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[q] htc sensation cant boot nor install rom

hey guys im need of your help my sensation was essentially fine then i decided i wanted to root and find another rom just for better performance so i found and followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 well some down the line idk what happended but now i cant transfer big files to the phone when in recovery mode and when i try to install a new rom the whole phone will reboot i've tried everything from adb push to flashing new firmware to the phone now im stuck and out of ideas can anybody help me the phone isnt bricked cause it can still boot into recovery and i can use fast boot mode as well i dont have any rom loaded on the phone and i didnt make any back ups (yea i know very dumb of me)

What do you mean transfer big files when in recovery mode? You can only transfer files when the phone is operating normally. Are you s off?

im pretty sure i am cause i used Revolutionary to root it

Since you can access recovery:
1. Download a rom suitable for the firmware you flashed.
2. Download super wipe script from ARHD thread.
3. Place both on a freshly formatted SD card using a PC
4. Insert SD to phone and install super wipe followed by rom.
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Take out sd card and use a card reader to load a rom. Which firmware did you flash? Through bootloader? If you flashed the ics firmware bundle, which one?

tropical cactus said:
Take out sd card and use a card reader to load a rom. Which firmware did you flash? Through bootloader? If you flashed the ics firmware bundle, which one?
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i tried all 3 actually

stringer7 said:
Since you can access recovery:
1. Download a rom suitable for the firmware you flashed.
2. Download super wipe script from ARHD thread.
3. Place both on a freshly formatted SD card using a PC
4. Insert SD to phone and install super wipe followed by rom.
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I followed this and when i tried to flash the rom my phone either hanged or rebooted

SUPERSUPER23 said:
hey guys im need of your help my sensation was essentially fine then i decided i wanted to root and find another rom just for better performance so i found and followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 well some down the line idk what happended but now i cant transfer big files to the phone when in recovery mode and when i try to install a new rom the whole phone will reboot i've tried everything from adb push to flashing new firmware to the phone now im stuck and out of ideas can anybody help me the phone isnt bricked cause it can still boot into recovery and i can use fast boot mode as well i dont have any rom loaded on the phone and i didnt make any back ups (yea i know very dumb of me)
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Since problem happened after you tried to s-off and you can't flash rom by recovery, i'm pretty sure that your phone is still s-on. You can try the method as following
1. Reboot into the bootloader and check whether phone is s-on. If it's not, or rather, it's s-off, congratulation to you because it's very easy now. You just need to install a third party recovery( i never try to flash a rom by stock recovery, but i recommend to use third party recovery to flash roms) and flash any rom you want except those which need firmware. If it's still s-on, what you need to do is login htcdev and unlock the bootloader
2.Download a rom which doesn't need firmware( Because i don't know how to cope with ICS stuff and i just know something about gingerbread rom. if you want to try ICS, then ignore my reply). Download a third party recovery. Extract the boot.img inside the rom to adb folder, and so do recovery.img.
3.Connect the phone to the computer, open command line and cd into adb folder, and go to fastboot mode. Type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" to install third party recovery. Type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" to flash boot.img
4.Reboot into recovery mode. Double wipe the phone, or you can try superwipe provided by mike1986. Then install the rom you download. After installation, reboot the phone. Now your phone should be ok.
PS: adb command usually works when your phone has booted into system. Although type adb command in recovery mode and get some response from the phone, actually it doesn't make any sense.
All in all, all you need to do is :unlock the bootloader by htcdev, flash recovery and boot, wipe and flash the rom, then ok

pmbldc said:
Since problem happened after you tried to s-off and you can't flash rom by recovery, i'm pretty sure that your phone is still s-on. You can try the method as following
1. Reboot into the bootloader and check whether phone is s-on. If it's not, or rather, it's s-off, congratulation to you because it's very easy now. You just need to install a third party recovery( i never try to flash a rom by stock recovery, but i recommend to use third party recovery to flash roms) and flash any rom you want except those which need firmware. If it's still s-on, what you need to do is login htcdev and unlock the bootloader
2.Download a rom which doesn't need firmware( Because i don't know how to cope with ICS stuff and i just know something about gingerbread rom. if you want to try ICS, then ignore my reply). Download a third party recovery. Extract the boot.img inside the rom to adb folder, and so do recovery.img.
3.Connect the phone to the computer, open command line and cd into adb folder, and go to fastboot mode. Type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" to install third party recovery. Type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" to flash boot.img
4.Reboot into recovery mode. Double wipe the phone, or you can try superwipe provided by mike1986. Then install the rom you download. After installation, reboot the phone. Now your phone should be ok.
PS: adb command usually works when your phone has booted into system. Although type adb command in recovery mode and get some response from the phone, actually it doesn't make any sense.
All in all, all you need to do is :unlock the bootloader by htcdev, flash recovery and boot, wipe and flash the rom, then ok
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i followed the guide exactly and once i got here http://www.htcdev.com/images/uploads/bootloader/step13.jpg my phone wont let me select yes

You could run appropriate ruu to revert to stock and begin again. Have you done superCID via fastboot?
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stringer7 said:
You could run appropriate ruu to revert to stock and begin again. Have you done superCID via fastboot?
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Yes I have Actually

ok i went back to stock and my phone is back !!!! now i wanna root it again but....

SUPERSUPER23 said:
ok i went back to stock and my phone is back !!!! now i wanna root it again but....
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That's great! Keep the ruu you used safe in case of more problems. Now, run revo again, install su & recovery and you are done.
But backup stock in recovery before anything
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stringer7 said:
That's great! Keep the ruu you used safe in case of more problems. Now, run revo again, install su & recovery and you are done.
But backup stock in recovery before anything
Sent from my Pyramid-T
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(fingers crossed) ok will do

guys success thanx to all who have helped me

[Q] What are the signs of a Bricked phone?

My MT4GS is boot looping. I can get into the bootloader, but can't get into recovery and flashing a stock image doesn't do anything. I've unlocked the phone and achieved S-OFF using the j-bear wire trick. I've ran the phone for a few weeks after getting the s-off, so I don't think it's that. When I flash a stock image from the bootloader, the software/radio versions don't change and it still boot loops. I also have a faint red light in the notification and trackpad. I'm out of ideas. Anyone have any suggestions?

well first thing id attempt is to grab an image of a recovery and try and flash it through fastboot, image HERE
fastboot command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
if you need any further instruction on how to use fastboot you can get some info HERE
or if this dosent work or have more questions feel free to ask
its not a brick if you can get into hboot, you may have a tough time getting your phone working again but usually its doable.
good luck!

Thanks for the quick reply. I did a recovery flash through fastboot (CWM 5.0.2.7), but still couldn't get to recovery. I was able to update hboot to the jb_hboot. That allowed me to perform some more fastboot commands, such as: erase boot, recovery, system, userdata. I then tried to flashed a signed stock image, but still got stuck at boot loop and couldn't get into recovery. I might try TWRP recovery to see if it changes anything.

what all does it say on your bootloader screen now?

It says:
= Juopunut Bear =
DOUBLESHOT PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.45.1313
RADIO-11.16.3504.20_2
eMMC-boot
Nov 21 2011, 20:20:47

Well it let you write to the emmc so that's a good sign. Did it give you an error in fastboot? Or did it say completed in .9 sec or something like that?
What happens when you choose recovery from the bootloader screen? Also have you tried adb reboot-recovery?
Sent from my Desire Z using Tapatalk 2

when you say you cant get to recovery what's basically happening when you boot to recovery? Red triangle on screen? reboot loop? black screen? or what else.

demkantor said:
Well it let you write to the emmc so that's a good sign. Did it give you an error in fastboot? Or did it say completed in .9 sec or something like that?
What happens when you choose recovery from the bootloader screen? Also have you tried adb reboot-recovery?
Sent from my Desire Z using Tapatalk 2
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Riyal said:
when you say you cant get to recovery what's basically happening when you boot to recovery? Red triangle on screen? reboot loop? black screen? or what else.
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I didn't get a fastboot error when I wrote to boot, it said completed and a time. When I choose recovery, I get a boot loop. I can't connect via adb. I don't think I have the right drivers setup for adb because when I type "adb remount" it says no device found.

Drivers taken from weekendsr2shorts mirror thread
it is strange that you can get fastboot working but not adb, but maybe more digging needs to be done to solve that. but it could just be from hboot screen there is no access to adb... come to think of it that sounds normal
try erasing recovery partition and flashing again, maybe there is some corruption there that stuck around even after the last flash
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
see if any of that works

Erasing and flashing recovery still resulted in a boot loop. How can I find out if there is a corruption in flash?

Not too sure a great way of telling, maybe try reformatting recovery? On a side note what exactly were the stock image you were trying to flash? I believe there is an issue when flashing certain stock setups after the radio s-off, being the way bootloader varifies the radio, recovery, Rom, etc. Sometimes things can go awry when doing this. I don't have a ds yet (still waiting on stupid parts from China) so I haven't done a whole lot of research on this phone. Maybe someone will chime in who knows more specifically what to be looking for
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I tried to flash both "PG59IMG_Doubleshot_TMOUS_1.55.531.3_Radio_11.59.3504.00_11.16.3504.20_2_release_227956_signed" and "PG59IMG_Doubleshot_TMOUS_1.63.531.2_Radio_11.59.3504.00_11.16.3504.20_2_release_245247_signed". You think I should try a custom ROM instead? Is there one available to flash through the bootloader or fastboot? I tried to flash the signed stock image zips with fastboot, but it complained about not finding expected signature. Sorry to hear about your DS. Hope you get your parts soon.

rumi409 said:
Erasing and flashing recovery still resulted in a boot loop. How can I find out if there is a corruption in flash?
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Here's a copy of my "platform-tools" files. They've always been flawless for me. You can also take the PG59IMG file and rename it to JUST PG59IMG.zip, put it in the root directory of your SD card and reboot and see if your bootloader will load it for you.
**you'll need to get a recovery operational before you can move on to custom ROMs. Edit: UNLESS you want to use Update.zip (See demkantor's post below.....)
This IS assuming that the main files you're running thru ADB have no corruption issues though.

Well you can flash roms through fastboot,
fastboot update.zip
Just change the name of the Rom to what's needed
Maybe try to format as many partitions as you can through fastboot first?
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WeekendsR2Short said:
Here's a copy of my "platform-tools" files. They've always been flawless for me. You can also take the PG59IMG file and rename it to JUST PG59IMG.zip, put it in the root directory of your SD card and reboot and see if your bootloader will load it for you.
**you'll need to get a recovery operational before you can move on to custom ROMs. Edit: UNLESS you want to use Update.zip (See demkantor's post below.....)
This IS assuming that the main files you're running thru ADB have no corruption issues though.
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I flashed this recovery image via the bootloader and fastboot. Still no luck. Is erase and format the same thing? I've erased boot, recovery and system. I checked that they were erased by doing a Image CRC, which resulted in a 0 value. Then flashed the signed DS ROMs. It still resulted in the same, boot loop.

erasing will wipe out whats in the partition, formatting will get rid of the partition and replace it with a new one. so think of it as a super eraser sorta
fastboot format recovery
but you can also see if any of this helps but im not too sure it would
fastboot format system
fastboot fromat boot
fastboot format userdata
fastboot format cache
also you can do a fastboot oem format, never done this but my understanding is it will reformat most partitions for you, and something is nagging me about this one and i just cant remember, ill do some googleing and get back on that, although im not sure if any of this will help too much in your situation

demkantor said:
erasing will wipe out whats in the partition, formatting will get rid of the partition and replace it with a new one. so think of it as a super eraser sorta
fastboot format recovery
but you can also see if any of this helps but im not too sure it would
fastboot format system
fastboot fromat boot
fastboot format userdata
fastboot format cache
also you can do a fastboot oem format, never done this but my understanding is it will reformat most partitions for you, and something is nagging me about this one and i just cant remember, ill do some googleing and get back on that, although im not sure if any of this will help too much in your situation
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I can't seem to get any of the format commands to work. It just displays the fastboot commands and options, as if I typed something it can't understand.

Have you tried a different SD card?

mattlowry said:
Have you tried a different SD card?
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I'm not using a micro sd card. Have been flashing through the computer.

rumi409 said:
I'm not using a micro sd card. Have been flashing through the computer.
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have you tried placing the pg file on your sd card and let the bootloder load it itself?

[Q] No OS, can't get to bootloader or recovery

Hey everyone, I just went through the process of rooting my phone using the Hasoon200 tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426). Everything worked fine; I unlocked the bootloader, flashed the TWRP recovery, and installed CM10. However I couldn't get past the CM10 loading screen so I went back to recovery and wiped everything I could (cache, dalvik, system, factory restore) then rebooted. After that I can't get past the white HTC "Quietly Brilliant" splash screen. No bootloader or recovery. Hasoon2000's tool can't reach the phone to do anything. Holding Down Volume and Power buttons just reboots to the splash screen. When I plug the USB into my computer it must be recognized somehow because it connection notification sound plays but I don't see the drive. What can I do now?

Turn on, hold power 10-15 seconds, until screen goes black, let off, press n hold volume down, press power just 2-3 seconds, let off power button but continue holding vol. Down
Than select recovery
And once in bootloader check if you have hboot 1.14
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When you get back into recovery do the same wipe process than flash the Rom...if you have hboot 1.14 you have to flash the boot.img manually

Yea what box of kittens says ^^^^^^^
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33303798
(This thread might help as well.= if your 1.14 hboot) And make sure your thanks button isn't broken at least for the member above who took time to help. :thumbup:
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1

a box of kittens said:
Turn on, hold power 10-15 seconds, until screen goes black, let off, press n hold volume down, press power just 2-3 seconds, let off power button but continue holding vol. Down
Than select recovery
And once in bootloader check if you have hboot 1.14
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When you get back into recovery do the same wipe process than flash the Rom...if you have hboot 1.14 you have to flash the boot.img manually
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Thanks for the response. I'm able to reach the bootloader now, but when I select recovery it freezes once again on the white HTC splash (but this time with the HTC Dev red text below). And I do have hboot 1.14

subarudroid said:
Yea what box of kittens says ^^^^^^^
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33303798
(This thread might help as well.= if your 1.14 hboot) And make sure your thanks button isn't broken at least for the member above who took time to help. :thumbup:
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1
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Thanks [email protected] reflash your recovery so fastboot flash recovery recovery.img(whatever you have it named but has to end with .img)

Reflash your recovery image. Then try again
Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Thanks everyone, I'm back to recovery! Hopefully I can figure it out from here.

If you need anything else just post here.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

ltjska04 said:
Thanks everyone, I'm back to recovery! Hopefully I can figure it out from here.
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Easy peasy...
Flash rom,
boot into boot loader,
drop the boot.img inside your adb/fastboot folder,
Right click on you adb/fastboot folder and choose open command prompt here. The type
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Reboot that beast and enjoy the profits
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2

New to this phone and was a little overeager. I unlocked bootloader, rooted, installed TWRP and flashed CM but didn't flash the boot img before flashing CM so it boots forever, of course (I'm so dumb...)
I can get back to the bootloader where I try to flash my CM boot img but adb won't detect the device (presumably because usb debugging isn't selected since I can't boot into the rom). How can I either 1) get adb to detect so that I can flash the boot img with adb or 2) flash the boot img without adb?
Stumped. Thanks in advance for any/all that can help with this.

_atlien_ said:
New to this phone and was a little overeager. I unlocked bootloader, rooted, installed TWRP and flashed CM but didn't flash the boot img before flashing CM so it boots forever, of course (I'm so dumb...)
I can get back to the bootloader where I try to flash my CM boot img but adb won't detect the device (presumably because usb debugging isn't selected since I can't boot into the rom). How can I either 1) get adb to detect so that I can flash the boot img with adb or 2) flash the boot img without adb?
Stumped. Thanks in advance for any/all that can help with this.
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Sigh you flash boot img through fastboot

Get phone into bootloader. (White screen, 3 skating droids)- make sure it says "fastboot USB" in red
Right click on your adb/fastboot folder, choose "open command prompt here"
Type--> fastboot devices
See if anything shows up.
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

a box of kittens said:
Sigh you flash boot img through fastboot
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Hey! Thanks for replying. I'm stuck here. Fastboot flash of the boot img requires the phone to be usb detected, yes? I go to fastboot but when I type 'adb devices' I gets nothing back.
I don't think I was clear in my earlier post. I have CM and gapps flashed but it won't boot into the OS because I didn't flash the boot img first but now I can't get the phone to be detected by adb so I don't know how else to flash the boot img. Thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I realize you didn't have to.

Thanks to all! My phone rides again!

_atlien_ said:
Thanks to all! My phone rides again!
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Lol what did to do to be able to fastboot flash
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

Hey,
I was stuck too... Managed to get the recovery working but the fastboot flash boot boot.img thing is not working can anyone guide me through this?
I did try the forum ways but still isn't solving the problem...

strommer666 said:
Hey,
I was stuck too... Managed to get the recovery working but the fastboot flash boot boot.img thing is not working can anyone guide me through this?
I did try the forum ways but still isn't solving the problem...
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Drop the boot.img INSIDE of your adb/fastboot folder.
Boot into bootloader
Right click on your adb/fastboot folder. Choose "open command prompt here" type --> fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Stuck in bootloader loop
Folks, I was stuck in similar situation as well; I had missed copying the boot.img step initially and after i did a factory reset on the boot loader i got stuck in HTC logo screen with red lines warning.
I followed the directions provided on this thread and am now able to get into TWRP recovery screen. What would be the steps for me now to flash a rom onto the device again. I had flashed the ViperXL rom prior to me stupidly doing the factory reset.
Per directions on another thread, I was trying to first have the rom and boot.img loaded using the mount from TWRP. However when i do the the step of 'Mount USB storage', I get the warning that on my computer that i need to 'Format Disk drive'. Not sure why would i need to do it.
Please help!
Thanks

singh.bobby said:
Folks, I was stuck in similar situation as well; I had missed copying the boot.img step initially and after i did a factory reset on the boot loader i got stuck in HTC logo screen with red lines warning.
I followed the directions provided on this thread and am now able to get into TWRP recovery screen. What would be the steps for me now to flash a rom onto the device again. I had flashed the ViperXL rom prior to me stupidly doing the factory reset.
Per directions on another thread, I was trying to first have the rom and boot.img loaded using the mount from TWRP. However when i do the the step of 'Mount USB storage', I get the warning that on my computer that i need to 'Format Disk drive'. Not sure why would i need to do it.
Please help!
Thanks
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Doing a factory reset from the bootloader killed your SD partition. You'll need to format it as fat32 before you can access it again. You've lost everything on there.
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exad said:
Doing a factory reset from the bootloader killed your SD partition. You'll need to format it as fat32 before you can access it again. You've lost everything on there.
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
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I did the reformat for my SDCard; how do i proceed now? should i move the zip file for the rom to the sd card and try installing it ?What would be the next steps i would need to do to get back to the ViperXL rom i have downloaded; or is there a way for me to go back to the original HTC sense rom i had prior to flashing
Thanks
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exad said:
Doing a factory reset from the bootloader killed your SD partition. You'll need to format it as fat32 before you can access it again. You've lost everything on there.
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singh.bobby said:
I did the reformat for my SDCard; how do i proceed now? should i move the zip file for the rom to the sd card and try installing it ?What would be the next steps i would need to do to get back to the ViperXL rom i have downloaded; or is there a way for me to go back to the original HTC sense rom i had prior to flashing
Thanks
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I was able to flash ViperXL rom again; I placed the zip file for the rom in the TWRP folder after i mounted the device. Thereafter i was able to install the rom from the recovery. All good for now . Although all my data from Sd card got wiped :crying:

Bricked my phone trying to update to 4.2! Help!

Hello, all. I've spent the last four hours trying update my AT&T HTC One X running Android 4.1.1 to 4.2.2 and I failed hard!
First, I used the all-in-one toolkit to unlock my bootloader, flash clockwork recovery, and root the phone. The first guide I was following gave me error status 7 when I tried to flash the ROM so I wen to this guide:
update-htc-one-x-cm101-android-422-jelly-bean-custom-firmware/2/ (from team android website)
I got to the step below using the SDK I downloaded from dev.android.com and now my phone is dead! The HTC logo appears and then it goes to a black screen. Luckily, I can still reach my fastboot and clockwork recovery menu but nothing I try makes the phone boot.
Step 8 - Type the following command and press Enter.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Step 9 - Then, type the following command and press Enter.
fastboot reboot
I just want my phone back to normal please! I don't care about rooting anymore. Thank you.

zenkix said:
Hello, all. I've spent the last four hours trying update my AT&T HTC One X running Android 4.1.1 to 4.2.2 and I failed hard!
First, I used the all-in-one toolkit to unlock my bootloader, flash clockwork recovery, and root the phone. The first guide I was following gave me error status 7 when I tried to flash the ROM so I wen to this guide:
update-htc-one-x-cm101-android-422-jelly-bean-custom-firmware/2/ (from team android website)
I got to the step below using the SDK I downloaded from dev.android.com and now my phone is dead! The HTC logo appears and then it goes to a black screen. Luckily, I can still reach my fastboot and clockwork recovery menu but nothing I try makes the phone boot.
Step 8 - Type the following command and press Enter.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Step 9 - Then, type the following command and press Enter.
fastboot reboot
I just want my phone back to normal please! I don't care about rooting anymore. Thank you.
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Alright, the ROMs you've been trying to flash are for the quad core One X... please stay in this forum and you should be good to go!
Any ROMs and kernels from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1541 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726. Try to flash something from there and report back (you'll still need to flash boot.img

RollTribe said:
Alright, the ROMs you've been trying to flash are for the quad core One X... please stay in this forum and you should be good to go!
Any ROMs and kernels from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1541 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726. Try to flash something from there and report back (you'll still need to flash boot.img
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Thank you very much for your help? Could you please point me to a ROM to flash? I looked through those links and have no idea which to pick/what to do. It doesn't even have to be 4.2...I just want a working phone again. Thanks again!

zenkix said:
Thank you very much for your help? Could you please point me to a ROM to flash? I looked through those links and have no idea which to pick/what to do. It doesn't even have to be 4.2...I just want a working phone again. Thanks again!
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Well... What would you like? Completely stock? Sense with tweaks? 4.2 with minor tweaks? 4.2 with a ton of tweaks?

RollTribe said:
Well... What would you like? Completely stock? Sense with tweaks? 4.2 with minor tweaks? 4.2 with a ton of tweaks?
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4.2 with minor tweaks sounds great! Although right now I kinda just want to the stock "boot.img" to verify that my phone is still usable and not totally bricked.

zenkix said:
4.2 with minor tweaks sounds great! Although right now I kinda just want to the stock "boot.img" to verify that my phone is still usable and not totally bricked.
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Alright then CM10.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064621 and AOKP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064724 will both suit you. These have the different boot.img than stock, but just extract and fastboot flash boot boot.img and you should be good to go!

RollTribe said:
Alright then CM10.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064621 and AOKP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064724 will both suit you. These have the different boot.img than stock, but just extract and fastboot flash boot boot.img and you should be good to go!
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Quick update...I flashed boot.img of the first link (CynogenMod) and my phone got passed the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" screen! But now it seems stuck on HTC One (Beats Audio at the bottom) screen. I'll give it a few minutes...
I'm really worried that I did major damage to my phone in the bootloader and clockwork recovery menus. I literally tried every single option there trying to get my phone to boot earlier.

Oh man...it seems stuck. Maybe I should just flash the completely stock boot.img file. If that works, I will factory reset my phone just to make sure everything is back to how it was before.

Dude it sounds like you're trying to flash a cm boot.img with a Sense ROM, that ain't gonna work. You can't just extract a boot.img and flash it with a different ROM.
You need to extract the boot.img from the ROM you're about to flash, then flash that ROM, then flash the boot.img you just extracted.
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timmaaa said:
Dude it sounds like you're trying to flash a cm boot.img with a Sense ROM, that ain't gonna work. You can't just extract a boot.img and flash it with a different ROM.
You need to extract the boot.img from the ROM you're about to flash, then flash that ROM, then flash the boot.img you just extracted.
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Thanks for your help man. If what you're saying is correct, does that mean my phone is hopeless? I deleted/wiped everything using the ClocworkMod Recovery menu. When I choose "install zip from sdcard" I get "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" and when I try to mount an sdcard I get "Error mounting /sdcard". I don't think I can flash any ROMs right now unless install zip from sideload is an option (I don't know how sideloading works).

Try using TWRP recovery instead, you'll find it here:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/evita
Download it, check md5 is correct, then:
fastboot flash recovery filename.img
(Filename = exact TWRP recovery filename)
Then issue this command:
fastboot erase cache
Then:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you should be able to select recovery on your phone screen and it should boot into TWRP. Next go to mount and mount usb storage. See if it comes up in Windows, it might need to be formatted from the sounds of it. If it doesn't show up as a usable drive, format it to fat32.
Once that's done you should be able to copy a ROM to your phone to flash. So copy it over, then extract the boot.img from the copy on your pc, then put the boot.img in your fastboot folder.
Do a full wipe in recovery (cache/dalvik/factory reset/system), then install the ROM, then reboot to bootloader, make sure phone is connected by usb, make sure fastboot usb comes up on your phone screen then issue the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Make sure it's the boot.img from the ROM you just flashed. Now once that's done you should be able to reboot into the ROM.
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timmaaa said:
Try using TWRP recovery instead, you'll find it here:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/evita
Download it, check md5 is correct, then:
fastboot flash recovery filename.img
(Filename = exact TWRP recovery filename)
Then issue this command:
fastboot erase cache
Then:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you should be able to select recovery on your phone screen and it should boot into TWRP. Next go to mount and mount usb storage. See if it comes up in Windows, it might need to be formatted from the sounds of it. If it doesn't show up as a usable drive, format it to fat32.
Once that's done you should be able to copy a ROM to your phone to flash. So copy it over, then extract the boot.img from the copy on your pc, then put the boot.img in your fastboot folder.
Do a full wipe in recovery (cache/dalvik/factory reset/system), then install the ROM, then reboot to bootloader, make sure phone is connected by usb, make sure fastboot usb comes up on your phone screen then issue the following command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Make sure it's the boot.img from the ROM you just flashed. Now once that's done you should be able to reboot into the ROM.
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This sounds like a good plan. I will give it a try tomorrow after work. Thank you guys for your help!

I couldn't sleep...so I followed your steps and my phone is now alive! Thank you!
I think now I need to flash GApps, right? I have this ---> gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip
Any chance that's the wrong zip file? Do I need a special one for CM10.1?

That's the right gapps zip, it's the most recent one so yeah you're good to flash it.
And no problems, you're welcome
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Stuck at TWRP

Hi Guys
I installed TWRP on my Sensation XE. The bootloader is unlocked.
I tried to install different roms but it gets stuck on the ´Next´ button immediatly after loading the Rom in TWRP. Is that because of S-off? I didn't do that.
I cannot start my phone now.
PLease advice,
Kind Regards
Guido

guidonno said:
Hi Guys
I installed TWRP on my Sensation XE. The bootloader is unlocked.
I tried to install different roms but it gets stuck on the ´Next´ button immediatly after loading the Rom in TWRP. Is that because of S-off? I didn't do that.
I cannot start my phone now.
PLease advice,
Kind Regards
Guido
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change your recovery to 4ext
http://d-h.st/rG7
extract the recovery.img and flash it via fastboot command
the command is fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
then from 4ext format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash from 4ext(if you are on S-ON)
flash the rom
done
note: enable smartflash exactly before flashing the rom

i'll give it a try at home. Thank you!
I'll let you know.

Thank you so much! It worked really good
So happy

rzr86 said:
change your recovery to 4ext
extract the recovery.img and flash it via fastboot command
the command is fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
then from 4ext format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash from 4ext(if you are on S-ON)
flash the rom
done
note: enable smartflash exactly before flashing the rom
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I have exactly the same problem and I don't understand what to do. Please, help me

MortalPizza said:
I have exactly the same problem and I don't understand what to do. Please, help me
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boot your device to the bootloader,select fastboot and connect it to the pc
extract the recovery.img from the link above and place it in the folder where you have adb/fastboot files in your pc
open a command window from that folder and type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
then you will have 4ext recovery installed

rzr86 said:
boot your device to the bootloader,select fastboot and connect it to the pc
extract the recovery.img from the link above and place it in the folder where you have adb/fastboot files in your pc
open a command window from that folder and type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
then you will have 4ext recovery installed
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I've used OneX AIO tool to flash it, and now I have 4ext Recovery Touch and my Sensation is alive again! Thank you!

Hi guys I tried to flash ''cm-13.0-20151108-UNOFFICIAL-pyramid'' via ''TWRP-2.8.7.0-pyramid-r9-cm13'' but that failed, ever since I am stuck at the HTC logo, I tried to flash numerous older firmwares but try to factory reset/wipe I get an ''unable to format storage'' so any Rom I try fails. It was previously running older version of CM fully rooted which I have fully backed up via CWM but now cant restore is due to TWRP & CWM being incompatible.
I have tried so many ADB commands but ADB only responds when in TWRP any time else like in Fastboot I get absolutely no response at all, I have also tried to flash CWM back any way possible but have failed same with ''4EXT-Recovery-Touch-v1.0.0.5-RC5-PG58IMG''. Also tried RUU but kept on receiving 'Connection Error' even though the USB cable was connected & works fine, also tried using ''Sensation_All-In-One_Kit_v3.1'' no luck either with any of its commands.
I have attached the Bootloader screen if it can help with this boot loop.
I have never has such issues with Samsung Phones so I am a total noob with HTC phones so any help would be really great.
Any help would be really great from this amazing community!

TWRP has broken my partition table. I cannot format via parted due to the fact it now has 'overlapping partitions'. No recovery can fix this including 4ext. Completely stuck at the minute. I don't want to use a microsd card as storage when I have internal storage available. Is there anyone that can help or has had any success? I am S-OFF and bootloader UNLOCKED.
Tried stock RUU via P58..zip and get's stuck part way through (I think at system or SD)
Help! I'm sure there's someone that can fix the partition table. The format of the internal storage sd is fat32 - which I believe is where the problem started from. I don't want to let this problem defeat me although I have spent an age trying to sort it...too late to give up
Any help is highly appreciated.
Cheers

Mitster2015 said:
TWRP has broken my partition table. I cannot format via parted due to the fact it now has 'overlapping partitions'. No recovery can fix this including 4ext. Completely stuck at the minute. I don't want to use a microsd card as storage when I have internal storage available. Is there anyone that can help or has had any success? I am S-OFF and bootloader UNLOCKED.
Tried stock RUU via P58..zip and get's stuck part way through (I think at system or SD)
Help! I'm sure there's someone that can fix the partition table. The format of the internal storage sd is fat32 - which I believe is where the problem started from. I don't want to let this problem defeat me although I have spent an age trying to sort it...too late to give up
Any help is highly appreciated.
Cheers
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-sensation/help/recovering-data-mount-issues-t2859588
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MortalPizza said:
I've used OneX AIO tool to flash it, and now I have 4ext Recovery Touch and my Sensation is alive again! Thank you!
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How you did it?

markNOOB said:
How you did it?
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Yeah how did you do it? Too late for me now though as my device is S-OFF and I'm stuck in QHUSB_DLOAD bricked mode. I have tried unlimited.io's s-off etc no joy. Wonder if there is ever going to be anything that can take me out of this apart from jtag.

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How you did it?
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Mitster2015 said:
Yeah how did you do it? Too late for me now though as my device is S-OFF and I'm stuck in QHUSB_DLOAD bricked mode. I have tried unlimited.io's s-off etc no joy. Wonder if there is ever going to be anything that can take me out of this apart from jtag.
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What I've done has been, through a PC with Windows Vista (I have been unable to get anything with Windows 8 onwards ), I installed the HTC One X All In One tool, and in the part where the recoverys are located, there are three (CWM, TWRP and other), I went to the Data / Recoveries folder and I deleted the TWRP, replacing this with an image of 4EXT Recovey Touch, and putting the same name that has the recovery erased. Then I went to the tool, I installed TWRP (which was 4EXT which replaced it) and my Sensation revived. Good luck!

For me it is not loading to 4ext, after flashing it..... stuck at htc logo. if i install twrp or cwm it boots to it... any idea how to fix it?