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[Q] Is phone bricked?

Booted into recovery today to install the latest Energy ROM on my Sensation and during the process an error message popped up and it said installation failed, then I rebooted the phone and it's just stuck on the HTC screen. If I pull the battery I can boot into recovery, but I'm not sure what I should try from there, I don't want to make things worse.
Info on screen when I power on and vol down is as follows in case it's important.
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.1011
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
Jun 2 2011,22:31:39

If you can boot into recovery, you should be able to flash a new ROM.
I'm assuming you didn't take a Nandroid backup before flashing?

dirkgently68 said:
Booted into recovery today to install the latest Energy ROM on my Sensation and during the process an error message popped up and it said installation failed, then I rebooted the phone and it's just stuck on the HTC screen. If I pull the battery I can boot into recovery, but I'm not sure what I should try from there, I don't want to make things worse.
Info on screen when I power on and vol down is as follows in case it's important.
-Revolutionary-
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.17.1011
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
Jun 2 2011,22:31:39
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if you can still boot into the boot loader ie if it still turns on than no you are not bricked. brick = nothing happens when you hit the power button ie it wont even turn on to the htc screen or boatloader. absolutely nothing happens, dead. as for your problem im not sure if i know what the answer is. hopefully you did a nandroid before you tried to flash a different rom. if so restore the back up and your back and running. if not i dont know what else to tell you other than flashing your stock ruu. keep in mind if you do this you need to run revolutionary again install cwm and root again (enrgy rom is already rooted so skip the rooting and flash that.) before you flash this time make a nandroid backup. hope this helps

Thanks very much for the answers, just re-downloaded Energy ROM and copied it on to the SD card using my card reader and it appears to have installed successfully this time, stupidly I'd remembered to do a Titanium Backup of my apps and system data but forgotten to do a nandroid backup, slaps self on the wrist and won't forget to do that again.
All I can think is that it must have been a corrupt download, mental note to check MD5 checksums from now on

dirkgently68 said:
... but forgotten to do a nandroid backup, slaps self on the wrist and won't forget to do that again.
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Ah well, you live and learn. Glad you're up and running again.
PS Love the name too

[Q] Stuck in bootloop after 6 months of smooth sailing, can't access recovery

Hi everyone!
I've been searching and reading around trying to solve a bootloop problem on my HTC Desire S/Saga (or at least I think it is a bootloop problem) but, so far, I've had no luck.
Here's what has happened and what's going on:
1) S-off and got hboot 6.98.1002 through revolutionary
2) phone worked normally for six months and suddenly, without any changes or flashes, it rebooted and started a boot loop, ie, I can't get into any in-OS menus.
3) Choosing recovery of factory settings from hboot menu just reboots the phone and restarts the loop.
4) I've tried flashing (both through fastboot and android flasher) the eng hboot 0.98.0000 and clockworkmod recovery images but neither had any effect.
Phone was vodafone-locked, running a vanilla Android 2.3.4.
hboot menu data:
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
I don't have any backup data from pre-revolutionary, either :|
I'm knocking my head against the walls, hoping that the phone's only temporarily bricked... any ideas?
Thanks in advance for helping a n00b...

Doesn't sound like a hboot problem you me, but that could just be me. And I don't think flashing the stock hboot will help.
Are you sure you are flashing the ENG hboot? It's 0.98.2000. 0.98.0000 is most likely your stock hboot and can't be flashed over revolutionary hboot in most cases.
So to get back to stock stock..... You will need to run your RUU after the new hboot has been flashed.
Another option is for you to install a custom ROM and avoiding the RUU. I still suggest you flash the ENG hboot though.

Head for this thread for help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488672

Thanks everybody!
I've been away for the last few days so I haven't been able to test anything, but tomorrow evening I'll test both suggestions and post feedback.
Thanks again!

So, I've trying out your suggestions and...
foX2delta said:
Doesn't sound like a hboot problem you me, but that could just be me. And I don't think flashing the stock hboot will help.
Are you sure you are flashing the ENG hboot? It's 0.98.2000. 0.98.0000 is most likely your stock hboot and can't be flashed over revolutionary hboot in most cases.
So to get back to stock stock..... You will need to run your RUU after the new hboot has been flashed.
Another option is for you to install a custom ROM and avoiding the RUU. I still suggest you flash the ENG hboot though.
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So I tried to flash the ENG hboot from this thread, using android flasher and later using this method, but adb never lists my Saga.
Fastboot lists it correctly, though. I *think* I had USB debugging on, if I recall correctly.
Using androidflasher I get a flash ok notice and then the bootloop just restarts...
Any ideas?
mOh19973 said:
Head for this thread for help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488672
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Thanks moh19973, I'll leave feedback at your thread (no luck, though..)
thanks again to everybody

Opalid said:
Hi everyone!
I've been searching and reading around trying to solve a bootloop problem on my HTC Desire S/Saga (or at least I think it is a bootloop problem) but, so far, I've had no luck.
Here's what has happened and what's going on:
1) S-off and got hboot 6.98.1002 through revolutionary
2) phone worked normally for six months and suddenly, without any changes or flashes, it rebooted and started a boot loop, ie, I can't get into any in-OS menus.
3) Choosing recovery of factory settings from hboot menu just reboots the phone and restarts the loop.
4) I've tried flashing (both through fastboot and android flasher) the eng hboot 0.98.0000 and clockworkmod recovery images but neither had any effect.
Phone was vodafone-locked, running a vanilla Android 2.3.4.
hboot menu data:
SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-6.98.1002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
I don't have any backup data from pre-revolutionary, either :|
I'm knocking my head against the walls, hoping that the phone's only temporarily bricked... any ideas?
Thanks in advance for helping a n00b...
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Your problem sounds exactly like the one on the thread linked below.... in which case, if you just try the steps from the concerned thread, and are still unable to fix your device, it can be written off as another dead eMMC...
Just follow the instructions on this thread...maybe you will have better luck than the OP?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507106

So did your hboot change or not? If hboot and recovery won't flash then I have to agree with above, fried emmc :-(

yeah it could be an emmc problem, you may want to check the sticky in the development forum, if this is the real problem there is a possibility for a fix, not necessarily emmc replacement

enigmaamit said:
Your problem sounds exactly like the one on the thread linked below.... in which case, if you just try the steps from the concerned thread, and are still unable to fix your device, it can be written off as another dead eMMC...
Just follow the instructions on this thread...maybe you will have better luck than the OP?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507106
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Thanks, tried everything and had the exact same results. Fried eMMC, I guess..
This is really wierd, I got a phonecall, turned the call off, the phone rebooted and entered the bootloop.
Nothing fishy or wierd, no flashing erros, just a regular phonecall from my boss. Damn :|
If only I could get the normal hboot on I could repair it under warranty
Well, thanks everybody

Try going for warranty repair, for a few guys over here at xda no one checked (or din not care) whether the phone was rooted or s-off when they went to service their phone. Maybe you'll get lucky too. Good luck!

[Q] HTC Sensation won't boot past HTC screen

New to development... (hence the problems!!)
Followed online guide through HTCDEV to unlock HTC Sensation. Rooted phone and was trying out some custom ROMs which I managed with no major problems albeit I could not get the WiFi to connect (kept giving error message) i assumed this was a Custom ROM issue so changed to another.
I had made Nandroid back-up, which worked fine on the first restore attempt. unfortunately, now it just says MD5 mismatch so I cannot restore to my original working ROM.
Problem now is that I cannot get any of the ROMs I flash to boot past the White HTC screen. Advice on where to go from here much appreciated?
CWM reads:
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34

gw0tt said:
New to development... (hence the problems!!)
Followed online guide through HTCDEV to unlock HTC Sensation. Rooted phone and was trying out some custom ROMs which I managed with no major problems albeit I could not get the WiFi to connect (kept giving error message) i assumed this was a Custom ROM issue so changed to another.
I had made Nandroid back-up, which worked fine on the first restore attempt. unfortunately, now it just says MD5 mismatch so I cannot restore to my original working ROM.
Problem now is that I cannot get any of the ROMs I flash to boot past the White HTC screen. Advice on where to go from here much appreciated?
CWM reads:
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
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Hi,
Did you change the name of the nandroid backup?
If so,you must leave NO GAPS in it...
Check THIS THREAD

Thanks for the reply Malybru...
The thread lloks great and I'm sure now that as my phone has been unlocked through HTCDev and remains S-On that the Boot.img is the issue. Only snag is that now that I cannot get the phone to boot, I cannot connect it through USB to the computer to Flash the boot.image across. As I previously mentioned, I cannot get the Nandroid backup option working (I didn't change the name?) so I cannot seem to get out of my 'bricked' state!!
Any help greatly appreciated...

gw0tt said:
Thanks for the reply Malybru...
The thread lloks great and I'm sure now that as my phone has been unlocked through HTCDev and remains S-On that the Boot.img is the issue. Only snag is that now that I cannot get the phone to boot, I cannot connect it through USB to the computer to Flash the boot.image across. As I previously mentioned, I cannot get the Nandroid backup option working (I didn't change the name?) so I cannot seem to get out of my 'bricked' state!!
Any help greatly appreciated...
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Hi,
Try to install 4EXT recovery from HERE

And when you have installed 4ext then remember to go to "tools" and enable "smartflash" every time you flash a rom. As it says in the guide.. Good luck..

NO joy i'm afraid - I cannot seem to get 4Ext onto the phone. It will happily open HBoot and CWM but no amount of trying allows me to get further

gw0tt said:
NO joy i'm afraid - I cannot seem to get 4Ext onto the phone. It will happily open HBoot and CWM but no amount of trying allows me to get further
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In your OP you get wifi errors because of kernel not being flashed as you are S-ON (HTCDEV unlock only unlocks certain partitions) and your booting issues seems to be coming from a boot.img/kernel related problem so my advice would be to S-OFF and use 4EXT recovery to flash another ROM and that should sort it (make sure to double check MD5 CheckSum of whatever ROM you are flashing!)

gw0tt said:
NO joy i'm afraid - I cannot seem to get 4Ext onto the phone. It will happily open HBoot and CWM but no amount of trying allows me to get further
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Hi,
I am sorry,but I am out of ideas.
Can you please post your problem,and all that you have tried and all the details of your phone HERE
Maybe someone else might have some idea.

Bootloader still reads:
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
If I try to switch on phone it simply will not go past the initial white screen with the green HTC logo.
When I open in boatloader it goes through a cycle of checking SD card, loading image etc - at one point it states no image or wrong image and the parsing PG58IMG
Can I still S-Off and transfer 4Ext to the phone with this functionality and if so, could you please explain how. Obviously I can flash Zips from SD Card?

gw0tt said:
Bootloader still reads:
Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
If I try to switch on phone it simply will not go past the initial white screen with the green HTC logo.
When I open in boatloader it goes through a cycle of checking SD card, loading image etc - at one point it states no image or wrong image and the parsing PG58IMG
Can I still S-Off and transfer 4Ext to the phone with this functionality and if so, could you please explain how. Obviously I can flash Zips from SD Card?
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Hi,
Look HERE

Firstly, thankyou for your advice. However, unless I'm missing something (highly likely!!) it appears that to S-Off I will need to connect the phone through USB which does not recognise it?

Also the HTC Sensation opens for HBoot version does not include 1.27.0000 on the beta key generator?

After doing image CRC the boot loader now reads:
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 1.27.0000
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
SD Checking...
loading... PG58DIAG.Zip
No Image!
loading... PG58DIAG.nbh
No Image or wrong image!
loading... PG58IMG.zip
Not sure if that sheds anymore light for anyone?

gw0tt said:
After doing image CRC the boot loader now reads:
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 1.27.0000
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
SD Checking...
loading... PG58DIAG.Zip
No Image!
loading... PG58DIAG.nbh
No Image or wrong image!
loading... PG58IMG.zip
Not sure if that sheds anymore light for anyone?
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as long as you are SON ..you cant flash firmware
now for ppl with htc-dev unlocked bootloader and S-ON ..the traditional way of flashing wont work
you need to do one extra step (if the step missed ..either the rom doesnt boot up or you will have wifi error)
there is a perfectly awesome guide on how to properly flash custom roms in your case
which malybru mentioned it in the second post itself of the same thread
which you are keep on ignoring and asking for more answers (which has been answered ages ago )
now read the thread ..understand it and flash the rom accordingly

I'm getting there slowly after the helpful nudge!! 4Ext flashed and smartflash enabled - trying to flash android rev HD as suggested but still not having much luck (still won't boot past HTC screen)
i did format the SD card previously following a previous troubleshooting thread (bad idea no doubt!!)
Could it be to do with the PG58img.zip- when bootloader opens it still says wrong image?

gw0tt said:
I'm getting there slowly after the helpful nudge!! 4Ext flashed and smartflash enabled - trying to flash android rev HD as suggested but still not having much luck (still won't boot past HTC screen)
i did format the SD card previously following a previous troubleshooting thread (bad idea no doubt!!)
Could it be to do with the PG58img.zip- when bootloader opens it still says wrong image?
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Hi,
Have you still got PG58IMG.zip on your sd card?
If so, delete it.

Sorted!!!
Many Thanks to all who have posted on this thread. Successfully solved the issues and thankfully phone works as a phone on And Rev HD. I just need to rectify the WIFI error when I get a chance. Any hints to an easy guide would be much appreciated. Also, any advice on the best custom ROM to use; I appreciate theres an element of personal choice but i'm after one which will allow me to maxmise the potential of the device in terms of speed without ruining battery life too much?
Thanks

gw0tt said:
Many Thanks to all who have posted on this thread. Successfully solved the issues and thankfully phone works as a phone on And Rev HD. I just need to rectify the WIFI error when I get a chance. Any hints to an easy guide would be much appreciated. Also, any advice on the best custom ROM to use; I appreciate theres an element of personal choice but i'm after one which will allow me to maxmise the potential of the device in terms of speed without ruining battery life too much?
Thanks
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Hi,
If you manage to sort a problem,could you please share what you did,so that others may benefit.

Solution
WiFi now working. I followed the guide suggested for me by Malybru at the start of this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 I flashed 4Ext recovery instead of CWM. Then Android Rev Supawipe followed by Android Rev HD ROM. All exactly as advertised on the guide by using ADB. Initially WiFi wasn't working but I then flashed CM9 along with separately flashing the boot.img, again using ADB. All works perfectly now. Just follow the guide exactly and you should be fine. The main problem I had was assuming that because the phone did nothing when you connected the USB cable that connecting ADB wouldn't work. Don't think - just follow the guide!! Many Thanks All

Never ending bootloop after CM10? A little special case perhaps :/

Never ending bootloop after CM10?
Hello guys. I'm not panicking TOO much because I trust you guys know how to fix this...hopefully : (
I woke up today and thought I'd try out CM10. I downloaded the ROM and did everything as I normally would and flashed it, then attempted to flash a GAPPS but it error'd out.. weird. I booted into CM10 just fine without any errors but when I plugged in my phone to transfer over a new JBapps my phone wasn't recognizable by my PC. I thought I'd just install a ROM that would allow my phone to be recognized (So I could transfer the Jbapps) so I installed CleanRom 4.5 and while it was installing I went to take a shower. I came back and it was still booting up and I immediately thought "uh oh"
So this leaves me here now with my phone stuck booting up and shutting itself down... it won't stay off either. I tried holding Power+Volume Down and it just keeps turning on and turning off. So getting into recovery is a toughy...
Any way to fix this? Thanks guys. appreciate it
EDIT: I was playing around trying every possible button combination and just holding down Volume button seemed to work. I'm now in the White screen where it allows me to FastBoot, Recovery, Factory Reset, etc.
What can I do from here? thanks... I'm still kind of new to this : )

Reboot into recovery (use volume keys to scroll and press power button to select), factory reset, then install.
If that doesn't work, did you update to 2.20 stock at all?

rohan32 said:
Reboot into recovery (use volume keys to scroll and press power button to select), factory reset, then install.
If that doesn't work, did you update to 2.20 stock at all?
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Factory Reset results in bootloop. This is what I see on my screen right now.
Evita PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.09. 0000
RADIO-0.16a 32.09.06
OpenDSP-v25.1.0.32.0405
eMMC-boot
I do not believe I updated to 2.20.
EDIT:
I think I can fix it myself if someone points me in the direction of a good guide to Unbrick the phone for the HTC One XL, does anyone know of a good way?

Can u get into recovery?
Sent from my HTC One X

From bootloader select recovery once in recovery factory reset then wipe /system then reinstall CM10 boot once then enter back into recovery and reflash gapps oh and redownload gapps the one you have might be corrupted or something.
As for the usb not mounting under CM10 that is a known issue and it can be fixed by manually installing the windows driver in device manager. When you plug your phone and mount it to windows you will get windows trying to install some HTC MTP driver and then it will fail. Go into device manager find that driver then select update driver, browse computer for driver, then let me pick from a list of device drivers, select disk drive and hit finish. This will let you mount your phone in windows.

I am having an issue similiar to the endless boot too, but mine is also unmounted. =( I am pretty new at all this and i was in the process of uninstalling king_kang and was going to just restore factory. So I did that and then I had made a backup before i instaled it, so I tried to instal that and for some reason after i did when my phone was booting back up it just stopped and rebooted again. Thats when this all started =[
any help anyone could give me would be appriciated or point me into a direction to look for answers...there is so much info on these forums and I have been combing through for hours ...
I still have TWRP 2.3.1 flashed and ...boot oader looks like this:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
Evita PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as.32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012,14:36:28

KDoane said:
I am having an issue similiar to the endless boot too, but mine is also unmounted. =( I am pretty new at all this and i was in the process of uninstalling king_kang and was going to just restore factory. So I did that and then I had made a backup before i instaled it, so I tried to instal that and for some reason after i did when my phone was booting back up it just stopped and rebooted again. Thats when this all started =[
any help anyone could give me would be appriciated or point me into a direction to look for answers...there is so much info on these forums and I have been combing through for hours ...
I still have TWRP 2.3.1 flashed and ...boot oader looks like this:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
Evita PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as.32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012,14:36:28
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Go find a stock ROM and flash it, just because you factory reset doesn't mean that your phone reverts back to the stock rom.
Flash it like you would any other rom. but make sure you wipe system/cache/dalvik.

KDoane said:
I am having an issue similiar to the endless boot too, but mine is also unmounted. =( I am pretty new at all this and i was in the process of uninstalling king_kang and was going to just restore factory. So I did that and then I had made a backup before i instaled it, so I tried to instal that and for some reason after i did when my phone was booting back up it just stopped and rebooted again. Thats when this all started =[
any help anyone could give me would be appriciated or point me into a direction to look for answers...there is so much info on these forums and I have been combing through for hours ...
I still have TWRP 2.3.1 flashed and ...boot oader looks like this:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
Evita PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.14.0002
Radio-0.19as.32.09.11_2
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.0622
eMMC-boot
Jun 11 2012,14:36:28
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You're on HBOOT 1.14. You need to fastboot flash boot boot.img after you flash a new rom. You can find boot.img by unzipping the rom.

Hey thank you guys for the responses. I am really stuck, LoL. I am really just learning about the modding and unlocking of phones. I have done quite a bit of reading about it and decided it wasn't going to learn anymore w/o playing with it. I guess i was wrong tho =]. I will try your suggestions tomorrow, and I am confident that I am still about to do something to fix it and its not "bricked". I know that when I hooked it up to my PC HTCSync recognized it and popped up as did windows driver installer, which was weird because I made sure to install the drivers before i went on this little adventure. Also, i am able to get the the Bootloader menu and pop into Recovery, the only thing that is worrisome is that once I am in Recovery (TWRP) I can not access the SIM data, i think. When I try to clear the Caches and System I get a not mounted error =\.
Anyways, once again, I really appriciate the feed back and tomorrow when I try your suggestions I'll post my results.. =]

Yea man a boot loop is good!! Well I mean its not fantastic, but better than trying to turn it on and just seeing your reflection! That's an easy fix :thumbup:
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

How to FORMAT ALL partition?

Hi all,
My sensation has been shutting down for no reason for a long time now. No matter what ROM, what kernel, even I have changed the battery twice. It just sometimes turns off, and when I reboot (if it does) it either has very low battery or it will keep shutting down until I plug it in.
To me, it seems like there is something misleading the power level or something. I have super wiped the phone, even reformatted my SD, changed recovery and did the same, flashed thousands of roms (4.1 and 4.2)... and it still does the same.
Funny enough, it doesnt happen when I am in recovery mode (for example, after it shuts down, I reboot into recovery, spend some time there, then reboot and as soon as it boots, bam it shuts down).
This makes me think there is something in a partition that is not touched by the wiping scripts that is bugged and therefore is not fixed after flashing roms etc.
I recently manually wiped and formatted all of my Asus Transformer's partitions (even the recovery) using my PC and it works great, that fixed a problem that also was carried on from ROM to ROM. Hopefully there is a way to do the same for my sensation to give it a 100% clean start.
Thank you very much in advance!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

TheKaser said:
Hi all,
My sensation has been shutting down for no reason for a long time now. No matter what ROM, what kernel, even I have changed the battery twice. It just sometimes turns off, and when I reboot (if it does) it either has very low battery or it will keep shutting down until I plug it in.
To me, it seems like there is something misleading the power level or something. I have super wiped the phone, even reformatted my SD, changed recovery and did the same, flashed thousands of roms (4.1 and 4.2)... and it still does the same.
Funny enough, it doesnt happen when I am in recovery mode (for example, after it shuts down, I reboot into recovery, spend some time there, then reboot and as soon as it boots, bam it shuts down).
This makes me think there is something in a partition that is not touched by the wiping scripts that is bugged and therefore is not fixed after flashing roms etc.
I recently manually wiped and formatted all of my Asus Transformer's partitions (even the recovery) using my PC and it works great, that fixed a problem that also was carried on from ROM to ROM. Hopefully there is a way to do the same for my sensation to give it a 100% clean start.
Thank you very much in advance!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Hi,
The recovery 4EXT has a "Format all partitions except sd card" option.
Look HERE for an installation guide.
Alternatively,you could run a RUU ,which will return all your partitions to stock.
Look HERE
Have you tried the trick of jamming some card to improve the contact of your battery?
It may just be loose,and the card keeps it firmly in place.

malybru said:
Hi,
The recovery 4EXT has a "Format all partitions except sd card" option.
Look HERE for an installation guide.
Alternatively,you could run a RUU ,which will return all your partitions to stock.
Look HERE
Have you tried the trick of jamming some card to improve the contact of your battery?
It may just be loose,and the card keeps it firmly in place.
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Hi, thank you for your reply.
I used to have 4ext and I have used many times the format all option. I recently switched to TWRP recovery to try their formatting options too. Neither solved the problem.
Also, I have two anker batteries, I have made sure they are not loose. Nevertheless, this happens even when the phone resting on the table, so I am sure that is not the issue. I have switched them wth my gf's sensation, and hers works fine and mine doesn't.
I will try the RUU option to see if going back to stock will remove any kind of bricking that may have occured after so many flashes..
do you think there is anything that is not touched by rom flashing, recovery changing, and partition formatting that may be the cause of the problem? I also updated the firmware too 3.32 I believe it was (the latest) for JB 4.2.2... I dont know what else I can flash or change or format to try to eliminate this powering-off issue...
thanks a lot once more

TheKaser said:
Hi, thank you for your reply.
I used to have 4ext and I have used many times the format all option. I recently switched to TWRP recovery to try their formatting options too. Neither solved the problem.
Also, I have two anker batteries, I have made sure they are not loose. Nevertheless, this happens even when the phone resting on the table, so I am sure that is not the issue. I have switched them wth my gf's sensation, and hers works fine and mine doesn't.
I will try the RUU option to see if going back to stock will remove any kind of bricking that may have occured after so many flashes..
do you think there is anything that is not touched by rom flashing, recovery changing, and partition formatting that may be the cause of the problem? I also updated the firmware too 3.32 I believe it was (the latest) for JB 4.2.2... I dont know what else I can flash or change or format to try to eliminate this powering-off issue...
thanks a lot once more
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Hi,
The RUU option seems all that is left.
Backup everything before you start.
Are you supercid?

malybru said:
Hi,
The RUU option seems all that is left.
Backup everything before you start.
Are you supercid?
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Yes, back in the day I used revolutionary, got supercid, and recently I updated the firmware to 3.33 (hboot 1.27.1100), and I am S-OFF.
my bootloader:
-Firmware 3.33 .
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-V05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Might this be caused by the radio? it's the only thing I havent changed recently.
Also, being supercid, and S-OFF, do I have to lock the bootloader and S-ON? I quickly looked at the RUU thread and that is what I understood...
thanks man!

TheKaser said:
Yes, back in the day I used revolutionary, got supercid, and recently I updated the firmware to 3.33 (hboot 1.27.1100), and I am S-OFF.
my bootloader:
-Firmware 3.33 .
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.1100
RADIO-11.24A.3504.31_M
OpenADSP-V05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
Might this be caused by the radio? it's the only thing I havent changed recently.
Also, being supercid, and S-OFF, do I have to lock the bootloader and S-ON? I quickly looked at the RUU thread and that is what I understood...
thanks man!
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Hi,
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT GO TO HTCDEV if you are s-off.
The reason I asked is because you can flash any RUU being s-off and super cid.
Just choose a 3.33 European RUU to run.
EDIT:
Look HERE
Just use the guide to show you how to run it.

malybru said:
Hi,
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT GO TO HTCDEV if you are s-off.
The reason I asked is because you can flash any RUU being s-off and super cid.
Just choose a 3.33 European RUU to run.
EDIT:
Look HERE
Just use the guide to show you how to run it.
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thanks man, I will run the RUU. I believe I have already done this in the past, but my memory is terrible xDD
3.2 Using RUU to restore partitions
Find your right RUU using 2 in this guide.
Flash your RUU as you normally would by double clicking the executable & following the instructions, you phone must be connected to PC via fastboot USB (in the bootloader).
If you get a Hboot Pre-update message, re-run the RUU once again with your phone connected in fastboot USB.
If the previous step fails, follow points listed under 4. Flashing RUU manually.
Reboot your device to bootloader, your bootloader should now say *Locked* or *Relocked*
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From the tutorial on RUU in the link you provided, the last point on bootloader being locked or relocked... will I need to do revolutionary again or the other method to unlock it again? Will this be drawback flashing a new ROM?
thanks!

TheKaser said:
thanks man, I will run the RUU. I believe I have already done this in the past, but my memory is terrible xDD
From the tutorial on RUU in the link you provided, the last point on bootloader being locked or relocked... will I need to do revolutionary again or the other method to unlock it again? Will this be drawback flashing a new ROM?
thanks!
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Hi,
Bootloader will not be affected because you are s-off.
You will not lose s=off either.
YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING else.
So,backup first.
You will end up with stock recovery,ROM and kernel.
You will need to re-install a custom recovery,before you install a new ROM.
See how it all works before you do anything.

malybru said:
Hi,
Bootloader will not be affected because you are s-off.
You will not lose s=off either.
YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING else.
So,backup first.
You will end up with stock recovery,ROM and kernel.
You will need to re-install a custom recovery,before you install a new ROM.
See how it all works before you do anything.
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well, the RUU went fine, but now I have a locked bootloader, and can't flash a recovery via fastboot. (still S-OFF).

TheKaser said:
well, the RUU went fine, but now I have a locked bootloader, and can't flash a recovery via fastboot. (still S-OFF).
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Hi,
Look HERE
Post 2:
HBoot 1.27.1100 Patch (Go from Hboot 1.29.0000 to 1.27.1100)
Should unlock your phone again.
Run the phone for a while.
Does it still reboot?

malybru said:
Hi,
Look HERE
Post 2:
HBoot 1.27.1100 Patch (Go from Hboot 1.29.0000 to 1.27.1100)
Should unlock your phone again.
Run the phone for a while.
Does it still reboot?
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sweet, that did the trick
I flashed a dark splash screen and the cwm recovery. All went well and I could flash my 4.2.2 rom. I will restore my titanium backup apps and hope for the best. Cant tell now if the sudden turning off still happens because my phone has been plugged in all the time while I was doing this.
I will report probably tomorrow once the battery is bit used.
Sir, I must say, you are a legend. Thank you very very much for your help!!! your rock!:good: :laugh:

TheKaser said:
sweet, that did the trick
I flashed a dark splash screen and the cwm recovery. All went well and I could flash my 4.2.2 rom. I will restore my titanium backup apps and hope for the best. Cant tell now if the sudden turning off still happens because my phone has been plugged in all the time while I was doing this.
I will report probably tomorrow once the battery is bit used.
Sir, I must say, you are a legend. Thank you very very much for your help!!! your rock!:good: :laugh:
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Hi,
Hope it all works out.