yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
That is because the sdcard gets wiped of all formatting... its empty space but has no usable file system... formatting with windows will fix it.

Separate partitions? you may have formatted incorrectly somehow and have the card set up with a small partition and the rest empty space. Use a linux live cd and use its partition editor to check and format the card.

Well it isn't bricked, but you may have some work ahead of you. If you can get the ROM zip on the card, reflash it.

reboot your PC and then try.

I have the HTC drivers that are seperate from HTC sync... if someone has a place we can host them for others, that would help.

Just uninstall HTC sync and then install just the drivers and less chance for issues.

HTC sync screws ADB and fastboot up.
[HTC Rezound] Nopi45:
Yea it would but I had a 2GB in when I got it to S-OFF and re-installed the RUU.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Dude if your on the leaked ics build, you have to go through all these steps to get external to mount again. I found of you downgrade to gb and then upgrade again, its fine. I didn't notice because I downgraded once I s-offed, hope this helps
[HTC Rezound] thisiswar951:
There helping in the webchat.freenode.net

#Juopunutbear is the channel
[HTC Rezound] brycekerr:
SD Card Won't Mount

Still wondering why my SD card won't mount in ROM. If you guys have any idea why let me know.

CleanROM 4.3

I used the win64 ICS version for S-Off
[HTC Rezound] Pucuck:
I get this when I try to flash recovery with fastboot:

sending 'recovery' (7078 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.422s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 1.734s
[HTC Rezound] LakerStar25:
What I did was go to settings then storage unmount SD and erase it then mounted and it was back to normal.

Sent from my S-OFF ICS Rezound
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Joupunut bear people acknowledge that. They put a fix in the othe s-off thread with a fix. It used busybox commands. It was on the ics leak version. Gb is fine. If you downgrade it'll be fine.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
You need to be on their hboot. Put the hboot in your fastboot folder and run the commands I posted a few pages back.
[HTC Rezound] Nopi45:
Thanks yall have giving me alot to play with and I guess I had a dumb moment in the OP I saw it but did not put two and two together.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Yes. GUYS GO THERE. ASK FOR HELP THERE. WE ARE DYING HERE!
[HTC Rezound] con247:
You are in good shape. You need to just reflash your boot image that came with your rom via fastboot. Then when it starts up once it will rebuild the cache and fix those recovery errors.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Haha hate when that happens.
[HTC Rezound] aalopez10:
I'm new to HTC phones what makes s- off so special please someone explain.?
[HTC Rezound] brett014:
I have found the issue i was having! if you do not restart to your bootloader after you begin and before you do the pins then reinstall your recovery... i did this and it worked perfect

i was going to a black screen with white htc letters when it told me to do the pin trick... it should have you in your bootloader when you do this... i re-installed recovery and it worked perfect
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
With regular phones, you can downgrade, install Roma and boot.img's easily. With HTC phones, there is a security flag that locks the phone's radios and hboot from doing things like that. With s-off we can do what we want.
[HTC Rezound] Nopi45:
Got the SD card fixed it worked by un-mounted and then erasing. Thanks for the help.
[HTC Rezound] nnnnr14:
im running(or was) joelz ics 2.1 rom. where would i fing that? or would it be in the kernel file?
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Joel keeps his imgs on his file server. Go to his thread in developement. He uses ph98img's, the img is inside.
[HTC Rezound] Land Master:
I'm an old phart and my eyes certainly ain't what they used to be. I guess 1 strand of cat 5 twisted pair didn't help either but....

I wiggled in the hole and scratched on the tit and ....

BooYAAAA

:D:D:D

Thanks to all that worked on this .. Donation imminent
[HTC Rezound] RoryHe:
Hey i reverted to the GB firmware would amon ra 3.14 work best or just go for 3.15 ?
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Just use 3.15 its better and it works the same.
[HTC Rezound] Pucuck:
I know you're working your ass off answering everyone's questions, but where is the hboot file at? I originally ran this with the gingerbread installer and now I'm on ICS leak.Sorry if it is a stupid question. I'll probably use all my thanks up on you, lol.
[HTC Rezound] nnnnr14:
almost there some of the errors are gone but its still not booting.. im gonna try something one second.
[HTC Rezound] jefffeely:
if you are running Windows and when you are doing the wire trick do you hear the device disconnect sound after the first or second wire tap?

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Haha I hadn't checked. I am also going to the black screen. Thanks for giving me something new to try!
[HTC Rezound] Fergusonfox7:
omg im freakin out lol. Im at the no beer for bear tonight part.... i've rebooted. got rid of htc sync, updated drivers for adb, usb debugging is ON. help :(
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Haha thanks. Download the ice leak zip from unlimited.io . Open it and there should be an hboot file. Take that file and put it in your fastboot folder. Put your phone in fastboot mode and run the next three commands

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip jb_hboot.zip

fastboot reboot

After that, you may have to run the steps at the end of the OP to get external storage to mount.
[HTC Rezound] Pucuck:
Awesome, thanks again! I should have gone to bed awhile ago 0_o
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
I'm pretty stumped on this one. I've been telling everyone to do that to no avail. I have to say to go to their irc.
[HTC Rezound] tbogs:
I'm having this problem as well, a few others are reporting this too. Haven't been able to get passed this issue.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Same here... Lol
[HTC Rezound] Fergusonfox7:
alright, thank you. :)

Edit: Where can that be found? lol im helpless.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
As I said. I have no effin clue lol id try the irc. They ought to have answers since they made it! Lol
[HTC Rezound] nnnnr14:
alright now that i flashed the image and the errors are gone now what..?
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
You flashed joelz boot img? Can you boot?
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Thisiswar posted it 3 pages back. Hope that helps
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
Yes! the source of the exploit will be better equiped to help... just do not flood them...

I would bet that after a while they will find the most common mistakes and issues and update their instructions to help clarify.

I still think people should just use the HTC drivers without the HTC sync crap on their PC... it really screws with ADB/fastboot.

(think I got all of 5 thanks in the past several hours of helping... not that I care but they are nice :p )

Basically there are 5 software components on HTC phones that make it work.

1: The kernel (the Android linux kernel, this is the actual part of the OS that does the real work)

3: The OS shell (the GUI/Dalvik virtual machine that allows you to comand the kernel)

3: Recovery

4: Hboot

5: Radio firmware

Hboot is sort of like a BIOS in a PC, without it recovery and the OS can not be initiated/booted

Radio firmware is an even lower level function. It talks directly to the hardware, without it hboot can not run.

To prevent bricking the phones permanently, HTC does not allow you to modify the software at all normally.

HTCdev unlock was created by HTC to allow people to change/Mod the OS if they wanted. It also allows changing the recovery and kernel, but requires more effort, as these are more important components.

S=On is a security check that prevents you from doing anything else... as in: you can not change the hboot or radio firmware, because these are critical components that if missing/mis-flashed will hard brick the phone.

S=Off turns off those security checks. This allows you to flash any part of the device you want... but with extra risk if messing with hboot or radio firmware.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Guys, just a heads up, ill only be on for another 15-30 mins. I don't know how much longer I can help. Those with the no beer error should go to the irc channel and ask them as I have no luck with that. Thanks.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Haha same. I think I got like ten thanks in like 4 hours lol. No offense to anyone just its been a looooooong night lol
[HTC Rezound] RoryHe:
Yeah so i got s-off, then ruu'ed to GB firmwares

now im trying to flash amon ra and im getting this

C:\AndroidRez>fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img

sending 'recovery' (7078 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.467s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 1.783s

Any help?
[HTC Rezound] maqsur:
Could this issue that some are having with the no beer be related to what firmware and version of exploit they using? My success was on ics firmware and exploit
[HTC Rezound] nnnnr14:
OMG IT JUST RANDOMLY BOOTED YYYAAAAYYy!! THANKS EVEYRONE!
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Unlock your bootloader or flash their eng hboot.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
No problem. If you need anymore help just give me a pm
[HTC Rezound] LakerStar25:
People having the no beer for tonight thing reformat the SD card again and start the program over that helped me. Try that see if it helps.

Sent from my S-OFF ICS Rezound
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Same. I s-offed on ics, downgraded to gb, then upgraded to ics then installed their hboot, then installed recovery then flashed a Rom. Everything works peachy and I have s-off :)
[HTC Rezound] LakerStar25:
If your referring to me glad it worked. I was worried as hell when it happened to my 32gb card

Sent from my S-OFF ICS Rezound
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
I've been telling them that and it didn't work.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Alright guys I'm calling it a night. If you need help, pm me and ill respond in the morning. I hope you guys can sort through your problems and that you can s-off successfully. Good night and good luck.

antp121
[HTC Rezound] m3Jorge:
Phone not detecting usb connection anymore!!!

Finally got it to work!!!!

Man the "wire trick" is really "tricky!"

Question though, If I flashed the "modified" HBOOT can I go back to the ICS stock HBOOT without loosing S-Off?
[HTC Rezound] RoryHe:
Doh! , why did you upgrade back to the ics leak? eh night!
[HTC Rezound] loolugee:
I just want to know, with s-off how can you switch htc rezound to another company like tmobile or att in the U.S.??
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
You need their supplied hboot.

Basically that error says that you are not allowed to change the recovery using ADB commands from a PC. Installing their supplied Hboot will help. (when it asked you to install it during the S=Off process) You can flash it manually though.

I started all this and then helping 8 hours ago... only a short break for food and a tv show... :eek:

/Wakes up to a hundred PMs

:cool:
[HTC Rezound] baker954:
Confirmed!!!!

Confirmed S-OFF here as well!!

I'm at work, so I used a large paperclip, wrapped it in clear tape (like the ones on top of a desk), and got 'er done!!!

Amazing work!!!

Absolutely NO ISSUES during process.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Running CleanROM Developer Edition with the patch, ran the process, installed the final hboot file, completed, it rebooted, then rebooted again and I'm good to go!
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
If you need immediate expert help... go to the IRC channel. It was posted a few pages back.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
S off has nothing to do with that.... Unless you make your own radio package. It's doable but not worth it and there's a big brick potential
[HTC Rezound] pwned3:
Success here too after about 3 hours of trying. New splash here I come
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
Here is a question I was asked.

You will need to reformat your SDcard between each attempt, as it wipes the card of all formating. It is basically empty memory with no usable file system.

Part of the process formats the card and then installs some files, then the "wire trick" (I am speculating) causes the phone to reboot and read the card. The second tap of the wire trick allows the files to run but interrupts at just the right moment to prevent s=on checks from kicking in and stopping the exploit from working.

Therefore timing between the two taps is critical... use a watch or other device that counts seconds to help get your mental counting at the right pace. The wire trick taps should be quick (I.E do not hold the wire to the contacts just touch briefly) and about 1.5 seconds apart.

At some point this corrupts the card's file system or wipes the partition table of the memory card, forcing a reformat. Without a format, the app can not install the needed files to the card.

"Still sober" means you mis-timed between the two taps of the "wire trick"
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
pssh you aint got nothing on me it took me like 8 hours
[HTC Rezound] NAU420:
Ok now I have a black HTC screen and this for the last 15 mins:

Starting up......

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Making room for beer......

Loading sixpacks on sdcard......

Loaded......

Board vigor detected

WTH am I doing wrong now??
[HTC Rezound] red3razor:
between taps with wire, can i continue to hold onto "pin 1" before tapping GND a second time? or should i release wire from both contacts before pushing onto both contacts the second time?
[HTC Rezound] maqsur:
You have to hold the first one
[HTC Rezound] red3razor:
ok, thanks, that is what i have been doing. now just re-formatted sd. i uninstalled htc sync just in case (tho i don't think it has held me up thus far). now trying again. thanks everyone, hoping to get this done so can go to bed! lol
[HTC Rezound] NAU420:
Ok no one can help answer my question? Do I need to do anything, is this the time I use the pin??
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Restart your computer then run it again
[HTC Rezound] NAU420:
Do I leave the phone or pull the battery? It's on a black screen with htc logo.
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
Just try running it again... it can be tricky. Sometimes you need a few tries.

Reboot PC and phone, it may help.

HTC sync can cause issues as well.

You need both ADB and fastboot on your PC. (cleanflash tool has them included in its download. so you can download it and have them both)

The lower pin can be hard to get to, just hold it on that one and then tap the other pin as instructed.

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I seriously need to get off here guys... been over 8 hours.
[HTC Rezound] yardi4life:
Thanks for the S-OFF. Big thanks.

Question: Why the Juopunutbear modified hboot optional and why would I need it ?
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Take the battery out and go into fastboot then plug it in when your computers booted agin then run controlbear
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
BTW... there will be no mistaking when you need to do the "wire trick".

It flashes "do the wire trick" on your screen repeatedly until it registers the first tap.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
It didn't work like that till an hour ago it would just get stuck before it or it would flash to do the wire trick like 3 times then quit
[HTC Rezound] NAU420:
yeah I saw the wire thing, just didn't get it. But why does the phone boot to the black htc screen? On the video the guy is on the fastboot screen.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
I dont know but it should be the black HTC screen that's what I got
[HTC Rezound] NAU420:
does the timing have anything to do with "do the wire trick now!!!"?
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Maybe but just keep trying until it stops flashing on the screen I didn't look to get perfect timing
[HTC Rezound] NAU420:
LOL now the phone is just rebooting over and over!!!!!!
[HTC Rezound] red3razor:
I'm still on GB. Having no luck with this wire trick. Has anyone tried the download for ICS leak while on GB? Dunno what I can do differently to get this to work. ADB, fastboot working, no HTC Sync.... re-formatting sdcard between each try....
[HTC Rezound] m3Jorge:
Finally got it to work!!!!

Man the "wire trick" is really "tricky!"

Question though, If I flashed the "modified" HBOOT can I go back to the ICS stock HBOOT without loosing S-Off?
[HTC Rezound] red3razor:
any tips?

---running CleanRom 3.7 ICSE on GB firmware. downloaded GB controlbear
[HTC Rezound] andrix10:
u can brick ur phone with this right?
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Technically,yes but I haven't seen any reported bricks most of them thought they bricked but they didn't
[HTC Rezound] m3Jorge:
I used a rather long wire tie... you also have to be very accurate at getting pin 1 holding it and doing the 2 GRND shorts pretty much consecutively....

Also make sure you have a solid USB cable connection... I thought I had ruined my Micro-USB port on the phone but it turned out I just had a crappy cable...
[HTC Rezound] NAU420:
Did you count for the 2nd grnd or use the flashing "do the wire-trick now!!" to tap the grnd?
[HTC Rezound] fenguepay:
Hey, hwo is the new hboot different and how do i get it. I did the whole process and then i stopped it once i got s-off. Do i ahve to rerunn the whole process then wait a long time after for it to give it to me. Im running on ICS. Is the hboot better?
[HTC Rezound] m3Jorge:
I just did the first tap separated only the GRND and did the 2nd tap right away no counting or anything...

If you think about it they ask to wait about 1.7 seconds that's about how long it'll take you it you do the 2nd one consecutively, but carefully...

I tried it like 10 times at the end was just tired of counting or trying to time it...
[HTC Rezound] red3razor:
I think i get the wire to work, but everytime i get:

Found device.... Please wait

error: device not found

SUCCESS - Taking a sip.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Buddies and Beer

Checking alchohol level......

Let's take one more......

S-OFF Failed

Errorcode: 66732337

ErrorMsg: Still sober
[HTC Rezound] fenguepay:
u did wire trick wrong, retry
[HTC Rezound] red3razor:
i don't know if my timing is off the many times i've tried..... or it's something else?
[HTC Rezound] andrix10:
So even if u fail the wire trick it doesn't brick ur phone or anything right
[HTC Rezound] :
Alright, it took me like an hour, but I got me some s-off goodness :)

my take-a-ways...

1) If you see "no beer for bear tonight"... don't freak the hell out... think about how our phones work when you flash a bad boot image... pop a good boot image (one that came with your rom) onto your sdcard, load bootloader and flash....

2) You'll probably have to reinstall recovery, use the tools provided in dev to reinstall your recovery

3) wipe your cache, dalvik, factory reset/wipe....

4) try again

5) the "wire trick" isn't a mystery... once the phone says "waiting for device" pop that first contact wire in, press firm (i used a paper clip). Then tap... lift... tap... on GND. You'll know you did it right because the phone will say "waiting for device" after, then immediately (almost) show you the rest of your status messages. You'll know you're done when it tells you you're done, and you see S-Off in hboot...

good luck!
[HTC Rezound] Milly7:
I would say no... especially since I had to do the wire trick about 50 times before I finally got it :D
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
It is possible... but unlikely. There have been no reported bricks from this method. Only those that needed extra work to fix.

The lower contact is hard to get to and stay on accurately... its a tiny contact far down in the plastic, and the plastic hole does not extend all the way down acting like a guide. This means you can miss the contact or slip off the contact if you are not steady. Use plenty of length wire to help. I used 22ga wire, and stripped the end 3/8 inch, I had no problems and did it first try on two phones.

Those having trouble with the wire trick... I would bet you are missing the lower contact (or slipping off) or being too slow on the second tap. Try *TAP* release *TAP* or maybe *TAP* release with very brief pause *TAP* While ensuring you do not let the wire slip off the lower contact. Hold it steady and only move the upper part of the wire. Do not hold the wire to the upper contact... just a brief tap is needed.

I left my phone laying flat on the table, do not try to hold it while doing this.

I would suggest to inform the OP and the guys who came up with this exploit to say that 22ga wire works best.

I am off to bed guys... good luck.
[HTC Rezound] TheRedmonian:
It took me 6 times to get it to work. If you have your computer volume up the first time should make a noise as if you are plugging in your phone via USB. Just because it makes that noise and seems to be moving forward in the process doesn't mean your done, that is only the first wire touch. You have to touch the GND point a second time, almost 2 seconds later. You wont hear a noise on your computer the second time. If you stripped an insulated wire, I found that using the side of the wire on the GND point is more consistent than the point of the wire. Hope this helps. Just keep trying. I was about to pull my hair out and finally it worked.
[HTC Rezound] RKight:
I meet all the requirements. I tried this multiple times. After about 15 attempts, I started drinking. After 30+ attempts, and seeing my phone fly across the room three or four times, I've decided that S-OFF probably isn't for me. Congrats to those who have it.
[HTC Rezound] andrix10:
can I use these paper clips I have that are covered in plastic? Because i don't think I have any wire
[HTC Rezound] TheRedmonian:
From what I understand, yes. Someone else did that and covered it with electrical tape.
[HTC Rezound] ydoubleun:
i m having problem with this

======== ControlBear version 0.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Connect device...

Press ENTER to exit.....
[HTC Rezound] TheRedmonian:
Your phone might be off. When it was saying that to me my phone was off. I found it best to start the process when i was at my lock screen or my homescreen was actually up.
[HTC Rezound] ydoubleun:
its on. and here is another error.

======== ControlBear version 0.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Program requires root, sorry.

Quit....

Press ENTER to exit.....
[HTC Rezound] TheRedmonian:
Never got that error. Are you unlocked and running a custom rom? If not, that could be the problem, because you have to be unlocked.
[HTC Rezound] ydoubleun:
sorry, i m newbie here :P

how to unlocked and how to check it is unlocked or custom rom?
[HTC Rezound] TheRedmonian:
Start Here...

For Unlock.....

http://htcdev.com/bootloader

after you are unlocked.....

Root Method listed in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1365654

You will want to read up on how to install a custom rom in the rezound android development section. You'll want to get comfortable with it before attempting this S-OFF method. You can get your self in a bind if you don't understand how to fix it when you break it.

Read carefully before proceeding with anything.
[HTC Rezound] ydoubleun:
any one can guide me here?

thanks a lot!
[HTC Rezound] TheRedmonian:
Read back before your post. I pushed you in the right direction.
[HTC Rezound] zone23:
So glad to see yo HBoot 2.10..
[HTC Rezound] ydoubleun:
thanks for this, but my htc sensation is not listed in htcdev.com

and i saw *Indicates HBOOT update required*

so what's it about?
[HTC Rezound] TheRedmonian:
I can't help you there unfortunately, i've never owned a Sensation. You may want to try the Sensation section for additional help.
[HTC Rezound] cstrife999:
Okay I'm a bit lost when do I try the wire trick? Program never told me to. I'm getting the common sober message.
[HTC Rezound] paulhoop:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1109

Here are the forums for the Sensation..

Good hunting!
[HTC Rezound] red3razor:
i tried for 8hrs, no go.
[HTC Rezound] ydoubleun:
thanks mate, i will have a look.

i m almost give myself up :D