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Desire s stuck after 2.3.5 update

i tried to update via phone (after the notification), but after green bar was full, my phone rebooted and stuck in white screen with htc logo... if i try to enter in recovery i see this
h*tp://i39.tinypic.com/xdxnc5.jpg
it seems to be s-off (i bought it used) ...what have i to do for make it work again??
tnx.. and sorry for my bad english

same problem here, help is needed!

A golden rule: never update OTA on a modified device (custom ROM even modified Stock one, custom Recovery, Revolutionary hboot!, etc.)
How to fix:
do not pull battery!
flash a custom recovery (e.g. 4EXT) with the fastboot command (search for a how-to)
reboot to recovery, wipe all partitions and install custom ROM

Ok, to late with the battery, have already pulled that one out!
I also have S-Off on my phone, really dont understand the how to fix a recovery??
And is it really neccessary to flash a new ROM for this?
An official release that screwes the phones up?

I think the general issue is that an 'Official' OTA upgrade should not screw up your phone - enough testing by HTC should make sure of that.
Hoever, if you have modified your phone (e.g. by rooting it, installing custom recovery etc) then you can not expect to blame HTC when their upgrade doesn't work as expected. They can't be held responsible for problems caused by modifications you make to the phone.

But all I have done is S-Off, I have not installed another ROM or anything else?
So the update should work I really think!
Can I install a custom recovery without have to be able to start the phone?

Akerhage said:
But all I have done is S-Off, I have not installed another ROM or anything else?
So the update should work I really think!
Can I install a custom recovery without have to be able to start the phone?
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The OTA flashes a new hboot also.
If you S-OFFed with Revolutionary your hboot has to be version 6.98.000x. This hboot has a protection and cannot be overwritten. This is the point where the update process is interrupted. The result is a bootloop, because the new system is incomplete.
If you can boot to bootloader (hboot) you should be able to flash a custom recovery with the fastboot command (in the 4EXT Recovery thread there is an attachement - a zip file that contains recovery.img). Extract the archive and flash it with this command from cmd (there is a guide how to make fastboot working in my signature):
Code:
fastboot flash recovery {path to file on your PC}/recovery.img
If this works reboot to recovery, wipe all partitions and flash a custom ROM. Then your phone should be working again.
Then if you want the OTA flash a 0.98.2000 hboot, then use the 1.47.401.4 RUU (if you are using European unbranded) or the corresponding for your brand/region to return back to complete Stock and S-ON. Then you will be prompted to update and you will have the latest OTA on your device

Okay, I have now fixed the 4EXT Recovery and it is working!
Do I have to put a new ROM on the SD-card or is there another way to install a ROM (from cmd with the ROM on the computer etc?)
I dont have an adapter to the SD-card, but maybe I can put the ROM on the sdcard with a command in cmd aswell?
What ROM do you recommend to use? (sense, no sense doesnt matter)
Edit: I did a backup as well, thinking that I should do that...

Can you link to zip file you used for recovery i have exactly same issue and same software versions as you have.

@ Mooler. First of follow the guide that was posted here regarding the adb-drivers.
After that download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=631186&d=1308596026
Then install that one as described with the cmd-command.
After that just put a custom ROM or a shipped ROM on the SD-card, wipe data/cache and install the ROM you want. That solved the problem for me!
Good Luck and thanks for the help I got here! Xda always delivers

Damn this phone! After hours of fixing with this problem!
I managed great, installed new kernels, radios, ROMs etc. And the first thing I did was to drop it on the floor so the whole damn display cracked!

Thanks for both of you.
I managed to restore the phone quickly after i got the correct recovery file. 30 mins and custom ROM was up and running. Good bye official update.
Akerhage: sad to here, it really was hours of reading and trying before you get it right.

Wifi not working after Updating?

Friends, i am having a problem with my HTC chacha. Today morning I got notification that I have a new "System update". I installed that update. My cell phone restarted After that update but now my wifi is not working... There is written "Error" in wifi settings (Under the check/uncheck button to power on/off wiffi).. Kindly help me.. I need Urgent and detailled help.. I Am waiting for a helpful reply..

What's your phone's current status?
Software version, bootloader unlocked, S-OFF, custom recovery (probably not if you applied an OTA), etc.
Any other useful information we could use?
What version did you have before the update?

I have 2.3.5 before upgrading.. And after updating again i am having 2.3.5.. I dont dont know what is updated?
Information of my phone are
Unlocked
Chacha PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.10.0000
RADIO-7.51.35.19

Did you flash anything else? CWM?! Had a custom rom then returned to stock?

I did nothing else.. I didnt flashed my phone... When i updated everything was on place in my phone... I mean contacts were not erased neither apps were removed.... Everything was just like before.. I didnt updated by connecting my phone to PC.. I just clicked "Install update" from the message that appeared in my phone's status bar....

As I have no idea whatsoever regarding what happened, I can only suggest either resetting to factory data or re-flashing your ROM.
You could also try contacting HTC support regarding this and wait for their reply, but I'm pretty sure they'll probably suggest resetting as well. Make sure you include a screenshot of the error message.

Wait i will upload the pictures...
One change that i notices is in music player and Video player.. music player has a youtube search button now..

Here are two snaps. one shows that i got a youtube button on my music player and other shows that i can not turn on wifi due to error
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I only wanna downgrade my firmware to any old version that work fine in Pakistan... Thats it.......... Can u help me now?

Major issue
I have the same issue too, after I updated, and others like: it doesn't show nothing when I'm connected to PC except the charging led. I tried to change the usb port- nothing, to change the cable- nothing, to check - uncheck usb debugging - still nothing, reset it to factory settings- again nothing. Major issue here. I don't want any custom roms out there, I like the stock one, just not with this issue. Can somebody help us?!

HTC can. Contact HTC support both of you.

After reading this i shouldn't install this update, right? I also checked for update and i have one. I have flashed my phone and i have that clockwork recovery or what, but i still found the update. Wasn't this supposed to happen if i would have flashed my phone? This is the first time when i find update via phone menu...

It's the rom that finds the update, not the recovery. The ROM itself knows nothing about the recovery.
Anyways, if any of you flashed a ROM that was not designed for your region and you got a update notice then you updated that might the reason for all the problems. Keep in mind that ROM regions are there for a reason.
Try to flash your region, with stock recovery and everything, then check for updates and complete them if available.

My problem is solved. I have downgraded to an older rom... NOw, i will not intall any update.... Ufffff.

Alex C. said:
It's the rom that finds the update, not the recovery. The ROM itself knows nothing about the recovery.
Anyways, if any of you flashed a ROM that was not designed for your region and you got a update notice then you updated that might the reason for all the problems. Keep in mind that ROM regions are there for a reason.
Try to flash your region, with stock recovery and everything, then check for updates and complete them if available.
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I've flashed the rom from the HTC site (HTC Europe - got my phone from Orange Romania) right before I unlocked my bootloader. I was on stock, now I'm on your stock CWM as you advised me with CWM recovery. I will try to flash my rom again today on stock with stock recovery, but if not Europe is my region, then what region should I flash in order for everything to be ok? Another thing that I've noticed it's a little asterix mark on the Htcdev unlock bootloader site that says if you flash your rom before you unlock your bootloader you might not get any OTA updates. My question is why on earth you offer me an update if it doesen't work? Or maybe I am mistaken...

Well, you'll have to ask HTC about their update process
Anyways, do you have a CWM backup you could try to restore?
Other options:
- Downgrade -> check the Everything for ChaCha thread in my sig, there is a link there
- Re-flash stock EU with wiping everything before (the big 3: wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik-cache).
Unfortunately that's the most support I can provide regarding stock rom as I don't use stock ROMs. This is what HTC should actually do

Solution found
waqar_shah said:
My problem is solved. I have downgraded to an older rom... NOw, i will not intall any update.... Ufffff.
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Evrika, and I did it.. mostly thanks to Alex C. help and finally thanks to my good luck I guess . So, this is what I did step by step:
I installed the ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.8 from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1164468http://
After that I booted to recovery and made "the big 3 wipes: wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik-cache" .. followed by format boot, format SD card.. format everything...
Next step: I've downloaded a stock rom: RUU_Chacha_HTC_Europe_1.33.401.1_Radio_47.17.35.3033H_7.48.35.14_2_release_204385_signed - search for it
after instal DON'T ROOT YET your version is 2.3.3- go to software updates from the phone menu, download the update, disconnect your phone from usb - very important not to be connected because you will have issues with the PC connection afterwards install it, it will update to Android 2.3.5 - after that check again for updates, but don't install them yet. Connect your phone to PC as a disk drive- go to the downloads folder on your SD and you will find a .zip folder there - extract from that archive only the rom.zip- extract from rom.zip all the files and place them in your fastboot.exe folder - reboot your phone to bootloader and flash with fastboot command the boot.img, and recovery.img - the commands for that are: fastboot flash boot boot.img and fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.
Reboot your phone and you will see that your wi-fi is not working, don't panic, apply the update, but be careful to disconect your phone from PC before you start the update process and voila!!!! everything is working again and you're up to date. This method worked in my case at least!
After that root your phone.. etc...

urzici said:
Evrika, and I did it.. mostly thanks to Alex C. help and finally thanks to my good luck I guess . So, this is what I did step by step:
I installed the ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.8 from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1164468http://
After that I booted to recovery and made "the big 3 wipes: wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik-cache" .. followed by format boot, format SD card.. format everything...
Next step: I've downloaded a stock rom: RUU_Chacha_HTC_Europe_1.33.401.1_Radio_47.17.35.3033H_7.48.35.14_2_release_204385_signed - search for it
after instal DON'T ROOT YET your version is 2.3.3- go to software updates from the phone menu, download the update, disconnect your phone from usb - very important not to be connected because you will have issues with the PC connection afterwards install it, it will update to Android 2.3.5 - after that check again for updates, but don't install them yet. Connect your phone to PC as a disk drive- go to the downloads folder on your SD and you will find a .zip folder there - extract from that archive only the rom.zip- extract from rom.zip all the files and place them in your fastboot.exe folder - reboot your phone to bootloader and flash with fastboot command the boot.img, and recovery.img - the commands for that are: fastboot flash boot boot.img and fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.
Reboot your phone and you will see that your wi-fi is not working, don't panic, apply the update, but be careful to disconect your phone from PC before you start the update process and voila!!!! everything is working again and you're up to date. This method worked in my case at least!
After that root your phone.. etc...
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Cheers mate, but I didn't help that much
Anyways, what's the software info for this last update? Maybe we can find it full somewhere.

Alex C. said:
Cheers mate, but I didn't help that much
Anyways, what's the software info for this last update? Maybe we can find it full somewhere.
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Not much. Here is my specs:
Android version: 2.3.5
HTC Sense 2.1 for Messenger
Software number 1.54.401.3 - this is the big (only) new thing, whatever that means at least that I've notices
Kernel version 2.6.35.10
Baseband version 47.23.35.3033H_7.51.35.19
Build number: 1.54.401.3 CL189894 realese-keys
Browser version: WebKit/533.1
I don't see any difference from my old one, just that the calendar doesn't crash anymore and of course ...nothing else
In the rom.zip there is a hboot_1.13.0000.img but it didn't flash my hboot.. it still say's hboot_1.10.0000 in my bootloader and when I tried to flash it manually, it doesn't let me because "FAILED: remote signature failed" or something like that.. don't know why.. anybody have any idea?!

[Q] Please help, no Android installed, cannot install, phone stuck on HTC logo

Long time lurker first time poster. I had a Nexus One two years ago so I was here very very often.. Since I got my Desire S a year ago, I haven't been able to flash a custom rom OR S-OFF.
Unlocked with HTCdev, rooted, HBOOT 2.00.0002 (downgrading hboot never worked either), S-ON
Last night I tried again to get onto ICS (official RUU doesn't install either). I installed 4EXT touch, flashed recovery, had my ROM (Fallout) on SD ready. Rebooted phone into new recovery to find that is was still the OLD revolutionary recovery and not 4EXT. This was 4am so I thought I'd try the usual wiping + rom flash. It went through normally and said completed although the progress bar only got about 1/3rd before jumping straight to finished. Rebooted.. stuck at white HTC logo screen.
My issues are that I cannot install HTC Sync phone drivers without phone powering up to be recognised by the PC, AND I cannot turn USB debugging on for obvious reasons
My phone is veryvery important and I'm now scared I won't be able to get it working again. Please help me.
TLDR; stuck on White HTC logo screen, no Android installed, cannot see how I can install one, help!
If anyone could shine some light on what I need to do next, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks in advance.. and afterwards

How did you flash the recovery? In fastboot? And did you flash the boot.img (also in fastboot) of the Rom you flashed?
You should definitely have read more before flashing anything...

teadrinker said:
How did you flash the recovery? In fastboot? And did you flash the boot.img (also in fastboot) of the Rom you flashed?
You should definitely have read more before flashing anything...
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For the 4EXT recovery I 'flashed' it from inside the touch app thinking that was enough these days.. naively. Had just been fighting with GF at 4am and was fed up and about to go to bed and in Revolutionary recovery so I thought what the hay, I'll wipe etc in here and use this to try and flash the rom.
I did not flash the boot.img. I goofed. I understand that but now I'm just desperate for any route back to a functional device.
I never stopped installing ROMs and etc on my old Nexus One but that was a while ago and everything just seemed to work. Desire S is being a nightmare.

Decide what you want to do.
If you want to upgrade the phone to official ROM - relock your bootloader and run RUU.
If you want to use custom ROMs - flash the recovery from fastboot and don't forget to flash the kernel from fastboot too.
I won't get into any more details, searching for the right info with these pointers will get you whatever you might need.

Thank you, I'm all fixed. Simply found an old 2.3.5 ROM and flashed and booted fine. Reason I was so stuck was because I had formatted my PC since last installing phone drivers so I couldn't do much hurdur

[HOWTO] GB to ICS OTA for Rooted Stock - Keep your data (Revolutionary hboot only)

Provided you meet the prerequisites, this is an easy way to safely update from 2.11.695.19 Gingerbread to 7.02.605.06 to 7.02.605.10 Ice Cream Sandwich via the new OTA and keep root. I have also modified the stock kernel to allow adb remount so you can push/pull files directly from the command line without needing to drop into adb shell. If you do not have the correct Revolutionary hboot or have modified your Gingerbread system files then skip this guide and flash a rooted stock build from the development forum.
ONLY for users with S-OFF revolutionary hboot and running rooted stock. DO NOT USE THIS GUIDE IF YOU ARE HTCDEV UNLOCKED OR HAVE CHANGED OR DELETED ANY OF THE STOCK SYSTEM FILES. FLASH THE RADIO AND FULL ROM INSTEAD.
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REQUIRED Prerequisites:
Revolutionary hboot with S-OFF
Rooted Stock ROM with NONE of the system files missing or changed
Get the files:
- Save the stock recovery image to your fastboot directory: Stock recovery (use the same as your ROM build, 2.11.695.19) or attached below
- Save the custom recovery image of your choice to your fastboot directory: TWRP or CWM
- Optional Superuser or SuperSU recovery flashable .zip package if OTA rootkeeper did not work
- Optional insecure boot.img attached below
Steps:
1) Set your Superuser app for OTA survival mode
2) Reboot into bootloader
If your bootloader does not have "Revolutionary" across the top, STOP immediately. If you take the OTA, you will end up with a locked bootloader.
3) Flash stock recovery
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_stock_recovery.img
4) Reboot, check for the first firmware update and download.
5) Apply update. It should reboot a few times and then reboot back into system when done. Check for the second OTA and download.
6) Apply update. It should reboot a few times and then reboot back into system when done.
7) Reboot into bootloader
8) Flash TWRP or CWM recovery
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_custom_recovery.img
9) Copy the superuser install .zip to the root of your sdcard
10) Reboot into recovery and flash the superuser update package
Optional for insecure boot ie: adb remount works:
1) Download mecha_insecure_boot.img to your fastboot directory
2) Reboot into bootloader
3) Flash:
Code:
fastboot flash boot mecha_insecure_boot.img
Secure boot attached if you want to go back.
Code:
fastboot flash boot mecha_secure_boot.img
Once you are done, your Thunderbolt will have the current ICS rom with data intact, the new radio, working superuser, custom recovery and insecure boot for "adb remount" if wanted.

This looks good, have people had success with it yet? I don't want to lose my data by trying to unroot, but I am already sitting with rooted stock with the 2.11.605.19 recovery installed.

I've seen posts of Hboot 6.04.1002
When I go into hboot, I see
****UNLOCKED***** (in pink back ground)
MECHA XD SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.04.0000
I thought I used the Revolutionary tool a while back to get S-OFF. I know my Hboot hasn't changed as I flashed RUU's or OTA's in the past.
Does it matter than I have what appears to be a lower/older HBOOT?

Looks simple enough. I am going to try this on my wifes tbolt tonight.

Re: [HOWTO] Apply ICS OTA to Rooted Stock (Revolutionary hboot only)
Tiezane said:
This looks good, have people had success with it yet? I don't want to lose my data by trying to unroot, but I am already sitting with rooted stock with the 2.11.605.19 recovery installed.
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So far just me that can confirm this works. I did not wipe at first but ended up doing a factory reset after everything was said and done anyway. There are always bits and pieces of old data that are not quite right going between major versions like this.
KidJoe said:
I've seen posts of Hboot 6.04.1002
When I go into hboot, I see
****UNLOCKED***** (in pink back ground)
MECHA XD SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.04.0000
I thought I used the Revolutionary tool a while back to get S-OFF. I know my Hboot hasn't changed as I flashed RUU's or OTA's in the past.
Does it matter than I have what appears to be a lower/older HBOOT?
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I can only confirm this worked for me on the Revolutionary hboot. Not going to speculate on others. If the version number in the OTA is higher, it probably will replace what you currently have.

Instructions in the OP should work just fine. Thank you kpetrie77 for providing this guide.
However for anyone timid to try this, you may wanna know that I have a stock rooted, deodexed version about to upload.

Re: [HOWTO] Apply ICS OTA to Rooted Stock (Revolutionary hboot only)
A CWM flashable zip would have been nice to have last night! This goat rope is pretty much the same process I used on the G2 and MyTouch. No patience so went with what I know and sharing how I did it.

kpetrie77 said:
A CWM flashable zip would have been nice to have last night! This goat rope is pretty much the same process I used on the G2 and MyTouch. No patience so went with what I know and sharing how I did it.
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Haha yeah I agree, however I spent last night getting it made up.
Didn't finish till this am.
But truly thank you for sharing this alternate method of keeping root and updating.
I'm sure it's much appreciated by many.
Upload is about halfway...

santod040 said:
Instructions in the OP should work just fine. Thank you kpetrie77 for providing this guide.
However for anyone timid to try this, you may wanna know that I have a stock rooted, deodexed version about to upload.
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Call me timid.....
Thanks in advance santid040.

santod040 said:
Instructions in the OP should work just fine. Thank you kpetrie77 for providing this guide.
However for anyone timid to try this, you may wanna know that I have a stock rooted, deodexed version about to upload.
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At the risk of sounding like a complete n00b (which I feel like anyway)... will the version you are uploading be run as an update, and therefore maintain data on the phone, or is it going to wipe what I have there now?

Tiezane said:
At the risk of sounding like a complete n00b (which I feel like anyway)... will the version you are uploading be run as an update, and therefore maintain data on the phone, or is it going to wipe what I have there now?
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It's a full rom install.
But I did not set it up to wipe data.
That doesn't mean it will play well if you don't format first, but you can try.
It's posted HERE

KidJoe said:
I've seen posts of Hboot 6.04.1002
When I go into hboot, I see
****UNLOCKED***** (in pink back ground)
MECHA XD SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.04.0000
I thought I used the Revolutionary tool a while back to get S-OFF. I know my Hboot hasn't changed as I flashed RUU's or OTA's in the past.
Does it matter than I have what appears to be a lower/older HBOOT?
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Apparently I had an OLD "permanent hboot with S-OFF that was made to not be overwritten.
I chickened out on trying to update. Instead, I reverted from the OLD "permanent" hboot to the old eng 1.40.2000 s-off hboot which could be over written. Then flashed with the 2.11.605.5 RUU to get back to S-ON, and Used Revolutionary to get S-OFF & Root.
So I now have the Revolutionary S-OFF hboot 6.04.1002 and will be upgrading from here.

santod040 said:
It's a full rom install.
But I did not set it up to wipe data.
That doesn't mean it will play well if you don't format first, but you can try.
It's posted HERE
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I read this post while installing and wiped data/factory reset after installing (without booting first). Will this have the same effect as doing so before installing? Or should I wipe and install again?

Dropbox temporarily suspended... Oops.

lukesed said:
I read this post while installing and wiped data/factory reset after installing (without booting first). Will this have the same effect as doing so before installing? Or should I wipe and install again?
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As an answer to my own question... I wasn't able to log in to my google account. I did a full wipe and installed again, and now it does work.

I have come to the conclusion that rooting is for people much smarter and with much more time than me. I'm hopelessly confused. I will never root my phone again becasue I simply don't enjoy spending my whole damn night figuring this stuff out... but since my current phone IS rooted and I want the ICS update I have to deal with this migrane.
I appreciate this OP ... but the first thing it says to do is to get the mecha android 3e recovery rom or whatever it is... and when I click that link it takes me to another forum with files all over the place, none of which are called that. What exactly am I supposed to download?
Thanks!

Re: [HOWTO] Apply ICS OTA to Rooted Stock (Revolutionary hboot only)
Good point, updated the OP. Use the stock recovery from Scotty's thread (linked) that matches the ROM version your are on.
Settings > About phone > Software
If on 2.11.605.09 then use the matching 2.11.605.09 recovery. If running 2.11.605.19 rom use 2.11.605.19 recovery.

jdport said:
I have come to the conclusion that rooting is for people much smarter and with much more time than me. I'm hopelessly confused. I will never root my phone again becasue I simply don't enjoy spending my whole damn night figuring this stuff out... but since my current phone IS rooted and I want the ICS update I have to deal with this migrane.
I appreciate this OP ... but the first thing it says to do is to get the mecha android 3e recovery rom or whatever it is... and when I click that link it takes me to another forum with files all over the place, none of which are called that. What exactly am I supposed to download?
Thanks!
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If you are rooted, why not flash the stock rooted ICS rom?

santod040 said:
If you are rooted, why not flash the stock rooted ICS rom?
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Because I have no idea how. I'm a complete newbie to this. I got through the rooting process because the nice scripts that were written were easy for even me to follow.... the only reason I rooted at all was so that I could get a proper backup with titanium. I wish now I had not rooted because I am absolutely clueless on how this stuff works. Of course if I unroot, it wipes my phone and I can't restore... without rooting again. lol. I just want to get the update installed without screwing up my phone.... whatever it is I have to do to do that. Unfortunately I really can't seem to find a resource that explains all of this. I've been reading all night and at this point my head is starting to hurt and i'm not much closer to the solution than when I started.

jdport said:
Because I have no idea how. I'm a complete newbie to this. I got through the rooting process because the nice scripts that were written were easy for even me to follow.... the only reason I rooted at all was so that I could get a proper backup with titanium. I wish now I had not rooted because I am absolutely clueless on how this stuff works. Of course if I unroot, it wipes my phone and I can't restore... without rooting again. lol. I just want to get the update installed without screwing up my phone.... whatever it is I have to do to do that. Unfortunately I really can't seem to find a resource that explains all of this. I've been reading all night and at this point my head is starting to hurt and i'm not much closer to the solution than when I started.
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If you are already rooted, go to my thread, click the link.
Sign into the InfectedROM forums, and grab the stock rom, full or debloated, your choice.
Flash it in Recovery like any other custom rom and reboot.
DONE! Stock ICS rooted... :good:

[Q] Problem with preparing HTC Sensation for Custom Rom installation

Hello,
Call me a noob but for starting I do not understand half of therms being used on most of the threads I've read even tho I spent days reading and trying to figure out everything by myself before opening a new thread and being pointed as a noob by everyone but I don't care about that anyways.
Alright, so I have some sort of an unusual HTC Sensation because every time I try to do a step forward I get stuck because of my particular phone and have to go back 2 steps. That lead me to a 3-days frustrations even tho I'm reading everywhere that people with no experience whatsoever are rooting and installing custom roms in less than 10 minutes.
So, first some software data about this little prick who seems different than most of the others Sensations I've seen around.
Phone name: HTC Sensation Z710e
Android version: 4.0.3 (official update)
HTC Sense version: 3.6
Software number: 3.32.771.51
Kernel version: 3.0.16-gda3fdfc
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 17 19:24:03 CST 2012
Baseband version: 11.69A.3504.00U_11.23.3504.07_M2
Build numver: 3.32.771.51 CL360734 release-keys
Browser version: WebKit/534.30
*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
Okay. So or the last few days I managed to UNLOCKED the phone and make it S-OFF even tho it was not easy at all for me, especially with my HBOOT version which forced me to do some silly wire tricks that actually worked at the end. (but probably messed up my WiFi)
What I'm trying to do and what I need your help for is... installing Android Revolution HD Custom Rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14191938&postcount=1.
So, in order to do that first I had to make my phone S-OFF and unlock it which I did successfully after a lot of struggling.
It also says that I need to update the firmwire: "t's necessary to flash new firmware package before flashing this ROM" which should be found on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618 but... ONCE AGAIN I encountered a problem because I don't see my version listed anywhere.
My CID: H3G_106
My MID: PG813000
So that's my first problem. Then in order to install that particular ROM I need to wipe all my data. I have no problem with the data itself but I've tried doing it in AROMA but I didn't see anywhere the option to SuperWipe everything. Yes, a real noob here, huh? I guess I have to somehow install a SuperWipe script but I didn't manage to do that yet.
One PROBLEM that I got after unlocking the phone, making it S-OFF and trying to wipe it (only did the factory reset) was losing WiFi. That's limiting my phone A LOT as you would guess and I don't seem to find a solution. Many said that it will 'return' once I istall the Custom Rom but I'm not sure about that and I'd kinda like to get that resolved ASAP. It's a 'standard' problem where it says 'ERROR' and cannot be turned on at all. I tried some WiFix from WiFi Manager and similar 'tricks' but nothing worked. I assume it was after doing the 'wire trick' in order to S-OFF my phone but that's just my guess that might be irrelevant for the solution of the problem.
Well, that's all from me in the first post.
I hope somebody will skip the noob introduction and will actually help me with the problem because I do need help regarding this and it's not like I came here for the first time after buying a phone. I tried sorting all this out by myself for the last few days but I just gave up and decided to seek help from the more experienced ones.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Fidel

1. Since you are s-off, get superCID.
2. Firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21711154
3. Flash a custom recovery (4EXT is probably your best choice)
4. Make a nandroid backup via recovery
5. Format all partitions in recovery
6. Flash the ROM you want
If WiFi still does not work, then I would try a kernel that is compatible with the ROM you want.
Your super wipe problem can be easily fixed by flashing a custom recovery.
On step two, you can flash 3.33 universal firmware if you want. It will allow you to flash a custom recovery
Here's 4EXT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20015407
Take a look at this thread as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16125079
Sent from my Ouya

AndroidSupporter318 said:
1. Since you are s-off, get superCID.
2. Firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21711154
3. Flash a custom recovery (4EXT is probably your best choice)
4. Make a nandroid backup via recovery
5. Format all partitions in recovery
6. Flash the ROM you want
If WiFi still does not work, then I would try a kernel that is compatible with the ROM you want.
Your super wipe problem can be easily fixed by flashing a custom recovery.
On step two, you can flash 3.33 universal firmware if you want. It will allow you to flash a custom recovery
Here's 4EXT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20015407
Take a look at this thread as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16125079
Sent from my Ouya
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I changed my CID to 11111111. Now which firmware should I get? There are too many and I don't wanna choose the wrong one.
Thanks.

Fidel Castro said:
I changed my CID to 11111111. Now which firmware should I get? There are too many and I don't wanna choose the wrong one.
Thanks.
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3.33 is the latest firmware. Use the link posted by Androidsupporter318 in point 2 above and follow the instructions on that thread. Remember to check the MD5 sum of the firmware before flashing.

3484jacks said:
3.33 is the latest firmware. Use the link posted by Androidsupporter318 in point 2 above and follow the instructions on that thread. Remember to check the MD5 sum of the firmware before flashing.
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I saw that about checking the MD5 but I still don't understand it. I download some MD5 checkers and I got the MD5 number but I have no idea what I have to compare it to? It says that MD5 should match. Match with what?
Plus, I cannot use the 4EXT Recovery because it requires INTERNET and as I said already I don't have it due to the ERROR with my WiFi.

MD5 is a long string of characters and numbers. It is used to check whether the file you downloaded was done correctly (not corrupted). After you check the downloaded file's MD5 sum, there should be an MD5 sum on the website where you got the file. Make sure the file's MD5 sum matches with the one on the website to ensure that the file is not corrupted.
About 4EXT, it does not require internet access. I am talking about the recovery image you have to flash via PC. Internet access in required only to download the recovery image
Sent from my Ouya
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The 4EXT link is in the second post. Make sure you read all the directions
Sent from my Ouya

does he actually need to update his FW. He got OTA ICS so his FW should be okay right?
I don't see you mentioning anywhere in your post that you installed a custom recovery like 4EXT. A custom recovery is neccesay to flash a ROM and other files like superwipe script.
I think the only thing you need to do is install 4EXT, download superwipe and ARHD and flash those. New ROM should fix your wifi problem.
just to be clear; you download the 4EXT recovery file from this site. you place the file in the same folder from where you use fastboot and then flash it on your phone with fastboot. You don't need internet for that. I can't think of a case other then downloading that you need internet for 4EXT.
If it's installed you can acces the recovery by turning off your phone, remove battery for 3 sec, boot by holding volume down + power button, in bootloader(hboot) scroll to recovery with volume buttons and select with power button. If not in bootloader, but in fasboot mode then scroll to bootloader and select it to enter bootloader(hboot). If you installed 4EXT correctly you would recognize the interface of the custom recovery. If not, you'll end up in the custom HTC recovery which is useless for flashing ROMs, and 4EXT is not installed.
you don't need internet for any of this.

onemanshow85 said:
does he actually need to update his FW. He got OTA ICS so his FW should be okay right?
I don't see you mentioning anywhere in your post that you installed a custom recovery like 4EXT. A custom recovery is neccesay to flash a ROM and other files like superwipe script.
I think the only thing you need to do is install 4EXT, download superwipe and ARHD and flash those. New ROM should fix your wifi problem.
just to be clear; you download the 4EXT recovery file from this site. you place the file in the same folder from where you use fastboot and then flash it on your phone with fastboot. You don't need internet for that. I can't think of a case other then downloading that you need internet for 4EXT.
If it's installed you can acces the recovery by turning off your phone, remove battery for 3 sec, boot by holding volume down + power button, in bootloader(hboot) scroll to recovery with volume buttons and select with power button. If not in bootloader, but in fasboot mode then scroll to bootloader and select it to enter bootloader(hboot). If you installed 4EXT correctly you would recognize the interface of the custom recovery. If not, you'll end up in the custom HTC recovery which is useless for flashing ROMs, and 4EXT is not installed.
you don't need internet for any of this.
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probably he didn't see the link for the recovery.img
also there is no need for superwipe script
format all partittions except sdcard from 4ext is fine

rzr86 said:
probably he didn't see the link for the recovery.img
also there is no need for superwipe script
format all partittions except sdcard from 4ext is fine
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probably not, but it's recommended if he's going to ARHD since he's comming from stock. precautions never hurt

آm recovery to install a new ROM, I did not prepare a backup, now the phone is not recognized by the laptop, so I can flash a new custom recovery and install a ROM. Friends, can someone help?
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