[Q] Need help downgrading from ICS to GB

[moojuiceuk]

Hi.

I have a Sensation which updated to ICS over the air. Can't stand it. All I want to do is to go back to stock gingerbread and sense, how the phone was a month ago basically.

I have already gone to htcdev, unlocked my phone.

I have installed 4EXT on my phone using this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
and enabled smartflash.

From the command line my phone says it has the following.
C:\android>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.27.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 11.22.3504.07_M
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.32.401.5

Now... I understand that I need to gain S-OFF. I'm currently S-ON.
I also understand that to gain S-OFF with HBOOT 1.27, it needs the wire trick from here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617

But this method needs me to be rooted, and the ControlBear.exe utility says I'm not. The S-OFF guide above says I need to be rooted.

Can anyone give me some easy to understand guidance of where to go from here to get gingerbread back? *Utterly confused*

 

[SinisterModz]

Out of curiosity, why don't you like ics?

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

 

[moojuiceuk]

Reasons I want to get rid of ICS...

The web browser in ICS is broken (cant handle text inputting correctly on a dual framed web page).

Whenever I left an app to go back to the desktop, it would sit for over 40 seconds sometimes, trying to reboot the desktop icons, flashing up the HTC logo inbetween.

It doesn't always play the incoming SMS notification sound, meaning I'm missing texts when they arrive.

The overall responsiveness is terrible compared to stock gingerbread and HTC sense that shipped with the phone.

Anyway, looking at rooting my phone, now I've got this far. I've read that I need a su.zip. Found a file, Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip. I've copied that to the SD card, popped it back into the phone. Booted into 4EXT recovery and chose "install from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" and selected the said zip file.

It reports E:Error in /sdcard/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip (status 0)
Installation aborted

What have I done wrong?

Also:
Once I've got S-OFF.... I know I need an earlier HBOOT and the stock Gingerbread sense rom. Where do I go to get them?

 

[crisisinthecity]

Reasons I want to get rid of ICS...

The web browser in ICS is broken (cant handle text inputting correctly on a dual framed web page).

Whenever I left an app to go back to the desktop, it would sit for over 40 seconds sometimes, trying to reboot the desktop icons, flashing up the HTC logo inbetween.

It doesn't always play the incoming SMS notification sound, meaning I'm missing texts when they arrive.

The overall responsiveness is terrible compared to stock gingerbread and HTC sense that shipped with the phone.

Anyway, looking at rooting my phone, now I've got this far. I've read that I need a su.zip. Found a file, Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip. I've copied that to the SD card, popped it back into the phone. Booted into 4EXT recovery and chose "install from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" and selected the said zip file.

It reports E:Error in /sdcard/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip (status 0)
Installation aborted

What have I done wrong?

Also:
Once I've got S-OFF.... I know I need an earlier HBOOT and the stock Gingerbread sense rom. Where do I go to get them?

Try a factory reset dude. It will probably fix all of those issues.

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using xda premium

 

[moojuiceuk]

Tried a factory reset, still dont like ICS. Gingerbread was flawless in comparison.

Downloading Android Revolution HD 6.6.4 XE in the mean time, just incase feels any better.

Would still like GB back though

 

[LPChris47]

That's absurd.

 

[moojuiceuk]

Oh dear, things have gone from bad to worse.

Installed the Android Revolution HD 6.6.4 XE rom and did the boot.img patch to make Wifi work.

Decided to get S-OFF using the Juopunutbear method.
Got to the wire tap stage, and then the utility complained the adb server was out of date and couldnt start some daemon.
Now trying controlbear.exe again and it says this...

======== ControlBear 0.4 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Rebooting from bootloader
Waiting...
...Waiting
Detecting...Starting up......
Connecting to device...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:
Connect device and install drivers
Press ENTER to exit.....

On the phone it will only bootloop, or show the Juopunutbear splash screen.

Help!

 

[ThaPirato]

LOOOOOL i love ICS but here's a awesome toolkit by hasoon2000 it's very n00b friendly & has easy S-OFF etc... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404 good luck going back to Ol gb & It's crappy battery life.

 

[moojuiceuk]

I would have used that *if* it supported HBOOT 1.27 to S-OFF, but apparently the only way to S-OFF with 1.27 is to use the Juopunutbear method. Hence why I'm stuck now!

 

[ThaPirato]

I would have used that *if* it supported HBOOT 1.27 to S-OFF, but apparently the only way to S-OFF with 1.27 is to use the Juopunutbear method. Hence why I'm stuck now!

Did you kill all ADB services in Task Manager?I've also read people have had to uninstall HTC Sync for the program to work,luckily I got S-OFF a while ago using that great tool kit.Try killing ADB & if you have to uninstall HTC Sync,hope that works for you

 

[moojuiceuk]

Tried killing adb.exe from the windows task manager before trying ControlBear.exe again. Same error as before

**EDIT**

Killed off the HTC tool from the system toolbar, then killed all instances of adb.exe.
I now have S-OFF, and the phone boots to a desktop

Now all I need to do is work out how to go back to GB...

 

[ThaPirato]

Tried killing adb.exe from the windows task manager before trying ControlBear.exe again. Same error as before

**EDIT**

Killed off the HTC tool from the system toolbar, then killed all instances of adb.exe.
I now have S-OFF, and the phone boots to a desktop

Now all I need to do is work out how to go back to GB...

Congrats on getting S-OFF ;-) If i were you I'd look in the Sensation-Development section of this great forum,I'm sure you'll find everything you need or just Google what you need and a link to XDA should popup.

 

[moojuiceuk]

OK.... well I've been reading the forums all day (yes I kid you not!)

Just want to get an idea if this is the correct way to go back to GB....

Im on HBOOT 1.27 with S-OFF and as I understand it, gingerbread wont boot using that version of HBOOT.

On the User friendly flash thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767&page=1
I have downloaded HBOOT 1.17 which is for a CID: HTC__001 (which is what my phone was before I changed it to 11111111) using "fastboot oem writecid 11111111".

I have also downloaded RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.50.401.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223042_signed.exe
and extracted the rom.zip file from my windows Temp dir.

Now the only instructions I can see are for upgrading to the latest ICS, not downgrading.

"I really want to use the latest ICS! How do I go about doing this?
I get this PM'd to me a lot. The best way I have seen to do it is as shown (Thanks to PaulGiz)
1. Do some reading as this is a bit different and harder than a normal ROM flash.
2. Best way is to place Firmware PG58IMG.zip, ROM and Superwipe script on the root of your SD Card.
3. Shut down phone and remove SD card.
4. Boot phone to Bootloader (Power+Vol down).
5. Move selection to Recovery, but don't select yet.
6. Insert SD, then select Recovery.
7. Flash Superwipe (ARHD Superwipe will reboot when done, others may not. Make sure it is a superwipe for the sensation!) & then Flash ROM.
8. Power down, then boot to Bootloader. Select Fastboot. Say yes to upgrade.
9. Watch the flash. It will flash 3 or 4 things, then reboot to bootloader. Don't panic when screen goes dark. Bootloader will come back and it will finish flashing.
10. Now select reboot.
11. Wait (up to 10 minutes) for ROM to boot up.
12. Set up your phone and enjoy ICS!!!

If I was to follow this and place the following files PG58IMG.zip (HBOOT1.17), Rom.zip and Android_Revolution_HD_Super_Wipe_Sensation.zip, onto the sdcard and do the above, will it get me back to gingerbread, or am I likely to have a paperweight bricked phone?

Also, in doing this, I won't inadvertently reactivate S-On again I hope!... getting it switched off was a right work up.

 

[moojuiceuk]

Well I've worked it out myself

Ran superwipe from 4EXT

Copied HBOOT 1.17 (PG58IMG.zip) to the sdcard and used the fastboot to load that. HBOOT changed to 1.17 and kept S-OFF

Copied the rom.zip to the sdcard, but called it PG58IMG.zip and used the fastboot screen to load that.

Phone now has stock gingerbread on it! YES!

Thanks for everyone's help & input.

 

[chi_Xt720]

Hi

I have a question regarding downgrading my HTC sensation Z710e from Stock ICS to Stock GB.

With ICS update i am facing issues like low signal strength, even factory reset did not help in improving situation.

Phone currently running with SKT stock rom 3.32.911.13.

HBOOT 1.27 Unlocked via HTC Dev
S-ON
No root

I have the old GB stock from from SKT RUU_Pyramid_SKT_KR_1.24.911.1_Radio_10.39.9007.00P_10.11.9007.09_M2_release_190960_signed.exe, when i try to flash it normally it gives an error that ROM not suitable.

My Question:

Is it possible to flash this GB rom with out S-OFF ?

 

[rzr86]

Hi

I have a question regarding downgrading my HTC sensation Z710e from Stock ICS to Stock GB.

With ICS update i am facing issues like low signal strength, even factory reset did not help in improving situation.

Phone currently running with SKT stock rom 3.32.911.13.

HBOOT 1.27 Unlocked via HTC Dev
S-ON
No root

I have the old GB stock from from SKT RUU_Pyramid_SKT_KR_1.24.911.1_Radio_10.39.9007.00P_10.11.9007.09_M2_release_190960_signed.exe, when i try to flash it normally it gives an error that ROM not suitable.

My Question:

Is it possible to flash this GB rom with out S-OFF ?

for downgrading using a ruu.exe it is necessary to be S-OFF
be S-OFF first and then downgrade

 

[sohail25feilder]

Hi

I have a question regarding downgrading my HTC sensation Z710e from Stock ICS to Stock GB.

With ICS update i am facing issues like low signal strength, even factory reset did not help in improving situation.

Phone currently running with SKT stock rom 3.32.911.13.

HBOOT 1.27 Unlocked via HTC Dev
S-ON
No root

I have the old GB stock from from SKT RUU_Pyramid_SKT_KR_1.24.911.1_Radio_10.39.9007.00P_10.11.9007.09_M2_release_190960_signed.exe, when i try to flash it normally it gives an error that ROM not suitable.

My Question:

Is it possible to flash this GB rom with out S-OFF ?

Hi Chi!
I am also facing the same kind of problem but to an additional step and that is I have flashed custom rom onto my mobile. Now to S-Off I need to be on the stock rom. I have searched around but SKT ICS RUU is not available any where. Any idea for getting the ruu skt kr 3.32.911.13?

Thanks in advance. You can PM me as I am not a regular visitor of this section.

 

[rzr86]

Hi Chi!
I am also facing the same kind of problem but to an additional step and that is I have flashed custom rom onto my mobile. Now to S-Off I need to be on the stock rom. I have searched around but SKT ICS RUU is not available any where. Any idea for getting the ruu skt kr 3.32.911.13?

Thanks in advance. You can PM me as I am not a regular visitor of this section.

you can do S-OFF whenever you want