yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
If your using my mod then only the first one will work for you if your internal data is corrupt.

As far as I know you will need to be s-off, otherwise use delta-roh's mod to edit the boot.img

If your not sure send me your boot.img and I'll edit it for you.

You

must

have a second primary partition on your sdcard.

The twrp error about updating partitions should be able to be ignored but I have edited TWRP so it will read your second partition on your sdcard (sd-ext) for data instead of internal data. I haven't tested this myself though but should work. You still need to modify the ROM's boot.img too.

TWRP-2.8.6.0-pyramid-f2fs-r3(Modified-1).img

If your still having issues, it maybe because system partition is possibly corrupt too as I'm sure I've read about others having both gone bad. If so further modification is needed.
[HTC Sensation] martix90:
Hi,

this looks very promising! I have formatted the SD-Card using 4EXT with two partitions + swap. So this should be alright.

Now, there are no errors anymore, when your Mod updates the partition details! Thanks a thousand times.

Also the flashing of ivanichs 12.1 (from 18.04) is done without errors now. But after a reboot, it only proceeds to the HTC logo.

How can I update the boot.img? Can you explain how to do it on my own?

Tomorrow, I will give my OnePlus One to the RMA - Actually I have put up with having no smartphone for some weeks, but maybe there is really a chance to revive the Sensation. Else I will go absolutely retro with an Nokia 6150:laugh:
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
My mod edits the boot.img for you but it mounts internal data too, so that's probably why it only made it to the HTC logo.

Just flash ROM again and then Mod linked below.

BOOT-MOD-1.1(Modified-1).zip

To edit ramdisk yourself in the boot.img you can to it with windows with this Mod or if using Linux, use the ramdisk-tools and commands I attached to this post.
[HTC Sensation] martix90:
Oh it's working. Thank you so much. First I tried CM12.1 but the WIFI couldn't be turned on. I was scared I might have broken other partitions, but with CM11 the WIFI works normally.

I'm very happy right now. Thank you again for all your help!
[HTC Sensation] WnG88:
Deleted
[HTC Sensation] kellyq:
little error it TWRP 2.8.x

Instaling rom and after gaps recovery says no os installed are you sure to rebot (or something like this) but rom is installed properly.
[HTC Sensation] nDman.sk:
I can't install TWRP on my Sensatrion. I used Rashr to flash recovery and fastboot too but they not work. I made an PG58IMG.zip file for it but i get fail-ic error at update.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
goo is working but if anyone needs another link here it is

http://d-h.st/Jle
[HTC Sensation] lolmachine4:
Coudn't wait any longer, flashed it.

Works okay, although I would have preferred a touch-version over the tricky swipe-version.

Anyway, good job. :)
[HTC Sensation] jkolner:
Just curious, is this better then 4Ext Recovry tool?

Here is a mirror.
[HTC Sensation] lolmachine4:
There is a a bug with aroma installer - the touch controlls don't work with this recovery. Back to CWM touch it is.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
4EXT is good but the problem is that none of the recoveries support the new set_metadata methods.
[HTC Sensation] topgeardave:
Any chance you could make a philztouch recovery then pm Phil telling him it works with your source and he could make a fully fledged touch recovery for the sensation?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201860
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
I have deprecated CWM for TWRP. I have updated the OP for that.
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
The new TWRP recovery works ok. I installed the KitKat gapps without problem.
[HTC Sensation] erdal67:
Wich is better? This one or 4ext

Sent from my smart-toothbrush injected with Cyanogenmod 10.1
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
I like the batch wipe option, so In my opinion TWRP is better. I used to be 4ext fan until i installed TWRP. :)

But this version has a problem with aroma installer :(
[HTC Sensation] The_Hamster:
Anyone have a mirror? Goo hasn't worked for me in ages..
[HTC Sensation] papikev:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47880917&postcount=21
[HTC Sensation] erdal67:
Mirror on box.com

https://app.box.com/s/mvheo2ywrneo7xvrfyz9

Sent from my smart-toothbrush injected with Cyanogenmod 10.1
[HTC Sensation] jon126:
Is there other way apart from fastboot to flash this recovery because my phone can't connect to computer by usb e.g it only charges and doesn't mount. I'm running android1-7's 4.3.1 rom with his kernel btw.
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
There's an app called recovery tools flasher. Worked for me.

But if you going to install flashable zip files with aroma installer, don't flash this recovery because there's a bug and this recovery doesn't work with aroma zips.
[HTC Sensation] jon126:
Is there any way to fix this usb problem:

e.g only charges and doesn't mount or show anything.
[HTC Sensation] kinghunki:
Do not support the aroma script? After entering the aroma flash interface, can't touch!
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
yeah, i am looking at the problem. Not sure why it doesnt work though.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
I read some time ago somewhere here on xda about the same problem, I'll look if I find anything when I'm at home later.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
That would be a great help
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
I can't seem to find that thread anymore, but I found that Galaxy Note 8.0 had the same problem [MENTION=1029568]nickdollahz[/MENTION] fixed it (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2483844)

Maybe he can help you
[HTC Sensation] nickdollahz:
Aroma for the Note 8 always worked but the touch drivers alignment were off. I had made modifications to the drivers to make the touch work properly.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
For us us touch in aroma doesn't work so I assume it's the same problem
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Thanks for your reply. By sound of it, i think we might have the same issue. Can you point me to the code that fixed it? I might try implementing same for sensation.
[HTC Sensation] nickdollahz:
For the Note 8, the touch drivers are in portrait mode but the framebuffer is in landscape mode. Aroma and the recovery handle touch screen drivers independently. The thing was for the Note 8 both aroma and the touch based recovery had the same problem which allowed me to make changes at the kernel level that fixed both. How to go about fixing it for your device is gonna be different since Note 8 is a samsung device.

What you need to do is look at the kernel source for Cynaogenmod and find out where the touch screen drivers are implemented and change them to fix whatever problem you were having. The Note 8 fix is detailed here.
[HTC Sensation] Balikesirli:
Hey [MENTION=3275672]rathore4u[/MENTION]:

[REQUEST]

Can you make this 1080x1920 theme for our Sensation with 540x960, please?

here the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2235723

here the theme:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2123695&d=1374090610

I tried that theme on my sensation but it have to resized ^^

here the permission to edit the theme:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45310422&postcount=56

Hope you can edit that HTC One TWRP Theme to HTC Sensation

Thanks in Advanced :)
[HTC Sensation] ink100:
whether it is compatible with android1234567 12/04 rom?
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
Yes, it's compatible with non-aroma 4.4 zips
[HTC Sensation] erdal67:
Aroma worked great for me, when flashing sultan kernel
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Hi,

I am not sure when will i get time to resize the theme. If you want you can resize it yourself.

Here is how you do it.

1. Unzip the required theme in a folder.

2. Use an image manipulation program pref with batch options ( IrfanView is good for Windows ) and resize all the images in images folder to 50% width and 50% height

3. Use a text editor like Notepad++ and open ui.xml

4. Replace any numbers that you see in value="<num>" or x="<num>" or y="<num>", or ending with _x="<num>" or width="<num>" or height = "<num>" with num/2. Basically any height, width, x, or y should be straigh half of original value.

5. Once done zip the contents of the folder again.

6. Follow the original steps for installing from original post.

If it works let us know, I would like to use one of them as well.
[HTC Sensation] Balikesirli:
Thanks :)

I tried it to do, but i can´t it -.-
[HTC Sensation] Balikesirli:
edit:

here the theme for HTC Sensation:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ur5ripmra1wcrmj/ViperOne_Rot_for_2.6.0.0__ui_pyramid.zip

Thanks to pondikos & Artificial_Intelligence !! :) :good:
[HTC Sensation] SnZ:
Doesn't work for me:

-mount USB storage

-wiping (failed to mount /cache, ... failed to wipe dalvik... etc.)
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Let me know what process did you follow to install TWRP
[HTC Sensation] SnZ:
everything same as in #1 post (instructions) :)

maybe i try to redownload and recheck md5 this time.
[HTC Sensation] bizon:
+ 1

The procedure was according the instructions in the OP.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Is your phone S-OFF or S-ON?
[HTC Sensation] bizon:
I'm S-OFF
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
What version is your HBOOT?
[HTC Sensation] bizon:
1.27.1100
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Can you try with this HBOOT http://unlimited.io/downloads/hboots/pyramid/ICS/jb_hboot.zip
[HTC Sensation] SnZ:
s-off 1.27.1100, but i'm using custom one so i don't really want to change now.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
You could try to flash recovery using Recovery Tools - Flasher from Play Store. I think the problem is HBOOT messing up with fastboot flash recovery
[HTC Sensation] bizon:
After installing TWRP using Recovery Tools everything is OK. Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] SnZ:
I can do that :)

Will post results in ~5min.

//EDIT: now it's working oO thanks! :)

//Any idea's why via fastboot it's not? Should i change hboot anyways (to avoid further problems) ?
[HTC Sensation] francesco totti:
Does this recovery have something like smartflash for S-ON devices?
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
I think it has this feature as htcDumlock

Yes that true - Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
[HTC Sensation] SnZ:
[MENTION=3275672]rathore4u[/MENTION]:

any idea why when i off->on phone it start's in TWRP ?

I need always to use restart->system option.

I didn't had such problems with 4ext.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Thats strange. It never happened to me. I would say try wiping and re-install both system and recovery
[HTC Sensation] kinghunki:
There is no fixed support aroma script?
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Not yet
[HTC Sensation] Nasheich Xfiles:
twrp can't read my sdcard...

what is the problems ?

I've tried installed more than 3 times with all guides you gave it, but it's can't read my sdcard

:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[HTC Sensation] reddvilzz:
It seems that my phone can't be turned off using the latest twrp, every time i choose to shut it down it just return back to to twrp. Any known fix?
[HTC Sensation] Nasheich Xfiles:
any other solutions ?

my sdcard was formatted while i did s.off, n take a long time to restore it, cuz I'm using 32gb n it's fully of my data...

---------- Post added at 12:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:52 PM ----------

+1
[HTC Sensation] reddvilzz:
Fixed it. Looks like you need to reflash the rom if you just flash TWRP in the same rom. I just reflash the rom and finally my phone can sleep well
[HTC Sensation] Mark376:
I notice offline charging doesn't work with this recovery. when pulgged in, it straight to recovery or this is normal TWRP behavior?

and the battery % always show 66%
[HTC Sensation] harsh2193:
Is it possible to implement the set_metadata_recursive and set_metadata commands into a build of 4ext recovery?

The smart flash feature is really helpful (i have had to manually flash boot in TWRP sometimes, but never in 4ext due to the smart flash), its got a better interface and the installing animation is real neat,especially with themes :D

Plus it has the file sd card repair feature that i think isn't in TWRP (not sure though...)
[HTC Sensation] MaratabHashmi:
TWRP

Download TWRP recovery through Twrp google play software its work great for me and totally touch

I faced never any problem...:good:
[HTC Sensation] erdal67:
I can't restore apps with a twrp backup in nandroid manager
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
[MENTION=3275672]rathore4u[/MENTION] are you still working on making aroma working here? Just curious
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Nop mate,

4EXT is updated now. I am using same.
[HTC Sensation] Mikhei777:
Does it support OTA updates like 4EXT?
[HTC Sensation] migui0401:
Hi, "Mount usb storage" is not working, I've tried many times and nothing.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Use latest 4ext
[HTC Sensation] migui0401:
Thanks man! But I don't like 4ext
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
like it or not, there's no another way.
[HTC Sensation] NicoC72:
Same. 4ext is too clunky in my opinion. Also, TWRP is used on a lot of devices, so it's sort of universal.
[HTC Sensation] migui0401:
Fine. But i'm talking about CWM based recovery
[HTC Sensation] Burth67:
CWM Recovery v6.0.4.5

Can CWM Recovery v6.0.4.5 be used on Sensation (Pyramid), and dose anyone have a link for it?.:confused::confused:
[HTC Sensation] migui0401:
It's in the first post of this threat
[HTC Sensation] Burth67:
Sorry but there is no link to download CMW recovery v6.0.4.5 only TWRP v2.6.3.0
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
2nd post Old releases.
[HTC Sensation] migui0401:
Click on Old releases, and the cwm recovery link will appear.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Updated Recovery

Changes

1. TWRP 2.7.0.0

2. HTC Dumlock Support

3. Working Offmode Charging

4. Partition by-name support
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
Is Aroma installer fixed in this one?
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Didn't test as none of UnORoms uses aroma.
[HTC Sensation] -XoRoX-:
After flash TWRP, sdcard didn recognise, can not install the rom.

This is for first time i use TWRP.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
What does it show?

can you do "adb shell cat /tmp/recovery.log"
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
OK, I tested it now. Unfortunately Aroma installer is still broken in this build. I tested ViperS 5.1.0 ROM and after one click on the screen the recovery freezes.
[HTC Sensation] -XoRoX-:
Not on my pc

This is the screen:
[HTC Sensation] Jack E:
With what file system is your SD card formatted?
[HTC Sensation] adbygrave:
no sd card!

Identical to me, I cant restore my backup from the SD card, and I can't figure out a way of reflashing a 2.6 twrp recovery. Help!

---------- Post added at 08:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:59 PM ----------

managed to get back to 2.6 twrp by booting back into the wiped rom that was installed, updating goomanager and installing openrecovery from the menu. back to square one!
[HTC Sensation] jmcollis:
adb shell in recovery

Hi,

Great to see a usable TWRP for the Senny.

One issue I've seen however is that "adb shell" does not work while booted into recovery. I get the following error:

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -

It would seem that the internal pathing (or symlinks perhaps) are not set as usual.

Cheers,

John
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
What does it show when you press the middle button between back and home in TWRP. I think i will need recovery.log before i can do anything.

Were the backups made from twrp? If it was done using some other recovery you wont be able to access.

Thats odd, i was able to do adb shell and get the logs out of it. I will confirm again.
[HTC Sensation] adbygrave:
They were/are TWRP backups, the sd card was not visible at all. so could not flash a new rom (was trying to flash one of your Omni roms).

TWRP 2.6.3.0 seemed unable to flash it, so tried this 2.7 version, which is where i could not see my sd card at all. Tried a fresh fat32 formatted sd card also, no luck. Back to 2.6.3 at the moment
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Can you post the /tmp/recovery.log from TWRP 2.7?

You can get it by "adb pull /tmp/recovery.log"

Also did you format the sdcard from recovery?
[HTC Sensation] Sneakyghost:
Hello [MENTION=3275672]shantur[/MENTION]

Thank you for your job, mate. Much appreciated.

I do have an odd issue however. It - may - be related to a faulty rumrunner S-OFF process. The situation i am doing this in is a 3 year old Sensation i just bought as a backup from ebay. It was S-ON with a 1.27 hboot. Revolutionary failed. I did a Temproot solution from some thread in some german forum. After that temproot, i could successfully S-OFF the Sensation with Rumrunner, but it does exhibit some odd misbehaviors like i cannot lock/unlock via HTCDev anymore. The next odd behavior i discovered when going through your recovery install instructions.

fastboot erase recovery results in:

C:\Android\com>fastboot erase recovery
erasing 'recovery'... FAILnot allowed
FAILED (remote: not allowed)

Then fastboot erase cache succeeds.

Then fastboot flash recovery succeeds as well.

Then, when booting into recovery, it shows the TWRP splash for a split second and then the display goes dark. There is no response to power or other buttons, not button backlight, no charging light. It looks like a brick.

Then, running ADB Devices reveals that the device is there because it goes to "List of devices attached" but then does not show the device data (which i know from partially working TWRP recoveries on other phones).

I can then only pull the battery (it is not bricked of course).

I can then flash the official TWRP from here:http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/pyramid just fine. Which actually makes me think it might have nothing to do with the faulty security after all?

Now, the most important question: did you encounter this before and would you have any idea what that could be or how to solve it? With no logging possible?
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
sorry, no idea

try installing latest 4ext as it is now updated to support by-name partitions.
[HTC Sensation] Sneakyghost:
Oh well... thanks anyway. Guess i am fine with just using the official 2.6.3.0 then...

Regards,

Sneaky
[HTC Sensation] corumuk:
Would be great to see ongoing development of this recovery. As much as I like 4ext one of the big advantages of TWRP is the ability to create compressed backups. An uncompressed backup for me clocks in at over a GB which is a sizeable chunck of the sd card.
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
just installed 2.7.0.0 TWRP it's exhibiting very strange behaviour first thing I wanted to do was format the device, stuck on "Formatting data with ext4fs" forever, pulled battery and tried again, now stuck on formattin cache. going back to previous...
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
Dexter93 uploaded twrp 2.7 when he released his slimkat. With that one aroma is working for me.
[HTC Sensation] corumuk:
Aroma worked on this one for me yesterday. Used it to flash sultan's new kernel without any probs.
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
okay something is seriously messed up on my sensation now..

Can't mount any partitions, can't format them, all fails.

I can't do squat with it, no idea how to fix.

Tried twrp, cwm, 4ext recoveries.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Time to run ruu
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
How would I do that? I downloaded one but it wants my phone to be booted into android... which is not possible right now.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
you are wrong

you are installing a ruu.exe from bootloader in fastboot mode
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
it didnt find my phone in fastboot. fastboot commnand finds it fine though.

anyway I've tried usin the pg58imgzip method, put it on the sdcard and letting bootloader flash it.

it's gotten to point [6] USERDATA and just sits there with nothing happening.

I think my eMMC is offically broken.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
i don't know mate:(

i am out of ideas:(
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
I tried that one too, ViperS's 5.1.0 Aroma installer doesn't worked for me.

Can you try ViperS 5.1.0 on your recovery? You don't need to install the ROM, just to see if the recovery freezes after one-two taps on the screen.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
I will download and try later.
[HTC Sensation] frert:
I'm in exactly the same position as you. I tried to wipe cache, davlik, data and system. It got stuck on data for nearly 20 mins so I pulled the battery. I knew it would be corrupted (I did it before on 2.6.3) but it was easy to fix last time. This time it is impossible. It went back to 2.6.3 and it didn't work. I tried formatting in fastboot but it gives the error too many links!! Then as I last resort I decided to use an RUU. Executable first but it get stuck at 39%. Tried a good few times. Then I extracted the rom.zip from the .exe and decided to flash it via fastboot. Hboot installs so does recovery, boot and system but it hangs on data, fastboot shows it as dzdata. I'm out of ideas and now stuck with the RUU hboot and recovery. Each time I turn the phone on it boots to the RUU flash screen.
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
seems we're i the same situation indeed, stuck on data/dzdata!

managed to et ruu.exe to try, get's stuck on 46%

flashing ruu via fastboot, stuck on data, everything before that flashes with no issues.

tried flashing ruu ip via sdcard, gets stuck on dzdata.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
With ViperS aroma installer it freezes even for me. Weird.
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
Spoiler content hidden.

I don't think this is normal? or am I wrong? someone with a working phone can check this?

adb under recovery, or inside rom works too I guess.

fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcbkl0

you might need to do it as su.
[HTC Sensation] frert:
Has anyone any ideas on how to fix this?

My phone is useless at the min. No rom installed, boots straight to RUU fastboot. Each time I switch it off and on I have to flash the unlocktoken so that fastboot will permit the commands. But afterwards each command I send just waits, looks like it is doing something but ages later says error too many links.

I've tried flashing a new recovery but it just says sending (47568KB)....

but seems to hangs then comes back with the too many links error or I disconnect the phone and then it displays the too many links error.

If I could get a recovery on it that would be a start.
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
flash the noob friendly firmware upgrade 3.33 to get out of the RUU mode. then you can flash recovery .img of your choice from fastboot (or just boot it straight)
[HTC Sensation] frert:
Thanks, I flashed 3.33 and got 4ext recovery installed. I used it because I find it to be better at wiping and formatting.

I've tried formatting data but gives an 2 errors. I've tried formatting cache separately but get 2 errors also. System also gives an 2 errors. They are below.

Formatting /data

E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/block/mmc

blk0p23

E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/block/mmc

blk0p23

Formatting data completed

Formatting /cache

E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/block/mmc

blk0p24

E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/block/mmc

blk0p24

Formatting cache completed

Formatting /system

E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/block/mmc

blk0p22

E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/block/mmc

blk0p22

Formatting system completed
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
yep it's the same problem I had, I'm now qhusb_dload bricked after poking around with adb inside recovery. oops.. >.>
[HTC Sensation] Sneakyghost:
Just reporting back on my blackscreen issue a few days ago.

I ran the 3.33 RUU over my phone again and flashed this Recovery again. Its now showing its UI but i get pretty much all the errors described on the past 2 pages, plus there is no ADB access for me.

I suppose some Sensations do have different touch controller hardware which dont work with Aroma - it has been so on the One S for sure, it was like that for a while on the M7 and it is like that on the M8 now. So this is not surprising and is not worth putting much effort in.

Maybe looking at the official 2.6.3 recovery can help?

The other issues, well have no idea.