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[Q] Guide to DOWNGRADING from Android 4.0.3 to 2.3.4 for Sensation

Could anyone help me by giving me few steps towards doing this? Once I complete is successfully I will edit this and post a full, detailed guided for anyone else looking to do the same thing.
What I have:
-HTC Sensation which has the latest Android update (never rooted, never changed from anything default)
-I downloaded the RUU 1.5... TMOUS
-I saw that I need to do a bootloader from HTCdev on my phone and Install Android SDK
Can anyone PLEASE give me a little better guide on what to do exactly?
Often people just say "its in the forums, here's a link" and the link will take me to a million other links and explanations. Very confusing and I wasn't able to find a good explanations for us noobs.
THANK YOU ALL!

budister said:
Could anyone help me by giving me few steps towards doing this? Once I complete is successfully I will edit this and post a full, detailed guided for anyone else looking to do the same thing.
What I have:
-HTC Sensation which has the latest Android update (never rooted, never changed from anything default)
-I downloaded the RUU 1.5... TMOUS
-I saw that I need to do a bootloader from HTCdev on my phone and Install Android SDK
Can anyone PLEASE give me a little better guide on what to do exactly?
Often people just say "its in the forums, here's a link" and the link will take me to a million other links and explanations. Very confusing and I wasn't able to find a good explanations for us noobs.
THANK YOU ALL!
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Well it is very simple Imo... You need to get a gingerbread ruu and run it in windows nothing else... That should be enough
Sent from my Sensation using Tapatalk 2

Thank you, but unfortunately it is not simple for me. I got the gingerbread RUU, but what do I need to do on the computer, cell phone part?
Thanks again!
matt95 said:
Well it is very simple Imo... You need to get a gingerbread ruu and run it in windows nothing else... That should be enough
Sent from my Sensation using Tapatalk 2
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budister said:
Thank you, but unfortunately it is not simple for me. I got the gingerbread RUU, but what do I need to do on the computer, cell phone part?
Thanks again!
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You need to double click on the RUU and follow what the program indicates
Sent from my Sensation using Tapatalk 2

JuopunutBear to S-OFF. Flash GB RUU

All you have to do is run the RUU. Make sure your PC has the appropriate drivers for your device and HTC Sync. I had to restore a few times using the stock 1.73.401.4 RUU for my Sensation XE, and that is all that I had installed. I can verify that root is not needed in my experience although I did have S-Off.
I hope this helps.

Don't need HTC Sync installed. Just need the drivers. Not sure if RUU comes with said drivers. Need to be S-OFF to downgrade hboot. ICS hboot is NOT compatible with GB (1.23 is, but that's not what's included with the latest RUUs).
Without S-OFF, you CANNOT RUU back to GB.
If it were so simple as flashing GB RUU, we wouldn't need JuopunutBear

downgrade is very complicated.
root the current ICS and install recovery
Juopunubear S-OFF (require htcdev unlock and root)
downgrade firmware to 1.17
flash GB rom or run GB RUU

tragik74 said:
downgrade is very complicated.
root the current ICS and install recovery
Juopunubear S-OFF (require htcdev unlock and root)
downgrade firmware to 1.17
flash GB rom or run GB RUU
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That pretty much sums it up! Make a guide with those steps and links to all the resources and you'll be a hero...

Guys i am not sure if my problem exactly releated whiti this thread but here is the thing
i am living in turkey and i bought an htc sensation also made it s-off and root while using ics roms i got a little dust problem on screen just 5 months passed since i bought the phone so i want to make it s-on back there is a thread about making s-on i fallowed the steps just i have problem whit ruu part which is in turkish forums there is a ruu for turkey vodafone users starting whit 1.45.... when i tried to flash it show me i am trying flash i mage version 2.08.401.1 to 1.45.468.2 after that it gives 155 code error
at the moment my hboot version is 1.17 using elegancia 2.3.5 v.1.5 rom already did supercid ofc short version of the long
whats should i do to get my phone s-on back whic ruu will work for me or what can i do making 1.45 ruu working for my phone pelase help me
sorry for bad english if its too bad

in order to run ruu u need change cid to match it and hboot equal or lower than ruu.
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ok back to topic
root ics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632553
Juopunutbear S-OFF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617
Firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767

tragik74 said:
in order to run ruu u need change cid to match it and hboot equal or lower than ruu.
how exactly i can get lower hboot i just done it like the guide says what you think mate ? its a problem that i dont know what i am looking for
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hboot 1.17 should be the lowest version available on forum.

Hey , I have a question . I have Sensation XE with Hboot 1.28.000 And I installed custom rom on it . my Wi-Fi doesn't work same as official android 4. now I want to get back to Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 . please help me :X Thanks.

Android
Hello I have HTC Sensation and i have grow the version to 4.0 but i don't want more this version because when heated,the phone shut down.I think that can't keep this version.How i can turn again to old version but i can't from phone pls can help me some one ??

HTC Sensation1 said:
Hello I have HTC Sensation and i have grow the version to 4.0 but i don't want more this version because when heated,the phone shut down.I think that can't keep this version.How i can turn again to old version but i can't from phone pls can help me some one ??
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do you mean to return to gingerbread android?
then follow this guide to S-OFF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
then see here for gingerbread ruu
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425
i assume you aren't rooted yet

downgrade galaxy pocket !
hey there I GOT samsung galaxy pocket ,android version:4.04 ,, i bought it from 2 weeks .. and i want to downgrade it to android version 2.3.5 any help would be useful .. thnx

maro7000 said:
hey there I GOT samsung galaxy pocket ,android version:4.04 ,, i bought it from 2 weeks .. and i want to downgrade it to android version 2.3.5 any help would be useful .. thnx
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This is a thread for SENSATION NOT samsung

HTC One S RUU File Tmobile

Hi
I've recently rooted my phone (about a month ago) and now can't get the new sense 4.1 OTA update. So I was just wondering if anybody knows where I can find the RUU file for T-mobile as i'd prefer to get over air updates rather then flashing roms. I'm relatively new to all this rooting stuff so I don't know much. Can someone please help me?

in the development section, look for rom collection post, TMOUS should be there.

dell4320 said:
in the development section, look for rom collection post, TMOUS should be there.
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I'm from the uk so it should work right?

Yes. Make sure you look for your version. It should say on the list.
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Solution?
lonegunman0 said:
Hi
I've recently rooted my phone (about a month ago) and now can't get the new sense 4.1 OTA update. So I was just wondering if anybody knows where I can find the RUU file for T-mobile as i'd prefer to get over air updates rather then flashing roms. I'm relatively new to all this rooting stuff so I don't know much. Can someone please help me?
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Have you found a solution to this? I am having a similar problem. I need the T-Mobile UK Htc one s RUU, if you have please message me!!

RUU for HTC one S can be found here
lonegunman0 said:
Hi
I've recently rooted my phone (about a month ago) and now can't get the new sense 4.1 OTA update. So I was just wondering if anybody knows where I can find the RUU file for T-mobile as i'd prefer to get over air updates rather then flashing roms. I'm relatively new to all this rooting stuff so I don't know much. Can someone please help me?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941402 that i the link to it good luck

Amilka said:
Have you found a solution to this? I am having a similar problem. I need the T-Mobile UK Htc one s RUU, if you have please message me!!
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Don't think anyone has it, also need one here. You can try the T-Mobile US RUU, it might or might not give you a CID error.
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htc one s 3uk ruu needed please
please i need help i mistakely cleared storage in bootlader on my htc one s with cwm installed not it doesnt boot
please i need 3uk ruu for htc one s so that i can go back to stuck.
i have unlocked bootloader and cwm installed and rooted before all these happened
i dont care the version all i want is stock ruu 3uk h3t __001 htc one s

[Q] One S S3 (Villec2) Update to 4.0.4 Problem

Hey guys. Im new to Android (and HTC) so pardon me if i get anything wrong.
I recently bought an HTC One S - career unlocked. It doesnt seem to be able to find the android 4.0.4 and sense 4.1 ota update. Im on 4.0.3 and sense 4.0.
I do not know the region of my one s (i'm using it in Pakistan). The build number is 1.11.415.124. Perhaps anyone of you can tell me what is the region of my one s?
Moreover, Since it is career-unlocked, can i flash a European ruu that would allow me to get the 4.0.4 update?
I need to change the build number (i.e. flash another ruu WITHOUT ROOTING or S-OFFing) as my one s does not offer my language, which is "English (Pakistan)". It mainly supports arabic and middle east country names are listed.
I hope i made myself clear. Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

androidfreak1 said:
Hey guys. Im new to Android (and HTC) so pardon me if i get anything wrong.
I recently bought an HTC One S - career unlocked. It doesnt seem to be able to find the android 4.0.4 and sense 4.1 ota update. Im on 4.0.3 and sense 4.0.
I do not know the region of my one s (i'm using it in Pakistan). The build number is 1.11.415.124. Perhaps anyone of you can tell me what is the region of my one s?
Moreover, Since it is career-unlocked, can i flash a European ruu that would allow me to get the 4.0.4 update?
I need to change the build number (i.e. flash another ruu WITHOUT ROOTING or S-OFFing) as my one s does not offer my language, which is "English (Pakistan)". It mainly supports arabic and middle east country names are listed.
I hope i made myself clear. Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Go into your bootloader. (Power down and when powering on the device you press the power button+Volume down.) Get the hboot number and get a europe ruu that matches your hboot.
www.filefactory.com/f/11f2bd9c14cebbbe/ S3 1.7 GHz
www.filefactory.com/f/cf061f69b5bf7878/ S4 1.5 GHz

My hboot version is 2.09.001.
But i dont seem to be able to find a ruu for this. Any furthur help please?

androidfreak1 said:
My hboot version is 2.09.001.
But i dont seem to be able to find a ruu for this. Any furthur help please?
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Hboot 2.09.001 is S3 device and you can check CID before flash RUU by fastboot command (Search in google)
"fastboot getvar cid":good:

my cid: HTC__038
which RUU should i prefer ?

teerapong.g said:
Hboot 2.09.001 is S3 device and you can check CID before flash RUU by fastboot command (Search in google)
"fastboot getvar cid":good:
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I know my One S is the s3 version. However, i do not know where to download the ruu based on my hboot. Any help there?

You need a Asian/Indian ruu with the mainver greater than your current version 1.11.415.124 , just run the ruu greater than 1.11.415.124 it should be named HTC asia , no you can't run a HTC Europe ruu ,
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aditya. said:
You need a Asian/Indian ruu with the mainver greater than your current version 1.11.415.124 , just run the ruu greater than 1.11.415.124 it should be named HTC asia , no you can't run a HTC Europe ruu ,
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I have a s3 one s. Not s4.
for my one s, i only have european ruu's available.

HTC One S updates

So recently i bought an HTC One S with an S3 processor which its country is of Asia. I am currently at europe. I still am on Android 4.0.3 and there doesnt seem to be an update for my phone. Now i know that 4.0.4 and also JB are rolling out, but not for my device. Is there anything I can do to solve this ?
Thanks :laugh:

I live in a country where HTC sell the S3 processor only. I had my cousin sent me HOS from US, big difference.
You might want to trade for an S4 though.
In the meantime you can search the development forum and look for an S3 ROM.
Not many but there are some.
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

Help
Thanks for your fast reply !
Kindly note that i am noob in this. Kindly tell me what is HOS and ROM. Also if i root the phone will i be able to get some updates ?
Thanks alot and Happy new year !

TRRusty said:
Thanks for your fast reply !
Kindly note that i am noob in this. Kindly tell me what is HOS and ROM. Also if i root the phone will i be able to get some updates ?
Thanks alot and Happy new year !
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HOS stands for Htc One S and a Rom is basically an operating system for your device that is nothing like stock, has tweaks here and there things that stock doesnt, and if you root you will.still be able to receive updates but you have to relock the phone and some other things I can't remember then you can apply the update, basically you can't apply update to a rooted phone its just gonna give you and installation error then reboot your phone I think but that's basically it for your questions, hopefully it was helpful to you
T-Mobile HTC one s

Htc one S
Thanks for the information !
A friend told me that if i root the phone i can change my firmware from Asia to Europe where i live so that i can recieve updates accordingly to my phone. Is this true ?
Also is there a detailed noob instructions for me to follow and learn more about rooting the phone and installing customs ROMS etc. ?
Thanks

TRRusty said:
Thanks for the information !
A friend told me that if i root the phone i can change my firmware from Asia to Europe where i live so that i can recieve updates accordingly to my phone. Is this true ?
Also is there a detailed noob instructions for me to follow and learn more about rooting the phone and installing customs ROMS etc. ?
Thanks
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If you root, you can manually install all sorts of fun stuff. I think if you want to remain as close to stock and receive "official" updates, super cid is something you might wanna read about. There's a thread in the Dev Section by Torxx that I used to root my S4 you might wanna look over and see if that's for you. Make sure everything you decide to do is compatible with your S3 first though.
Edit: there's also another guide in the general section
echo en Android

Evil-Monkey said:
If you root, you can manually install all sorts of fun stuff. I think if you want to remain as close to stock and receive "official" updates, super cid is something you might wanna read about. There's a thread in the Dev Section by Torxx that I used to root my S4 you might wanna look over and see if that's for you. Make sure everything you decide to do is compatible with your S3 first though.
Edit: there's also another guide in the general section
echo en Android
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Thanks friend. I will search in the forums and take a look about what to do and how to change my firmware. I still need to learn stuff about android and root.
Still am on everything stock on 4.0.3 and looking to change my Firmware from Asia to Europe. Further assistence would be AWESOME

Unbranding HTC One SV

Hi everyone!
Just bought a new HTC One SV which is branded by Vodafone Spain. I unlocked the phone by using an unlock code and now I want to install a stock ROM, either world or european ROM, but I can't seem to find anything for 4.2.2.
Would greatly appreciate any help!
LE: Apologies, but I forgot to mention that the phone is S-ON.

Nihtilan said:
Hi everyone!
Just bought a new HTC One SV which is branded by Vodafone Spain. I unlocked the phone by using an unlock code and now I want to install a stock ROM, either world or european ROM, but I can't seem to find anything for 4.2.2.
Would greatly appreciate any help!
LE: Apologies, but I forgot to mention that the phone is S-ON.
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Welcome to the community, please, for future reference, refer all questions you may have over at 'HTC One SV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting'.
Your phone is currently stock right now, so may I ask why you would want to install another stock Rom?
Sent from my C525c using Tapatalk

Modding.MyMind said:
Welcome to the community, please, for future reference, refer all questions you may have over at 'HTC One SV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting'.
Your phone is currently stock right now, so may I ask why you would want to install another stock Rom?
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Apologies, noted.
The phone is branded by Vodafone and has tons of apps that I'll never even touch. Just want to put a stock ROM, without any other 3rd party apps. Moreover, after 4.2.2 was released for this model had to wait a bit over two months to get the update.

Nihtilan said:
Apologies, noted.
The phone is branded by Vodafone and has tons of apps that I'll never even touch. Just want to put a stock ROM, without any other 3rd party apps. Moreover, after 4.2.2 was released for this model had to wait a bit over two months to get the update.
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Ah, so in lamen terms, you want a Rom which has been made by another Individual, but has already removed all the bloatware. Is this correct?
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Modding.MyMind said:
Ah, so in lamen terms, you want a Rom which has been made by another Individual, but has already removed all the bloatware. Is this correct?
Sent from my C525c using Tapatalk
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No. In other words I want a stock HTC ROM, which isn't branded.

Nihtilan said:
No. In other words I want a stock HTC ROM, which isn't branded.
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Its the same thing, unbranded phones, from my experience, do not contain a bunch of bloatware (unwanted apps) which normally comes from the company provider after given to them by HTC. If from HTC directly, its strictly what they produce and offer without the extras from other companies. I looked at @old.splatterhand index, and I see only two Roms available which are 4.2.2. Now whether they come with or without the bloatware I cannot say, as I have a K2_CL device. Though, I do believe that the 4.2.2 K2_UL does not contain any bloatware from going off the top of my head - because o have used it before in the past to adapt it for use on our K2 variant.
old.splatterhand, you are more familiar in this area than myself since I focus more on Boost and Cricket. Feel free to chime in and correct me where correction is due buddy.
Sent from my C525c using Tapatalk

We need to be more clear, what @Nihtilan exactly wants.
The 422 roms (k2u & k2ul) are both unbranded, no provider apps and something like this.
They can be flashed also S-On, but firmware files are also needed to flash, if the device wasn't on 422 already.
Or the other way is a completely unbrand:
S-Off -> SuperCID -> hboot downgrade -> EU unbranded RUU.

old.splatterhand said:
We need to be more clear, what @Nihtilan exactly wants.
The 422 roms (k2u & k2ul) are both unbranded, no provider apps and something like this.
They can be flashed also S-On, but firmware files are also needed to flash, if the device wasn't on 422 already.
Or the other way is a completely unbrand:
S-Off -> SuperCID -> hboot downgrade -> EU unbranded RUU.
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Thanks for the reply, and yea, I didn't bother to include the firmware info because he had already mentioned that he received the 4.2.2 update even though it took him a while to get it. I figured it would had been too much info and probably would have caused some confusion. I appreciate the timely response.
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Modding.MyMind said:
...I didn't bother to include the firmware info because he had already mentioned that he received the 4.2.2 update even though it took him a while to get it...
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Lol, i overlooked it, otherwise i would not mention it, too lol

old.splatterhand said:
We need to be more clear, what @Nihtilan exactly wants.
The 422 roms (k2u & k2ul) are both unbranded, no provider apps and something like this.
They can be flashed also S-On, but firmware files are also needed to flash, if the device wasn't on 422 already.
Or the other way is a completely unbrand:
S-Off -> SuperCID -> hboot downgrade -> EU unbranded RUU.
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That's exactly what I want to do.
I would like to put either a 4.2.2 World or Europe unbranded RUU.
How do I do that? Is it possible without S-OFF?
PS: Apologies for the late reply.
LE: I remember when I had a Wildfire S, when I unbranded the phone I just had to create a gold card and put the RUU on it and it was very easy. I reckon things have changed a bit in the meantime..

So thats the way to go: S-Off -> SuperCID -> hboot downgrade -> EU unbranded RUU.
And no chance without S-Off.
Use the search (inside the HTC ONE SV Forum) with the words "hboot downgrade". There should be many results that describe the way more detailed.

This might be a noob question, but what's the difference between K2_U, K2_UL, etc.? Also, could you please direct me to some threads? Had a look through quite a few and I'm not really sure where to start.
Thank you.
LE: Ok, did a bit of research and my phone is K2_U. Also, I couldn't find S-OFF for 4.2.2.

Get S-Off with http://rumrunner.us (Universal version).
Get SuperCid with fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot oem writecid 11111111
Go to this thread, read and follow the instructions there.

All done!
Thank you very much for your help!

You're welcome.
Glad, that it worked for you.