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[HTC Sensation XL] Alex-V:
ok..hear´s a excerpts from the contact.. :

[23:16] == Alex-V [4fe95f67@gateway/web/freenode/ip.79.233.95.103] has joined #revolutionary
[23:19] Alex-V: what don't you add this link to it:
[23:19] !donate
[23:19] donate is http://bit.ly/jhZclF
[23:20] since that is the official channel to donate to alpharev
[23:21] * Dan0maN is pinging kmdm, IEF, and attn1 to see if they want to chime in on this donation thread*
[23:22] thx for that link...on other side we want to know if its possible...and i wanted to know how much € $ we get...and how much we need... :)
[23:24] quite possible
[23:25] so again, given your environment isn't wacky, it doesn't take that long to get it done

that was the first contact...do not have copied the next ones...

anyway...you are right...this was on the help chat...but i only want answers for some simple questions...about is it possible...how much €/$ needed...etc..

which i also wrote to the alpharev and the new rev email address...

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but please...be not angry with me...

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nevertheless...forget the past and back to now and the future....lol....

maybe you have some tips or other things for fardjad...that he can learn more...or maybe you can also work on this :) ;) :)

with kind regards..Alex
[HTC Sensation XL] Alex-V:
fardjad you are on xda news site :)

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/more-s-off-for-the-remaining-htc-devices-sensation-xl/

with kind regards...Alex
[HTC Sensation XL] taki7610:
Thank so much FARDJADB , my htc s-off but i can't flash different stock rom - cid error, i flash custom rom it's ok.
[HTC Sensation XL] seaskyways:
@fardjad , maybe the failure of the CID check is because of what you may have patched , expecting that it will bypass the CID check ... Try to return this patched part which is responsible for the CID as original for now ...
[HTC Sensation XL] anonymous_1997:
Do you guys reckon this thread should be stickied for the time being until we get full s-off? :)
[HTC Sensation XL] booyaga:
yes, and make it a [Dev] Thread too, as this is a Perfect start
[HTC Sensation XL] anonymous_1997:
Agreed someone should contact orb or whatever the forum moderator s name is and tell him to do so :). I can't at the moment because I am on my phone :)
[HTC Sensation XL] fardjad:
Thanks :) But I'm afraid I can't continue working on this for about a month as my exams are in the way.

By the way I couldn't reproduce CID error on my device (I tried a few RUUs and it works), however a temporary solution is already posted (see the first post) for those who have problems with flashing stock RUUs with different CIDs.

And since this is not Radio S-OFF, changeCID is not possible (thanks ieftm for his detailed explanation on this) because it sends a command to the Radio and since security flag is still on there, this won't work.
[HTC Sensation XL] booyaga:
I may be far out, but we should be able to implement the CID in our own roms/loaders/kernels etc.. or..?
[HTC Sensation XL] taki7610:
So i backup rom ship on recovery, when i come back rom ship, i restore rom ship on recovery ? because i flash different rom ship on RUU - Cid error. My htc s-off not unlock bootloader.
[HTC Sensation XL] fardjad:
Sorry, I'm having a hard time understanding what is your question.

And kindly please read previous posts before asking questions, most of the questions here answered/discussed before, multiple times :)
[HTC Sensation XL] fardjad:
What do you mean by implementing CID?

For (MAX_INT+1)th time, since the patched HBOOT won't check signatures you can edit android-info.txt inside rom.zip extracted from RUU, repack and flash it (fastboot flash zip).

Alternatively you can extract rom.zip file and flash the parts separately (fastboot flash radio/system/boot,...)
[HTC Sensation XL] booyaga:
i was on a wrong Trail of thoughts :beer:
[HTC Sensation XL] sahce:
Put instructions on how to please return the s-on. Thank you.
[HTC Sensation XL] claudenegm:
A wild guess would be by flashing an RUU or stock hboot?

Someone should confirm on this though, I'm not responsible of your device.
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
You are indeed correct, you can do either :)
[HTC Sensation XL] Alex-V:
got my phone back...and maked it s-off... working great...big big thx :) ;) :)

with kind regards...Alex
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
Stop typing then alex and get cooking :D
[HTC Sensation XL] MadCobbler:
Already on it ;)
[HTC Sensation XL] nader1450:
can i s-off hboot 1.28.0004 ?!
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
No, not unless fardjab works his magic with that hboot too :p
[HTC Sensation XL] nashshafrulrezza:
after s-off, my hboot is 1.25. how to get 1.28 hboot?
[HTC Sensation XL] fshami:
As mentioned above, u cannot get s-off with 1.28 till OP does it..

Else u can extract it from the ics ruu & flash it manually
[HTC Sensation XL] nashshafrulrezza:
then better not upgrade the hboot right?
[HTC Sensation XL] fshami:
Yup, i myself downgraded to 1.25 :D
[HTC Sensation XL] nader1450:
how can downgrades hboot 1.28 to 1.25 ?!

please help
[HTC Sensation XL] MadCobbler:
Go here for instructions on how to go back to 1.25 hboot

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26360169&postcount=60
[HTC Sensation XL] fshami:
Well this instruction will revert your hboot to 1.25 s-off BUT you'll still require 1.28 recovery..

i took backup of my device with 1.28 hboot / recovery, then downgraded hboot via the method mentioned by vertigo.. then flashed gb ruu, installed s-offed hboot with 1.25 recovery & restored the ICS ROM.

but becareful as u'll have to change vold.fstab as well incase u r downgrading from a complete ICS setup..
[HTC Sensation XL] MadCobbler:
Yeah sorry, when I did it, I flashed GB RUU again straight after going back to old hboot and then started again....

Probably should've put that lol ;)
[HTC Sensation XL] seaskyways:
So exactly , what should we have (recovery , hboot etc.. ) to achieve s-off , and can they be flashed seperately such as fastboot flash recovery , hboot ... ??
[HTC Sensation XL] Alex-V:
if you are on s-off ...you should do:

fastboot flash hboot xyzhboot.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

but not sure if it work if you flash a no s-off hboot...i only tried this in the past on desire (because of partition size change )

with kind regards
[HTC Sensation XL] CoSaWa:
How would I go about reverting back to complete stock to upgrade? I understand I can upgrade to official 4.0.3, and then downgrade back to hboot 25 and still use Cwm touch recovery? :)
[HTC Sensation XL] rlamba:
I have updated my phone with ICS 4.0.3 using OTA update, it is unrooted and bootloader locked. I tried to use your "Windows only" download file from post 1. There were lot of lines with yellow writing saying failed....looped device.... In the end it said Enjoy.

Sometimes it just get screen with phone and 3 green arrows, 2 in a circular pattern and after few seconds you get red triangle with exclamation mark.

I checked my phone and it is not rooted or S-off.

Could you please point out where I went wrong?

Also please make volume up,volume down and power button sequence simple i.e.

Does it need just pressing volume up button on its own, followed by volume down and power button together?
[HTC Sensation XL] shingers5:
You can't install any official updates or roms on any builds that have bootloader unlocked or rooted as sdcard mount doesn't work properly with official update. If bootloader unlocked need to relock and flash official ruu. If rooted need to unroot then flash official update
[HTC Sensation XL] claudemom377:
Hi there. I have problems while doing S-OFF for my phone. I downloaded the tool and followed the instruction but finally my phone was stuck with a red triangle. I pressed POWER + VOLUME UP and I see there was recovery but after I rebooted the phone, it's still S-ON. Can anyone help me ? I've done this for 4 times.
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
The tool wouldnt work for me either, so i flashed modified hboot manually :)
[HTC Sensation XL] zzyytt:
i learn from you thankyou
[HTC Sensation XL] Alex-V:
Hello :)

maybe it can help..? a sxl with shipped s-off

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705096

with kind regards
[HTC Sensation XL] yabdali:
Hi guys,

Thanks for the amazing efforts put into this. I have been trying to flash a stock RUU in my phone CID HTC__044 using an RUU with CID HTC__J15. However it seems either I missed something or I was unsuccessful.

I followed Fardjadb, flashed the patch and got my hboot screen with *** FARDJADB*** and Ship S-Off. Downloaded the fardjadb_runnymede.nb0 file and tried pushing it while my phone is one with usb debugging enabled and connection in charge only mode but I got an error. I tried flashing the misc partition using fastboot while on hboot with Fastboot usb mode but failed.

I also extracted the rom.zip from HTC__J15 and added CID HTC__044 to the info file then tried to flash it using fastboot but got an error.

Just few things to clarify further:

1. Flash your unlock token on 1.28 if it's (re)locked.

2. Boot into a working recovery.

Whats meant by booting into a working recovery? I booted into recovery which was Android e3 recovery as I remember and got few error messages about sdcard!

3. Download this and push it to /tmp (adb push fardjadb_runnymede.nb0 /tmp)

While phone is on usb debugging enabled adb devices shows my device id, this command doesnt seem to result in anything except permission denied. Tried adb shell and adb remount but same result.

4. get into adb shell and execute dd if=/tmp/fardjadb_runnymede.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

D:\Android\adb>adb shell

$ dd if=/tmp/fardjadb_runnymede.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

dd if=/tmp/fardjadb_runnymede.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

/tmp/fardjadb_runnymede.nb0: cannot open for read: No such file or directory

5. reboot bootloader

6. Download this and flash it to the misc partition (fastboot flash misc supermisc)

Keeps giving a failure error

7. fastboot reboot-bootloader

8. Install a stock RUU

* As alfchin said, if you want to flash RUUs with different CIDs, extract the zip, open android-info.txt, change CID, repack and flash with fastboot flash zip

Do I need to keep the hboot file that comes with the rom or delete? Should I use SigTool to rip and sign the rom.zip or should I just extract it with winzip change add HTC__J15 CID and rezip it again?

My phone info provided below and I would appreciate your kind inputs and highlights. Thanks again

My phone info:

INFOversion: 0.5

INFOversion-bootloader: 1.25.0004

INFOversion-baseband: 3822.10.10.12_M

INFOversion-cpld: None

INFOversion-microp: None

INFOversion-main: 1.06.707.1

INFOserialno: XXXXXXXXXX

INFOimei: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

INFOproduct: runnymede

INFOplatform: HBOOT-7230

INFOmodelid: PI3920000

INFOcidnum: HTC__044

INFObattery-status: good

INFObattery-voltage: 4187mV

INFOpartition-layout: Generic

INFOsecurity: off

INFObuild-mode: SHIP

INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT

INFOcommitno-bootloader: 77020522

INFOhbootpreupdate: 12

INFOgencheckpt: 0
[HTC Sensation XL] fardjad:
Your fastboot getvar all output, shows that you're already S-OFF. From this point follow the instructions in the second post.

PS:

You also want to black out the serial number in your original post like what I did in quoted content :D
[HTC Sensation XL] yabdali:
Thanks fardjad for your feedback. I followed the steps in your second post, but still no success. I got the following error on cmd and on the hboot/fastboot usb screen on phone error "pasrsing android-info fail!" update fail.

D:\Android>fastboot flash zip rom-new.zip

sending 'zip' (384299 KB)... OKAY [ 49.299s]

writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...

INFOshift signature_size for header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

FAILED (remote: parsing android-info fail)

finished. total time: 50.269s

Steps I followed:

Ran RUU of the rom that I want to use.

Copied rom.zip

used SigTool rip rom.zip to rip the signature

extracted rom, added cidnum: HTC__044

deleted hboot file from the folder

ziped the file with the name rom-new.zip

ran SigTool nullsign rom-new.zip

ran fastboot flash zip rom-new.zip

Any hint where things gone wrong? :(
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
Try and use Notepad++ to edit android-info.txt
[HTC Sensation XL] hamdir:
do i need to use the fake S-OFF hboot in order to do the CID trick? and do i need to unlock?
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
Yes you need S-OFF for the cid trick, you do not have to unlock though.
[HTC Sensation XL] hamdir:
i mean unlock the bootloader :)

so i unlock

flash the s-off hboot

do the RUU CID trick and then flash 1.29 hboot?
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
If you use the .exe fardjab has provided, i do not think you need to unlock bootloader to S-OFF :confused: Maybe i have it wrong though.
[HTC Sensation XL] hamdir:
it seems you dont need to unlock

would this work on my thailand Sensation XL? :S
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
Yep it works on all SXL's :D
[HTC Sensation XL] hamdir:
amazing wish we have something similar on the HOX
[HTC Sensation XL] yabdali:
Hi AndroHero, thanks for your suggestion.

I tried using Notepad++ to edit the android-info.txt but got the same error. I also removed the original CID and just had my device CID but the same error!

Any further tips/hints??

The error:

D:\Android>fastboot flash zip rom-new.zip

sending 'zip' (384299 KB)... OKAY [ 50.802s]

writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...

INFOshift signature_size for header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

FAILED (remote: parsing android-info fail)

finished. total time: 51.776s

My android-info.txt

modelid: PI3920000

cidnum: HTC__044

mainver: 1.08.415.4

hbootpreupdate:12
[HTC Sensation XL] yabdali:
Any insights into this problem? I would be more than thankful for your suggestions :)
[HTC Sensation XL] kecodoc:
how to s-off for new hboot ?

my device : ship-S-ON

new hboot 1.28.0006

bootloader : unlock

radio 3831.16.00.27_m

my device running custom Rom
[HTC Sensation XL] nashshafrulrezza:
we can't for the moment.
[HTC Sensation XL] stona175:
you need back to old hboot, like nashshafrulrezza say this working only with old hboot.
[HTC Sensation XL] yabdali:
Hi Guys,

Would it be safe to flash each file in the rom.zip indvidually via fastboot? I havent got any suggestions in regard to the problem I am facing and would really appreciate some sort of directions on how to resolve the issue.

Thanks in advance
[HTC Sensation XL] seaskyways:
Can we repartition the /data and /sdcard partitions with this ?? because it is really annoying that we have 3.7 GB for apps and 7.8 GB for storage , perhaps we can have 1 GB for /data , and 9.8 GB for /sdcard ...
[HTC Sensation XL] jalal.arkat:
please attache the file the link not found for me.

thanks.
[HTC Sensation XL] stona175:
working fine.
[HTC Sensation XL] :
Hello there,

I'm trying to use your windows installer, but whenever I start it I need to activate debugger etc, but whenever I connect it to my pc, the installer restarts my phone so it goes into recovery, but it opens CWM instead and does nothing. It says hold vol.down and power to go into recovery but it automatically goes into CWM recovery without me doing anything. If I select reboot in the CWM recovery it restarts and again goes into CWM recovery. If I select power off, and then hold vol.down and power it goes into the normal recovery, but it does nothing. I even selected fastboot usb and still nothing. Then I restart the phone and you see that it is starting to 'root' etc, but then my phone restarts again out of it own and then it says on the windows installer something like it's done etc. But whenever I restart and go into recovery it stays on SHIP S-ON. Any advice?

HTC Sensation XL A.version 2.3.5 stock, htc sense version 3.5, software number 1.05.401.4. I have unlocked bootloader and rooted my phone. But why it stays on S-ON? I have #su permission so it's rooted with DooMLoRD rooting.

Thanks...
[HTC Sensation XL] fshami:
Dude, if u read the guide correctly, it says u need STOCK HTC recovery for this procedure.

Read the post again
[HTC Sensation XL] :
Oooooooooooooowwwhhhhhh.....

I thought he meant I need rooted stock ruu. Because my device has stock ruu, only rooted. No custom roms.. So anyways.. I read their document on their website and Sensation XL is not listed between the supported devices. But if I read the posts here it is.

So I need to:

1. Unroot device

2. (Do I need to delete ClockWorkmods recovery?)

2. Relock bootloader (<<<--- Can I unlock bootloader after using this installer?)

3. Install RUU.

4. Run installer provided here

and then?.........

Thanks anyways

BTW, I have 1.25 HBOOTS
[HTC Sensation XL] globatron:
Since fardjadb inticated in post two that he has little time to spend on this and many people seem to have problems following the directions he gave for updating the cid in a rom.zip, we have decided to make the hboot we made for runnymede available for download.

These hboots do provide supercid and optionally overwrite protection, and there are both GB and ICS versions. This would not have been done had it not been for fardjadb's original post and the coincidence of having a runnymede to hand at an appropriate time.

The hboots can be found here:

http://unlimited.io/runnymede/
[HTC Sensation XL] anonymous_1997:
Nice work mate!
[HTC Sensation XL] fardjad:
Well done :)

I took my last final exam yesterday and was ready to start working on the new HBOOT today... glad you've done it.

PS:

I updated the first post and added the link to your website.
[HTC Sensation XL] fshami:
First download this

extract the zip file

run recovery_flasher.bat & it'll flash Stock HTC recovery on ur device..

then start the procedure of flashing his hboot..

Good Luck
[HTC Sensation XL] seaskyways:
Now dat's wat am searching for ;) Thanks ( and pressed )
[HTC Sensation XL] nashshafrulrezza:
is it mean we have full s-off?
[HTC Sensation XL] seaskyways:
No No , he said no , it is not Radio S-OFF , which is the full s-off , this is an hboot s-off , better than nothing :D

---------- Post added at 05:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:50 PM ----------

@fardjad , I wanted to understand something , did the s-offers of the Sensation complete your work ?? And if they did , from which sides ??
[HTC Sensation XL] Dfolt:
Maybe i dont understand something, but nashshafrulrezza think about http://unlimited.io/runnymede/ where u can read about

Or i dont understand what i reading or u are wrong :)
[HTC Sensation XL] globatron:
flashing of radios has nothing to do with radio/hboot S-OFF. These hboots use the same general approach as the original ones in this thread.

We did not finish off anything. The work in the OP stands on it's own merits.

We implmented some minor additional functionality that was useful to us and decided to share it because fardjadb indicated that he did not have enough time, due to priorities in the real world (exams) and also becasue we already had an ICS hboot which some people might want.

I want to be perfectly clear about this. You are only getting this functionality becasue of fardjadb's work, had he not done what he did we would not even have looked at this device. Please be sure to thank him for his work.
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
You should take some credit for your work too, we understand that without the work from fardjab this would never of been possible, but still credit where credit is due right? :)
[HTC Sensation XL] nashshafrulrezza:
Me too, try to figure out, am I not understand or I read it in a wrong way. :D
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
What don't you understand? S-Off means security off, the standard way of acheiving S-Off is by switching off the security flag held on the radio partition. This is commonly known as Radio S-Off. There is also another type of S-Off called engeneering S-Off, this is acheived by flashing a special engeering bootloader (hboot) after you already have standard S-Off.

Now this is neither, This is a special modifed version of the standard HTC hboot by fardjab, this hboot tricks the device into thinking it is S-Off and allows end users to perform security protected actions. But unlike "real" S-Off this is not perm, flashing a stock HTC hboot or RUU will return you back to S-On status.
[HTC Sensation XL] nashshafrulrezza:
finally I've understand it. Thank you so much! You explained it well. sorry for my slow understanding progress.
[HTC Sensation XL] globatron:
Apparently there are some issues with recoveries on ICS, particularly with mounting usb storage.

I have added an (as far as I can tell) fully working CWM based ICS recovery to the downloads page.
[HTC Sensation XL] seaskyways:
@globatron , so in the downloads page , who downloads the ICS bootloader and who downloads the GB bootloader exactly ?? the ones who upgraded by RUU or OTA to ICS flash the ICS or even the ones with custom ICS roms ?? or are they classified to which Hboot you have ??
[HTC Sensation XL] Alex-V:
lol..wow..did not read before :)

many thx to unlimited :) :) :)

with kind regards
[HTC Sensation XL] mantonas:
Hi, sorry for my noob question but I have a SXL with the new hboot (1.28) and from what I read, I can use this method to have S-OFF on my phone. If I do it, does that means that my phone will be unlocked to all SIM networks?

Thanks in advance!
[HTC Sensation XL] stona175:
nope. you can't unlock sim lock with this method.
[HTC Sensation XL] quarkw:
Hi ths patch doesnt work for me.also how cn i follow other ways to root.becuse my volume down button doesnt work so how cn i go to bootloadermode?

Thnks
[HTC Sensation XL] fshami:
Use adb command

adb reboot bootloader
[HTC Sensation XL] rlamba:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695937

Check this. It does not need pressing power or volume buttons.
[HTC Sensation XL] CoSaWa:
This is to unlock the bootloader, this thread is about S-Off? :)
[HTC Sensation XL] rlamba:
I was simply replying to the above post. Did your brain go into sleep mode at that time?
[HTC Sensation XL] bobcoenen:
Hej Guys,

I have access to the official way to make HTC Phones S-OFF :cowboy:

Some dude I know has the official MicroSD-Card that is used by HTC to S-OFF also known as (JAVA/WHITEcard), i will try it on my Sensation XL next week.

It works like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLFqGKzrtyg

Only this card is a MicroSD-card, it can be used with a USB Y-Cable and Cardreader on our SXL's

:good:
[HTC Sensation XL] dayi:
its doesnt work!. .:crying:

i was try to install RUUs with different CIDs... i was see signature failure everytime.

picture has original recovery installing time.

Help me please. I have XL thailand version and i want to installing TURKISH ICS...

By dayi34 at 2012-07-06

By dayi34 at 2012-07-06
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
Thats no diffrent to the XTC clip method and has been known for ages. This method is good but requires additional H/W (Y Cable) also an XTC clip is very expensive. You can also use LGTool to S-Off device but like the XTC clip. An SETool box and activation card are very expensive. (About 150GBP).
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
You need S-Off for that method to work.
[HTC Sensation XL] dayi:
i was try two method;

*FARDJADB_Runnymede_0.1 ERROR 140 (bootloader error)

*original recovery.img install. Signature Error.

and i don't know what i do :( if it is %100 working i will go technical service (JTAG)

i was hate this S-ON!..
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
Lock your bootloader, then flash an S-Off hboot. You wont get bootloader error then.
[HTC Sensation XL] KimUyLong:
_ Please check your link soon. Tks
[HTC Sensation XL] thienthanty:
New link :
[HTC Sensation XL] dayi:
evertyhing is ok.

i was go technical service.

i want JTAG =)

i was wait ;)

thanks for help :)
[HTC Sensation XL] pashaa:
SigTool.exe link is broken.

any one have another mirror?

many thanks

BR.
[HTC Sensation XL] fardjad:
I don't have my computer with me for a while, why don't you use unlimited.io HBOOTs? They also by pass the CID check.

If you already have my HBOOT installed, you can upgrade to unlimited.io ones by executing fastboot flash hboot <NAME OF THE FILE> or following the instructions in their website.

Anyways if you really need sigtool, you can compile it from the source code.