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ViperS ROM Wifi help HTC Sensation S-ON

Guys, I rooted and unlocked bootloader via HTCDev on my friends HTC sensation... and installed ViperS 1.1.0 with S-ON..
I needed to flash boot.img taken from viperS.zip via fastboot so it would boot correctly.
The problem my friend is experiencing now is Wifi keeps connecting... so this means there is a problem with wifi.
On searching XDA forum replacing the kernel would probably fix the issue like using Bricked Kernel.... but isn't ViperS already using Bricked kernel?
What's a good fix for the wifi? so I can apply it to my friends HTC Sensation ViperS 1.1.0....

wogz143 said:
Guys, I rooted and unlocked bootloader via HTCDev on my friends HTC sensation... and installed ViperS 1.1.0 with S-ON..
I needed to flash boot.img taken from viperS.zip via fastboot so it would boot correctly.
The problem my friend is experiencing now is Wifi keeps connecting... so this means there is a problem with wifi.
On searching XDA forum replacing the kernel would probably fix the issue like using Bricked Kernel.... but isn't ViperS already using Bricked kernel?
What's a good fix for the wifi? so I can apply it to my friends HTC Sensation ViperS 1.1.0....
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With S-ON T-Macgnolia have explained that
When you use HTC Dev to unlock your bootloader it does unlock the Recovery, System, and Boot partitions to allow your device to write to those partitions and not just read those partitions. But there is a catch, if you want to flash a custom recovery you have to use ABD fastoot commands to flash it. When you flash as ROM in a .zip file via Recovery, it only flashes the System partition. You then have to open the .zip file and extract the boot.img and then use ADB fastboot commands to flash the boot.img to your boot partition. If you do not you will still have the boot.img of the ROM you was using before you flashed the New ROM.
Now let me explain the boot.img a little so you know why it is so important. The boot.img does just what thee name implies, it is what boots the Android ROM on your device. Now let me explain this a little further, the Android OS runs on top of something called a Linux kernel. This means that your bootloader boots the Linux kernel and the hardware of the device. The Linux kernel then boots the Android OS. The kernel is also the connection between the hardware and the Android OS. So you see if the kernel is not compatible with the system that is on the system partition you will have troubles like Wifi not working or other I hardware reliant functions. So when you flash a new ROM and you are HTC Dev unlocked you will have to flash the boot.img for the ROM or you will more than likely have troubles.
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So, if you're having an issue of Wifi not working or keep 'Turning On...' you should enable the Smartflash in the 4EXT recovery menu and in the App itself after you flash any ROM. Asskicker explained it better than me in this thread in topic number 5.
Hope this will fix your issue

Aivard said:
With S-ON T-Macgnolia have explained that
So, if you're having an issue of Wifi not working or keep 'Turning On...' you should enable the Smartflash in the 4EXT recovery menu and in the App itself after you flash any ROM. Asskicker explained it better than me in this thread in topic number 5.
Hope this will fix your issue
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Thanks pal, I'll try this on my friend's HTC sensation or maybe have him do it... I'm guessing though that things will start to work even without re-installing or flashing the entire rom....
EDIT:
We tried this... still wifi doesn't work... maybe re-flashing Bricked Kernel will help... I'm just guessing...

{HELP} device is keep booting into recovey -- SOLVED --

To the Guru of this forum. After my last rom flashing my device is keeping booting into recovery :crying:. Is it briked ? If so my only hope is the unbricking project ? Thanks in advance.

What recovery are you running?
Can you use the power menu within recovery to boot into bootloader?
Also, please provide as much pertinent info as possible, ie: rom you flashed, firmware, s-off or s-on, locked or unlocked. With your description it's basically like saying, "my car makes a noise all the time. what is causing it?".

Its not bricked.If u can enter recovery
Sent from my HTC sensation

Sorry you are right:
What recovery are you running? 4Ext
Can you use the power menu within recovery to boot into bootloader? yes
The device is HTC unlocked with S-On.
Rom JBMIUI v4.1 2.8.31 R2.
HBOOT 1.27.0000
firmware 3.33.401.6
I've format everything but SD. Restored the most recent back up done today before flashing. Once it reboots HTC logo comes up once, black screen, HTC logo, 4Ext is coming up saying that smartflash it is set to update the boot partition on next system start asking if this should be removed.
I've downloaded and installed again PG58IMG *different files using bootloader
I've founded a 3.33.401.6-Unsecured-Boot.img,+Root+Busybox zip file that can be installed via recovery but it did not help.
At this point I need a bit of help to look into the right direction and I'm not sure that Unbrick_Pyramid is the right way.
Thanks again.

Try turning off smartflash and flash a 3.33 stock rom to see if it will boot.
What was your last working setup, and what were you trying to install?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

Hi. Manage to flash a stock 3.33.
It stopped to reboot straight into recovery.
Sits now on HTC logo now for about 10 mins. I plan to let him run for 1 hr and see what happens.
Was thinking to install CWM on the basis that could be a 4ext recovery issue, toughs?
GROGG88 said:
Try turning off smartflash and flash a 3.33 stock rom to see if it will boot.
What was your last working setup, and what were you trying to install?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2
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If you can install clockworkmod that may help.
Tge device isnt getting the message that it has already booted into recovery once. So something may be jacked up with 4ext.
Clockwork may bypass all that when it doesnt know what to do with that signal to run smartflash.
Worst case scenario...put a full pm58img containing a rom and recovery on the sf card and flash that through bootloader.
You should still be able to get to bootloader as the device looks for that option first.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app

Hallo. Ok installed CWM. Can please direct me to a full pm58img as you mentioned ? Thx.
Skipjacks said:
If you can install clockworkmod that may help.
Tge device isnt getting the message that it has already booted into recovery once. So something may be jacked up with 4ext.
Clockwork may bypass all that when it doesnt know what to do with that signal to run smartflash.
Worst case scenario...put a full pm58img containing a rom and recovery on the sf card and flash that through bootloader.
You should still be able to get to bootloader as the device looks for that option first.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app
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DiscreteTask said:
Hallo. Ok installed CWM. Can please direct me to a full pm58img as you mentioned ? Thx.
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And did that help? Are you able to get into recovery without errors now? If so you should be able to flash a fresh version of any ROM.
Try that first. Get any ROM. Flash it. See if it boots.
If you have successfully replaced 4EXT I will bet a fresh flash of a ROM will now boot.
Also worth a shot is replacing or upgrading the firmware, as that could be what's sending the phone into recovery on each boot (though this is less likely that 4EXT just being broken)
Flash a firmware PM58IMG like 3.32 or 3.33 and see if that helps.
But for starters, put a fresh ROM on the SD card and flash it with CWM. (BE SURE IT'S A ROM THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE 4EXT!!)
Once you've got it all fixed you can switch back to 4EXT. I have a feeling it was just the copy you were running that got botched. The software itself is solid and stable. A new copy shoudl work fine now.

CWM v5.0.2.0 was installed fine.
3.33 firmware installed once again.
Using this I've installed ROM that I already did in the past w/o luck, they all sit on the HTC logo. Is like the initial boot sequence is broken. Is boot.img part of the firmware or ROM ?
Trying to download some additional ones.
Thanks,
Skipjacks said:
And did that help? Are you able to get into recovery without errors now? If so you should be able to flash a fresh
version of any ROM.
Try that first. Get any ROM. Flash it. See if it boots.
If you have successfully replaced 4EXT I will bet a fresh flash of a ROM will now boot.
Also worth a shot is replacing or upgrading the firmware, as that could be what's sending the phone into recovery on each boot (though this is less likely that 4EXT just being broken)
Flash a firmware PM58IMG like 3.32 or 3.33 and see if that helps.
But for starters, put a fresh ROM on the SD card and flash it with CWM. (BE SURE IT'S A ROM THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE 4EXT!!)
Once you've got it all fixed you can switch back to 4EXT. I have a feeling it was just the copy you were running that got botched. The software itself is solid and stable. A new copy shoudl work fine now.
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DiscreteTask said:
CWM v5.0.2.0 was installed fine.
3.33 firmware installed once again.
Using this I've installed ROM that I already did in the past w/o luck, they all sit on the HTC logo. Is like the initial boot sequence is broken. Is boot.img part of the firmware or ROM ?
Trying to download some additional ones.
Thanks,
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The more details you give, the better the answers will be. Don't consider any detail too small.
What do you mean you installed ROM's that you had done in the past? Do you mean you are trying to restore a backup made with 4EXT?
That won't work. You need to flash a fresh version of the ROM after wiping.
Also, CWM won't install some ROM's that you may have used in the past. What ROM are you trying to install?
The HTC logo that first pops up when you hit the power button is part of the firmware.
Make sure you do a full wipe of everything but the SD card from within CWM. Get whatever's causing the problem off that way. Then flash a fresh install of a ROM from scratch.

Hi.
I did not use any backup only fresh ROMs: ARHD, Elegantia, but also stock ROMs I could find.
I've tried also some PG58IMG with ROM included.
Cheers.
Skipjacks said:
The more details you give, the better the answers will be. Don't consider any detail too small.
What do you mean you installed ROM's that you had done in the past? Do you mean you are trying to restore a backup made with 4EXT?
That won't work. You need to flash a fresh version of the ROM after wiping.
Also, CWM won't install some ROM's that you may have used in the past. What ROM are you trying to install?
The HTC logo that first pops up when you hit the power button is part of the firmware.
Make sure you do a full wipe of everything but the SD card from within CWM. Get whatever's causing the problem off that way. Then flash a fresh install of a ROM from scratch.
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Arhd and elegencia wont work with cwm. So there is your isdue. Try cm9 or 10 to see if you can boot one of those.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app

Hallo, after trying all option the following did work for me:
- re-lock bootloader via fastboot oem lock
- apply stock ROM founded in this list http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
- rebooted fine
I guess that HTC RUU had some superpower and erase and installed whatever file(s) were corrupted.
Now I'm on stock 3.6 - fw 3.33.401.106 - radio 11.76A.3504.00UU_11.24A.3504.31_M
HBOOT 1.29 - S-ON - Relocked.
Standard Recovery.
Now I'm reading how to return my device to S-OFF w/o damaging it again.
Many thanks to skipjacks & groog88 :good:
Skipjacks said:
Arhd and elegencia wont work with cwm. So there is your isdue. Try cm9 or 10 to see if you can boot one of those.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app
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[Q] Boot Loop after PYD-X

Hi to all, I'm having an issue with my sensation xe.
I'm using vipers 1.6.3 with bricked kernel and today I would like to try Pyd-x kernel. After install it, the phone rebooted and gone into boot loop.
Without trouble I tryed to restore my nandroid backup, already tryed another two times with full success, but now nothing change.
I'm still in boot loop.
The only things I'm able to do is enter in hboot and into 4ext recovery.
I already tryed to flash another kernel, another rom, but nothing change....
could somebody help me please?
Many thanks
Wooler

Wooler said:
Hi to all, I'm having an issue with my sensation xe.
I'm using vipers 1.6.3 with bricked kernel and today I would like to try Pyd-x kernel. After install it, the phone rebooted and gone into boot loop.
Without trouble I tryed to restore my nandroid backup, already tryed another two times with full success, but now nothing change.
I'm still in boot loop.
The only things I'm able to do is enter in hboot and into 4ext recovery.
I already tryed to flash another kernel, another rom, but nothing change....
could somebody help me please?
Many thanks
Wooler
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Hi,
If you run a RUU,it will reset your partitions,and may help you out of this situation.
Look HERE

malybru said:
Hi,
If you run a RUU,it will reset your partitions,and may help you out of this situation.
Look HERE
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That's seems a bit too hassling...
Wooler, the problem you're having is because of 4ext and smartflash/S-ON. In order to fix this, you need to flash the boot.img from ViperS using fastboot. 4ext requires a working boot partition in order to flash kernels with S-ON, so it's impossible to fix the problem by using 4ext (i.e. as you've already realized, no amount of flashing kernels/ROMs will fix this). I've attached the boot.img file from ViperS 1.6.3 to the bottom of this post; download it and follow the instructions here on how to flash a boot.img file with fastboot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
After you flash the boot.img and your phone turns on, reboot to recovery, flash PYD-X again, and it should work this time. If you have any questions on flashing a boot.img using fastboot then feel free to ask.

if you can`t run ruu, entern in bootloader ( adb reboot-bootloader ) and run ruu again

ripkid666 said:
if you can`t run ruu, entern in bootloader ( adb reboot-bootloader ) and run ruu again
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ADB won't be of any use in this case because ADB is a userspace utility and Wooler's phone isn't booting at all. All the magic will be done with fastboot since all Wooler can access is the bootloader

A big thanks to all
Dear friends, first of all a BIG THANKS TO ALL.
I followed the suggestion of android1234567 and my sensation booted, but it stay into the welcome screen with the white background and the sensation xe logo.
Probably because I tryed many things before asking to you.
So I recovered my nandroid backup and all gone well. My sensation work again.
A big thanks to all.
Best regards
Wooler

my sensation does not boot

My phone is S-ON and I'm using 4-ext recovery. Until today I used several custom roms and I didn't face any problem. Lastly I flashed android hd revolution rom and I enabled fastboot.
Couple hours ago I decided to flash Elegancia rom. I enable smart flash then I did full wipe as always. Flashed rom, reboot. But my phone stucks on first white screen (green htc thing on the screen) I tried to flash bruce's cm10 and android hd revolution. But it's still same. What am I going to do?

koolthing said:
My phone is S-ON and I'm using 4-ext recovery. Until today I used several custom roms and I didn't face any problem. Lastly I flashed android hd revolution rom and I enabled fastboot.
Couple hours ago I decided to flash Elegancia rom. I enable smart flash then I did full wipe as always. Flashed rom, reboot. But my phone stucks on first white screen (green htc thing on the screen) I tried to flash bruce's cm10 and android hd revolution. But it's still same. What am I going to do?
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don't forget to enable smartflash berfore flashing rom
otherwise try extra 1 step from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

rzr86 said:
don't forget to enable smartflash berfore flashing rom
otherwise try extra 1 step from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
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I did enable smartflash but it's still stuck. Which extra step that I actually going to try?
edit: ah, I figured it out. I tried "extra 1" step and it worked! thank you.

Help Me

hello. i unlocked bootloader my sensation xe and i rooted it. but i dont do s-off and my phone is S-On. and i flashed a recovery (4ext touch) and i install viper rom and install stoped on 99% and i remove battery. but my phone stoped on viper logo what i do?

human.n74 said:
hello. i unlocked bootloader my sensation xe and i rooted it. but i dont do s-off and my phone is S-On. and i flashed a recovery (4ext touch) and i install viper rom and install stoped on 99% and i remove battery. but my phone stoped on viper logo what i do?
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Did you enable smartflash? Did you make a Nandroid before flashing?
Get back into recovery, wipe everything except the SD-card, enable smartflash and flash Viper again.
Good luck.

bitaktus said:
Did you enable smartflash? Did you make a Nandroid before flashing?
Get back into recovery, wipe everything except the SD-card, enable smartflash and flash Viper again.
Good luck.
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i have a backup but when i want to restore it it stoped on restore bootloder.
how i enable smartflash?

human.n74 said:
i have a backup but when i want to restore it it stoped on restore bootloder.
how i enable smartflash?
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Smartflash is an option in 4EXT. It's in settings. I believe at the bottom.

bitaktus said:
Smartflash is an option in 4EXT. It's in settings. I believe at the bottom.
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i flash viper again. and this time flashing done but phone stoped on viper logo on boot too.
i not s-off. might be it?

S-off is not necessary.
Give it some time. The first boot takes a lot of time.

human.n74 said:
i flash viper again. and this time flashing done but phone stoped on viper logo on boot too.
i not s-off. might be it?
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do these steps:
go to recovery
format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash
flash the rom
done
the first boot takes 3-5 minutes
if fails then flash the boot.img of the rom manually
if you don't know how see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 (only extra 1 step)