to have root, and flashed my first rom while S-on using smartflash with 4EXT.
I even used the rom he suggested in the guide, revolutionary HD 6.7.0 4G-XE
Everything went smooth, and the rom booted up and everything.
To my discovery my wifi still wasn't working. This really had me bouncing off the wall.
Luckily in the guide it explained that wifi would be an issue, and had a small guide on how to fix it. Flashing boot.img with the matching kernal you selected in the rom. GREAT i thought. but still, that didn't work.
I don't know if i did it wrong, i really don't think i did because i follow instuctions to the T. Or so i think.
Anyways.
Did more research and found out that most S-On users had the wifi problem beacuse of the Dev unlock only unlocking certain. Sorry for my bad wording, lets not forget I'm a first timer.
Anyways after reading about that i assumed i had to go S-off now. SO i used Juopunutbear S-OFF (HBOOT 1.27.0000 with 3.32 ICS Firmware) method.
I used this method and how challenging it was with that paper clip wire trick it was to get it. I swear it took me at least 20 tries, but finally got it and succesfully got S-off to show on the white screen, bootloader i believe its called.
So after i got s-off i reinstalled the rom, whiped everything and re-flashed it.
Still no luck on wifi. So now this has me crawling at my knees begging what more could i do to fix this wifi nightmare of mine. PLEASE if anyone could help, i'd be forever thankful.
AS of right now i am...
Unlocked Dev
S-off
Hboot - 1.27.0000
Android version - 4.0.3
Htc sense - 3.6
ROM - Android Revolution HD 6.7.0 4G-XE
Kernel - 3.0.16-v1.30.2 Sebastion FM#1
Baseband version - 11.69A.3504.00P_11.23.3504.07_M2
Build number - 3.32.531.14 CL356011
TL;DR My wifi is still not working after I feel that i've done all that i can. ANY suggestions would help. Please and thanks you.
Thanks to anyone that actually reads all of this sort of rant of mine.

Question: what do you mean wifi is broken? Do you mean it doesn't turn on or it doesn't find any networks or what?
Sent from my commodore 64 running android 4.1

Hmm simple.. Solution is there.. Let's see
You have unlocked the bootloader after soff.. You should not do that.. After soff you can flash engineering hboot.. Which comes with soff method.. (juopunutbear/revolutionary) which are much much better than the unlocked hboot
Ok
Now to the point
Try the tmous ruu..
Ruu = rom update utility.. The official one of HTC
Search for pyramid shipped rom collections.. Thread in sensation development section.. And get the pyramid ics.. Ruu of tmobile
And run it...
It's an exe file so.. Just double click on it
But remember.. As you have done unlock of bootloader.. You need to re lock it first (fastboot oem lock)
Also you need to connect the phone to pc... From bootloader/fastboot ( phone reads fastboot usb after this)
Then run the ruu.. It should solve your wifi issue
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

@sy22
it does that whole "turning on wifi..." then it goes to error after a while.
@ganeshp
Thanks thanks thanks a bunch, i'll be doing this today and see if it solves my long and twisted journey. :fingers-crossed:

If that doesnt work then it could be a hardware fault. I used to have wifi issues and after flashing a whole bunch of roms and seeing it still failing to turn on, I gave up and S-ON'd my sensation and sent in to repairs and have had no problems since

IT could be hardware problems but the thing that gets me is that my wifi has always worked.
Like i said i've owned it for about a year now or so it feels, and i've never had problems with it until that OTA update to ICS.
but if all fails then i'll throw in the towel and undo all this mess and send it in i suppose.

ganeshp said:
Hmm simple.. Solution is there.. Let's see
You have unlocked the bootloader after soff.. You should not do that.. After soff you can flash engineering hboot.. Which comes with soff method.. (juopunutbear/revolutionary) which are much much better than the unlocked hboot
Ok
Now to the point
Try the tmous ruu..
Ruu = rom update utility.. The official one of HTC
Search for pyramid shipped rom collections.. Thread in sensation development section.. And get the pyramid ics.. Ruu of tmobile
And run it...
It's an exe file so.. Just double click on it
But remember.. As you have done unlock of bootloader.. You need to re lock it first (fastboot oem lock)
Also you need to connect the phone to pc... From bootloader/fastboot ( phone reads fastboot usb after this)
Then run the ruu.. It should solve your wifi issue
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
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Alrighty I did just this exactly.
Ran RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS_3.32.531.14_Radio_11.69A.3504.00U_11.23.3504.07_M2_release_256085_signed
let it complete to the last step. phone rebooted and still no wifi
i hate to be such trouble, but if anyone has anymore suggestions, i'd appreciate it.
Thanks again to anyone who reads,replies with suggestions.
Am now showing in the white screen-
***relocked***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
openADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot

Downgrade hboot

Hi.
I've rooted my phone and nlocked bootloader, but I can't make s-off.
I've tried juopunutbear several times, but I can't make wire trick correctly, due to this I can't make s-off.
ANother way, is to use Revolutionary, but to use this I need hboot 1.44.007. But my hboot is higher.
I've found the link at the forum for hboot 1.44.007 - but the link is broken.
Can someone say, where can I find hboot 1.44.007 and how to downgrade.
Tx in advance

I've been under the impression the downgrade process is not possible if you don't already have soff, I don't think anyone has come up with a way to gain super cid to allow for the downgrade.
Read up some more on the wire trick to see if you can see where you were going wrong, maybe post what you did and what didn't work (as much detail as possible) so members here can help find the issue
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

Yeah just do the wire trick. It's pretty easy.
In my case I had to launch the joupuntubear s-off app several times ( 3 I guess) and every time it was doing some different operations.

Wrong forum

The timing between touches is exactly 1.6 seconds. Keep trying. when you hit it....you will know. It was my 5th try.......

So much info im getting very confused! ruu's and s off.....

Had my HTC ONE S for a while now
When i first got it i followed all the guides to unlocking the bootload and rooting etc and ended up running viper rom, and various others along the way. You know how it is!
Anyhow i was fiddling once and some how managed to delete the sd card and it wouldnt mount.
I fixed that and im not sure if its a coincidence but i now have random call drops even with a good signal. radio randomly coming on and music apps closing...........mainly when using head phones....................
The following is what was suggested to me.................
Sneakyghost said:
Not easy. I'd say do S-OFF as the very first thing (well relatively, of course do the unlock, do the SuperCID, then...). S-OFF ensures you can just flash any RUU and no matter if locked or unlocked or on custom ROM or not.
You can also only do SuperCID and flash any RUU.
Once done, pick the 3.16 WWE RUU. Please do NOT do the OTA which is offered on that RUU if you do not have S-OFF yet as that OTA disables any chance to get S-OFF currently.
If you happen to sit in the US and are on Tmobile, check HERE for latest tmob RUU because you might want Wifi calling and such. Else, just select any you like. I recommend WWE though.
Not really hard then once you got S-OFF. The hard part is understanding S-OFF procedure. If you get that done everything else is pretty easy. There is a thread for S-OFF with a good guide.
Regarding GPS Fix from Crypted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563226 (have that open in my browser always cause its a magic little fix)
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Apparently my htc one s is a international one?
Your CID "HTC__001" Suggests you have an international one X and not a carrier locked one xl. You will need to post in the international one x forums.
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Any ideas on what i do now as i cant find a htc one s international forum?
EDIT: regarding the above, no one seemed sure and i couldnt seem to find a definitive answer so rather than messing around changing the cid and risking a brick. Some one suggested RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5_Radio_1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L_release_275655_signed.exe
as my radio is 1.06es 50.02.31 and the 2.31 works with hboot of 1.14 which mine also is....................
after all this im even more confused lol!
So currently ive relocked the bootloader using fastboot and run the above RUU and im back to stock i believe?
What would one suggest?
im on hboot 1.14.0002 and radio is 1.06es i believe.
Ideally id like to get back to viper rom
Might test for a few days if i can resist a custom rom just to check
thanks

Even I'm on hboot 1.14.. Get an S-OFF, flash a latest radio ie., 1.15. That should work.

so ifi flash s off i can run any run any ruu without risk of bricking? by changing the cid thing thanks?

Gavin01 said:
so ifi flash s off i can run any run any ruu without risk of bricking? by changing the cid thing thanks?
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Risk of bricking came from.SUPER-CID and OTA update, also downgrading h-boot.

first get supercid, then get S-off, then change cid back to original or desired one. if you have a international S4 device original cid wil do fine.
then ruu what you want, s-off simplifies flashing of ruus and roms and more things.
if you might update the device with latest jb without S-off you cant get S-off no more (as of now), you now have the option.
you can always revert back.

Right guys im still not reallty understanding all this sorry.
My phones now coming up with OTA update which i understand i shouldnt run as this then blocks all chance of getting S-Off in the future?
As i understand it my HTC one is a international one so i dont need to change the cid?
So i need to do is get S-Off and run another RUU?
Ill try and follow the guide to S-Off but even that im struggling with Can anyone tell me what RUU i should be running when i manage to get S-Off. My details are above in the first post i think>?
Thanks for your patience.

You need supercid to get soff (face palm)
Then change cid back to original HTC one. To do any otas you want.
Advice:
Before you start. look at your current software version Google the ruu from that info, save the file. When need to ever change back in the future, and then ota back to latest version.
Verstuurd van mijn One S met Tapatalk

im still scared of this super cid thing as ive read a few people have bricked their phones
Although i keep getting the annoying message that a system update is available so i must try and do something soon.
Unless i just go straight to viper

Gavin01 said:
im still scared of this super cid thing as ive read a few people have bricked their phones
Although i keep getting the annoying message that a system update is available so i must try and do something soon.
Unless i just go straight to viper
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If it's just the message you want to get rid of, just turn off automatic update checks.
HTC_One_S | S-OFF | ViperOneS_2.2.0 | Black&Blue_Inverted_Sense | Bulletproof_1.4
Inverted Sense _4+_and_5_click me

Hello
Ok .. since i see some nice gentlemen here responding to queries with patience .. I'd like to post one myself.
I obtained S-Off the very next day i got my One S .. things were running smooth on stock. Looked out for some ROMS and finally installed one. Now I want to revert to my stock ROM while maintaining S-off/root. My problem is only that i don't find this ROM stable or the kernel .. just want to revert to stock.
Will flashing 3.16 WWE RUU take me back to stock firmware and kernel?
Would really appreciate the help

[Q] Ask a Stupid (Firmware) Question

Okay....so I need to twiddle around with my trusty old HOX in order to solve the constant rebooting issues. (I also want to jump ship off of the memory-heavy Viper Venom that's on it to just straight CM or something similarly light weight)
To do that I've got to update the firmware.
And to do that... first I have to identify what bloody firmware I have so that I use the correct updating method and don't brick my one and only device.
I'm not a total noob... I've been working on a beginner/moderate level with Android for 3 years now... I can get around ADB (typos not withstanding) reasonably well, push commands, get to hboot, know fastboot and such... but I am just not finding the specific answers I need right this moment to get this work done. So if Someone can point me in the proper direction, I would be muchly appreciative.
Right Now my bootloader screen says the following
Tampered
Unlocked
Evita PVT Ship S-ON RLHboot 1.09.0000
Radio 0.20os.32.09.10_2
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
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So, who can tell me which firmware version contains Hboot1.09? Once I know that, I can start the process of SuperCID and S-OFF to make these updates. Barring that, anyone who can point me to a one-click unlock tool would be great too... the ones I find on the first few pages of the forum all recommend firmware newer than what I know is installed on here according to the above into, and I am leery to use them for risk of bricking my one and only phone.

Your current firmware is actually irrelevant, you need not worry about that at all. All you need to do is get s-off, which should be a sinch. Because you don't have SuperCID (I'm assuming from your last paragraph) you really only have one option, which is the Rumrunner method. It should work with Viper installed, if not it has a good success rate with the Kickdroid ROM.
Rumrunner S-off
Sent from my Evita

So I did have SuperCID... a readCID command demonstrated that.
and thanks to your assuaging my fears, timmaaaa, I was able to flash to 2.15 without a problem.
the problem now... is even after pushing TWRP every way I know how, I can't get into recovery, even with fastboot erase cache. ugh I feel like yanking my hair out.
but at least the phone hasn't randomly slowed down or rebooted since flashing the new firmware. (and the pesky double-reboot that made flashing it such a core in the first place is fixed too)
::edit:: gonna spend the next hour redownloading the venom ro so I can push the boot.img file, maybe that will fix things.

Did you check the md5 of the recovery download?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Did you check the md5 of the recovery download?
Sent from my Evita
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Yes I did. I also tried to install it via a few onboard solutions like goo.im. no go. it says it's been installed, fastboot insists the phone is unlocked and s-off; but it boots to the flash screen, tries to load recovery, fails, and reboots to the rom.
I am going to assume that the unlock is fubar somehow and start from scratch by installing 2.20 and using the HTC unlock, and go from there.
now if only damned downloads didn't take 5 hours on my slow rural connections... thank you isp conglomeracy.