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[HTC Sensation] dodo2244:
Namaste! GaneshP, AssKicker - Just like to say thanx for such a great E Z 2 use guide! I just got my XE and I wanted some flashing freedom, coming from a Rhodium ;-). But the JB s-off method gave me the willies .... lol! Long story short, am now rocking the ultra smooth Elegancia Phoenix 3.9.5 ROM.

Shukuriya!

Can now proceed to the very friendly Sensation Elegancia ROM forum, and noobishly contribute to any fellow noobs, lol. I've been a lurker there for several weeks now, as I waited for my new fon.

Again - THANK YOU!
[HTC Sensation] onetonet:
Change kernel to faux123

Hello guys,

Currently I used sebastian kernel, then I would like to change kernel faux123. Please kindly guide me how I suppose to do.

Am I need to do wipe? Then do flash boot.img

Thanks :)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Check in sensation development section.. For faux kernel.. And download the flash able zip...

If you have soff.. Then simply flash the kernel zip you got via recover.. No need to wipe anything.

If you have son.. Then enable smartflash before flashing the kernel zip you got.. That's all

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] onetonet:
Yess, I haven't S-off in other word I just unlocked by HTC dev.

It's mean when I will change kernel to faux123 I need to wipe all first, then I flash with enable smartflash before flashing,

right?
[HTC Sensation] lborg:
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

Dude, you are amazing !!!!!!

for the past month i have been trying to figure out how to gain S-Off with H-Boot 127.0000 and have been repeatedly frustrated. You showed me that i can install custom roms with S-On. I am extremly thankful and greatly appreciate your hard work.... Thank You, Thank You, Thank You:D
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
No wipe again just enable smartflash before flashing the kernel.. Then flash the kernel.. That's all

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] -Asskicker-:
No problem, I'm glad I could help! I have to admit that I also S-OFF'd my phone now, but I see this as a great middle way! :)

I think you need to wipe cache and dalvik too, no?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
naah not required for kernel flashing :) (only roms and mods)

but wiping cache and dalvik is a good practice ..which will avoid problems with apps..when rom or any mods are flashed
[HTC Sensation] Hexgore:
Thank you very much for this! I have the 1.27.000 HBOOT and was looking everywhere for a way to flash CM9, this looks like it'll work!

Just one question.... I already have CWM on my phone, if I change to 4Ext will I be able to restore my Nandroid backup I did in CWM if I need to?

Thanks again, this has made my phone fun again :p
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

4EXT is a next generation CWM.

They are FULLY interchangeable.

:)
[HTC Sensation] Hexgore:
Thanks! Might as well try out CM9 with this method then :D

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Can confirm CM9 and its custom kernel flashed perfectly! Thank you OP for the guide and thank you to the devs of 4EXT! :D
[HTC Sensation] lborg:
I believe so. I was using cwm and i installed 4ext and all of my backups worked fine. I am pretty sure I read somewhere that 4ext sits on top of cwm. I hope this helps
[HTC Sensation] nikomo55:
Love this

Awesome stuff man, really useful.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
4 EXT Recovery was based off of CWM therefore it supports ext3 and ext4 that is why it can restore backups made with CWM. But CWM can not restore backups made with 4 EXT.
[HTC Sensation] dodo2244:
Wow! This thread has saved my a$$ again. I saw that a new Bricked kernel was available, and rushed over to download and flash (badass gives wonderful battery life ;-).

In my haste, I forgot to remove the old zip, and kaboom, my boot.img was corrupted. Phone was stuck on 1st HTC logo. Took me sometime to figure it out.

Your guide on flashing my ROM's boot.img saved the day.

THANX AK & GP !!
[HTC Sensation] nolland:
@dodo2242: Sorry, what I willl have to do before a flashing of the new kernel to prevent similar problems? Thank you for support :cool:
[HTC Sensation] dodo2244:
@Nolland - for bricked kernel, the name of the zip provides some parameters for the min & max freq, and also the screen off freq.

e.g Bricked-3.0-v0.61-ics-maxkhz=1566000-minkhz=192000-maxscroff=432000.zip

So make sure to either delete or rename the older kernel zip files (delete is safer -;) before flashing. Only ONE zip file with that special naming should be on the sd card.

Happy flashing!
[HTC Sensation] -Asskicker-:
And enable smart flash in 4EXT options :)
[HTC Sensation] Jokkah:
This is a great step by step guide! I'm now rocking Android Revolution HD on my Sensation :D

Thank You!:good:
[HTC Sensation] zhosi:
Million thanks

Just got my Sensation 4g yesterday and now i have the Android revolution on it.

Million thanks man great post.

Thank you very much.
[HTC Sensation] phylosoph:
I enable 4ext smartflash and then install zip from sd card and choose the kernel i want, on bricked kernel don't forget to stay in recovery, it asks you before flashing what to do and gives a warning, if you are HTCDev unlocked don't let it reboot after installation, stay in recovery then go back and reboot phone from recovery, it will say that boot.img changed and get a backup then restart, enjoy your new kernel ;)
[HTC Sensation] nolland:
OK, it is clear. Yes, I am HTC dev unlocked so it is really helpful.
[HTC Sensation] @dam:
Problem!! A little help please? Step on step 4A.

Hi All.

I've been trying to get Root access to my Sensation phone.

I have ran through the step by step and come to step 4a. Flashing Root

When I choose the "RECOVERY" option the white HTC screen come's up and that is it.

the phone will stay there until the battery is pulled out.

Any idea's would be great...

my HBoot version is 1.28.0006

Many Thanks in advanced.

Adam
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

1.28 hboot...not seen that before :eek:

Anyway,Ganesh has a one click root .

Look HERE

:)
[HTC Sensation] Baswazz:
Thank you for the great tutorial, it does work perfectly.

I used it to install Cyanogenmod 9 for my HTC Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] gaurav14:
Thanks a ton... :thumbup:
[HTC Sensation] @dam:
You are the man...

I have tried several different methords to get this working...

The one click program runs like a dream!!!!

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
malybru linked you to my thread ..and you used my one click root tool ..all good now :)

but we dont even deserve a little bit of appreciation heh ? (not even a simple thanks ?) :p :D

anyways thanks for using my tool :D
[HTC Sensation] chukis13:
Wish I could use this, but stupid HTC dev unlock no worky here and I can't get the damn wire trick to work... tried for 3 freaking hours!
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
I know you aid the wire trick will not work, so I take it that you have tried the S-off method in ganeshp's thread that does not require HTC Dev unlock first? There is also a .gif with a example of how long you need to touch the wire to the two connection points in the OP if this thread. Last what is the exact problem you are having with HTC Dev unlock?
[HTC Sensation] chukis13:
I've been trying ganeships method with no success. I'll try with a different wire tonight. As for htc dev unlock, I keep getting the error about token not checking out.
[HTC Sensation] iamaniff:
Any idea flashing ROM with hboot 1.53.0007 s-on?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
im sorry but this guide is for sensation

but afaik ..if you can unlock your your bootloader ..you can still flash the custom roms ..but it depends on what hboot you have ..which you need to confirm from EVO(or what ever phone you have) section
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

1.53 ???

Are you sure?

:)
[HTC Sensation] iamaniff:
Thanks dude :(
[HTC Sensation] -Asskicker-:
Yeah, HTC needs to update their HTC Dev Unlock method, anything higher than 1.27 (and 1.29?) seems to not work.
[HTC Sensation] Sp4rkS:
Wrong topic, sorry...
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
see the count there ? its 29/45 (it kinda says that the pause time is too high --ideal count is 14/45)

so what i suggest is reduce the pause time a bit around ~1.5 sec maybe

i.e

0.5 sec tap ---- ~1.5 sec pause ---- 0.5sec tap again
[HTC Sensation] Naker7:
Hi !, im unlocked bootloader, root and i have 4ext recovery. but im not s-off ( im in hboot 1.21.0001 ( argentinean devices) with 1.73.401 firmware ( european gingerbread .2.34)

ok. ive followed your guide and ive installed a custom rom ( ginger). how can i upgrade to ics when im in ginger firm? can i flash any ICS custom rom or it will dont boot ??

Thanks !!
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

You need to be s-off in order to flash firmware.

So, unless you s-off, you are stuck with GB.

:)
[HTC Sensation] xftox:
roms

how do i know which roms are for 3.32 531.14 firmware

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best ginger rom actually best sensation rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1302969

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[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Any rom which says for tmous fits your case.. (ARHD tmous, grogg beats etc etc)

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] xftox:
Damn that means no hypernonsense for me what's the best Rom you guys have tried
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

You might want to try ARHD with the non-Sense script...

:)
[HTC Sensation] xftox:
that with the leeroid tweaks makes this amazing
[HTC Sensation] sohail25feilder:
Problem with Super Wipe

Hi All! I followed all the procedure described till juopunutbear's S-Off. The problem I am facing is that I am not able to run Super Wipe either ARHD's or Aroma Full Wipe.

Any suggestion on the issue.

Thanks to all in advance.
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

What happens when you run it?

:)
[HTC Sensation] sohail25feilder:
It simply abort and go to the next step in aroma. And in cwm with super wipe.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
Install 4 EXT Recovery, it is a much better recovery for the Sensation and works better with the super wipe script. It also has a super wipe built into it.
[HTC Sensation] Rvl7:
i try to S-Off and allways fail. FW 3.32 Hboot 1.27.

is there any difference flash custom rom and kernel. with S-Off or S-On? is there any effect if we flash custom rom with S-On (the ROM not stable like S-Off maybe)

i do Unlocked bootloader. and root. (before root i backup my stock rom)?

if i want to flash custom rom, do i need restore my current stock rom (without root)? or i just flash Superwipe and flash custom rom.
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
First please go to the first post of this thread and read the whole post cause the answers to your questions can be found there. But no you do not have to restore your old ROM without root. Just use the Superwipe in recovery then if you are using 4 EXT Recovery make sure to go to tools and enable Smart Flash. Flash your ROM via recovery, if you are not using 4 EXT Recovery you will have to flash the boot.img via fastboot. You have to do this because you are still S-on. Also you only have write permissions on your system partition, boot partition, and recovery partitions so you can not flash Firmwares, radios,splash screens, or change your CID.
[HTC Sensation] youknow_88:
I have followed the instructions in the guide, but when i try to flash ARHD i fail. The super wipe works but after the phone reboots i can't flash the rom. It say: can't open Android_revolution_HD-Sensation_6.6.7_XE.xip. (I did enable smart flash again) any ideas?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Bad rom download

Download ARHD Rom again
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

It may be a bad download.

Download it again,and make sure you check the md5 checksum.

:)
[HTC Sensation] Rvl7:
my bad.. just make sure.

so when i want to flash new/update rom or kernel. i must enable smartflash right.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes..enable Smartflash before rom/kernel flash

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] lkucko:
Hi, sorry if this post is in wrong thread but I really don't have much time to read all off this And need really help. Will be thankfull for Any advice. Ale

The problem is:

I rooted And flashed my sensation with help od ardhd rom guide. My phone was randomly rebooted and I hoped this Will probably help. But it doesnt. There are days where The phone goes without Any problem. But Sometimes The phone is rebooted right after boot and unlocking simcard many many times. I noticed that The phone works if its pluged in to charger, or if I turn it off, put out The baterry for few minutes and start it again. But it drives mi crazy. I Will try to reflash The stock room, and put he phone to warranty repair. I have somewhere also my backup of stock rom, but dont know how to recover it. Or just which rom from The list of stock rooms can I use? Or even Better how to fix The rebooting problem.

Currently Im on cyanogenmod 9 rc1. I love my sensation so any help is appreciated. Thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
RUU is the answer

steps #2 for finding right RUU

step #3 to flash it and to stock

from the below guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1672425
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much for your great guide -Asskicker- and also the recommendation of 4ext recovery!

I wanted to add that you do not need to enable SmartFlash everytime you flash a new rom or kernel

It's not meant to be used like that..

Any settings you change while in recovery are only temporary.

There are even a whole lot of additional settings that cannot be configured while in recovery.

The "correct" way to do all this is to configure your recovery.

You can do this with the completely free 4ext app available on www.4ext.net Yes, the free version is enough to always access the recovery settings and to set the recovery up.

In the recovery settings menu you can enable and change different settings.

They will then survive reboots of recovery.

SmartFlash is one of them (BTW it gets enabled automatically when you flash a new recovery via 4ext app and you answer the question about whether you are s-on with "yes").

The temporary SmartFlash switch in the tools menu in recovery mode is more meant as a temporary opt-out which might be needed in very rare cases where there are unforseen problems.

Yes, but better enable it permanently. There's no drawback.

It will automatically detect any requested changes to your boot partition while in recovery and make sure your boot.img gets flashed whenever something you install tried to update your boot partition.

You don't even need to know beforehand if zip file xyz will do that or not.

If it's doing that, then fine, it will work similar to if you were s-off.

If the file you flash doesn't update your boot partition or tries to update it with the same kernel you already have, then simply nothing will happen.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
already tried a stock kernel?

Maybe the kernels you had were undervolting/overclocking slightly too much for your soc.
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
To anyone who needs to still flash boot.img manually, please don't manually (=temporarily) enable SmartFlash, but switch it on permanently via 4EXT Recovery Control or the free Updater app.

It's not meant to be used like that. The temporary setting depends on when you enable it et.c.

This should be configured correctly (via one of the apps)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
The OP of this guide has been suffering from

ORD after he did soff :p (he's been flashing ROMs since then :D)

I already told him long time back to update the guide with permanent enabling of smartflash.. But he hasn't done it yet @_@

I'll try to contact him again.. And hopefully all the points mentioned by madmaxx82 will be added :D

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] nolland:
OTA update

I have been notified by my Sensation today regarding an OTA update of system software. I have downloaded it but I am not able to install it currently. If I confirm an installation, the system always starts up to 4EXT recovery and I obtain only system information that the instalation was aborted. I have currently stock ROM but my phone is rooted by a procedure described on a page 1. Is there any way how to install the update or it is not possible to update rooted phone via OTA way? Thank you for a support...
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
You'd need HTC's stock recovery to be able to install official OTA updates.

But if you are rooted, there isn't a lot of sense in doing that anyway, since current custom roms usually already include this update before you get notified about it.

If you want to stay very close to stock I can recommend Android Revolution HD to you.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
as madmaxx82 said you require stock recovery

also non rooted rom is necessary too
[HTC Sensation] -Asskicker-:
Yeah, ganeshp told me to edit that some time ago, but I have been busy (and might have forgotten :angel:).

I updated the guide now, could you check it out and see if what I said is correct?

Thanks a lot for your support and amazing application!
[HTC Sensation] madmaxx82:
Thank you, sounds perfect ;)

You could skip the explanations about the potential app update.. since it's a fresh download/install the app will be up to date, but that's me nitpicking ;)

Thanks very much for this very complete and super userful guide!
[HTC Sensation] banasik72:
Hi I need your help please, again!

I rooted my wives TMOUS sensation with your guide. Could not get the wire trick to work so I unlocked the bootloader, flashed super wipe and then the 4xe - then flashed ARHD roms - and no matter which rom - the wifi showed error, tethering showed error - wifi would not connect! IN bootloader - Im S-on, unlocked but there is no radio listed?

Please help.

Thx:(
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Did you enabled smartflash? Before flashing the rom?

For safe keep do the step 5 from the guide now

Then... Forget about smart flash and flash the rom again... Without wiping a single thing

Then if wifi error still persists

Then do the extra 1 step in the guide

(remember the ARHD rom has three kernel choices.. So you need to find the boot.img of the same kernel which you have chosen during rom flashing)

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] bonestock:
Read EXTRA 1 in OP's post.

I got the wire trick after 1.5 hr. Takes a lot of patience and trial and error to get the timing right.
[HTC Sensation] ndmuni:
THANKS!!!!! @ AssKicker, I had a torrid time trying to s off yesterday. I got a Sensation yesterday and I HTCdev unlock and rooted it, I love the Beats on my XXL so I thought I install RevolutionHD for XE but failed miserably maybe cos I used CWM touch after reading yr guide I reinstall recovery EXT4 i.e. I bought myself a XE housing (cos old one had a slight dent on the corner) right now I am enjoying the rom with beats. Thanks again.:D:victory::good:
[HTC Sensation] binuraj82:
Thanx to every one i got my HTC back!! Thanx a ton to Lampshade for live help amd gks

Thanx a lot to every one!!
[HTC Sensation] dayumitzmark:
Hey guys, just trying to make sure. My phone has firmware 3.32.531.14. Could I flash Virtuous 3.32.401.5?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
yep you can...as long as its 3.32.xx.xx the xx's doesnt matter much :D
[HTC Sensation] dayumitzmark:
companions traphos

I just flashed virtuous and its been stuck on the logo for awhile. any suggestions?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
do the extra 1 step from the guide
[HTC Sensation] dayumitzmark:
considered onlysedu

Isnt the extra step only for wifi problems?

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I think it was just the rom i used. I flashed cm9 and everything is working. thanks :)
[HTC Sensation] Daveheelga:
Question about 4ext

My sensation is officially rooted, but I used CWM instead of 4EXT. Now that I'm rooted, can I simply get the 4EXT app from Google Play and use it to flash roms? Also, what ROMs do people recommend?

Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
yep you can just get the app and install it ...(aka step 5 in the guide)

and regarding ROMS ..the answer ..is try it yourself ..
[HTC Sensation] Daveheelga:
Thanks!

Thanks! I will try some different ones. Do you know if there is a list of ROMs that are specifically for S-On?

Thanks again!
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

If your firmware is 3.32,then you should choose those.

Look HERE

:)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Any ics based rom.. Except one miui rom I guess..

Anyways there is a thanks button to say thanks :p:D

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] Daveheelga:
for ugnisma

That links simply leads me back to the forum list.

I looked here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1613295

but that doesn't specifically cater to S-On. I was wondering if there was a list of strictly S-On roms.

Thanks again.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Nope all ics roms will work as I said.. Except recently modified miui rom which strictly requires 3.33 firmware

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

Sorry,there is nothing like that to cater for s-on only.

You have to pick your way through them,and choose one with a similar firmware to yours.

As ganesh says,any ICS...

All the ROMS should have what they are listed in the title.

:)
[HTC Sensation] Daveheelga:
Thanks again!

Perfect. Thanks again to everyone. I clicked Thanks for everyone who responded. I appreciate it.
[HTC Sensation] dayumitzmark:
Could I use sense 4.0 roms?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
yes no problem there
[HTC Sensation] dayumitzmark:
I have firmware 3.32...Could I use a Rom that is firmware 3.33....?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
If you read the just last 10 posts.. You would have already got the answer

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[HTC Sensation] -Asskicker-:
No, no you can't.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
why?? he can ..mostly
[HTC Sensation] -Asskicker-:
Oh sorry, he can use most but not all. Should say it in the topic of the Rom.
[HTC Sensation] TFDRA:
Helped me alot, thanks! :D
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
Thanks for making this guide. I unlocked my phones bootloader using HTC Dev. And then followed this guide step-by-step. Now my phone is running ARHD!
[HTC Sensation] ldefeo1:
hi this thread has helped me in the past so here goes.

i need some smart flash advice.

basically im on viper s which uses the bricked kernel, however many users are reporting that sebastians newer kernel is much better. I need to flash the kernel then this little script afterwoods which changes a few things.

how do i go about flashing a kernel with smartflash.

1) erase boot?

2)flash kernal

3) flash script

4) reboot/smart flash

or

1) erase boot

2) flash kernel

3) reboot/smartflash

4) flash script

5)reboot/smart flash

thanks guys

btw i high recommend viper s its a good rom
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
both ways are redundant

just flash it this way

1.enable smartflash

2.flash the kernel immediately

also do the step #5 so next time you can forget about smartflash ..and just flash everything normally
[HTC Sensation] dealkk:
i am confuse. i am from tmobile usa with 3.32. the instruction on this thread say i can install "Android Revolution HD ", but when i go to the rom thread. it said "3.33.401.x firmware is required"
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

It will still work with 3.32

:)
[HTC Sensation] dealkk:
after flash, i can not connect to wifi. Any fixed?

another question about Enabling permanent smartflash. i am doing 5A and it ask "HTC Sensation /XE" . i am on tmobile us, i think i should answer no. when i answer no, there are no HTC Senstion 4g for me to choose. any advice? also, i use the tmobile rom, can i use the one with beat audio
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
When you do 5A you would say yes.. Irrespective of the device (htc sensation covers sensation 4g too)

For wifi fix.. Do the rom flash again..without any wipe.. Make sure you first do 5A properly then do the rom flash

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] dealkk:
thank, that work.