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Lately I have some problems with installing the latest firmwares for the Sensation. Both 3.24 as 3.30 firmwares cause a bootloop, but the 3.12 firmware is just working fine.
My flashing procedure:
1. Super wipe
2. Install Firmware
3. Super wipe
4. Install ROM
5. Wipe dalvik + cache
6. Fix Permissions
This all causes a bootloop. Also tried to install the ROM first and then the firmware. (without super wipe in between of course)
Things I've tried
- My cid was HTC__E11 and changed it to 11111111 (and back again now)
- Tried booting without sd-card and without sim-card
- Making a PG58IMG.zip with an old HBOOT
-Tried both Mike1986.'s firmware as the noob friendly from Kohr-Ah
More people having these probs and do any of you have new ideas?
The only thing that can in my mind, was to stick with the 3.12 roms untill the official release comes form HTC. Unroot etc to get the official update and check if my phone will work. If not, send it to HTC Repair centre.
Which ROM are you trying to install? You try updating firmware to latest 3.30 and install latest Insertcoin, works for me.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using Tapatalk
all you have to do is:
download the 3.30 fw
put the PG58IMG in your sd card root folder
go into hboot screen and flash it (you have to be superCID) reboot+vol down
now delete PG58IMG from your sd card and reboot in recovery
wipe all and flash your rom
enjoy
If you had bootloop eariler with V3.24 firmware , you will still have bootloop with V3.30 firmware as the HBOOT is same in both v3.30 and V3.24 .
Stick to V3.12 till HTC release a newer HBOOT in near future . Till now there is no logical reason why it is happening with a very few users.
I've had the same problem all day with this. I flashed the recommended 3.3.0 f/w this morning and couldn't for the life of my work out why i was getting bootloops.
Luckily I came across this by chance, saved hours of tearing my hair out thanks
matt95 said:
all you have to do is:
download the 3.30 fw
put the PG58IMG in your sd card root folder
go into hboot screen and flash it (you have to be superCID) reboot+vol down
now delete PG58IMG from your sd card and reboot in recovery
wipe all and flash your rom
enjoy
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I've followed these steps and still gets me a bootloop as I mentioned in the starting post.
Sigg1996 said:
Which ROM are you trying to install? You try updating firmware to latest 3.30 and install latest Insertcoin, works for me.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using Tapatalk
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I've tried, ARHD, InsertCoin, HyperNonSense, Open Sensation CM9, Virtuos Inquisition. It's not the Rom that's causing the bootloop. It's the firmware that's causing it.. Most roms do work with he 3.12 firmware.
Think I'll stick to musarraf172 his advice and stay on 3.12 till a new hboot comes out. Or maybe if someone else finds a solution for this.
FINALLY a post that I can reply on (forum rules I'm new @ develpers section)
I have the same problem as you I get bootloop with 3.24 and 3.30
3.12 runs fine, my question is, can I install mike's new ROM 6.3.0 XE
with the 3.12 or will I screw up my phone (I really don't know much about this sorry if it's a stupid question )
P.S: the 3.12 fw bootloader says LOCKED on it, doesn't let me to flash radio, so I'm currently stuck with a piece of metal, any help?
thanks
avishai445 said:
FINALLY a post that I can reply on (forum rules I'm new @ develpers section)
I have the same problem as you I get bootloop with 3.24 and 3.30
3.12 runs fine, my question is, can I install mike's new ROM 6.3.0 XE
with the 3.12 or will I screw up my phone (I really don't know much about this sorry if it's a stupid question )
P.S: the 3.12 fw bootloader says LOCKED on it, doesn't let me to flash radio, so I'm currently stuck with a piece of metal, any help?
thanks
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no you can't...you need at least 3.24 fw
where can I get some other firmware (unlocked one) which will work with mike's rom Android Revolution 3.6.13 (and the radio on his post)
on his post it sayd "thanks to HTC for base firmware" where can I get that?
Thanks
matt95 said:
no you can't...you need at least 3.24 fw
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You might be wrong here.
@ guy asking question. Just install the rom with 3.12 fw, as mussy said, there are a few people that get bootloops with latest fw but run ok on 3.12. Also, you can always take 3.30 fw, remove hboot.img from it, and just update radio and other partitions but leave hboot intact. That might work.
Sent throught the wormhole from my CoinInserted Sensation OG.
avishai445 said:
FINALLY a post that I can reply on (forum rules I'm new @ develpers section)
I have the same problem as you I get bootloop with 3.24 and 3.30
3.12 runs fine, my question is, can I install mike's new ROM 6.3.0 XE
with the 3.12 or will I screw up my phone (I really don't know much about this sorry if it's a stupid question )
P.S: the 3.12 fw bootloader says LOCKED on it, doesn't let me to flash radio, so I'm currently stuck with a piece of metal, any help?
thanks
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You can run ARHD 6.3.0 with V3.12 firmware. Some users already confirmed this.
Locked HBOOT does not allow to flash radio, splash via fastboot. But You can easily flash radio, splash etc by PG58IMG.zip method.
bootloop fix?
Hey again,
just figured out why I got the bootloops with the 3.30 and 3.24
The reason is very simple : I tried to flash them without flashing to the new ROM
The old ROM I had just happened to work with the 3.12 but with the 3.24/3.30 it went to the bootloops.
Here's the guide that helped me with this issue (now I have the 3.30 and the 6.3.0XE ARHD ROM) :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
Thanks to erraggy for giving me this link to the great guide
P.S : If you have some cooked UOT file you made with SystemUI.apk & framework-res.apk , DO NOT flash them after flashing the ROM , your phone will be stuck @ the first boot for hours. I know it sounds stupid, but hey, I'm new at this and if it helps others do be it
btw, great ROM
avishai445 said:
Hey again,
just figured out why I got the bootloops with the 3.30 and 3.24
The reason is very simple : I tried to flash them without flashing to the new ROM
The old ROM I had just happened to work with the 3.12 but with the 3.24/3.30 it went to the bootloops.
Here's the guide that helped me with this issue (now I have the 3.30 and the 6.3.0XE ARHD ROM) :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
Thanks to erraggy for giving me this link to the great guide
P.S : If you have some cooked UOT file you made with SystemUI.apk & framework-res.apk , DO NOT flash them after flashing the ROM , your phone will be stuck @ the first boot for hours. I know it sounds stupid, but hey, I'm new at this and if it helps others do be it
btw, great ROM
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Glad to see that you have figured it out.
avishai445 said:
Hey again,
just figured out why I got the bootloops with the 3.30 and 3.24
The reason is very simple : I tried to flash them without flashing to the new ROM
The old ROM I had just happened to work with the 3.12 but with the 3.24/3.30 it went to the bootloops.
Here's the guide that helped me with this issue (now I have the 3.30 and the 6.3.0XE ARHD ROM) :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
Thanks to erraggy for giving me this link to the great guide
P.S : If you have some cooked UOT file you made with SystemUI.apk & framework-res.apk , DO NOT flash them after flashing the ROM , your phone will be stuck @ the first boot for hours. I know it sounds stupid, but hey, I'm new at this and if it helps others do be it
btw, great ROM
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I tried doing this and still cant upgrade to 3.24 or 3.30 fw. I did super wipe, flashed fw 3.30 and then flashed ROM but still get boot loops. I think some phones cant upgrade?
I have T-mobile US and i did try the user friendly fw 3.30 also.
tone602 said:
I tried doing this and still cant upgrade to 3.24 or 3.30 fw. I did super wipe, flashed fw 3.30 and then flashed ROM but still get boot loops. I think some phones cant upgrade?
I have T-mobile US and i did try the user friendly fw 3.30 also.
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Did V3.24 work on your phone ? If not , then V3.30 will also not work. You can flash v3.12 and install ARHD 6.3.0 . They will work together. If you still want to flash V3.30 , then replace the HBOOT 1.27.1100 in V3.30 with the HBOOT in V3.12.
musarraf172 said:
Did V3.24 work on your phone ? If not , then V3.30 will also not work. You can flash v3.12 and install ARHD 6.3.0 . They will work together. If you still want to flash V3.30 , then replace the HBOOT 1.27.1100 in V3.30 with the HBOOT in V3.12.
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Fw 3.24 didn't work for me either. I am currently using the 3.30 file with the hboot from 3.12 on Elegancia Rom. Its just strange that there are a few phones that can't boot with the 1.27 bootloader.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
I have just installed the official update from the xda topic here.
Currently Im on Hboot 1.27 and the stock rom is booting up without any problems!
No more bootloopts with Hboot 1.27 !
I'm gonna root my phone again and put back my image on OpenSensation/ CM9.
Hopefully it's finally solved ! I'll keep you guys updated
Floris-k said:
I have just installed the official update from the xda topic here.
Currently Im on Hboot 1.27 and the stock rom is booting up without any problems!
No more bootloopts with Hboot 1.27 !
I'm gonna root my phone again and put back my image on OpenSensation/ CM9.
Hopefully it's finally solved ! I'll keep you guys updated
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Thats great. The official untouched HBOOT 1.27 solved the issue.
Just curious . Does it show "locked" in bootloader screen ??
If so that menas the fastboot extended commands are disabled.
Just check it.
Ok, I'm done now. After installing the stock rom I just installed superuser and recovery again. Afterwards I restored my Nandroid backup and it's up and running.
Bootloader shows me:
***** Unlocked *****
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
Hboot- 1.27.0000
Radio-11.22.3504.07_M
Another problem solved !
Floris-k said:
Ok, I'm done now. After installing the stock rom I just installed superuser and recovery again. Afterwards I restored my Nandroid backup and it's up and running.
Bootloader shows me:
***** Unlocked *****
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
Hboot- 1.27.0000
Radio-11.22.3504.07_M
Another problem solved !
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sounds good.
Can you test the following command to flash a new splash .
fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img
You can download some beautiful splash from here. Open the flashable zip and find the splash1.img inside the etc folder.
So, i had before inquisition 3.0.0 with 3.12 firmware or something like that, and all worked well. I tought its time for an upgrade so i took the new 3.32 firmware, installed it ,wiped everything, then i tried installing inquisition 4.0 via 4EXT Recovery and the ROM just keeps bootlooping between bootanimation and htc logo.
Any help?
The firmware is HTC PART 1 , as my CID is HTC__044 from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
HBOOT 1.27.1100
RADIO 11.22.3504.07_M
JAN 13 2012
ANY HELP please? I REALLY NEED THE PHONE FUNCTION!
Check the MD5 tags for both the firmware and VI4.0 downloads, do a superwipe and flash the ROM first, then the firmware - don't try to boot the ROM until the firmware is loaded.
Delete the firmware file immediately after.
I would also super CID if I were you.
MD5 tags the same, superwiped and flashed the rom after installin the firmware.
LE: Should i try installing HyperNonSense?
In that case I would suggest flashing the stock ICS release to check all is well, VI4.0 has an overclocked kernel which might be your problem.
Also, try reflashing the firmware to eliminate any update error.
As i read on noob guides on firmwares i found out that very few users cant boot the os correctly with HBOOT 1.27. I am among them. Any solutions? I want to try
VI 4.0 so bad. Till then i am running my old VI 3.0 backup with firmware 3.12 and hboot 1.23.
Make sure you deleted firmware zip from your sd card
your like me your phone my not like firmware
Hey,
I'm running on OrDroind 8.0.1 with Sense 4.0
I tried wiping it, and installing Elegancia ICS Sense 3.6 from EXT4 Recovery.
The device boots and gets stuck on the first HTC green logo. After 15min I took out the battery..
I tried also installing ADHD 6.6.5 by mike, and I got the same problem..
Then I installed OrDroid rom again, and device booted normally.
What can be the problem??
Thanks in advance
kovadom said:
Hey,
I'm running on OrDroind 8.0.1 with Sense 4.0
I tried wiping it, and installing Elegancia ICS Sense 3.6 from EXT4 Recovery.
The device boots and gets stuck on the first HTC green logo. After 15min I took out the battery..
I tried also installing ADHD 6.6.5 by mike, and I got the same problem..
Then I installed OrDroid rom again, and device booted normally.
What can be the problem??
Thanks in advance
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Hi,
You could try reflashing the 3.32 firmware,and then the 3.6 ROM.
Are you s-off or hboot unlocked? Did you have to flash your boot.img with fastboot when installing ordroid?
check your roms md5 values. maybe you downloaded wrong. also try another recovery to wipe all data vs. sometimes recoveries causes these type of errors.
kovadom said:
Hey,
I'm running on OrDroind 8.0.1 with Sense 4.0
I tried wiping it, and installing Elegancia ICS Sense 3.6 from EXT4 Recovery.
The device boots and gets stuck on the first HTC green logo. After 15min I took out the battery..
I tried also installing ADHD 6.6.5 by mike, and I got the same problem..
Then I installed OrDroid rom again, and device booted normally.
What can be the problem??
Thanks in advance
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Wiping is not efficient. Format all partitions before switching between ROMs with different sense versions. You cannot switch from Sense 4.0 to Sense 3.6 by just wiping cache & dalvik
My device is unlocked, but not s-off.
I've tried wiping with Mike's script, still got the same results. I unlocked my phone with HTC site, I got boot 1.27.00..
How can I update the correct firmware? I tried few but it doesn't seem to work
GROGG88 said:
Are you s-off or hboot unlocked? Did you have to flash your boot.img with fastboot when installing ordroid?
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No, I didnt need to install it with fastboot, I used ext4 recovery
And I did format all the partitions before each install.
Sent from my Sensation using XDA
kovadom said:
My device is unlocked, but not s-off.
I've tried wiping with Mike's script, still got the same results. I unlocked my phone with HTC site, I got boot 1.27.00..
How can I update the correct firmware? I tried few but it doesn't seem to work
Sent from my Sensation using XDA
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You are on the correct firmware (3.32 base) because your Hboot is 1.27.
Now if you want to stay S On, follow this guide to turn on smart flash & re-flash your ROM. Remember to format all partitions except SD Card before flashing.
Flash the Radio that is recommended by the developer of the Rom you want to flash. Such a situation usually occurs when an incompatible Radio is flashed on your phone. Flashing the correct Radio works for me when I get stuck in such a situation.
aayush3009 said:
Flash the Radio that is recommended by the developer of the Rom you want to flash. Such a situation usually occurs when an incompatible Radio is flashed on your phone. Flashing the correct Radio works for me when I get stuck in such a situation.
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I can't flash radio, I've tried few times but it's impossible if your phone is S-ON.
The thing is, I had ran on this phone ARHD before. then I installed OrDroid on it, and now when i'm trying to install Elegancia or ARHD (Sense 3.6) my phone just freeze at the HTC green bootmenu.
When I installed OrDroid again, it worked. Now i'm gonna figure out which firmware i'm running on, and i'll post here the results. (gotta install java, android-sdk..)
hxxp://i49.tinypic.com/35bc8yc.jpg (I'm not allowed to post links, sorry for posting it that way)
I've version-main: 3.32.531.14
bootloader: 1.27.0000
cidnum: T-MOB010
platform: HBOOT-8260
modelid: PG5810000
I checked Elegancia ROM is built on:
Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) - latest official HTC RUU 3.32.531.14 (U.S. T-Mobile)
That's what I have.. according to the fastboot output. What else can cause the phone get stuck then? Or maybe I do need to install different firmware or boot?
Big thanks to all of you.
kovadom said:
I can't flash radio, I've tried few times but it's impossible if your phone is S-ON.
The thing is, I had ran on this phone ARHD before. then I installed OrDroid on it, and now when i'm trying to install Elegancia or ARHD (Sense 3.6) my phone just freeze at the HTC green bootmenu.
When I installed OrDroid again, it worked. Now i'm gonna figure out which firmware i'm running on, and i'll post here the results. (gotta install java, android-sdk..)
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I'll repeat this once more, you need 4ext with smart flash enabled & reflash the ROM because you have S On and you cannot flash the boot.img normally.
Also, you will need to format all partitions except SD Card because you are moving from sense 4 to 3.6.
If you want to follow this, the guide is in my previous post. If not, I wish you all the very best of luck with whatever other method you choose.
kovadom said:
hxxp://i49.tinypic.com/35bc8yc.jpg (I'm not allowed to post links, sorry for posting it that way)
I've version-main: 3.32.531.14
bootloader: 1.27.0000
cidnum: T-MOB010
platform: HBOOT-8260
modelid: PG5810000
I checked Elegancia ROM is built on:
Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) - latest official HTC RUU 3.32.531.14 (U.S. T-Mobile)
That's what I have.. according to the fastboot output. What else can cause the phone get stuck then? Or maybe I do need to install different firmware or boot?
Big thanks to all of you.
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did you enabled smart flash on 4EXT recovery ? (4EXT->tools->enable smart flash)
if so that is only temporary...i.e. enabling smart flash only lasts for that session..and once you reboot and go back to recovery you will lose smart flash
so for smartflash to work properly...you need to enable the smartflash just before flashing the rom..then flash the rom..and then everything should work fine
TIP: to have smart flash permanently enabled..buy the 4EXT recovery app or get the recovery updater app..and install the lastest version /same version you have again via app..and when asked for SON status while installing...say yes...and that would enable smartflash permanently
Thank you for your replies guys,
I'm gonna try do it with the Smart option. I thought it's on always.
thank you guys!! it works now! I feel so stupid for thinking it's always on.. that caused me so much troubles yesterday..
now it all up and works
kovadom said:
thank you guys!! it works now! I feel so stupid for thinking it's always on.. that caused me so much troubles yesterday..
now it all up and works
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good now you know what to do next time
also there is a way to say thanks in xda (it prevents creating extra post to say thanks )
hi there,
I hope you can help me
I use on my HTC Sensation VenomS 1.4.1
Everything was fine, I tried different Kernels and stay at last at Bricked 1.4.
Today I tried again PYDX but then become a bootloop .
i have
hboot 1.27 and s-on
flashed with 4ext SmartFlash
still have access to bootloader and 4EXT.
Can anyone help me?
Try to flash newest RUU 3.33.401.6 with radio while in fastboot, then try to flash the desired rom again with kernel.
If you cant, you must do s-off, set the supercid 11111111, and then try to flash RUU (safest way to update firmware,radio...) and then try to flash the rom.
If you dont want to do that, just flash any rom with stock kernel (like ARHD 6.8) and you'll be ready to go.
Hope it helps
menfisher said:
hi there,
I hope you can help me
I use on my HTC Sensation VenomS 1.4.1
Everything was fine, I tried different Kernels and stay at last at Bricked 1.4.
Today I tried again PYDX but then become a bootloop .
i have
hboot 1.27 and s-on
flashed with 4ext SmartFlash
still have access to bootloader and 4EXT.
Can anyone help me?
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From recovery factory reset/ wipe data +cache and then reinstall the rom. Sorted
thank you for the quick answers. i will try these tomorrow.
EDIT: I solved the problem: flashed Stock Boot.img and bricked kernel 1.4 (per pc/fastboot)
thx for your help
Hi all I'm hoping someone out there can help with recovering my desire S. I tried to flash a custom ROM and had a disaster !!!!!!
I unlocked the boot loader using HTCdev, loaded superuser and 4ext recovery. All worked fine. The first ROM I flashed was ICS SAGA Edition v2.0 and flashed the boot.img all seemed well, it started but during installation there were errors about sense not working etc. It looks to me like the ROM is not suitable as the original wall paper is to large for the screen and it is continuously loading.
I have tried subsequent ROMs, CM7 and a few others but they either don't work or get stuck in an endless load. The 4ext backup I made doesn't work either as I get the message unconfigured use 4ext app to set up.
As a final resort I tried to flash the original stock ROM using the RUU exe file but that comes up with error 155 and won't load. Its not completely bricked but without a ROM it might as well be.
The original RUU was 2.10.401.8 CL156318 release keys, the radio is 3822.10.08.04_M and the HBoot 2.02.0002 S-On.
I can still use 4ext recovery but not a great deal else. Perhaps S-Off would have been a better idea !!!!!
Does anybody have any ideas as at the mo I've had to resort to using an old iPhone 3 ..... disaster :crying:
cheers