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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You don't know anybody that knows electronics?

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4258086:
not at this time:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Go to a repair center but dont leave the phone, have it checked out in front of you.

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[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi, i'm a long time lurker and a first time poster. i need your help guys

here's a history of what happened to my phone. when i got my sensation, it was stock, hboot i believe it was 1.17. i followed revolutionary's method of s-off, was able to s-off, install cwm and root my phone, i remember my hboot being 1.18. had been using older versions of ARHD, and kept updating it, but i always do a full wipe. then, one version of ARHD requires me to update the firmware, i think it was when the rom was based on ICS, and so i updated my firmware to 3.32 then to 3.33, the hboot became 1.29.0000, and instead of saying "REVOLUTIONARY", it know says "LOCKED" on top of the bootloader, i coudln't remeber though if it went from S-off to S-on. i also noticed my recovery changed from CWM to EXT4 touch. everything went well. and so i switched roms from ARHD and ViperS, full wiping everytime, it always went well.

then last week, i decided to flash ViperS 1.6.3, it went well. before flashing, i partitioned my sdcard to have an ext4 partition and a swap parition. after installing viperS, i installed link2sd and swapper2, set them up, and it was still ok. rebooted the phone to bootloader and i got a locked bootloader. it said LOCKED SECURITY WARNING, and it was S-ON, couldn't do anything, it kept going back to the bootloader.

so, i used htcdev's way of unlocking, it went well, i'm now able to get into viperS 1.6.3 rom, but i'm still S-OFF and dont have a recovery. i'm following the wire-trick to S-OFF but it requires me to flash a stock ROM, and i couldn't since i dont have recovery.

i tried fastboot to send a custom recovery img, it went in, it said it was writing recovery, finished but when i try to get in to recovery, it wont, it just boots to viperS. i also tried downloading the PG58IMG.zip that ony contained recovery, put it in root directory of sdcard, it loaded but still nothing. what am i doing wrong, please help

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ashkan-khatar:
Hi;

1st. RUU (Stock ROM) does not need a custom recovery, it is an executable file that must be run on Microsoft™ Windows® OS while the phone is connected.

2nd. How did you get TeamVenom™ ViperS 1.6.3 on your phone WITHOUT having a recovery?!

That pretty "Thanks" button's waiting for U, in case I helped :P

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[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
the issue happened after flashing viperS rom
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi, i had custom recovery before, it was gone after i unlocked using HTCDEV, i had to use HTCDEV unlock because my bootloader got locked, and had a security warning

the stock ics rom i have is in a zip file. i dont believe there's an ICS rom in .exe file, if there is, please let me know. i have the original ship RUU, in .exe file but its in GB, i believe i cant use that because my hboot is 1.29.0000

thanks
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
if you are still S-OFF you can use it

but if you want for ics ruu.exe see here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1672425
[HTC Sensation] BADroid-z:
this happened to me once .. copy all files in in the fastboot folder (boot.img,adb,...) to a whole new folder and try again its gonna work hopefully ;)

---------- Post added at 08:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:51 PM ----------

i am currently on 4ext recovery ... search for. 4ext recovery.apk ... then atvthe first time when u open it its gonna ask for downloading data accept it and u r ready to do what ever u want ;)
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi, tried it on a different folder, same thing. it says, its sending the recovery, and writing it, i could even see the vertical bar on the upper right corner on my bootloader move, but when i try to go to recovery, nothing.

sadly, i'm S-ON

here is the current info on my phone

hboot version - 1.29.0000

booloader - UNLOCKED using htcdev

S-ON

firmware 3.33

ROM - viperS 1.6.3

problem - no recovery

please help
[HTC Sensation] heavy_metal_man:
Have you tried using the 4ext app to flash recovery?
[HTC Sensation] BADroid-z:
try to enter hboot and through it enter. recovery
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Something corrupted your firmware

And that is to an extent that soff turned to son @_@

Now the best thing to first do is relock the bootloader then run a RUU ( proper ruu for your device)

Let the proper firmware get flashed

Then unlock the bootloader again and then flash a custom recovery
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
i haven't, i'll try but i think you need to be s-off for it to work
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
ataskto Field

that's what i've been trying to do, after choosing recovery, it reboots, and shows the htc logo but doesn't go in, it goes to the ROM
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, do i really need to relock the bootloader? i have a stock RUU, but its GB, can i use that even if my current firmware is 3.33? there's no ICS RUU for my CID which is HTC_044, its for asia WWE.

i found a stock ICS RUU but its for europe, i also read that i could edit the file in PG58IMG.zip and include my CID so my phone witll accept it, do you think this is the way to go?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
oh sorry, i didnt find the guide that says i could include my CID in the PG58IMG.zip, it wa linked by rzr86, thanks man

got confused, was reading a lot of guides
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes you need to relock the bootloader

Now i got ics wwe ruu link

Give me the output of this command (except Imei and serial number) from bootloader

fastboot getvar all

EDIT: here is HTC SENSATION XE ICS ASIA WWE RUU
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
version: 0.5

version-bootloader: 1.29.0000

version-baseband: N/A

version-cpld: None

version-microp: None

version-main: 3.33.401.106

serialno:

imei:

product: pyramid

platform: HBOOT-8260

modelid: PG5813000

cidnum: HTC__044

battery-status: good

battery-voltage: 4001mV

partition-layout: Generic

security: on

build-mode: SHIP

boot-mode: FASTBOOT

commitno-bootloader: 705f86f6

hbootpreupdate: 11

gencheckpt: 0

hi ganeshp, i only have htc sensation, can i use sensation xe's rom?

i tried installing 4ext recovery control, it installed recovery, but when i try to boot to recovery, it gives me a black screen, then nothing, it restarts and boots to the OS.

i also tried this rom, RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.6_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_266171_signed, extacted the rom.zip, tried to edit the android-info.txt file to include my CID, but couldn't save it, it says the zip file is corrupt. i couldnt even open rom.zip using windows' compressed folder app, i needed to use winrar, i'm using windows 8 by the way, will try with windows 7. i had winrar reconstruct the zip file, and i was able to edit the android-info.txt, renamed rom.zip to PR58IMG.zip and put it in the root of my sdcard and let the bootloader detect it, still nothing. unlocked bootloader again using htcdev, and viperS 1.6.3 is still there.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You used the wrong RUU

Also the ruu I've linked won't work either

I'll give you the proper ruu

Once you downloaded it.. Relock the bootloader (fastboot oem lock) -> this step is very important

And then run the ruu

EDIT: here is the RUU link
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, the one on your link is still for sensationxe, would it work?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
by the way, when i extracted the rom.zip from the RUU i used, i saw a recvoery_signed.img, tried flashing it thru fastboot, and i can now boot to recovery, but its android recovery so i think i still wont be able to flash custom roms. but i need to get to stock rom first, maybe it would allow me? i'll try. i'll download the RUU you provided ganeshp, as soon as i have confirmation its ok because i saw its for sensation xe

thanks
[HTC Sensation] dany xe:
Have u unlocked ur bootloader? In the two cases download sensation tool from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1497404

If u havnt unlocjed bootloader u can do it with this tool, and if its unlocked u can flash recovery with one click using this tool

Dont worry if u saw its name is sensation 4g, it works for sensation/4g/XE
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
it is for xe
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
It is indeed for xe

Isn't your device xe?

Your current firmware says you are having xe (or you might have accidentally flashed xe ruu previously )

Correct me if I'm wrong
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi, yes my bootloader is already unlocked, using htcdev. i've already tried that tool, sends and write recovery, but it still wont let me in recovery.

thanks
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, i only have sensation, non-xe. i'm not sure why, which detail on my info says its an xe? i remember flashing 3.33 firmware before so i could install arhd's rom that require 3.33 firmware, but i dont remember it saying its for sensation xe, i've been switching between viperS and arhd 3.33 roms, and when i use arhd, i always choose to install beats, maybe thats why? so, which one should i use now?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
i now have stock recovery, what can i do with it? can atleast use it to restore stock rom? because thats what i need to achieve s-off, once i'm s-off, i can do anything.

thanks
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, this may be the reason why

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1412618

the 3.33 firmware i used from mike, is based on sensation xe

any ideas on what to do next?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
They problem now is version-main parameter says you are xe

But the modelid says your device is just sensation

And you are Son.. Which means you can't alter firmware but how on he'll those variants were altered? I don't understand this

Anyways just run the ruu I've linked.. After relocating the bootloader

Don't extract the rom.zip

Just connect the phone from bootloader to pc and then double click on the ruu.exe

Let me know how it went (mention me the error if it has thrown any error)
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, i think they were altered when i was still s-off. according to mike1986, the firmware update he provided were for xe but would work with regular sensation. i'll try the ruu you provided and let you know. thanks so much for your help
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, tried the RUU you provided.

locked bootloader first, ran the RUU, it gave me error 130 model ID error. went to the temp folder, located the android-info file and changed the model number and included my cid, tried opening rom.zip, but it wont open, it says its corrupted, used winrar to open and rebuild the zip file, also updated the android-info file in rom.zip, included my cid and changed model number to sensation's model number. i let the ruu run and i get a signature error, actually it says signaRure error, wrong spelling.

i'm really wondering why i cant open the rom.zip in the temp folder
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Editing rom.zip won't work.. Even a single bit change in the rom would result in signature error

That's why I said run the ruu as it is and that's the only way it's gonna work

I'll give you another ruu.. Try to run that

---------- Post added at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:02 PM ----------

try this RUU
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, ok will try it, but i think i know what error i'll get, wrong cid, its for europe and my cid is 044, i'll try anyway

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Your cid will be there inside the ruu

Can you verify this by extracting the android-info.txt of the RUU's rom.zip
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
you added it? ok, will try and let you know. thank you for keeping helping me
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
No I haven't added it

Iirc the ruu I've linked should support your device

Otherwise I'll try to fetch sensation Asia wwe ruu
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, downloaded the ruu, checked the android-info, it doesnt contain my cid. will try to flash it now and see what happens
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, i locked the bootloader, ran ruu, and i got error 131: customer id error

the problem is, i cant find an ruu with firmware 3.33 for asia wwe

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ashkan-khatar:
That's not a problem, get super cid first, then flash the RUU. It'll make u able to flash an RUU which is not for your exact device. :)

Spit out from an HTC Sensation XE, a revived device while was dying due to lack of support, with TeamVenom, and other astonishingly amazing developers' benignity...
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
I am also unable to find sensation Asia wwe 3.33 ruu

Will ask malybru.. He has lot of ruu links bookmarked

In the meantime can you try changing cid?

First unlock the bootloader then

fastboot

oem writecid HTC__001

Then reboot bootloader

fastboot reboot-bootloader

Then check cid

fastboot getvar cid

If cid changed (happened couple of times).. Flash a sensation Europe ruu

He is not soff to do supercid :(
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
C:\android>fastboot oem writecid HTC_001

...

(bootloader) fail: [writecid] Invalid cid

OKAY [ 0.009s]

finished. total time: 0.009s

this is what i got
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Double underscore it is

I mean HTC__001 not HTC_001
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
it worked ganeshp! its now HTC__001, problem now, when i lock the bootloader, it wont relock, it would say successful but its still unlocked. i'll try running the RUU now and see what happens
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Reboot then relock

Unless you relock the device

Ruu won't run properly
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
kept trying to relock, it did finally

now relocked, i ran the ruu, i'm getting error 155: unknown error
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Error 155 means not proper connection

Is the phone reading FASTBOOT USB when connected?

You can also check using "fastboot devices" command
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, yes it is. since the bootloader is relocked, i can only go to bootloader, and its already in fastboot usb. when i run the ruu while i'm in fastboot usb, the ruu program reboots my phone to the bootloader and sends files. but at the beginning, before running the ruu, i'm in fastboot usb
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Change the port connection then

Try any other usb 2.0 port and don't use usb hubs

Btw if you are wondering why I'm making you to run the ruu when you can't flash recovery is because somehow some unknown partitions got corrupted thus causing this issue.. And that became evident when you posted the firmware variables (you have Asia wwe cid with sensation xe Europe based firmware version and modelid representing normal sensation - weirdest combination I've ever seen)

So by running the ruu properly I hope the partitions gets overwritten properly

Thus you unlock bootloader again and flash custom roms
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
thats what i'm trying right now, using different usb ports, not using usb hub,and i'm using orig htc cable

i really think its the 3.33 firmware mike1986 prepared that caused the firmware variable, the firmware was for sensation xe, so my fw is for xe but model id is fr regular sensation. he kinda explained that on his thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1412618
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, tried every usb port i have, same thing. according to htc's readme file

ERROR [155~159]: IMAGE ERROR

One of these error messages will appear when you use the incorrect RUU to update and the image file size is larger than the Flash ROM size. In this case, download the correct RUU version and try again.

i'm using windows 8 64bit, does that matter?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
I understand that

But what's surprising is that how you were able to turn SON with that firmware

Nope that doesn't matter

Try with unlocked bootloader then
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
tried it, same thing ganeshp :(
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, do you know why everytime i open rom.zip, it says its an invalid file? i'd like to try to go that route, as i'm getting desperate

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
The rom.zip should open.. If not it's corrupted.

You are extracting rom.zip from ruu?
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
yes, i'm getting it in the temp folder, thats how i should get it right?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Install 7zip and try to extract it using that
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, do you know if there's an ruu for sensation that has 1.29 bootloader in it? i tried manually flash the rom.zip, thru fastboot and that where it stopped, because the hboot inside the rom.zip is older. sensation xe's hboot is 1.29 but i cant use it because of the model id. i think if i could just change the hboot version, it should go thru. but i cant edit rom.zip. 7zip and winrar could extract the zip but wouldnt accept alterations in the included files. if i unzip them, edit the file and re-zip, signature error, and the file size is different

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You can't do it

As the signature for the entire zip will be calculated and verified normally in addition to the per file signature verification.

Anyways this ruu method isn't going well

Now that you are able to change the cid

Unlock bootloader once again and then try to flash recovery and see

If recovery flash Failed

Try to boot the recovery using this command

fastboot boot recovery.img
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, did this, it rebooted then still went straight to the ROM. what's weird is, i can flash stock recovery and able to access it, but when i flash a custom recovery in unlocked bootloader, its like its not letting it write it.

what if? i use a sensation xe ruu that has 1.29 hboot, extract the rom.zip, since i can change th cid, the only problem would be the model id. do you think including the model id in rom.zip would work?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp, i think i could use the ruu for sensation xe, RUU-Pyramid-LE-ICS-35-hTC-Europe-3.33.401.153-Radio-11.76A.3504.00U-11.24A.3504.31-M-release-281004-signed, since it has 1.29 hboot but the only thing preventing it to install is the model id. i have tried countless times to modify the android-info.txt to change the model id, but all the programs i used wont let me, totalcommander says "cannot modify multi-volume archive".

please, if you have time, i know i'm asking too much already, and you've already tried to help me a lot, can you check if you could extract rom.zip from the ruu and include the htc sensation's model id and upload it, please, i really need help, i was already giving up and accepting that my phone is already stuck with vipers1.6.3, whish is not bad also since its a good ROM, but i later found out that my wifi isnt working, probably because my phone is s-on and has a different rom. please help

thanks
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp,

i have tried everything, giving up now, thinking of just selling the phone and getting a newer HTC, problem now is, wifi isnt working, when i turn it on, it just stays on turning on...

i have tried installing the wifix and wifix manager latest version, did not help.

now, as being somebody who already knows the history, problems and weirdness of my phone, what can i do to fix it? i have tried looking for solutions but they dont seem to apply to my situation, any ideas?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ashkan-khatar:
Well, trll me what is your current ROM and radio?

Spit out from an HTC Sensation XE, a revived device while was dying due to lack of support, with TeamVenom, and other astonishingly amazing developers' benignity...
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
baseband version - 11.76A.3504.00P_11.24A.3504.31_M

ROM - ViperS 1.6.3

HBOOT - 1.29.0000

device - Sensation non-xe

S-ON

Bootloader unlocked by HTCDEV

no custom recovery - cant install, wont install
[HTC Sensation] ashkan-khatar:
You know what you are saying, buddy?

Haven't you ever read any guide on installing a custom ROM on S-ON hboots? Well, that's the point.

You MUST install 4EXT recovery in order to be able to enable smartflash option under its "Tools" tree; It is NECESSARY for S-ON devices, otherwise, you will encounter WiFi issues, like you currently are.

Either get S-OFF or install latest 4EXT Recovery and then reflash the ROM while smartflash is enabled. that's all. :)

Good luck.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
The problem is.. He can install recovery but the recovery won't come up when trying to boot to recovery instead he reboots to bootloader.

And for soff he needs stock rom.. Which he wasn't able to install due to differences in bootloader variables (past 2 pages talks about that)

---------- Post added at 02:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:33 PM ----------

Tried booting to recovery from the vipers rom?

Power button - reboot - reboot to recovery?
[HTC Sensation] confli©t:
hi ganeshp,

yep, tried that as well
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mariancerny:
Hi all.

Ive got an Xperia U from O2 back when I was in the UK. I wouldnt have bought it if I knew it was completely locked.

First I got really annoyed when I couldnt root the goddamn thing because bootloader unlock was disabled (or something like that). I installed the official update, but then the phone got ridonculously slow. I kept using because I was too busy to think about that stuff and not using the phone too much anyway.

Now that I have moved out of UK, its completely useless, because its SIM locked as well. Ive asked a guy in a mobile store and he said it was gonna take him 3 weeks and 40€ to unlock it. Im not gonna pay that unless it runs some newer version of Android smoothly.

So I have a couple of questions:

1. is there a way to SIM unlock it myself somehow in a matter of hours (and for less than 20€?) ?

2. is there a way to unlock bootloader even though it says its not enabled ?

3. are there any ROMs based on Android 4.1 or newer for this phone ?

I want to be able to change the ROM and to use the phone with my Slovak SIM card. Otherwise its just a useless piece of ****e and Ill get rid of it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Toon10:
Can you get in fastboot?

Send from my xperia p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mariancerny:
If this is all I have to do...

1. Shutdown Phone

2. Press Volume-Up Button

3. Plug in USB Cable in the Xperia U

4. Plug in USB Cable in your PC

.. then no :(

I tried to press the button and then insert the cable and inserting the cable while holding the volume up button, but I only got the charging screen.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mariancerny:
Any ideas what should I do with it ?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orionthehun:
I have been using hephappy 9.1.4 but yesterday I upgraded to Rashed's CM10 8January build.

Following things are not working .. Lockscreen,homebutton and play store ..I tried to revertback to 9.1.4 but again they are not working with 9.1.4 also :( (Previously everything was working with 9.1.4)

I have using CWM 5.

steps taken , Wipe Data/Factory reset->Wipe Cache Partition->Install from Sd card->ROM->Gaaps

I have tried cyberics 4.0 but same problem persists everywhere ...:crying:

Any help ?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orionthehun:
Solved ...!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] robbierob03:
Hello all,

Just flashed a new Rom clean (wiped cache, davlik cache, system, etc) and everything works, however now everything on my internal sd card shows up twice. In other words where before I had one alarm folder, I now see two. And this has happened for everything! Is there a fix for this? Or am I going to have to erase my internal sd card and flash again?

TIA
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Sloth:
Which rom?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
If you're on the Sense 5 ROM, clear your media storage in your app settings. After you do this you can make a backup of your media storage with Titanium Backup, so if the problem arises again you can restore your media settings without losing anything.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] robbierob03:
Bigdaddy - I flashed the latest Meanbean Rom.

Finz28 - will that work for a sense 4 Rom?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] robbierob03:
Final update - FinZ28's advice on clearing data in media storage did the trick after a reboot. Thanks!