yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] DozenMadder:
Agreed, I got the phone for my wife and "gave" the Note to one of our daughters (7 years old---her eyes nearly popped out when I handed it to her) now I'm a hero in my own home! Daughter is loving the options for drawing and I'm looking forward to finding an engaging penmanship tutorial to sink her into. I'm not disappointed in any way, but I still hope (agianst odds) for the novelty of being able to text from it.

On another note:

I have contacted one developer regarding achieving root who said he would consider it if he had a device to work with (he does not own a Note 8 but does have a Note 10.1 and an ATT S4). I really can't give away my daughter's tab for any length of time without devestating her. Giving him one outright would be quite a bounty, but if anyone wants to coordinate it, I would consider contributing as well.

Has anybody approched the developers that rooted the other variants of the Note 8? Perhaps one of them would at least point us in the right direction. I don't want to pester them if they have already been asked.
[Motorola Atrix 2] iamonlyafigment:
Hey guys, so I jumped on the Galaxy S4 bandwagon. But I have a spare atrix 2 that I can't get to boot or anything. It isn't hard bricked at least not that I did, one day it just decided it wasn't going to boot anymore. The screen is in excellent condition, I'm not sure what happened to make it not want to boot, but I have tried charging it and I can't tell if it'

s doing anything or not. So if anyone wants it let know.
[Motorola Atrix 2] shimp208:
Just sent you a PM if your interested let me know :).
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
hi every one

i was trying to match the RIL/basebande versions

i tried to flash some radio files and i dont know what it happend (i really forget what i did exactlly)

sudenlly i pressed the hard reset in the hboot (yes i remember i did this)

after that i tried to reflash a radio file via fastboot

i notices that in my hboot it's writen like this

*** LOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.29.0000

eMMC-boot

Mar 2 2012, 18:14:34

now when i try to flash PG58IMG (radio) it says fail-PU

i thaught that i'm still s-on because that pink LOCKED which written above (even it's written s-off under it !!!!!!!!)

okay i was able to change between hboot version by just flashing the hboot zip file and that's all so i tried to do that like i was

now when i try to flash the hboot (PG58IMG) it says alsi fail-PU

and now i'm stuck into this screen

here is my getvar resault if some one could help me

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.29.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 9.99.999.999
(bootloader) serialno: (removed by me because it's not important)
(bootloader) imei: (removed by me because it's not important)
(bootloader) product: pyramid
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8260
(bootloader) modelid: PG58*****
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3831mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 705f86f6
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.509s
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
As long as you have access to the boot loader and/or fastboot, you're not bricked. You can technically flash Universal firmware and a recovery to get around this but you might want to flash an RUU as it'll boot you into a ROM and give you a working setup to play with.

Since you're S-OFF download and flash an RUU via fastboot, upgrade or downgrade; it makes very little difference as it will put you in a position to flash a recovery and or universal firmware.

A note on RIL/Basebands, 3.32 and 3.33 have no adverse effects of using a non matching RIL baseband so long as your WiFi and mobile network works, you should be good.

P.S: remove your SN & IMEI from your post

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
i tried an RUU and it says error 171 usb connection error !

i'm in fastboot and i can see my device connected using the fastboot devices commande

by the way this problem happed while i'm trying to get my wifi working

any way now i'm trying to get my device booting
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
I skimmed over your other thread, and you probably should have tried a kernel with BCM drivers if you haven't already.

Try with a different (and known to work) USB.

Also, make sure HTC Sync is closed and that you run the RUU as administrator.

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
i tried Sultan kernel with BCM driver and it didn't work (wifi turning on................................)

any way this is not my current prb now

one other thing

when i try this commande fastboot oem rebootRUU

here is what it says

...
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] read data fail in CMD18
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] SD: Read data fail..
(bootloader) [ERR] partition_read_emmc(732): error 2
(bootloader) Start Verify: 0
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] read data fail in CMD18
(bootloader) [SD_HW_ERR] SD: Read data fail..
(bootloader) [ERR] partition_read_emmc(732): error 2
(bootloader) Start Verify: 0
(bootloader) erase sector 130560 ~ 131071 (512)
(bootloader) emmc_erase(1852): sd_write_sector failed!
OKAY [ 0.235s]
finished. total time: 0.257s

and RUU is still not working
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
Format you SDCard, or make sure it's properly inserted.

Download this file and place it in your fastboot directory.

Edit: Link: http://db.tt/4UwSEM33

Then try this:

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Using your bootloader, boot into recovery

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
okay i'll try

please stay connected, i really need you
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
Sure. If the fastboot commands work I've got something you can try.

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
not working !!!

fastboot erase recovery gives me this

erasing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.002s
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
You are S-OFF?

Try:

fastboot oem unlock

Else move the universal firmware file into the folder with fastboot and type:

fastboot flash zip <zip name>.zip

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
not working

(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.006s
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
Sorry, always getting commands mixed up.

Try:

fastboot update PG58IMG.zip

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
archive does not contain 'boot.img'

error: update package missing boot.img

:(

are you sure that i'm s-off my friend ??? because it's written in the hboot above with pink

*** LOCKED ***

but under this line it's written S-OFF with green
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
You're S-OFF, however your bootloader is locked. Meaning commands are locked, S-OFF disables security allowing you to flash things without being signed by HTC.

Could you try this:

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU (if you get SDcard errors, take out your SDCard and try again)

fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip

fastboot reboot-bootloader

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
fastboot erase cache

erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: erasing error!)
finished. total time: 0.024s

fastboot oem rebootRUU

SD card errors and the device reboot into hboot
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
Tried removing your SD-Card? And have you checked the SDCard still works?

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
nothing is inserted on my phone (SIM / SD)

and my sd card is working fine on my pc

omg what i did :s:s:s
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
That's odd. Insert your SDCard after formatting it and placing the PG58IMG.zip on it. Then reboot into bootloader. See if it works, and let me know.

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Fail-PU errors generally correspond to firmware corruption

Which is pretty hard to solve

If Op can exactly tell flashing what caused this issue

Maybe we can have a chance

Btw can the phone go to recovery?

Also how did the patched hboot flash went?
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
- Fail-PU next to the bootloader line

i found this command

fastboot oem writesecureflag 3

i think this will return me back to s-on

but can i s-off my phone from hboot ??? if i want

or it's useless this command for me ?
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
Sticks and stones would probably be a lot more useful if you try that command. You'll brick the device. As long as it's still responding, you've got a good chance. [MENTION=4546540]ganeshp[/MENTION] is a great help, and since I've not dealt with Fail-PU (which I thought was due to bad blocks) you'll be better off with his advice, and can you boot in to recovery?

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
when want to go to recovery, the phone displays the 3 skating androids in the senter of the screen (flashed for a liiiiiiitle bit then go back to hboot)
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
You could try the HTC unbricking project, but I'm not sure how that'll work for you.

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
it didn't work

it didn't detect my device, i'm in linux now
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
I'd imagine you would have to be in QHUSB_DLOAD mode to do it, but there's a chance of permanently bricking it. Wait for ganeshp to reply in case he has a simpler way to re-flash firmware.

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
I cant solve this :(

If recovery partition is working we could dd the rest of partitions but thats not the case

The Problem is firmware corruption (in which case jtag or the unbricking thread might work )or bad blocks (which correspond to EMMC fail and needs a motherboard replacement )

EDIT: Ohh WAIT did the problem happened after radio flash ?

Then we can solve it I think (Ive solved a smilar case long back ago via remote desktop)

Try this (its our only hope)

copy a recovery.img (preferrable 4EXT ) to your adb/fastboot directory

connect the phone from bootloader

and this

fastboot boot recovery.img

tell me if it booted :)
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
not working :(

here is the resault

OKAY [ 1.529s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.560s
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
ahh bummer locked hboot is preventing you from flashing/booting anything

Im sure we can solve it if we can boot to a recovery (Ive skimmed through my past PM's where ive helped the other guy who did a corrupted radio flash and fallen into same situation ..but fortunately he still had the patched hboot intact and was able to do "fastboot boot recovery.img")

anyways try HTC-DEV unlock

instructons here (you can skip through Android-SDK installation ..its to get adb/fastboot which you already have )
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
i tried it and i got my Unlock_code.bin file

now once i flashed it it says :

sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.157s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
(bootloader) unlock token check successfully
OKAY [ 0.015s]
finished. total time: 0.182s

now basically here, my phone goes to the disclaimer screen of the htc-dev

but my device stayed at the boot loader

i said maybe i reflash the bin file

so when i reflash the bin it says

sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
FAILED (remote: loading custom splash failed)
finished. total time: 0.015s

after a third time

downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.518s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.534s
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
is the top of the bootloader says UNLOCKED now instead of LOCKED ?

then flash a recovery and tell me how it went

EDIT: did you accepted the disclaimer ? after that you should have UNLOCKED on top

if unlock token sending failed

re-send it again until you get the disclaimer screen (i think you need to go to "yes/accept" using the volume buttons. and select it using power button )
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
the disclaimer screen dodn't appear on my phone !!!

it still says *** LOCKED *** in hboot
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
then im out of suggestions ..

I hit a wall :(
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
so my phone is dead :( :( :( ???

no no no i don't belive it...

oh my god i just baught it 5 days ago...

com-on guys there must be a sollution any where

the device stil on hboot and it communicates with the pc

now the last result i have is

when i flash the Unlock_code.bin the first time goes fine but the device won't go to the disclaimer screen, it stays in hboot

when i reflash the same file, it tells me FAILED (remote: loading custom splash failed) and the vertical progress bar in hboot appears (empty)

when i flash the Unlock_code.bin the third time it says FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed) and the progress bar disappears

for the fourth time it goes like the first time and so-on....(cyclic steps) or i don't know what we call it

i rememberd... the problem started when i tried to flash the Firmware 3.32 Universal (Non-TMOUS)

it's here the problem started

one other thing, i lost my *** unlocked *** boot loader by flashing the HBoot 1.29.0000 Patch (Go from Hboot 1.27.1100 to 1.29.0000) which is located here

now my hboot is like this:

*** LOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.29.0000

eMMC-boot

Mar 2 2012, 18:14:34

please my friends... find me a sollution...
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
The solution is either Unbricking project

Or using jtag to re-flash the radio partition (which is available at so many places)

Your phone is bricked as of now though as AFAIK there are no other software wise solutions

You should always be careful when playing with firmware/radio and should always verify the md5sum before flashing those
[HTC Sensation] AndroidSupporter318:
[MENTION=4546540]ganeshp[/MENTION]

Could he try to flash 3.33 firmware?

I know this situation because I did the same as you (flashed hboot 1.29 over 1.27) but I didn't mess with the radios. I also lost the ***UNLOCKED*** state, but then I flashed the patched hboot(1.29 to 1.27) and then flashed the 3.33 firmware, so luckily nothing happened that caused serious damage.

Sent from my Ouya
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
He tried both and they are failing with Fail-PU errors.. Which was caused by corrupted radio flash
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
One of the two pins near the bottom of the phone will put it into QHUSB_DLOAD. Linux should be equipped with drivers for it, so you can use it to help recover your phone.

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] d3vilskid:
Think changing the phone to super cid will work? Off chance might help him flash international ruu
[HTC Sensation] DennisBold:
Can't flash an RUU if the phone cannot boot into OEM RUU mode. He's getting SD_HW errors which disallow him from doing so.

Sent from my HTC
[HTC Sensation] rp56:
Lmfao. .. :eek:
[HTC Sensation] d3vilskid:
Did he ever mention if he can boot into ROM? Since he was not able to flash anything ICS related through hboot is he able to downgrade to gingerbread through pg58?
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
what next ???

hi every one, i'm back again with some news

i passed my device through the JTAG

now the getvar commande gives me this

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.27.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 1.45.401.3
(bootloader) serialno: (deleted by me)
(bootloader) imei: (deleted by me)
(bootloader) product: pyramid
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8260
(bootloader) modelid: PG5813000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__032
(bootloader) battery-status: low
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3555mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 617f0a98
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.509s

so, is my phone is unbricked now ???

what should i do now ?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
awesome everything is proper now.

now you first flash a 3.33 universal fimrware... then 4EXT recovery from the bootloader...then go to recovery...download whatever rom you want ...mount sdcard in recovery ..copy the rom to it from PC ... in Recovery go to wipe/format -> do format all partitions except sdcard ...and then flash the rom ..all will be good

My preference go for latest JB sense roms ..they are smooth as hell (revelation or vipers 3.1.0 ) :)

njoy :)
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
okay i'm waiting for the battery to charge

by the way, what about these 3 lines in the getvar cmd ???

(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A (bootloader) version-cpld: None (bootloader) version-microp: None
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Ignore them.. Probably you got empty radio slot.. Flashing firmware should fix this
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
okay got it

i'll waite for the battery to charge then flash the firmware and see what it gives

thanx
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

well, i tried to flash universal firmware and the resault was the same Failed-PU

i tried to flash an other hboot (unlocked) and Failed-PU

stock rom also failed to boot to RUU

i think that my device is still giving the same problems before i JTAGed it !!!!!

here are the differences that i noticed before and after the JTAG stage

------------------------------------------------------------

BEFORE JTAG

*** LOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.29.0000

eMMC-boot

Mar 2 2012, 18:14:34

version-bootloader 1.29.0000

version-main 9.99.999.999

modelid: PG58*****

cidnum: 11111111

security: off

------------------------------------------------------------

AFTER JTAG

*** LOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.27.0000

eMMC-boot

Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34

version-bootloader 1.27.0000

version-main 1.45.401.3

modelid: PG5813000

cidnum: HTC__032

security: off

------------------------------------------------------------

and i'm still having the same problem Fail-PU when i try to flash anything radio, hboot, rom, recovery... nothing pass

:(:(:(
[HTC Sensation] d3vilskid:
Try a gingerbread ruu or phIMG
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
not working
[HTC Sensation] d3vilskid:
Don't know what to say, it worked for someone in the evo3d section.
[HTC Sensation] scottspa74:
So JTAG downgraded your hboot and removed supercid?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Can you boot into recovery?

Using this command

fastboot boot recovery.img

Edit: also it would have been much better if you have pumped the radio via jtag

What all partitions were jtagged?

Man the only hope is booting to recovery! If that's not possible then we still stuck at initial stages!
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
there is no recovery in my phone and i can't flash one because of Fail-PU

and about the JTAG stage, the person who made it for me, don't know what he did ( he's just a begginer and he don't know much better about android phones) by the way, he told me that nothing was changed, and you can see that the main version and cid was changed. i didn't pay any thing to him (be cause he told me that nothing changed) but if something happend and the phone worked, it would be 40euros

any way, now i'm still in hboot, i have no recovery, no RUU and i can't flash nothing.

dos that means that i have eMMC problem ???
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
It's all because of corrupted radio.. That's for sure as your problem actually started by flashing a corrupted radio. And it's preventing any fastboot flash by Fail-PU errors. And now you are still stuck with the locked bootloader and that corrupted radio. As of now I have no solution unless you can boot into recovery! Try asking dexter in unbricking project thread
[HTC Sensation] onemanshow85:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2351115
[HTC Sensation] ravike14:
try to unlock your bootloader now?? With a new unlock.bin if you succeed flash the jbear hboot and then try to flash recovery.img through fastboot
[HTC Sensation] AndresSanzH:
Try this...

I think you have to do SuperCID so you can flash universal FW!!!. Because your CID is HTC__032 (not compatible with universal). After SuperCID try to flash FW 3.33 univ. by following the steps on this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459767

After that, flash a Recovery (4ext) by putting it on SD card and flash a ROM...
[HTC Sensation] AndroidSupporter318:
You don't need to have superCID to flash 3.33 universal firmware. You can flash 3.33 if you are s-off.

BTW, OP already said that he gets fail-PU error when flashing anything. SuperCID will not help, nor will firmware 3.33 because he will get fail-PU. RUU will not work, as stated by OP.

the only thing I can think of is HTC unbricking project. I know it's technically not bricked, but in your case, since you can't flash anything, and you have no recovery, you can only hope for unbricking project by getting a QHSUSB_DLOAD from PC.

Sent from my Ouya
[HTC Sensation] AndresSanzH:
well, in the FW post it is said that you need Super CID to flash. This guys sais that he JTAGed his device and the CIDNUM changed from super CID to HTC__032 (wich i think is not compatible). i think he needs to SuperCID again and then try to Flash firmware or at least try to unlock the bootloader...

Unbricking project dont work for Soft bricked devices. Only works for devices wich cant boot into bootloader.
[HTC Sensation] AndroidSupporter318:
Problem is, he 1. Doesn't have a recovery and 2. Has fail-PU error on everything he flashes.

So, he can't flash anything. You can actually make your phone be in a qhsusb_dload state by using a paperclip to tweak something in the back cover of the phone.

The only requirement for HTC unbricking project is getting your phone into qhsusb_dload state.

Sent from my Ouya
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
if you mean the htc-dev methode, i did it and i pushed the unlock.bin file but the splach screen of the unlock did not appear
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
peopls who said that i'm allready s-off, please could you explain how is that ??? before the actual state, i was playing with bootloaders, so i change between *** LOCKED *** and *** UNLOCKED *** and Juopunutbear's boot loader

and i remember when my bootloader says *** LOCKED *** i can not flash recovery or custom splash1 image

so i changed to Juopunutbear bootloader and then i can flash recovery and i flashed splash1 image

so basically, s-off and *** LOCKED *** means that you ar not really S-OFF

any way, now sins my bootloader is *** LOCKED *** i can not do anything

now i decided to put my phone to qhsusb_dload stat and try the unbrick project

how to pass to qhsusb_dload state ?
[HTC Sensation] specter16:
hi againe..... :)

could some one tell me if the J-tag stage was made correctly or not?

i'm guessing that the person who did the J-TAG stage, did it with htc sensation files, and mine is htc sensation xe

is that correct ?

please check my getvar resault (from the first page) and the last one

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ravike14:
Why don't you give it to a authorised htc center? The more you try the more messy is gets
[HTC Sensation] SpaceMonkey002:
Able to boot into recovery through fastboot, but not able to flash.

Hello! I am having the same problem with my HTC sensation (Pyramid) CID: HTC__Y13. I am not able to flash any recoveries, systems etc. I suspect the partitions on my sdcard (internal) is broken. BUT I AM HOWEVER able make the phone boot into twrp recovery by using the following command:

fastboot boot recovery.img. Is there any chance of fixing the partitions (if that's my problem) and flash PG58IMG.zip to restore my phone? My intentions is to keep the phone rooted, and use custom rom on it. I am S-OFF, and my bootloader is UNLOCKED.

In appreciation
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] emdelect:
Does anyone know if it is possible to perhaps use the XDAIIi Base Rom along with one of the many extended roms in this section? I've noticed the extended rom is larger in the XDAIIi Rom than the XDAII rom. I'm not sure whats in the XDAIIi Rom yet as I haven't been able to open it. If any one has any ideas please share them.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] mamaich:
Why don't you use search over the forum? The same questions was asked several times before.

You can use some programs from extended ROMs of other devices, but you cannot use main device ROM or radio ROM.