yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] alejobog:
tanks

was extinguished by installing the RUU 2.04

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if that bad luck NEW HTC DROID DNA one week of use
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
send back to HTC they will fix :)
[HTC Sensation] laminat:
Hi,

i bricked my sensation by writing security flag 3. Before this i had unlocked hboot 1.27 by wire-trick and "Stock" detoxed ROM from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529941 . Method from this thread work for me and i unbrick my phone but now can't install any RUU because fastboot return version-main: 9.99.999.999 .... . What I should do? I'm stuck on locked hboot 1.27 and version-main: 9.99.999.999 :(
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Wtf?can you verify it by running

fastboot getvar all

The mainver should be there. If it is 9.99.999.999 and you are s-on, no ruu can be flashed. In that case, you'll need to jtag it

Sent from the big brick
[HTC Sensation] laminat:
Fastboot return:

How about unlock HBOOT on htcdev.com? Will I be able to change the version-main after that?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
again if you do that you will still be S-ON

and with S-ON you can't change firmware
[HTC Sensation] Bender.cdf:
how to unbrick my HTC desire SV?
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Dont forget he can use the old Goldcard method ;) x
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Goldcard bypasses CID check, not mainver. No way to get anything other to flash than something with 9.99.999.9 mainver while s-on

Sent from the bricktator
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Then as long as he is rooted he can change his main version ;) using the old misc version guides i did it the other day when my main version went over 4 somthing. it can be done but he needs to be rooted
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Yes unlock with htc_dev then root and then you can change your main version. please use the file i uploaded above to do this once your unlocked and rooted thanks
[HTC Sensation] laminat:
thx for help! But after unbrick i'm stuck on bootloader - no system, dont know why :(

edit:

I was thinking ...Now the system will not start because it is not signed but with unlock hboot the system run again ?

Sorry for my english :)
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Because you need to run a RUU to get everything working again. I have pm you hun x

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No unlocking wont change anything PM me back thanks xx
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Misc patching for mainver change can be achieved only if you can boot and with root access. He'd most probably have firmware mismatches too

Htcdev unlock ( if you can) and try to boot. If it boots, just patch it

Sent from the bricktator
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
He is okay now i helped him get it back to normal :) Oh ye and with our sensation main ver patching ONLY works with S-OFF tested by me thousands of times :P If i only unlock and root it gives me error opening input file but as soon as i gain s-off it is fine i tested this about 10 to 15 times and it only allows patching whilst my device is S-OFF x
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
So dexter my uncle just got his own riff box and so i have been trying to replicate bricks all day. People say even somthing as little as CID not being right when using the writesecureflag comman can cause a brick. I have tested this command with custom roms installed custom recovery custom kernel everything but still no brick. Is there a deff answer as to the cause of so many people bricking ? What is the most common situation that is known at the moment. Because i have just tried again with viperS JB installed with 4ext and custom kernel and i did the secureflag 3 command and just rebooted to bootloader with a securtiy warning at the bootloader then i just re unlocked and it booted right up then i ran the s-off again. Thanks x
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
You expect an answer in thirty minutes? Dex lives in Greece, last time I've checked, btw.
[HTC Sensation] cajunflavoredbob:
Wow. How childish and entitled can a person possibly be?

Online status doesn't mean jack squat. He might have an open XDA tab while he's asleep. Although with an attitude like yours, don't expect much, if any help...
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
No of course not hun i PM him ages and ages ago when he was online and he was online for 2 hours after i PM him. Can you give insight into it ? now on brick detect it just gives me sdf not sdf12 :S
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
doesn't look like it's entering the needed mode. How did you brick it?
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
I'm testing bricking and wanted to test how people was bricking because i tried bricking using every method people was saying they did but was unable to replicate so they must have done somthing else. and it seems the ONLY was i found to brick was to return to s-on on a custom hboot. no matter the changes i did to system recovery or boot it wouldnt brick just put tampered at top of bootloader. Then i flashed hboot from Juopunutbear and did the s-on command and it bricked 1st i recovered and all was well. Then i flashed RUU ICS and rebooted itself after RUU was done and went back into bricked mode

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ubuntu2013@ubuntu2013:~/Unbrick_Pyramid_32bit$ ./brickdetect.sh

Searching for bricked device...

The bricked device is on

sdf

Use the above node to perform operations using the emmc_recover tool

ubuntu2013@ubuntu2013:~/Unbrick_Pyramid_32bit$
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Just because someone is online, it doesn't mean he's always on a pc and has the time to go through everything. I'll be more than happy to explain a few things and answer your questions via pm, no need to derail the thread. Please use

tags when pasting huge bits of code or pastebin

Sent from the bricktator
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
What does this mean ? take a look

http://pastebin.ca/2375973

Here is a short snippet of what's on pastbin

[ 78.767607] Raw EDID:

[ 78.767609] 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 04 72 80 ad 11 dc 50 73

[ 78.767611] 00 a1 ff 03 08 29 1a 78 e8 9a e5 a6 58 49 99 23

[ 78.767613] 11 50 54 bf ef 80 90 4f 95 0f 81 80 81 40 81 0f

[ 78.767615] 81 00 71 90 71 4f c4 22 a0 a0 50 84 1a 30 30 20

[ 78.767617] 36 00 9a 01 11 00 00 1e 00 00 00 fd 00 38 4c 1f

[ 78.767618] 54 0e 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 ff 00 4c

[ 78.767620] 38 30 30 43 30 33 32 34 30 32 34 0a 00 00 00 fc

[ 78.767622] 00 41 4c 31 39 31 36 57 0a 20 20 20 20 20 00 0a

[ 78.817676] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 107
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
It means that you need to check your monitors and graphics setup. Totally irrelevant

The worrying stuff is here

[ 120.074493] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 10
[ 120.074728] qcserial ttyUSB0: Qualcomm USB modem converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 120.074760] qcserial 1-3:1.0: device disconnected
[ 122.720062] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 11 using ehci_hcd
[ 123.248017] usb 1-3: device not accepting address 11, error -71
[ 123.304472] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 3

How did you brick exactly? Mind posting step by step what you did?

Sent from the big brick
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Turned S-ON while i had JuopunutBear Hboot installed 1st everything was fine then i flashed RUU rebooted after the RUU had finished and it went straight back into bricked mode. But this time i couldnt use unbrick method because instead of getting a node of sdf12 i get just sdf and when using the unbrick tools it cannot find my phone. :S if i cant find a fix im sending back to the online store in morning
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
^^ didn't you say you had a riff box?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
While that is fixable. .

This one is the best solution and most hassle free

Sent from the bricktator
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
No my uncle has riff box but i still have warranty and if i get him to j tag it then my warranty is gone because they will know it been opened up :( so i have packaged it up and it being sent back in morning they said they will replace for me :)
[HTC Sensation] blade_h:
Hello..Pease see my situaton http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41725245#post41725245 and tell me if have way to use your guide to bring my phone from greiviard!

Thnaks
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Your phone is not bricked this will not help you in anyway shape or form. Look up how to create goldcard it might help you otherwise the only thing you can do is flash bootloader via hboot screen and eject battery when the bootloader is flashing this will brick your device then you can use this guide to flash a older hboot like 1.17 then you can use the goldcard method to flash the RUU for your device. I have done this before and it works fine thanks xx
[HTC Sensation] blade_h:
How to make golden card without booting phone? I read some post and i understand that i need some CID that is long and can be get when phone is working?

Also in first post is writed: !!!!!DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FLASH ANOTHER VERSION OR DOWNGRADE!!!IT HAS BEEN PROVEN FATAL!!!! ..so why you say me to use 1.17 hboot ?

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Because i tested this 10 times and it worked every single time. It let me downgrade and upgrade hboots even let me flash the GB ENG hboot because when you brick the phone even with S-ON you allowed r/w access which i will say again i tested this doing it S-ON and S-OFF and worked on both. You will need to create gold card using a sdcard adapter and your PC
[HTC Sensation] blade_h:
Ok i will try it ..but have one question that i not understand...how to make golden card when phone not turn on (only go to bootloader- so i can`t use adb shell to get long CID number that i need) and also on tread that i read i need to enter it to one sait to get image file...but this site notexist right now :X...can you give me some quick instruction or link for them?

Thanks ^_^
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Suicide bricking and downgrading from 1.27 to 1.17 from emmc mode? Good luck unbricking it then( hint: firmware mismatches, still S-ON)

Also, he can't get anything to flash. Aka, no way to brick and mess with mainver. He needs something with the same or higher mainver

All he needs is a proper ruu or even an OTA

Sent from the bricktator
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Hey hun when i had my sensation i tested this S-ON & S-OFF. It let me downgrade even to eng hboot when it was s-on but some devices might let it happen and some might not it is a risk yes but mine let me downgrade to eng hboot without any problems
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
It is not a *risk*. When it comes to boot structure there is a certain way things work

1.27-> 1.17 from emmc mode with S-ON = no boot.

The reason: sbl hash mismatch. You'll need to flash a proper sbl3 to make it boot.

Sent from the bricktator
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
Ahhh ye could be right because i only tested it let me flash but i neve actually booted with that hboot because i always bricked it again and flashed another hboot. Last 1 i flashed was 1.17 then i used the correct RUU for hboot 1.17 so thats the reason it did boot is because i used the RUU hence flashing the correct SBL3 which was contained in the 1.17 RUU. Thanks for that correction hun xx
[HTC Sensation] blade_h:
Hello again... i try to brick phone but fastboot commands not allow me to flash bootloader( S-on) please give me some steps how to do it or .... also i Рealize that when in bootloader select IMAGE CRC in all rows shot 0x0...what this must mean? Can be bricked chip or something and what to do now :(
[HTC Sensation] hellfire191:
What does it mean If my device isn't found when plugging in to my computer? because i currently cant do anything due to my phone being bricked.

(it wont turn on, i cant boot it to bootloader, not being discovered by computer.)
[HTC Sensation] blade_h:
Hello.

Now my phone is show every time on Windows like QHSUSB_DLOAD but when i start UBUNTU 13 from live USB ...script not detect phone..What can be this? Phone can`t be recovered or i have problem with m linux?

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] Keioboy:
Help needed!!!

Connected to PC through USB and after 20-30 sec. phone turned off. Pulled battery off and then inserted it into the phone. Phone booted till HTC splash screen and completely turned off. When I connect the phone to PC "QHSUSB_DLOAD" appeares. What can it be? Can it be revived?
[HTC Sensation] thenowis:
recovery not work

after of unbricking my device, this not enters to recovery, when i go to recovery, this reset again and starts normal. what happened?

UNLOCKED

S-ON

HBOOT: 1.27

RUU: 4.0.3

pd: thanks
[HTC Sensation] primekrieger:
So here is my problem:

I have a Sensation XE, it was running ARHD 7.2, rooted, Bootloader Unlocked, S-OFF

I was playing subway surfers when all of a sudden the phone froze, no buttons nothing worked. After a while it itself restarted and got stuck on the white HTC boot screen. When it didnt progress for some minutes, I removed the battery, reinserted it and tried turning it on. But nothing, no signs of life were shown. Even on connecting the wall charger there was no charging LED.

Only thing is that windows can detect it as QHSUSB_DLOAD.

I checked out this forum and I know you people say it works only for devices bricked while turning to S-ON, but as I mentioned mine is S-OFF.

But still I am trying and now the problem is that on running ./brickdetect.sh, it says "Device can't be detected. Check connections". I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and have disabled automount, but no luck :( No signs of detection whatsoever on linux.

Is there anything I can do? or is my phone permanently bricked? :crying:

Thanks for your time reading that.
[HTC Sensation] cajunflavoredbob:
Send it off for JTAG repairs.
[HTC Sensation] primekrieger:
Any rough estimate how much it might cost?
[HTC Sensation] cajunflavoredbob:
Usually around 50USD is the average price.
[HTC Sensation] primekrieger:
Thanks for the quick response. Seems like I would do that now.

Are devices usually stable enough after JTAG?
[HTC Sensation] cajunflavoredbob:
The guys who perform that service usually put it back to factory conditions. I suggest asking them to put S-OFF on the Sensation for you to save the trouble. They don't usually charge extra for that.
[HTC Sensation] primekrieger:
OK, I will do that. Thanks.

But the question: will the phone be stable and any performance issues after JTAG?
[HTC Sensation] cajunflavoredbob:
I can't tell you for certain, since the quality of that would be up to the person doing it. As I said, it normally puts your phone back to factory conditions.
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
HELP

PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY CASE HERE

what should i do ???
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
looks like a hardware issue

JTAG'ing won't help if that's the case
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Looks like a damaged firmware. Come over on irc to take a look without cluttering the forum
[HTC Sensation] cajunflavoredbob:
Mine had a similar issue before I had it sent off for repair.
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
Where ???
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
tbh, it's a bet. it might work, it might not :)

irc.freenode.net #unbrick
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
hi again

i'm back after a JTAG stage and i have bad resaults

dexter93 said to me that i had a firmware prb, now i fixed my firmware via JTAG, and now here is the resault

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.27.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 1.45.401.3
(bootloader) serialno: (deleted by me)
(bootloader) imei: (deleted by me)
(bootloader) product: pyramid
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8260
(bootloader) modelid: PG5813000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__032
(bootloader) battery-status: low
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3555mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 617f0a98
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

now if i try to flash something, i get the same error ( Fail-PU) like befor JTAGing my device

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

any idea???

ah one other thing, i put my device now into qhsusb_dload mode, and tried the unbrick project and terminal is saying

Searching for bricked device...
Device can't be detected. Check connections
[HTC Sensation] jassycliq:
I know this is a bit late but it may help others so here it goes:

if your device doesn't show up when you run any of the scripts do the following.

stop adb-server
sudo start adb-server
sudo ./path/to/script.sh

Basically, if you haven't setup permissions or have them set incorrectly, this will work. I've used this in the past because ever since Ubuntu 10.X, I haven't gotten the permission file to work correctly (that could just be me though)
[HTC Sensation] doublin:
Hello.

I need to know if this topic will help with my problem or not.

I have an XE, HBOOT 1.27 Unlocked and S-ON and I flashed many ROMs, always enabling SmartFlash in 4Ext.

Yesterday I tried to flash Sebastian's ROM, Revelation, and now my phone is stuck at HTC Splash Screen.

First I did a nandroid to my current ROM, Pac 1.1, then format all(except SD Card), hen flashed Revelation and something went wrong.After flash complete I confirmed reboot and right before 4Ext closed, it showed a message saying something like : IT has been detected a change in your boot partition, a backup of previous has been made in /sdcard/4Ext/boot. It stays like that for a few seconds(I always had this message when flashed other ROMs) and soon after says something "there has been an error, report it" (never seen this message before) and reboots, but keeps showing Splash Screen for ~5 seconds, turns black, then Splash Screen again and so on until I remove the battery.

Is my situation covered in this topic?

TIA!
[HTC Sensation] Shredz98:
You need to push boot.img via fastboot and your phone will work again, Sebastian messed something up in the installer, dont worry your phone's fine ;)
[HTC Sensation] doublin:
Thank you.

But the thing is right now I'm not able to get it connected through fastboot. I have never installed any driver or tool for this phone on this PC, and I dont know what to do in this situation.

I'm waiting for some helpful guy on this topic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43556241#post43556241
[HTC Sensation] Shredz98:
Mate don't worry, you will be fine go to the revelation and/or vipers thread and do a quick search for drivers and you'll find a post that contains the sensation drivers, you're not the only one this has happened to, if you're still stuck PM me and ill help you out ;)
[HTC Sensation] Quantum_Sensation:
My phone battery was on low and I didn't have it recharge. After some time, the battery went flat and I have tried to recharge it. However, after 30 minutes have passed, there is no light indicated that the phone is recharging and I can't boot my phone up. Will this solve my problem?
[HTC Sensation] AndroidSupporter318:
Connect your phone to the pc and see if the PC will detect your phone

Sent from my Ouya
[HTC Sensation] Quantum_Sensation:
My pc can't even detect the phone.
[HTC Sensation] AndroidSupporter318:
Sorry buddy, I'm afraid the unbricking project won't work for you. You have a hard brick so you will have to get a JTAG service which will replace your motherboard. You can always try the unbricking project though, you've got nothing to lose.

Sent from my Ouya
[HTC Sensation] Quantum_Sensation:
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[HTC Sensation] ashkan-khatar:
JTAG does not mean to replace the mainboard... That's more expensive.. But JTAG just revives the phone..

Don't worry buddy, I also hard-brick'd my phone about 2 weeks (i believe) after I bought it.. :D

Try this project and if no chance, then JTAG your phone.

The Revelation™ ushered in a revolution... Right on, SebastianFM!
[HTC Sensation] zedrix53:
OMG i hope my pc detect my phone.

will do it after i got home.
[HTC Sensation] Quantum_Sensation:
I tried the unbrick method, and follow the steps and instructions, ./brickdetect.sh can't even give me a result. :crying:
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
you definitely don't need to brick it. if i have some time today, i'll try putting mine in download mode and seeing if/how the partition managers detect it as.
[HTC Sensation] MOVZX:
I have successfully accessed the /system partition through eMMC mode, have a look here:

And /system/app:

It's writable I think since I could delete some APK files inside it :)

Still, I have no idea how to reflash/reinject the 'Signed BOOTLOADER' because the last time I killed it; it's still using ENG HBOOT :D and writesecureflag 3 is something which preventing the device to boot even into the bootloader mode :)

Come on guys, we're still on it! :(
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Awesome work movzx! Can you perhaps dump the partitions somehow? Or format one (eg /system ) ? Try that.. a bricked devices partitions, may not be much of a help, but the method to dump will be useful on alive devices ;)
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
see if you an find hboot_8x60_1.17.nbo according to what ive read its /dev/mmcblk0p12

if you can find that, thats the boot loader and if its writable then should be sorted!

nice work man seems like we've come a long way suddenly on this!
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
i'm not able to see any new partitions while the phone is in the download mode :( tried holding the volume down while it's in the dl and attaching the usb, but no dice.
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
I don't think he did the wire trick, just held the volume key with no battery in, unless I missread
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
he bricked his, so he's permanently in the dl mode until he sends it off to get fixed lol

movzx, you just hold the volume down and plug the usb cable, and that's it? how long does it take to show up, approx?

you also should focus on the other 2 partitions. the 8xx mb one is just what's accessible from a file manager like es explorer.

btw, did you install the 9008 loader drivers or left the device as unknown?
[HTC Sensation] Snake_skw:
this volume down thing isn't working for me either,however i didn't try it in download mode...
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
we'll need more people with bricks verify this.
[HTC Sensation] Um3r:
Hello every one! I have been trying to unsuccessfully see my phone in "emmc software download mode". Been in touch with Russian Bear who has been guiding me (Thanks again). It just mounted for a second and dismounted every time i tired. So i tried what MOVZX did but no luck at first..

So I thought of trying it with a windows xp machine..and guess what it worked, I was able to see my phone in Minitool partition wizard..Posting a screenshot.

If it helps here is what I did.

1. Installed the USBFlash_driver.rar

2. Installed minitool partition wizard

3. Plugged my bricked sensation (removed the battery, SD card and sim) and held the volume down button as suggested.

4. Installed the QHUSB drivers for win xp

5. Clicked Reload disk info on minitool

And there it was...
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
hmm maybe i need to try this in Windows XP as well.

try just plugging it in without holding the volume down. seems like that partition is in the same situation as movzx's.
[HTC Sensation] Um3r:
Or maybe linux?

I just plugged it in without holding the vol button..showed me the same partitions but then got the un mount sound and it was gone...

It gets detected all right..without holding the button..I can see it right now on my screen but if I refresh it will be gone...
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
don't have that.

not sure if you saw my message: try just plugging it in without holding the volume down. seems like that partition is in the same situation as movzx's.
[HTC Sensation] Um3r:
Replied above!
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
no dice. tried under windows xp 64 bit.

on a second thought, was it a 32-bit windows you've tried it on? might be the 64-bit drivers are giving us problems.