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How To Install Android 4.3 Jelly Bean On HTC Sensation/ Sensation XE.

Finally, I am satisfied from HTC Sensation XE, i completely underestimated such device, while developers are doing everything they can to keep this device alive, here I am criticising it due ti low Custom Support, but today while on Goo Manager, i found Android 4.3 CM 10.2 for HTC Sensation XE and this time it’s from official people, both Hydra and CyanogenMod team. Last time, I share with you Android 4.1.2 but without any testing, but this time, I have tried this Android 4.3 ROM on my device and it’s working perfect. A little Glitch with Maps 7 but downgrading it to Maps 6 will solve the whole problem.

In this Article, we will show you How To Install Android 4.3 Jelly Bean On HTC Sensation XE.But before we begin, Make sure that you have battery charged over 60 % and have backed up all your important Contacts, Call Logs & Messages.It is highly recommended in case of any mishap or data loss to back up all your important data.

Contents

0.1 Disclaimer:

1 Important things:
2 How To Install Android 4.3 Jelly Bean On HTC Sensation/ Sensation XE.

Disclaimer:

The methods involved in flashing custom roms and rooting your phone is highly custom and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers which is Samsung in our case. In case of any mishap we may not be held responsible. Follow these instructions to the letter to avoid any mishap or bricking. Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

Important things:

Your Device must be Rooted and CWM Recovery must be installed on it. HOW? Follow the Link
Enable USB debugging mode.
Make sure that battery level is at 85% or more.
This Tutorial is Only For HTC Pyramid [ Sensation and Sensation XE].

How To Install Android 4.3 Jelly Bean On HTC Sensation/ Sensation XE.

Download Android 4.3.zip File and Google Apps.
Make Sure that USB Debugging is enable, goto Settings > Developers Option and Tick the USB debugging.

Make sure that Fastbboot/ADB is configured on PC. How? How to Install Android Adb & Fastboot Drivers on Your Windows PC [Guide].
Then Download the CM 10.2 File from the above links.
Extract the .zip file and either in Kernal Folder or in the Main Folder there is a file called boot.img.

Copy and paste the boot.img to the Fastboot Folder.

Now copy and paste the CM 10.zip and Google Apps file to the root of your SD card.
Turn off your phone and open Bootloader/Fastboot mode. How? Press and hole Volume Down + Power button until you see some text on screen.
Now Open Command prompt in Fastboot Folder, How? Hold Shift Key and Right Click anywhere in the Fastboot folder.

Now type in the following command: fastboot flash boot boot.img Press Enter.

Then type in the following command: fastboot reboot.

After the reboot, take out the battery and wait for at least 10 seconds.
Then re-insert the battery and enter Bootloader mode. How? Press and hold Power + Volume Down button till you see some text on screen, From bootloader select recovery.
Choose “Wipe Cache” Partition first.
Choose ‘advance’ and select ‘Devlik wipe cache’, so you won’t stuck in any Boot loop.
The finally choose ‘Wipe Data/Factory Reset’.
Now select ‘Install zip from sd card’, then select ‘choose zip from sd card’.
Select the JB 4.3.zip file and confirm the installation on next screen.
After the installation, Again select ‘install zip from sd card’ and ‘choose zip from sd card’ and select Gapps.zip file and confirm installation on next screen.
After that, +++++Go back. and Reboot System now. Wait for 5-minutes for the first run.

Voila that’s it you HTC Sensation XE is now upgraded to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, to check Goto settings> About > Software Version.

This post was last modified on September 22, 2020 9:03 am

Mohsin Raza

Mohsin is the veteran technology content writer at TechBeasts. Mohsin used to write about Android Custom ROMs and Recoveries.

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René Dohmen says:

November 26, 2013 at 7:51 am

Hi Mohsin, thank you for this great tutorial !

I followed the instructions to update my HTC Sensation from official 4.0.3 ICS
release.
Howevee, I have a doubt about step "fastboot reboot" : my HTC kept booting.After 15 minutes I have stopped it, by pulling the battery out.
Resuming with the rest of your instructions (bootloader recovery) has solved this issue.

How are your experiences about battery life and performance ?
- Mohsin Rza says:
  
  October 20, 2019 at 12:36 pm
  
  Battery Life, if playing games, is not good it will max Last only 3-hours in case of continues gameplay, other wise it's great, performance is just way too amazing is you compare it with Android 4.0.4...!!!
surf says:

November 28, 2013 at 10:09 am

Hey, i cant seem to download the android 4.3 zip file
- Web Surfer says:
  
  December 8, 2013 at 4:08 am
  
  Same with me. Can somebody provide alternate download links?
  - Mohsin Rza says:
    
    October 20, 2019 at 12:35 pm
    
    Link has been updated...Please try it now..!!!
Rutger Wylin says:

December 13, 2013 at 4:36 am

I first had to unlock my bootloader, root my device, install ADB on my pc,... All went good, and when almost finished, i'm stuck: When you say "
Extract the .zip file and either in Kernal Folder or in the Main Folder there is a file called boot.img." i really don't know which .zip file you mean... Not the android 4.3.zip or Google Apps? Pls help
- Guest says:
  
  December 13, 2013 at 1:53 pm
  
  i tried unzipping both the android 4.3.zip file and the file downloaded when clicked on google apps (CM 10.2 file), but I can't find the file 'boot.img' anywhere...?
- Rutger Wylin says:
  
  December 13, 2013 at 1:55 pm
  
  i tried unzipping both the android 4.3.zip file and the file downloaded when clicked on google apps (CM 10.2 file), but I can't find the file 'boot.img' anywhere...? I can't even find the "Kernal" folder or the "main folder" where boot.img should be in.
  - Mohsin Rza says:
    
    December 13, 2013 at 8:44 pm
    
    Just Extract the cm-10.2-20131028-Albinoman887-pyramid.zip file and here is the Screenshot for the Boot.img.
    If you still can't find it...skip the boot.img step and continue further from recovery..
    - Rutger Wylin says:
      
      December 15, 2013 at 10:05 am
      
      Found it, thank you very much! stupid fault of myself.. But now it all works fine :) thanks!!
      - Rutger Wylin says:
        
        December 15, 2013 at 3:53 pm
        
        Yet I have a last little question: is it normal that my phone says there are no contacts on my sim card? He doens't find anyone... but for sure there are contacts on my sim off course. Thanks again for this beautiful software :)
      - Mohsin Rza says:
        
        October 20, 2019 at 12:34 pm
        
        Take out the SIM and re-insert it...it shouldn't be causing this error..it will automatically show you all contacts...In SIM card and the ones in your Google Account...if is keeps telling your this...try SIM card in some other mobile..to see whether you have contacts in SIM card or not..!!!
- Mohsin Rza says:
  
  December 13, 2013 at 5:46 pm
  
  Android 4.3 Zip file...!!
Graham Matthews says:

December 20, 2013 at 1:02 pm

Hi Mohsin,

I tried all the above until I get to the command line and

fastboot flash boot boot.img command;

It does not work I get the following:

C:Fastboot> fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' ...
OKAY [ 1.090s ]
writing 'boot'....
FAILED
finished. total time: 1.407s

Any suggestions?

Regards Graham
- Mohsin Rza says:
  
  December 20, 2013 at 5:51 pm
  
  Go to bootloader and select Fastboot from there, then try the Command..it will work.
Shamseer says:

December 21, 2013 at 8:01 am

E: cant open /sdcard/jb-4.3.zip (bad), im gettting this error message when i try to install zip from sd card, why??? please help me, thnks
- Mohsin Rza says:
  
  December 21, 2013 at 5:57 pm
  
  Are You using Custom Recovery or Stock Recovery..??
Demonoys says:

December 22, 2013 at 8:56 am

Hi, after i installed it, reboot, it goes into cyanogen first time setup, i choose language, press next and it asks me for login or registration for cyanogen. Anything i press (register,skip...) it gets stuck and the phone restarts and the same thing happens. Any suggestions?
- um009 says:
  
  December 22, 2013 at 10:44 am
  
  @demonoys:disqus Clear cache and dalvik cache from the recovery, and then check it out.
Chris Blakey says:

January 1, 2014 at 11:06 pm

Absolutely spot on. Thank you very much for this great guide. It took me many hours to actually root my phone - lots of missing links, out of date info etc - but, despite my apprehension everything on here came off without a hitch.
Chirag says:

January 2, 2014 at 10:59 am

Hi ,
Can this works with HTC Sensation X?
- Mohsin Rza says:
  
  January 2, 2014 at 4:46 pm
  
  If you mean Sensation XE, then this will work...!!!
SidRock SweetDemon says:

January 4, 2014 at 10:04 pm

Hi is this sense 5 ? and is this update good for gaming ? and thanks
- Mohsin Rza says:
  
  January 5, 2014 at 5:52 pm
  
  Gaming is good, but battery timing will decrease...!!!
  - SidRock SweetDemon says:
    
    January 6, 2014 at 4:10 pm
    
    ah okey! i got this phone yesterday what do u suggest for best rom to update ? the best one ? and this 4.3 ! has version sense 5 or 4 ? Thank you for responding :)
fatima says:

January 20, 2014 at 12:41 pm

does it work for htc sensation xl ???
- Mohsin Rza says:
  
  January 20, 2014 at 7:14 pm
  
  Download "Hardware Info" from Google Play Store, Open it and if your Device Model is stated as HTC Pyramid, then Yes it will work...otherwise No..