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[HTC Sensation] hova1888:
Flash my sensation ARHD 6.7.0 very cool life battery!!!! FW New 3.33
[HTC Sensation] vj_v1:
Im not sure if this is ICS related since i am seeing this for the first time after i upgraded to ICS. But is the quick settings/notifications bar that's on the top of the screen supposed to work/drop down when the phone is locked?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes it works.. It's a feature

But if you have any locks.. Like pattern lock or face unlock it won't work

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
@ganeshp

I am apprehensive about using the wire trick Juopunutbear method for rooting my sensation. Is it possible to use Hasoon2000 toolkit instead of Juopunutbear method to achieve S Off and root the phone?

The method given here seems easy enough for me: http://www.thesuperusersguide.com/hasoon2000s-toolkit-method.html

XDA thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1604439

I want to completely avoid the wire trick as I am unsure of myself. Kindly guide me. Details of my phone are in my sig.
[HTC Sensation] arnieshwartz:
Well, it's been 10 days since I updated to ICS and I havent experienced any issues. One minor niggle is that the gallery takes way longer to display contents than when the phone was running GB. Battery life appears to be on par or slightly better than what it was when running GB.
[HTC Sensation] dalco:
Is my phone bricked

My phone is not booting it is stuck on HTC sensation Logo.

I have Unlocked phone from HTC Dev website.

Then I have have rooted my phone with One X All in one kit with S-ON

After that i installed ROM manager APK. With the help Rom Manager app i installed viper 1.01 ROM . After getting message ROM installed successfully phone went to reboot and now Phone hangs on HTS Sensation logo.

I have not checked md5 made a big mistake.

I have flashed ClockworkMod Recovery.

Before flashing any ROM my phone was running on Stock ICS.

Will my phone return to normal.
[HTC Sensation] assist4tech:
Has your phone returned to normal ? :p
[HTC Sensation] assist4tech:
You can install custom ROM with S-On as well . So if you don't want to do the wire trick its fine .
[HTC Sensation] dalco:
Yes flashed Boot image and phone was back to normal.
[HTC Sensation] anuj.a.roy:
Rooting query

I am trying to root my sensation (on official ICS) using Hasoon's toolkit. In this method, I need to register on htcdev.com and goto unlock bootloader. In the phone selector dropdown, there are options for Sensation (Arabic, Fra, EU, Korea, TUR, Vodafone and US 4G). I bought the phone in India and I am confused which option needs to be selected. Please guide :(
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
Choose 'all other supported models' and you will be fine. I chose the same.
[HTC Sensation] anuj.a.roy:
Thanks a lot for the quick help :)
[HTC Sensation] jazzzzzzz:
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[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
Deleted.
[HTC Sensation] jazzzzzzz:
Sorry....
[HTC Sensation] assist4tech:
Is it normal Sensation or Sensation 4G . Your Kernel version will tell you what location to choose from. Mostly it will be EU . If.its Sensation 4G with T-Mobile branding go for US 4G..
[HTC Sensation] anuj.a.roy:
It is a normal sensation. I selected "other devices" and it worked as suggested by Sarkar - thanks again to him again.

Now I am looking at installing custom roms, however it requires S-off (correct me if I am wrong). Can anyone guide me how to install custom roms?
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
No, you can install custom roms even if you are s-on.

Use this guide : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

I am usingViperS Rom with sense4.
[HTC Sensation] anuj.a.roy:
Is the viperS rom stable? Any known bugs? Do we have the stock rom available (just in case)?
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
It is very stable. Except for the HDMI output bug there are none other.

Before flashing the new ROM take a nandroid backup of the stock ROM.
[HTC Sensation] kishangoyal:
Will I get OTAs after rooting?

I rooted my HTC Sensation after the ICS upgrade. I'm using the stock ROM and have S-ON too.

Will I get OTA updates as before rooting?
[HTC Sensation] Echo237:
How can you root with S-ON ?

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Android Revolution HD is one of the best Sense based ROM. I use it...trust me you won't even notice the difference, except they the phone feels much much faster.

It also has Beats Audio integration. Trust me thats something you don't wanna miss out.
[HTC Sensation] kishangoyal:
I unlocked the bootloader via HTC Dev. Then installed CWM recovery and flashed SuperSU. I'm missing a step somewhere. But it can be done.

Here. I found the thread I followed. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1632553
[HTC Sensation] Echo237:
Its safer to have S-OFF right ? I read that somewhere
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Having soff means more freedom which means more dangerous.. As you can literally screw up anything.. And htc-dev unlock is actually more safer as it unlocked only stuff which b s required for custom rom.. And locked all the dangerous/not to be played with partitions
[HTC Sensation] anuj.a.roy:
It worked smoothly.

Can I install other custom roms as well? I read - since we are S-On, so rom options are limited.
[HTC Sensation] arnieshwartz:
With reference to your original question, as to whether you will receive OTA updates - I think you still would, but you would be unable to install it in a seamless manner, since you've installed a custom recovery (CWMR). But not to worry - it is possible to have the phone boot into stock recovery if at all you need to install OTA updates. I cannot remember if you can flash the OTA file using CWMR but you should be able to find out enough threads on that in this forum.
[HTC Sensation] kishangoyal:
Thanks a lot for your answer. Perhaps you could point me to a stock recovery download link or a guide? Thanks a lot

But if I move to stock recovery again, will I be able to flash apps like I do in ClockWorkMod?
[HTC Sensation] cchoudha:
Internet Passhthrough not working

Even After you enable Internet passthrough in connection there is check box which need to be check that fix the pass through issues and you will be able to download anything using Passthrough
[HTC Sensation] kanav bhasin:
Think about it this way. You buy a car in india, but fit an original american engine of the same make and model by replacing the original engine. Now if in the process you leave out a few bolts and the engine falls out of its mounts at 60 mph.. you really cant go to the car company and claim your car was under warranty right. Cause well you are not supposed to change the engine yourself hence warranty voided.
[HTC Sensation] Gstar2006:
That is a rubbish example that you use though! If you want to use that example then let me update it to be more similar to the situation for you.

I buy a car in India, I take it to the UK where a HTC mechanic (their RUU remember not a custom ROM) updates the ECU to UK spec engine management software so it has the correct emmisions etc. Something breaks in the future that has no bearing on the ECU, the electric window for example. I sure as hell would expect them to cover it under the warranty!

Obviously I hope I never have to go HTC for a hardware fault under warranty but if I did then I will be expecting them to help regardless of what software the phone is running. If I buy a laptop I do not expect HP to turn around and say because I installed Ubuntu onto it and it came with Windows 7 that the warranty is void for hardware failures.
[HTC Sensation] kanav bhasin:
:p yeah your right that was a rubbish example.. but the fact still is that htc can always say hey man you use the phone as is we give you the updates over the air and you install it and thats that. If you decide to tinker with the software of the phone in any way .. well no warranty for you. Regardless it runs perfectly or like crap or if its our official rom or any other custom rom.
[HTC Sensation] deccangroove:
You confirmed my fears buddy. I really want to S-off and flash a custom rom/Indian stock rom as i am tired of waiting for OTA but if i void my warranty , my $750 phone will go down the drain if there is any hardware problem.

What baffles me more is that every HTC Android phone in India/Dubai is sold unbranded ( not sure about Europe) so when carrier approval is not required , what exactly is holding

HTC back ? Can their servers not host a 300mb file??
[HTC Sensation] Gstar2006:
I think that HTC India haven't finished testing and approved the release of the ICS update and that is the hold up. You guys with access to HTC India Support should get on their case as like you say there should be no hold up.

I think I am going to wait and see if an when the indian release is pushed that my phone updates. If it doesn't and I'm stuck in limbo with a phone that doesn't know what it is then I will have to look wait for a European RUU or even an Indian RUU and then change the Locale to English UK to correct the issues with News app etc...
[HTC Sensation] deccangroove:
HTC India support is useless and they just said that their engineers are on the job and that the update will happen soon and they could not provide a time frame:mad:

This maybe a consolation to you that HTC India roms generally have English UK as default language.
[HTC Sensation] blupoison:
I just checked with htc India as well... They said the delay is due to the technicians still testing the software... Je said "i think you should get it within this week.... But i cant promise".... Seems there's no deadline for the release...
[HTC Sensation] alanfernandes77:
I could not wait , so I went ahead and flashed the rom. Its amazing. The animation Is amazing and they have added a few new widgets too
[HTC Sensation] deccangroove:
Which ROM did you flash? Custom or Stock?
[HTC Sensation] alanfernandes77:
Stock, no bugs
[HTC Sensation] alanfernandes77:
Its pure stock..
[HTC Sensation] krazy_about_technology:
@alanfernandes: What do you really mean by stock when its not released in India yet? Which exact update did you really flashed? Care to give more details on it so that others may also benefit?

No offence. :)
[HTC Sensation] alanfernandes77:
So dude, gain s off by taking it back to stock gb. you may need to flash the original ruu. Proceed to get super cid and flash the European ota for ics.
[HTC Sensation] Gstar2006:
My phone has found and is downloading the ICS update. I'm waiting for it to install at the moment before I can verify whether it has received the Euro update or an Indian version. :)
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
What is the CID of your phone? Mine is HTC_038 and I havent got it yet. Even checked manually.
[HTC Sensation] alanfernandes77:
Htc_038 . Its the Indian version
[HTC Sensation] blupoison:
Hey gstar

Tell us ur cid number when you're done... Im htc_38 too... No update
[HTC Sensation] Gstar2006:
Hi,

It's installed and rebooted. All working as it should.

CID on my phone is HTC__001 because I unlocked the bootloader and then went to the European software using the latest RUU for Sensation XE. It was HTC__038 prior to me having to mess about with it.

The phone has updated with the European ICS release for XE which became available for download as of 1pm today.

I was informed by HTC support that because my phone has an Indian IMEI number it would not receive any updates until it was pushed in that region but it appears that either HTC support were incorrect or that there is a combination of things which decide whether an update is available or not.
[HTC Sensation] blupoison:
Thanks man.. How did u change ur cid
[HTC Sensation] Gstar2006:
I connected the phone in USB debug mode/HTC sync then used commands via ADB/Fastboot to change it to 001. This was possible without unlocking bootloader or doing anything else. There's loads of links on here that mention the commands for changing CID but they seem to suggest that the phone should be S-OFF for it to work but mine definitly worked when it was S-ON.
[HTC Sensation] aman0406:
we ca change cid

YES,we can change cid with s-on as he said:p
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
@ Gstar

dear you have actually tempered the handset and flashed the ROM of other region how can you claim that you have received the OTA UPDATE in INDIA when technically now your set does not belong to INDIA anymore??
[HTC Sensation] Gstar2006:
HTC support told me that on the HTC database my phone's IMEI is classed as an Indian handset and that as such I would receive the update when it is pushed to all devices with Indian IMEI numbers.

I manually changed the CID myself whilst S-ON as stated to others above.

I do not know whether this alone would have allowed my phone to download the update when it was released at 1pm BST yesterday or not but it is worth a try for others.

Before the release yesterday i had already changed my phone to S-OFF and updated the phone to the 1.73 RUU for European phones. Yesterday afternoon the update arrived along with everyone else in the UK.
[HTC Sensation] krazy_about_technology:
Have pinged HTC support again for any updates over "the update" :) Lets see.

@Gstar2006: Update is not being distributed on the basis of IMEI, thats for sure. Its based on CID only no matter what the support reps say. That was the case with all other previous updates as well.

The reason I know this is because I have an Indonesian phone (according to IMEI) but i have changed my CID to Indian CID and have received all the previous updates for India on time, without any issues.
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
Dear Krazy_about_technology

if some one changes the CID to UK then is it possible that he will receive the update? even the ROM is Indian. or if some one changes the CID and Install Stock UK GB rom then is it possible the he can get the ICS update right away and what is the gurantee that HTc will not take any step that might brick the device with changed CID's?

Thanks in advance
[HTC Sensation] dargamel:
I haven't received ICS too , and how to see mine CID?

Thanks in advance
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
You can download a free app from market called cid getter or you can also download antutu bench mark app which also shows info like this
[HTC Sensation] dargamel:
Thanks a lot

My CID is HTC_038 , and it says here carrier HTC-India :)

I hope HTC will release ICS soon.

Best regards
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
Mine is also same. I am planning to change It's cid to get ics update
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
HTC is really testing our patience. Come on, HTC!
[HTC Sensation] ashish7350:
HTC just lost one of its future customer. Very Disappointing.
[HTC Sensation] blupoison:
Just spoke to them.... They have no idea yet....
[HTC Sensation] DrTanny:
My Cid is htc_621 I am from India but my cid is different.
[HTC Sensation] arnieshwartz:
I went from stock with S-ON to S-OFF, root, Super-CID and experimented with various kinds of ROMs... mainly, ARHD, MIUI, InsertCoin and most recently the AOSP experience thanks to Virtuous Inquisition.

I went back to stock (with S-OFF) using the HTC RUU for Asia (India) and went through some three OTA updates before reaching my current "updated" version of 1.52.720.3.

Needless to say, the wait since then has been disappointing. The only thing keeping me from going back to a custom ROM is the effort. ;) I wish HTC rolls out the ICS goodness to India phones pretty soon.
[HTC Sensation] joslicx:
Traveling to Sweden this weekend. Will update my Sensation to ICS there. On my last visit also (in Jan) I got two updates there. Will update this thread with my experience with ICS.

On a separate note I have experienced that with stock Sense my phone crashes too often. I moved over to Go Launcher and it is fabulous. Very little crashes (once in a month type) and free memory is much more (if I free up everything then it shows 280 MB, while with Sense it would show about 160 -180 MB on freeing up everything).
[HTC Sensation] krazy_about_technology:
my friend imblfmstr called HTC customer care twice to get opinion of two different support reps and both of them speculated on April end :( this is just bull****! :mad:
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
Dear I have unlocked bootloader with HTC seven method but still s-on. Can I get Ivan update? Or is there anyway I can lock it again fastboot own writesecureflag 3 method has not worked. I am new so seniors please help me. I could not get s-of so I could install Ivan manually revolutionary failed. Kindly help with step by step procedure. Thanks in advance
[HTC Sensation] imblfmstr:
what is your current Hboot, you need to tell that first and then it can be told weather revolutionary can do the S-off for you
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
It is 1.18.000
[HTC Sensation] robocup555:
CID

Hello ! Who can tell me what code HTC_250 correspond to ? Thank-you in advance !
[HTC Sensation] imblfmstr:
ok that means Revolutionary is still compatible for your phone

first try using the revolutionary, if it fails to do S-off gives an error "failed not getting root" then u need to use the "taccoroot.bin"

My phone also has the 1.18.0000 Hboot and was not able to do the S-off, my friend Krazy_abt_technology guided me to use the tacoroot.bin

So i suggest first use revolutionary and if u fail to get S-off use tacoroot.bin method
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
revolutionary has failed i have been trying for many days...

please guide me with tacoroot.bin and step by step please.

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Actually i want to change to rom to europe region so that i can get official ICS update early. i am not an android developer which can change the roms easily so please help me out.

my CID is India which id HTC__038 and android 2.3.4 and redio version is 10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M

i have downloaded the ruu of same radio version but when i flash it is says error 155, may be it is due to s-on. and one more question does stock rom comes with LOCKED tag?? because mine says unlocked in hboot
[HTC Sensation] djpeesh:
Go a few pages back to my post. There are step by step instructions on how to s off your phone with tacoroot.

It's pretty easy and you don't have to be a developer.
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
can you kindly tell the page no?
[HTC Sensation] aman0406:
we can change cid with s-on

we can change cid with s-on

1. Connect your phone to the computer in charge mode with enabled USB debugging.

2. Open the command prompt and execute:

adb reboot bootloader

This will reboot your phone into the BOOT Loader menu.

3. When you are in the boot loader execute:

fastboot oem writecid HTC__001

This will change your CID to HTC__001.which is the European debranded version of Sensation. Also ignore any errors or warning messages you may see after executing the command.

4. Restart the phone.

5.then flash the ruu 3.32.401.5

do it at you own risk......lol

if you fell this helpful plz hit the thanks button..........

you need adb drivers in root dir of c drive

see this page http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
[HTC Sensation] lovefromsky:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...w-temporary-root-exploit-for-all-htc-devices/

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here you go Step by Step info for tacoroot

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...w-temporary-root-exploit-for-all-htc-devices/
[HTC Sensation] ashish7350:
My wait is tired of waiting for the most awaited ICS update. HTC is really taking a toll on my patience levels.
[HTC Sensation] nabeelrazanaqvi:
Get ICS update by changing the ROM to Europe

Dear friends,

I have s-off my sensation with hboot 1.18.000 and flashed the stock European Rom and now geeting the official OTA update........

hurray.....

if some one needds help guide is here

s-off by this method here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23482010&postcount=29

change CID to HTC__001

flash the stock ROm RUU

then boot into recovery

adb reboot-bootloader

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot oem writesecureflag 3

fastboot reboot

you are done with stock rom and s-on back

check the software update and will get it.

i am downloading while typing
[HTC Sensation] weezyl:
April 7 any updates ppl?
[HTC Sensation] asylumdesire:
not as yet... this is annoying :mad:
[HTC Sensation] DrTanny:
No updates till now
[HTC Sensation] krazy_about_technology:
@Everyone: People jumping on to European Roms for quick update, please be aware that the European update is also the most buggy one. So think twice before going for it as there is not looking back once you flashed ICS. Right now, there is no tool available to revert back as per my knowledge.

Just a friendly warning to my fellas. I hope that since Indian update is coming late, its more thoroughly tested and bug fixed. If that is true, I can wait more. :)
[HTC Sensation] abderian2004:
hi

Me too waiting for ICS, however i have installed the Beta version.
[HTC Sensation] Aresk:
Yep got ICS OTA Update on 5th April on Sensation XE Z715e
[HTC Sensation] asylumdesire:
do you have the inida cid?
[HTC Sensation] krazy_about_technology:
No, only changing the CID will not do the trick. You will have to flash the latest ROM for that region too.

Changing CID will cause your phone to receive the update, but while installing, the update installer will check the MD5 checksum of files on your phone and will fail giving error 7 or something like that.

MD5 checksum comparison is a way used by installer to know that files currently on the phone are not corrupt. If even a bit is changed in a file its MD5 checksum will change heavily.

Apart from corruption issue, MD5 checksum comparison is also necessary because the OTA update zip file doesn't carry full files. It only carries .patch files that contain only the changed code. This changed code is then added to an already existing file on a rom. In order for this to happen, the patch file must be applied to the same file it has been made for. If even one bit is changed, the file will become unusable and phone may not boot at all. So this checking is done as a safety measure.
[HTC Sensation] blupoison:
Really annoying
[HTC Sensation] Aparajith Chandran:
Aresk

Do u have a sensation bought in INDIA or abroad???
[HTC Sensation] dargamel:
Someone from India, to call HTC support service and ask them when are they planing to release ICS :) ?!
[HTC Sensation] blupoison:
Dist... They say no idea... Its in testing... When its available you wilk get a notification on ur phone to update... And ya.. There's no deadline...
[HTC Sensation] aniketd11:
I had been to HTC Service Centre. They informed that from 7th april onwards, update will start uploading on HTC server and over next 1-2 months, slowly will be rolled out as FOTA to devices. This sure is going to be long wait :mad:
[HTC Sensation] charuc14:
Guys, check this out.....Update already started rolling out in pakistan...

HTC Sensation and Sensation XE reportedly updated with ICS

Source: gsmarena

So, hopefully, we should be able to get the update very soon....
[HTC Sensation] krazy_about_technology:
If its uploaded on server, anyone can do the "Checkin" code and get the update. The problem is it is not there on the server itself.

The update by GSMArena is based on comments posted by their users. it is not confirmed.
[HTC Sensation] krazy_about_technology:
By this they mean that update will be "pushed" to users automatically over 1-2 months. Those who rely on automatic notification will face this delay. But once the update becomes available on servers, you can always manually check and download it. The only problem is they are not making it available on their servers.
[HTC Sensation] blupoison:
One to two months????? WHAT???? Now im bugged