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[HTC Sensation] nonione:
hey Dex you think this could work on my sensation i remember you tried to help me out some months ago but my problem isnt about trying to get S-Off again

pretty much my sensation has SOD if i press the power button it vibrates as if it turned on but nothing comes up and the capacitive buttons dont light up and also dont respond

you think i could give this a shot?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Threads for evo3d are here:

cdma: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25501934

gsm: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25501417
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Honestly, i dont remember about it. Give it a shot though, it might work :)
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
Are you sure it's not a hardware problem? (screen) does it get detected on a pc?
[HTC Sensation] nonione:
yeah im sure its bricked, pc detects it as QHUSB
[HTC Sensation] gscale:
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.... Thank you so much guys. I bricked my Sensation in march because I wanted to upgrade to ICS, but my phone is sold by Vodafone, and I didn't want to wait, bla bla bla.. and... I cried so much... Anyway, I decided last week-end to search again a way to resurrect my precious, and I found your post. Best idea of the week-end: I came, I saw, I conquered !!! Pretty fast, simple and exciting. THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH.

I bought another HTC since my Sensation fell into a coma (EVO 3D), I'll try not to do the same stupid flag writing on an unsigned hboot..

Bravo les gars, et continuez votre bon boulot ! :cool:
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
that's strange. how did you brick it? it shouldn't be vibrating like that.
[HTC Sensation] nickmatine:
what do you mean by the appropriate package for the device

i have the linux box

thanks
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Take a look at the download section
[HTC Sensation] ernurbilge:
no charge led light // no response

and gaetting this ///

root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# ./brickdetect.sh

Searching for bricked device...

The bricked device is on

Use the above node to perform operations using the emmc_recover tool
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
How did you brick?
[HTC Sensation] ernurbilge:
UNBELIVEABLE but after 12 hours without battery sim and sd ...now it works verry well

really strange
[HTC Sensation] victor0888:
how use emmc_recover?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Congrats :)

Are you serious? Look in the first page

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[HTC Sensation] xtrmrokreddy:
I couldn't get the live cd to work said some error with a log file. So i installed the Wu..ubuntu. Im guessing that will work? Not very familiar with linux..haha bricked my device doing s on. Lame. i don't know where the parent folder would be on linux,searched online and saw some commands with a C some other letter then a ~..lol. when i run ./brickdetect.sh says file not found? someone point me the right way..hahaha thanks
[HTC Sensation] dmeinder:
You should probably indicate [Fix] or [Mod] instead of [finaly here] so searchers cab find your thread easier.

Just a suggestion...
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
you need to change directory to where you put the files. say if you put them in a folder called "unbrick" you would need to type into terminal "cd unbrick" and press enter
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Well if someone has a need for this thread I believe they will do all the searching they need to do to find it. Plus have you tried using the search function to find this thread? If you type unbrick into the search tool this thread is literally like the 7th thread down in the results. Not to mention the fact that this thread is also in Reference Thread which is the stickie roll up thread for the Sensation Android Development forum. So do you still think it is hard for users to find this thread?
[HTC Sensation] dmeinder:
Wow... Just a suggestion.... Take a chill pill.

I didn't notice the [finally here! ] in the development forum rules, so I thought I'd try to nicely say something... Which is more I can say for some.
[HTC Sensation] xtrmrokreddy:
oh alright thank you sir. i just put the files on a sd card. hopefully i figure it out. haha..alright well i got it working and it searched for the bricked device said drive is on and use the above node to perform operations using the emmc tool. I've read on a few pages that if its not showing up i need jtag..lol that or i just take the charging port of the good phone and switch it with the one with the destroyed charging port.
[HTC Sensation] victor0888:
Searching for bricked device...

The bricked device is on

Use the above node to perform operations using the emmc_recover tool

I do not bad!

before it failed was s-off

this process is only for s-on?
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
This process is only for devices bricked by writing S-on by "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3".
[HTC Sensation] victor0888:
no solution for s-off?
[HTC Sensation] fvs:
Is it possible to alter the packages for the desire hd?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Not at this time, sorry

That isn't possible I'm afraid

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[HTC Sensation] nickmatine:
why always i have this message?

with or without

the phone connected

Searching for bricked device...

The bricked device is on

Use the above node to perform operations using the emmc_recover tool
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
That's the message which reports that there is no device detected. If it was, you would get an extra line saying "sdX"

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[HTC Sensation] Dic3ptor:
does this work when getting qhsusb_dload issue after i bricked my device while flashing a wring file??

Do i need a linux pc or can i do it on Windows withVR box.

where i become that: a linux box/live cd with automount disabled and without unity
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Depends. Were you s-off? What file did you flash?

Also: I get tons of people reporting me that the device cant be found. The irony is that 90% of them havent disabled automount. If you can't google, here it is for the liveCD provided
[HTC Sensation] dagwood70:
Have to send a big shout out to you all for your work... Worked perfectly for me... After a couple of tries and noticing automount wasn't disabled, I disabled it and within a couple of minutes I was back into recovery mode. You guys are awesome!
[HTC Sensation] petemt:
Where can I find "the appropriate package for the device" for HTC Sensation 4G and how do I disable automount or anybady have a iso image of the right linux?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
1. Downloads section in the first page

2. Look 3 posts up

3. Same as 1

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[HTC Sensation] Dic3ptor:
Is ubuntu needed as main system on PC on second HDD or can i use Oracle VM box to emulate it on Windows?
[HTC Sensation] tinker2000:
Great work guys.... I do hope I never need it, but it is reassuring that there is at last a fix :)

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Needed as a main system, VM wont work, best way is to do a dual boot configuration using either proprietory linux installation or wubi
[HTC Sensation] wjcarpenter:
Or boot from a Linux live CD. There is a link to one in the second post of this thread, though it's just a slightly customized Ubuntu.
[HTC Sensation] Dic3ptor:
I have a ubuntu dual boot. But how does it works to boot from that thing on forst page??

I burned it to an DVD but always when i want boot from it it says "Boot Disk failure please insert system Disk and try again".
[HTC Sensation] wjcarpenter:
I'm not sure how much you already know about this, so apologies in advance if I tell you stuff that sounds like I'm talking down to you. The link they provided is to an ISO image ("something.iso"). You can't just burn it as a file to a CD/DVD. Most burning software these days knows how to create a physical CD from an ISO image, and that's what you need to do. (I'm not sure what happens if you try to burn it to a DVD.) After that, if your PC can boot from a CD, it should work. (I did that with that image they provided, so I know the link/image is good.)
[HTC Sensation] F4t4l0r:
Great Work Dex! Thank you so much!!!

But i've still got a little problem... After the successfull debrick, i'm not able to flash a RUU... I'm on hboot 1.27, unlocked bootloader and S-On. RUU always ends with error code 155 and fastboot shows an security failure. i've installed ARHD before and now im stuck with it because of S-On. I'm trying to recover Stock-status because of warranty issues. I've a non branded Sensation. Do you have any suggestions for me?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
How to correctly flash a ruu:

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

And then flash the ruu by executing the ruu.exe

Also, the ruu won't work with an unlocked bootloader (it will display error 99)

In that case: fastboot oem lock

And then follow the ruu procedure. If you still have issues make sure you have the proper drivers installed and HTC sync uninstalled

Also make sure you are using the correct ruu for your cid and that it is the latest one available.

General note: if you encounter any issues make sure to post here all the details regarding the device and if a ruu failed , the ruu log from c:/ruu in a pastebin link.

Thanks and good luck :)
[HTC Sensation] SubliminalThoughts:
hi,

I am trying to use this awesome info to unbrick my Sensation.

I just have a few questions.

I have downloaded the Ubuntu ISO, ran it, copied over the brickdetect files and extracted it to the home folder as instructed.

I have turned off auto mount as well.

I open terminal > cd /ubuntu/home

I then ./brickdetect.sh

However I keep getting the same result saying the device is on. Even with the phone not connected I get the same message.

Am I missing something?

Regards

ST
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
You run the ISO? Are you using a virtual machine ? Cause if you are it won't work

Sent from my Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
@Dexter sorry for offtopic but do you or anyone else happen to know if the writemid command works on sensation?

e.g fastboot writemid PG5813001

would possibly change the emmc partition containing the model ID to PG5813001 which is sensation xe model number.

also do you know if the emmc partition layouts and sizes are the same for sensation and sensation xe?

again really sorry for offtopic
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
that command probably works.

the layout is a little different, i believe. mike1986 had a layout in one of his firmware threads. found it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1412618&highlight=partition
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Thanks, can anyone confirm the command, my phone is currently bricked (awaiting arrival of toolkit for JTAG unbrick) but jtag replaces mid with PG5813000 and mine is sensation xe.

also if htc do decide to upgrade us to sense 4 then it will likely mean a new kernel and if the command works it means 1.5 GHz for everyone because acpu_clock8x0.c in stock kernel reads mid number to determin either 1.2GHz or 1.5

---------- Post added at 01:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:47 AM ----------

That is only possible via a JTAG connection and various plugins
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
chinese guys have been repartitioning their zte devices, as far as i know.
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
In theory, it is possible with the eng bootloader. The command is not that, but its close. The partition layouts are identical on both devices
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
You can repartition the device by modifying the tables in the hboot
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
What is the actual command then? and I stand corrected on resizing paritions :p
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
we are going way off topic here. pm me or come on irc, although with some searching you can find it easily by yourself. back to the bricks now
[HTC Sensation] Dutch-Guy:
hi dex,

I've downloaded the livecd, put it on a bootable usb drive and booted it on another laptop but still i get the message that the bricked device is turned on, even if my phone isnt plugged in, any ideas what i can do?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
it doesnt get detected, otherwise it should show the device.

I should fix that script sometime ..
[HTC Sensation] Dutch-Guy:
then what do you think i should do?
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
disable automount
[HTC Sensation] Dutch-Guy:
i used this command to disable

# gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/media_automount false

but it didnt work
[HTC Sensation] wjcarpenter:
When you do these steps, is it necessary to push the power button or anything else on the phone? Or is it literally just plugging it into USB and then running the brickdetect.sh command?
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
not sure if things have changed, but we used to hold volume down while connecting the usb and then executing the commands. Dex could elaborate on that more.
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
after some testing, it turned out that the vol- button didnt actually do anything. Thats why its out of the guide. It isnt needed :)
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
i wonder why movzx had to hold vol down while accessing the partitions then? he said, they would disappear otherwise.
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
its a matter of timing. connection times out after approx. 15 secs and goes into DLOAD mode. pure coincidence
[HTC Sensation] Dutch-Guy:
dex, any suggestions for disabling automount? i tried the method for linux and the method for gnome, but with no positive results.
[HTC Sensation] wjcarpenter:
Should I be trying to catch things within that 15 seconds or should I be waiting until that amount of time has definitely passed? (I'm not asking about the specific number 15 seconds ... just which side of the window I'm trying to hit.)
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26702687&postcount=819

you are trying to hit the first part of it. just be quick when you have to execute commands
[HTC Sensation] weiloon1234:
hi...anybody could help me???

i just boot ubuntu live cd, i extract the zip to home folder,type ./brickdetect.sh in terminal,and then terminal show 3 line of word

Searching for Bricked device...

The Bricked device is on

Use the above node to perform operation using the emmc_recover tool

then???

You should get something like sdX. We are interested on that "X"

but i cant see any word like sd"X"just 3 line show like the above...

and 1 more thing,even i plug or unplug the phone (without battery,sim,sdcard),brickdetect also show The Bricked device is on...is this normal?

sorry im noob, pls help me out , my phone just bricked, cant boot into bootloader by pressing vol down + power or adb,boot up stuck at the boot animation forever
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Youre phone isnt bricked if it still powers on. bricked means completely dead, no power and it gets recognised by pc as "Qualcomm *******" (cant remember the exact name) but if you can still see a bootanimation you're not bricked
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
this. it's qhsusb_dload ONLY for the phones that were bricked by doing the s-on wrong.
[HTC Sensation] weiloon1234:
but i can't get into the hboot by pressing vol down + power...had tried for whole day,keep pressing vol down + power but boot normally to the boot animation and stuck...sad,any1 know what the problem isit
[HTC Sensation] :
Try the fastboot reboot bootloader command from adb tools
[HTC Sensation] z0mg.jer1Cho:
F*cking bricked -.-

Hello Mates,

got my cousins Sensation XE on my Desk, and yeah, its Dead..... i guess.

First of all, I s-offed (Forum Guide), changed to SuperCID, flashed new ROM and everything was fine. Than he called me: "Phone stucks at Whitescreen" and He made an RUU update via extracted zip File. In this Process the Phones Battery got empty and horror began....

When im Bridging the "awesome" Pin to the SD-Metal-Plate and connect the Phone to a Windowsmachine the Hardwaremanager tells me that "QHSUSB-DLOAD" ist connected.

I Tried with Kubuntu Live, Kubuntu installed and Kubuntu runnin in VirtualBox (everytime with disabled automount). BUT sd_whatever_ is not showing up when im runnin the Script.

here is a small output of lsusb and dmesg (from Kubuntu installed under VirtualBox [WinXp-Host 32 Bit / Kubuntu-Guest 32 Bit]):

lsusb:

BUS 001 Device 003: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)

dmesg:

[ 1004.784810] usb 1-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd
[ 1010.317428] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 1010.318369] USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 1010.320006] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 1010.321835] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[ 1010.706739] USB Serial support registered for Qualcomm USB modem
[ 1010.706863] qcserial 1-2:1.0: Qualcomm USB modem converter detected
[ 1010.800901] usb 1-2: Qualcomm USB modem converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 1010.889365] usbcore: registered new interface driver qcserial

Any Guess why the Sensa is not showing up or is it an expansive paperweight now?????

Cheerio
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
are you trying to run it in the dload mode?

without bridging anything, connect the phone to a pc and see what it detects it as.
[HTC Sensation] Filko84:
Mine is in the same condition but s-on. Never been s-off.

Stuck at the HTC logo and I could go into bootloadr, but not in recovery.

Now suddenly died and can not start even the bootloadr / battery is charged at 50% /

Only QHSUSB-DLOAD. I tried the process but I do not get the line with sdX.
[HTC Sensation] blackcell1:
so you cant get to the bootloader at all ? because if you can then you can just fastboot the recovery over via adb :)
[HTC Sensation] z0mg.jer1Cho:
When I connect the phone without anything, my PC isnt detecting anything. Sometimes it detects my phone in qhsusb Mode, but normally i have to bridge it for getting it detected.

Cheers

Tapatalked with my MIUI powered Desire
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
don't bridge it and then connect it to the unbrick program.

it's probably not going to be recovered via this method, since there is no way to tell what step it stopped on when the battery died.
[HTC Sensation] skygear:
I can't believe these people with dead batteries. I keep 1 extra and before I ever do anything on my hone service wise, I put a full battery in it just in case theres an error of some sort that might need some extended work.
[HTC Sensation] Filko84:
No, now I can not go to bootloader.

Checked the battery and it has 50% charge in it at the moment so the problem is not from dead battery.
[HTC Sensation] z0mg.jer1Cho:
Okay, booted Kubuntu Live, disabled automount and connected Phone WITHOUT bridging anything. Script doesnt find my phone..... this is what comes out ouf lsusb and dmesg

[ 486.096033] usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 486.406517] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 486.406553] USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 486.406619] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 486.406624] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[ 486.449796] USB Serial support registered for Qualcomm USB modem
[ 486.449859] qcserial 1-8:1.0: Qualcomm USB modem converter detected
[ 486.450075] usb 1-8: Qualcomm USB modem converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 486.450135] usbcore: registered new interface driver qcserial
[ 489.632079] usb 1-8: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 489.632301] qcserial ttyUSB0: Qualcomm USB modem converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)

No Chance to get it back to life?
[HTC Sensation] RussianBear:
doesn't look like this method will work for you. it should detect an eMMC partition, but yours just detects it as a qhsusb_dload. I would find somebody local with jtag or mail it to somebody who has one.
[HTC Sensation] sandhuxda:
I have a LG Nitro HD stuck in the same place - that is - Windows detects qhusb_dload device and under Linux, I get a serial modem (attached to ttyUSB0). Device driver id is 05c6:9008. But no block/sd device is detected.

At this point, I am going to send it over for warranty replacement but just curious - when does a phone in this stage show block device and when does it only show a serial port?

Isn't it possible to write to the device through the serial port?

Btw, I tried installing the device driver for 05c6:9008 under Windows XP from here:

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com...updateid=b04a79ee-b064-4c83-a57b-f0b2fef9f98d

Plugged in the phone (without battery, SIM or SD card) but Windows said the driver isn't the right one.

Of course, LG Support tool does not see the device at all - complains of no connectivity.
[HTC Sensation] bombo_b:
same here . never been s-off,phone just stopped working.when i connect,i got qhsusb-dload.tried the script and it says "bricked device is on " and something else.but no line with sdx in it.
[HTC Sensation] wjcarpenter:
I'm developing a suspicion that something in the hardware is marginal. Maybe the eMMC chips, maybe something else. I've seen a few phones on eBay being sold because there are "stuck". I've even bought a couple and reflashed them. Since the sellers seemed uninformed about reflashing, I imagine they were just using the phones normally instead of messing around.

On one of my MT4GS, it lost its marbles twice while I was actually using it (and doing nothing special). It got really slow and jerky, and then it eventually shutdown. No signs of life except a single buzz if I long-press the power button.

After this happened the first time, I tried it again in a couple days and was able to get into hboot. I did a nandroid restore. Everything was fine for 4-5 days when it repeated its contrariness. (That was yesterday; it's currently on the shelf with me waiting for it to come to its senses.)

Luckily, I had another idle MT4GS and restored it with my CWM nandroid backup, so I'm back on the air. That first phone has me wondering, though.
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
the mt4gs is a very sensitive phone and not one of the best quality wise. there are lots of issues with it, and most of them are hardware related( like the random freezes and "semi-dead condition" you encountered). lets just say that the chips selected for them arent the most reliable
[HTC Sensation] Filko84:
Are you working on solution for the devices not recognized by the script and what's the progress?
[HTC Sensation] arzbhatia:
There's no X :( ;(
[HTC Sensation] Filko84:
What method you are using?

I think that for now the only solution is JTAG that is not only software solution and need the phone to be disassembled.
[HTC Sensation] bombo_b:
Yeah I think he uses jtag method.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Yes SubliminalThoughts is obviously using JTAG to revive a hard bricked device as that or replacing the main board of the device is the only fix for a hard bricked device. Now everything else that was mentioned in their post like flashing the Hboot, SuperCID, S-off, unlocked, and installing a custom recovery was not needed to be mentioned. If you are here on XDA you can do all of this yourself for free. Mentioning the JTAG service is understandable but not the rest.

Edit: This member also started a thread with a very similar post as the OP in the Sensatiojn General forums. It is obvious that this member is using the work of others to make money including the work here in this thread, see this post. Not only is this unethical to me, but blatant advertising like this is not allowed on XDA. They have been reported
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
downloads updated with fixed detection scripts. the output should be more clear now
[HTC Sensation] DANOFDANGER:
Hope someone can help, i have been trying to unbrick my sensation and so far have it a "brick" wall lol. I try the ./brickdetect.sh but all i get is this.

The bricked device is on

sdi

Use the above..... etc

Also with automount on i get partitions detcted and then "you do not have permissions necessary to view etc... is this normal ?.

Any help much appreciated.
[HTC Sensation] bombo_b:
If its on sdi, I guess you should backup your hboot like this:

sudo ./emmc_recover --backup b_hboot.img --device /dev/sdi12
[HTC Sensation] DANOFDANGER:
Yea got it all sorted, unbricked and all going. Just need to know other than security which is now s-on what else would i need to check to make sure it passes warranty :).
[HTC Sensation] bombo_b:
you also need stock rom :)
[HTC Sensation] DANOFDANGER:
Yea just put it in for warranty and It has s on and stock rom.