yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] Rajan_96:
That's strange because I managed to flash ClockworkMod with stock ICS and a HTCDev Unlocked bootloader through fastboot. I just put the recovery image in my adb folder and used the command 'fastboot flash recovery sensation.IMG' (The Sensation part will be whatever you rename the recovery .IMG to)
[HTC Sensation] trkaaa:
no , not strange , because that original

locked

hboot " which doesn't allow to flash recovery " is

Unlocked

by htc dev to allow it to install recovery , for that reason you will see unlocked in bootloader screen instead of locked

But the difference is htc dev

unlock some options only " not all commands "

, for example it don't allow flashing Radio or other firmware versions

But

hboot to 1.27.1100 will unlock all commands

without having to loose warranty , as it may be the case with htc dev unlock
[HTC Sensation] AswinHof:
I was on Hboot 1.27.0000 , after updating OTA to ICS 4.03 from HTC. Than i got problems , also my girlfriends normal sensation. Thats why i wanted to s-off and rooted to try diffrent Rom, but i stick to revolution 6.6.4

I now have Hboot 1.27.1111

First did HTCDEV

Flashed boot .img , like told in the junonutbear guide.

You don't have to be s-off in order to flash a rom , but you need this boot.img OR and thats what i did flashed 4ext 1.0.0.5 rc latest. Than U can flash rom ( search for " s-on and flashing rom " ) .

After i flashed 4ext and flashed rom , i did the junopunutbear methods, performed it 3 times before i got s-off . I am a noob so i don't know this is gonna work with your Hboot , please before you try anything , ask a senior if you can use junonutpubear
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Yes Juopunutbear S-off supports Hboot 1.29.0000
[HTC Sensation] gsmyth:
Thanks for the advice guys, the issue I have now is the htcdev unlock process, when submitting the unlock token via the command prompt, I'm getting a 'sending 0kb' message but nothing happens. An HTC tech is trying to help as I raised as a problem, but get the feeling they don't really know how to fix issue.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
yeah the size will be shown as 0 kb ...but it has 256 bytes of data

anways are you getting this error while flashing the unlock_code.bin ?

"token check failed" ?

then probably your IMEI is not in their list of devices ..lot of ppl are facing the same problem

and HTC has to update their DataBase to HTC Dev unlock process
[HTC Sensation] gsmyth:
Hi There, I'm not getting a failure message/error, it seems like it trys to send the unlock_code file but then nothing happens, just sits at the 'sending' stage. I do think it must be because the handset is too new as you say. The last thing HTC advised was to try a new unlock code (which i've done) and try it without the underscore between the unlock and code, haven't tried this yet but not too hopeful about it.
[HTC Sensation] auggie2k:
Correct, your IMEI must not be registered for the Dev Unlock. Give HTC an email with all the details you need and they should be able to help. Then once you get it sorted, S-Off with the guide.
[HTC Sensation] gsmyth:
Cheers, have responded to HTC again to advise them that their advice didnt work and that my device is new so can I provide my IMEI to be added to the HTC Dev records, will see what they say. Really want to get this unlocked, rooted, etc, now an official CM9 build is happening!
[HTC Sensation] Marty02:
Hey guys i bought a new sensation XE with 3.6 ics hboot 1.29.0000 and with this method i s-off my device thanks Juopunutbear coders and team it was too hard for me i tried for 6 hours i guess but i made it follow the guide quitely and dont give up the fight at all wire trick is so confusing but its work just dont give up i tried over 30 times, but after all i am using custom rom with sense 4 i am writing that to inform you fellows. and special thanks to IRC team and @dublin for brillant help :)
[HTC Sensation] gsmyth:
Hi Marty02, how did you manage to get your boot loader unlocked?

I also have a new Sensation XE with hboot 1.29.0000 I have just received the below response from HTC Dev:

"Thank you for contacting HTC,

The Escalations team has relyied to our enquiry and unfortunatley the 1.29.0000 version of the hboot version is currently not supported however we I am trying to push this forward in order to rectify the situation. I do apologise about this inconvenience to you. At the moment I cannot give an accurate date for when this will be changed however we will advertise this on the HTCDev website and through our other media channels when this facility is available

I again apologise for this and wish to assure you I am pushing for a change to this so you will be able to unlock your bootloader."
[HTC Sensation] ChavitoArg:
Ics firmware is a requirement to do this right?

The Sensations made/ensambled here in Argentina come with Gingerbread and Hboot 1.21, what should i do? Im screwed right? xD
[HTC Sensation] trkaaa:
i posted to you in noob friendly help thread to search here , i guess it is in this How To Unbrick Your Sensation (HTC Unbricking Project)

i don't remember where i read that post , put one member using hboot 1.21 S-OFFed it , it should be in one of them as i remember

Better ask dexter in the above link

also take a look at this post 141 for hboot 1.23 S-OFFed here
[HTC Sensation] mahose:
great guide, thanks

work perfect with my sensation for the 6th try :D
[HTC Sensation] doofusn:
Thanks for this guide! Easy to follow and the picture showing the delay was really helping me out :)
[HTC Sensation] cashman0712:
Quick question. Can I use this method to achieve S-OFF with a Stock TMOUS Sensation 4G? My HBOOT with GB was 1.18.0000 but I don't know if it had changed due to the ICS update.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Yes the update changed your Hboot. You will have to use Juopunutbear to S-off. But that is ok because you have already found the guide.....;)
[HTC Sensation] ectima:
jop jop guys great job i am s-off thanks robo from slovakia great job
[HTC Sensation] ziopippo:
Hi to all, hi have some questions for you.

These are bootloader informations:

*** UNLOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.19.0000

eMMC-boot

Sep 6 2011,19:13:20

these my screenshot info:

and my CID is: HTC__405.

Can i try to use the Juopunutbear S-OFF?

I must download the WINDOWS (GINGERBREAD) files?

Thank's a lot.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Yes you can use Juopunutbear to S-off your device. Your Hboot is still supported, to bad to bad Revolutionary did not support veraions 1.19.000 and 1.20.0000.
[HTC Sensation] ziopippo:
I must download all the files posted at first page? :confused:

Thank's a lot again! ;)
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Yes follow the steps in the guide one by one and do not skip any steps. The wire trick can be tricky but just keep re trying if you don't get it as you will eventually get it. Some have been lucky and get it right away. But some have had to try 30 or more times to do it before they have success.
[HTC Sensation] Chrisous:
Hello,

i'm trying to root my Htc Sensation on ICS with Hboot 1.27 but i'don't really care about S-OFF.

Do I just have to use HTCdev bootloader and then a custom recovery (like 4EXT) and put su.zip ?

(Sorry if I made mystakes I'm french)

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
for you this is the guide

SON flashing
[HTC Sensation] emadresak:
my device is not starting

I tried this new method for s-off, I unlocked my bootloader first with HTCdev and flashed a recovery and SU.

During the juopunuBear method I tried many times to do the wire thing without any success and finally decided to roll back.

I flashed back a rom, su, the recovery and even tried the RUU but no mather what, I can't get past the juopunuBear logo on the power up.

During my panic attack I did a stupid thing and formatted the sd.

I can't proceed with the juopunuBear method either because it sais:

Code:

C:\adb>ControlBear

======== ControlBear version 0.2.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Backing up......

/system/bin/sh: /data/local/JuopunutBear: cannot execute - Permission denied

Transferring backups....

Backup FAILED!!

Exiting!!

Press ENTER to exit.....

Please help! How can I roll back?
[HTC Sensation] Kuman1987:
new metode

The Versions below do not require HTCDEV unlock.

In order to use this version you must temproot your device prior to running ControlBear. Please follow the modified instructions below.

adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.orig

adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp

adb reboot

adb shell echo “ro.kernel.qemu=1″ > /data/local.prop

adb reboot

Run the appropriate version of ControlBear:

LINUX (GINGERBREAD)

WINDOWS (GINGERBREAD)

LINUX (ICS)

WINDOWS (ICS)

reboot

adb shell rm /data/local.prop

adb shell rm /data/local/tmp

adb shell mv /data/local/tmp.orig /data/local/tmp

adb reboot

who tested this metod?

its unlock bootloader or only s-off ?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
chk this guide for running new tool of JB SOFF

JB SOFF WITHOUT VOID OF WARRANTY
[HTC Sensation] ziopippo:
Hello guy, can i use the new tools? I haven't undestand if the wire is necessary.

Inviato dal mio HTC Sensation Z710e con Tapatalk 2
[HTC Sensation] emadresak:
stuck in juopunutbear

i ve tried this method and successfully rooted but when it came for s-off i put my device in juopunutbear but it gave me no success and i removed my sd car and found that it is of no use now. now it keeps showing me juopunutbear screen when i boot my device.

Please help
[HTC Sensation] Primajin:
Finally

Finally! After 1,5h and nearly 3 heartattacks i finally got his:

Thank you so much. Also very helpful was this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
[HTC Sensation] emadresak:
gained s-off

i gained s-off now when i boot it still shows me juopunutbear screen. i cant boot to my system or i have to install the rom again?
[HTC Sensation] Scramjet:
Cannot flash CWM Touch...

Hey guys, help please... After downloading the ClockworkMod Touch recovery.img that auggie2k linked to when starting this thread, I attempted to flash it. However, I'm unable to do so... Command Prompt says that it failed.

FAILED (remote: not allowed)
[HTC Sensation] trolly1:
Stuck after JuopunutBear S-off

I installed ICS update from TMO and unlocked bootloader and rooted successfully. Yesterday I had a very difficult time achieving S-off and during the process tried many times to abandon the process (probably doing things to make my situation worse) but found myself only able to boot to a Juopunut screen. I finally achieved S-Off but my phone now only boots to Juopunutbear screen or I can get to the HBOOT screen - when the HBOOT screen comes up it list a number of "no image" files for PG5ADIAG and PG5AIMG and then I see this:

****LOCKED****

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.27.0000

RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2

OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131

eMMC-boot

Jan 13 2012.17:33:34

HBOOT

<vol up>

<vol down>

<power>

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

IMAGE CRC

I've tried manually flashing boot and recovery image files and various other things but nothing is working. Can someone please offer help to get my phone back. I've read that since my phone is S-Off I can load any ROM and I'd love to have of the custom roms but I would settle for getting the stock ICS from TMobile back. Thanks in advance for any help.

John
[HTC Sensation] Fuses:
Get JuopunutBear hboot from http://unlimited.io/hboot-downloads/

JuopunutBear hboot allows flash commands, like:

fastboot flash boot <boot.img>

fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>
[HTC Sensation] axox93:
Thanks
[HTC Sensation] trolly1:
Thank you Fuses....I'm obviously not very experienced at all of this- Do I need to put a rom on my sd card or anything...I don't think I have anything on either the phone or the sd card...and do I need to do the 2 commands you listed and in the order you list them. Again, thanks!
[HTC Sensation] Rusty!:
Nothing is working because you're in HBOOT, not Fastboot.
[HTC Sensation] Fuses:
No you don't have to put anything on sdcard. Just run those commands after JuopunutBear-hboot install. Order does not matter.
[HTC Sensation] trolly1:
accidental post
[HTC Sensation] dave.caldera:
Flash Error

Disregard I failed to flash the JB Hboot

Back to normal
[HTC Sensation] trolly1:
Thanks Fuses....it's working!!! I appreciate everyone's help. I couldn't get to Hboot but found out it was because I had FastBoot checked.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
If I am not mistaken you should still have root, so download Quick Boot from the Play Store it will allow you to boot into recovery, bootloader, restart, or power of, I have it on all my devices. Also download the 4EXT Recovery Updater from the market, you can use it to flash 4EXT Recovery to your device. The updater is the free version, I use the paid version, but both will flash the recovery.
[HTC Sensation] trolly1:
Thanks T-Mac....my problem was because I had FastBoot ticked under settings/power.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Oh, damn HTC for having this checked by default. This to me really has no use and should not be ticked by default. And before anyone post fastboot does blah blah blah, I know what it does, I just think it is useless.
[HTC Sensation] andre_07:
PLEASE answer meee:):p

So, I've tmous Sensation 4g.. I'm htc dev unlock and rooted and I've super user..1.27 and ics ( the stock one)...

the only thing I don't get and i can't find it on the forum is:

What is "unsecured boot image"?! and how i can install it?!
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
The unsecured boot image is the boot image present in the custom rom's.. (open custom rom zip file-kernel folder)

Why do you want To have that.. In your case you are already stock... You are good to go with jb soff now

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] andre_07:
No idea! Its in the first post requirement
[HTC Sensation] dsymbol:
Please help!

I'm stuck at step 6.

I did download ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN & unzip on the computer.

Then I tried the wire trick, failed 3 4 times. & realized that the SD card failed too.

The 16 gb sdcard nows becomes a 128 kb sdcard. hehhee.

Could someone please clarify step 6.

Thanks for your time.

D
[HTC Sensation] auggie2k:
You need to have a clean FAT32 SD Card so I highly recommend formatting this within Android or mounted on a PC and running Bear again.
[HTC Sensation] dsymbol:
ohh, thank you! I will grab another sd card & try again.

Thanks again.
[HTC Sensation] jm.mondon:
SD Card blank... Stupid me

Hello,

Everything went fine after a few tries but 1 little detail:

I did not backup my card (I know!!! it is the 1st ever step of this procedure, but... I did not!) and I am now feeling miserable thinking of all the pictures, videos that I had on this card without any backup (of course, otherwise it would not make you smile at me now)...

Anyway guys to help me recovering it?

Can it be due to the initial backup made of the SDcard? is there any way to force the restore afterwards? (I know silly question but after this kind of disaster I am full of it)

Thanks in advance!
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
you got the initial backup of sd-card on pc then you can restore it...try "universal extractor" (google it ) and extract the contents and copy them to your blank sdcard after formatting it
[HTC Sensation] trkaaa:
unsecured boot image does two things:

enable usb debugging in ADB ( Correction ) by default , this will allow a kind of temp root for some fastboot commands , in case you couldn't boot your device to enable usb debugging from home screen

it grants root access ADB ( Correction ) by default , it installs SU on first boot by default , it will remain Rooted untill a reboot

your question is not clear , but if you mean to recover deleted item from

within

SD Card , check this APK in the market or other free APK to do the same , name Hexamob recovery Pro
[HTC Sensation] andre_07:
Thank you for the explanation! So i need that so i'm sure not brick my phone right?

Anyway... nobody explained me one thing... how can i Achieve that?!:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Simple go to the development forum and pick any of the custom kernels that are there and then flash it to your device. You will then have a unsecured boot.img.
[HTC Sensation] andre_07:
can i do it if i am s-on?! seriously?
[HTC Sensation] trkaaa:
i don't know what is original problem , so please Post it ?

as for unsecured boot , this is done during cocking the rom by developers

there are one thread for links to unsecured boot but it is very old version , also maybe Joupunutbear give a link

i don't think that you should mess with that , and even if you want to try " not recommended " then it should be for your same rom version and kernel

temp root like tacoroot could do the same , also don't mess with that , this is for developers and advanced users to try and prepare a Guide that we follow
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
The boot.img consist of a ramdisk and a zImage (kernel). If I am not mistaken the main changes that are made to make it a usecure boot.img are made in the defualt.prop of the ram disk. And to add fastboot functionality it must be added to the sbin folder of the ram disk. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
[HTC Sensation] Rusty!:
You are wrong. Fastboot is nothing to do with your boot image.
[HTC Sensation] shibm:
Hello,

I want to know how to get S-OFF on Hboot 1.29.0000
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Thank you sir for your reply,would you be kind enough to enlighten me more as to what part of the firmware is changed or added to to get the fastboot functionality to work? I have been doing some research into this as the concept of having to flash a custom firmware version to get fastboot working has intrigued me. To be honest I thought I might had found it last night but from your reply I must not have. Please PM me if you do not mind sir.

You need to use the guide in the OP of this thread. Or go to the other guide on how to use Juopunutbear without using HTC Dev first.
[HTC Sensation] Rusty!:
Nothing is changed to enable Fastboot, it's always there. BUT unless you're unlocked or S-OFF it will reject the majority of your attempts to use it.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
I do not want to hyjack this thread so I will contact you via PM later with more info. But I beg to differ, there is something changed or added to get fastboot commands to work as they are locked down when the device is completely stock. Hopefully I will find it soon.
[HTC Sensation] Rusty!:
Yes, the thing that's changed is unlocked or S-OFF.

Some fastboot commands work in a completely stock state (eg. fastboot getvar), ones that modify the phones software (eg. fastboot flash) require one of the above, depending.

It's all about levels of security (the S in S-OFF), some commands are more restricted than others.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Ok I see what you are saying now, and it does make sense. I gues to really find what I am looking for I need to open up the bootloader and have a look around. Sad thing is I don't really know where to start to do this. lol
[HTC Sensation] trkaaa:
unsecured boot image or Super boot , does it give any advantages in fastboot " not in ADB " for S-OFF devices or S-ON devices

i mean could it work like a temp root in bootloader screen ?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] Rusty!:
1. No advantage during fastboot, the boot.img isn't even loaded at that point.

2. Nope, see above.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
based on the discussions made between rusty,trkaaa,and T-macnolia

i want to explain couple of things ...which will help all of us in understanding and thus helping others when question regarding fastboot,unsecure_boot.img appears

SOFF:

basically means security-off

people who achieve SOFF have their protection on various partitions will be lifted ..thus acquiring read/write permissions on main partitions like boot,system,data,recovery,radio,hboot etc etc

now good we got SOFF...but how to read/write those partitions

to do that we have the traditional PG58IMG method where we keep the file on top of sdcard and then boot into bootloader ..which then recognizes that file and updates it

but there is also another method too to flash(write) those partitons ..i.e by fastboot

Fastboot:

this fastboot is an tool/command provided by bootloader (yes it is present in bootloader or the so called HBOOT)

we can flash the partitons...erase them...and do lot of stuff with fastboot commands.

couple of them are called extended fastboot commands (exclusive all the fastboot commands which does the write/flash functionality)

on the stock bootloader (*LOCKED*) these extended fastboot commands are not enabled thus fastboot flash commands wont work on Locked bootloader even though we got SOFF (only way to flash stuff in this combo is via PG58IMG file)

the extended fastboot commands are enabled in eng-HBOOTS (engineering HBOOTS) ..the juopunutbear and revolutionary HBOOTS fall under this category

thus on these HBOOTS the fastboot flash commands work

what does the *UNLOCKED* bootloader provided by HTCdev have then?

it is an intermediate bootloader which has protection lifted(or rather ignored) on recovery, data,boot and system partition...also fastboot flash commands for only these partitions are enabled.

unsecure_boot.img:

what is this image ?

as trkaaa said it a special boot image which has pre enabled usb debugging and root included too

how can this image be useful when on fastboot?

I'll try to explain this question based on an example..

say there is a guy who is bootlooping because he scewed up something and he needs adb and root access to fix the issue.(he has unlocked bootloader)

also he has no usb debugging enabled ..so now he cant use adb ...but can go into fastboot..how can he fix the issue?

this is where unsecure_boot.img in fastboot comes into rescue.

using fastboot there is an option to temporary boot

the command is fastboot boot <boot.img/recovery.img>

when boot.img is given the fastboot then tries to boot up the device using the image we provided ...so when this unsecured_boot.img is given, the guy can now access adb on shell (even if the device is bootlooping after giving the unsecured_boot.img) also he has temp root..so he can fix his damn issue

also using fastboot boot recovery.img we can boot into recovery present in the recovery.img

eg: suppose you are having cwm and now want to try 4EXT ..then you can just do fastboot boot recover_4ext.img and then boot into 4EXT recovery and then you can check it out.
[HTC Sensation] peteIRL:
Right. So I'm completely lost. I've tried multiple methods of doing things, and I've managed to disable my wifi permantently, and cannot get anything to flash to the phone, or get anything listed in this thread to work. I just don't know what I'm doing. I think I have the S-Off. The phone is HBoot 1.27.0000. I cant do anything when I hit recovery or fastboot. All that happens is the phone reboots and starts normally. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing and a lot of the stuff I'm trying here is confusing me as I don't know what any of the jargon means. Can anybody help?

---------- Post added at 09:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:48 PM ----------

Right. So I'm completely lost. I've tried multiple methods of doing things, and I've managed to disable my wifi permantently, and cannot get anything to flash to the phone, or get anything listed in this thread to work. I just don't know what I'm doing. I think I have the S-Off. The phone is HBoot 1.27.0000. I cant do anything when I hit recovery or fastboot. All that happens is the phone reboots and starts normally. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing and a lot of the stuff I'm trying here is confusing me as I don't know what any of the jargon means. Can anybody help?

At this stage, I'd just be happy getting my wifi back and calling this rooting thing quits. I'm just completely frustrated at my own inability to do it.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
could you be more specific about what is the problem?

when you are SOFF...then why follow this guide again

if you post the complete HBOOT details present on your bootloader..along with the problem you are actually facing ..it would be easy for us to help you :D