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[Q] Failed Cyanogen Installation -> Half-Bricked Desire S

Hello, members )
My story:
Since i never liked HTC Sense i tried to migrate to Cyanogen.
I performed the following steps:
1. Bootloader was unlocked with HTC site.
2. 4ExtRecovery installed.
3. Cyanogen "update-cm-7.1.0-DesireS-signed" was installed via 4Ext from sd card.
Now phone stucks at HTC logo. Access to bootmenu, recovery is available.
I tried to flash RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe but it ends with an error.
Phone data:
***UNLOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Any chance to recover phone functionality?
Thanx in advance.

d.vv said:
Hello, members )
My story:
Since i never liked HTC Sense i tried to migrate to Cyanogen.
I performed the following steps:
1. Bootloader was unlocked with HTC site.
2. 4ExtRecovery installed.
3. Cyanogen "update-cm-7.1.0-DesireS-signed" was installed via 4Ext from sd card.
Now phone stucks at HTC logo. Access to bootmenu, recovery is available.
I tried to flash RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe but it ends with an error.
Phone data:
***UNLOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Any chance to recover phone functionality?
Thanx in advance.
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Have you made a backup of your previous ROM? If not try one of the custom sense roms or run the ruu without attached device, don't close the first window and search for the rom.zip, copy it to another folder and delete everything in the zip file except the system.img, rename it to pg88img.zip and flash it in bootloader or flash the image itself with fastboot.
As much as I know is your problem that with htcdev the kernel isn't unlocked and cause cyanogen needs another then sense, it doesn't work.
Swyped from my Desire S

flashed pg88img.zip via bootloader. no effect, still hangs on white HTC logo screen (

d.vv said:
flashed pg88img.zip via bootloader. no effect, still hangs on white HTC logo screen (
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Have you tried a factory rest?
Swyped from my Desire S

d.vv said:
Phone data:
***UNLOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
.
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first thing you should do is to go s-off, then you can install custom roms.

Jahai said:
first thing you should do is to go s-off, then you can install custom roms.
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He's unlocked by htc dev
You can also try flashing the full package with all content from the rom.zip, but this sets also your unlocked state of the bootloader back and be sure that you use the latest version of the ruu.
Swyped from my Desire S

seems like RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30. 0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe is te latest but it ends with an error.
I have already tried a few roms, but the result is the same HTC logo screen

Tectas said:
He's unlocked by htc dev
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yes, but as he wrotes he still is s-on.

d.vv said:
Hello, members )
My story:
Since i never liked HTC Sense i tried to migrate to Cyanogen.
I performed the following steps:
1. Bootloader was unlocked with HTC site.
2. 4ExtRecovery installed.
3. Cyanogen "update-cm-7.1.0-DesireS-signed" was installed via 4Ext from sd card.
Now phone stucks at HTC logo. Access to bootmenu, recovery is available.
I tried to flash RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.5_Radio_20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_219480_signed.exe but it ends with an error.
Phone data:
***UNLOCKED***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Any chance to recover phone functionality?
Thanx in advance.
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Check out this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19071114&postcount=37
You need to manually flash the boot.img from CM 7.1 when you have the unlocked bootloader.

tpbklake said:
Check out this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19071114&postcount=37
You need to manually flash the boot.img from CM 7.1 when you have the unlocked bootloader.
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Thanx for the help )
But i dont have cyanogen anymore since i tried to flash other roms.
Shall i install CM rom via 4extrecovery and then flash boot.img in fastboot?
I am ready to get back Sense because now nothing works (

Mr tpbklake , you do the magic!!
Everything works thanx!!
So,
1. CM rom was flashed in 4EXT
2. /boot was formatted
3. fastboot flash boot boot.img was performed (boot.img from the same rom)

[q] htc sensation xe problem ?

Hi
I have a massive problem and need help please. I have a brand new htc sensation xe. I wanted to root the phone so firstly unlocked the bootloader from the htc website. I then used super one click to gain root access. Then using rom manger premium I tryed installed LeeDroid. Once installed i tryed booting the phone after the htc logo scrren the phone would resatrt. I then installed Dark Forset+sensation rom. What happened this time was the htc logo would continuosly display so i have to pull the battery out to restart the phone. ONE THING I REALISED WAS THAT MY PHONE DISPLAYS S-ON . What can i do please help ?

I suggest you follow the procedure from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300.
It helped me a lot to safely root my Sensation XE.
I use ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.0.8, its fast and easy to operate.

please help me about my phone
my device doesn't boot
| try to install rom with 4ext recovery with smart flash
my device dosn't boot
I can't s-off
please help me about that
I have install andriod reveloution hd 6.8 and super wipe
but device does't boot up
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.18.000
emms-boot
aug 2 2011,22:35:52

rafael1369 said:
please help me about my phone
my device doesn't boot
| try to install rom with 4ext recovery with smart flash
my device dosn't boot
I can't s-off
please help me about that
I have install andriod reveloution hd 6.8 and super wipe
but device does't boot up
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.18.000
emms-boot
aug 2 2011,22:35:52
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flash any rom ant flash boot.img manually.... fastboot flash boot boot.img

[Q] HTC Sensation Boot Loop after S-off

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

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

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

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

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

lackdog said:
Ok I will try that. I looked under battery on my phone it say PG58100. SInce I cant get into my phone because of the boot loop I cannot download that program you mentioned. So should I open the android-info.txt in the PG58IMG and change
modelid: PG5813000
to
modelid: PG5810000
????
and then try the update?
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If you have adv setup and can boot to bootloader
you can try installing 4ext recovery using fastboot commands.....here is link for touch recovery image
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377759
Command
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA

Just wondering if you flashed a wrong PG58IMG (ICS firmware instead of recovery).
You are on ICS firmware now but your rom is a GB I guess. This can be the reason of boot loop.
If this is the case read carefully and download the right PG58IMG (firmware 1.17 if your rom is a Gingerbread) from here.
Unfortunately all the bootloader flashable zips are named PG58IMG, but their content is different.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Q] HTC Sensation Problem - HELP PLEASE!

Hello everyone- long time reader, first time poster. I have an HTC Sensation. I know this question has been asked thousands of times, and I have read through lots of posts, and tried everything I can find, but still have an issue.
My Sensation boots to the white HTC screen, and then to the "HTC - Quietly Brilliant" screen, then keeps boot-looping. Here is what I tried:
- Unlocked bootloader @ HTCDev
- Installed CWM Recovery
- Tried and failed to do a JuopunutBear S-Off
*** (After reboot, the phone was stuck @ HTC screen) ***
- Booted into CWM recovery
- Performed Superwipe
- Installed "Stock_Rooted_TMOUS_1.29.531.2" ROM
- Rebooted into fastboot, flashed boot.img (from above mentioned ROM)
- Rebooted
Now it's stuck at the "HTC - Quietly Brilliant" screen, then keeps boot-looping.
I also:
- tried to run the HTC RUU from windows, but it failed (wrong version)
- tried to run the HTC RUU from recovery (renamed ROM.zip to PG58IMG, but it failed
- tried installing various ROM's & kernels
Phone Details:
Clockworkmod recovery v5.0.1.0
Cincinnati Bell
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC Boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
CID: HTC_017
My goal was to S-Off, Root, Unlock, and install a custom ROM. I had it rooted, but couldn't get S-Off, or use SuperCID. All I want to accomplish now is to get back to a functioning ROM. Any help would be appreciated! If someone has a different procedure, a link to a working RUU of ANY firmware that will work, or if there is something I am missing, please let me know.
Thanks!

I think your problem is the ROM you flashed is not compatible with the firmware version you have. You are only HTC Dev unlocked so you can not change your firmware version. You have Hboot 1.27.0000 so you need a ICS ROM (Android 4.0.?). Also you have to flash PG58IMG.zip files via bootloader not recovery. Last you can not Super CID because you are only HTC Dev unlocked.

Thanks for the reply! I am happy, actually ecstatic! to report I am booting again! I downloaded the firmware / ROM from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617
I superwiped, flashed ROM, flashed boot.img from ADB, and it rebooted!
Thanks for the help!

Htc sensation factory rest?

My htc sensation is dead?
It works almost good, but if i turn wifi on, it wil get stuck when i turn it on. The logo above in the display from Wifi isn't there.
And the factory reset won't continue from the start....it get stuck from the beginning, and it only shows the HTC logo and the white background.
Can i still save my Htc?

Soulbringer320 said:
My htc sensation is dead?
It works almost good, but if i turn wifi on, it wil get stuck when i turn it on. The logo above in the display from Wifi isn't there.
And the factory reset won't continue from the start....it get stuck from the beginning, and it only shows the HTC logo and the white background.
Can i still save my Htc?
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are you on S-ON/S-OFF?
locked/unlocked bootloader?
do you have a custom recovery installed?

HtxSensation XE
Android : 4.0.3
Htc Sense: 3.6
Softwarenumber: 3.33.401.154
Kernel: 3.0.16-g31a4fc7
*** UNLOCKED***
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL
Hboot-1.29.0000
RADIO-11.29A.3504.18_M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
EMMC-boot
Mar 2 2012,18:14.34

Soulbringer320 said:
HtxSensation XE
Android : 4.0.3
Htc Sense: 3.6
Softwarenumber: 3.33.401.154
Kernel: 3.0.16-g31a4fc7
*** UNLOCKED***
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL
Hboot-1.29.0000
RADIO-11.29A.3504.18_M
OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
EMMC-boot
Mar 2 2012,18:14.34
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install 4ext recovey if you haven't done it already
for 4ext format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash from 4ext
flash stock rom from recovery(link in my signature)
pick the one for xe
for 4ext see here and follow only step 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

i'm to stupid for this.
i tried it, but it said: image failed..

I mean....No Image

Connected the phone with usb, so i could use internet....downloaded .apk 4ext installed it.
And now i said....Needs Root ?

Soulbringer320 said:
Connected the phone with usb, so i could use internet....downloaded .apk 4ext installed it.
And now i said....Needs Root ?
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did you flash the 4ext recovery successfully?
by the way your device is it in working condition or not?
can you boot it in the OS?

rzr86 said:
did you flash the 4ext recovery successfully?
by the way your device is it in working condition or not?
can you boot it in the OS?
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4ext is asking for root.
Device is working, but the wifi isn't working anymore.
So i connected it with the cable to the pc for internet.

Soulbringer320 said:
4ext is asking for root.
Device is working, but the wifi isn't working anymore.
So i connected it with the cable to the pc for internet.
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you must flashing 4ext recovery from fastboot...
download this 4ext recovery.img file from here..
extract that recovery.zip file..then copied recovery.img file to the sdk\platform-tools\[this is the place of your adb.exe and fastboot.exe]
then boot your phone into bootloader and select FASTBOOT..then connect your phone to pc..until indicator in phone is "FASTBOOT-USB"
then open cmd and change source to the platform-tools folder..then run command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"..then after finish flashing recovery.. type command "fastboot reboot-bootloader"..then you can check to select RECOVERY from bootloader to go into 4ext recovery..and if success booting to 4ext recovery...you can continued flashing a custom rom that you want...done..
if you don't have SDK yet...you can read this guide in here.., and download link for sdk already in that thread too..
hope this help..