yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
click on fastboot then reboot

if its still not there then battery pull and reboot manually
[HTC Sensation] Finish:
I love you.

-From your friendly neighborhood noob.
[HTC Sensation] CecilX:
Is this valid for a 3.33 firmware?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes
[HTC Sensation] thinhletien:
i have all requirements but still can not downgrade. Error 155. Any help please?
[HTC Sensation] anasmunir:
Thanks.

Thanks alot for this brilliant guide..

Successfully S-OFF and Rooted my HTC Sensation..:good:
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Are you running ruu?

Then the error means

1.you should run the ruu with phone connected from bootloader

2. If you have unlocked the bootloader then you should relock it

But ruu is not necessary for this process

You can just flash a pure stock rom from recovery.. Mike has a thread for pure stock roms.. You can use them
[HTC Sensation] thinhletien:
Thank you for your help.

Another thing is: stock rom file is .exe, but when you said flash using recovery, we need file .zip??? So where can i find the .zip file?

I want to downgrade my fone to android 2.3
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes ruu by default is .exe but we can extract rom.zip file from it.. Anyways I thought you are flashing 3.33 ruu.. And for that only recovery flashable zip is available

Right now what are you trying to do?

1.soff?

Or are you already soff and trying to go back to gingerbread?
[HTC Sensation] thinhletien:
I am already soff, rightnow just trying to go back to gingerbread. My phone is from Korea, when i updated it to 4.0, the wifi error and cant connect. That is the reason why i want to downgrade to 2.3 to fix it
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Then this is not the correct guide for you.... You need to search for kgs1992 guide on "ruu info" its in sensation general section.. And using that you need to find correct ruu and flash it
[HTC Sensation] Ninja42:
OMG! I decided to take the plunge and try for S-off.... Success on the second attempt :)

That tip in the thread that tells you to - touch, release - say football, touch really did help with the timing.

I installed the recommended rom in the OP to do it. What I need to know now is, can I just restore my nandroid of Viper1.3.5 or do I have to reinstall the rom from scratch.

Thanks for the great guide, it really did make the whole process very easy and pain free :)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You can restore nand... No problem there
[HTC Sensation] Ninja42:
Cheers mate.
[HTC Sensation] vickfred:
Is it a good advice to unlock at hTCdev.com and afterwards - to install 3.32 RUU before someone does the Wire-Trick S-OFF?!

Several friends of mine succeeded even on a 3.33 base. However, all of them have complained that things looked quite accidental, and strange, though, in the end they got a nice end with S-OFF. So my question is - is it recommended to use RUU 3.32 before doing the Wire-Trick S-OFF?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Why ruu way yo return to stock?

You can just flash stock rom Which is recovery flashable zip.. Mike has a thread on that.. Just use them

Even in OP one stock flashable zip was linked.. Use that if you want

Going ruu way is unnecessary
[HTC Sensation] mr3blacas:
need just s off for now

after all the reading ive done today my head is spinning lol i finally was able to unlock my bootloader lol now im trying to get S OFF.. if possible i need help cause im confused in 1 thread its telling me that i need tmep root which is in dropbox correct? lol anyways i try to zip it and i get is an error message.. i really want to take it a step at a time cause as you can tell im a noob.. so please if someone can explain to me how to gain S OFF from the begining i would appreciate that so much.. i just want to enjoy my sensation you know

thanks from jason aka the NOOB
[HTC Sensation] Ninja42:
There is a very good guide that covers everything here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
[HTC Sensation] myhaitza15:
I can't do the wire trick for an Htc Sensation XE with 1.29 H

i got the message in controlbeer:

Old beer detected...... Please wait..

Rebooting from bootloader

Waiting...

...Waiting

Detecting...Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Searching device.....

Found device.....

Found backups!

Cannot read file /dev/block/mmcblk1

Making room for beer......

Loading sixpacks on sdcard......

Loaded......

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Check the instructions at http://unlimited.io

Please help me...Thank you !
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
That's your SD Card. Apparently JuopunutBear can't access it.

Try a different SD Card
[HTC Sensation] hedgehog45ve:
Juopunutbear's cryptic messages -- Cannot find a seat might refer to card space
[HTC Sensation] Mrzoops:
smooth post dude
[HTC Sensation] daedra1k:
Did the trick for nearly an hour continuously, then I think I did the second tap to late and Juopunutbear kept failing to detect my phone. So I got mad and yanked the battery out. After stick it back up Juopunutbear sprung to life and success.

I do wish it would of worked a bit sooner. Now enjoying Bruce's JB.
[HTC Sensation] undercover:
Lucky you.... Thank god process didn't start when you pulled the battery out.

Browsing from the app
[HTC Sensation] old-death:
it worked but if i go into my bootloader it cant load pg58img.zip any more...(root of the sd-card)

and if i went in hboot, it search very slowly to any pg58img.zip
[HTC Sensation] auggie2k:
It's a new program and it just doesn't work well with EXT4 as the Recovery, would love to know why but in the interim, please try with CWM and once you get S-OFF, switch back.
[HTC Sensation] auggie2k:
A common issue, you need to flash the boot.img from the same ROM in Fastboot. Extract it from the ZIP and connect your phone in USB Debugging mode. Then do the following:

There's a whole thread on it here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1469428
[HTC Sensation] Scramjet:
Thanks for the prompt reply. What do you mean by "flash the boot.img from the same ROM in Fastboot"? I am quite noob in android stuff. And the link you gave tells me how to prevent such a Wifi error, or at least, that's what I can understand. (I'm a noob, remember?) So please help! I'd really appreciate some detail and explanation in layman terms. everyone starts somewhere, I'll start here.
[HTC Sensation] auggie2k:
The ROM I have in my guide to flash in Recover is a stock version of HTC ICS, 3.32.

http://files.virtuousrom.com/pyramid/misc/rmk-pyramid-stock_ics_3.32.401.3-v1.zip

Download that file and in the root, there is a boot.img - this needs to be flashed in Fastboot mode (the screen where you view your S-OFF status, also known as the Bootlaoder).

To get there, connect your phone to your computer and using ADB, type the commands:

After this, your Wi-Fi issues will be resolved.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
It will be easier if you take and copy and paste the boot.img in the same folder that fastboot in in. Less typing.

fastboot flash boot boot.img. (if I remember correctly, I have not flashed via fastboot in a while)
[HTC Sensation] auggie2k:
Yes it is of course but usually newbies to this kind of thing are unsure of even using Fastboot so I thought giving the direction to the path itself would be easier. My OP has the original method of fastboot flash boot boot.img listed
[HTC Sensation] undercover:
Newebies that are unsure of using a fastboot shouldn't even try to run Bear. Users at that level don't need s-off, official unlock is good enough to flash custom rom.
[HTC Sensation] CRXed:
Sorry to be a noob here, but I am new to the Sensation. I have stock ICS, I think hboot 1.27 and everything is standard.

I just want to use Titanium Backup and maybe flash a stock rom from scratch.

Can you point me in the right direction? How do I get rooted?

I need root, but do I also need s-off?
[HTC Sensation] sab3r:
Read here :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21922317&postcount=2
[HTC Sensation] auggie2k:
Very true sir but this user had already got through the whole procedure themselves and was looking for help with the common Wi-Fi error, another command wouldn't hurt :)

- XDA Sensationalism!
[HTC Sensation] quickmix:
problem with drivers ?

Hi!

Using the rooted stock rom from this thread, htcdev unlocked. superuser installed. Also have adb/fastboot working ( can see the device from adb devices / fastboot devices ). Installed drivers and uninstalled htcsync but I get this error

======== ControlBear version 0.2.2 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Found backups!

Using eMMC dev /dev/block/mmcblk0

Using MMC dev /dev/block/mmcblk1

Boot partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p20

Recovery partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p21

Is information correct? You have 5 seconds time to press CTRL+C

Finding some beer.....

Found first....

Found second....

Found third....

Hmmmm... where is that last one....... Wait a sec....

Found fourth....

Rebooting.......

=== Waiting device....

(45/45)

Hmmm, still no device

Open device manager and check adb and/or fastboot drivers!!

Resetting connection....1........2....

Can't figure out where the problem might be. HTC Sensation restarts and juopunutbear logo stays on. Can use the backups to restore the previous state but it wont s-off.

Tried 2 different computers as well with same sensation and the same error occured.
[HTC Sensation] saadarzoo:
Awesome Guide !

Finally did s-off on my friends xe . Took some time but it was totally worth it .. Awesome guide ... :)
[HTC Sensation] Scramjet:
Thanks. I did try that... but it didn't work. A friend of mine recommended I clear the cache, backup APPS ONLY and then factory reset, then flash this ROM. Would this help? I don't really want to bring it to the HTC Service Centre. They may end up asking awkward questions (my phone's still under warranty).

Secondly, I re-read the link you provided... and, correct me if I'm wrong, whatever I did, I replaced the stock kernel modules in the /system/lib/modules, and now there's a WiFi error because I couldn't change the stock HTC kernel as well, so the stcok kernel is mismatched with the kernel modules that got installed in the folder. So how?

And, if there's a way to undo this JuopunutBear Hboot mod, I'm welcome to hear it. As this user rightly said,

So if I can restore my phone to the HTC Unlock-only, S-ON state, with little evidence that I actually tried this, then, I'd really appreciate it. I actually only attempted this because I wanted to UNDERclock my processor and allow playing of old-style Java mobile phone games

I have a Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e, pyramid htc_asia_wwe.
[HTC Sensation] auggie2k:
That's the stock boot.img you should flash in order to fix the Wi-Fi error. If for instance you flash a different ROM (such as LeeDroid or ADHD), you should flash the boot.img from that ROM in Fastboot.

If you follow the guide and start fresh (which I recommend going to any new ROM) by using SuperWipe, then flashing the new ROM followed by flashing the boot.img in Fastboot, all should be well.

Alternatively, take the boot.img from the zip of the ROM you are using and flash it in Fastboot. All the information on it is in the link I posted.

I also recommend flashing the unlocked firmware for your version, please see this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459767 - Version 3.32 should be your Firmware so you just need to associate your download to your CID (or any will do if you changed your CID to 11111111). :)
[HTC Sensation] undercover:
Pop in to IRC (click link in my signature) and we'll try to help you.
[HTC Sensation] FnH84:
Gave it one more shot today and it worked :) S-off! :D
[HTC Sensation] d_matt20:
hey where can i get superuser and/or an unsecured boot image from thanks
[HTC Sensation] joaquinf:
Great guide, well done. I'll link it in my guide [GUIDE][APR.16.12] How to flash ICS 3.32 firmware | flash/update ARHD 6.6.x ICS ROM.

Keep up the good work
[HTC Sensation] jacko_oafc:
Thanks!!! Just done this took me about 30min in total to get it, i think a key thing is, is to have sound on when you are doing it so you can heard the windows sounds when you connect something then you know you have to time it with that.

Thanks!!! S=OFF :D
[HTC Sensation] purebeatz:
This was trash... sorry ;-)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You can flash it via fastboot if you want

Ohh right use kgs super utility tool to flash PG58IMG.zip... He has that alternate method I think
[HTC Sensation] bored_stupid:
Well pleased now:) was on 1.27.000 with replaced motherboard

Successfully S-OFF, bootloader unlocked & rooted my HTC Sensation..:

from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[HTC Sensation] rstonex:
I thought I'd throw in a few notes on my experience with this.

It took me FOREVER to get this working, primarily due to poor timing, and also because I had HTC Sync installed (uninstall it). Also, while trying to get this working, I didn't realize that I'd screwed up a couple of my SD cards - you'll be able to tell because you won't get the proper SD card, backing up, etc messages. After trying to read them using a card reader, windows would prompt me to re-format them, but the only size option was something like 128kb (32GB and 16GB microSD cards). Anyway, if you get card read errors, try a new card.

In the event that you do ruin a SD card, don't panic - fixing them is easy.

With the SD card in a reader, run DISKPART from the command prompt. From there, you can list the disks on your PC - make note of the disk that corresponds to your ruined SD, and enter "Select disk #" where # is the SD card. From there, run "CLEAR". That will clear the partition tables on your SD card.

Now that your partition tables are cleared, go into disk management, find the SD card, and you should be able to create a new, full-size volume. I repaired 3 ruined SD cards this way, one of which I've been using for several weeks on my CM10 sensation.

Happy rooting.
[HTC Sensation] lelouch68:
im having a problem with getting my phone to power on/charge. nothing is working its as if its completely dead and ive googled everything.. does anyone know how to fix this?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
It went to sleep if death state... Happens rarely.. To Come out of it

You need to remove battery, sim and sdcard and charge the phone overnight for 6-7 hrs.. Then pop in the battery and power it on.. Voila it works :)
[HTC Sensation] :
S-OFF

When trying to S-OFF get the following message:

======== ControlBear 0.8 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up ......

Connecting to device ...

Searching device .....

Found device .....

Backing up ......

Transferring backups ....

Backup ok!!

Cowardly refusing to S-OFF this phone

Error code is: 95 53 E9 1B

Quit ....

Press ENTER to exit .....

HBOOT 1.27

firmware 3.33.401.6

What am I doing wrong?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
can you join the #juopunutbear channel in irc and explain your problem there

apparently its a harder fix ..but can be fixed iirc

click here and join it

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=juopunutbear&uio=d4
[HTC Sensation] Nekromantik:
Im trying to do this for my Senny XE that I got as a replacement but once I have temp root and I run CB I go back to Sense and it says do wire trick but does not show the JB bootloader screen.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Temproot method won't show juopunutbear screen just continue with the process
[HTC Sensation] Nekromantik:
thanks :)
[HTC Sensation] ShifterX2:
Guess I did the same thing

After seemingly doing the wire trick perfectly, it says it can't find my device, and so I'm downloading the SDK updates and things. I hope it goes well, as I'm sitting at a laundromat trying to buy time before I go into work, and I've been working on this project for about 2 days now, and it has already taken me off of my Carrier (Cricket) so I have to go get it flashed again....

And it says that Platform 9 wasn't installed, so I got none of the update.... I'm kind of in a bind, cause I have to go to work, and it's all screwy still, telling me that it cannot find my device after the wire trick...Help Please?

Finally got the drivers to install, now ControlBear seems to be frozen on "resetting connection.....1.......2...... (35/45)"
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
uninstall HTC sync and try again
[HTC Sensation] Nekromantik:
is it normal for phone to switch off but not go back on after wire trick?

I have to manually switch phone back on.

still having hard time getting timing right. dont help my paperclip is a bit too big for the job ha ha
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes if the wire trick pause time me is too long.. Then this might happen

Reduce the pause time I mean follow this

0.5 sec tap - - 1.5 sec pause time - - 0.5 sec tap
[HTC Sensation] Nekromantik:
Ok thanks. Will try to find a copper wire instead of paperclip then.
[HTC Sensation] siggicivic:
im trying to s-off but every time i run ControlBear i get this message:

Rebooting from bootloader

Waiting...

...Waiting

Detecting...Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Testing ADB connection

Test 1: Rebooting into bootloader

Waiting fastboot (60/60)

Test 1: Rebooting into bootloader FAILED

Press ENTER to exit.....

I HTC dev unlock, root, clockwork recovery and superuser.

could it be becouse i have windows 7 64bit?
[HTC Sensation] pauliusval99:
64-bit windows?

Will this work with 64-bit windows? In Unlimited.IO, they say that this only works with windows 7 32-bit and ubuntu 12 32-bit... But you didn't say anything about that here... I'm a bit comfused... 64-bit win7 isable to run 32-bit software, so what's the problem???
[HTC Sensation] Rusty!:
Yes it works with Win7 x64
[HTC Sensation] sathya_arun:
HTC sensation S-OFF

im trying to s-off but every time i run ControlBear i get this message:

Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Testing ADB connection

Test 1: Rebooting into bootloader

Waiting fastboot (60/60)

Test 1: Rebooting into bootloader FAILED

Press ENTER to exit.....

my device is HTC dev unlocked, rooted, and superuser

Please help someone!!!
[HTC Sensation] ephumuris:
Should I be following this guide for a Sensation XE on ICE with 1.29 hboot?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
yes it will work fine
[HTC Sensation] CrazyTurk42:
Well it worked on the second time. Great guide. Also strangest thing i have ever done to a phone lol
[HTC Sensation] manueell:
wierd??

Now i have s-off and new cid!!! A lot of thanks for this guide!!! But i have still one thing in my mind... when i was doing the s-off with control bear i had to did the wire trick only twice. I know that is totally normal :) but when i was doing the second try (wire trick) i didnt actually do the wire trick. I just had to put the wire to the hole and thats it (the wire didnt touch the sd card case). <<<< So is that totally normal??:confused:

Sorry for my bad enghlish and thanks for helping me :)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
you got SOFF right ?? well that's normal :)

Rest..Only GOD knows :D
[HTC Sensation] K3nshiro:
Hi Auggie2k,

First of all thank you for the guide.

I'm having my little thoughts on your last part of the guide, the Super CID (although it's not 100% related to this thread...) hope I'm not mucking up things right now. You write:

"And for the CID (so you can flash any ROM or RUU for latest radios and debranding)?

fastboot oem writecid 11111111 (to change CID)

fastboot reboot-bootloader (bootloader will reboot)

fastboot getvar cid (it will confirm your CID as 11111111

fastboot reboot (to reboot back in your current ROM) "

If I understand correctly, this command "debrands" the Sensation and I can start playing around with ROMS.

If I would install a RUU right after I achieved S-off and debrand...that would automatically unroot my phone and set me back to S-ON right ?

All I want is to De-Vodafone my Sensation, the only option then (in order to not lose root and debrand) would be either install an official HTC Stock Rom and or a custom Rom...have I understood this well ?

Sorry for being such a pain....

Cheers,

Ken
[HTC Sensation] katmad:
RUU won't back S-on, but it'll unroot your phone and install stock recovery.
[HTC Sensation] donalmc:
Hi,

My phone is Sensation XE is Relocked and S Off with HBoot 1.29.

I was trying to bring it back to stock for warranty reasons but gave up. Now that window has passed and I want to root again.

Can I install the Clockwork recovery?

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
yes ..but first use the juopunutbear tool ..and flash juopunutbear hboot .. my soff guide ..troubleshoot point #3...the method is mentioned (link in my signature)

then once you got that hboot installed ..you can use fastboot commands

and using fastboot commands you can install CWM recovery

or if you dont want to install other hboot

you can only install CWM recovery using PG58IMG.zip way
[HTC Sensation] donalmc:
ganeshp - thanks for the quick reply.

I think I will just go the old PG58IMG.zip way.
[HTC Sensation] Chucktr:
A question about the Win7 x64

Like the previous individual(s), we read on UnlimitedIO, whom we believe is the original creator of JuopunutBear, that it will NOT work on a 64-bit Windows system. Again like the previous person, we thought, and know that "some" 32-bit programs work fine on 64-bits -but- this one is apparently intricately involved with the bits and bytes of a complex device. The 'wire' part bothered us at first but now it is the discrepancy over the OS bit size.

Has anyone "successfully" performed the JuopunutBear operation with a 64-bit Windows 7 system. Anyone can say it will work but the proof is in the pudding... or so they say. Yes we know that we are being overly cautious, but after all, it is, or was, a $600 toy. Would like to keep it operational for a while longer -but- also want to play. Want our cake and eat it too??

Thanks in advance for the answers and thanks for putting up with our ramblings,

Chuck
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
If hyuh or Fuses from #juopunutbear in irc channel says that it won't work on 64 bit OS then it won't work PERIOD

If they haven't confirmed it.. Then get bit confirmed and iirc indeed it won't work on 64 bit OS (Idk how I missed your earlier query)
[HTC Sensation] Chucktr:
ok

Ok. Was hoping that their, UnlimitedIO, statement was just cause they hadn't tested it -and- that some adventuresome sole had. There are implications in a couple of places that someone has -but- as stated before... we are overly cautious and would like to hear from someone that possibly had accomplished the task in a 64-bit system. Guess we'll have to get in touch with the authors themselves. Didn't see any obvious contact places -but- then we could have missed them. Will reply IF we finally do it... -or- not.

Thanks for you reply,

Chuck
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
you want contact places ?

join this irc channel and shoot your question :)
[HTC Sensation] randras83:
In my experiences it works on win7 64bit, i do it twice on my sensation xe and my friend sensation with no problems. I've got win7 64 bit :good:
[HTC Sensation] Chucktr:
Thank you. I will give it a try this weekend.

Thanks,

Chuck
[HTC Sensation] philje123:
Ah... that could explain the dificulties I was having then.

I tried following your guide on my PC first (Win7 64) but it wouldn't work (kept freezing at rebooting into juopunutbear). I also tried using the KGS utility but that also didn't work.

I then last night thought I'd be better trying again on my laptop in case there was a power cut right in the middle. This is a 12" Netbook with Win7 32 bit.

The laptop worked straight away but I didn't use your guide but used the KGS utility.

Phil
[HTC Sensation] nelsonator1982:
im stuck on that logo too even after i got the s-off........

tried everything in the help section cant get android to boot back up.....

the fastboot fails after i already fixed my sd card and reformated

and the other says it works but boots me back to the black download screen

any help
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
just flash another rom that will solve the issue

also if you have juopuntbear hboot installed you can try this

copy the boot_backup.img and recovery_backup.img to your adb/fastboot folder

then connect the phone from bootloader to PC

open command prompt in your adb folder

and type these commands one by one

fastboot flash boot boot_backup.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery_backup.img