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[Q] [Help thread] Hands in my hair for last 6 days!!

Searched a whole lot but no solution!!
My sensation xe is stuck at splash screen with every rom or firmware I flash on it... I checked the MD5sums, corresponding firmware with rom and even the actual method of flashing.
Sensation xe is stuck. I am new to android flashing but have read almost everything about the sensation just not the solution.

Have you removed firmware pg58img.zip from SD card after updating?
Sent from my Pyramid-T

Yes, I have. I was aware of that from the first time I flashed firmware.

Are you able to boot to recovery? Did you superwipe before flashing?

Yes, superwipe. I am also able to boot to recovery.
I took all the necessary precautions as I have been bricked in the past. The thing is every rom you flash on the device gets stuck at boot screen.

hmmm...why not flash a RUU and do it all again? i mean re-do s-off,root and supercid

Is there maybe a way to create a device image or error script to see where it goes wrong because I have followed every guide to the letter here on the sensation forum.
I went trough firmware differences, flashing method, other bootloops/stucks threads. But there is no one with a solution or even the same problem.
So if you would have any Ideas I would appreciate it or do you know a developer here?

matt95 said:
hmmm...why not flash a RUU and do it all again? i mean re-do s-off,root and supercid
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I have tried it with the appropriate Europe version and the latest beta of ICS(both XE dedicated). They boot got stuck on bootscreen to.
I am Revolutionary | pyramid ship s-off | 1.27.1100 | 11.22.3504.07_M

i am referring to flash the RUU with hboot 1.17 not the ics one

Will try that right now and I will get back to you.

What was the fw version and roms that you tried? Did you superCID?
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stringer7 said:
What was the fw version and roms that you tried? Did you superCID?
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Sorry missed a few posts, hope above works.
Sent from my Pyramid-T

Flashing right now. Method used.
Firmware 1.17 from(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767)
and then superwipe from ARHD.
and then this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259085)
Will get back to you in 10 minutes as it is flashing now.

stringer7 said:
Sorry missed a few posts, hope above works.
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Yes, I have tried to as precise as possible when flashing all the roms. The right fw with the right rom. But they just wont start. Even stock RUU wont start.

mitchelleersel said:
Yes, I have tried to as precise as possible when flashing all the roms. The right fw with the right rom. But they just wont start. Even stock RUU wont start.
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did you get errors?

matt95 said:
did you get errors?
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Nope no errors whatsoever just the boot screen staring me in the face for hours.

I've always flashed super wipe, then rom, then updated firmware in that order. Perhaps worth a go?
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stringer7 said:
I've always flashed super wipe, then rom, then updated firmware in that order. Perhaps worth a go?
Sent from my Pyramid-T
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better super wipe, flash fw, super wipe, install the rom and reboot
however try downloding the ruu and run it from the pc

matt95 said:
better super wipe, flash fw, super wipe, install the rom and reboot
however try downloding the ruu and run it from the pc
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Have tried that several times in the order you suggested. It does not work for me.
RUU also gets stick on bootscreen. Have you heard about this earlier.

Did you SuperCID? If not, are you using the right firmware package for your CID, and also If you are trying to upgrade your firware for a new ROM, and it's stuck at the HTC splash screen, maybe that's because the ROM you had before isn't compatible with the firmware, so just try to flash the new ROM in this case.

How to superwipe & root to Install ARHD ROM for Hboot 1.27?

Hello Guys
I want to flash The Android Revolution HD custon ROM.. I read this thread and also this one I fully understand, but just some points are not clear, I desperately need your guidance
The points that I didn't understand are:
- How to SuperWipe! I searched the forums, I know I hv to put Mike's script in root of sdcard.. boot at recovery.. when I choose recovery (after holding volume- + power key) It only shows a draw of a mobile with red exclamation mark! should I hv flashed recovery first? I never flashed anything.. I only unlocked my phone at htcdev.com and my sensation has S-ON and Hboot 1.27. With upgraded to ICS 4.0.3 and 3.32.163.12 firmware.
- What is the best recovery that would help me do superwipe? And how to flash this recovery?
So when I successfully superwipe I should install a stock ROM Then root it again ( as auggie2k explained)
I know how to install a ROM but I Don't know how to root!
So many questions I know! sorry but I'm new at those things..

1. This really should have gone in Q&A section
2. Best recovery is probably 4EXT.
3. Because you are S-ON, you need to follow the installing ROMs with S-ON guide (another reason to use 4EXT recovery is because of smartflash feature which makes flashing a ROM with S-ON much simpler).
4. I would recommend S-OFFing anyway because it means you can upgrade firmware and get supercid as well as others, look at the guides for juopunutbear S-OFF for more info on this

Jonny said:
1. This really should have gone in Q&A section
2. Best recovery is probably 4EXT.
3. Because you are S-ON, you need to follow the installing ROMs with S-ON guide (another reason to use 4EXT recovery is because of smartflash feature which makes flashing a ROM with S-ON much simpler).
4. I would recommend S-OFFing anyway because it means you can upgrade firmware and get supercid as well as others, look at the guides for juopunutbear S-OFF for more info on this
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I don't want to flash while being S-ON.. I want to do S-OFF and I'm aware of how to do it.. with cable trick and soo on, what i don't know is problems stated in first post. and how I do flash 4ext? last time I chceck it didn't support Hboot 1.27 or maybe i just mixed all things up

Dzbluefox said:
I don't want to flash while being S-ON.. I want to do S-OFF and I'm aware of how to do it.. with cable trick and soo on, what i don't know is problems stated in first post. and how I do flash 4ext? last time I chceck it didn't support Hboot 1.27 or maybe i just mixed all things up
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see also this thread.it might help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
it also shows you how to flash 4ext recovery

Dzbluefox said:
I don't want to flash while being S-ON.. I want to do S-OFF and I'm aware of how to do it.. with cable trick and soo on, what i don't know is problems stated in first post. and how I do flash 4ext? last time I chceck it didn't support Hboot 1.27 or maybe i just mixed all things up
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I am using the latest Hboot version which is 1.27 and I have no problem using 4EXT Recovery. I think you may have confused yourself some how lol. But hey we all get confused some time or another.

rzr86 said:
see also this thread.it might help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
it also shows you how to flash 4ext recovery
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T-Macgnolia said:
I am using the latest Hboot version which is 1.27 and I have no problem using 4EXT Recovery. I think you may have confused yourself some how lol. But hey we all get confused some time or another.
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Thanks guys for your guidnance.. I was just confused coz there are too much threads there that i read! anyway It was really easy though! Also this thread helped me to Boot into 4ext Recovery from PC without installation:fingers-crossed: which allowed me to wipe, root and install Stock ROM then doing S-OFF which was successful after following http://unlimited.io/'s JuopunutBear method. Now that I installed 4-EXT with your help guys, I'm downloading ARHD ROM in order to flash it with 3.33.401.x firmware

Please Help!

Ok,
So I've used roms on my hd2 and one x, so I thought this would be simple on a friends sensation, oh how wrong was I.
I have unlocked the sensation via htcdev, installed clockworkmod and installed pyramids jellybean rom.
Now I have all sorts of issues, the rom boots then drops somehow straight to clockworkmod. I can't mount the sd card within clockworkmod to try a different rom and the phone is now useless, doh.
How can I fix this please guys?

Did you update the firmware? Are you s off or s on? If your s on you must flash boot image. Download 4 ext recovery, enable smart flash in 4ext. This way you can flash boot image. Please read flashing roms with s on. Also for that rom the firmware must also be upgraded. Let me link you to the guide to flashing roms with s on. This will help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
Someone more knowledgeable than myself can give you step by step instructions to get you out of this pinch. But in the mean time read the link I posted about flashing with s on. It will help in the future. Best wishes not to worry I'm sure you can fix this.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium

daz1uk said:
Ok,
So I've used roms on my hd2 and one x, so I thought this would be simple on a friends sensation, oh how wrong was I.
I have unlocked the sensation via htcdev, installed clockworkmod and installed pyramids jellybean rom.
Now I have all sorts of issues, the rom boots then drops somehow straight to clockworkmod. I can't mount the sd card within clockworkmod to try a different rom and the phone is now useless, doh.
How can I fix this please guys?
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HTC Dev doesn't really unlock it. It only partially unlocks it.
It doesn't s-off the device so you don't have access to the system partition, meaning you can't properly install a custom ROM without a few extra steps. And I don't think you can do it at all with clockworkmod. You need 4EXT Recovery which can flash a ROM with s-on. There's a few extra steps to doing it but it works.
You also have to make sure you have the correct firmware. So if the device was previously on a Gingerbread ROM and you didn't upgrade firmware, it won't work.
Now, the part where it boots then drops back into recovery is weird.
Tell us exactly what steps you did so we can better determine where something went flukely.
I'm CERTAIN it's fixable though.

realsis said:
Did you update the firmware? Are you s off or s on? If your s on you must flash boot image. Download 4 ext recovery, enable smart flash in 4ext. This way you can flash boot image. Please read flashing roms with s on. Also for that rom the firmware must also be upgraded. Let me link you to the guide to flashing roms with s on. This will help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium
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Thanks for responding.
I've got S-OFF and flashed boot.img with adb.
Will 4EXT allow me to mount the sd card?

Yes it should
Also some roms require 4ext it's a super easy touch recovery to use. You can download from here or the playstore.
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Skipjacks said:
HTC Dev doesn't really unlock it. It only partially unlocks it.
It doesn't s-off the device so you don't have access to the system partition, meaning you can't properly install a custom ROM without a few extra steps. And I don't think you can do it at all with clockworkmod. You need 4EXT Recovery which can flash a ROM with s-on. There's a few extra steps to doing it but it works.
You also have to make sure you have the correct firmware. So if the device was previously on a Gingerbread ROM and you didn't upgrade firmware, it won't work.
Now, the part where it boots then drops back into recovery is weird.
Tell us exactly what steps you did so we can better determine where something went flukely.
I'm CERTAIN it's fixable though.
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Yeah I'm certain it's fixable too , just not sure how, lol. I'll give 4EXT a shot. I have no idea how or why it drops straight to clockworkmod either, I would expect it to reboot to clockworkmod if anything, but it just kind of switches from the rom straight to it, very odd.
If you could point me to a firmware I might need I would be very grateful.

It is universal 3.33 let me get link also 3.32 will work on most ics roms but 3.33 is the newest I'm running jelly bean and use 3.33
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
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daz1uk said:
Thanks for responding.
I've got S-OFF and flashed boot.img with adb.
Will 4EXT allow me to mount the sd card?
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If you are s-off you shouldn't have to flash boot.img separately. It will do all that with the ROM flash.
Maybe that's what's screwy. Though a borked up ROM still shouldn't affect SD card mounting in recovery...that is really weird. Do you have a card reader that you can use to check the card out in your computer? I'm wondering if somehow you screwed up the card when flashing the ROM. Maybe it wont' mount because the card isn't formatted properly anymore. Stuff like that has happened before.

daz1uk said:
Yeah I'm certain it's fixable too , just not sure how, lol. I'll give 4EXT a shot. I have no idea how or why it drops straight to clockworkmod either, I would expect it to reboot to clockworkmod if anything, but it just kind of switches from the rom straight to it, very odd.
If you could point me to a firmware I might need I would be very grateful.
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Hi,
What does your bootloader say?
hboot etc.

Yes if your s off you simply flash from recovery without boot img. But do update your firmware.
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malybru said:
Hi,
What does your bootloader say?
hboot etc.
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Bootloader says:
S-ON

Ok, so I think I need to update the firmware?
I've installed EXT4, still cant mount sd, so can't revert to another rom.

daz1uk said:
Ok, so I think I need to update the firmware?
I've installed EXT4, still cant mount sd, so can't revert to another rom.
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Hi,
If you are s-on,you cannot update your firmware.
What is your hboot?

malybru said:
Hi,
If you are s-on,you cannot update your firmware.
What is your hboot?
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hboot 1.18.0000
Unlocked
S-ON
As far as I was aware S-ON just prevented the boot.img from being written via recovery, which can be done with adb. So the only reasons for these issues must be firmware version right?

daz1uk said:
hboot 1.18.0000
Unlocked
S-ON
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Hi,
It is a pity you went to HTC to unlock your phone.
I wonder if you can still s-off using revolutionary.
You are going to need to run a RUU,and hopefully get a working phone again.
Try and find a RUU HERE that matches your area and carrier.

daz1uk said:
hboot 1.18.0000
Unlocked
S-ON
As far as I was aware S-ON just prevented the boot.img from being written via recovery, which can be done with adb. So the only reasons for these issues must be firmware version right?
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Yup. If you have the 1.18 hboot you have Gingerbread firmware, which won't support Jellybean or ICS.
The good news is that you can flash a gingerbread rom and get the phone back to a working state right away if you need to get the phone back to the owner.
The RUU to restore is pretty simple. Then Revolutionary s-off proceedure is also extremely painless.
Reverting back to stock and starting over to s-off shouldn't take more than 15 minutes if you do it right. Then flashing the ICS/GB firmware (3.32 or 3.33) takes 3 minutes. Then the new rom takes 3 more minutes.
Just make sure you RUU to gingerbread and not to ICS. The ICS Hboots are harder to s-off. It's worth adding the extra step to flash the ICS/JB firmware later.

This is driving me nuts, tried 2 ruu's, both failed, if it was my phone it would be out the window!

daz1uk said:
This is driving me nuts, tried 2 ruu's, both failed, if it was my phone it would be out the window!
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Hi,
Are you Sensation,or Sensation XE?

daz1uk said:
This is driving me nuts, tried 2 ruu's, both failed, if it was my phone it would be out the window!
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Doh, my fault forgot to re-lock it, update is installing as I type, phew!
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

[Q] S-OFF Reverted and ROM not booting...

So I unlocked my Bootloader and achieved S-OFF.
I got root access. This is where things went wrong. I tried to install a custom ROM (CM9.0.1 if its relevant) and at first it appeared to be working. It boots the the boot screen however it gets stuck there. I can still access HBOOT but when I did I noticed its now S-ON.
Help! I feel the brickness spreading...

Duulicious said:
So I unlocked my Bootloader and achieved S-OFF.
I got root access. This is where things went wrong. I tried to install a custom ROM (CM9.0.1 if its relevant) and at first it appeared to be working. It boots the the boot screen however it gets stuck there. I can still access HBOOT but when I did I noticed its now S-ON.
Help! I feel the brickness spreading...
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Hi,
What does your hboot say?

your device is not bricked
post your bootloader details as malybru said

Solved
I figured it out. Since it was S-ON (HBOOT 1.27.0000 by the way) I had to install 4Ext over CWM then wiped everything, enabled 4Ext Smartflash and reflashed it all. Works now, although I'm finding I don't like CM9. ANy suggestions for a good ROM?

Duulicious said:
I figured it out. Since it was S-ON (HBOOT 1.27.0000 by the way) I had to install 4Ext over CWM then wiped everything, enabled 4Ext Smartflash and reflashed it all. Works now, although I'm finding I don't like CM9. ANy suggestions for a good ROM?
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Hi,
They are all HERE
ARHD is good.

malybru said:
Hi,
They are all HERE
ARHD is good.
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Precisely what I was looking for! A thanks to you when I figure out how to do it.
Going to check out Android Revolution HD. Although I'm new to flashing ROMs and just rooted my phone yesterday. I don't know what it means by flash firmware first.

Duulicious said:
Precisely what I was looking for! A thanks to you when I figure out how to do it.
Going to check out Android Revolution HD. Although I'm new to flashing ROMs and just rooted my phone yesterday. I don't know what it means by flash firmware first.
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Hi,
Any problems,post HERE

[Q] bricked sensation xe, help

Hey i bricked my htc sensation xe while trying to get the Android 4.1.2 Viper S 3.1.2 Jelly Bean Custom Firmware rom. I followed this tutorial:
cannot post links because im new here sorry, its the first link when you google "vipers 3.1.2 sensation techbeasts"
this is my current situation: when i try to start the phone the green htc sign appears for a few seconds, then the screen turns black and nothing happens. i can access bootloader, fastboot (it connects to my computer) and i can access the recovery menu. when i open bootloader
this information appears:
*** unlocked ***
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.29.0000
eMMC-boot
Mar 2 2012,18:14:34
this is how it happened: around 10 hours ago i had a completely stock htc sensation xe with Android 4.0.3. Because of perfomance issues
and my need to costumize stuff (years ago i had a jailbreaked ipod touch 2g and it was fun costumizing skins and adding tweaks ) i decided to
install a custom rom on my sensation xe, and i found the vipers 3.1.2 rom online. so i found a simple looking tutorial (link in introduction) to install it. i oversaw the little note that i need a ROOTED sensation and just started following the tutorial. after running into small problems i found out that i have to unlock the phone, which i did successfully with the htcdev website. after flashing the boot.img i was told to reboot the phone and it blackscreens after the htc logo ( it doesnt even show the quietly brilliant part ). its still not rooted by the way.
now i need help from someone, i am completely inexperienced with androids and would like to get my phone back to running, preferably with vipers 3.1.2 .my ideas are to either get it back to stock rom and try the tutorial again (this time with rooting it first ) or maybe to just root it now somehow and to carry on with the vipers rom installation. but i dont want to just go ahead and try it out and maybe hardbrick it. can somebody please help me out and tell me what to do?

You need to install custom recovery and flash a rom of your choice through recovery. The part with flashing boot.img comes after flashing the rom if your phone is not s-off.
Try finding some tutorials for all of the things I told you.

nlooooo said:
You need to install custom recovery and flash a rom of your choice through recovery. The part with flashing boot.img comes after flashing the rom if your phone is not s-off.
Try finding some tutorials for all of the things I told you.
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The first thing you need to do is to download an RUU rom for your senny, The n we could go through next step which would be installing it on the senny

ashkantab said:
The first thing you need to do is to download an RUU rom for your senny, The n we could go through next step which would be installing it on the senny
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He wants to install custom rom not to return back to stock, don't drag him to a wrong direction.

nlooooo said:
You need to install custom recovery and flash a rom of your choice through recovery. The part with flashing boot.img comes after flashing the rom if your phone is not s-off.
Try finding some tutorials for all of the things I told you.
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cwm or 4ext? and then i can just flash the vipers rom i wanted, flash the boot.img and got it running? what about rooting? my phone is not rooted yet.
thanks for the answers so far

JustW0LF said:
cwm or 4ext? and then i can just flash the vipers rom i wanted, flash the boot.img and got it running? what about rooting? my phone is not rooted yet.
thanks for the answers so far
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your bootloader is already unlocked..then like what nlooooo said in the previous post.. you just need to installing custom recovery choices what ever you want from 4EXT, TWRP or CWM then after that you can installing any custom rom that you want..off course you need always to flashing that rom boot.img too after every installing new custom rom..
hope this can help..

JJeamy said:
off course you need always to flashing that rom boot.img too after every installing new custom rom..
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not necessary if you enable smartflash from 4ext recovery exactly before flashing a custom rom(only for S-ON devices)

Thanks alot its running now! just flashed 4ext an could install the rom zip.

rzr86 said:
not necessary if you enable smartflash from 4ext recovery exactly before flashing a custom rom(only for S-ON devices)
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yap..your right..
i'm just not ever tried that future yet..
JustW0LF said:
Thanks alot its running now! just flashed 4ext an could install the rom zip.
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glad to hear that..