The phone belongs to a friend.
So as the title says, the phone can only boot into recovery mode. The device has a custom recovery -- 4Ext recovery --
He got stuck in bootloop after he tried to flash a rom. He also tried to fix it and that's when he installed 4Ext.
I don't know if the bootloader is locked or unlocked, S-ON or S-OFF and also the USB Debugging might be off as well. He says that the combination for HBoot/bootloader/fastboot (it is the same thing) does not work. So he gets into that recovery every time the phone boots.
Those are the worst options. But maybe the phone is S-off because of that recovery installed. I'm just thinking... Can you flash a recovery with S-ON or with usb debugging off?
Anyway, please give me some ideas... I'm kinda begginer with HTC.
Sorry for my bad english. Any ideas on how to fix this?
ronaldosmeq said:
The phone belongs to a friend.
So as the title says, the phone can only boot into recovery mode. The device has a custom recovery -- 4Ext recovery --
He got stuck in bootloop after he tried to flash a rom. He also tried to fix it and that's when he installed 4Ext.
I don't know if the bootloader is locked or unlocked, S-ON or S-OFF and also the USB Debugging might be off as well. He says that the combination for HBoot/bootloader/fastboot (it is the same thing) does not work. So he gets into that recovery every time the phone boots.
Those are the worst options. But maybe the phone is S-off because of that recovery installed. I'm just thinking... Can you flash a recovery with S-ON or with usb debugging off?
Anyway, please give me some ideas... I'm kinda begginer with HTC.
Sorry for my bad english. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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you can flash a recovery while on S-ON too
but you can't with usb debugging off
so probably the usb debugging is on
probaly the device is on S-ON
try this
from 4ext:
format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash
flash the rom
see how it goes
I am going to try that once i have the phone. As I said, the phone belongs to a friend. Untill then, if anyone else has another ideas, please write them here.
rzr86 said:
you can flash a recovery while on S-ON too
but you can't with usb debugging off
so probably the usb debugging is on
probaly the device is on S-ON
try this
from 4ext:
format all partitions except sdcard
enable smartflash
flash the rom
see how it goes
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Do I need to flash a custom rom first to make the hboot work then go back to the stock one?
ronaldosmeq said:
Do I need to flash a custom rom first to make the hboot work then go back to the stock one?
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if you want to go for stock you don't need any custom rom
just know your cid and firmware version
and bootloader must be locked(or relocked)
rzr86 said:
if you want to go for stock you don't need any custom rom
just know your cid and firmware version
and bootloader must be locked(or relocked)
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As I said, the phone only boots into recovery so first i need something to flash in that recovery mode. After i get rid of that recovery and i can acces home screen or more important fastboot, then i can flash a stock rom. I can't even check if the bootloader is locked or unlocked. Let's hope that USB Debbuging is ON.
What can i flash into recovery so i can get rid of it? Where is the smartflash option? Those are my questions for now.
ronaldosmeq said:
As I said, the phone only boots into recovery so first i need something to flash in that recovery mode. After i get rid of that recovery and i can acces home screen or more important fastboot, then i can flash a stock rom. I can't even check if the bootloader is locked or unlocked. Let's hope that USB Debbuging is ON.
What can i flash into recovery so i can get rid of it? Where is the smartflash option? Those are my questions for now.
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for smartflash go to tools from 4ext recovery
you will see smartflash option at the bottom(if i remember well)
rzr86 said:
for smartflash go to tools from 4ext recovery
you will see smartflash option at the bottom(if i remember well)
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And what do you recommend to flash with this recovery in order to get rid of it? I mean, i don't care if the recovery is still on the device but I want the phone to boot like it normally does.
ronaldosmeq said:
And what do you recommend to flash with this recovery in order to get rid of it? I mean, i don't care if the recovery is still on the device but I want the phone to boot like it normally does.
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try with flashable stock rom or vipers rom
link in my sigmature
rzr86 said:
try with flashable stock rom or vipers rom
link in my sigmature
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Can i flash in the 4ext recovery the stock firmware in this format: PG58IMG.zip? (downloaded from http://htc.vi8.info/)
ronaldosmeq said:
Can i flash in the 4ext recovery the stock firmware in this format: PG58IMG.zip? (downloaded from http://htc.vi8.info/)
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no you can't
those kind of zip files can be flashed only from bootloader
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hey guys im need of your help my sensation was essentially fine then i decided i wanted to root and find another rom just for better performance so i found and followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 well some down the line idk what happended but now i cant transfer big files to the phone when in recovery mode and when i try to install a new rom the whole phone will reboot i've tried everything from adb push to flashing new firmware to the phone now im stuck and out of ideas can anybody help me the phone isnt bricked cause it can still boot into recovery and i can use fast boot mode as well i dont have any rom loaded on the phone and i didnt make any back ups (yea i know very dumb of me)
What do you mean transfer big files when in recovery mode? You can only transfer files when the phone is operating normally. Are you s off?
im pretty sure i am cause i used Revolutionary to root it
Since you can access recovery:
1. Download a rom suitable for the firmware you flashed.
2. Download super wipe script from ARHD thread.
3. Place both on a freshly formatted SD card using a PC
4. Insert SD to phone and install super wipe followed by rom.
Sent from my Pyramid-T
Take out sd card and use a card reader to load a rom. Which firmware did you flash? Through bootloader? If you flashed the ics firmware bundle, which one?
tropical cactus said:
Take out sd card and use a card reader to load a rom. Which firmware did you flash? Through bootloader? If you flashed the ics firmware bundle, which one?
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i tried all 3 actually
stringer7 said:
Since you can access recovery:
1. Download a rom suitable for the firmware you flashed.
2. Download super wipe script from ARHD thread.
3. Place both on a freshly formatted SD card using a PC
4. Insert SD to phone and install super wipe followed by rom.
Sent from my Pyramid-T
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I followed this and when i tried to flash the rom my phone either hanged or rebooted
SUPERSUPER23 said:
hey guys im need of your help my sensation was essentially fine then i decided i wanted to root and find another rom just for better performance so i found and followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 well some down the line idk what happended but now i cant transfer big files to the phone when in recovery mode and when i try to install a new rom the whole phone will reboot i've tried everything from adb push to flashing new firmware to the phone now im stuck and out of ideas can anybody help me the phone isnt bricked cause it can still boot into recovery and i can use fast boot mode as well i dont have any rom loaded on the phone and i didnt make any back ups (yea i know very dumb of me)
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Since problem happened after you tried to s-off and you can't flash rom by recovery, i'm pretty sure that your phone is still s-on. You can try the method as following
1. Reboot into the bootloader and check whether phone is s-on. If it's not, or rather, it's s-off, congratulation to you because it's very easy now. You just need to install a third party recovery( i never try to flash a rom by stock recovery, but i recommend to use third party recovery to flash roms) and flash any rom you want except those which need firmware. If it's still s-on, what you need to do is login htcdev and unlock the bootloader
2.Download a rom which doesn't need firmware( Because i don't know how to cope with ICS stuff and i just know something about gingerbread rom. if you want to try ICS, then ignore my reply). Download a third party recovery. Extract the boot.img inside the rom to adb folder, and so do recovery.img.
3.Connect the phone to the computer, open command line and cd into adb folder, and go to fastboot mode. Type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" to install third party recovery. Type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" to flash boot.img
4.Reboot into recovery mode. Double wipe the phone, or you can try superwipe provided by mike1986. Then install the rom you download. After installation, reboot the phone. Now your phone should be ok.
PS: adb command usually works when your phone has booted into system. Although type adb command in recovery mode and get some response from the phone, actually it doesn't make any sense.
All in all, all you need to do is :unlock the bootloader by htcdev, flash recovery and boot, wipe and flash the rom, then ok
pmbldc said:
Since problem happened after you tried to s-off and you can't flash rom by recovery, i'm pretty sure that your phone is still s-on. You can try the method as following
1. Reboot into the bootloader and check whether phone is s-on. If it's not, or rather, it's s-off, congratulation to you because it's very easy now. You just need to install a third party recovery( i never try to flash a rom by stock recovery, but i recommend to use third party recovery to flash roms) and flash any rom you want except those which need firmware. If it's still s-on, what you need to do is login htcdev and unlock the bootloader
2.Download a rom which doesn't need firmware( Because i don't know how to cope with ICS stuff and i just know something about gingerbread rom. if you want to try ICS, then ignore my reply). Download a third party recovery. Extract the boot.img inside the rom to adb folder, and so do recovery.img.
3.Connect the phone to the computer, open command line and cd into adb folder, and go to fastboot mode. Type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" to install third party recovery. Type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" to flash boot.img
4.Reboot into recovery mode. Double wipe the phone, or you can try superwipe provided by mike1986. Then install the rom you download. After installation, reboot the phone. Now your phone should be ok.
PS: adb command usually works when your phone has booted into system. Although type adb command in recovery mode and get some response from the phone, actually it doesn't make any sense.
All in all, all you need to do is :unlock the bootloader by htcdev, flash recovery and boot, wipe and flash the rom, then ok
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i followed the guide exactly and once i got here http://www.htcdev.com/images/uploads/bootloader/step13.jpg my phone wont let me select yes
You could run appropriate ruu to revert to stock and begin again. Have you done superCID via fastboot?
Sent from my Pyramid-T
stringer7 said:
You could run appropriate ruu to revert to stock and begin again. Have you done superCID via fastboot?
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Yes I have Actually
ok i went back to stock and my phone is back !!!! now i wanna root it again but....
SUPERSUPER23 said:
ok i went back to stock and my phone is back !!!! now i wanna root it again but....
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That's great! Keep the ruu you used safe in case of more problems. Now, run revo again, install su & recovery and you are done.
But backup stock in recovery before anything
Sent from my Pyramid-T
stringer7 said:
That's great! Keep the ruu you used safe in case of more problems. Now, run revo again, install su & recovery and you are done.
But backup stock in recovery before anything
Sent from my Pyramid-T
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(fingers crossed) ok will do
guys success thanx to all who have helped me
Hello,
I need some expert help about my self-bricked sensation:
I was on stock android 4.0.3 with root, unlocked bootloader and s-on. One day I came up with idea of flashing CM 10.1. I have had already cwm touch 5.8.0.9 installed so i went there and flashed an zip with cm. A while after i realized that it was a mistake.
My device is stucked in bootloader, i can connect to usb with fastboot, however adb drivers dont recognize it and nothing appears after adb devices. I was trying to flash an 4ext recovery with s-on smart flash which could help me, but it only made my cwm dissapeared.
What can I do in that case? I have this 4ext recovery in zip on my sd, and by launching bootloader it isloading it, then parsing, and... nothing happens.
Please help me, I would like to have anything working
when you connect your device via usb from bootloader does it say fastboot usb on screen?
if yes then try again to install 4ext recovery using the fastboot command
also don't try to flash the zip which contains 4ext from bootloader because you are S-ON
that's why it failed
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Yes, I know about the s-on fail...
What do you mean writing about fastboot commands? How to use it?
ArchiePL said:
Yes, I know about the s-on fail...
What do you mean writing about fastboot commands? How to use it?
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ok see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
use only step 2(flashing a recovery)
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THANK YOU my master!
I am really rally gratefull! If you had any problems with your computer, hit me on PM!
Thanks once again!
ArchiePL said:
THANK YOU my master!
I am really rally gratefull! If you had any problems with your computer, hit me on PM!
Thanks once again!
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very glad for you man:good:
now before flashing the rom
format all partitions except sdcard from 4ext
enable smartflash from 4ext
flash the rom
done
Hello,
I have a TMOUS Sensation 4G which is S-ON and bootloader unlocked. I tried to install custom ROM without flashing boot.img through fastboot and adb. I forgot to flash boot.img. Now I am stuck in the bootloader. I am using TWRP recovery and whenever I get to fastboot and connect the phone to PC , it is not showing fastboot usb. Unfortunately, my debugging is OFF. Is there anyway I can enable the debugging from recovery or fastboot. First I thought it was my PC issue as I am using win 8 USB 3. I solved the windows 8 USB 3.0 port problem from other site but still not working. I installed HTC sync too. Is it required to enable debugging to get fastboot usb? Please help. Thanks in advance.
Wait, you're flashing a custom ROM, why do you need to flash a boot.IMG?
And, I don't think it's possible to enable USB debugging from recovery/fast boot.
If you need to enable USB debugging, you need to boot the phone, then go to developer settings and enable USB debugging...
Sent from my HTC Sensation
AndroidSupporter318 said:
Wait, you're flashing a custom ROM, why do you need to flash a boot.IMG?
And, I don't think it's possible to enable USB debugging from recovery/fast boot.
If you need to enable USB debugging, you need to boot the phone, then go to developer settings and enable USB debugging...
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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I had a sensation before which was also S-ON. I had to flash boot.img to install custom rom for that too. As I did not flash it, the phone was stuck in bootloader same as my new one. I managed to boot into one ROM which is MIUI JB, but it is stuck on "Unfortunately android has stopped" screen and do not allow me to get into the home screen.
First, do a full wipe if you're changing ROMs, second, wipe dalvik+cache if you're just updating a ROM, third, you need to enable smartflash in 4EXT recovery tools of you're s-on
Sent from my HTC Sensation
AndroidSupporter318 said:
First, do a full wipe if you're changing ROMs, second, wipe dalvik+cache if you're just updating a ROM, third, you need to enable smartflash in 4EXT recovery tools of you're s-on
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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Thanx man. I did all before flashing any rom. I do not have 4 ext recovery. I have twrp recovery. Also need to know how to flash 4ext as a zip file over twrp. Most of the custom rom thread recommends 4ext. As I do not have access to fastboot, so can not flash the recovery.img trough fastboot. I have been using custom ROMs in different devices for couple of years, but never stuck in this kind of problem. I flashed more than seven custom roms but in vein.
joy_1484 said:
Thanx man. I did all before flashing any rom. I do not have 4 ext recovery. I have twrp recovery. Also need to know how to flash 4ext as a zip file over twrp. Most of the custom rom thread recommends 4ext. As I do not have access to fastboot, so can not flash the recovery.img trough fastboot. I have been using custom ROMs in different devices for couple of years, but never stuck in this kind of problem. I flashed more than seven custom roms but in vein.
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What does bootloader say when you connect to PC?
If it says HBOOT them press power button once.. If should take you to fastboot usb
Btw what you are doing is correct.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
Do what ganeshp says, it will switch to fast boot mode if you press hboot with the power button.
Also, 4EXT is NOT flashed as a zip file in recovery mode, it is flashed in fast boot mode via command prompt on the PC.
Read this carefully: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377759
Sent from my HTC Sensation
I rooted my device, install recovery and flash ics kernel. I have XE hboot-1.29. I have the stock rom. When I try to turn on my device he stuck on the htc logo. what to do?
1qasdfghj said:
I rooted my device, install recovery and flash ics kernel. I have XE hboot-1.29. I have the stock rom. When I try to turn on my device he stuck on the htc logo. what to do?
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Bootloader unlocked or locked?
S-ON or S-OFF ?
ahsan64 said:
Bootloader unlocked or locked?
S-ON or S-OFF ?
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Bootloader unlocked
S-ON
Maybe a wrong kernel? I'm not sure do you need Smartflash enabled from recovery for flashing kernels. Try enabling it.
But if I were you I'd just flash the ARHD ROM which is exactly like stock ROM.
1qasdfghj said:
Bootloader unlocked
S-ON
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Flash boot.img(extract from downloaded kernel.zip) using fastboot commands .
Goto bootloader and type this command " fastboot flash boot boot.img " without quotes ..
And if this not work download this rom from HERE near to stock and flash it using 4ext recovery ..
Nicx59 said:
Maybe a wrong kernel? I'm not sure do you need Smartflash enabled from recovery for flashing kernels. Try enabling it.
But if I were you I'd just flash the ARHD ROM which is exactly like stock ROM.
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I didn't flash yet any rom. I flash the kernels from commands(fastboot) not from recovery.
I think the kernel isn't match to stock rom.
I need the stock XE ics kernel.
ahsan64 said:
Flash boot.img(extract from downloaded kernel.zip) using fastboot commands .
Goto bootloader and type this command " fastboot flash boot boot.img " without quotes ..
And if this not work download this rom from HERE near to stock and flash it using 4ext recovery ..
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Which boot.img I need to flash in fastboot?
1qasdfghj said:
Which boot.img I need to flash in fastboot?
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The one inside the kernel you downloaded ..
Which kernel you flashed?
ahsan64 said:
The one inside the kernel you downloaded ..
Which kernel you flashed?
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I took the boot.img from vipers 1.6.3 rom.
ahsan64 said:
Flash boot.img(extract from downloaded kernel.zip) using fastboot commands .
Goto bootloader and type this command " fastboot flash boot boot.img " without quotes ..
And if this not work download this rom from HERE near to stock and flash it using 4ext recovery ..
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I can't connect my device to PC because he stock in the htc logo.
1qasdfghj said:
I took the boot.img from vipers 1.6.3 rom.
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I think you should have downloaded the correct RUU.zip for you, and then taken the boot.img from there.
Would be a lot easier if you just flashed the ARHD!
& If you want to connect device; remove battery, hold vol down + power on to boot bootloader
from there select fastboot.
then it should say FASTBOOT USB
Nicx59 said:
I think you should have downloaded the correct RUU.zip for you, and then taken the boot.img from there.
Would be a lot easier if you just flashed the ARHD!
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But I can't flash it. because I can't put it in my SD card in my device. Because I can't get the SD card of my phone in my PC. the phone can't connect to the pc. because it not turned on. it stuck in logo/
Nicx59 said:
& If you want to connect device; remove battery, hold vol down + power on to boot bootloader
from there select fastboot.
then it should say FASTBOOT USB
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But the SD card not connected to the pc when the device in fastboot.
Turn off phone
remove SD card
put SD card to another device and connect that to PC
Now you can access SD card. Put ARHD to it. Put SD card back to Sensation, reboot to recovery, enable smartflash and then install ARHD.
1qasdfghj said:
I can't connect my device to PC because he stock in the htc logo.
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if you want stock kernel at the end of second post from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1256668
flash it via fastboot command
1qasdfghj said:
But the SD card not connected to the pc when the device in fastboot.
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Maybe I misunderstood, but unlocking your bootloader wipes everything. You needed to get another rom to boot.
If you installed recovery, do
1. Enter recovery (hold power + vol down on startup, select recovery)
2. In 4ext, mount usb storage, get any Rom and put in your sdcard.
3. Enable smartflash, flash Rom.
Happy to help.
Firstly, I am very sorry if I have done wrong. But I couldnt just find help in other threads. I want to help a friend fix his Sensation XE Z715e. It stucks/reboots on the HTC BootScreen.
The device is Bootloader Unlocked but S-On. I read some thread and read about the RUU. I relocked the bootloader and ran the RUU. After the whole process... The RUU program said "Completed" but the device is still stuck / Reboots. Is there any other means? Please I would be glad to get early response as I am somewhere I can download any needed file now. I migth not get the chance tomorrow.
Attached is the "fastboot getvar all" details. Please help!
can you show me the detail of RUU that you've already installing..?, i mean..did you already try this RUU..?
if yes..but still stuck..
did you already tried (while your bootloader is still in unlocked state)...tried to installing a boot.img that are extracted from the last custom rom that you've using it..?
or if still stuck..did you already tried to installing a different custom recovery (ofcourse this is while your bootloader is in unlocked state too)...anyway what custom recovery do you had before..?, if before just using cwm..now just tried installing 4ext touch recovery..and after that you tried installing another custom rom...and don't forget to enable smartflash future from 4ext recovery before installing another custom rom..
if still stuck...just tried flashing a boot.img manually from fastboot.. "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
JJeamy said:
can you show me the detail of RUU that you've already installing..?, i mean..did you already try this RUU..?
if yes..but still stuck..
did you already tried (while your bootloader is still in unlocked state)...tried to installing a boot.img that are extracted from the last custom rom that you've using it..?
or if still stuck..did you already tried to installing a different custom recovery (ofcourse this is while your bootloader is in unlocked state too)...anyway what custom recovery do you had before..?, if before just using cwm..now just tried installing 4ext touch recovery..and after that you tried installing another custom rom...and don't forget to enable smartflash future from 4ext recovery before installing another custom rom..
if still stuck...just tried flashing a boot.img manually from fastboot.. "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
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Thanks, thats the exact RUU i installed... I'll try unlock the Bootloader again. And see if i can flash a Custom Recovery. Would give you feedback! Can the sensation run 4ext Recovery?
its_Khal said:
Thanks, thats the exact RUU i installed... I'll try unlock the Bootloader again. And see if i can flash a Custom Recovery. Would give you feedback! Can the sensation run 4ext Recovery?
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this is the link 4ext recovery touch for sensation.. here..
just extracted that zip file...then copied that recovery.img file to your adb folder then flashing it through fastboot..."fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
its_Khal said:
Thanks, thats the exact RUU i installed... I'll try unlock the Bootloader again. And see if i can flash a Custom Recovery. Would give you feedback! Can the sensation run 4ext Recovery?
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Yes the sensation runs with the 4ext recovery.
JJeamy said:
this is the link 4ext recovery touch for sensation.. here..
just extracted that zip file...then copied that recovery.img file to your adb folder then flashing it through fastboot..."fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
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Thanks, I flashed the CWM 5.0.2.0 via fastboot after Unllocking the Bootloader. But when i select RECOVERY from Bootloader, Its just shows the White with Green HTC screen for some seconds and restarts again.. But the Recovery i flashed completed!!!
its_Khal said:
Thanks, I flashed the CWM 5.0.2.0 via fastboot after Unllocking the Bootloader. But when i select RECOVERY from Bootloader, Its just shows the White with Green HTC screen for some seconds and restarts again.. But the Recovery i flashed completed!!!
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why do you flashing CWM recovery again..?,
did you already tried flashing 4ext recovery from the link that i give it to you above..?, just tried that 4ext..
just tried before flashing it...
"fastboot erase cache" then after that "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
JJeamy said:
why do you flashing CWM recovery again..?,
did you already tried flashing 4ext recovery from the link that i give it to you above..?, just tried that 4ext..
just tried before flashing it...
"fastboot erase cache" then after that "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
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The Same thing.. I wouldnt load the recovery...
its_Khal said:
The Same thing.. I wouldnt load the recovery...
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that's so weird...
i think there's something problem in emmc partition..but i don't know what's that exactly..
i think the best way to fix that..just brought your sensation to the HTC service center..or 3rd party service center that already had a riff box / jtag tools that can flashing your sensation emmc from the beginning..
Hi,
It seems that you were going along the correct lines with the RUU you were running.
My only suggestion would be to relock your bootloader and try it again.
If it still fails , then, as JJeamy suggests , an HTC center would be the next step.