Hello,
I have a big problem with my old HTC Sensation.
I tried nearly everything out of other topics, but nothing worked....
The story: Suddenly my Sensation rebooted and from then on it is stuck in an endless bootloop.
The bad thing is, that it was stock/S-ON at this moment.
Informations about the phone:
***UNLOCKED***
Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT: 1.27.0000
Radio: 11.24A.3504.31_M
-> I am able to install RUUs (3.33), but after installation i am still in the bootloop
-> I am able to unlock/relock the bootloader
-> I can install a recovery via fastboot, but can't boot into it => bootloop
Maybe you have got a hint to bring the Sensation back to life.
Thank you!
Since your bootloader is unlocked, you can use fastboot to do stuff. Most of the HTC Sensations have a HBOOT version that causes bootloops when flashing roms because their kernel doesn't seem to install properly when flashing roms. The ROM should consist of a file inside the zip, usualy in the kernel folder or in the root of the zip that is called boot.img. That is the kernel. First of all, you need to download the tools that have the fastboot and drivers included. Then unzip all of the contents into a folder. Run and install the drivers that that have come in the folder. Then go into the fastboot and adb folder. Shift rightclick onto the empty space of the folder and click open command window here. Then boot your phone into bootloader mode. You can do this using power button and volume down while your phone is off. Once youre in fastboot mode, navigate to fastboot using up and down volume keys. Then press the power button. Plug in your phone to your computer using your HTC sync cable. Then in the adb and fastboot folder, copy your roms boot.img into the folder. Then in the command window, type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' without the quotation marks. It should say sending and then writing. The process should take no longer than 20 seconds. Once done, restart your phone. Wolla, your rom should now be working properly!
kevinspl2000 said:
Since your bootloader is unlocked, you can use fastboot to do stuff. Most of the HTC Sensations have a HBOOT version that causes bootloops when flashing roms because their kernel doesn't seem to install properly when flashing roms. The ROM should consist of a file inside the zip, usualy in the kernel folder or in the root of the zip that is called boot.img. That is the kernel. First of all, you need to download the tools that have the fastboot and drivers included. Then unzip all of the contents into a folder. Run and install the drivers that that have come in the folder. Then go into the fastboot and adb folder. Shift rightclick onto the empty space of the folder and click open command window here. Then boot your phone into bootloader mode. You can do this using power button and volume down while your phone is off. Once youre in fastboot mode, navigate to fastboot using up and down volume keys. Then press the power button. Plug in your phone to your computer using your HTC sync cable. Then in the adb and fastboot folder, copy your roms boot.img into the folder. Then in the command window, type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' without the quotation marks. It should say sending and then writing. The process should take no longer than 20 seconds. Once done, restart your phone. Wolla, your rom should now be working properly!
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actually he can't even boot to the recovery in order to flash any rom
so what's the point of flashing the boot.img manually?
You can use Sensation all in one kit v3 to unlock boot loader, read this thread for more detail
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404
after unlocking boot loader, then go to this thread to download 4EXT recovery then use kit to flash recovery, remember to download image file, not zip file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377759
boot to recovery, then enable smart flash and flash any cook ROM you want. Remenber to wipe everything after having enable smart flash then flash cook ROM
good luck
stripeqn said:
Remenber to wipe everything after having enable smart flash then flash cook ROM
good luck
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actually first has to wipe and then enable smartflash
Thank you for your ideas!
But unfortunattly i tried most of the things.
@ kevinspl2000
I think normaly the RUU would also install the Boot Image.
But I also tried to manualy flash the boot.img out of the RUU via fastboot, but no success.
I am not able to flash a Custom ROM, because of no Recovery...
@stripeqn
The point is that I am not able to boot to Recovery...
I can flash the Recovery via fastboot, but I am not able to boot into it.
I tried different versions of CWMR and 4EXT but no success...
When I click on recovery, it just shows the HTC Logo and bootloop again
BrainyTheKing said:
Thank you for your ideas!
But unfortunattly i tried most of the things.
@ kevinspl2000
I think normaly the RUU would also install the Boot Image.
But I also tried to manualy flash the boot.img out of the RUU via fastboot, but no success.
I am not able to flash a Custom ROM, because of no Recovery...
@stripeqn
The point is that I am not able to boot to Recovery...
I can flash the Recovery via fastboot, but I am not able to boot into it.
I tried different versions of CWMR and 4EXT but no success...
When I click on recovery, it just shows the HTC Logo and bootloop again
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I think I have a solution. When I installed my custom recovery at first, I also got bootloops when trying to go into the recovery. What I did, is I refalshed the recovery, and then did fastboot erase cache. It wipes all of the cache, and fixed my bootloop before. Try that and see how we get on...
kevinspl2000 said:
I think I have a solution. When I installed my custom recovery at first, I also got bootloops when trying to go into the recovery. What I did, is I refalshed the recovery, and then did fastboot erase cache. It wipes all of the cache, and fixed my bootloop before. Try that and see how we get on...
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I erased the cache before and after flashing recovery.
No success ...
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Hello,
So I have a rooted HTC Desire S with Hboot 2.00.0002, unlocked bootloader and 4ext touch recovery. After a couple of failed attempts of flashing the MIUI rom and nandroid restoring it, I lost the ability to connect to 3G after the fourth attempt. So, I tried to flash a new kernel on it to see if it would solve anything. It didn't, whenever I boot up my phone it hangs on the HTC logo, then reboots a little while in 4ext recovery mode.
From here I again tried to nandroid restore, but with no luck.
How do I get my phone back to working? (what I had before was rooted stock rom)
I have tried these two kernels: http://bit.ly/ozxbWr (HTC-Kernel-2.6.35.10) and the Reaper 3.0 kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433816).
Thanks.
Alright, found the problem. For future Googlers here is how I fixed it.
So, first I downloaded a custom rom for my phone, MIUI. I placed the zip on my micro-SD card (I have a converter so it will fit into my laptop) and booted into 4EXT recovery. I guess you can use ClockworkMod Recorvery aswell.
In here I picked "choose from SD-card" and picked my .zip file and installed it.
After installation you boot into the bootloader (Volume Down + Power button) and go into fastboot. While in fastboot you plugin your USB-cable.
Set up ADB and Fastboot with this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272595
Now go back to where you downloaded the custom rom to and extract the boot.img file to the folder where adb.exe and fastboot.exe is.
Upon up a cmd in your folder where adb.exe and fastboot.exe is in (Use Shift+Right click, pick "Open cmd here").
Now write exactly the following
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
.
Press Enter and let it do it's job. When it's done you can unplug the USB cable and restart the phone as normally. The phone will now function again.
Did you unlock your phone with HTCDEV? If so then it is extremely well documented that you have to flash to kernel separately.
SimonTS said:
Did you unlock your phone with HTCDEV? If so then it is extremely well documented that you have to flash to kernel separately.
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And even more so now
Impressed that someone actually resolved their own issue, let this hopefully be a lesson to the crowd
Swyped from my DesireS
The guide for doing this is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525100
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Hello,
I have troubles with my phone which won't boot. I installed official ICS exe on my computer and after update wizard said that was successfully finished.
When I turn on phone first is HTC sign and then is blank black screen (lightly illuminated) and stays there.
If I remove SD card then I get the red triangle message.
What could be wrong? How do I fix this?
regards
If i press volume down and power:
-Revolutionary-
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-3831.19.00.110
eMMC-boot
Mar 10 2011, 14:58:38
HBOOT
If i press recovery it goes to black screen again
Do not, ever, EVER, install an official ROM throught the RUU while being on S-OFF
yes, your phone was s-off and you should update by using PG88IMG.zip instead of RUU file.
Do you have goldcard backup? If so you can use goldcard to unbrick.
Yeah I know that now.
I have nothing backed up.
Please do tell me I have hope.
usyn1 said:
Yeah I know that now.
I have nothing backed up.
Please do tell me I have hope.
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volume up + pwr button ?
Nothing,
only power button + vol down works.
Actuly I have somewhat backup file on SD. It is located in clockworkmod --> backup --> folder --> 6 files in it.
usyn1 said:
Nothing,
only power button + vol down works.
Actuly I have somewhat backup file on SD. It is located in clockworkmod --> backup --> folder --> 6 files in it.
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may be it is nandroid backup
can you boot to custom recovery? If yes you can restore from there
I can boot up to bootloader (vol down + pwr)
I can select:
FASTBOOT (reboot reboot bootloader and power down) -> all works
RECOVERY (do not work) phone restarts to HTC logo and then blank screen
FACTORY RESET (do not work) phone restarts to HTC logo and then blank screen
SIMLOCK (dont know?)
IMAGE CRC (work)
In backup folder:
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.img
usyn1 said:
I can boot up to bootloader (vol down + pwr)
I can select:
FASTBOOT (reboot reboot bootloader and power down) -> all works
RECOVERY (do not work) phone restarts to HTC logo and then blank screen
FACTORY RESET (do not work) phone restarts to HTC logo and then blank screen
SIMLOCK (dont know?)
IMAGE CRC (work)
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If you can get to fastboot then surely you should be able to use ADB to connect to your phone?
Please tell me more about ADB? How can I try if I am able to use ADB?
have you tried to enter fastboot, connect to PC with USB, and flash the custom recovery once more? Probably, when you tried to apply the RUU - it overwrote the custom recovery with the official one, so you need to reflash the custom one back, access it, and restore a nandroid backup from within it. Then, either use the method to upgrade to ICS but keep root and s-off, or go completely stock and and upgrade to official ICS (with a possibility to root it), or simply flash the prerooted official ICS ROM
Sorry for my noob questions.
I need some software on my PC to flash from computer? Thank you for all you are helping.
usyn1 said:
Sorry for my noob questions.
I need some software on my PC to flash from computer? Thank you for all you are helping.
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things that you need are:
- ADB.exe
- Fastboot.exe
- few .dll files that allow these two to work on your computer
- Fastboot drivers
- and an .img file of the required custom recovery
You can find all of these somewhere in Desire S forums, just search for keywork "[GUIDE]"
Then you can simply follow the instructions from the guide on how to use the adb and fastboot, and you'll be back up and running in no time
And because you're already S-OFF, all you need to do is get the files I listed above, unpack the archive with them in somewhere like C:/, open command prompt, get into bootloader, select "FASTBOOT", and enter the "fastboot flash recovery (recovery name).img" command, then reboot into bootloader again with "fastboot reboot-bootloader" command, and then you'll be able to access the newly flashed custom recovery to restore your backup, and return your phone to life
Seems complicated in text format, but it's actually easier than you might think
EDIT #1: Look here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186401
Many thanks, I will try and report back!
And if I understand when I install ADB I must go for cmd..?
usyn1 said:
Many thanks, I will try and report back!
And if I understand when I install ADB I must go for cmd..?
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you don't need to install anything other than drivers to allow your PC to work with adb/fastboot commands through CMD. And, if I remember correctly, you should also deinstall HTC Sync program and delete any HTC drivers present on your system currently. Then install fastboot drivers, and you're good to go.
Good luck mate
F.Y.I, if your hboot is ENG S-OFF you can run RUU to update and it will NOT brick your phone.
And here is some link for you to install custom recovery:
- HTC Driver:
www.htcaddicts.com/download.php?id=318
- Android tool (contains adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, AdbWinUsbApi.dll, fastboot.exe):
http://www.mediafire.com/?4dx982z93w8z7wk
- Custom recovery image (4EXT):
http://downloads.saga-lbc-mod.de/recovery-images/4EXTRecovery_v2.1.0_saga.zip
Download and extract recovery.img from the zip file.
How to flash recovery: open DOS command prompt in the folder where edb.exe is located (recovery.img file should be in the same folder) and type:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Hope this help, good luck
Wow vndnguyen!
I managed to acess 4EXT recovery v2.1.0.
Now I restored system to 2.3.5 sense 3.0 HBOOT and other is the same.
What I need now to do to get ICS the right way? Is this guide good? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858508 I am getting: can't open '/sdcard/hboot.img': No such file or directory
You probably forgot to enable the USB debugging mode? And try to download ADB again
I swapped SD card then it worked.
Successfully installed ICS thank you guys, hope this will be useful for someone.
congratulation
I've been trying to flash CM10.1 to my htc one x.
my phone is unlocked, s-off, supercid, rooted, everything..
I put the cm10.zip on my sdcard.
I wiped my phone (cache,delvik,system [not sure if i should wipe more than this? idk... this was all i saw on a few threads])
I flash the cm10.zip to my phone.
I extracted the boot.img from cm10.zip to my adb/fastboot folder
I reboot into bootloader and attempt to fastboot flash the boot.img to my phone ** (I think this is where the problem is but idk..)
I reboot my phone and i'm stuck at the cm10 loading screen.
Help?
I think my problem might be when I'm trying to fastboot the boot.img on my phone... When I attempt to see adb devices (while I'm in bootloader) I get none... I would always have to load into android before adb would recognize my device then boot into bootloader and do anything (it always worked in the past so i never really cared..) but with a custom rom I'm unable to boot into android so idk any suggestions? would this be the problem? it says it successfully flashes it but i'm having doubts... as it shows no connected devices. can I flash the boot.img to my phone before i flash the rom?
obg8 said:
I've been trying to flash CM10.1 to my htc one x.
my phone is unlocked, s-off, supercid, rooted, everything..
I put the cm10.zip on my sdcard.
I wiped my phone (cache,delvik,system [not sure if i should wipe more than this? idk... this was all i saw on a few threads])
I flash the cm10.zip to my phone.
I extracted the boot.img from cm10.zip to my adb/fastboot folder
I reboot into bootloader and attempt to fastboot flash the boot.img to my phone ** (I think this is where the problem is but idk..)
I reboot my phone and i'm stuck at the cm10 loading screen.
Help?
I think my problem might be when I'm trying to fastboot the boot.img on my phone... When I attempt to see adb devices (while I'm in bootloader) I get none... I would always have to load into android before adb would recognize my device then boot into bootloader and do anything (it always worked in the past so i never really cared..) but with a custom rom I'm unable to boot into android so idk any suggestions? would this be the problem? it says it successfully flashes it but i'm having doubts... as it shows no connected devices. can I flash the boot.img to my phone before i flash the rom?
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If you are s-off you shouldn't need to flash the kernel seperately.. However use "fastboot devices" instead of "adb devices". When you are connected to a computer via USB it should indicate that on the bootloader.
Before I was s-off I'd flash the rom then return to the bootloader directly and flash the kernel before attempting to boot for the first time.
The post above mine is correct. If you are s-off you don't have to flash the boot.img. Going by what you posted it doesn't look like you wiped your data in recovery, which is something you have to wipe when flashing a new ROM. That's probably why it didn't boot properly. Try again doing a full wipe/factory reset from recovery.
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I am hoping that I can find help out there. My phone will not load past the splash screen.
Over the last few days I have been trying to install a custom rom on my phone. I thought I was on the right track and now I have flashed it but it will not go past the splash screen. I would be grateful for any advice on how to get my phone back functioning. I would even be happy to have it back stock.
So my movements over the last few days have been as follows:
1) HTC DEV unlocked the bootloader
2) Used Hasoon2000's HTC Sensation 4G all-in-one to flash CWM.
3) Then the same tool to copy Prem Root onto the SD card and installed it via CWM.
4) Then used this post here to install JB Miui - http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/how-to-update-upgrade-miui.15424/
Then when I rebooted it is stuck on the Miui splash screen.
At every stage I felt like things worked well and now I have that sad feeling in my stomach because I have just realized how vital my phone is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Did u flash boot.img after u flashed the rom? Did u full wipe before flashing the rom? Also with s-on users its recommended to use 4ext recovery and in recovery, enable smartflash.
Where can I find information about boot.img - so that is a no. I am installing 4ext now.
jmcclue said:
Did u flash boot.img after u flashed the rom? Did u full wipe before flashing the rom? Also with s-on users its recommended to use 4ext recovery and in recovery, enable smartflash.
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ok, so I have been looking at the boot.img part and I found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVl2dBTnmI
I have followed it but still am not having any luck.
Still very lost.
LiamRutherford said:
ok, so I have been looking at the boot.img part and I found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVl2dBTnmI
I have followed it but still am not having any luck.
Still very lost.
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open rom.zip and search for the boot.img
probably it is located in the kernel folder
place it in the folder where you have adb and fastboot files
now boot your device to the bootloader and connect it to pc via usb(in the hboot screen it should say fastboot usb)
in the folder where you have adb and fastboot files open a cmd window and do this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
then
fastboot reboot
done
rzr86 said:
open rom.zip and search for the boot.img
probably it is located in the kernel folder
place it in the folder where you have adb and fastboot files
now boot your device to the bootloader and connect it to pc via usb(in the hboot screen it should say fastboot usb)
in the folder where you have adb and fastboot files open a cmd window and do this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
then
fastboot reboot
done
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Thanks - this did the trick. Now to hunt out roms.
LiamRutherford said:
Thanks - this did the trick. Now to hunt out roms.
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as suggested before it is better to have 4ext recovery
and before flashing any rom enable smartflash from it(for S-ON devices)
smartflash it does exactly what i said above
I did the weaksauce/firewater S-Off method, which worked fine. I am now trying to install TWRP for root access, and the troubles have begun. I renamed the .img file to twrp.img for reference. After booting into fastboot, which is the stock HTC one, I run
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
from my platform tools. The command prompt does its thing, and says the flashing is complete. But when I reboot into fastboot, I get the HTC one again, no TWRP. Nor do I have root access. I've tried
Code:
fastboot clear cache
before flashing, but I get no luck their either. This is going to drive me insane, please help!
From fastboot are you selecting to boot into recovery? Recovery is a separate thing from the bootloader.
adavit said:
From fastboot are you selecting to boot into recovery? Recovery is a separate thing from the bootloader.
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There isn't an option to, just HBOOT, FASTBOOT, REBOOT FASTBOOT and REBOOT
Doctordub said:
There isn't an option to, just HBOOT, FASTBOOT, REBOOT FASTBOOT and REBOOT
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When you are on the option for hboot hit the power button for select. In the next screen you will get a list of different options. The second one I believe is recovery. If TWRP is installed it should take you there, otherwise it will prolly go to the stock recovery. Other than that information I'm not sure what to tell you.
I tried selecting RECOVERY from the HBOOT menu, but it quickly flashes an error message about "zip file not found" and kicks me back to the stock fastboot screen.
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