[Q] Did I brick my HTC Sensation? Please help!

[Beejee]

Yesterday I tried to install a custom rom on my HTC Sensation. The sensation had the Dutch Vodafone ROM, updated to the newest version.

I started by following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 to the letter and did not encounter any problems.

Then I read a post about the InsertCoin ROM, and started with the recommended download and install of PG58IMG.zip. I did not install the ROM yet. Upon rebooting after installation of PG58IMG.zip the phone now seems to be in a boot loop, it boots untill the "Quitely Brilliant" appears and then reboots again. I removed PG58IMG.zip and reinstalled su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip (as per suggestion in another thread about a boot looped phone). However the phone refuses to install it.

Is there anything I can do the get my phone out of this bootloop?

 

[Livewings]

Yesterday I tried to install a custom rom on my HTC Sensation. The sensation had the Dutch Vodafone ROM, updated to the newest version.

I started by following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 to the letter and did not encounter any problems.

Then I read a post about the InsertCoin ROM, and started with the recommended download and install of PG58IMG.zip. I did not install the ROM yet. Upon rebooting after installation of PG58IMG.zip the phone now seems to be in a boot loop, it boots untill the "Quitely Brilliant" appears and then reboots again. I removed PG58IMG.zip and reinstalled su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip (as per suggestion in another thread about a boot looped phone). However the phone refuses to install it.

Is there anything I can do the get my phone out of this bootloop?

That's it. You're screwed. Throw it away.

Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA App

 

[Beejee]

That's it. You're screwed. Throw it away.

Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA App

Ugh.. really? Any idea what went wrong? I imagine I might have done somthing stupid, but I have no idea what.

 

[Computator]

You can probably fix it. First thing I would try doing is booting to recovery and restoring from the backup(s) you made.

 

[android_29]

hello i myself am not really familar with that device its one i never played with or researched but i do know that bootloop does not mean your device is bricked if your device is bricked it would simply be a black screen that did nothing something in your bootloader or spl (secondary program loader).

please boot into clockwork mod pull battery hold vol down when it boots do a complete wipe

wipe data / userdata
wipe cache
wipe davlik

then try to reboot see if you can boot then and if not pull out sd card download a rom from your pc to your sd card for your device try a diffrent rom install sd card into your phone boot back into clockwork mod select zip from sd and install most likely it will repair your boot loop.

(YOUR PHONE IS NOT BRICKED)

any ? go to sensation questions and answers and or development they can further benifit you because they deal with that device full time

 

[norad73]

Is there anything I can do the get my phone out of this bootloop?

I had the same problem. Solved it by installing the a compatible (to the new firmware) rom, like InsertCoin 4.3.2. So, tne procedure is:

1. Install firmware by putting PG58IMG.zip on root of sd card
2. remove PG58IMG.zip from root of sd card
3. install InsertCoin 4.3.2 from sd card

 

[Pyrobisqit]

Hi buddy. No, you're not bricked. You just flashed a non-compatible ROM, you're all safe. It happened to me once.

A bricked device means a device that is unable to even power up. If it can boot to recovery, or fastboot, you're not bricked. And if you have a bootloop, you're not bricked either.

Do the following:

1. Battery pull
2. Put the battery back again
3. Press and hold the volume down button
4. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds, while keeping the volume down button
5. When you get into fastboot, let go volume button
6. Select recovery using the volume keys and confirming with the power button
7. There you are! You can flash back your backup... Because you have a backup, right?

 

[Beejee]

@ all; Thanks all for the help! Wiping and restoring backups didn't do the trick, but the suggestions were very welcome since they convinced me I didn't brick my phone

Special thanks to Norad73 and Pyrobisqit; I did have a backup, but not of the firmware it seems, since restoring the backup didn't work <red face>.
Bu the suggestion of the ROM not being compatible with the new firmware was right on the mark. I installed the InsertCoin ROM, and yes it worked! I now have a very nice ICS Sensation

Thanks, thanks, thanks!