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[HTC Sensation] bluelove2:
thanks you very much .we are waiting for you guys .my phone is bricked .

about tutorial is this easy or complicated ?I am not professional.

I want to make sure your tutorial will solve my problem .

thanks again
[HTC Sensation] bestmodel03:
where is beta?uploading?
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
It's gonna be done so its noob proof so easy as possible to follow..
[HTC Sensation] eggyenergy:
This should be a sticky(:
[HTC Sensation] bluelove2:
thank you very much dexter93 and all guys working on this sensation unbiricking project.I am waiting for tutorial .I hope I can unbrick my sensation in next few days.

THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSS
[HTC Sensation] Stephen:
My Sensation turns on and vibrates. I then have nothing no screen lights or even charging light. Even switched off I am not getting a charging light. Is my phone completly bricked?
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
did you try plugging it in your computer?
[HTC Sensation] Stephen:
Yea not getting any fastboot or adb. I did manage to get a 1.50 rom on the phone but now nothing.
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
What does pc detect it as when plugged into usb?
[HTC Sensation] Stephen:
Hmm,

When switched off the power light is now showing which it didn't before. When Switched on I still am not getting any screen but it is powering on and vibrating. In device manager I am getting under disk drives HTC Android phone USB device.
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
some kind of hardware issue :( tried a different battery, btw?
[HTC Sensation] Stephen:
Hmm looks as if it is hardware failure. I have been able to get into bootloader and get fastboot to detect the device. The hope is to blind install the base rom then, re-write the cid using fastboot commands and then send the device back to HTC for repaire under warrenty :)
[HTC Sensation] Stephen:
Ok I think I am good to go. I was able to get into the bootloader and switch to fastboot and saw the device using fastboot command. I installed my stock rom which is vodaphone so I went for 1.24.

I then rebooted and back into bootloader and changed the CID from super CID to its orgional CID and then did the write secure flag 3. So I now shoud have a stock sensation with orgional rom and CID and S-on. Few! Time to phone HTC!
[HTC Sensation] moudja:
Device bricked after bad secureflag 3

Is this future tool a solution for that?

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
Yep exactly for that :)
[HTC Sensation] azmi2:
Will this help if the emmc header changed by wrong partitioning
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
How on earth did u do that?! Maybe, depends how stable phone is in DL mode if it enters that mode at all... this is more for replacing hboot with secure ones to fix secure flag issues
[HTC Sensation] m33-snk:
Can I use this with a normal, non-bricked Sensation?

Or does the download mode only works with bricked Sensations?
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
The wire trick did get some phones in DL mode but wasn't stable... I don't know of a way to get phone in DL mode that's stable
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
the wire trick does work to get you in the download mode (not the emmc mode), but it is of no use for now.
[HTC Sensation] azmi2:
Originally Posted by azmi2

Will this help if the emmc header changed by wrong partitioning

How on earth did u do that?! Maybe, depends how stable phone is in DL mode if it enters that mode at all... this is more for replacing hboot with secure ones to fix secure flag issues

The phone is in DL mode, but to tell how this happened its rather complicated and a big mistake
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
If its in dl mode u may be able to correct partitions but I think it will be outside the scope of the basic tutorial. It it may be able to get you started with accessing the emmc... Shouldn't be long, I know dex is putting some really hard work into the tutorial.
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
azmi2 if you'd like, pm me with some further info in how you managed to do that and I see what I can do ;)
[HTC Sensation] orymd:
dexter i nedd you... can you enter on irc? :) i'm semi-happy :D
[HTC Sensation] phantomsniper773:
Hey guys, I know the OP says that this unbricking method only applies to S-On mishaps, but I had something strange happen to my Sensation and I was hoping you guys could help. If not, maybe it'll still give some insight on the QHSUSB_DLOAD issue.

I currently have it S-Off with OpenSensation CM9 build on it. I bought a new SD card for it so I unmounted my old SD Card from within CM9 and put in the new one. After hitting the "remount SD Card" button, it didn't do anything so I proceeded to reboot the phone (the usual way, by holding the power button until the power menu shows up). After that, it now just shows a black screen with the backlight on and Device Manager on Windoes 7 shows the phone as "QHSUSB_DLOAD."

Is there any hope for my Sensation?

Edit: Is there any way to at least do S-On and reflash the ROM to stock so I can send it for repair?
[HTC Sensation] bluelove2:
waiting for unbricking is killing me .Dexter please publish as soon as you can.one world is waiting for you
[HTC Sensation] sigmabeta:
The EXACT same thing happened to me!

Except my backlight doesn't come on. Literally though, same story, same rom.
[HTC Sensation] phantomsniper773:
Did you also try to format the SD card from within CM9? I forgot to mention that part, but I think that when i tried to format the new SD card, it might have actually formatted something in the eMMC (or the entire eMMC itself) leading it to not boot anymore. I'm no developer or anything, i'm just tossing ideas.
[HTC Sensation] bluelove2:
waiting for unbricking is killing me .Dexter please publish as soon as you can.one world is waiting for you.every body together dexter dexter dexter dexter
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Cmon he's trying his hardest, without him we'd all be ****ed so just be patient …
[HTC Sensation] masands:
Any idea if this will come within a day or two? My Sensation just got bricked trying to S-ON :(

I really need my phone! Does this tutorial involve some hardware modifications or is it better for me to take it back to warranty?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
You have to understand he is trying his hardest to make this noob friendly. He is taking an advanced process and trying to make it simple. So I would say be patient as you can as there is no ETA at this point.

The tutorial at this time involves you having a great grasp on using linux.

If your phone won't boot won't charge wont turn on etc and you need it I would go through warranty.

Sent from my Sensation in UrQuan subspace
[HTC Sensation] gmi78:
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but there is another method for s-off hboot 1.27???
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
Please, do not post any requests for eta's or anything else. Your phones have been bricked for a while now, and a few more days, weeks won't make them any more dead than they are right now. There is a guide in this very thread on how to do everything, you just need to search...
[HTC Sensation] masands:
Ok so the ONLY android modification at this point I have done is S-OFF-->Change CID--> Flash RUU --> S-ON (and it died here).

Does this mean that I will not be able to follow this guide? I hardly know any linux and was struggling just to S-off.

So your suggesting that if the phone is completely bricked as it is now, there is absolutely no way for the warranty repair people to find out I have S-Off'ed or messed with my phone? I can just say that it happened while applying an OTA?

Thanks for helping a noob like me. I don't have another smartphone (or any another phone) and I can only afford 1 every 2-3 years. I am already missing so many calls. I was basically about to burst into tears today after what happened. Everyone said "root your phone etc etc and its completely safe" but its dies on me on my first ever Android phone!

Thanks again
[HTC Sensation] scaffman:
Thank you

I have no idea how to use linux. so i sent my sensation xe to htc thinking they would charge me to fix this s-on brick :eek: but they replaced the main board under warranty :) and as a bonus it has GB installed with hboot 1.18.0000 not ics ;) happy days . any ways respect to dexter93 and the sensation unbricking crew :D
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Guys I'd like to make something clear... Any post with instructions/guide here or any copies of them ( saw some very misinterpreted on some German forums) will probably get you in a worse condition than the one you are now and might make it impossible to unbrick. Also once more: there is a reason downgrades have been abandoned... Do not attempt downgrading, its not safe.Just wait for the Jupunutbear tool to come out.
[HTC Sensation] gmi78:
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we waiting, but the wait will be 'long or is a question of few days?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
What does that have to do with unbrick? This is not a unlock/s-off/hboot show off thread. You'd better explain...
[HTC Sensation] masands:
Well I have submitted my phone for warranty to Vodafone. They tried to turn it on and stuff but obviously failed. Now they have sent it to their service center. I just hope that they don't realize that I have tried to S-on or whatever. Its not a HTC service center so I don't think they should find out. HTC contracts Vodafone in Australia to repair it.

Hopefully should get a new handset in a week or so. For now they have given me a Huwei POS feature phone.
[HTC Sensation] pooyab:
Thank you dexter and other guys... I'm really angry of myself because of trying to stay inside the law and not unlocking my phone for the first time!

HTC should be responsible for this disaster called official ICS. If you cant make a usable update, dont share it. or at least dont make it impossible to downgrade.

this experience has a clear message for me: you always did right thing by unlocknig, rooting and installing a custom rom the second you unbox a phone. do that in future again!

hope to hear good news from Juopunutbear soon...
[HTC Sensation] :
Yup...ive now joined the brick parade.

Well I'm happy to report that I also am now bricked. Sensation XE, was having issues getting it to boot, so decided to try unrooting and S-ON it so I could start afresh. I'd applied a fresh RUU first, but was still left with S-OFF so did the adb fastboot commands to return to S-ON. And now im a brick. Hope you get this tool out soon, as I have no phone - unless its worth me returning it for replacement. It has now got a standard GB RUU on it, but obviously I cant see the S-ON or S-OFF status, so hopefully I can send it away.
[HTC Sensation] Soul788:
Info Please!!!!

I always read

Juopunutbear S-OFF for the past two weeks ..

But no new information to ...

Just a joke?

Question to members Globatron ..

what is the status of development ..

It is now possible HBOOT 1.27.0000 s off?

Please reply ..:confused:

---------- Post added at 09:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:07 AM ----------

coming soon ..

In this case, no one knows ...

we will get any information ..

Slowly, I think losing proceed to the alleged new
[HTC Sensation] gmi78:
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+1 quote
[HTC Sensation] Catnap:
I'm struggling to think why you'd even do this in the first place...

You do not need to S-ON the phone unless you have returned it completely to stock and are sending it back to HTC.
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Well pretty much everybody here did it, some people for warranties and others just because they wanted their normal phone back
[HTC Sensation] masands:
I did not know this. I was just following the de-branding guide exactly. I thought having S-OFF meant not getting OTA updates or something. I just wanted my phone completely stock just without the Vodafone firmware. I wanted it with the un branded official HTC firmware.

Oh well its too late now. I sent it back to Vodafone for warranty and they said that they cannot figure out what the problem is. They asked me to choose to go into store and get a new HTC Sensation or if I was dissatisfied with the model I could choose a Samsung Galaxy S2 or a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

I went with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Well can somebody atleast tell us if it will be out in the coming week atleast? Is getting quite frustrating being stuck s-on:banghead:
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
No Im bored of answering this question, ive spent the last few pages answering the same question!!
[HTC Sensation] Behold_this:
You don't want to answer that question anymore, huh? Then, maybe you should ask the op change the deliberately vague, self promoting title of this thread. Apparently they got their definition of coming soon from T-Mobile's software update department.
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Here's the situation: You have messed pretty much everything in your phone by turning S On. I have to get ready a quite noobproof guide for extremely advanced operations because this can't be done with a "one click and done" tool. I am deliberately delaying the release, because I am trying to make it as safe as possible, because in the process you have to modify crucial parts of your device that you have access only ONCE. Any false command/flash/whatever and your phone won't be able to boot again. If you are in a hurry, go ahead and JTAG it or rma it directly to HTC, I don't care, I'm not getting paid for this. I am working here for your safety, to prevent more unrecoverable bricks. It will take some time, so if you can't wait, follow any of the two solutions above. I am not going to release a method that is not perfectly safe here. No question on that.
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
no, this is not a joke. i've already replied to you in the thread you have.

look, just because you couldn't follow some simple directions and ****ed your phone up, doesn't mean we have to rush to your rescue. be patient.

gtfo of here with statements like these. vague? have you not seen the poll and how many users were successful?

look, this project came about because a few people got interested in finding a way to help the community. in no way we owe anything to anyone. if you can't follow the directions or have some patience, then keep your mouth shut, please.
[HTC Sensation] gmi78:
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Juopunutbear S-OFF project is abandoned?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Juopunutbear project is still in testing phase. And it works. Not abandoned at all. Take a look at my sig. But this is a bit off topic here
[HTC Sensation] gmi78:
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many thanks
[HTC Sensation] bluelove2:
dexter93 and RussianBear .don't be angry .every one in this place are upset because they ****ed their phone .some of them like me they don't have any spare mobile to use.

now we check this forum because of your unbricking several times a day.for me more than 20 times a day.

we really need our phones to be working again.

I understand you are trying to help us .but If you could give us a date ,every one can decide what is the best for them.waiting for your unbricking or sending fo jtag.

we really appreciated for your work .10000000 time thank you
[HTC Sensation] Malous:
What is all this about ? Thank you...
[HTC Sensation] masands:
Send it for warranty. There is a 95% chance they will fix it under warranty. Just say that it happened while you were doing an OTA update. If they won't, then just take the phone back and continue waiting.

For me Vodafone even offered me a new much better phone for free. I am now rocking a Galaxy Nexus.
[HTC Sensation] broncogr:
Guys, you must understand that what developers do, they do for free.

You have to respect them for that and not constanly ask for ETA's
[HTC Sensation] zooster:
Where are jtag pads on htc sensation? Is there a tutorial how to solder them (order and pin number etc...)?
[HTC Sensation] Akeo:
You need to have a riff box from Rocker Team products to repair your phone.

This is the picture where you need to solder riff box connector.
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Haha lucky you :) too bad I'm with o2 and we all know they're Finns do **** all :(
[HTC Sensation] zooster:
I know thanks, but in the picture only pin 9 is marked, I can't find the others...
[HTC Sensation] Akeo:
Look carefully at the picture from left :) are there!
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Do we have to use a riff box? i'm not after recovering from a full brick i'm just trying to s-off my hboot 1.23 sensation. If only revolutionary did it :(
[HTC Sensation] AngryB:
Will this work for hboot 1.27 S-ON Unlocked with htcdev? Is save to try?
[HTC Sensation] sigmabeta:
Yes, I also had been trying to format an SD card. I had formatted it on a PC, but apparently this didn't work, as OpenSensation was all "This SD card is damaged," I click the notification and it asks to format the SD card, and when I said yes, it would say "SD card is safe to remove." I fumbled around a little bit afterwards, trying various things (removed the SD card, reinserted it, tried to mount it as USB storage, etc) and nothing was working.

I decided to reboot the phone, and that was the last I saw of my sensation working.

I spoke to Dexter93 of the unbricking project on IRC, he seemed to think that his method (once released) will NOT be able to help us; when I plug my phone into USB under ubuntu, and look at dmesg, it lists the new hardware being connected but apparently should also list several storage partitions; my understanding, according to my conversation with Dexter, is that the fact that these partitions did not show up means his method won't work.

I will likely wait a few days and try it anyway before calling the insurance company (which I have to because there is also damage to the screen.)
[HTC Sensation] Akatosh:
Yes if you do it properly it will work but as of safe it seems to be extremely complex even though they are trying to make it noob friendly so I would read over it a couple of times, I'm guessing if you muck up it won't end up well.
[HTC Sensation] phantomsniper773:
Yep, that's exactly what I did. I tired taking the SD out an reinserting it, I tried remounting it, etc. It's a shame that it looks like this method can't fix this problem. In the interest of keeping a record and possibly some reseach, I booted up my LiveCD of Crunchbang and ran this dmesg. Towards the end it shows the Qualcomm device, but like you said, there's no mention of any partitions afaik.
[HTC Sensation] kishen80:
this will be done on fastboot?because i cant boot my fone

iam on hboot 1.27

s-off
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
when this comes its basically a method to access the phones hidden partitions on the emmc memmory and pretty much a copy and paste method to replace the unsecure hboot with a secure one so that the secure flag will allow phone to boot again.

hope that makes sense.
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
If only that was as easy as it sounds... This is the basic idea indeed, but there are also some extra important bits that can make a risky procedure if you don't pay attention... That's what we are trying to make easier.
[HTC Sensation] bluelove2:
Thanks dexter.but please give us atime .for example unbreacking is comming lin a week or less than two week or less than amonth

I check for unbreacking many times a day.
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
yes sorry i forgot to mention that in theory this is simple but as dexter says one wrong step i.e. incorrect partition selected then you wipe something vital and brick your phone forever with no chance of saving it.
[HTC Sensation] kruithofm:
Can the Poll change? Make it Yes/No/Awaiting release ?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
Stop asking for a time. You ask every day. It will be done when it is done.

They aren't just writing instructions. They are making the software you need and the operating system you need as easy to manage and use for non technical people as possible.

This is done in their spare time. They have lives and jobs that come first.

I know it sucks if you have a bricked phone. Subscribe to the thread and wait til the title changes then you will know it is up

Sent from my Sensation in UrQuan subspace
[HTC Sensation] bluelove2:
Its not your business .I talked with dexter not you .
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
May not be but your forum moderator for the sensation said to stop asking constantly for ETAs 2 days ago (see below) and as I am on the irc channel every single day and see him discuss what is going on I am trying to tell you to be patient.

Sent from my Sensation in UrQuan subspace
[HTC Sensation] KAwAtA:
LOL Kohr, the battle is over when you're dealing with pure arrogance or stupidity! Appreciate members like you trying though
[HTC Sensation] masands:
Just wondering...is it at all possible for HTC or any warranty repair people to detect S-OFF if the phone won't even turn on? Like in our case after the S-ON brick? Or did the phone go S-On before it got bricked?
[HTC Sensation] kruithofm:
The phone did set the flag S-on... Now it won't boot since the securety check failes. This because you don't have a signed hboot. And the fact that it can be unbricked means that everyone can find out that the hboot is not original or changed. That means they can detect it is rooted/changed. So.. either you send it for warrenty and risk the detection which means you pay to fix, or you wait for the release.
[HTC Sensation] masands:
I see...I mean all I did was just flash an Europe official RUU. I did S-off first obviously and changed my CID. So does that actually change the hboot or something? Can they detect that it's not the Vodafone ROM but an Europe unbranded with a different CID?
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
depends if they bother to do any checks or if they just JTAG it to reflash or replace the mainboard. If you say it was during an OTA update you might get lucky... up to you if u want to risk it. if they find its user caused damage they might charge you for it...
[HTC Sensation] timmy.hd:
I successfully managed to get a warranty repair without charge by claiming OTA update failed when battery ran out during the update.

Stupid of me to not read, read and read again the instructions for S-ON prior to bricking my handset.

As said previously, you may be lucky with HTC and they may not detect a tinkered handset, then again they may do.

You can try. Worst case they will ask for you to pay the repair charge but you do have the option of saying no, don't repair it and send it back to you unrepaired in which case HTC will charge a small handling and diagnostic fee. Around £20 or so from memory.

Edit: btw, well done to everyone working on this project. It was a little too late for me to try but shoudl the unfortunate happen again, I know there is a method of recovering now. Well done again all.
[HTC Sensation] AngryB:
Is it possible back bootloader to LOCK on hboot 1.27 S_ON after htcdev UNLOCK... need for warranty back?
[HTC Sensation] Kohr-Ah:
The problem with HTC Unlock is one of the ways they can tell if you did it or not is your CID will respond with blank when the getvar command is performed.

I dont know if there is a way to get it relocked and programmed with a CID without the ability to do a oem writecid command.
[HTC Sensation] trkaaa:
originally it shows " Locked "

after you unlock it shows " unlocked "

after lock it back , it shows " Relocked " , it will not display " locked " anymore
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
kinda the wrong forum but i'll answer anyway.

if your device is S-on then no, you'll need to S-off your device (currently cant on your hboot) otherwise if your S-off you should be able to follow the S-on guide and reflash an RUU with locked bootloader and hboot etc.

hope this helps
[HTC Sensation] AngryB:
sooooo...I lost my warranty forever :(

I am very sad now ... I have a sensation that can not be s-off, I have a sensation that is not even a year old with no warranties, and for all that I'm wrong.. :(((((
[HTC Sensation] Hawke84:
yeah unlocking via htcdev they keep track of your serial number. its in all the info you have to accept before doing it