[GUIDE] A must read for those noobs who want to enjoy ICS

[rico727]

Nice guide man. Hope it works for all the rookies.

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE using xda premium

 

[catmanic]

OK, so I admit I am a noob

I have just rooted my phone and backed up the current rom to sd with ROM Mgr.

Now I am preparing to look for a suitable custom ROM, but I am unclear about what else I need to do to prepare if anything. Last time I flashed was with Samsung Vibrant which was way too easy compared to the Sensation 4g.

So questions abound; Do I need s-off and how do I know if I have that? I can't find my bootloader number probably b/c I unlocked it at HTC -correct?

So, where am I in terms of progress moving forward and does any of this make sense to the masses?

Thanks for assistance.

Harry

 

[ganeshp]

I have just rooted my phone and backed up the current rom to sd with ROM Mgr.

Now I am preparing to look for a suitable custom ROM, but I am unclear about what else I need to do to prepare if anything. Last time I flashed was with Samsung Vibrant which was way too easy compared to the Sensation 4g.

So questions abound; Do I need s-off and how do I know if I have that? I can't find my bootloader number probably b/c I unlocked it at HTC -correct?

So, where am I in terms of progress moving forward and does any of this make sense to the masses?

Thanks for assistance.

Harry

if you are currently running ICS ..then SOFF is not mandatory for flashing CUSTOM ROMS

now first to check you have SOFF or not
go to bootloader and check this line "PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL" if S-OFF is there then you are SOFF

if you are S-ON then you will have this line "PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL"

now based on your post
im assuming that you have unlocked bootloader, root(which you did it using my tool) and ROM manager (means you have CWM recovery )

so now you have all the prerequisites for flashing a ROM

so follow this below guide to letter to HAVE custom ROM with S-ON
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861

(see in the process you need to change recovery to 4EXT which wont run with ROM manager ..as it has separate app (4EXT controller) ...but 4EXT will do a lot of good in your case )

 

[catmanic]

So, uninstall ROM Manager?

After installing the 4ext? I also have ROM Toolbox Pro - any conflicts there?

Thanks!~

 

[ganeshp]

After installing the 4ext? I also have ROM Toolbox Pro - any conflicts there?

Thanks!~

no conflicts there ..but the ROM toolbox pro cant be used i think

 

[VivaLaCam92]

not quite the noob type but great info none the less.

 

[citra_tdz]

I think ics for sensation is not so stable. I flashback to ginger soon after i get into ics.

 

[brew99]

firmware update

So I need a little verification. I bought a used Sensation 4g that had GB 2.3.3 on it. The hboot was 1.17 so I revolutionary to S-OFF, and permanent root it. Now I want to put ICS InsertCoin Evolution 2.3 ROm on, but understand I need to upgrade the firmware to 3.12 or greater. If I understand this correctly, I can just download the PG58IMG.zip file that is available on the InsertCoin website and flash. I tried this, and all indications on the phone said it completed successfully, but I still see hboot version 1.17, which I beleive is not what it should be.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[undercover]

So I need a little verification. I bought a used Sensation 4g that had GB 2.3.3 on it. The hboot was 1.17 so I revolutionary to S-OFF, and permanent root it. Now I want to put ICS InsertCoin Evolution 2.3 ROm on, but understand I need to upgrade the firmware to 3.12 or greater. If I understand this correctly, I can just download the PG58IMG.zip file that is available on the InsertCoin website and flash. I tried this, and all indications on the phone said it completed successfully, but I still see hboot version 1.17, which I beleive is not what it should be.

What am I doing wrong?

You flashed it from bootloader?

Sent from JB MIUIv4 s89

 

[brew99]

Yes, the PG58IMG file was picked up right away. I vol+ to accept it and it did its stuff. I then removed the PG58IMG file from the sd card and can get into bootloader, but it still shows hboot 1.17.0011. I am scared to flash a ICS ROM since it isn't showing me a hboot different than what was on it with GB (which is still on the phone now).

 

[ganeshp]

Yes, the PG58IMG file was picked up right away. I vol+ to accept it and it did its stuff. I then removed the PG58IMG file from the sd card and can get into bootloader, but it still shows hboot 1.17.0011. I am scared to flash a ICS ROM since it isn't showing me a hboot different than what was on it with GB (which is still on the phone now).

PG59IMG is a container ..it means whatever inside the PG58IMG the bootloader accepts it ..so you need to be sure that the PG58IMG.zip is indeed firmware

eg:if you keep recovery.img (a recovery) in PG58IMG.zip file the bootloader identifies it and updates it
if you keep hboot_xx_xx.nb0 (a hboot) it updates the hboot etc etc

 

[brew99]

K, thanks for info. I managed to figure out what was wrong. I was trying to use the firmware/radio from insertcoins website as that is the ROM I wanted to try. Apparently it isn't the right one to be able to go from GB to an ICS ROM. Ended up using the 3.33 listed in the general threads and it almost worked, except I got a CID error. Then did SuperCID, tried the formware again, and all is well.

Thanks for you help

 

[pmncivil]

hello

wpa_supplicant.conf

 

[KennyHage]

Thanks for a very good guide.

 

[Jonny]

wpa_supplicant.conf

what about it?

 

[xdaco]

what about it?

wpa_supplicant is a free software implementation of an IEEE 802.11i supplicant for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and Microsoft Windows. In addition to being a full-featured WPA2 supplicant, it also implements WPA and older wireless LAN security protocols. Features include:

WPA and full IEEE 802.11i/RSN/WPA2
WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK (pre-shared key) ("WPA-Personal")
WPA with EAP (e.g., with RADIUS authentication server) ("WPA-Enterprise")
key management for CCMP, TKIP, WEP (both 104/128 and 40/64 bit)
RSN: PMKSA caching, pre-authentication

Included with the supplicant are a graphical user interface and a command line interface utility for interacting with the running supplicant. From either of these interfaces it is possible to review a list of currently visible networks, select one of them, provide any additional security information needed to authenticate with the network (e.g. a passphrase or username and password) and add it to the preference list to enable automatic reconnection in the future.


Source: Wikipedia

 

[undercover]

He is back!

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using Tapatalk 2

 

[xdaco]

He is back!

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using Tapatalk 2

lol.. Will be back soon . Life got messed up....

 

[abraham89]

guys.. am new to this phone.. my confusion is, will the roms in the dev section of sensation be compatible with sensation xe ?? is it device specific ??

 

[Jonny]

guys.. am new to this phone.. my confusion is, will the roms in the dev section of sensation be compatible with sensation xe ?? is it device specific ??

Sensation and XE are essentially the same phone apart from a different Model ID number and some red highlights so all ROMs for sensation will work on xe and vice versa