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[Q] Boot Loop after ICS Rom Update

Ok so I was running the ICS version of InsertCoin 4.3.0 which I flashed via CWM. I decided to install 4ext but had not used it to flash a rom yet. Today I downloaded the NEWEST version of InsertCoin 4.3.2 and tried to install it with 4EXT, at which point I was stuck in a boot loop. (I did upgrade the firmware according to the thread) Now EVERY rom I try to flash gives me a boot loop. I noticed on my bootloaded screen it says LOCKED at the top.
WHAT IS GOING ON?!

cabrone said:
Ok so I was running the ICS version of InsertCoin 4.3.0 which I flashed via CWM. I decided to install 4ext but had not used it to flash a rom yet. Today I downloaded the NEWEST version of InsertCoin 4.3.2 and tried to install it with 4EXT, at which point I was stuck in a boot loop. (I did upgrade the firmware according to the thread) Now EVERY rom I try to flash gives me a boot loop. I noticed on my bootloaded screen it says LOCKED at the top.
WHAT IS GOING ON?!
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Hi,
Did you delete the PG58IMG.zip from your sd card after it flashed the firmware?

Probably pg58 file its says locked but just ignore that its unlocked, if it's not the pg58 try again do a full wipe with 4ext and reflash rom
Sent from my CM7 Sensation XE using xda premium

malybru said:
Hi,
Did you delete the PG58IMG.zip from your sd card after it flashed the firmware?
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I had to remove my sd card and delete it via my computer...bam worked fine after that

I have the same problem but cannot get into the recovey modus...
If i try to get into it, in first it shows a green circle and then a red marking and it stops...
A factory reset doesnt work either...First it shows it is loading data but then it starts looping again...
I had ICS RUU installed...
HBOOT 1.23.0000
This Noob is a bit stuck

maybe you have to flash new firmware 3.24?

Dave73nl said:
I have the same problem but cannot get into the recovey modus...
If i try to get into it, in first it shows a green circle and then a red marking and it stops...
A factory reset doesnt work either...First it shows it is loading data but then it starts looping again...
I had ICS RUU installed...
HBOOT 1.23.0000
This Noob is a bit stuck
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You have to flash the lastest firmware (HERE)
If you still have the bootloop, put your SD card in your pc and delete the PG58IMG (that's the firmware). Put the SD card back in your phone go to recovery mode and flash the rom.
That's how I did it.

But it looks like it has overwritten the recovery tool...?

Try to flash this, maybe this will help ;-)

what hboot do you have? 1.23? or 1.27?

The .23.
I have started it in USB boot and was able to start the RUU from my laptop and installed it again... pffff at last i got it working on the latest test release again but cannot enter de recovery tool anymore...

The .27 version...
The RUU does work now but when i try to get in the recoverymode it stops so i quess the instalation has messed up the recovery mode...

cabrone said:
I was stuck in a boot loop. (I did upgrade the firmware according to the thread)
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I had the same problem. Solved it by installing a compatible (to the new firmware) rom, like InsertCoin 4.3.2. So, the procedure is:
1. Install firmware by putting PG58IMG.zip on root of sd card
2. remove PG58IMG.zip from root of sd card (otherwise it wopnt let you get to the menu to install zip from sd)
3. install InsertCoin 4.3.2 from sd card

Me too
Hey guys,
I'm having the same problem after flashing the new firmware.
The phone shows it updated to 1.27 but it still either bootloops or stays stuck
on thye white htc screen ...
i've tried removing the pg58img.zip, 4ext wipe, restoring my back up, and flashing back to the 1.17 fw but none of it seems to work.
Am i missing a step?
At this point i'd like to just get it back to Gingerbread and my old rom.
Can any one help?
Thanks in advance...

[Q] recovery

Hi Guys,
Got a bit of a problem, got a sensation xe and tonight i did the s-off and rooted then tried to put a new rom on but it just bootlooped so went to recovery and did a restore and all was ok,
rooted it again and put the PG58IMG back on did the update then it just went as far as the beats logo and looped.
i tried to get into recovery but it wouldnt go and just kept saying no image or wrong image every time i tried, i read some similar threads to this and so eventually i took out the sd card and then got back into recovery but doing a restore didnt work,
took the sd card out and using the pc deleted the PG58IMG which i thought might be causing the problem, tried recovery and it started again but on rebooting it just bootloops again, can anybody help me?

Need to know exactly what you did at the time of flashing? What steps have you done and what ROM?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G XE with Beats Audio using xda premium

start
Ok i followed the guide on here....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 got s-off and root.
tried to super cid and couldnt get it done anyway got s-off and rooted put the PG58IMG in root updated and then took it out of root then tried to put the darkforest sensation xe ics 3.2.1 rom on, got bootloop then went to recovery and did a restore, everything was then ok.
Checked the phone and it was unrooted so did another complete backup looked to see what might be wrong and i thought i had put the wrong PG58IMG on so i went and put what i thought was the right PG58IMG on updated it and then rebooted and it went into a bootloop.
Tried to do a recovery but would not allow it it just kept running through "no image" then "wrong image" then "no image" and so on.
Tried to get into recovery but wouldnt move down so after reading a similar thread i pulled the sim and got into recovery selected the first of the two restore options and it was restoring from cwd rebooted and it started on a bootloop again going to the beats logo this time.
Thank for your help btw.

Forgot to add it was the revolution system. Thanks for any help!

highlander1v said:
Ok i followed the guide on here....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 got s-off and root.
tried to super cid and couldnt get it done anyway got s-off and rooted put the PG58IMG in root updated and then took it out of root then tried to put the darkforest sensation xe ics 3.2.1 rom on, got bootloop then went to recovery and did a restore, everything was then ok.
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To install ICS roms you need an additional step. Before installing the rom you should supercid and install the new ICS firmware. You can find the link on the second line of darkforest sensation xe ics 3.2.1.
If don't want to supercid follow the instruction here and download the firmware package for your CID (3.24, revolutionary or normal).
Install the new firmware.
Remove the PG58IMG from your sd card
Install the ICS rom.
highlander1v said:
Checked the phone and it was unrooted so did another complete backup looked to see what might be wrong and i thought i had put the wrong PG58IMG
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You don't root with PG58IMG, that's for the custom recovery. Have you installed the su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip file from the guide?

Hi, yes i have the su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip installed and have removed the PG58IMG from the sd card, but as i say the thing is just boot looping after the beats logo and i would like to find out the next steps to get things back to normal?

Thanks grandelama can you tell me my next move to get back to normal and out of bootloop?

What ROM do you currently have on your phone that doesn't boot? Stock or Darkforest or something else? I'm not sure what rom you restored from the backup... If you restored the Darkforest rom and didn't install the correct firmware as Grandelama said, it will get stuck in a bootloop. If you did install the firmware, try reinstalling the Darkforest rom.
Otherwise, to get your phone working, just do a full wipe in recovery and try to install any gingerbread based rom, for example Android Revolution HD 3.6.13 from here. It should install fine and get your phone to a working condition. Then you can try to get superCID and install the firmware if you want to use ICS roms.
If you have Clockworkmod working and are going to install custom roms anyway, you don't need to worry about installing the su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip file, since all those custom roms are already rooted.

If you have completed without errors the points 1, 2 and 3 of the guide, and you can use Clockworkmod recovery you are now ready to install any NON ICS rom like Android Revolution HD 3.6.13.
Run the superwipe script in Android revolution HD thread, install the 3.6.13 rom and you should boot up allright
If you want to use an ICS rom your missing a step (new firmware) and you need to follow the instructions I gave you in the last post.

Ok thanks guys, i'll try that and let you know how i get on.

Dr Madman i tried the dark forest rom but it wouldnt load so went into recovery and went back to the original stock gingerbread then thinking i had put the wrong 58img changed it and updated but it just bootloaded so did a cwm restore and it still bootloads.

I'm still not sure just what to do next because i'm afraid i might make things worse.
I went into recovery then to backup and restore and then restore and this time restored the second image that was there in CWM it went thru all the recovery, asked to reboot and when i did it still keeps bootlooping.
Why is CWM not getting me back to stock?
Grandelama i'm certain i did what you suggested in your first post but got bootloop after that and CWM got me back but it hasnt worked this time!
Dr Madman,, i could do a wipedata/factory rest wipe cache partition and install Android Revolution HD 3.6.13 because its on the sd card but to be honest i'm just to frightened to at the moment, basically i wanted to go to restore and have it back as stock but it wont! and now i'm not sure which way to go?

highlander1v said:
Grandelama i'm certain i did what you suggested in your first post but got bootloop after that and CWM got me back but it hasnt worked this time!
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If you did what I suggested you have installed the 3.24 firmware for ICS roms, am I right?
Can you tell which exact version did you install? Where did you download it from? The one from the Kohr-Ah thread...mike1986's version or what?
If you installed mike1986's version without Supercid first you will bootloop with both ICS and Gingerbread roms.

yes
Yes i am certain i did but not sure which one, heads all over the place with this, anyway i will check and get back to you.
Thanks.

Grandelama i think? this is the one i used......DOWNLOAD 3.24 Revolutionary: http://goo.gl/82UpA
MD5: 74e67609f67c3ad6ab94cdb89f19f2fa
Is there a way to find out for sure for you?
Thanks

Do you still have on your pc the zip package you used? If that's the case you can find the md5 of your file and with that you can know which firmware package you installed.
Maybe it's a stupid question, but can you tell me which is exactly your CID? What is the output you get with "fastboot getvar cid"? Are 100% you sure you installed exactly the firmware package for your CID?

Grandelama, firstly thanks for your help, i have a hero that i have rooted and had at least a dozen different roms on from 1.6 thru to 2.3 never had a problem but its been a while and this xe is it seems more complicated, either that or my brains going (more likely) anyway the CID is HTC--001 and the MID is pg5813001.
I will look and see what i have and let you know.
The phone i take it is not yet bricked??? so i really dont want to do anything to screw that up(unless its too late?)
I ran restore and got back to normal, should have left it at that but didnt and cant understand why it wont work this time, i thought thats what it was for.
Anyway i will get back to you with what info i have and thanks again

no, not now 100 sure!
Htc driver 3.0.0.007
v4.3.233.pub.odex.zip
revolutionary -0.4pre4
su-2.3.63-efgh-
darkforest sensation xe ics 3.2.1
PG58IMG
Android revolution hd sensation 3.6.13
This is what else i have plus i have a xe backup folder on the pc if this is of any use ?

is this what you are asking for?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=874000&stc=1&d=1327610186

highlander1v said:
Grandelama, firstly thanks for your help, i have a hero that i have rooted and had at least a dozen different roms on from 1.6 thru to 2.3 never had a problem but its been a while and this xe is it seems more complicated, either that or my brains going (more likely) anyway the CID is HTC--001 and the MID is pg5813001.
I will look and see what i have and let you know.
The phone i take it is not yet bricked??? so i really dont want to do anything to screw that up(unless its too late?)
I ran restore and got back to normal, should have left it at that but didnt and cant understand why it wont work this time, i thought thats what it was for.
Anyway i will get back to you with what info i have and thanks again
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Hi,
i had the exact same problem and yesterday i solved it. I tried to flash the latest InsertCoin ICS ROM and failed to first install the new Firmware. When i realized this, i did it but forgot to check the CID, wich was not in the FW-zip.. so.. my phone just bootlooped, came to the splashscreen the rebooted. Your phone is not bricked.
This is what i did to solve it:
First i got Super-CID wich you can read about in this thread: [Guide] to Installing S-off, Unlocking, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on .. it took me about 30 sec to get Super-CID, its very easy if you just read the text.
Then i flashed the new Firmware (3.24.401.1 RUU) that you can find here [DEV] HTC Sensation & HTC Sensation XE firmware | Partitions Info | [22.01.2012]
After that i just flashed the ROM like before and voila, it worked.
Hope it helped some.

[Q] CID incorrect! boot loop

So i was going to update to the new ICS roms and you have to flash the new firmware pg58img. So i did but as it was updating it said i had a wrong CID and it stopped there. The real problem is now my phone is boot looping and get stuck at the HTC screen. I tried wiping everything, using a super wipe script, The Restores i have, it seems like everything is restored fine.. but when i go to reboot my phone.. it stays boot looping.. i tried flashing other roms after a full wipe..nothing..stays boot looping. i just don't understand what i have to do now... all i did was try to flash that img and got that error now i cant get a rom to even boot up. Any ideas/thoughts on what the problem is?

Remove the firmware file from your ad card using a card reader on your pc.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G XE with Beats Audio using xda premium

Did you SuperCID your phone before you flashed ICS?
As far as I know this is a MUST.
If you follow this guide everything should work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300

JonathanFermin said:
So i was going to update to the new ICS roms and you have to flash the new firmware pg58img. So i did but as it was updating it said i had a wrong CID and it stopped there. The real problem is now my phone is boot looping and get stuck at the HTC screen. I tried wiping everything, using a super wipe script, The Restores i have, it seems like everything is restored fine.. but when i go to reboot my phone.. it stays boot looping.. i tried flashing other roms after a full wipe..nothing..stays boot looping. i just don't understand what i have to do now... all i did was try to flash that img and got that error now i cant get a rom to even boot up. Any ideas/thoughts on what the problem is?
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Just take out the SDcard and boot as normal then delete the PB58IMG.zip file from the SDcard using your favourite file manager.
EDIT: Eek, noticed you Superwiped, so just restore the nandroid backup you presumably made. The imortant thing is to stop the phone seeing the PG58IMG.zip file on the root of the SDcard.

At this point you will HAVE to super CID. Only takes about a minute to do and is very easy to do. All you need it ADB. After reflash new firmware and your good.

Jamison904 said:
At this point you will HAVE to super CID. Only takes about a minute to do and is very easy to do. All you need it ADB. After reflash new firmware and your good.
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Whilst I agree that SuperCID is good it's not neccessary.
Look at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767 various options.

{HELP} device is keep booting into recovey -- SOLVED --

To the Guru of this forum. After my last rom flashing my device is keeping booting into recovery :crying:. Is it briked ? If so my only hope is the unbricking project ? Thanks in advance.

What recovery are you running?
Can you use the power menu within recovery to boot into bootloader?
Also, please provide as much pertinent info as possible, ie: rom you flashed, firmware, s-off or s-on, locked or unlocked. With your description it's basically like saying, "my car makes a noise all the time. what is causing it?".

Its not bricked.If u can enter recovery
Sent from my HTC sensation

Sorry you are right:
What recovery are you running? 4Ext
Can you use the power menu within recovery to boot into bootloader? yes
The device is HTC unlocked with S-On.
Rom JBMIUI v4.1 2.8.31 R2.
HBOOT 1.27.0000
firmware 3.33.401.6
I've format everything but SD. Restored the most recent back up done today before flashing. Once it reboots HTC logo comes up once, black screen, HTC logo, 4Ext is coming up saying that smartflash it is set to update the boot partition on next system start asking if this should be removed.
I've downloaded and installed again PG58IMG *different files using bootloader
I've founded a 3.33.401.6-Unsecured-Boot.img,+Root+Busybox zip file that can be installed via recovery but it did not help.
At this point I need a bit of help to look into the right direction and I'm not sure that Unbrick_Pyramid is the right way.
Thanks again.

Try turning off smartflash and flash a 3.33 stock rom to see if it will boot.
What was your last working setup, and what were you trying to install?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

Hi. Manage to flash a stock 3.33.
It stopped to reboot straight into recovery.
Sits now on HTC logo now for about 10 mins. I plan to let him run for 1 hr and see what happens.
Was thinking to install CWM on the basis that could be a 4ext recovery issue, toughs?
GROGG88 said:
Try turning off smartflash and flash a 3.33 stock rom to see if it will boot.
What was your last working setup, and what were you trying to install?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2
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If you can install clockworkmod that may help.
Tge device isnt getting the message that it has already booted into recovery once. So something may be jacked up with 4ext.
Clockwork may bypass all that when it doesnt know what to do with that signal to run smartflash.
Worst case scenario...put a full pm58img containing a rom and recovery on the sf card and flash that through bootloader.
You should still be able to get to bootloader as the device looks for that option first.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app

Hallo. Ok installed CWM. Can please direct me to a full pm58img as you mentioned ? Thx.
Skipjacks said:
If you can install clockworkmod that may help.
Tge device isnt getting the message that it has already booted into recovery once. So something may be jacked up with 4ext.
Clockwork may bypass all that when it doesnt know what to do with that signal to run smartflash.
Worst case scenario...put a full pm58img containing a rom and recovery on the sf card and flash that through bootloader.
You should still be able to get to bootloader as the device looks for that option first.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app
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DiscreteTask said:
Hallo. Ok installed CWM. Can please direct me to a full pm58img as you mentioned ? Thx.
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And did that help? Are you able to get into recovery without errors now? If so you should be able to flash a fresh version of any ROM.
Try that first. Get any ROM. Flash it. See if it boots.
If you have successfully replaced 4EXT I will bet a fresh flash of a ROM will now boot.
Also worth a shot is replacing or upgrading the firmware, as that could be what's sending the phone into recovery on each boot (though this is less likely that 4EXT just being broken)
Flash a firmware PM58IMG like 3.32 or 3.33 and see if that helps.
But for starters, put a fresh ROM on the SD card and flash it with CWM. (BE SURE IT'S A ROM THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE 4EXT!!)
Once you've got it all fixed you can switch back to 4EXT. I have a feeling it was just the copy you were running that got botched. The software itself is solid and stable. A new copy shoudl work fine now.

CWM v5.0.2.0 was installed fine.
3.33 firmware installed once again.
Using this I've installed ROM that I already did in the past w/o luck, they all sit on the HTC logo. Is like the initial boot sequence is broken. Is boot.img part of the firmware or ROM ?
Trying to download some additional ones.
Thanks,
Skipjacks said:
And did that help? Are you able to get into recovery without errors now? If so you should be able to flash a fresh
version of any ROM.
Try that first. Get any ROM. Flash it. See if it boots.
If you have successfully replaced 4EXT I will bet a fresh flash of a ROM will now boot.
Also worth a shot is replacing or upgrading the firmware, as that could be what's sending the phone into recovery on each boot (though this is less likely that 4EXT just being broken)
Flash a firmware PM58IMG like 3.32 or 3.33 and see if that helps.
But for starters, put a fresh ROM on the SD card and flash it with CWM. (BE SURE IT'S A ROM THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE 4EXT!!)
Once you've got it all fixed you can switch back to 4EXT. I have a feeling it was just the copy you were running that got botched. The software itself is solid and stable. A new copy shoudl work fine now.
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DiscreteTask said:
CWM v5.0.2.0 was installed fine.
3.33 firmware installed once again.
Using this I've installed ROM that I already did in the past w/o luck, they all sit on the HTC logo. Is like the initial boot sequence is broken. Is boot.img part of the firmware or ROM ?
Trying to download some additional ones.
Thanks,
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The more details you give, the better the answers will be. Don't consider any detail too small.
What do you mean you installed ROM's that you had done in the past? Do you mean you are trying to restore a backup made with 4EXT?
That won't work. You need to flash a fresh version of the ROM after wiping.
Also, CWM won't install some ROM's that you may have used in the past. What ROM are you trying to install?
The HTC logo that first pops up when you hit the power button is part of the firmware.
Make sure you do a full wipe of everything but the SD card from within CWM. Get whatever's causing the problem off that way. Then flash a fresh install of a ROM from scratch.

Hi.
I did not use any backup only fresh ROMs: ARHD, Elegantia, but also stock ROMs I could find.
I've tried also some PG58IMG with ROM included.
Cheers.
Skipjacks said:
The more details you give, the better the answers will be. Don't consider any detail too small.
What do you mean you installed ROM's that you had done in the past? Do you mean you are trying to restore a backup made with 4EXT?
That won't work. You need to flash a fresh version of the ROM after wiping.
Also, CWM won't install some ROM's that you may have used in the past. What ROM are you trying to install?
The HTC logo that first pops up when you hit the power button is part of the firmware.
Make sure you do a full wipe of everything but the SD card from within CWM. Get whatever's causing the problem off that way. Then flash a fresh install of a ROM from scratch.
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Arhd and elegencia wont work with cwm. So there is your isdue. Try cm9 or 10 to see if you can boot one of those.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app

Hallo, after trying all option the following did work for me:
- re-lock bootloader via fastboot oem lock
- apply stock ROM founded in this list http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
- rebooted fine
I guess that HTC RUU had some superpower and erase and installed whatever file(s) were corrupted.
Now I'm on stock 3.6 - fw 3.33.401.106 - radio 11.76A.3504.00UU_11.24A.3504.31_M
HBOOT 1.29 - S-ON - Relocked.
Standard Recovery.
Now I'm reading how to return my device to S-OFF w/o damaging it again.
Many thanks to skipjacks & groog88 :good:
Skipjacks said:
Arhd and elegencia wont work with cwm. So there is your isdue. Try cm9 or 10 to see if you can boot one of those.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app
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[Q] Stuck at boot loader, reboots to recovery

Hi all,
I'm trying to help a friend update his Sensation to bruce2728's CM10 beta. I started from scratch on an updated-to-4.0.3 device with this phone and have done a fair amount of research. So far, I have done the following:
1.) Unlocked my boot loader via HTCDev
2.) flashed a custom recovery via fastboot - it's CWM-based 6.0.0.0. I can boot into recovery and back up the ROM and restore it
3.) Rooted with the CWM-flashable SuperSU 0.9.6 and verified root.
4.) used the JuopunutBear method to enable S-OFF. This is verified by booting to the boot loader, it says S-OFF and hboot version 1.27.1111
5.) Flashed a custom ROM
And #4 is where I run into problem.s I started with the CM10 beta mentioned above. It seems to install OK, and then I install G-apps, wipe data/cache, and reboot. I get to an htc logo and then it goes black and boots into recovery automatically. Tried wiping /system along with another wipe of data/cache and same result.
Thinking I had a bad download, I re-downloaded. Same results
Well maybe his Sensation is screwy, I wonder, so I grab the official CM9.1 release. Exact same procedure, exact same results.
So now I'm wondering, what can I do? Right now it's back to running the stock but rooted ROM. So it's not the end of the world. Just trying to figure out what I did wrong or what I can do to fix it. Should I get the official 5.0.2.0 or touch 5.8.0.9? I see both of those on the ClockworkMod ROM manager website, and I own ROM Manager Premium, so I can do all that if need be. Thanks in advance.

You might want to try 4ext recovery it is probably the most used recovery for the sensation. Then wipe every thing except sd . Then flash the ROM then gapps. But make sure you have a working nandroid first.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app

I do have a working Nandroid. I'll check into 4EXT, as well. Thanks for the assist.

Will you think less of me if I pay $2.82 for the automated installer? :lol:
No, I'm not going that route, just wondering.
edit 10:01pm Central - that did it. Booted into bruce2728's CM10 beta. Sweet!