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[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.

[Q] i want to s off my sensation for the first time but stuck!

hi everyone and well done to the developers for all your work,
this my first post and my first android device , here's my situation!
i got tired off wating for offical ics update and tried to do something my self
my device is htc sensation Z710e soft 1.52.720.3 hboot 1.80.0000 gb 2.3.4 baseband ,baseband 10.56.9035.00u_10.14.9035.01_M cid was HTC__038 mid PG 5813000
i found a tread but couldn't understand it completely so was hoping for some direct advise,this is what if done so far
cid changed to HTC__001,tried revolutionary but says failed to get root
i read that i had to downgrade in order to get s off ,so i used htcdev to unlock now hboot says
"""unlocked"""
pyramid PVT ship S-ON RL
HBOOT -1.18.0000
eMMC-BOOT
auy 2 2011,22:35:52
i have managed to install clockworkmod 5.0.2.0 trough adb even if the top just says unlocked in hboot if i press recovery it load clockworkmod recovery but if i load app rom manager from market it doesn't detect clockworkmod ,if i try to install it from there it fails
sorry for the long post but im not sure what to do next ,cause i really dont wish to brick my phone
thanks to everyone in advance

Ryanfmalta said:
hi everyone and well done to the developers for all your work,
this my first post and my first android device , here's my situation!
i got tired off wating for offical ics update and tried to do something my self
my device is htc sensation Z710e soft 1.52.720.3 hboot 1.80.0000 gb 2.3.4 baseband ,baseband 10.56.9035.00u_10.14.9035.01_M cid was HTC__038 mid PG 5813000
i found a tread but couldn't understand it completely so was hoping for some direct advise,this is what if done so far
cid changed to HTC__001,tried revolutionary but says failed to get root
i read that i had to downgrade in order to get s off ,so i used htcdev to unlock now hboot says
"""unlocked"""
pyramid PVT ship S-ON RL
HBOOT -1.18.0000
eMMC-BOOT
auy 2 2011,22:35:52
i have managed to install clockworkmod 5.0.2.0 trough adb even if the top just says unlocked in hboot if i press recovery it load clockworkmod recovery but if i load app rom manager from market it doesn't detect clockworkmod ,if i try to install it from there it fails
sorry for the long post but im not sure what to do next ,cause i really dont wish to brick my phone
thanks to everyone in advance
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Use taccoroot.bin to get temp root access and then run revolutionary, u will be able to get S-off
Also dont flash the European version as it is the most buggy ICS update, my friend Krazy_abt_technology who is a recognized developer has also recommended to stay away from European update.
Just getting S-off with everything stock is fine at this time, wait for Indian ICS
....A friendly suggestion

So with the htcdev unlock i still cant flash anything since im still s on?
Any easy instructions out there to use tacoroot pls?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

what other european version???

Ryanfmalta said:
So with the htcdev unlock i still cant flash anything since im still s on?
Any easy instructions out there to use tacoroot pls?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA
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steps to s-off with taccoroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23482010&postcount=29
after this you can use revolutionary

thanks i will try when i get back home from work

im stuck at this point
c:\Android>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.bin --root
/sbin/sh: /data/local/tacoroot.bin: not found
is it because i have clockworkmod instead of stock recovery?

s-off noob question- need help

At first
Hi all
Recently I bought HTC sensation ( i'm new to android) and I was wondering if my handset is rooted an s-off or not.
When I go to hboot it looks like this
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
**locked**
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
Hboot 1.18.0000
Radio 10.14.90.35.01_m
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have android 2.3.4 GB, sense 3, firmware no. 1.50.401.1
Can any body tell me it is s-off or not?
I read somewhere that if I will have s-off and root I can instal ICS by OTA and I will still have s-off, it is true? If I will don't like sense 3.6 on stck, I want to flash custom sense 4 rom. It is posible?
If I don't have s-off
can anybody tell me exactly what to do to have s-off and root in my case
ps. sorry for my english

You are s-off. If you flash an ICS OTA you'll still have s-off, but you'll need to gain root access whether or not you currently have it.
Simplest way to check if you have root access currently is to download a terminal emulator from market, open it, enter "su", and if it shows a "#" instead of a "*" then you have root access.
If it does not then you'll need to flash a custom recovery, and then flash a superuser.zip through recovery which will install the su.apk as well as the su binaries to allow root access to applications.

in terminal I type su but it shows that I don't have premision or something
so I flashed custom recovery, it shows me that it' will be updated, after rebot i deleted it from sd and boot again but seams to be de same recovery
what to do in this case?
and wat thas mean that in boot is s-off but **locked** on pink background
thanks

You definetly S-OFF but you are locked that mean you can't install custom ROM or flash zip with not from hTC. Since you are S-OFF you have to unlock it either via htcdev.com or Revolutionary. The Revolutionary will be the good choice right now, and since you are in Gingerbread. You can follow ":[Guide] to Installing S-off, Unlocking, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on" to root and unlocked the nand. Hope this will clear your's problem.

thank for help,
I make a mistake, custom recovery installed fine to me, I just don't know where to find instal from sd card, but now i now where it is
ok If it is locked I try to unlock it by revolutionary metod
and one question - After that I must instal recovery again or it will be stil ther after revolutionary process

Because you are S-OFF already you can update to official ICS, then flash the 3.32 Unlocked firmware http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
then flash a recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=966814&stc=1&d=1332793798
and you will be ready to flash any new custom ICS roms.

OK I have in botloader now this
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
revolutionary <----- chenged from **locked**
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
Hboot 1.17.1111 <----- chenged from 1.18.0000
Radio 10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC- boot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I installed su 2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
and in terminal when i put su command I get #
so please tell me I'm s-off and root, right?

kellyq said:
OK I have in botloader now this
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
revolutionary <----- chenged from **locked**
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
Hboot 1.17.1111 <----- chenged from 1.18.0000
Radio 10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC- boot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I installed su 2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
and in terminal when i put su command I get #
so please tell me I'm s-off and root, right?
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you arw now soff and unlocked your bootloader. we cant say your os whether rooted or not. check the Superuser app in app drawer.if it is there you are rooted
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

kellyq said:
OK I have in botloader now this
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
revolutionary <----- chenged from **locked**
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
Hboot 1.17.1111 <----- chenged from 1.18.0000
Radio 10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC- boot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I installed su 2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
and in terminal when i put su command I get #
so please tell me I'm s-off and root, right?
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Yes
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

A LOT of bad information/advice in this thread...
To the OP:
Going by what you originally posted you ARE S-OFF as said but you were running the stock HTC HBOOT 1.18.0000. With this you CAN flash a custom ROM but you CANNOT use fastboot commands as the stock HBOOT has them locked out. If you were to go to Recovery and you got CWM then you can flash a new ROM/root your existing ROM with no issues whatsoever
If you went to Recovery and got a red ! on the screen then you have the stock Recovery and cannot flash a custom ROM. You would need to flash CWM via a PG58IMG.zip file
Once CWM has been flashed you can then use a custom ROM.
Going by the last HBOOT info you posted you are currently running the Revolutionary HBOOT which is the same as the HTC one but allows the use of fastboot commands.
The important thing here is you will NOT be able to run an ICS-based ROM until you update the FW to the latest 3.32 FW so until you do you're stuck with GB-based ROMs

EddyOS said:
A LOT of bad information/advice in this thread...
The important thing here is you will NOT be able to run an ICS-based ROM until you update the FW to the latest 3.32 FW so until you do you're stuck with GB-based ROMs
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SO I must update to new ICS via OTG, but... When it download and update my phone I got a strange icon with android and with "!", and it stuck, only batery pull down is working to bring it to life. What can I do with this???

Just flash that new 3.32 firmware which is needed for ics, then my given recovery, and you will be ready for ics roms.

Please help!
I make a mistake and now I have s-off but locked on 1.27 bootloader and also boot loop
Is original firmware from here bring my phone to life, I flashed before unlocked firmware, but got loop so flashed also fix for it but not work
Code:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c87a2330449af512/

So did you flash the recommended unlocked 3.32 firmware? Your hboot version should be 1.27.1100 now, is it? Now flash 4ext recovery and then choose one of many ics roms. Your old gingerbread rom will not boot with the new hboot so it is normal. Get an ics rom.

I'm stock again, phone works but how to get it unlocked again
I updated my phone via RUU to official ICS, so at the moment I have s-off but locked and bootloader ver. 1.27.0000
I want to ask If I update by RUU to oficial GB it brings older bootloader too?
How to get custom ICS now....?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24752188

Ok Finally I got all to work. Thanks to all
Sent from my Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

[Q] can't s-off to update tried htcdev doesnt work!

Hi all
I have a desire s
android 2.3
HBOOT ***unlocked***
saga pvt ship s-on rl
HBOOT 2.00.0002
I have rooted last year I think I used superoneclick and now I want to S-off to get update rom so far I have:
downloaded revolutionary=Device not supported,
HTC\dev gone through webside instructions a few times flashed the unlock code they sent cmd says succesfull but it did nothing to phone which just stayed in fastboot. (tried a few times on xp and win7)
tried running the ruu from htc but that fails saying wrong version error 155 (tried a few times for some reason it wont start on my xp but runs ok on win7)
now I am stuck, could anyone please help?
Thanks Paul

Run RUU with HBoot version of 0.98.0000 or 0.98.0002 to be able to S-OFF with Revolutionary.

pauldve said:
Hi all
I have a desire s
android 2.3
HBOOT ***unlocked***
saga pvt ship s-on rl
HBOOT 2.00.0002
I have rooted last year I think I used superoneclick and now I want to S-off to get update rom so far I have:
downloaded revolutionary=Device not supported,
HTC\dev gone through webside instructions a few times flashed the unlock code they sent cmd says succesfull but it did nothing to phone which just stayed in fastboot. (tried a few times on xp and win7)
tried running the ruu from htc but that fails saying wrong version error 155 (tried a few times for some reason it wont start on my xp but runs ok on win7)
now I am stuck, could anyone please help?
Thanks Paul
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Hi
First:
In order to use revolutionary s-off, you'd need to lower your software version number(misc_version)
1. Lock your bootloader- fastboot oem lock
2, then flash correct RUU -matching your CID
3.use revolutionary....
Second:
As you state in your bootloader screen info,
, htcdev unlock worked indeed- your bootloader is UNLOCKED-as you've said yourself-
, that's what it does...
Third:
If you wish to update-as you said-then update to what?
a) official RUU saga 4.0.4:
1.and foremost- you must lock your bootloader again in order to flash a RUU
2.if your device is branded by any mobile carrier- must create gold card
, in order to flash WWE version of the RUU
3. Certainly you flash that in fastboot
b) custom ics rom:
1. There are many to chose from- much more sofisticated than the official RUU 4.0.4 release
2. Not need to s-off realy in order to flash most of them
3. You only have to flash boot.img from the rom you're flashing,, via fastboot (again)
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
This is where it all begins
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143855
And that is where people could render some knowledge for you
Edit:
Last but not least:
Keep unlock_token from htc- in a safe place because
, if you decide to upgrade by the official RUU
, you must unlock bootloader again in order to flash any custom rom
, and you do it by that same key (unlock_token)....
When there are any troubles with connection < pc- phone > check your windows drivers

Thank you.
I was trying to flash official ics but I will go for a custom instead.
I see now where I was going wrong thanks I thought I had to unlock the Hboot by making it s-off to flash official rom of ics, thats why it was failing because its unlocked.
Thank you

My htc sensation xe orange uk freezes on htc boot logo

my htc sensation xe(pyramid le) freezez on htc boot logo.....i know this arises as a result of my s-on cos i flashed a custom rom pls how do i go about it am damn confused...cos i cant found my RUU and i found it very difficult to s-off with this status of my phone ...so guys pls...KINDLY GIVE ME THE LINK TO THE STOCK RUU OF MY PHONE OR HELP ME HOW TO GET MY HTC FIX......YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL BE APPRECIATED PLEASE,,,,PLEASE.....PLEASE....
.Here is all the information I feel is necessary:
HTC Sensation
Orange UK Branded
Software Version 1.50.61.1
Unlocked bootloader
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.18.0000
RADIO-10.14.9035.02_2
eMMC-boot
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCE....

semiworld1 said:
my htc sensation xe(pyramid le) freezez on htc boot logo.....i know this arises as a result of my s-on cos i flashed a custom rom pls how do i go about it am damn confused...cos i cant found my RUU and i found it very difficult to s-off with this status of my phone ...so guys pls...KINDLY GIVE ME THE LINK TO THE STOCK RUU OF MY PHONE OR HELP ME HOW TO GET MY HTC FIX......YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL BE APPRECIATED PLEASE,,,,PLEASE.....PLEASE....
.Here is all the information I feel is necessary:
HTC Sensation
Orange UK Branded
Software Version 1.50.61.1
Unlocked bootloader
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.18.0000
RADIO-10.14.9035.02_2
eMMC-boot
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCE....
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since you have 1.18 hboot version(gingerbread firmware) you should have done revolutionay.io method to S-OFF
http://revolutionary.io/
S-OFF in your situation is very easy
but you must have a working device
so flash this gb rom from recovery
http://d-h.st/bqL
i suggest to use 4ext recovery since you are on S-ON
before flashing the rom enable smartflash from 4ext

rzr86 said:
since you have 1.18 hboot version(gingerbread firmware) you should have done revolutionay.io method to S-OFF
http://revolutionary.io/
S-OFF in your situation is very easy
but you must have a working device
so flash this gb rom from recovery
http://d-h.st/bqL
i suggest to use 4ext recovery since you are on S-ON
before flashing the rom enable smartflash from 4ext
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I thought revolutionary can't work with sensation xe cos I only saw sensation on it...so pls to be sure can I use revolutionary method and can I flash a custom rom on s-on and it will work perfect......the rom u posted the link is does not match my phone will it work cos mine is orange uk

semiworld1 said:
I thought revolutionary can't work with sensation xe cos I only saw sensation on it...so pls to be sure can I use revolutionary method and can I flash a custom rom on s-on and it will work perfect......the rom u posted the link is does not match my phone will it work cos mine is orange uk
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it doesn't matter what was you stock rom
you can flash any rom in sensation/xe/4G devices
by the way unfortunately there in no orange uk ruu with your firmware
exists only one with a lower firmware than yours but you can't use it because you are on S-ON(S-ON devices can't downgrade)
so your options are limited

rzr86 said:
it doesn't matter what was you stock rom
you can flash any rom in sensation/xe/4G devices
by the way unfortunately there in no orange uk ruu with your firmware
exists only one with a lower firmware than yours but you can't use it because you are on S-ON(S-ON devices can't downgrade)
so your options are limited
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Thank u very much for ur support,I have tried to flash 4ext recovery via hboot cos I get freezed on htc bootloop....its given cid incorrect...and I have tried to s-off via revolutionary but can't boot to desktop...sorry for the disturb

semiworld1 said:
Thank u very much for ur support,I have tried to flash 4ext recovery via hboot cos I get freezed on htc bootloop....its given cid incorrect...and I have tried to s-off via revolutionary but can't boot to desktop...sorry for the disturb
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you can't flash any pg58img.zip(except ruu.exe) directly from bootloader
use step 2 from here on how to flash 4ext recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861