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[Q] how to downgrade Desire S hboot 0.98.0002?

I recently bought a new Desire S which works great with me. I installed an update that upgraded my hboot from 0.98 to 0.98.0002. Now I need to s-off it using AlpharevX but it only supports 0.98. My question is: is there a way to downgrade it into 0.98? I followed another guide on the site that didn't help at all & didn't even provide the right rom. Any help

not sure but i think that u need to flash stock rom with 0.98.0000 then s-off ....maybe someone can provide hboot 0.98.0000 image

that's exactly what i've been hoping for. hope someone could do that

Extract it from a RUU or wait until I get home and upload it.
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badeaioan said:
Extract it from a RUU or wait until I get home and upload it.
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Please, I beg you upload it when you can. This would be a great favor for me. Just when excatly do will you return (so I would when to check as there is a big time difference here in Egypt ) Thanks in advance .

Here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?tiuuiuoc70k3q0j
Remember ! I will not be responsible if you brick your phone. It worked for me though.
Good luck !

ok, thanks so much but I have a very silly question. How do I flash the .img? I know its a very silly one but I'm still a bit of a noob in Android

Reboot your phone into Bootloader and then choose Fastboot.
Open a cmd window, cd into your android sdk folder and then type:
fastboot flash hboot example.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
*replace example with the name of the img.

I did what you said but when I write "fastboot flash hboot saga_hboot_0.98.img" it displays:
{sending 'hboot' (1024 kb)...
OKAY [ 0.189s]
writing 'hboot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.339s}
any idea what might be causing the signature check error?

I suggest you to flash a RUU and then S-OFF it.
Better and safer.
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ok, steps?

http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca1...0805U_38.03.02.11_M_release_177977_signed.exe
download this one and install. put ur phone on usb

u sure? i have a slow (but unlimited) net & what should i do after that, just run the installer & it will downgrade the hboot?

Exactly. It will replace everything: ROM, radio, hboot, etc.
L.E: Have you checked this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078497 ?

actually, yes. I've tried the following but it didn't work. Every time I reach step 10 it finishes but doesn't change anything. And I have another question but its out of the topic, if I flash Virtuous Unity ROM, will games & apps recognize the device as HTC Desire S & be compatible or what?

Yes, your device will be recognized as Desire S.

Ohh, that's a great relief. Thank you so much for your help up till now. Hope it works out in the end. Sadly, I won't be able to continue the process today & I'll have to continue tomorrow. Don't worry, I'll immediately post the result when I wake up & finish the process (probably I'll wake up here at about 8:30 - 9:00) & the download takes 30 min. so I'll post the result at about 11:00 - 11:30 in Romania .

Ohh thank you so MUCH. It worked!! Luckily I backed up all my things first. The most important thing is, my hboot is now 0.98.0000! Thanks a million again .

Really glad it all worked out nicely. Have a nice time testing ROMs !

Yeah, got Cyanogenmod & Virtuous Unity but liked Virtuous more. Anyway, thanks so much for all your help . As for anyone that needs to downgrade his hboot, I suggest that he downloads this program & it will do all the work: http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca1f...977_signed.exe. Not my fault if it bricked your phone or if it didn't work but it worked for me. & note that it will erase every thing on the device so back up first.

[Q] 1st time HTC Sensation user, in what order do I start customizing?

Hi guys. I've just got my brand spanking new HTC Sensation and i'm wondering what order to root/SOFF in and basically anything else as i've not done DIY rooting since my old HTC Desire a couple of years back so i'm a bit rust and confused.
I don't want to mess up and brick my phone so i'd like to know the things to do in the correct order and with the correct software/tools.
1st off i'll give the details about my device:
Phone - HTC Sensation Z710e
HBOOT - 1.27.0000
Android version - 4.0.3
HTC Sense version - 3.6
Software number - 3.32.771.13
Kernel version - 3.0.16-g159c6f3 / [email protected] build- 144 #1 / SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 3 08:37:16CST 2012
I hope that's enough info but I have more should we need it.
This is how i'm thinking of doing it but please correct me if i'm wrong:
1) S-OFF using the Juopunutbear S-OFF method.
2) Install CWM via this thread.
3) Once that's been done I can go about installing custom ROM's.
Hope that's correct.
Thanks.

hmm as you are on stock ICS
there are few different ways to have root/custom roms
1.staying SON and flashing roms (this involves HTC-DEV unolcked bootloader ..which might void your warranty ...but not a single person was denied warranty until now afaik..but there is risk still involved..as htc keeps your phone info in their data base)
to do that follow this guide to the letter
2.SOFF and flash roms
2.1. SOFF without HTC-DEV unlocked bootloader ...guide link in my signature (ohh forgot to mention HTC-DEV will completely erase your data ..once you do a unlock)
(cons ....wire trick which is required is little bit hard..but all the troubleshoot has been covered)
2.2 SOFF with HTC-DEV unlocked bootloader....guide link here
(you can skip steps #2 and #3 as you are already stock ..igf you decided to use that)
for both the SOFF procedures ..there is a good tool too ..here is the tool (it not only does soff ..but a lot of other stuff...do check it )
after gaining SOFF ..you can flash recovery ..and then ROM installation

thanks for the reply.
So basically to do everything I should just use this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668276

Buchtis said:
thanks for the reply.
So basically to do everything I should just use this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668276
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yep you can use that
and for thanks ..there is a button for that

I'm starting to lose it with this SOFF business. I've just beet at it far at least half an hour and it constantly fails with the error 66732337.
Could you link me to any ROM's that don't need SOFF please? Lost patience with this.

I've heard you have to be really precise with the wires

Haha i've literally just done it abour 20 seconds ago, tooted and SOFF! I can't get CWM to work though, i'm trying to flash it with that all-in-one job and i've donw everything it tells me to do but upon pressing the power button I get
CID incorrect!
Update fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
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Any ideas?

For the wire trick it's a matter of timing don't give up.read over instructions again regarding the timing.I know you can do it is just going to take patience. You will be glad later you s off as there is more you can do and it makes things much easier later. Hang in there and I know you will have success . Best wishes.
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All sorted now, needed to flash the 11111111 CID.
Off to try some ROM's, is there anything else I need to do before that? I've rotted it, SOFF and installed CWM. As far as I know that's it but if there's anything else please tell me.

Buchtis said:
All sorted now, needed to flash the 11111111 CID.
Off to try some ROM's, is there anything else I need to do before that? I've rotted it, SOFF and installed CWM. As far as I know that's it but if there's anything else please tell me.
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use 4EXT recovery ..its much better imho
for recovery ..you can do it via 4ext app
but for that you need root
you can use my one click root for that (soff guide link in my signature)

Damn i've just installed CWM, is there any difference between the two there than 1 having touch screen or do they have different functions? Don't really want to keep messing about if both are basically the same.

some rom installation works only on 4EXT (it will be mentioned in the thread ..like ARHD)...so its you call ..it has lot of other features too ..and completely supports backup made by cwm too

Alright, last few questions and i'll be gone!
Currently using the CM9 nightly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654409
1) How do I go about installing 4EXT with CWM already installed?
2) I've just installed CM9. When I have the ROM on my desktop, can I go into the 'app' folder and remove some of the crap I won't be using? Things like Email, Movie Studio, Terminal Emulator, DPS Manager, ROM Manager, Voice Dialer, WiFi Calling? I used to do this on my old HTC Desire and it was a trail and error process but it did not damage/brick my phone in any way, all I used to get were screen with 'this application is not responding' etc. Is this still safe to do on the HTC Sensation?
3) In CM9 Nightly, how come I can't overclock past 1.2Ghz (stock speed)?
Thanks guys.

1: if you have root, just download the app from play store
2: yes, you can
3: you need to flash a kernel supporting overclock, like bricked AOSP.
If you run into problems, let me know
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Alright, I lied about the 'final question'.
Basically i've uninstalled that 4EXT Easy Flash from here and it's replaced CWM. Works fine but i'm wondering if that's the newest version? Or could someone link me to the newest version please?

Download 4ext recovery updater free from the play store. It lets you update the recovery if u dont have newest version

Guys does anyone know the .apk name of 'Movie Studio'? Removing all the crap I won't use now and I can't find it in the app list folder.
Thanks.

I found VideoEditor.apk in system/app on CM9 RC 1

Got it, thank you very much!
Edit: I've also deleted 'Voice Dialer' and 'Update Me'. Hope that's O.K.

InfinityFTW said:
Download 4ext recovery updater free from the play store. It lets you update the recovery if u dont have newest version
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Says it costs £1.85.

[Q] Stock Sensation stuck on white HTC screen and bootloop

Thanks

spturner said:
I have also tried the HTC bootloader unlock on the HTC website, but after following the instructions exactly, it failed. I tried twice.
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when you are saying it failed what do you mean exactly?
i would suggest you to use ganeshp's guide from general section to S-OFF your device but unfortunately your device is not in working condition

I would say its time to retire your sensation... If you cannot unlock the bootloader and a factory reset does not help then I dont think there is much more that can be done.

I would say... Find the cid then based on it... Find the proper ruu and run it...
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The failure I get when trying the HTC unlocking tool is the same as a lot of people have reported

spturner said:
The failure I get when trying the HTC unlocking tool is the same as a lot of people have reported -
c:\Android>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.160s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed)
finished. total time: 0.170s
I've triple checked the process and am sure I'm doing it right.
I bought the phone on ebay a few months ago and it's been working fine up until now.
A few things about the phone however -
1. It was sent to me with a box, but the IMEI number on the phone didn't match the number on the box. I've since found that maybe this could be due to an HTC motherboard repair when it was under warranty (I understand there was a high dust under the screen failure rate on these models ?) This could also explain why the HTC unlock doesn't work ?
2. When I got the phone, I did a factory reset and the only language packs available as part of the factory reset were Asian ones, (Thai etc), but after a full reset, it operated fine in English.
3. The phone is sim-free
Unless anyone can come up with any solutions it sounds like it's time to take a sledgehammer to the thing, and also a mental note to NEVER buy HTC again. Time for the Nexus 4 I think.
Thanks
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i think that causes the failure because of different imei after motherboard's replacement
if i remember well there is somewhere a thread of what to do when htcdev fails after motherboard is being replacing
and it comes with different imei
but i don't remember where
give it a try and search it

I have none of these, as the phone is completely stock and of course I can't get into the phone to install things or change settings.

spturner said:
Thanks, yes I had already searched and found various ways to do this, but it seems most do not work, or you at least need to have other things installed and working, or USB debugging enabled.
I have none of these, as the phone is completely stock and of course I can't get into the phone to install things or change settings.
Here comes that sledgehammer ! Actually, maybe I'll just fry it in a microwave and post the video on youtube.
Goodbye HTC...you pile of junk phone manufacturer.
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Nooooooooooo... :silly:
as i said find the proper RUU ...from here and flash it
TIP: RUU can be flashed from bootloader and no adb is required ..thus usb debugging enabling is not required

For the moment, the sledgehammer is put away as it seems you guys might just get me sorted...maybe ?
Thanks

Any further assistance will be much appreciated
Thanks

ask FootBall for the non xe RUU ...

[Q] After Flashing JB Rom, Won't Boot

First: Thanks to this great forum of developers and users, I have learned a lot in a short period of time. The HTC One S is my first Android handset, and I love it. All the wonderful tutorials and threads you guys created made learning the basics of rooting/flashing easy.
This is my second HTC One S handset, the previous one died from hardware failure. The previous handset had HBoot 1.06, and so I was able to flash the TWRP recovery and use the Trickdroid 9.1.0 flawlessly. The problem comes with this new handset, and I am not sure exactly what it is to troubleshoot. The current HBoot on the phone is 1.14 (which means I can't flash radios, etc.). After unlocking the bootloader, I flashed the latest TWRP recovery (2.4.1.0). After factory resetting the phone and installing the Trickdroid 9.1.0, the phone won't boot. If I hold the power for 5-10 seconds, the keys flash, that's it. I am able to get into the bootloader using the power + volume down method, and then I have to recover my phone back to factory settings using the RUU avaliable online. I have tried redoing this process 2-3 times now, and everytime I flash the JB rom, the phone won't boot. I am not sure if having a HBoot 1.14 prevents me from upgrading from ICS --> JB, recovery, or anything else. As I said, my knowledge of Android is very limited as I am a new user. I really would like to use the JB rom that is cleaned and optimized. If anyone has any suggestions on what I can do, I would greatly appreciate it. Right now, I just did the perm root to be able to get rid of some of the bloat (T-Mobile comes with so much garbage!). Thank you so much, once again, and any troubleshooting help will be returned with big kiss! :angel:

bombina said:
First: Thanks to this great forum of developers and users, I have learned a lot in a short period of time. The HTC One S is my first Android handset, and I love it. All the wonderful tutorials and threads you guys created made learning the basics of rooting/flashing easy.
This is my second HTC One S handset, the previous one died from hardware failure. The previous handset had HBoot 1.06, and so I was able to flash the TWRP recovery and use the Trickdroid 9.1.0 flawlessly. The problem comes with this new handset, and I am not sure exactly what it is to troubleshoot. The current HBoot on the phone is 1.14 (which means I can't flash radios, etc.). After unlocking the bootloader, I flashed the latest TWRP recovery (2.4.1.0). After factory resetting the phone and installing the Trickdroid 9.1.0, the phone won't boot. If I hold the power for 5-10 seconds, the keys flash, that's it. I am able to get into the bootloader using the power + volume down method, and then I have to recover my phone back to factory settings using the RUU avaliable online. I have tried redoing this process 2-3 times now, and everytime I flash the JB rom, the phone won't boot. I am not sure if having a HBoot 1.14 prevents me from upgrading from ICS --> JB, recovery, or anything else. As I said, my knowledge of Android is very limited as I am a new user. I really would like to use the JB rom that is cleaned and optimized. If anyone has any suggestions on what I can do, I would greatly appreciate it. Right now, I just did the perm root to be able to get rid of some of the bloat (T-Mobile comes with so much garbage!). Thank you so much, once again, and any troubleshooting help will be returned with big kiss! :angel:
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Did you flash the boot.img via fastboot after flashing the rom?

rustykwak said:
Did you flash the boot.img via fastboot after flashing the rom?
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That seemed to be the problem this whole time! Argh! Thanks! In the previous phone, I always flashed it after rebooting via FlashGUI. I guess the only looming problem now is that the Wifi doesn't work on this Trickdroid ROM for my HBoot (1.14). Blah.

bombina said:
That seemed to be the problem this whole time! Argh! Thanks! In the previous phone, I always flashed it after rebooting via FlashGUI. I guess the only looming problem now is that the Wifi doesn't work on this Trickdroid ROM for my HBoot (1.14). Blah.
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theres a thread in dev section wifi partions perhaps that will help you out!

rustykwak said:
theres a thread in dev section wifi partions perhaps that will help you out!
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Unfortunatly on that hboot I dnt think we can
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siqbudz said:
Unfortunatly on that hboot I dnt think we can
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Yes, that is right. I think any HBoot higher than 1.09 (I am 1.14) will not be able to flash WiFi partitions. Any way we can make WiFi work on JB? Would upgrading the HBoot to 2.x fix this Wifi problem? I still don't know why it doesn't work though and not having Wifi is kind of a big deal.

[Q] HTC Sensation 4G keeps restarting

Out of the blue, my htc sensation 4g started restarting again & again.
I've tried to flash stock rom again using correct RUU but nothing is working. Yesterday formatted my SD card through other phone & after phone started working nice but when I switched off phone to insert SIM card, it started giving same problem.
Please advise what kind of solutions I have to restore my phone back on stock rom? I don't want to loose my investment.
S-ON
HBOOT: 1.27.0000
cid: T-MOB010
RADIO: 11.23.3504.07_M2
PROVIDER/LOCATION: TMUS T-MOB010
version-main: 3.32.531.14

Try a new battery buddy, this happened to me and I bought an anker battery and its fine now, batteries show wear after time and do need replacing , good luck
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I read a lot about people with batteries not making contact with the pins. Maybe stick in a tiny piece of paper to tighten it up?
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Thanks for the quick reply folks but don't think its battery issue as I'm able to start phone in bootloader everytime.
In bootloader, getting message "No image or wrong image"

Could it be a problem with your SIM maybe ? If your phone can stay powered in bootloader , the radio won't be powered up in bootloader, try a different SIM and see if that helps ? And the no image stuff is just where the bootloader is scanning for update and diagnostic images , nothing to worry about .
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I tried it already, this happens with/out SIM card. Started without SIM, with same SIM & with different SIM.

Ummm not too sure I can help then buddy sorry , all I can say is I had the exact same problem as you and I replaced the battery and never had any issues again , good luck in finding a solution , I hope someone can find a solution to your problem
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No worries, all kinds of help is appreciated as it's 3rd day with this problem.
What do you think about SD card? Yesterday phone started working when I've formatted my card but after next restart, it started giving same problem.

not too sure, Have you got another sdcard laying around to try ? may not help but worth a try i think, At least you can rule out faulty sdcard if it doesnt help

Flash Boot.img
Sometimes I have the same thing.
What works is to flash de boot.img of the rom again. I see u also have S-ON so I think you allready know how it works.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Good luck!

>> I see u also have S-ON so I think you allready know how it works.
No not sure what you mean? can you please elaborate.
Tried to flash boot image but got
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
Any suggestion?

hurreyy said:
>> I see u also have S-ON so I think you allready know how it works.
No not sure what you mean? can you please elaborate.
Tried to flash boot image but got
writing 'boot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
Any suggestion?
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did you unlock the bootloader in order to use the fastboot command?

No I did not & not sure how to do it. Can you please help me to go through the entire process? Any past thread on this topic or link would help.

hurreyy said:
No I did not & not sure how to do it. Can you please help me to go through the entire process? Any past thread on this topic or link would help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
step 1 is for unlocking the bootloader
i suggest you to install a custom rom and see how it goes
after unlocking bootloader follow step 2 for recovery
then from recovery
format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash
flash the rom