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[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
How do you know the batterys is fully charged?

What happens when you connect it to the wall charger? Does the orange LED blink a couple of times and then stops? Or something different? What recovery are you using?
[HTC Sensation] gtrplr71:
does anyone have tmous ruu 1.29 on there dropbox I have been trying to DL for hours now and cant get it ups will be here soon and I need to get this completed
[HTC Sensation] gtrplr71:
I am rooted running AHRD EXT4 recovery with super cid and am unable to flash back to stock rom for warranty purposes it give me an error in RUU utility and tells me to pull the battery I have tried with 1.27 TMOUS and 1.29TMOUS what else can I do? debug is active and fastboot is off.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
I'm not sure, but perhaps giving details of the exact error message could help to identify what is wrong.
[HTC Sensation] gtrplr71:
Just got a nice brick using this method

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1193033

****! I just had some dust under the screen and have a new one coming

Will I be charged by HTC now?
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
What happens? Do you get a security warning error? If so:
[HTC Sensation] gtrplr71:
No I did get an error from the RUU flasher but what I did was after that I was reading the other thread and did this and the phone will not turn on at all even after battery pull

S-ON

You may want to put your phone back to S-ON after following the rest of this guide, for example if you have reflashed your original rom and want to return it for warranty repair. Thanks to ikhzter thread, we have a way to do this!

1. Open Command Prompt, either Run "cmd" or go to Start, Accesories, Command Prompt

2. Enter the command: "cd C:\platform-tools" (Or whatever location you copied the folder to earlier)

3. Ensure your phone is switched on (regular home screen) and connect it by USB in charging mode (Ensure usb debugging is on settings > applications > development)

4. Enter the command "adb devices". It should come back with list of devices attached and then your serial number.

5. Enter the command "adb reboot bootloader". (You device will restart and boot into fastboot USB)

6. Enter the command "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3". (Thanks Dazweeja)

7. Reboot into bootloader using "fastboot reboot-bootloader" or remove & reinsert the battery and press power on while keeping hold of volume down.

8. Bootloader should now read Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL.

9. Remove and reinsert the battery. Press power on as normal

You should now have S-on back and you can return your device or do whatever it is covered again under warranty.

10. IF IT DOESN'T REBOOT and bootloader says ***Security Warning**

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display does not come on and when I plug it in it says I need to install QHSUSB_DLOAD driver
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
:eek: That doesn't sound promising. Can you run any adb commands when the device is connected to your pc? Try entering "adb reboot bootloader"
[HTC Sensation] gtrplr71:
no not responding

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one good thing was I had gone to tmobile yesterday my buddy that works there verified the dirt under the screen and ordered me a new one I guess I can play dumb if it comes up. May have been better off filing a claim on my insurance. I just don't want a bill from HTC.
[HTC Sensation] Dr.dre:
If anybody could help me on this please, I have a Sensation XE and I just wanted to confirm whether this procedure to get S-off and root will work on it or is their a different forum or procedure for Sensation XE
[HTC Sensation] BigMrB:
There the same phone dude...

Sent from my GT-I9100
[HTC Sensation] bradmill08:
I flashed the stock ruu and got the phone to s - on. Now when I go to the hboot it says locked in pink lettering. I know when I rooted in used the revolutionary method but now I am wanting to send my phone back to HTC so I want it completely stock. Can any one please help me
[HTC Sensation] Dr.dre:
And this goes for the Custom ROM's as well ?
[HTC Sensation] Towle:
Ok I'm stumped.. I am returning to s on for an exchange, but I cannot get adb to control my phone. Everything is set up right as I used the same computer for getting super CID. It lists my phone as an adb device but I type fastboot reboot-bootloader it sits at waiting for device. I manually put it into fastboot and it still won't do anything.

Sent from my X53895246864214
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
The new updates from HTC include the lettering "Locked" on the bootloader. So if you had stayed with stock and performed the OTA update the same would have happened, so nothig to worry about. AFAIK you also can't change to a lower hboot version once you've upgraded so there's no way to go back to a 1.17.0008/11 bootloader once you're on 1.18.0000.

Yes

Sounds like a problem with the fastboot drivers. Boot into bootloader and enter "fastboot devices" (rather than "adb devices") to see if it still picks up your device. If not, while connected in fastboot mode reflash these drivers.
[HTC Sensation] JamesRC:
I currently have an S-On Sensation.

If I S-Off and install CWM, does this stop the phone booting and thus prevent me installing titanium backup to backup my phone as-is now?
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
No :confused: why would it stop the phone booting and if it did why would the thousands of users that have done this already want to stop their phones from booting :confused:

You will also need root to run TB. The only possible little hiccup that you may have heard about is that in order to install CWM you add the PG58IMG.zip file to your sd card and after flashing you then will need to remove or rename the file or this file will prevent you from getting into bootloader/fastboot/recovery etc as bootloader will constantly want to install this file.
[HTC Sensation] hellboyborn:
with some hiccups it worked for me. I am now S-off and on leedroid. Thanks for the awesome guide :)
[HTC Sensation] JamesRC:
Thanks, just wanted to check. It could easily stop booting as the start portion of the ROM is overwritten, and you can installs roms via cwm so it doesn't need to be able to boot, necessarily.

Will have a go tonight then :)
[HTC Sensation] bakron1:
Help!!!! I think I bricked my Sensation?????

I was going back to S=ON and followed the guide to the tee, I power the phone down and now it will not power back on? I have tried two fully charged batteries and the using the AC adapter and nothing??

I have done this procedure a few times for my friends phones and have always been successful and never any issues, now this. Any help would be appreciated.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
You're right I guess, the only way to be 100% certain though is to leave the phone as is. By doing these activites there is always a slight risk I guess of things going wrong but the guides have been tried and tested by thousands of users so the risks have been significantly reduced.
[HTC Sensation] jamaljmys:
thank you for perfect guide. but where is the methods to check the HBOOT version? i think its deleted (2+3)
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Only need 1 method. You have a choice, Settings/Power - uncheck Fastboot then switch off, while holding vol down switch on. Alternative, remove and replace battery and then hold vol down and switch on. Third option, use adb - "adb reboot bootloader.
[HTC Sensation] Aniquibobo:
Hi

I am not able to "S-off" my Sensation XE...

I get this "Waiting for fastboot..."

After 15 min still on "Waiting for fastboot..."

Any tips ?

Thanks

/Ani
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
With the phone in bootloader mode and connected, install these drivers to your pc. It looks like a problem with your fastboot driver
[HTC Sensation] Aniquibobo:
:D

Many thanks. S-off

/Ani
[HTC Sensation] systamatics:
Im serisouly lost and cant understand anything of this tutorial , god all i want is to give root access to droidwall so it can prevent all apps from accessing my limited internet on my cellphone , how can i do that
[HTC Sensation] TheStigx:
Hey,

I am trying to get back to S-ON(because of warranty(Power button issue)). I got a couple of question's:

Flashing a stock RUU, with a non-stock radio, will that in any way brick my device, or should I go back to stock radio?

Also I have the very latest update to the sensation (IN Denmark) Should I flash : RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.45.401.3_Radio_10.56.9035 .00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_219990_signed

:)

Thank you for reading, and I hope you will understand my situation, and help me.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Flashing a stock rom will replace the radio, so no there's no need to first replace the radio and it also shouldn't brick your device. Check the md5 of the rom if available before flashing.

What rom version do you currently have?
[HTC Sensation] TheStigx:
I am currently running stock rom, stock recovery. I am wanna run the RUU because I want to remove root, and get back to S-on. :D

Thanks for the answer :)
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Yes I know you're on stock, but there are many different stock roms. When I asked, I meant which stock rom are you running. Check in Settings/About Phone/Software - that way you'll know what RUU to flash.
[HTC Sensation] TheStigx:
Oh :D Softwarenumber: 1.45.401.3

Thanks :)
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
And you have your answer :D:D:D. Good luck
[HTC Sensation] TheStigx:
Awesome! Thank you very much for the help :) I am gonna run the RUU right now :D
[HTC Sensation] Flashben:
thx

thx for the good work of compiling all the steps in one place.
[HTC Sensation] ashokjadav:
can i get s-on back after rooting as i donot want to go back to stock again ???
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Yes, follow step 5 from the 1st post to get back to s-on. You need to follow the steps carefully as a mistake can brick your phone.
[HTC Sensation] tsrzealot:
I don't know if I understand correctly what you're trying to do, but you can either have S-ON with stock rom or be rooted and S-OFF, but you can't have root and S-ON. You can get back to S-ON (which includes going back to stock) after rooting, but you won't keep root. Just follow the steps on page 1, but I'm not sure if that's what you were trying to achieve.
[HTC Sensation] jigners:
yes, you can get back to s-on, just follow the steps CAREFULLY

but, you will loose Root and Recovery.
[HTC Sensation] oakland73rd:
What the hell am i doin wrong when i try to run revolution a window pops up but doesnt stay on and nothing happens i get no messages what am i doin wrong ive done this before on my phone now i want to root my friends phone
[HTC Sensation] x1123:
Hi Viper,

On Point 8 related to recovery v4.0.1.4 doesn't charge when device is switched OFF. Do you mean, if we were use the recovery to flash the Customs ROM. The device will Not Charge while OFF (?)

Cheers Up
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Try exiting out of or even uninstalling HTC Sync.

There was a problem with some of the earlier CWM versions in that it would not charge the phone when the phone was switched off. This is a problem if you run out of power because you would then not be able to charge again. You must use a later version of CWM which has fixed the problem.
[HTC Sensation] x1123:
Hi Clyde,

I probably lucky with CWR v4.0.1.4 since I have it, and sensation well charging while switched OFF ;)
[HTC Sensation] lobfredd:
Thanks for this guide!

however, when i tried to S-off, i got an error saying the connection was lost unexpexted or something.

BUT, My phone now said S-Off on the hboot screen, So i went ahead and tried to flash new radio but it failed.

So i tried to S-Off again and the same error appeared.

But now my Hboot screen says Revolutionary at the top and i was able to flash radio and a custom rom.

I just feel that it is "Half" done if u know what i mean.

Do you guys think my phone got S-off successfully now?
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
There were 2 different versions of 4.0.1.4 IIRC, one of which was fixed to charge while off. Don't use the LED as confirmation of charging though, switch phone off, connect to pc and enter the following command on pc to confirm the charging: adb shell cat /sys/devices/platform/htc_battery/power_supply/battery/status. If it returns a status of charging then you have the fixed version.

If you have Revolutionary and s-off and your hboot version is 1.17.1111 then you should be fine. The losing of communication is a common problem for most, it just requires rerunning the tool which normally fixes things.
[HTC Sensation] TheStigx:
The S-on method WORKED! HAHA THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS VIPER :D
[HTC Sensation] x1123:
did you do s-off on windows computer (?) it's probably you dont have fastboot driver for your phone installed. revolutionary required 2 drivers for operations, android driver and fastboot driver.

revolutionary have to reboot THREE times to fastboot on my experience s-offing sensation (Pyramid), it was not happen on my flyer wifi/3G. I did on linuxmint 11 amd64.
[HTC Sensation] nba1341:
What should my hboot version be? I just bought a s-off sensation 4g from ebay and heres what I have

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.17.0008

RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M

eMMC-boot

May 13 2011,21:04:57.

Is this correct?
[HTC Sensation] TheStigx:
Not really. This person have S-off'ed the phone, which means that he have rooted it. And MAYBE installed some non-stock ROMS.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Yeah, as TheStigx points out, the previous owner probably ran the s-off and then flashed back a stock rom ruu to get back to hboot 1.17.0008, but left it at s-off. If you want to flash a custom rom and install a custom recovery and root, you will need to run the Revolutionary tool. This should change your hboot to 1.17.1111. If this is what you intend doing then complete steps 1 and 2 (if you intend to flash a custom rom as these are already rooted) and if you intend keeping the stock rom but want to root, then you'll need to do step 3 also.
[HTC Sensation] _nima:
hi, thanks 4 ur help.

I try this method and it works on my sensation, then I saw superuser in my programs, after that, I install an official rom from link u gave us.

but now I have not any super user in my programs list!

what should I do to activate it?

my phone is now s-off. but I cannot use superuser or other thing that a root phone should have.

any help will be use full.

best wishes

Thanks

Nima
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
If you flashed a stock rom via ruu it would have replaced the hboot version as well as recovery and removed root. What hboot version do you now have? You may need to run the tool again and then install custom recovery and root again.
[HTC Sensation] sagarjawaress:
Sensation Xe???

Hello, please tell me if this can support sensation xe as well?(i know both are the same devices but just to make sure!). Also help me if i can use any ROM which can be run on sensation? I don't know if i flash sensation ROM in my xe, it will have 1.2 or 1.5 Gh cpu by default(of course we can choose any setting in set cpu but i want factory defaults with my cpu:cool:.). Sorry if this has been answered before!:o
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Yes, this works on the xe as well. You can also flash a Sensation Rom to the xe, but AFAIK the stock kernels only run at 1.2, so you would need a custom kernel to oc to 1.5
[HTC Sensation] bibihtc:
Hello,

I've tried revolutionary on my XE and it says "The phone is incompatible with this tool"

Any help to S-OFF and root my Sensation XE?

Thx
[HTC Sensation] nba1341:
Thanks I followed guide and got revolutionary hboot
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Others with the xe have used this tool with no problem. What hboot version do you have? Select Sensation as your device and run the tool on your pc.
[HTC Sensation] bibihtc:
Hboot is 1.18.000
[HTC Sensation] ashokjadav:
I want to s-on and keep the root too....and advice on how to get that ?
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Odd, as I said earlier there have been a few xe users who have used this without any problem so I don't know why you are getting a problem. When downloading the tool did you select Sensation as your device?

Not possible. There are options to have temp-root with s-on, but each time you reboot you will lose root. The have full root you will need to be s-off.
[HTC Sensation] ems328i:
I've just succesfully S-offed my Sensation with Revolutionary, and installed CWM but in my excitment I got a bit carried away and did a permanent root without doing a nandroid backup first. Is this going to be a problem?
[HTC Sensation] Shroomster:
Nope because you cannot nandroid until you have a custom recovery installed (custom recovery is what lets you perform a backup). Took me forever to figure out how to ask that and then finally I got that answer so hope this helps you sooner than it did me lol.
[HTC Sensation] bigeras187:
stuck on S-off

well have finally managed to get S-off on my sensation and gone the whole hog - rooted the phone and flashed a new rom :D:D:D

and how i did it was simple just had to un-install HTC sync and everything worked straight away

happy days :o:o
[HTC Sensation] msamin007:
Kupfel,

I'm having similar issue. invalid code. My code is YwC11rm7CcXPChp8. R U able to help?
[HTC Sensation] West0000:
Better than what I did, which was forget to nandroid backup before installing Revolution HD. D'oh. Pretty big rookie mistake.
[HTC Sensation] ems328i:
Not to worry, I've seen that there is a stock un-rooted ruu.exe linked in the first post in case of any warranty issues...
[HTC Sensation] kpf16:
Once I do steps 1 & 4 do I have to s on again to get ota updates with a stock Rom?
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
No it's not a problem. The main reason for doing the backup is incase the root process doesn't work and then you have a rom to restore. Before going back to s-on if you ever require to do so, you would need to flash a stock ruu

Copy the code and paste it into the tool (click icon in top left hand corner, then select edit > paste)

Edit - my bad forgot step 4 is SuperCID and not s-on :o

You will receive ota updates while s-off and rooted, but you can't install the ota until you go back to stock recovery. Follow this guide
[HTC Sensation] kpf16:
So to confirm I follow steps 1 & 4 and install stock Europe Rom. Do I need to s on and do stock recovery to get and do ota updates? The phones Rom is currently a stock orange Rom.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
What exactly is it that you are trying to do? (Edited: My bad, forgot step 4 is SuperCID and not s-on :o)

As I said in the previous reply, if you already are s-off and rooted, you will still get notification of the ota update and you can still download it, but it won't let you install it. You need to revert to stock recovery (as explained in the link I posted earlier) but you do not need to go back to s-on.
[HTC Sensation] kpf16:
I am debranding my sensation on orange. Want it to be stock factory unlocked no root, with stock Rom. Can I leave s off and still run stock ota with out doing the recovery thing.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Ok, sorry I was confusing myself for a moment there - I forgot step 4 was supercid and not s-on :o

If you flash a stock rom, you should already have stock recovery, so yes, the ota updates should work without an issue and there should be no need to go back to s-on to run the update. I'm saying should as I haven't tried this so can't confirm 100%, but from my understanding that's how it should work. The only thing I'm not sure on is if you use supercid I'm not sure what ota updates you will get notification of because AFAIK the cid is used to identify which ota update gets pushed to your device. But ota's are normally uploaded here as soon as they come out so you should be able to get them here as a download.
[HTC Sensation] West0000:
Yeah, it all turned out okay in the end, but I won't be making that mistake again with any other phones.
[HTC Sensation] ems328i:
Makes two of us mate ;)
[HTC Sensation] kpf16:
So would then doing s on help in anyway with ota updates running as normal then?
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
The only problem is that AFAIK in order to go back to s-on you need to install your original stock rom and stock cid, so you'll be back to your branded rom.
[HTC Sensation] govtcheez:
I've started the S-on process and am stuck trying to reload the original shipped rom. Getting the error 155 message. Tried extracting the rom from the RUU, and it's not working either.

Anyone able to help? :confused:
[HTC Sensation] ryansgirl101302:
cant wait to try this when i get my sensation tomorrow!!! YAY!
[HTC Sensation] kpf16:
Back to stock orange rom is not good and your sure that a stock htc rom say the most up to date europe one would not work?

Also i have one othere question, sorry if its a silly one. I am going to debrande my sensation from orange. So i follow part 1 s off and part 4 super cid.

At the step 8 of part one its says about saying no to cwm and then move on to part 2 to install a newer version, do i not need to do that and just so no to cwm and move to part 4 super cid.

I also had an idea to once i have got to the flashing debranded stage and flashing stock europe rom if i was to say install the not most up to date rom and then see if the ota part works. then if it dosent i could just flash the most up to date one as i did the one before that?

Thanks for your input and help.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
TBH I'm not 100% sure, and what you are proposing seems like a way to try it out I guess. Perhaps some others could help on this one as I went straight from an unbranded stock rom to s-off and custom rom within the 1st 24 hours of owning the phone and thus haven't tried the supercid and other stock roms and ota's etc and thus aren't sure what check the ota uses to know what device to push to, ie does it use the cid and if so what happens if you use supercid or does it just use the rom build number or something else to check for updates?

As long as you are not intending on rooting your device and taking NANDROID backups etc then you will not need to install the custom CWM from step 2.
[HTC Sensation] MisterBadguy:
Quick question, and perhaps a silly one, but I'd rather be safe than sorry; do I need to use SuperCID if I have a factory-unlocked Sensation? I am assuming not, but I can't say I'm 100% sure on that.
[HTC Sensation] ryansgirl101302:
not new to rooting but I am new to rooting my brand new sensation....SOOOO i wanted to check and see to JUST root i still need to complete all steps 1-3 correct? Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] West0000:
Depends entirely on how you want to customize your phone.
[HTC Sensation] gorba:
After a succesfull Installing S-off, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID my phone i can not connect to my mobile provider and i can not get any wireless acces to my wireless conection!

I have an unbranded simlock free HTC sensation in europe (The Netherlands) and my mobile provider is T-mobile.

Can any1 help me out with a new ROM or with a solution?

Thnx,

Gorba
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
If you want to root and keep stock rom, then yes you need to perform steps 1 - 3. If you want to install a custom rom, steps 1 & 2 are sufficient as the custom rom will automatically include root.

This process shold have no impact on any of those areas. If you performed the backup of your rom as suggested in step 3, then try to restore this to see if that fixes the problem. If that doesn't help, then try reflashing your current rom (look here for your rom) or else choose one of the custom roms available in this forum
[HTC Sensation] ryansgirl101302:
Thank you so much! As a reminder (its been awhile). Will doing the root wipe my phone?
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
No, just doing root via step 3 won't wipe your phone, but if you are going to flash a custom rom coming from stock, then a wipe is necessary.
[HTC Sensation] messer19:
Succesfully back to S-ON. Thank you for this great guide. Sending phone for warranty repair :rolleyes:
[HTC Sensation] EDD!E:
Does anyone successfully S-Off Sensation XE ?

Do PM me the steps if different from first post, appreciate your response ... Thanks.