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[HTC Sensation] bakili:
Superuser app disappeared from menu :confused:

I got OTA update

after

removing rom, not sure what rom was it, but it was (2.08.401.1_stock_rooted_signed-v0.3-3)

Now its back 2.3.4, Sense 3.0 Software number 1.45.206.2
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
By restoring your original backup and doing the wipe user data, all apps and data you installed, including SuperUser are removed. Then you did an OTA update. If you want root back, you should still be s-off and unlocked so just repeat steps 2 and 3 of the guide, ie CWM Recovery and then SuperUser/Root.
[HTC Sensation] makcrellon:
Hey Bakili,

I believe I also had the same issue, and if that's the case then the answer is straightforward. You're using the Froyo SU file from the first page which is incorrect for your device. What you need to do is use the correct root zip file (su_2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip) which you can find around page 6 of this thread.

Make sure it flashes ok without any errors, you may need to do this a few times.

Once you flash the gingerbread SU things will be ok.

Your device should be ok after that.

Mack
[HTC Sensation] Donny1987:
when I search this thread for Sensation XE I get too many posts to actually find the answer I'm looking for....

Could someone tell me if this also works for the Sensation XE? Does it matter which ROM version is installed on the phone?

Thanks in advance
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
I've seen a few users post successful unlocking of the XE - here's one. The rom version shouldn't matter, it's the hboot version. If you have 1.18.0000 then you should be good to go.
[HTC Sensation] bakili:
Thanks

I believe i still have CWM, as I can go into recovery option in HBOOT
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
If you flashed the OTA you should have stock recovery AFAIK. How do you enter into recovery from bootloader? if you just highlight it and press power button to go in, then check the version you have. If you need to hold power button in and press vol up to get into recovery then you have stock and will need to reflash the cwm recovery.
[HTC Sensation] Donny1987:
Thanks mate, it worked :D
[HTC Sensation] whynot66:
I have the xe same method and all the roms i've tried work

#flashaholic
[HTC Sensation] ricey1986:
do i need to supercid if i only want to install a custom ROM?

Ricey
[HTC Sensation] computertechy:
i think cid's are only used for stock roms so if you are flashing a custom rom it shouldnt matter(i kept mine stock and flash leedroid via recovery perfectly) im not to sure on this.

if you do change it make sure you keep a note of your cid for warranty.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
No you don't.....
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Just run it from normal, does your phone go through a number of reboots when the tool is working and you don't get any errors about waiting for fastboot or lost communication or where it just hangs?

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Do you have HTC Sync installed on your pc? If so either exit out of the app completely or even uninstall it.
[HTC Sensation] droiddv:
Nope it never reboots my phone, no errors, beta key accepted thank you for participating, then zerging root this might take a minute or so, and it hangs there.

Yes I have htc sync installed, I have to hit htc sync for the revolutionary.io tool to see it and let me enter a beta key.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Yes you need to enter HTC Sync mode on your phone to get the tool to recognize your phone, but on your pc you only need the HTC Sync drivers, not the app itself as it causes the tool to hang at the "zerging" stage. Either close the app down fully, or better yet uninstall the app (not the drivers) and it should work.
[HTC Sensation] droiddv:
Ok I got a whole lot further I did uninstall htc sync then had to reinstall it for the drivers. I just didn't reinstall it completely. So the phone actually booted to fastboot this time but was unable to complete because my phone doesnt show up in fastboot devices.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Try installing these drivers while the phone is connected in bootloader/fastboot mode
[HTC Sensation] droiddv:
OMG you did it, thank you ever so much. WOW I'm amazed. You are awesome.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
That's a new one. When do you get that message?
[HTC Sensation] droiddv:
I had opened the wrong HTC.exe on my sdcard. Just being in a hurry. The driver you sent me worked flawlessly. Thank you so much, my security is OFF, and I am at 1.17 for the first time ever.

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I am now flashing my first rom with a overclocked kernel, I am pretty positive I am going to be able to use wifi with a overclocked kernel, thanks to you my friend. Very pleased. Thanks again.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Yay :D:D, glad to hear it worked. Seems like even the guys over at Revolutionary didn't know it could be done.
[HTC Sensation] droiddv:
Nope they didnt they gave up too quick. I was giving a lot of time and effort that day I asked them, I tried for 2 days straight, and nothing. Until you came along. I really do appreciate it. I am going to donate 5 bucks to you right now. For you time. Seems like it was to do with my drivers and HTC the tool never ran its course. And I didn't know it was supposed to do all the rebooting. I thought it ran its course in a few seconds, I didn't get any errors so I just thought it was running and that was that. Then after I uninstalled htc sync, and you sent me the newest htc 3.0 drivers that solved everything. Ok off to the donate button. :) :)

Note: Donated
[HTC Sensation] bakili:
When I enter in recovery, it says clockwork v5.0.0.8

So to get root back again, do I need follow step 4 only, or 3 and 4?

Thanks for help, much appreciated
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
If it still says Clockwork, then I guess the OTA didn't touch the recovery. You should be fine.

Step 4 has nothing to do with root, you only need that if you want to flash stock roms that don't belong to your provider (e. g. the stock RUUs that are floating around here; don't need to do that if you want to flash a custom rom). Step 3 would be what you want to do. If you're encountering difficulties, maybe some posts (e. g., the ones by ClydeB1 and mjybarr) on this page may help you.

Good luck.
[HTC Sensation] bakili:
Thanks a lot,

Last question.

If I follow step 3 again, will I loose all settings, apps and user data?
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
You're welcome. Only installing SU should leave your data untouched (except for installing SU itself ;)). I'm putting the "should" in italics because you never now ;). Just make a nandroid backup with clockwork mod before you do it so you can revert back to that state if anything goes wrong.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
As tsrzealot says, for root only step 3 is required

No, rooting will not affect apps or data, but again as pointed out above, it's always a good practice to take a backup before installing anything
[HTC Sensation] abelrhd:
Hi guys! On my device I installed the S-OFF, debrant... When I run the HBoot it show Revolutionary Words and the version is 1.17.1111. Now I installed the Eng-Hboot, before I had the SHIP-HBoot. Now I show: 1.18.2008 ENG-S-OFF, and disapear the words Revolutionary. why?

Regards!
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
When you run the revolutionary tool it replaces the hboot with a hacked revolutionary hboot (which I guess includes the word Revolutionary as part of the hboot), as you have now replaced the hboot again with an ENG version, it no longer has the word included.
[HTC Sensation] abelrhd:
Thanks ClydeB1!:) So, the revolutionary and Eng-Hboot get S-OFF both? Or I mistaken?

Regards!
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
I hope the question is not exclusively for ClydeB1 ;)

Anyway, yes, they both give you S-Off, as ENG HBoot stands for Engineering Bootloader and the engineers would be pretty p*ssed off to have S-On :D

Nonetheless, just as a friendly warning: Don't let yourself be fooled next time by fancy stuff like an ENG-Hboot. If you don't see a reason why you should need it, there probably is none. I don't even know if it has any added value over the revlutionary one (someone please correct me if you know any, I haven't tried it so I wouldn't know! Does the ENG-Hboot have more fastboot options or something like this?). But for the regular user who just wants to flash custom ROMs etc, the revolutionary Hboot is more than enough.

And screwing up the flashing process of the Hboot will most certainly turn your phone into a nice piece of... brick ;)

So why risk it if you don't really need it.
[HTC Sensation] abelrhd:
Thanks for your reply my friend :). In a spanish forum there're a answer why is better ENG_HBoot: it allow to recover errors of bad CID, and others. The ship-HBoot is irreversible to recover bad CID.
[HTC Sensation] austinbrown92:
Concerning S-On...

I know that after you run the S-Off process, your HBOOT will have the word "Revolutionary" at the top. I've S-Offed/S-On-ed twice, and when I do S-On, my HBOOT would still say Unlocked, even though I had S-on. This tim, however, after I ran S-On, my phone just has the HBOOT info. Any idea why? If it helps, I unlocked my bootloader the first time with the HTCDev tool.
[HTC Sensation] unfnknblvbl:
I have encountered a problem. I have HBOOT-1.17.0008 with S-OFF, blahblahblah.

Root and recovery work fine. CM7 works brilliantly.

fastboot flash [partition] [image name] doesn't though;

unfunk@alban ~/kitchen/original_update
$ fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (171529 KB)...
OKAY [ 25.144s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 25.165s

unfunk@alban ~/kitchen/original_update
$

This also happens when I try to flash the splash image.... but NOT for recovery or boot.

Does anybody know what to do to fix this?

EDIT:

Never mind! I ran Revolutionary again and it did something to my HBOOT to make things work. Strange, since I already ran it a bajillion times in the first place. oh well! :D
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
The fact that your hboot is 1.17.0008 instead of 1.17.1008 or 1.17.1111 seems to imply that you have not used Revolutionary to get s-off? As I understand it, using revolutionary replaces the hboot (latest version is 1.17.1111) and allows you to use fastboot commands, so it could be that the fastboot commands are failing as you have the incorrect hboot. Also from the text you posted, the fact that you are seeing a $ when running your commands also seems to show that you are not truly rooted. When successfully rooted you should see a # instead of $.

In bootloader enter 'fastboot devices' - does your device's serial number get returned?
[HTC Sensation] remixtech:
Sorry I don't understand you. Have you try the method on Page 1 ? And dit it worked ?

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Yes, a few users with the Sensation XE have confirmed that the methods on page 1 work. As long as you have a compatible hboot version (1.18.0000 is the latest that still works)
[HTC Sensation] duryard:
Hi Guys just got the Sensation XE and wanted to s=Off so as to root

done the op on page 1 about 6 times with no success at all Then I tried to install recovery but it says it does not reconise the PG58img.zip

Unfortunatly I have done the latest update from htc

I have

*** locked ***

Pyramid pvt ship s-on rl

hboot-1.18.0000

emmc-hboot

aug 2 2011

and its version Z715e

Software 1.73.401.4

Baseband 10.58.9035.00U_10.15.9035.02_2

any suggestions please
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
As you still have hboot 1.18.0000 you don't have the necessary hacked hboot to load images from bootloader. You need to run the revolutionary tool until your bootloader screen displays Revolutionary s-off and hboot of 1.17.1111.

A little more info as to what happens when you run the tool would help, just saying you ran it "6 times with no success at all" doesn't help much in narrowing down the possible problem.
[HTC Sensation] duryard:
Thanks for your reply ClydeB1

Rev tool says

Invalid beta key, aborting ...

Press (almost) any key to exit.

but I cant exit with any key and just have to close it
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
On the Revolutionary.io website be sure to enter all correct info such as model, serial number etc. When the beta key is generated, copy it and then in the revolutionary.exe tool, click on icon in top left corner, select edit > paste.
[HTC Sensation] duryard:
Many Thanks ClydeB1. Thats done it now. was the copy and paste thing that did it for me.:)

Happy bunny here.

Thanks again
[HTC Sensation] ced357:
I have just buy a sensation, and when i follow step one, fastboot is disconnecting... Can u help me ?
[HTC Sensation] masondoctorjt:
I have stock ROM and have s-off, CWR, and rooted... My question is, if I do a factory reset, will I hurt anything? Or will I just have to re root?
[HTC Sensation] ced357:
I follow the step one and i have this error message...:confused:

What can i do ???
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Yes, AFAIK you would need to reroot. Obviously all data and user apps added would also be removed.

That message happens to most people on the latest version. Just disconnect and then reconnect your phone and run the tool again. You may need to do it 2 or 3 times, but it does eventually work.
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
i flashed ruu_asia_wwe. after that only know this is not India Rom. How to do for india rom and not able to find ruu for india. I am now on S-ON. please help

Edit : i download india RUU and updated successfully.
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
is it possible only root without s off
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Not permanently AFAIK, but you can get temp root (until a reboot) using this
[HTC Sensation] [Krueger]Dr.Stein:
Okay.

I have S-offed, CWed and Rooted my Z710e.

Not yet SuperCIDed (busy).

Questions.

Can I still use the Software Update option that comes with the phone under Setttings?

Or do I have to SuperCID first?

Or I can no longer use the HTC Software Update totally?

I thank anyone with insights to my queries.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
With CWM and Root, you can still use the Software updates to get your OTA updates, BUT you won't be able to install them. In order to install you will need to unroot and revert to stock recovery.

SuperCID is not needed unless you want to flash a rom from another area/carrier. You can find a guide on how to install an OTA while still s-off here

You can also find a tool to help you to get your stock recovery back here
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
it is not working. may because of min hboot 1.18
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Could be, that was developed before the s-off tools were released, so I guess the solution was not worked on after s-off came out.
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
i back to s-on. now i want to do s-off unable to do it. 3 times tried and finally failed. the day before i was able to do . i dont know y now cant.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
What errors are you getting?
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
=============================================

| Revolutionary S-OFF & Recovery Tool 0.4pre4 |

=============================================

Brought to you by AlphaRev & unrEVOked.

Waiting for device...

Found your device: HTC Sensation Z710e (pyramid-1.18.0000, Android: 2.3.4, ROM v

ersion: 1.45.720.1)

This is a beta release and requires a beta release key.

Please visit: http://revolutionary.io for more information.

Enter beta key [ serial: HT1XXXXXXXX ]: XXXXXXXXXXX

Beta key accepted - thank you for participating!

Zerging Root... this might take a minute or so.. Root acquired!

Sending in Caroline...

Cleaning up...

Rebooting to fastboot...

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!

Waiting for fastboot...

Rebooting to fastboot (again)...

Rebooting to fastboot (yet again)...

Rebooting to fastboot (Once moar...)

FAILED - Go have some lemonade!

Press (almost) any key to exit.
[HTC Sensation] ced357:
I have the same problem with hboot 1.17.0008

:mad::mad::mad:
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Does it reboot into fastboot, or does it just wait for fastboot?
[HTC Sensation] ManTheDan:
Is http://revolutionary.io/ down? i can't pull up the page.:confused:
[HTC Sensation] rob111:
In the first post step 4 changing the cid, line 5 says to put phone in charging mode but I had to use HTC Sync mode for it to work with vista. Sorry if this has been raised before and thanks for the guide.

ClydeB1 - I just did it and it and it rebooted into fastboot

ManTheDan - it was OK about an hour ago.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Working for me. Try another browser if you can
[HTC Sensation] ManTheDan:
Just showed up lol thanks
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
he does fastboot.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
So, it reboots a few times into fastboot and back and only then fails? I know of it getting a communication error towards the end and a rerun of the tool sorts the issue, but haven't seen it fail at that stage. Try redownloading the tool with anti virus off. Not sure what else to suggest apart from trying again on a different pc.
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
i tried unix also. no luck. may be the pbm because of the s-off and s-on using RUU.
[HTC Sensation] DerLeo:
I can't root my Sensation, because HBOOT-Version is 1.17.1111.

So I can't get a Serial number :-(

Has anybody an idea what to do?
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
You usually have a 1.17.1111 HBOOT when you're already S-Off. Go to the bootloader and see if it says "-Revolutionary-" at the top and S-OFF in the line below.

Are you trying to root your stock rom after achieving S-OFF? Because that has nothing to do with the serial number (which you don't "get", by the way, it's found in phone info, what you "get" from revolutionary is a beta key).

I'm guessing you already have S-OFF. For rooting, follow step 3 of the guide.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
That shouldn't be a problem as others have done s-off and s-on a few times without problems. I haven't done the s-on process myself, so can't really help with the issue you are having. I would suggest running the ruu again to really get back to stock everything and redownload the tool with antivirus switched off. Perhaps also try removing all HTC drivers and then reinstall to make sure you have a clean base.
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
i hv done. unix no driver so that is also done. i believe something with ruu making all colapse.
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
I agree with ClydeB1: I don't think this can be "broken" unless you flash an incompatible bootloader. What OSes have you tried it on? Linux, Windows? What Windows version? Have you tried running it with administrator priviledges under Windows?

Also, try uninstalling all drivers / HTC sync (just like ClydeB1 said) and install the naked HTC USB Drivers again.
[HTC Sensation] Tyler.forrest:
if u need your sn take out ur battery and there is a white barcode sticker that says S/N: ..... and there u goooo
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
Or even easier than that: Settings - About Phone - Phone Identity

And the revolutionary tool also displays the serial # of a connected device.
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
sorry to say again failed all your recommended methods. I believe RUU making the pbm. first flashed ruu_asia_wwe 1.35 and them i flashed ruu_india rom 1.45. may be this is causing the pbm. what to do . my bad time i have to be in stock rom all the while................:mad:
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
Can you flash any other RUU? Like reflash ruu_asia_wwe 1.35 or something like that? Did you change your SuperCID before getting back to S-ON?
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
i tried the lower version it gives the bootloader version error. not changed the supercid
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
ok so that probably means you can't flash the european 1.45 RUU. I don't know if there's gonna be an asian 1.45 RUU, which you might try then. Where the heck did you get that indian RUU anyway? ;)
[HTC Sensation] [Krueger]Dr.Stein:
Thank you so much ClydeB1.

Your explanation could not have been any more crystal.
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
if i flash different region RUU, will brick or not?
[HTC Sensation] ced357:
Thanks a lot for all...

Now my sensation is S-OFF and ROOT...

:D:D:D
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
You most likely won't be able to do it, because you didn't change the SuperCID. I can't tell you if it will or will not brick your phone, but most likely, you're simply gonna be unable to do it.

In general, those "full roms" are a little bit more "dangerous" than the custom roms which you find in the forums. That's because they contain stuff these custom roms don't contain, like radio, firmware for hardware and such. But it's not like "flash this and your phone will be bricked". HTC wouldn't want that ;)
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Try extracting the rom.zip file from the RUU - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10509780&postcount=102

Once you have the rom.zip file, rename to PG58IMG.zip (not PB99 - this is different from the guide in the post linked above) and copy to the root of your sd card. Then reboot into bootloader and follow the directions. The 1.45 RUU is possibly suspect so I suggest trying the 1.35 RUU first.

EDIT: I don't think it is currently possible to downgrade your hboot version, so you will have to use the 1.45.720 RUU.

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No it won't brick the device, but the install will fail with an "invalid id" error.
[HTC Sensation] Shroomster:
I have a few questions about the o.t.a updates.....but can only remember 2 lol:

Won't ota updates break root?

Does the kernel and rom have to be stock or stock based to install updates?
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
1. Yes the OTA will remove root (IIRC - haven't done it myself so can't confirm 100%), but as you are still s-off you will only need to install CWM and then root again. (EDIT: The author of the OTA update thread suggests that root is not lost, only CWM ;))

2. I know that you will need to be on a stock rom (unedited - ie all files present) for it to work, but not sure as to the kernel tbh. For safety sake though I would suggest going to stock kernel also.
[HTC Sensation] fayezkhan555:
when i click the revalutionary.exe in my computer, a dos windows open and suddenly disappear...plz help
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
Close /uninstall htc sync or anything that might establish a connection to your phone. If it still doesn't work, disable any antivirus program.

Sent from the bridge of the USS Enterprise holding on to my captain's chair while flying into the sun.
[HTC Sensation] newyorkerboy:
Hy!

I've already done with root, super cid, cw, s-off, but i wanted to restore it to its original state. I've run an RUU, i've lost the root, the cw, i'm s-on, but my i've super cid yet. How can I restore my original one?

Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Apparently you can still run the commands. So go to step 4 of the guide and run the fastboot commands, just type in your correct CID number instead of 11111111.
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
If you're not sure anymore what your CID was because you didn't write it down, just Google for your carrier and the region, the CID is not device specific.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
..... or look here
[HTC Sensation] jeibosquez:
i seem to have a PROBLEM! i just recived my replacement sensation 4G for the insurance com. and im trying to S-off but for some reason it keeps saying that my "key" is invalid... i checked the HBoot and i know its case sencetive. i've tried it several times and still nothing! it came with the 1.45! maybe that has something to do with it... any help would be great.....
[HTC Sensation] gkrananth:
I tried EU RUU also no luck. now i changed the cid also to HTC__038 for INdia. Is there any difference between to flash the zip file than RUU. what makes the difference. Can i try this without any pbm? I almost tried so many steps and luckily i wont brick until now. Just precautions for that i am aksing you whether i try this method. As you said downgrade HBOOT is not possible, it means i have to try only India RUU right? appreciate if you can help me out.