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[HTC Sensation] RobertdeHoop:
OTA update

Hi,

I have been working hard to get my device (HBOOT 1.27) S-OFF and Rooted.

Today I received the message that a new OTA update is available for download.

My question:

Can I perform the update without loosing S-OFF and ROOT?

Thanks for the answer..

Robert
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
OTA doesnt mess up SOFF ..infact nothing can mess SOFF unless you manually change it

but ROOT ..will be gone i think ..but i have a doubt here too ..normally when complete OTA (gb to ics) comes...it wont install when your device is rooted ....but this is small OTA which might be small...so with root it might install
[HTC Sensation] dr3amsINdigital:
Thanks for the guide! It worked for me. I don't think my phone is under warranty anymore, but I used this anyways instead of using HTCdev. Was there any benefit for me following this, or would it have been easier to just use the normal method?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
no extra benefit

the only benefit is it prevents the phone from registering for HTC-dev unlock bootloader (which in a way saves your warranty)
[HTC Sensation] deebadanger:
im stuck at the juopunutbear screen

hye im new here.please help me.im using htc sensation z710e.

i tried doing wire trick.but it is fail.now im stuck at the joupunutbear screen

i already tried so many ways.but failed.it keeps getting stuck.please help me.

is my phone brick?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
No it's not.. A brick

If You want to revert back your phone to normal please check the point 4 in troubleshoot

If you want to continue wire trick and want some tips.. Please check point 3 in troubleshoot

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
You used this guide & your phone is stuck on JB screen?!

Did you unlock your bootloader?

Also, copy-paste the name of the controlbear zip file you downloaded.
[HTC Sensation] deebadanger:
Thanks for all your help. I just got back from the HTC store where I bought this and they said they will send to technician to look this. I hope everything gonna be alright. I just bought this phone 1 week and I cant face the fact if its brick. now, I should wait and see if they can do it. haih, I should read what you guys reply first before i sent to the store just now.:(
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
man you are pretty hasty :p

the problem is easily solvable ..and you should have read the guide completely ..there is TROUBLESHOOT for a reason ;)

anyways hope that they wont charge you extra

word of advice ...its a international forum ..not everyone will be active when you posted some questions..you should wait for around a day at max (when you posted earlier im still sleeping ..so cant answer you that fast!)

also please do read all the things mentioned in OP (first post) ..before you do anything...READ READ READ ..then ACT :D
[HTC Sensation] deebadanger:
yes. I already unlock the bootloader.

this is the zip file that i downloaded ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN

please help:(
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
now you still got the phone ?

then try the trouble shoot point 4 in the OP of this thread
[HTC Sensation] deebadanger:
Nahh, I have to wait 1 week,Im so panicked.should have wait and follow all your advice first. nvm, hope they can do it. If within 1 week they still cant solved it.

I will try and follow your step again. Oh man, I dont want my phone brick. (and yes they said they will charged it because its already void my warranty.):eek:

thanks a lot.
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

A lesson for everybody.

Read, read then read some more.

You are playing with expensive piece of equipment.

If you value it, you will take more care before doing something you regret.

Do not rush into a process you do not fully understand.

Always ask, and wait for an answer.

:)
[HTC Sensation] monadrexel21:
Hi am new and was wondring if i have already unlocked my bootloader using HTCdev can i still use this tool for both s-off and root. thanks in advance
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
You should use the guide by auggie2k.

temp root (that is used in this guide) is unstable, you don't want that.
[HTC Sensation] monadrexel21:
but one of the requirements is to Be rooted am not rooted yet..
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You can use my root tool for that

If you didn't have custom recovery yet

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[HTC Sensation] RobertdeHoop:
-----

Thanks, I tried to perform the OTA and it does the following:

-- Download.

-- Install

-- Picture on screen with exclamation mark.

Had to remove battery to be able to boot into old version.

---

HTC Sensation S-Off

Stock 3.32.401.5 Rooted

Clockwork Recovery
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
As suspected then

You require stock recovery and non rooted rom

The best way is to go via RUU

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[HTC Sensation] LiSrt:
Auughhhhh! I should have done that as well! :mad:

Anyway, sincere thanks to ganeshp for the temporary root, it worked for me, wire trick and all, now have S-OFF on my phone.

One point: there's a slight problem with the Linux scripts when I ran them on my machine, I had to run the dos2unix command on them before they worked correctly (I think it was because they were created on a Windows machine?).

Now to figure out how to root it...
[HTC Sensation] PedroKantor5234:
Loss of data, flashing ROMs?

Hi all, first off great job for the devs for this new root method:D.

I just have 2 quick questions regarding this method, which the devs didn't really specify?

1) Does this method wipe all the data on my phone/SD card? If so, would it be possible to back up and restore my data and apps?

2) After rooting permanently (assuming all goes well:p), what would be the next step to flashing a custom ROM?

Thanks in advance! :)
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
Yes. But you cannot backup apps & app data without root & you can't use the phone with temp root, Another way to root is to unlock the bootloader, but unlocking will also wipe everything.

For all the other questions, here is a good place to start: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27744027&postcount=2
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
1. Yes it wipes your sdcard (during the process ill link you to another guide which mentioned that) So either have a backup of sd or use a spare one freshly formatted

2.its a soff guide not a guide for flashing ROMs.. So why should I mention about that

Anyways once you did soff.. Flashing recovery, then backup of current ROM then custom rom flash that's all (there are guides for that) hint: check stickeys

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[HTC Sensation] PedroKantor5234:
Hmm, so there's no way possible to backup my data?

Would it work it I made a copy of my entire SD card onto my PC, then copied it back after my root? Or would some application/SMS/contact backup apps work as well too?:p
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
SD will not have application apks on it. SMS & Contacts is all you can backup to SD & then create a backup of SD by copying all files to your PC.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes that's how you do when I say backup your sdcard

Also let's get things more clear

During soff process (temproot method)

You won't lose a single app and its data i.e the phone's entire internal memory will be left intact(all contacts and all will be in internal memory)

You only need to backup your sdcard that's all

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[HTC Sensation] PedroKantor5234:
Then could I backup my phone's data into an .img or something after soff? (ie. temp root)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes you can backup not only just data.. But the complete rom(os) using recovery... It's tipycally called as nandroid backup... Where it uses around 1-1.5 GB and backs up your complete rom..

That's it no more off topic here

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[HTC Sensation] catmanic:
Root nightmare

Well, I used One Click Root with no luck. I successfully unlocked the Bootloader on HTC site. Any help for this noob is appreaciated.

The following is the result:

NOT FAILED YET ...ITS RUNNING GOOD THEN

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

/system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/busybox: cannot execute - Permission denied

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

/system/bin/sh: busybox: cannot execute - Permission denied

/system/bin/sh: busybox: cannot execute - Permission denied

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/app/Superuser.apk: No such file or directory

rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory

EVERYTHING DONE..ROOT SUCCESS...ONE FINAL REBOOT NOW

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
keep the phone in HTC-sync mode ...uninstall htc-sync on your pc ( i mean uninstall it completely not just killing it ) and dont use usb hubs or usb 3.0 ports ..and if pc ...connect the device to back ports and run the tool again :D

ALL is WELL my friend :D
[HTC Sensation] catmanic:
Yes yes yes

Thank you!

Now, how do I flash Jelly bean and, do I want sense 4.0 or not?

Thanks again!

Harry:laugh:
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
there is a thanks button for every post ..it prevents the extra post to say thank you :p

now for the rest of your questions its OT (off topic) i want to keep the thread clean so can you post the question in help thread ? (sensation Q&A section sticky ) there we can help you with any question (if its within the reach of our knowledge )
[HTC Sensation] Hellas4:
:( damn i switched my sensation to complete stock before 2 weeks for warranty reasons and now that i got it back i tried this method to S-OFF and my phone is bricked!!!! it always boot to the arrow screen,i have unlocked bootloader, it still says S-ON, i have CMW recovery, i have Super CID and i flash a new rom throught CMW and it still boots to this screen!! I tried the troubleshouting sections i have tried all of them and i still cannot boot!! when applying Controlbear -r it says that device it should be in normal boot mode...press ENTER to exit , but nothing happens.. i tried aso the -f function throught fastboot and still the same... Please help!!!
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Hmm you flashed the new rom via Cwm right?

Just do this then

Extract the boot.img from the rom you have flashed last

And keep it in your ad folder

Connect the phone to pc from bootloader/fastboot

And type this

fastboot flash boot boot.img

That should take you out of the arrow screen

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[HTC Sensation] bteljuice:
So no way to S-off without wire tap.....Worried i will burn something
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Lol burning something?

No way that's gonna happen :D;)

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[HTC Sensation] Daiskei:
Damn. Lol.

That wire trick took me like 20-25 tries. I gotta be honest though, it was kinda fun. Haha. :) Got my replacement rooted and S-Off'd. Thanks guys for the guides!
[HTC Sensation] johnbt123:
does this wprk with hboot 1.53.0007

I have a EVO 3d does this method work with my phone as I have had the motherboard replaced and I am currently running hboot 1.53.0007.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
No both soff and one click root are for sensation only.

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[HTC Sensation] aln0:
ICS Sensation XE beats audio

Does this work for ICS Sensation XE with beats audio?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
I don't see why not?

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[HTC Sensation] aln0:
Step 7

So on step 7 now, the Control Bear cmd prompt is just saying "Found device" and nothing else is happening
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You started controlbear.. And it's stuck at the start?

Then you either have htc-sync installed.. Or not using usb 2.0 port

Check the pre-requisites again.. Make sure you met them

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[HTC Sensation] aln0:
Am I supposed to uninstall HTC sync then? And I was using a usb 2.0.

I actually tried it again and went to the next step.

I also had a bit of trouble on the final rooting step. It took 3 attempts before it could say "EVERYTHING DONE..ROOT SUCCESS...ONE FINAL REBOOT NOW". Before it would try to detect my phone again after the first rebooting, but it couldn't find it. That's because my phone was still rebooting. And so the command prompt would keeping closing.

Anyway after the 3 attempts, and it finally showing the success message, my phone still seems unrooted :/. Because I'm not able to use apps that require rooting.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You got soff right good the hard part is over..

And yeah the root script needs to be updated too.. As for some its not working properly... Because of the same problem you explained..

Can you try it again and see.. As it takes only 3 minutes.. You can run it again...

Or simply there are other methods too.. It requires custom recovery and flashing su zip (root zip)

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[HTC Sensation] javedabbasi:
Hi ganeshp. I spent whole day no success in Wire Trick. Now I want to revert back. What I have to do. In the thread you mention the procedure but I am clueless. In one post you said go Controlbear folder and Shift+key and open the command window. I am sorry but I could not get that. Where is "Open the window here" line. I am realy exhausted. If you guide me step by step how I can get back and remove that one line status bar and go to normal screen. A quick reply will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

Have you seen the troubleshoot 3 in the first post?

:)
[HTC Sensation] javedabbasi:
a) if you can go to bootloader.. Then connect the phone to pc.. From fastboot (device should read fastboot usb)

Yes I read that:

"Go to controlbear folder (from where you ran controlbear until now) in pc..

Open command window there

(hold shift + right click->open command window here)

Once you got the window.. Type this

"ControlBear.exe -f" without quotes

This will revert back the phone to proper working condition"

Thanks for reply. what I am asking how I open the command window. Shift+ right click does not show any "open command window here" line where I can type the command. That's what I want to know. Sorry, if this is noob question.

---------- Post added at 06:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:23 PM ----------

Anyone can help me. I am sitting in the office and like to leave with proper working phone.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
what machine are you using ?

windows 7 ?

also tell me what is the path to the controlbear folder

also here is a reference to how to "open command window here"

http://www.burgaud.com/open-command-window-here/

EDIT: right now you wont have any problem ..with reverting back ..at all ..as all that command do is restore some of your sdcrad contents

if you are stuck with black screen with only status bar ..you just need to run the remove_temp_root.bat with phone connected normally (homescreen/lockscreen) thats all
[HTC Sensation] ramzy101:
Just open temproot folder then your gonna see a temproot remove or something like that then just run it while your phone is turned on it will take your phone out of temproot mode
[HTC Sensation] Regularfries90:
Just a thought, do you have admin privileges on the computer you are using? As you mentioned office I assume you mean work? Might be the reason you can't open the command line..
[HTC Sensation] SwiftNano:
Hi All,

I expect I am one of the ones who is struggling with this but just wanted to check.

I have stock ICS HBOOT 1.27 and have not unlocked the boot loader via HTCDev.

I did a factory reset before starting have all the USB settings correct and have tried 3 different types of wire. I'm pretty sure my timing isn't that bad but who knows? :D

When I run ControlBear I dont get the recovery style screen that you see in all the vid's it just leaves me at the status bar screen is this right or is something going wrong before I even get to the wire trick?

Sometime the wire trick reboots the phone sometimes the phone just turns off either way S-OFF fails on reboot.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
[HTC Sensation] Shree.bhagwat:
help very urgent

guys need help very urgent

m very new to htc n rooting

i recently tried to s off from the very same method described above and my mobile is just not responding

it just gets stuck at a black screen with juopunutBear written in green.

n even recovery is not working and keeps on restarting after a few minutes

plz help me asap i cant use my cell for now

htc sensation

hboot:1.27.0000

unlocked by htc dev

rooted

and its s-on

wad can i do to get my cell back

thanking you in anticipation

and sorry for bad english
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
The juopunutbear method.. Which doesnt involves htc-dev won't have juopunutbear screen..

Also the proper wire trick.. Should restart the phone.

Reduce the pause time

0.5 sec tap --- 1.5 sec pause --- 0.5 sec tap

For wire trick tips troubleshoot point #3

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[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Follow the troubleshoot point #4 in the guide.(first post) . To get back phone to normal

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[HTC Sensation] SwiftNano:
For everyone who is having trouble with this I highly advise you try the Linux scripts.

For some reason (and I don't know why because I use Linux for everything) I decided that this job would be easier in windows. I must have tried 30 - 40 times. So I decided to try the Linux scripts and version of ControlBear.

Worked first try! and now I'm s-off.

ganeshp had mentioned some people had had success with trying on a different machine so it may be a windows 7 thing but I think it is worth a try if you are having trouble.

If anyone is new to Linux / doesn't have a machine with it on I advise trying a Ubuntu LiveCD which should give you a working system without the need to install it permanently. If anyone would like help with that let me know.

Massive thanks to ganeshp for a great guide and all the advice and to the devs for all there work making this possible! I'm off to flash some ROM's :D
[HTC Sensation] :
i keep getting an error message stating the device neeeds to be HTC unlocked but ive tried the htc method using htcdev,com and then get the following message ( writing 'unlocktoken'... FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed) lol so im kind of stuck any help would be much appreciated,

thanks :)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
you downloaded the wrong version of controlbear

here check this point

the download should be different ..the downloaded zip will have NOHTCDEV at the end to the name ...something like "ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN_NOHTCDEV"
[HTC Sensation] IGKID:
I followed all steps correctly, and completely rooted now. However one small thing.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1614617

I did not do that part. Is there a guide somewhere that explains how to install clockwork mod and change my CID [you reference this other thread on your main post]?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
This guide will help you in flashing a recovery and flashing a ics rom (changing Cid is kinda obsolete now)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21989063

Follow the post #2 to the letter to get 4EXT Recovery and ics rom

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[HTC Sensation] shadyabs:
stucked in Juopunutbear screen !!

Hii :

i have tried to do wire trick !! but i didn't succeed for my bad .... i followed all the steps i tried closing the bear.exe ....and reopen it again ....

but the tool is not regonizing my phone right now !? :( i dont know why .... erorr phone not connected.

now i am stucked in Juopunutbear screen and i can't turn on my phone (normally) , i have tried troubleshoot number 4.

on how to revert back , but i didn't understand it ! i have the files of Juopunutbear on my desktop .... :mad:

what do you mean by : "SHIFT+RIGHT CLICK .. open window in there"???

i dont know how to write in the bear when it runs !? it always keep searching for phone not finding "press enter to exit" ??where should i write "controlBear.exe-f"?

please can you show me how to do it step by step i am not really good in computers stuff !!

another ques ... can i after reverting back try one more time the wire- trick !?

thnx a lot ...:p
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
if you got the files on your desktop

then the path would be

C:\Users\%user%\Desktop

go there from my computer

and once you entered the desktop folder on empty space

hold shift + right click and click on "open command window here "

you will get a command window

there you will type the controlbear -f or controlbear -r

that would revert the phone to normal

after reverting back you can try the soff process again ..no probs there
[HTC Sensation] shadyabs:
stucked in Juopunutbear screen !!

Hii there :

im trying to s-off my htc sensation xe ! the firsrt time in the "wire trick " , i didn't succeed and im still s-on i tried to reopen the Juopunutbear ....

but it says ... can't find phone ... install drivers & conecct phone .. exit .

now im stucked with the ] Juopunutbear screen and i cant turn my phone on ! i followed the troubleshoot number 4.

but i didn't understand it ... i have the ] Juopunutbear file on my desktop ! but what do you mean by that : "SHIFT+RIGHT CKLICK->open ] Juopunutbear in here " ???

i am opening the controlbear.exe ... but it doesn't give me tumi to write "controlBear.exe-f" ?! when can i write and where to write it !?

can you please explain to me step by step .. how to do it im not very good in computers stuff ! so thank you very much for help ;)

thanks again ... :p
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
why double post? :confused::confused::eek:

anyways you should not click controlbear.exe ..do as i said earlier ..just above your post
[HTC Sensation] shadyabs:
stucked into Juopunutbear screen !!

Hii there:

i am the one who has problem with reverting back to normal rom , and i am stucked in Juopunutbear screen ....

i tried what you said ... to type "controlbear.exe -f" ... i actually got this message :

C:\Users\Good\Desktop\ControlBear>controlBear.exe -f

======== ControlBear 0.6 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Restoring from fastboot....

Step 1

Step 2

Ok

C:\Users\Good\Desktop\ControlBear>

what then ?! i mean ... the phone got into Juopunutbear screen again !?.. and stopped , what is "step 1 , step 2 "??

i turned it off , and then on ... i still get that screen of Juopunutbear..... weared ?

thanks a lot for help ...
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
That command didn't worked then.. Try this

You got adb/fastboot setup?

Then copy the boot_backup.img and recovery_backup.img from the control bear folder (in this case your desktop.) to the adb folder (the folder where you got adb.exe and fastboot.exe)

And open command prompt there again (adb folder)

Then connect the device from fastboot to the pc(phone should read fastboot usb)

Then these commads one by one

fastboot flash recovery recovery_backup.img

fastboot flash boot boot_backup.img

Once done reboot using

fastboot reboot

This should work (hopefully)

Edit: also you say thanks by thanking the posts in xda :p :D

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[HTC Sensation] Raizon:
Delete.

I figured out my issue
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
this might sound stupid ..but did you have your back cover on the phone now ? :)
[HTC Sensation] RandyNguyen:
Hi ganeshp,

This is my situation on HTC Sensation XE:

- HBoot 1.29

- Bootloader: Unlocked from HTCDev

- S-On

Can I use this GUIDE to S-Off my device? Please give me your advice.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
You can. But since you're already HTC dev unlocked, it would be better use this guide: http://tinyurl.com/JBGuide
[HTC Sensation] RandyNguyen:
Thank you. Let me try and inform you later.