[HTC Sensation] radhx:
Hi,

I am planning to root my one+ year old Sensation XE (with expired warranty), details of which are as follows:

Bootloader Screen:

*** LOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.29.0000

eMMC-boot

Mar 2 2012, 18:14:34

HBOOT

<VOL UP> to previous item

<VOL DOWN> to next item

<POWER> to select item

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

IMAGE CRC

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Software Info:

Android version

4.0.3

HTC Sense version

3.6

Kernel version

3.0.16-g31a4fc7

htc-kernel@u18000-build-144#1

SMP PREEMPT

Baseband version

11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M

Build number

3.33.720.106 CL391535 release-keys

Browser version

WebKit/534.30

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I want to unlock the bootloader, flash recovery and root my phone first, try out my rooted phone, and only then go for flashing ARHD ROM as described in the post.

I have -

1] read through the steps for unlocking, rooting, flashing ROM, S-OFF

[GUIDE] Flashing roms with S-ON and 1.27+ HBOOT - xda-developers.htm

[GUIDE] Juopunutbear S-OFF (HBOOT 1.27.0000 with 3.32 ICS Firmware) - xda-developers.htm

[GUIDE] RUU related info (Extracting rom.zip, Restoring stock, going back S-ON, etc.) - xda-developers.htm

kgs1992 - HTC Sensation_XE_4G Super Utility.htm

2] downloaded and watched concerned videos

3] downloaded/installed Android SDK/HTC Drivers

C:\Android\adb.exe

C:\Android\AdbWinApi.dll

C:\Android\fastboot.exe

4] downloaded the required files for rooting/flashing ROM.

4EXT recovery 1.0.0.5.zip

4EXTRecoveryUpdater.apk

su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip

Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip

Android_Revolution_HD_Root_and_BusyBox.zip

Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wipe_Sensation.zip

Android_Revolution_HD-Sensation_7.3.zip

ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN-0.5.zip

KGS Utility v8.0.exe

(Please let me know if anything is missing or more is required.)

But I require just that extra bit of push from you guys to start the actual process, as I have following queries:

1] As I intend to go ahead without doing S-OFF on my phone, can I S-OFF safely after I unlock+root+flash-ROM on my phone using JuopunutBear S-OFF technique?

2] After rooting and before flashing ROM, how to take a full backup of my phone and restore it, just in case I have to go back to the stock rooted system because of any error?

3] I tried to find the original RUU for my phone with baseband 11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M and country code 720.106 (Asia_India), but without any success.

The nearest match with exact same baseband but for WWE Europe Unbranded is:

RUU_PYRAMID_LE_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.153_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_281004_signed.exe

Can I use this RUU? Or can I backup my existing RUU in some way?

4] As I have both, which superuser should I use - su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip or Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip?

5] My Build No. is 3.33.720.106. Do I have to flash the firmware too before flashing the ARHD ROM? (I haven't downloaded it yet.)

6] What about the Regional (Indic) Fonts on the original ROM? How can I restore them after flashing a new ROM? Further, there are some bugs in current Indic Fonts. Is there a way to replace these fonts with a different TTF file which handles fonts in a better way? Seems like the Indic Fonts on my friend's HTC Desire VC don't have these bugs. Can I copy specific TTF files from Desire VC to Sensation XE?

Thanks & Regards.