Hi, i unlocked the bootloader on my HTC sensation, and flashed CWM recovery, it worked fine. I then went into recovery, and in my haste to install Cyanogenmod10, i wiped the factory settigs and the cache, after that i realized i'd gone wrong and tried a backup but by this point, there was no ROM to backup... Anyway i flashed CMX and it only took about 20 seconds which i thought was very odd. Reboted it and got stuck on the boot animation for about 35 minutes until i realized someting was terribly wrong... I installed another ROM and same thing, stuck on the bootscreen. Would anybody at all be able to help me to solve this problem or is it totally beyond all hope?
Did you s-off? If not, flash 4ext recovery, or you could mannualy flash a boot.img rfom adb.
If you are not s-off you have to use 4ext recovery and have smart flash enabled
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And verify md5sum before you flash any zip.
You can put rom.zip from the correct RUU for your mobile on the sd card and it will flash in fastboot by itself, and ruu has data for all partitions so it will surely help you. Dont worry, just search this forum for "sensation ruu guide".
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Hello,
I am a noob here. My question is regarding rooting the Sensation. I rooted mine successfully and installed ISC.
Now on my friends device, we followed the same steps. After using Revolution, i booted to boot mode. When we tried to install pg58img if said SID Incorrect, Install Failed.
I did delete the pg58img file after from the main directory of the SD card after.
It is now caught in a boot loop. I can't seem to get out of.
Any recommendations?
Currently has HSBOOT 1.27
I did search in the forums and could not find a solution
I think that you should have flashed 1.23 first, then flash the ROM and now after a reboot you should flash hboot 1.27.
I also got stuck in a bootloop and all I could do was to run my RUU file, get back to stock and start over.
Thanks for the response. But where do I restart from? I can't boot the phone, I can't access it from the PC. It just loops.
That's where I am stuck
lapegna said:
Thanks for the response. But where do I restart from? I can't boot the phone, I can't access it from the PC. It just loops.
That's where I am stuck
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Can you boot into bootloader?
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Hello, Yes but not recovery though.
lapegna said:
Hello, Yes but not recovery though.
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You haven't installed one and no you don't want h boot 1.23 because you will be stuck with s on unable to flash boot.IMG or radios. 1.27 has an exploit so you're able to get back to 1.17 h boot.
Also Revolutionary doesn't support 1.27.
You're stuck in a bootloop because you have the wrong h boot version for running GB Rom.
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Hello thanks for the response. So whats my next step? Find 1.17, add it to the root directory and it should work?
Read this guide, it will explain the process and link you to the files you will need and explains how to flash boot.IMG
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469296
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Attached is a photo of the boot screen. I tried looking the file with 1.17 failed to update. I tried one again with 1.27, it installed but still loops. And I cannot access recovery.
I know I may be doing the wrong thing, but I am lost at this point...
Okay do this, you need to find a recovery.IMG for the latest CWM or 4ext, I am not near my pc so I cannot upload one. Search the development forum, they do exist. You then turn off your phone and remove the battery and sd card, insert the sd into a reader on your pc. Copy the recovery.IMG to your sd card and change the name to PG58IMG.zip. Safely remove card from your pc, put it back in your phone, put battery back in. Boot into h boot and when it asks if you want to do update choose yes, it will update. Now you have custom recovery to flash custom ROM. You will still bootloop because you now have to flash an ICS ROM.
Do yourself a favor while you have the sd card in your pc and put a ICS ROM zip on it. Before you can flash your Rom you have to remove your sd card again same as before and delete the PG58IMG.zip from your sd card, safely remove it, put it back in phone boot into h boot scroll down to recovery, choose it by pushing power, now choose install zip option then choose zip from sd card, scroll down to the ROM zip you put there and install it.
You should be good now.
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Your awesome!!!
YOUR AWESOME... Everything worked so far.
I was able to use CID to 11111111 and use your instructions. It did allow me to use a GB rom, but still not an ICS rom. I am assuming I will have to download another PG158IMG file ?
Atleast I am out of the loop for GB though!
If you want to run ICS you are on the right h boot 1.27. Which are you trying to flash? Check your mid. Use adb while in fastboot and type "fastboot getvar mid".
Glad to hear it's working now.
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Rhiaanon - thanks again for the help. I successfully have Extreme Sensation running after all those issues. I really appreciate the help !!!
Your a life saver
Hey guys I'm stuck on installing Rom in clockwork, I've just root with s-on and installed clockwork the latest version, downloaded the Rom I wanted to install, gone to recovery wiped data and then cache and then devik or whatever its called gone to install zip from sdcard went to downloads and went to my install, comes up with updating pack and get stuck there and fails, what am I doing wrong, on desire he there used to be a zip that wud do all the wipes for you, can't find it on here either, please help
xzellenz2012 said:
Hey guys I'm stuck on installing Rom in clockwork, I've just root with s-on and installed clockwork the latest version, downloaded the Rom I wanted to install, gone to recovery wiped data and then cache and then devik or whatever its called gone to install zip from sdcard went to downloads and went to my install, comes up with updating pack and get stuck there and fails, what am I doing wrong, on desire he there used to be a zip that wud do all the wipes for you, can't find it on here either, please help
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Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25593366, however, if you can get s-off it would make things much easier.
Is there a easier way to s-off, I don't have a pc
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xzellenz2012 said:
Is there a easier way to s-off, I don't have a pc
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I don't know any method to S-off without a PC. Anyway, if you follow the guide you should be able to flash any ROM with S-On
xzellenz2012 said:
Is there a easier way to s-off, I don't have a pc
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no there is no way to S-OFF without pc.unfortunately
Blinkin ell, dunno where to start lol, how easy is it to s-0ff, I'm unlocked by devteam, and rooted with 1.29 hboot
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Here is my advice to you, as far as the ROM getting stuck during install I really am not sure why it did that . But here are two suggestions, one move the ROM's zip file from the Download folder to the root of your SD card, two try re-downloading the ROM as you might have got a bad download.
Now let me address your main problem that you have not had yet because you have not successfully flash a new ROM yet. You are S-ON and HTC Dev unlocked so you will have to flash the boot.img as it will not flash during a normal install like devices that are full S-OFF. Now also seeing as you said you do not have a computer you need to install 4EXT Recovery so you can use Smart Flash to flash the boot.img. Without Smart Flash you will have to use a computer to flash the boot.img via fastboot commands. Now to install 4EXT Recovery without a computer you need to install the free 4EXT Updater app, when you download the apk make sure you go into Settings/Security and place a check beside "Unknown sources" and then use a file manager such as ESFile Manager or Astro File Manager (both free from yom the Play Store) to install the apk. Once you have it installed just open the app and select "Online install ¦ upgrade" option to install 4EXT Recovery then go into the Settings for the app and select the Recovery tab, then place a check beside "S-ON: 4EXT SmartFlash" then boot to recovery and flash your ROM. Follow the guide linked in this thread earlier also if you have troubles as it is the best guide for Sensation users that are HTC Dev unlocked and S-ON. Here is a link to the 4EXT thread as well.
stuck on boot logo and sd wont work
ok i s-off my phone successfully and got back into ics and my sdcard wudnt read nomore, kept saying blank sdcard please format, and i tried several times but just did nothing at all, so i turned my phone off and went to recovery and tried from there but it kept saying error i did a few wipes in there and now my phone is stuck on htc logo and i dont think i have a rom on it either cuz of the wipe, so now im stuck cuz, no sdcard to put a rom on and flash and stuck on logo, what can i do to fix all of this please help
xzellenz2012 said:
ok i s-off my phone successfully and got back into ics and my sdcard wudnt read nomore, kept saying blank sdcard please format, and i tried several times but just did nothing at all, so i turned my phone off and went to recovery and tried from there but it kept saying error i did a few wipes in there and now my phone is stuck on htc logo and i dont think i have a rom on it either cuz of the wipe, so now im stuck cuz, no sdcard to put a rom on and flash and stuck on logo, what can i do to fix all of this please help
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Well it sounds like your SD card maybe messed up, if your device will not format the card while in recovery then your only other options are to try to format it with a computer. If you try using a computer I suggest you do a low level format first And then format it Fat32. Your other option is to just get another SD card.
Now to get your device functional again. The only way you will be able to do this now is using a computer to flash the official ROM for your device via RUU. This will not revert your device to S-ON but it will give you a locked Hboot again so you will have to re flash a eng-Hboot to your device. You will also have to flash a custom recovery again and re root your device. Go to this thread to try and find the RUU for your device and info on how to flash via RUU. Also a RUU is the only way you will be able to flash without a working SD card.
Cheers mate u are a mod god I got both on now, to oz ill do the unlock and root again, then. Can start putting some roms on
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I think I've damaged it in someway, phone keeps restarting itself and act like its installing something, when I get bk in I get a HTC tell come up saying my phone has just had a abnormal restart
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xzellenz2012 said:
I think I've damaged it in someway, phone keeps restarting itself and act like its installing something, when I get bk in I get a HTC tell come up saying my phone has just had a abnormal restart
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I got your PM and no problem man I am glad I could help. Now as for what it is doing now when it acts like it is updating does it say "Android updating" when it first boots up? If so it is just gathering needed information and making needed files for any new apps you have installed.now the fact that it is restarting and doing this every time is abnormal as it should only do it once. If that is not what it is doing and it is just showing the progress circle then that means the device is just finishing up loading everything. Now the only thing I can really think of to try is to either uninstall the last app or two that you installed to see if it is a app causing conflict. Make sure to reboot the device after uninstalling the app or apps. If uninstalling the last couple of apps does not help try doing a factory reset and see if it still reboots on it's own.
In one of your other post you said you did successfully S-OFF your device. If you are S-OFF then you do not need to unlock your device again with HTC Dev you just need to install a eng-Hboot. Go to Unlimited.io and click on Hboot downloads, then click on pyramid, last click on ICS. This will start a download for the eng-Hboot you need to install, go back to the first page I linked you to where you clicked on Hboot downloads. The fastboot commands you have to use to install the eng Hboot are on that page. If you do not have access to a computer with ADB already set up on it you can go to the User Friendly Firmware thread and downloaded the 3.33 Universal firmware package and flash ot via bootloader. Just put the PG58IMG.zip on the root of your SD card and boot into bootloader and then follow the on screen instruction.
God 1 thing after another now I can't connect my phone to the comp, phone won't factory reset or go into recovery, just restarts
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Hello everyone.
First of all, thank you for taking your time coming here and i'd like to inform you all that i'm a legit noob regarding this topic.
I recently rooted my HTC Sensation XE using:
HTC All in One Rooting Toolkit
Clockword Mod Recovery Manager
After succesfully rooting my phone, i installed Cyanagemod 9.1 using 'Rom Manager'. I made a backup in the process.
When i installed Cyanagemod 9.1 my HTC Sensation XE wouldn't boot.. So i restarted my phone, got into bootloader and recoverd my phone using the backup i created.
When i rebooted my phone it didn't boot any further then the Beats logo. I tried recovering several times, without succes. Everytime i start my phone it won't get past the Beats logo.
It's still possible to get into bootloader etc. but i have no clue how to fix my phone..
Hopefully someone can help me with this!
My HTC phone:
Android 4.0.3
HTC Sense 3.6
HBoot 1.29
S-ON
In this general section.. There is a guide.. Called.. "Flashing roms with SON "... By asskickar... Do extra 1 step from there after doing the restore or after flashing the rom (use the corresponding boot.img in both the cases)
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Ur phone is s-on so I assume you need to turn the smartflah on from the 4ext reccovery. Install the 4ext recovery first, turn smartflah on and flash any rom to see how it goes.
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ganeshp said:
In this general section.. There is a guide.. Called.. "Flashing roms with SON "... By asskickar... Do extra 1 step from there after doing the restore or after flashing the rom (use the corresponding boot.img in both the cases)
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Thanks for the fast reply!
I'll go and try this.
I forgot to mention that i already did this in some way. I extracted the boot image from the Cyanagemod 9.1.zip and i put it in the ADB folder. Then i used "fastboot flash boot boot.image".
So if i'm correct this could be the problem? Because now my phone will try to boot the Cyanagemod, i think.
Got it working again. Flashed the original boot.img from my backup.
Thanks for everyones help.
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Hello Everyone
First of all i would like to thank all of the community members for their continious help and support. I am having the following problem with my phone [HTC SENSATION - HBOT -1.27.1100, RADIO -11.24A..., please have a look and let me have your suggestions as how to rectify it to get my phone back to me ---
- Viper rom 1.35 was installed for quite a long time, it was working fine.
-i wanted to try a new rom so as usual i made nanodrop and tried to flash a new rom x,y,z////.
-everything seemed fine, i didn’t liked the rom after flashing so i went back to 4ext backup and opted to restore....a usual process....
-after restore, what i did is, after restore is completed i went to wipe cache/delvik cache and cleared it. and then i pressed reboot........
---not everything screwed after that....,my phone is stuck at the boot screen......
tried again and again....., i then flashed viper1.35 fresh> reboot> same problem> screen stuck on boot
- i though maybe this is due to error in the firmware so in flashed the latest PGM.... firmware 3.33 i guess> then full wipe> flashed new rom----same result
- i tried 5 other rom types which use to work fine and smooth before that....but everything is stuck on boot screen.....
I couldn’t figure it out whats the problem...>>>>??????/
any guesses and solutions
Format all partitions except sdcard from 4ext
Then flaah the rom again
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rzr86 said:
format all partitions except sdcard from 4ext
then flaah the rom again
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nope it didn’t helped....i just tried it 2 times any other suggestion?
Are you s-on or s-off?
thebadman said:
nope it didn’t helped....i just tried it 2 times any other suggestion?
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try to flash the boot.img manually
if you do not know how see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 (only extra 1)
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Are you s-on or s-off?
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with hboot version 1.27.1100 i think he is S-OFF
I am a rookie in Sensation XE, I just brought it yesterday. The phone is pre-installed CWM. When I flash ARHD into my phone, it can't boot into the system, it just stuck at the boot animation. What happen to it?? H-BOOT 1.29 , S-ON. Thx a lot
Also, when I install CM10.1 on it, the WiFi doesn't work. Am I missing something ??
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I am a rookie in Sensation XE, I just brought it yesterday. The phone is pre-installed CWM. When I flash ARHD into my phone, it can't boot into the system, it just stuck at the boot animation. What happen to it?? H-BOOT 1.29 , S-ON. Thx a lot
Also, when I install CM10.1 on it, the WiFi doesn't work. Am I missing something ??
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use 4ext recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 (only step 2)
and before flashing the rom
format all partitions excpt sdcard
enable smartflash
flash the rom