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[HTC Sensation] killkiller9:
my HTC Sensation got bricked, so I had the it sent to HTC, now they sent it back with a replaced motherboard. I cant unlock bootloader via HTCdev, ControlBear gave me error: "unknown motherboard". I'm at m wit's end, can anyone help me, please!
[HTC Sensation] biomech91:
I've tried this about 40 times with no success, no matter what I do I get the "still sober" message. My phone has a new motherboard, I've tried a new sd card and a different port and everything. (see here for more info)

Any tips?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Go to #unlimited

irc channel and ask them.. As the problem is with the controlbear tool.. You gotta ask them.. Its first time I'm seeing this too :(

Did you checked Troubleshoot point #3?

Reduce the pause time a bit..

The wire trick timing is a variable factor... It varies slightly wrt devices.. Best generic time is

0.5 sec tap - - - 1.5 sec pause - - 0.5 sec tap
[HTC Sensation] killkiller9:
Im sorry man, it worked. It was really embarassing, but I forgot to uninstalled HTC sync, maybe that's what messed it up.

But the temp root rmv bat doesnt work for me, it keep booting into the screen with only the status bar, so i kinda manually restarted it a few times then it gone back to normal. Now im soff, rooted and using custom roms all thanks to you. You are da man :D
[HTC Sensation] biomech91:
Yes, I tried different pauses and still nothing. I'll keep going at it, thanks.
[HTC Sensation] martincj:
Try a metronome

I was having a terrible time getting the timing as well. I ended up finding an online metronome on Google and then used it to help me be consistent with my taps. I started at 40 and ended up having success at 46. It might be helpful for those with bad coordination like me. :)
[HTC Sensation] Alltaire:
Thanks
[HTC Sensation] Uchiha_GT:
Do I need to run the temp root.bat if i have an unlocked bootloader and full root with super user and 4 EXT recovery???
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
dont even bother trying this .as you are HTCDEV unlocked ..also the wire trick is HARDER than the HTCDEV unlock one
[HTC Sensation] Uchiha_GT:
But S-OFF is much better than having your bootloader unlocked isn't it?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes it is better... But I'm saying is.. In your case it's better to use the other juopunutbear tool which works with htcdev unlock.. As wire trick is easier that way
[HTC Sensation] Uchiha_GT:
Is the "other S-OFF", method you are referring to, the one that you helped me on??
[HTC Sensation] Sleepy!:
Hi guys...

Sorry for being a total noob here, but I'm confused.

I'm coming from a Motorola setup, so HTC is new for me, so please bear with me. :)

I understand S-OFF is unlocking your bootloader...

Now I have a Sensation 4G (T-Mo)... in India... so no warranty anyway...

So what is preferable?

My phone is on HBOOT 1.27 (running ICS)

This seems to be the most noob friendly easy to understand guide I found... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1864053 should I follow his (and most other threads) advice and do an HTC Dev unlock, or is this one preferable?

I know OP recommends HTC Dev for noobs, but is this S-OFF method one more stable?

Also, this AIO seems to do it all... should I just use it?

Sorry for the noobishness...

Also, I wanted to know if HTC Dev unlock requires you to flash boot.img each time you flash a new rom?

Or does that get solved when you use the toolkits and flash their contents?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
with this guide you will be fine:good:
[HTC Sensation] Sleepy!:
This thread, right? Not the guide I mention in my post?

So... S-Off from here, and then continue with this tool... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668276
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
yes this thread but after S-OFF it has tool for root

the one click root tool:)
[HTC Sensation] disaster999:
i have an Sensation xe with a replaced motherboard hence using this method for rooting. i followed this guild step by step and have S-Off and rooted my phone as per the command prompt.

i then tried to flash an jelly bean rom to my phone...this one...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2047064

i did the volume down+power. choose recovery and waited. the phone first seemed like it was going to reboot with the "HTC" logo. then black screen with a phone and green arrows, then the green arrow turns into this red triangle. did i do something wrong? i tried a few times and still get the same thing
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
That's stock recovery.... You need to flash custom recovery first.. Go to 4EXT thread... Install the free version of apk or paid version one... Open it.. Install the recovery from the app.. Then go back to recovery (this time you will have custom recovery) and do the rest for the jb rom :D
[HTC Sensation] altroy2:
Sorry to bother anyone, been a while since I was active. I was wondering if there is a way to flash a rom w/o S-off, if so, is there one that will work easier than another? I do have root, cwm. Stupid ics upgrade did it to me on the replacement. Thank you fellas in advance. I'll hit the thx accordingly. Remember that much :)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
If you are on ics already then you can use... Flashing roms with Son.. Guide By asskickar in sensation general section
[HTC Sensation] altroy2:
I'll try it out. Thanks for the quick response.
[HTC Sensation] ryefro:
I follow the instruction but still can't s-off my sensation XE with hboot 1.29

After tem-root, twice reboot, the phone turns ON and i did JB process, this is the log

And i wonder if it's normal, my sdcard goes blank (notify as unsupported filesystem on notification bar)?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
The process requires multiple tries.. Some ppl got it after 20 tries...

The error means wire trick failed.

Also sdcard will be wiped... Thats mentioned in the prerequisites.. Try again
[HTC Sensation] ryefro:
Thank you ganeshp, after several tries, i change the cable and the trick worked. Now phone is S-OFF and installed TWRP Recovery and rooted..

:victory::victory:
[HTC Sensation] djuramutavi:
Done the wire trick in first attempt, i guess lacky me... :D Thanks ganeshp for this amazing tutrial.
[HTC Sensation] haifish9999:
1- unlock your bootloader with HTCDEV( It's easy for you to s-off in next steps.)

2- do 10 steps guide in OP,you got s-off.

3- super cid with Pavelol's tool to changed your ID to 11111111.

4- flash FW 3.33.xxx universal over bootloader for newest and latest FW.

5- flash recovery over fastboot or changed your recovery's name to PG58IMG.ZIP then flash over bootloader.

6- no need to rooted because all of cook rom are rooted.

After all you got everything to flash cook rom.

Hope this help for you.
[HTC Sensation] Guerralenta:
one last question

i downloaded the custom rom elegancia 4.1 to flash it, have installed recovery recomended, and i have one last question, i was gonna use titanium back up to back up my rom but when i open the app it sais that i dont have root access... can i flash the rom without root access? or need to root my phone first? thx and sorry for my english and my annoying questions :D
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
you can use this to root your rom

http://download.chainfire.eu/298/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip

flash it from recovery

then you can backup

as far as i know some roms(if not all of of them) are already rooted

if after flashing elegancia don't have root access flash this zip again
[HTC Sensation] haifish9999:
Elegancia has rooted,issue came from supersu and no need to rooted again. Try open supersu and let upgrade the su binary first, reboot device then check Titanium again.
[HTC Sensation] h1rik89:
THANK YOU

Thank you so much, Ive been struggeling with this for several days, and using this, it worked! SO THANK YOU!
[HTC Sensation] Abhinav Ak:
sense

Hey!

The way you told is awesome. Can you make it quiet easier, I mean rooting the phone WITHOUT PC. So that every thing would be clear:cowboy:

hope you figure this out and help me !!!
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
If you are on completely stock as of now.. Then no way you can do root without pc.. For HTCdev or soff both requires pc
[HTC Sensation] rohanasif:
Windows 8

Does this whole method work in windows 8?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
its officially not supported ..but all of them who tried (whom ive seen) got success so give it a try :)

btw you need proper drivers ..check in this thread ..link is lying some where
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
htc drivers(http://d-h.st/v0p)

how to install see here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34840647#post34840647 (post #11)
[HTC Sensation] racasa:
Hello

I Followed the guide, I put my phone on charge about 7 hours, but still not power up. And not showing any light even charge light:crying:. In this moment I will try again, phone without SIM and sdcard, only battery and charge on phone.

I missing something? It's realy charging. I would appreciate any ideas.

Thank you
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
remove battery too..you need to power up the juice of the internals in the phone
[HTC Sensation] racasa:
Then, I need to put on charge the phone without sim, sdcard and battery?

I will try it.

Thank you
[HTC Sensation] izukamikain:
I was using this method to s-off my sensation, and now in bootloader it shows juopunutbeat blah blah blah (i forget) 1.27.1111

is there any way to get it look like stock without losing s-off? i was on 3.33 fw ics~
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Why you want that?

You can revert to stock any time you want...

Having juopunutbear hoot is better ..you can come out easily if you got any problem in future
[HTC Sensation] haifish9999:
It so simple, after s-off, you make super cid your device with Pavelol's tool. Try Firmware 3.33.xxx universal to download and flash over Bootloader. And now your bootloader look like that: revolutionary- hboot 1.27.1100 and still s-off.( same same stock).
[HTC Sensation] racasa:
Works. My phone is alive.. :laugh: Thanks for the tip, I was not undertand the part of "charging withuout batery".

Now I stuck on the end of the trick. The" wire tirk is" done, the phone is S-OFF, but is stuck on infinite loop trying to boot the RUU. (GB 2.3):confused:

Any help on that?

Thank you.
[HTC Sensation] racasa:
All is fine now. The original ROM not worked anymore, I don't know why, but I solved installing ICS 4.0.3 (ie CM9) and boot without problems. I recovered my old data from a backup made before the S-OFF procedure.

Now I can enjoy my phone unlocked - S-OFF and ICS.

Greetings.
[HTC Sensation] 7sane:
Hello!

I´ve tried S-OFF with temp-root, but it doesn´t work.

Temp-root says:

...

JUST RUN THE CONTROLBEAR AFTER THE DEVICE REBOOTED

YOU CAN CLOSE THIS WINDOW NOW

and Controlbear (0.5 beta) says:

...

Device needs to be HTC unlocked!

What could I have done wrong? :confused:

Please help me :) (And sry for my bad english...)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You downloaded the wrong tool.. Read the steps again I've linked the correct tool.. The tool zip should have NOHTCDEV in its name
[HTC Sensation] Forcefire:
Thank you this guide worked a treat after several attempts, lol
[HTC Sensation] :
i try for 6 hours without sucess..try many different kind of wire..still no S-OFF:(
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Happens.. Luck is a factor too.. In this process :(
[HTC Sensation] topgeardave:
Each time you do it, try it differently. I did it by saying to my self: one hundred, quickly remove, quickly put back in again and say two two hundred and quickly remove it. You may want to try that
[HTC Sensation] freakin.ro:
got this error ...

can someone help me on this?

i got a locked bootloader and s-on.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Are you using the right tool ? The zip name should have NOHTCDEV in it ..check the download link again
[HTC Sensation] haifish9999:
The correct tool name : CONTROLBEAR for NOHTCDEV version 0.11 beta.
[HTC Sensation] Q4Rspwn:
Yep. I had the same problem, and here's some hints:

1. I found out that I've downloaded the Gingerbread version of ControlBear, while I had ICS (check it at unlimited.io)

2. When I did get no success even with the ICS version, I ran Temp_root_remove, and then Temp root once again (NOT as an administrator, that caused it failing in Vista)

3. After that, I ran ControlBear once again. DON'T forget to run it as an administrator..!

Good luck :)
[HTC Sensation] Rubman:
I just got my device back from HTC

and it's now on Hboot 1.27 and locked s-on

Tried the temproot solution but it doens't seem to work.

Can anyone help me open up my sensation again?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
more details ..not working will not do ..explain me briefly where did you faced problems and what error you got
[HTC Sensation] Rubman:
Alright I did the temp root bat and that worked now starting with only notification bar.

When I the run Controlbear it hangs at waiting ADB 1/60 and best 3/60

that's it.

After uninstalling HTC Sync it just waits for ADB until it times out
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
did you meet all the per-requisites that mentioned in the first post ? (you should check USB debugging )

also did you downloaded correct controlbear tool (the correct tool zip will have NOHTCDEV in its name i think )
[HTC Sensation] Rubman:
That might just be it.

Trying now and hoping for the best as I am unable to remove the tem root.

Alright it failed and now the temp root won't work anyomre

it keeps failing with the following messages.

DON'T TOUCH THE DEVICE OR UNPLUG WHILE TEMP ROOTING FOR JB SOFF!

failed on '/data/local/tmp' - Not a directory

link failed File exists

REBOOT

/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied

AGAIN REBOOT

NOW IS THE TIME TO RUN THE CONTROL BEAR AKA JUOPUNUTBEAR

--------NOW YOU DEVICE WILL HAVE ONLY STATUS BAR ON TOP

-----------PLEASE DONT TOUCH THE DEVICE AS UI IS UNSTABLE-------------

_____JUST RUN THE CONTROLBEAR AFTER THE DEVICE REBOOTED______

YOU CAN CLOSE THIS COMMAND WINDOW NOW

Press any key to continue . . .

Even when it says it's ok there is still no temp root

---------- Post added at 01:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:54 PM ----------

Ok the nohtcdev controlbear works better but the wire trick won't work (by sd card gets ejectet pretty hard (really shoots out)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
hmm then you need to change sdcard :(

btw check troubleshoot point #3 in OP if you have any problems with CB ..all questions have been answered there
[HTC Sensation] Rubman:
Wire trick errors gallore but finnaly it worked.

Thanks for the help. (Taping the sd card shut was the solution) the holder is just a bit wonky and ejects it fairly easy
[HTC Sensation] nerdo:
S-OFF and SIM unlock for Sensation with new motherboard

First off @ganeshp excellent work with this Guide :good:

Sharing my experience, after a painful and lengthy wait I got my Sensation back from repair yesterday with a new motherboard and thus a new IMEI, yet worse SIM locked to my old network carrier :mad:. Of course aslo hboot 1.27/ICS

Being an XDAer I had to find a way to break the shackles :D

I knew HTCDev bootloader unlock was out of the question, but had to try it for my self to exclude it, didn’t work for my device.

First step:

S-off using Juopunutbear

- Temproot needed for this to work

- I used Win 32bit as instructed by http://unlimited.io/ (anyone tried on 64bit?)

- Important to download right ControlBear file from http://unlimited.io/jb_pyramidlocked.htm

The link is called “Windows Ice Cream Sandwich” to download “ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN_NOHTCDEV.zip” this important to know as the guys at unlimited.io don’t like people linking directly to their files and did/can change page layout!

- The wire trick worked from second attempt, have no idea how but I believe I was tapping rather than trying to adhere to the suggested timing!

- removed temproot after successfully attaining S-OFF

Second step:

SIM unlock (I just couldn’t wait for a new unlock code from carrier)

Followed kgs1992 guide here

- Flashed universal firmware 1.17 then flashed PG58DIAG and followed instructions to clear S58 data which obviously removes SIM/carrier lock. (detailed method in thread here)

- In the end flashed latest universal firmware 3.33 (firmware thread here) of course in preparation for flashing custom roms.

If for any reason the phone at any stage doesn’t boot to Android you can always use Fastboot mode (from bootloader screen).

Third step:

Flashing recovery

I just used kgs amazing utility

From here the road to freedom is known to all :laugh:

One strange thing, not important though, after achieving S-OFF at first step the bootloader/hboot screen showed =JuopunutBear= in pink at the top. To my surprise and after second step this became –Revolutionary- as seen in attached picture!

Hope this useful for others in same/similar situation.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
The 3.33 firmware has revolutionary patched hboot :)
[HTC Sensation] Rubman:
I managed to do these things on a Windows 8 64-Bit machine.

*Temp-Root

*Controlbear NOHTCDEV

*PermRoot

*Recovery 4-Ext

*Installing Viper 1.6.2
[HTC Sensation] nerdo:
I thought it' should be possible to successfully run ControlBear on Win 64 bit, but didn't want to risk my recently repaired device as guys at unlimited.io clearly warn against it!

Good to know it works ;)
[HTC Sensation] Falco33:
How do I get the temproot on Ubuntu? Can someone help me?

I got the Ubuntu live CD and I need temproot to start the s-off process right?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
There are Linux scripts in the first post.. Use them :)
[HTC Sensation] Falco33:
I managed to S-OFF my Sensation with Windows 7 64-bit.

I'm now going to put 4EXT on it and a custom rom.
[HTC Sensation] :
I also managed to S-OFF my Sensation with windows 7 64-bit, thank you very much for the turorial :)
[HTC Sensation] chwads2k8:
hi, everytime i start the process it reboots to bootloader and then shows waiting for adb and then doesnt go any further. whilst in bootloader mode the phone is not detected under adb only fastboot but in phone os i can find it using adb. any ideas ...stupid htcdev not working always giving me an error code
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
do you have htc drivers installed?

have you enabled usb debugging mode from settings?

do you have sdk tools installed?(adb,fastboot)

check them

edit:in bootloader screen it must say fastboot usb;does it say that?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You downloaded the wrong tool.. The zip should have NOHTCDEV in its name.. If not download the correct one.. Check in first post for link

OT:

is the first post really that confusing? Almost everyone is downloading the wrong tool :confused::confused:
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

I cannot see a zip that is called NOHTCDEV in the [OP]

Perhaps it needs to be highlighted...

:)
[HTC Sensation] Leerdammer:
like the one i mentioned in the link? or are there any other more updated SU files?

edt: i did worked instantly! rooted now
[HTC Sensation] aho3:
GANESHP!

my sincere thanks for all your work done to set us finally free!

:D
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
sorry for delayed reply...

no need to use this untidy process for SOFF

you can use revolutionary...

here is the best guide :D

SOFF FOR HBOOT 1.18
[HTC Sensation] moraleja39:
Hi all. I'm totally new here and at Android, so sorry if I get things wrong.

I am dying to start messing with my new Sensation. For what I understood it wasn't advisable to unlock via HTCdev because it isn't reversible, so I guess that this new method is. But I didnt' find any information about how to reverse it. Maybe the "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" with the RUU files would be enough, or that is specific to the revolutionary method? I see that JuopunutBear changes the HBOOT so I guess it should be restored somehow. Sorry I'm lost :(

Otherwise, since "regular" unlocking isn't needed to S-OFF by this method, does that mean that S-OFF unlocks every partition by itself?

Thanks in advance :)
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
HTC Dev unlock can be undone, it just not advisable to use HTC Dev unlock because it is a chance it may void your warranty. As far as I know the "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" command works with devices S-offed via Revolutionary. Now I can not say for sure if it will work with Juopunutbear S-off as I do not know if the same exploit that Revolutionary used was used to gain S-off with Juopunutbear S-off. I rather doubt that the same exploit was used though as Revolutionary has not updated their tool to support Hboot 1.21.0000 and up. Plus you know HTC probably changed things around where the exploit Revolutionary used would no longer work. So my best advice to you do one of the following.

Do not S-off your device until a method to re S-on has been annouced for Juopunutbear S-off

Do not S-off until it is comfirmed that the "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" does work with Juopunutbear S-off

S-off with Juopunutbear and then test the "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" and report back with your results. ( I am in no way responsable if this bricks your device)

S-off and do not worry about it.

Do not S-off
[HTC Sensation] 412News:
HTC Sensation 4g on ICS S-Off help

hello. i have a htc sensation 4g(Tmobile USA) running ICS 4.0.3. It was an update the tmobile put out a few dates ago and now my phone is acting buggy:mad:. I want to change the software on my phone.

I tried the steps and downloaded

-Controlbear

-temproot sensation

I get a message that says:

Starting up...

Connecting to device...

Searching device....

Found device.....but device has no root!!

Press enter to exit

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Doing SON is same.. Once a device acquire SOFF... It doesn't matter what exploit is used to gain SOFF

The fastboot oem writesecureflag 3

Is the only way to get SON back

But this SON step should be done only after running a ruu.. To make the device have stock rom and stock recovery

So the end conclusion is even for Juopunutbear SOFF doing SON is same way

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Temporary root is failing... In your case.

Did the temp_root script ran fine?

Make sure you got no errors pops up.. In the command window after double clicking the temp_root script..

Also did you have proper adb/fastboot setup?

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] 412News:
Ill just say I havent done anything to the phone. I had it for 3 days.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
I didnt get you what you meant.

Anyways read the guide completely.. And setup the prerequisites.. And then run the tool.. And follow the soff procedure Step by step.. That would guarantee you the soff.

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] ShAaShAy:
After I'm done with S-off, to get permanent root do I normally install recovery, download SU file, blah blah.. Or do I do something differently?

Btw, epic work! Thank god for such devs

:)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
yeah ..for root..you need to do the blah blah blah thing ..

Experimental:

or you can try this tool (only after acquiring complete SOFF)

1.get the new tool from here

2.extract the zip

3.remove the files adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll , AdbWinUsbApi.dll

and copy the rest of files to the folder that you have extracted from temproot-sensation-windows.zip during SOFF procedure

4.connect your device normally (from lock screen or home screen) to pc

5.double click on root.bat file ...wait until root is success and once success message pops out...you are rooted
[HTC Sensation] ShAaShAy:
cool

has anybody else used this yet, or will I be lucky no. 1 if i choose this?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
that is the tool i made ...initially..thinking that it would give permanent root..but failed ..reason because SON 9also the temp root exploit was found from this)

but only after SOFF...you can try it..(it wont brick your device ..of course :D)

Also wait for few minutes and download..I'll make some corrections to the script :D

EDIT: YUP go-ahead no corrections required in the script :D
[HTC Sensation] sabaramo:
Thanks for your reply. I tried the above to the letter and now I am in a bootloop (htc screen-> carrier screen the beats audio ad naseum)

I got up to the point after running setup and was rebooting to run the taco root command.

any advice on how I can fix this?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
yes..you will be bootlooping during the temp root setup process

but during that time adb still works...

so just type those adb commands ..without touching the device