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[Q] Is it possible to get S-OFF on HBoot 1.23?

Hello Geeks.
I have recently misled myself by getting my phone back from s-off to s-on before installing the stock RUU on my Sensation XE.
However, i have managed to unbrick the phone and i have a custom ROM running on it while there is S-ON right now.
I was running ICS which means i upgraded the HBOOT from 1.18 to 1.23 and revolutionary does not support this HBOOT version yet.
I want to know if there is a possible way of downgrading the HBOOT version to 1.18 or 1.17 with the S-ON because i cant get S-OFF until its downgraded to something revolutionary supports.
OR
Is there a compatible RUU update utility that will flash my device back to stock and restore everything?
Thanks.

Not until:
1. Revolutionary becomes compatible, or;
2. The ICS RUU is officially leaked, therefore becoming a 'proper' HBOOT in a warranty sense

slimldj said:
Hello Geeks.
I have recently misled myself by getting my phone back from s-off to s-on before installing the stock RUU on my Sensation XE.
However, i have managed to unbrick the phone and i have a custom ROM running on it while there is S-ON right now.
I was running ICS which means i upgraded the HBOOT from 1.18 to 1.23 and revolutionary does not support this HBOOT version yet.
I want to know if there is a possible way of downgrading the HBOOT version to 1.18 or 1.17 with the S-ON because i cant get S-OFF until its downgraded to something revolutionary supports.
OR
Is there a compatible RUU update utility that will flash my device back to stock and restore everything?
Thanks.
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Before upgrading was your phone having 1.52.720.3 as the firmware version??

From now on, yes it IS possible
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk

So why not link to it then?

EddyOS said:
So why not link to it then?
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I'm still writing the guide... trying to make it noob friendly. it includes suicide bricking and downgrading...
detailed guide soon to be here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23078349 stay tuned

Ah, so you have to brick the phone first to downgrade it? Seems a bit severe but at least it's a method.
Surely if someone was silly enough to S-ON with a new HBOOT they will more than likely properly brick their phone??

Is my handset ready for OTA again

Quick question,
Can some one please help clarify if my HTC sensation is caple of receiving the ICS OTA update. (UK)
Stock ROM 1.50.401.1 CL125597 release-keys
CID HTC__001
S-OFF
10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M
This phone was on o2. (UK)
I unlocked it via code to accept my "3" network simcard.
I S-off'd,Rooted & SuperCID 11111111 to install some custom roms, now I have flashed with a RRU.exe to restore stock recovery. Also re-done the CID to HTC_001.. all to prepare for OTA ICS.
So, Does this look like im ready for the OTA of ICS, as I cannot tell.
Thank you very much xda

You can flash it manually but I think you need s-on to get the ota itself
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Or flash official RUU, make S-ON and then you can receive and install OTA without problems

RUU is already flashed so they just need to S-ON if they want to get the proper OTA

Interesting,
I had CID from Vodafone then I did S-OFF and changed the CID to HTC__001 and flashed stock HTC Europe ROM.
Afterwards I received OTA updates (ICS not yet).
Do I really need to change to S-ON?
Is it dangerous to change to S-ON in my constellation (coming from a vodafone branded phone)?
br

Downgrade / changing CID

Dear XDA members,
I have an HTC Senstion Vodafone branded with CID: VODAPE17. I cannot use the Europe ROM to downgrade my sensation because it says that the Customer I is wrong. In order the change my CID i have to be root. I have hboot 1.27.xxx. My other senstion also had hbot 1.27.xxx but that one is not branded, so i downgraded the software to get hboot 1.117.xx and use revolutionary to hack it. My Vodafone sensation wont downgrade and i cant unlock my bootloader. I tried the Vodafone UK rom but i still get the same error of i want to downgrade.
Does anyone know where i can find the vodafone rom with hboot 1.17.xxx and CID VODAPE17?

You can s-off and root using this tool and then you can change your cid and so on.

[Q] Update firmware with s-on

Dear All,
I want to ask, how to update firmware only with S-On and unlocked bootloader possition?
my phone now
ROM: viperS 3.1.4
Firmware: 3.19.401.101 CL157254 release keys
HBOOT 1.29.0000
4XTRecovery v1.0.0.5 RC3
and i want to update firmware to 3.33
thanks.

Updating firmware is not possible with S-ON. You'll need to go for S-off with the wire trick.

rasor99 said:
Updating firmware is not possible with S-ON. You'll need to go for S-off with the wire trick.
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or using the appropriate ruu.exe which has higher firmware than yours

ENVIR said:
Dear All,
I want to ask, how to update firmware only with S-On and unlocked bootloader possition?
my phone now
ROM: viperS 3.1.4
Firmware: 3.19.401.101 CL157254 release keys
HBOOT 1.29.0000
4XTRecovery v1.0.0.5 RC3
and i want to update firmware to 3.33
thanks.
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140870

Need stock firmware 2.21 or 2.19 from AT&T

Hello!
Need a signed stock firmware 2.21 or 2.19 from AT&T.
CID - CWS__01
Can any1 help?
i need s-off but i cant do it on 2.22

surely no one have it?

IkiZ said:
Hello!
Need a signed stock firmware 2.21 or 2.19 from AT&T.
CID - CWS__01
Can any1 help?
i need s-off but i cant do it on 2.22
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So what is your plan with a firmware?
If you are not s-off you can do absolutly NOTHING with a firmware.
This means with s-on you can´t go back neither with the firmware nor with the h-boot (wich is normally a part of the firmware).
You MUST go s-off before you can downgrade your firmware that´s the point.....also if your CID is matching
geets

shivasrage said:
So what is your plan with a firmware?
If you are not s-off you can do absolutly NOTHING with a firmware.
This means with s-on you can´t go back neither with the firmware nor with the h-boot (wich is normally a part of the firmware).
You MUST go s-off before you can downgrade your firmware that´s the point.....also if your CID is matching
geets
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Downgrading of hboot on s-on phones with the signed firmware from OTA is commonly used procedure ...

iourikil said:
Downgrading of hboot on s-on phones with the signed firmware from OTA is commonly used procedure ...
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Oh really ? I never heard of that but I´m very interested about the process..
so can you please discribe exactly how to downgrade the firmware(h-boot, radio etc.) on HTC ONE MINI
with s-on if this works and is commonly used it would be great to hear more about that...
(so till now I was quite sure that you can´t downgrade to a lower version with an RUU)
http://hafizimtiaz.wordpress.com/20...android-4-4-2-to-android-4-3-return-to-stock/
and yes I know its for M7 but in this direction I think the rules for the M4 are the same.
Or does he mean a standalone firmware.zip wich is included in the OTA dumps?
If yes how it could be flashed? hmmmmm.....via fastboot?
greets

im s-off and also trying to downgrade, mainily to get my camera fixed. any method to downgrade would help alot

romy134 said:
im s-off and also trying to downgrade, mainily to get my camera fixed. any method to downgrade would help alot
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To downgrade the firmware when you are s-off is no problem....it´s done in a few minutes...
So what´s going wrong with your downgrade?

In the Theory We can do downgrade with s-on. So anyone have the signed firmware from ATT?