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Solved solved solved...thanks for your help

hi guys im after a little help...
i brought a secondhand HTC desire s today from a high street shop .
Im trying to debrand it from orange software not really instrested in custom rom anymore just want to stick with the WWE unbranded stock rom but im not a 100% sure if it possible.
Ive read post about goldcards and engineer Hboot (which say dont use on branded phone) and someone said just flash a unbranded ruu and it will work but then i read if you do this it will brick the phone.
So all i want is to be helped down the right path
here what i know of the phone.
Phone has orange software on it and on the back battery cover it say orange.
Fastboot information from top says
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT - 0.98.002
RADIO - 3005.06.02.03_M
eMMC-Boot
March 30 2011, 17:29:31
I have used fastboot getwar all
and got this information
INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 0.98.0002
INFOversion-baseband: 3805.06.02.03_
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: None
INFOversion-main: 1.47.61.1
INFOserialno: HT********* (Blank out by me)
INFOimei: 3************* (Blank out by me)
INFOproduct: saga
INFOplatform: HBOOT-7230
INFOmodelid: PG88*****
INFOcidnum: 11111111
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 3820mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: off
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: 0e35ea5b
INFOhbootpreupdate: 12
INFOgencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.021s
Recovery is the the standard andriod recovery..
Any help along the right path would be good..
Cheers in advanced

from the information that you've provided I'm guessing that your device has used an XTC (see link in my signature for explanation), which means that its fully unlocked (hence S-OFF and 1111111 cidnum)
you now need to root and then flash a custom recovery
I'd also advise to flash the ENG hboot, then the world is your oyster
See the general forum sticky for simple guides that should assist, other see the guides in the INDEX see my sig.

Thanks
had to say a BIG THANK YOU for your help.
Im now of to install recovery ect and engineers Hboot (after reading your index of course) been away for awhile but so glad that im aback and that the help is still here unlike some forums which shell remain nameless....

sleepymonk said:
had to say a BIG THANK YOU for your help.
Im now of to install recovery ect and engineers Hboot (after reading your index of course) been away for awhile but so glad that im aback and that the help is still here unlike some forums which shell remain nameless....
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no worries, once you flash a decent custom you'll successfully lose all that ORANGE bloat ware.
there are plenty of ROMS to pick from......getting updated daily.....

HTC Sensation XE ICS ugrade SOS?!

So I have spent the last 3 days trying to upgrade my Sensation XE to ICS and have encountered/overcome most of the problems along the way. Yes, it's S-off, unlocked, 4 ext installed etc. I am at a stage now where I've flashed 3 different Roms (Darkforest Sensation XE ICS 6.6.0 is what I'm currently on) and each time i've had the same error. After all the updates etc it won't recognise the data on my sim card. The sim card is not locked, there is just no signal.
at closer inspection of the settings, I can't turn the mobile networks on, nor will the phone detect any. So my questions are:
1) Can I fix this by getting the appropriate RUU Vodafone file and by flashing it?
2) if yes, does anyone know where to get the RUU vodafone file for the sensation XE in australia?
3) if no, are there other fixes?
Below I've pasted the getvar command for everything about my phone:
C:\Users\Jakabo\Desktop\tools>fastboot getvar all
INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 1.29.0000
INFOversion-baseband: 11.24A.3504.31_M
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: None
INFOversion-main: 3.33.401.106
INFOserialno: HT1B3V600356
INFOimei: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
INFOproduct: pyramid
INFOplatform: HBOOT-8260
INFOmodelid: PG5811001
INFOcidnum: 11111111
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 4188mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: off
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: 705f86f6
INFOhbootpreupdate: 11
INFOgencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.493s
TL;DR
My phone can't detect network signals, please help
Thank you

If you go in settings, then phone settings, and then status, does it show your phone number? If not, you may just have a dead SIM card. Happened to me once, went to the store and got a new one and it was fine.

check the imei ..is it matching ?
also check if the sim is loose ..if so put in a small paper at the top between sim and sim try and see
dial *#*#4636#*#* and go to phone information ..and check the status of the network mode ..it should be WCDMA preferred ..if it is on this mode ..try changing to different other modes and verify signal at each point

Pip513 said:
If you go in settings, then phone settings, and then status, does it show your phone number? If not, you may just have a dead SIM card. Happened to me once, went to the store and got a new one and it was fine.
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Ok, so under settings, about phone, phone identity it has phone number unknown, but i've tried multiple sims and contacted Vodafone (who said that it's not locked or anything like that)
ganeshp said:
check the imei ..is it matching ?
also check if he sim is loose ..if so put in a small paper at the top between sim and sim try and see
dial *#*#4636#*#* and go to phone information ..and check the status of the network mode ..it should be WCDMA preferred ..if it si on this mode ..try changing to difeerent other modes and verify signal at each point
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The IMEI on my phone is consistent with what I obtained in CMD
Thanks guys, good start...
Cheers
Jakabo

Jakabo1 said:
Ok, so under settings, about phone, phone identity it has phone number unknown
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Had a similar issue earlier this year. It was just a dead SIM.

HOX screen partially not responding on stock ROM

Dear XDA'ers, need you expert opinion.
Got a new HOX Endeavor from a guy, he claims its clean and unmodified. Started using the phone on all stock, got a SIM card
in and it worked fine for a few days, then, the touch would completely stop working and i wasnt able to unlock the
phone and get to home screen. at first a restart would solve it and things would go back to normal, then the next few days
it would stop responding completly exept for a few lucky strikes. but when i remove the SIM card after a few restarts
everything works beautiflly, exep. i've applied the OTA's and now using 4.2.2 with Sense 5.
one wierd thing is that i have a 11111111 CID, i believe its a SuperCID?, i did not change it myself. also the phone is S-off, how come if the phone is unmodidied? if someone messed with it can the result be the touchscreen partially not responding?
I did a factory reset, did not help, then researched the forums and unlocked bootloader.
heres my device info:
**UNLOCKED**
3.1.10-g7f360be
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT
version: 0.5a
version-bootloader: 1.72.
version-baseband: 5.1204.
version-cpld: None
version-microp: None
version-main: 4.18.401.2
serialno: HT23PW120554
imei: 359188041745522
product: endeavoru
platform: HBOOT-T30S
modelid: PJ461****
cidnum: 11111111
battery-voltage: 3660mV
devpower: 16
partition-layout: None
security: off
So basiclly my question is, Do you think its a hardwar fault, or maybe firmware or kernel related, i would really
appriciate any help. (I was considering a RUU or updating kernel). THANK YOU!!!

This forum is for the EVITA, not the ENDEAVORU.
You want to post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1533

BasicSense said:
Dear XDA'ers, need you expert opinion.
Got a new HOX Endeavor from a guy, he claims its clean and unmodified. Started using the phone on all stock, got a SIM card
in and it worked fine for a few days, then, the touch would completely stop working and i wasnt able to unlock the
phone and get to home screen. at first a restart would solve it and things would go back to normal, then the next few days
it would stop responding completly exept for a few lucky strikes. but when i remove the SIM card after a few restarts
everything works beautiflly, exep. i've applied the OTA's and now using 4.2.2 with Sense 5.
one wierd thing is that i have a 11111111 CID, i believe its a SuperCID?, i did not change it myself. also the phone is S-off, how come if the phone is unmodidied? if someone messed with it can the result be the touchscreen partially not responding?
I did a factory reset, did not help, then researched the forums and unlocked bootloader.
heres my device info:
**UNLOCKED**
3.1.10-g7f360be
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT
version: 0.5a
version-bootloader: 1.72.
version-baseband: 5.1204.
version-cpld: None
version-microp: None
version-main: 4.18.401.2
serialno: HT23PW120554
imei: 359188041745522
product: endeavoru
platform: HBOOT-T30S
modelid: PJ461****
cidnum: 11111111
battery-voltage: 3660mV
devpower: 16
partition-layout: None
security: off
So basiclly my question is, Do you think its a hardwar fault, or maybe firmware or kernel related, i would really
appriciate any help. (I was considering a RUU or updating kernel). THANK YOU!!!
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Sorry man, but you are in the wrong forum. This is the Evita forums. You have an Endeavor.

BasicSense said:
Got a new HOX Endeavor from a guy, he claims its clean and unmodified.
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He is either misinformed, or lying.
The phone is SuperCID, S-Off, and bootloader unlocked. The phone is modified.

Ok guys thanks.

[Q] One SV Root - Out of touch!

Hi All,
A friend has asked me to help root his HTC One SV, but it's been a while since I rooted my own HTC Desire. Back then I was pretty well versed in the process but having looked around the forums I now appear to be out of touch with the terminology somewhat!
It's a UK model One SV bought through T-Mobile, running Android 4.2.2. I've gotten to the point where I'm ready to unlock the bootloader (using the HTC Dev site) but stopped at the warning that the phone will be factory reset so we're going to make a few more backups first, just in case.
Then I have a copy of a Clockworkmod recover which I can flash, and a SuperUser.zip file to install, all as per the instructions here:
http://theunlockr.com/2013/07/16/how-to-root-the-htc-one-sv/
But what I'm not sure of when searching the forums are the references to Boost, Cricket, K2_U etc. Can someone advise me how I would find out what type this SV is?
I really just want to make sure I've got compatible versions of everything so I don't brick his phone!
If any details or version numbers are needed please just let me know.
Thanks everybody

ok.... I'm officially hijacking my own thread...!
I managed to get root on the SV, the guide I posted in the link worked fine. Now my question is - can I use something like Link2SD to allow space for more apps, as I used to on my old Desire?
I'm just using the rooted stock 4.2.2 (Sense 5) ROM at the moment.
Thanks again

Boost & Cricket are US carriers, so they are not important to you.
You can see what model you use in bootloader (k2u = without LTE; k2ul = with LTE).
And skip this files or you will fail!
Instead follow my index thread in my signature. You will find recovery and SuperSu.zip which are recommended and confirmed working for HTC One SV with Android 4.2.2.

Thanks splatterhead. In that case we must be k2u as it's not an LTE (4G) phone.
As I say I've managed OK to get rooted so I'm now using the rooted stock ROM. The problem we're now facing is that the App Storage partition still contains 2.8GB of "Other" !
So I'm wondering if Link2SD or any other way of moving more apps than is "standard" to either the SD card or the Internal Storage partition (as opposed to the App Storage partition)? Would I need a custom ROM for this?
Cheers

Whoops, actually, it appears I'm wrong! In HBOOT I see K2_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL !
So it appears this is an LTE handset...! Shouldn't rooting / unlocking bootloader have given me S-OFF, by the way? Can't remember if that was a separate / necessary process from the Desire days??

Unlocking bootloader does not give you S-off.
Lets bring more light into your device.
Connect your phone with fastboot and type into the cmd:
Code:
fastboot getvar all
Put the output here (except your IMEI & Serial number).
I can't really believe, that CWM recovery is working with 4.2.2 software/hboot.

Thanks. Will have to come back to you tomorrow on this - it's a work friend and he's left for the day!
I've since read that a lot of people are preferring TWRP recovery on the One SV. Is that the recovery you would recommend?
I do notice some problems with the version of Clockworkmod that I flashed (from memory 6.0.something) - when navigating with the volume keys the screen shifts left and right.
If you can recommend a version of TWRP that would be best to flash I will gladly install it!

Yes, a known bug of this cwm build. TWRP is almost bugfree, recommended for 4.2.2 and most used.
But more important: this cwm build normally don't boot into recovery and is hanging on splash screen, after the firmware files are successfully updated to 4.2.2.
That is something that makes me curious and why should carry some info's about the device.

Ok, thanks very much for your help. I will pick this up in the morning and run the command you mentioned to report the phone details.
I've seen a recommendation to use TWRP version 2.7.0.1-k2_ul-k2u with Android 4.2.2 on the SV - should I flash this recover to get away from using the Clockworkmod one?

Yes.

Hi Splatterhead,
Here's the output from the getvar /all command I ran in fastboot (after flashing the TWRP 2.7.0.1 recovery which is working very well and is much easier to use than the CWM!)
It does say failed at the end although much of the info seems to have come through correctly (not sure if something is missing though)
INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 2.00.0000
INFOversion-baseband: 1.18.40a.00.05
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: None
INFOversion-main:
INFOversion-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
INFOserialno: XXXXXXXXXXXX
INFOimei: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
INFOproduct: k2_ul
INFOplatform: HBOOT-8930
INFOmodelid: PL8010000
INFOcidnum: HTC__001
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 4116mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: on
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
getvar:all FAILED (status malformed (0 bytes))
finished. total time: 5.585s
In case something is missing above, here's the info I see when booting into bootloader:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
K2_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0000
RADIO-1.18.40a.00.05
OpenDSP-v13.2.0268.0620
eMMC-boot
Mar 14 2013,22:10:43:-1
Again we've got rooted Android 4.2.2 with Sense 5.0 installed (the same as what was installed before we started, just with root access now)
Hope the info is useful - and any advice you can give on the possibility of using Link2SD would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much again

Also thought I may as well include the info I see when I go to "About" from within Android:
HTC One SV
T-Mobile UK
HSPDA
Android
4.2.2
HTC Sense
5.0
Software Number
3.11.401.1
HTC SDK API Level
5.41
Kernel Version
3.4.10-gae62ace
Baseband
1.18.40a.00.05_10.81a.40.23L

Ok, your device is for sure with LTE. Some LTE devices got a new hboot with 4.2.2, some not. Your device seems to be on the old hboot, thats why cwm is booting.
Please note: root is not root, lol. The device has a system write protection, which means everything you change with your root rights on system partition will be reverted after a reboot.
You can disable this with getting S-Off.
About your Link2SD i'm at least not the right "teacher", i never used that.
There is only another solution i can offer you.
You can swap your internal and external memory with this mod.
It's made for 4.1.2, but should work on 4.2.2 as well.

Oh, I see! So for "true" root, we would need to gain S-Off? I've read that this can be very difficult on the SV with JB?
The mod you posted looks interesting. Does this swap the "App Storage" partition with SD, or the "Phone Storage" partition? because this phone has 2 built in partitions - one around 4GB (with 2.8GB taken up by "other"!) and one around 16GB.
Many apps can only be installed to the App Storage partition which is causing us the problem with storage space.

You must try that yourself. I never used that mod myself in daily usuage, only for testing. But it swaps the whole partition. If that helps for your apps, i don't know.
S-off is not that hard. If you have a proper setup/knowledge (adb/fastboot/supersu/htc drivers installed) it should work fine.

OK, great. Thank you so much for helping get us this far. If we give this a try at least we can revert using the second script provided
And of course, we would be making a Nandroid backup from TWRP before trying it!
Thanks again for all your help. :good::good::good:

[Q] Identifying my problems with 2nd hand device

What's up forum,
so I just got a second hand HTC One Mini and it came with Sense 5.5. I tried to update, but it failed in the middle of the process after reboot with a red exclamation mark and an error saying that some HtcVoiceRecorder.apk is missing and it cannot update. So my device is stuck here. I guess that the person who had it before me tried to put it in stock, but did something wrong. Some info from bootloader:
M4_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.22.0000
RADIO-1.24.40e.00.26
OpenDSP-v19.2.0268.0927
OS-3.10.206.6
eMMC-boot 1024MB
Mar 12 2014, 19:28:44.0
I guess that "RL" in the first line means that this phone was "ReLocked" in the past as my personal untouched M8 doesn't have RL in that same line. What are my possibilities to make the phone install OTAs? I already found out that I probably can't get S-OFF, so I'm lost.
Thanks in advance!