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[Tutorial] [Discontinued] How to restore stock ROM and S-On after AlphaRevX S-Off

I am sorry to announce, but I am pulling this tutorial. Tutorial is not meant for branded phones and recently I am getting few of those asking for help!
Sorry unbranded device owners, but my intention is to have brick free world!
Have a nice day! And safe flashing.
P.s. FYI, new boot loader can be unlocked using htcdev.com and locked again using the same.
/Edzz

good to know if somthing goes wrong and must be done in warranty time

can I use your guide for my thread ? I will give you credit.. thanks.

Why not do it the easy way since you're already S-OFF?
Take the ENG HBOOT found here and put the PG88IMG.zip in the root of your SD card
Boot into the bootloader (Volume Down + POWER)
Go into FASTBOOT mode
The bootloader will automagically detect your new HBOOT and install it
After rebooting your phone you can install any RUU you want. That will bring HBOOT back to the installed original
Make sure you make a good backup up front and be carefull what RUU to flash. The newer ones will overwrite HBOOT with version 0.98.0002, which, up to this date, can't be put to S-OFF yet by Alpharevx. I recommand you install the oldest RUU version you can find. A list of original ROMS can be found here
Good luck!

@nodeffect
Feel free.
@jorgen2009
such approach won't work with Alpharev hboot. They appear to have kinda locked it by making it appear ar 6.x Hboot version. That means, that bootloader will bypass upgrade. Been there, tried that, didn't work

chiekurz said:
@nodeffect
Feel free.
@jorgen2009
such approach won't work with Alpharev hboot. They appear to have kinda locked it by making it appear ar 6.x Hboot version. That means, that bootloader will bypass upgrade. Been there, tried that, didn't work
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The original ENG HBOOT didn't work if i recall correctly. Redownload the ENG-HBOOT and you'll notice the version has changed to a number higher than Alpharev's. It DOES work now, in fact, my phone is S-ON again as we speak

Will have to try that again.

jorgen2009 said:
Why not do it the easy way since you're already S-OFF?
Take the ENG HBOOT found here and put the PG88IMG.zip in the root of your SD card
Boot into the bootloader (Volume Down + POWER)
Go into FASTBOOT mode
The bootloader will automagically detect your new HBOOT and install it
After rebooting your phone you can install any RUU you want. That will bring HBOOT back to the installed original
Make sure you make a good backup up front and be carefull what RUU to flash. The newer ones will overwrite HBOOT with version 0.98.0002, which, up to this date, can't be put to S-OFF yet by Alpharevx. I recommand you install the oldest RUU version you can find. A list of original ROMS can be found here
Good luck!
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So i downloaded 2 files:
The PG88IMG.zip and eng_hboot
what do i put on my sd card, only PG88IMG.zip or both of them?

.sh4d0w. said:
So i downloaded 2 files:
The PG88IMG.zip and eng_hboot
what do i put on my sd card, only PG88IMG.zip or both of them?
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Only the PG88IMG.zip, don't rename or extract it or it won't work, just put the file in the root of your SD card

So what is the use of Eng S-Off.rar?
And another question the RUU is an .exe?
And is this old enough RUU_Saga_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.11_M_release_177977_signed ?
Thanks.
LE: i flashed the pg88img.zip and i am still Alpharevx hboot 6.xxxxx etc (but the update was successful)
Maybe... if i flash a RUU? I just wanted to get eng s-off.. don't want to get s-on now

.sh4d0w. said:
So what is the use of Eng S-Off.rar? [/QUOTE
Look at this thread
And another question the RUU is an .exe?
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yes, it's direct from HTC and unfortunately can only be run from within Windows
And is this old enough RUU_Saga_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.11_M_release_177977_signed ?
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yes, that comes with the HBOOT 0.98.0000
Thanks.
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your welcome
LE: i flashed the pg88img.zip and i am still Alpharevx hboot 6.xxxxx etc (but the update was successful)
Maybe... if i flash a RUU? I just wanted to get eng s-off.. don't want to get s-on now
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just check again in fastboot, ENG HBOOT version has changed to 6.98.2000 iirc. After running the RUU it should be 0.98.0000 again as ENG HBOOT can be overwritten in contrast to the AlphaRevX HBOOT. If you only want ENG HBOOT don't flash the RUU obviously
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Ok i just checked.
I have like this
--- AlphaRev ---
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-3805.06.02.03_M
eMMC-boot
Mar 10 2011, 14:58:38
So nothing changed.... and i did the update like... 5 times
It asks vol + to install update
And after it's finished
Power down to reboot.
Maybe i got the wrong file? The PG88IMG.zip attached here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113820

.sh4d0w. said:
Ok i just checked.
I have like this
--- AlphaRev ---
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-3805.06.02.03_M
eMMC-boot
Mar 10 2011, 14:58:38
So nothing changed.... and i did the update like... 5 times
It asks vol + to install update
And after it's finished
Power down to reboot.
Maybe i got the wrong file? The PG88IMG.zip attached here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113820
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You can try with this modified ENG Hboot for devices with AlpharevX
Please, report if works

heavyhms said:
You can try with this modified ENG Hboot for devices with AlpharevX
Please, report if works
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Nope.... doesn't work at all. Not even loading.

.sh4d0w. said:
Nope.... doesn't work at all. Not even loading.
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Try to re-download Eng Hboot (normal and modified) after deleting browser cache. Disable antivirus software during download and transfer to microsd.
Do not download file directly with desire S browser: use a pc
You can try also with a different microsd card

.sh4d0w. said:
Nope.... doesn't work at all. Not even loading.
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Should be the right version...
BTW I changed the link in my first post here to this one. I accidently posted the wrong version

BTW...... the original eng hboot is 1 mb and this modified one is only 260 kb ???
Maybe that's why it doesn't work.
In winrar i have like this
Name__________________Size________Packed
engHBOOToverARX.img___1.048.576____262.273

Added your guide to my thread. Thanks for this one, it's very useful.
p.s. you got a typo for the title of this thread. "Tutorial", not totutial... please correct it, thanks

I did it.. using the adb comands in first page..
LE: Great! Alpharev beta site doesn't work.....stuck with stock lol ))
LE2: New alphareve+unrevoked site http://revolutionary.io/ Back to S-OFF

chiekurz said:
(Windows only? Not sure if RUU works on other platforms)
With thanks to user Murchelago for providing adb method to restore stock boot and HTC for providing RUU's here is step by step, how to return to stock after Alpharevx S-Off.
Prerequisites:
Debugging mode on
Root access
Hboot.img (attached)
RUU for stock restore. Can be downloaded here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
How to:
1. Put the hboot.img you want to flash in the root of the sdcard.
2. In cmd run the following commands (after each command press enter):
adb devices
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/backup.img
dd if=/sdcard/hboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
reboot bootloader
3. RUN Downloaded RUU
4. You are on stock again!
After running ADB commands and rebooting into bootloader, you will get security warning. This is normal, just continue with flashing RUU.
Worked for me perfectly 3 times without any issues. However issues might occur and I can not take any responsibility for them. Use this tutorial on your own responsibility
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I can confirm that you CANNOT just RUU a device. As the name implies, ROM Update Utility.
I followed everything on the first page and can confirm that I've successfully reverted back to HBOOT 0.98.0000.
AFAIK my phone was flashed with the hTC_Asia_WWE_1.31.707.2 on stock.
I tried to RUU using the oldest firmware that I can find, HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1. But it gave me the error 131 (AFAIK) customer ID error. About language and stuffs. Model ID, etc.
So I tried to RUU with the oldest hTC_Asia_WWE_1.31.707.2 (the oldest that I can find that is an ASIA one.). Then it gave me the error 140 (bootloader error). The readme doesn't have any information on this one, even on the net for HTC Saga.
So I tried to RUU with the "LATEST" hTC_Asia_WWE_1.48.707.1 that I found and everything works well. I really am not quite sure why I was not able to "downgrade", just "upgrade".
AFAIK i just updated my radio to the latest 20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M found on the hTC_Asia_WWE_1.48.707.1 when I was S-OFFed. It may have something to do with it.
Just an additional info. I'm now S-ON and on-stock hTC_Asia_WWE_1.48.707.1_20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M

where i can find original htc hboot 1.17.0011 s-off

hello
i wanna flash the original htc hboot 1.17.0011 s-off .
where i can find it ?
thanks

do you mean the ENG H-BOOT?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122053&highlight=eng+hboot

No,ENG S-OFF is 008.You can flash the original hboot 0011 from an official rom via fastboot
Sent from my greatest Sensation 4G running LeeDrOiD

I take it you keep the S-OFF doing that? I'm using the ENG S-OFF but is there really any advantage to it bar a few extra HBOOT commands?
EDIT: The HBOOT from the 1.35.401.1 RUU isn't an IMG file - can it still be flashed?
hboot_Pyramid_8x60_1.17.0011_20110602_signedbyaa.nb0

EddyOS said:
I take it you keep the S-OFF doing that? I'm using the ENG S-OFF but is there really any advantage to it bar a few extra HBOOT commands?
EDIT: The HBOOT from the 1.35.401.1 RUU isn't an IMG file - can it still be flashed?
hboot_Pyramid_8x60_1.17.0011_20110602_signedbyaa.nb0
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yes you can rename it as hboot.img and flash it via fastboot..I prefer you guys to use revolutionary,which enabled fastboot and version higher than eng(eng is the same as 1.17.0008)
Sent from my greatest Sensation 4G running LeeDrOiD

but how we know its s-off ?

pr0x2 said:
I have made this myself.
http://www.multiupload.com/UQ37K5ZGCQ
Download,rename to PG58IMG,put in root of SD,go to bootloader it will ask for update. Say yes to update, You will have 1.17.0011 after the update.
Worked for me.
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Work for me to to

PandaKiller said:
Work for me to to
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its S-OFF ?

S-OFF isn't affected by flashing an HBOOT (I don't think). I'll try it now and let you know

jerrylzy said:
yes you can rename it as hboot.img and flash it via fastboot..I prefer you guys to use revolutionary,which enabled fastboot and version higher than eng(eng is the same as 1.17.0008)
Sent from my greatest Sensation 4G running LeeDrOiD
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Only reason I used the ENG S-OFF was to get rid of the 'Revolutionary' banner at the top - like it to look OEM

now i have ship HBoot: 1.17.0011 s-off

i will try now the performance on the phone

Yeah, flashed it on mine and still S-OFF

Please share the file. Thank you.
joolz sensation

*** PLEASE DO A NANDROID BEFORE TRYING THIS ***
HBOOT 1.17.0011
http://www.multiupload.com/G842HEM3C1
1. Extract ZIP file
2. Flash via fastboot using command:
fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
3. The run:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
4. Then run:
fastboot erase cache
5. Turn phone off and then back on again

vladnosferatu said:
hello
i wanna flash the original htc hboot 1.17.0011 s-off .
where i can find it ?
thanks
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Why do you need it ? Did you have S-OFFed your Sensation?
Do you know how flash a PG85IMG.ZIP into the NAND in your Sensation?
I have a image file which included hboot ver 1.17.0011 PVT SHIP S-OFF attached below.
Are you sure you need it?
It maybe brick your phone, the risks and responsibilities all are yours when you flash your phone! This HBOOT only tested on my HTC Sensation!

There has only been one eng hboot leaked and it's .0008
Flash a stock hboot onto a phone that is radio S-OFF and it will say SHIP S-OFF. Ship is stock and S-OFF, when ENG is not written, means radio S-OFF.
On previous HTC phones you could have ENG S-OFF without radio S-OFF, and the hboot would fool the radio into thinking that the phone was S-OFF even though it wasn't radio S-OFF. It's unlikely that would work with the Sensation unless the eng hboot was signed, and the one that has leaked isn't.
Revolutionary is a special kind of hboot. It still says SHIP in the bootloader but it's custom and has some extra fastboot commands (like 'fastboot flash'), so in many ways it acts like an eng hboot. So if you run Revolutionary, you get radio S-OFF and a custom hboot. Your phone will still be S-OFF after running a RUU but you'll overwrite the Revolutionary custom hboot with a stock one.

[Q] hboot 1.23 & s-on problem

Hi,
I have sensation with hboot 1.23 s-on, unlocked with official htcdev and custom rom installed.
I can't flash any RUU, even it's original orange UK RUU, I can't s-off with revolutionary because max hboot version is 1.18 and can't unlock network!!
any ideas?
pls help...

Flash previous Firmware, see if work .

Same problem here but I am stuck on 1.20. No firmware can be flashed, neither through RUU or PG58IMG.zip. RUU flashing ends with message security failed, update failed. PG58IMG.zip simply returns to menu after parsing. Fastboot returns with "remote, not allowed".
Please help !

silverion said:
Same problem here but I am stuck on 1.20. No firmware can be flashed, neither through RUU or PG58IMG.zip. RUU flashing ends with message security failed, update failed. PG58IMG.zip simply returns to menu after parsing. Fastboot returns with "remote, not allowed".
Please help !
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When I tried an ICS rom, I flashed the 1.20 hboot and firmware. All I had to do to get rid of 1.20 hboot was flash the PG58IMG.zip of the eng hboot.
Sent from my HTC Pyramid using xda premium

tigrnaz said:
Hi,
I have sensation with hboot 1.23 s-on, unlocked with official htcdev and custom rom installed.
I can't flash any RUU, even it's original orange UK RUU, I can't s-off with revolutionary because max hboot version is 1.18 and can't unlock network!!
any ideas?
pls help...
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If you are s-on you can't flash anything. You have to wait until revolutionary updates to 1.23
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

How did you guys end up with S-On?
Were you S-On before flashing hboot 1.23 or you just flashed an old official RUU over 1.23?
---------- Post added at 02:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:09 AM ----------
ar4l said:
If you are s-on you can't flash anything. You have to wait until revolutionary updates to 1.23
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk
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Revolutionary won't S-off for 1.23 in near future...:-/

Pure stupidity for me. I usually pay more attention to what's going on. When I flashed firmware that contained HBOOT 1.20 it did flash 1.20 but got stuck in bootloader mode and did not update radio.
I followed with attempt to downgrade to 1.17 and restore S-On so I could repeat revolutionary. When it simply returned to the menu w/o any error (but in fact stayed on 1.20) I did writesecureflag 3.
So the best I did was unlock bootloader through HTCDEV. I am still however stuck at 1.20, old radio and while I can flash roms, I cannot flash radio or hboot or RUU. normally I would just wait it out but wi-fi does not work in new roms for me, prob because of old radio.

I have the same problem, and there are many people have the same problem. Hope revolutionary would support hboot 1.23. But previous revolutionary s-off the bootloader when phone is on.

silverion said:
Pure stupidity for me. I usually pay more attention to what's going on. When I flashed firmware that contained HBOOT 1.20 it did flash 1.20 but got stuck in bootloader mode and did not update radio.
I followed with attempt to downgrade to 1.17 and restore S-On so I could repeat revolutionary. When it simply returned to the menu w/o any error (but in fact stayed on 1.20) I did writesecureflag 3.
So the best I did was unlock bootloader through HTCDEV. I am still however stuck at 1.20, old radio and while I can flash roms, I cannot flash radio or hboot or RUU. normally I would just wait it out but wi-fi does not work in new roms for me, prob because of old radio.
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Well what's done is done... Wait for ICS official RUU... Probably it will flash...
Atleast thug can flash a Rom...
For wifi issue, i suggest you reset the router...I have doubts that will solve your issue..

ar4l said:
If you are s-on you can't flash anything. You have to wait until revolutionary updates to 1.23
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk
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Seems to be the only solution at this point. Based on revolutions history, how long would you say that might be?

RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.12.401.2_Radio_11.65.3504.00U_11.19.3504.29_2_test_233440
HBOOT 1.23.000 S-ON / unlock or relock ( secureflag 3) without firmware
now i have HyperSensation_v1.8_R
4ext recovery touch
Does anyone know how to upgrade or downgrade hboot?

This guide will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23222794
Sent from my Pyramid-T

i cant flash PG58IMG.ZIP with S-ON
and cant use revolutionary on 1.23.000 hboot

[email protected] said:
i cant flash PG58IMG.ZIP with S-ON
and cant use revolutionary on 1.23.000 hboot
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wait for revolutionary to get updated... thats the only way. you are stuck with your setup

[email protected] said:
i cant flash PG58IMG.ZIP with S-ON
and cant use revolutionary on 1.23.000 hboot
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Use adb as alternative to pg58img to flash recovery as per the guide.
Flashing the boot.img part of the ruu then gives you downgraded bootloader enabling you to s-off.
Sent from my Pyramid-T

1) i can use revo only for 1.18.xx or lower (i have 1.23.000)
2) with S-ON i cant change hboot
"wait for revolutionary to get updated... thats the only way. you are stuck with your setup" how long? if it ever will

[email protected] said:
1) i can use revo only for 1.18.xx or lower (i have 1.23.000)
2) with S-ON i cant change hboot
"wait for revolutionary to get updated... thats the only way. you are stuck with your setup" how long? if it ever will
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Nobody knows... Maybe you could pay a visit on the revolutionary irc channel #revolutionary on server irc.freenode.net and ask them
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA

Hi, I have same problem, hboot 1.23 and S ON. How to solve problem? Need help.....

konzul said:
Hi, I have same problem, hboot 1.23 and S ON. How to solve problem? Need help.....
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I was in the same situation, used the Juopunutbear S-OFF method and it worked. Don't forget to thank the developer.

What does new Hboot does?

is it advised to change hboot to 1.29?

mapetbg said:
is it advised to change hboot to 1.29?
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I would advise to flash a jb_hboot because juopunutbear hboot has unlocked extended fastboot commands whereas 1.29 doesnt.
As to what has changed from 1.27.x to 1.29.x well Im afraid htc doesnt release changelog so to be perfectly blunt, we dont know

Back to stock hboot question

Hi. I wanted to go back to stock.
RUU flashed, bootloader status locked, hboot 1.18.
How do I know that hboot is original and it is safe to s-on?
Best regards, Mike

sp5it said:
Hi. I wanted to go back to stock.
RUU flashed, bootloader status locked, hboot 1.44.
How do I know that hboot is original and it is safe to s-on?
Best regards, Mike
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Do you have an HTC sensation or HTC sensation XE? Because HTC sensation/XE does not have hboot of 1.44. Also, there's not really a "stock hboot". Android 2.3 (gingerbread) uses hboot version 1.18 and android 4.0+ uses 1.27 or 1.29 hboot.
Sent from my Ouya

Regular sensation.
1.18 of course
Mike

sp5it said:
Regular sensation.
1.18 of course
Mike
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Hi,
Is there any particular reason you want to s-on?

malybru said:
Hi,
Is there any particular reason you want to s-on?
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Warranty.
M

sp5it said:
Warranty.
M
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Hi,
Look HERE
S-on is fully explained.

I saw that, but after reading this I'm not sure if my hboot is signed one and it is safe to execute "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3"
I was messing with hboot a lot in the past, dunno what is flashed to the phone now.
So the question is: how to make sure that my hboot is stock one to perform s-on command?
Mike

sp5it said:
I saw that, but after reading this I'm not sure if my hboot is signed one and it is safe to execute "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3"
I was messing with hboot a lot in the past, dunno what is flashed to the phone now.
So the question is: how to make sure that my hboot is stock one to perform s-on command?
Mike
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if it says locked or relocked i think it is fine
also your hboot version is 1.18.... what?

I have LOCKED and hboot 1.18 currently.

sp5it said:
I have LOCKED and hboot 1.18 currently.
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post the full hboot version

Hboot: 1.18.0000
Radio 10.14.9035.01_M
M

sp5it said:
Hi. I wanted to go back to stock.
RUU flashed, bootloader status locked, hboot 1.18.
How do I know that hboot is original and it is safe to s-on?
Best regards, Mike
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A ruu should return you to stock hboot.
And, in case you have any doubts, the HTC unbricking project can solve brick caused by s on with incorrect hboot.
JAM THAT THANKS BUTTON.
Happy to help.

sp5it said:
Hboot: 1.18.0000
Radio 10.14.9035.01_M
M
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your hboot version is the official one
you can use the fastboot command for S-ON