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[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
I was able to get one Phone S-Off but my other Rezound is being stubborn. For example, I run the program on ICS, and the program boots it to a black HTC screen where it tells me to do the wire trick.

Prior to this, my other Rezound booted to Hboot where it told me to do the wire trick.

The only way I can make the program boot to hboot is to Relock, Hboot the RUU, Unlock, Flash recovery image, then flash a Clean Rom ICS. After doing all this which takes a ridiculous amount of time, it boots to hboot where I can then do the "wire trick."

Lastly, I tried hboot the ROM image as suggested earlier and recovery but by doing this, the program will run and advise me to do the "wire trick" when it's on the black HTC screen. Any help or advise would be GREAT. I've been trying to S-off this phone for 12 hours now. No joke. :confused:
[HTC Rezound] syikho:
Mine was almost flawless, I had to do it twice. After it failed the first time I had to reinstall my recovery and Rom because old habits kicked in and I pulled the battery instead of restarting but the second round went without a hitch. Also I'm on the new firmware and used a piece of coax cable for the wire trick.

Sent from my BAMF'n Rezound
[HTC Rezound] sindroidx:
I ran the program with my phone booted to fastboot. It rebooted the phone, then booted back into fastboot (kept rebooting a couple times but finally stopped and told me to do the wiretrick while at fastboot). I would try that, if that doesn't work though I am not sure. Was hit and miss for me, sometimes it was at fastboot, sometimes it would boot to the black HTC screen.
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
HTC Sync isn't running on my system.

I will try this now, I hope it works, and yup i updated my ADB drivers yesterday.

I agree with you that people should look through the thread instead of posting their questions right a way, But for the problem that i've been having, I've had no luck at finding a solution on the post.
[HTC Rezound] droidrev71:
when i run the program it detects fastboot but it just flashes and bypasses it and says do wire trick. anyone know why mine wont go to fastboot and stay on it so i can do the wire trick. i chanced it and did the wire trick anyway (dumb) and no green arrow. it did go to the end and said still sober though

i'm on sense 4.0. would that have anything to do with it?
[HTC Rezound] bshiznit:
I did this from Newt's Sense 4.0 ROM - patched to RC2.1 using a jumbo paper clip that i wrapped in electric tape... wire trick took me 3 attempts but I do now have S-Off. I have installed the ENG bootloader and flashed back to the GB radios (to see if it will help heat issues)...
[HTC Rezound] NoNotReally:
So I'm assuming I take the "S-ON_Kernel_Flash_Setup_For_RA.zip" file in this post and flash it with the command "fastboot flash recovery S-ON_Kernel_Flash_Setup_For_RA.zip.img"? Then can I just reflash my whole ROM rather than just the boot.img?
[HTC Rezound] bshiznit:
The zip you referenced is for flashing via Bootloader (HBOOT) - for fastboot use this one:

http://www.mediafire.com/?l9dgzvvsdku7g3c
[HTC Rezound] droidrev71:
do i want to install modified hboot?
[HTC Rezound] trickster2369:
Entirely up to you. If you don't want to, you will need to unlock your bootloader via HTCdev to use fastboot commands. Personal choice.
[HTC Rezound] SightSeeker:
I finally got back into the room and still fighting with the SD card. I installed busybox on the phone first then tried to run the commands but it's not taking input. My spare SD card is being recognized but the one I tried the S off with is still not. Any ideas?

C:\Users\Desktop\Android>adb shell busybox fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI, OSF or GPT di

sklabel

Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,

until you decide to write them. After that the previous content

won't be recoverable.

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 486192.

There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,

and could in certain setups cause problems with:

1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)

2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs

(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): ^C
[HTC Rezound] OLDsJUNKIE:
The only way mine could have went any smoother would have been if I already had a small enough piece of wire stripped before starting. ;)
[HTC Rezound] sindroidx:
I ran the commands on the phone through terminal emulator. Instead of utilizing adb shell I just gave myself su permissions and used busybox commands. May want to try that.
[HTC Rezound] SightSeeker:
Can you tell me how to give myself permissions please?
[HTC Rezound] sindroidx:
Within the terminal emulater just type su and it will prompt superuser for access. Allow it and it will give you the super user access.
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
Ok, I redownloaded ControlBear and unzipped it to the proper place. Made sure I still had root and amon ra recovery and I get this when I run ControlBear:

======== ControlBear version 0.2.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Backing up......

Program requires root, sorry.

Transferring backups....

Backup FAILED!!

Exiting!!

Press ENTER to exit.....

I need some help to figure out what to do now please :confused:. Thanks in advance.
[HTC Rezound] SightSeeker:
Thanks. I did that and when I typed

- adb shell busybox fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1

I got device not found. Do I have to change the script any when in the terminal?
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
1. Do you have a clean, unused (or unnecessary) sdcard in your device?

2. Is HTC sync uninstalled from your PC?

3. Do you have adb and fastboot available to run on your PC?

4. Is your phone booted into your ROM?

5. Is your phone CONNECTED to the PC?

Sorry if any of these questions sound stupid, but I gotta ask.
[HTC Rezound] NoNotReally:
So I've got my rezound connected to my pc and the screen says fastboot USB but the "adb devices" command isn't finding it. I know I dealt with this problem before back when I first got this phone and we only had temp root, but I can't remember how to solve it.
[HTC Rezound] sindroidx:
No need to do adb shell since you are actually on the device. Just start with busybox.
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
You are in fastboot, adb devices doesn't work. Try fastboot devices...
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
HELP!

Ok, Now i think im really screwed!

I finally got the program to tell me to do the wire trick, I got it first try, but now the phone isn't getting detected by any computer! I'm still S-on, can boot into fastboot, but nothing can find the phone.
[HTC Rezound] sindroidx:
This happened to me, I had to reboot the original computer I was on and it solved it, also read somewhere that un-installing and re-installing ADB drivers can fix it if rebooting does not.
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
1. Yes I put an unused sd card I had into the phone.

2. I had HTC sync disabled but just now uninstalled it.

3. I have current adb and fast boot available to run.

4. Not sure what you mean by booted into ROM. When I rooted I just kept it stock. So phone was on (booted) and running. Do I need to be on a custom ROM?

5. Phone is connected to pc.
[HTC Rezound] jjdicecco:
sorry, if this has been answered already but i have searched and personally can not find the answer. I am on rezrom 3.4 with old firmware patch.. so what file would i downlowd to get s-off. again my apologies if this was answered already.
[HTC Rezound] SightSeeker:
Thanks so much man.
[HTC Rezound] maqsur:
I believe you would use the gingerbread version of juoponotbear, since you are only using a firmware patch for your rom.

Did you ever flash the ics leak ruu? If not, then you are on gingerbread still.

Anyone else feel free to correct me!
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
I've tried both. Nothing. It won't even charge, it's like the usb doesn't work at all...

Is there anyway i can flash my Boot image?
[HTC Rezound] jjdicecco:
no i didnt flash the ics leak. i was figuring the gingerbread one. Just wanted to confirm. Thought maybe someone else had the same issue. thank you
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
No, you do not need to be on a custom ROM. If you can boot into your ROM, reboot into your ROM; if you're in the Juopunut interim recovery, just let it sit there. Disconnect the handset from the computer. Exit out of the DOS box. Check Windows task manager to ensure that neither adb or fastboot are running. If they are, kill them.

Restart Controlbear, wait for the prompt to reconnect. Connect the Rezound. See if that works.
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
I've been trying to do this for the past 3 hours.

when I run controlbear mine boots to the screen with the green down arrow and won't get past "waiting for device"

I am using the latest ADB package

I am using rezrom ICS leak

I have an unlocked bootloader

I am using a fat32 formatted micro SD card

I am using amonra

every time it fails, i have to reload hboot so it'll boot back into the OS so that I can try to rerun controlbear

I also have to flash amonra again becuase controlbear somehow removes it.

I'm not sure what's going on, at this point i'm almost 100% positive that I am doing the wire trick perfectly, however, mine won't even get to the point where it asks me to do the wire trick.

I am in the IT industry and can do some crazy crazy things in the IT world but can't for the love of god figure out this simple task. I swear, everyone else says it's "so easy" so i'm not sure why this is giving me such a hard time. do i have "one of those devices"?

I'm pretty lost... I'm like 99.9999999999% sure I'm doing everything correctly. I have re-read the instructions many times and have read pretty much every post in every thread on troubleshooting this to no avail...
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
Followed instructions you gave me and it is just sitting there like this:

======== ControlBear version 0.2.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Connect device...

Press ENTER to exit.....

Also just to clarify I never loaded any ROM. I just rooted and left it on the software the phone came with.
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
reboot your PC.
[HTC Rezound] sindroidx:
Hmm, not sure. You could try utilizing an sd card reader and plugging your sd card into a computer and putting a PH98IMG.zip on it to flash a boot img. If you can get into recovery I would try putting a ROM back on it and seeing if it can then be recognized by the computer. If you cannot get into recovery I would recommend putting one on the SD card with the steps mentioned above, flashing it, then putting a ROM on the SD Card. (If that makes sense).

Other than that possibly try a different cable?
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
Ok, this is going to sound like a noob question, but how do I make a PH98IMG.zip?

Do I just put the boot image in a file, zip it and rename it?
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
Correct.
[HTC Rezound] Max725:
If you are using the ICS version, this is a known issue with v0.2. Use v0.1 (see below)

http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=798

or use v0.3. (In the changelog on unlimited.io it says:

0.3

Fixed reboot problem for some users on rezound

Fixed backup error on on startup for windows

However, v0.3 does not seem to be available yet.
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
I'm using the Gingerbread version.

Edit: biggest problem seems to be getting it to recognize my phone is rooted.
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
I tried that, it doesnt flash... it finds the image, but doesn't flash.
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
I'm going to assume that you have usb debugging on, htc sync either uninstalled or disabled and that you have done a fresh reboot of your device and PC?

---------- Post added at 03:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 PM ----------

are you able to flash it in recovery?
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Oh - I forgot to post this lastnight. I really don't know how to explain it because it seems the juopunut bear exploit installs its own boot image and kernel during the process, but...

..I noticed that the first few times I ran the GB-v.02 exploit lastnight (I'm running ICS on the GB Firmware), at first I had SebastianFMs ICS OC kernel installed, and I wasn't getting the correct lines from ControlBear that I saw people posting, and it would ALWAYS hang on "waiting device" before I even got to try the wire trick. I repeated several times with no success. Since I had to re-flash a kernel to my phone to try again, I eventually decided to try the first ICS leak kernel from the 4.0.1 build this time around, and magically the ControlBear app gave me no problems after that and I was able to get to the wire trick part - and then eventually successfully performed the wiretrick after a multiple attempts.
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
I can't get into recovery, It's like recovery was erased. All i can do is boot into bootloader and look at the green arrow screen. Am i screwed?
[HTC Rezound] droidrev71:
i dont think i should of installed the hboot.. lost function to storage and sd card
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
download the all in one tool from the rezound development section. boot to fastboot usb and then install amonra again. the phone will reboot and you've got recovery installed again.
[HTC Rezound] droidrev71:
i had to reinstall recovery.. some how mine was gone at some point of trying and re trying this process
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
place this file on the root of your SD card, boot into bootloader and it'll automatically ask you to install. press volume up to initiate the install and press "power" when it asks you to. the phone will reboot and get you back into your OS.
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
I tried that, but my usb isn't working at all. None of my PC's detect the phone. That is my main problem here because i know how to reflash my boot images, when my phone gets dected... :/
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
you'll probably have to format your card using a sdcard reader on your windows/linux/mac computer.

---------- Post added at 03:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:30 PM ----------

have you treid a reboot of your PC? also, check your task manager to see if adb.exe is running. end task if it is. I had teh same problem. this is how i fixed it.
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
Yes to all questions.
[HTC Rezound] WA_Bob:
Someone already said yes - Just wrap the part you hold with electrical tape.
[HTC Rezound] shawn12350:
well i guess i bricked. computer wont recognize my phone anymore. i can get into hboot but thats it. if anyone could help me out i would really appreciate it. Im at a loss as to what to do now LOL.
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
I am getting that same error ! tried downloading the new file and had same issue
[HTC Rezound] slygeist:
mine keeps rebooting to jouponutbear on the screen over and over.. what do i do. can i quit at this point and restart the procedure?
[HTC Rezound] con247:
that happened to someone else. I am gonna try to see what i can do for them.
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
While in Hboot, hit fastboot...that will enable fastboot usb.. just reflash recovery then reflash the last kernel you were using and reboot .

What I did , was use Con's fabulous nandroid recovery helper then restored a backup and I was back to working status.

---------- Post added at 08:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:01 PM ----------

I was in the same predictament, just pull battery and enter hboot. then reflash recovery and reflash your old kernel and it should reboot normally then.

If you use con's nandroid recovery helper you can just reflash recovery , reboot to recovery then run his zip and then restore a backup.
[HTC Rezound] fix-this!:
Con you posted a hboot for gb users in the dev section. Is it recommended to use yours or theirs with the s-off method?

Also how do we go back to s-on if we need to?
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Just a question, is this something that can be patched, especially since it involves shorting?
[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
Just to confirm. We have to be in Fastboot when running ControlBearRelease?

1) I'm in Hboot

2) I start Conrolbear

3) I then select Fastboot, which immediately reboots my device. Then this comes up.

======== ControlBear version 0.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Waiting device
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
Making room for beer......
Loading sixpacks on sdcard......
Loaded......
Board vigor detected
5
Rebooting into fastboot!!Quit....
Press ENTER to exit.....

Any idea what went wrong here? I'm running GB.
[HTC Rezound] worlocke:
Heellllllp

ok so i followed instructions, now im stuck at juopunutbear screen and the pc says no beer tonight what did i do wrong? Anyone
[HTC Rezound] maniac2k:
Trying to fix external storage and this is the error I get. Command prompt is frozen and I have to ctrl-c out. Any Ideas?

C:\sdk\tools>adb shell busybox fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk1

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 60032.

There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,

and could in certain setups cause problems with:

1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)

2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs

(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): ←[6n^C

EDIT: Problem was from flashing wrong hboot. Flashed the new ics one they released and everything is good now.
[HTC Rezound] shawn12350:
ive tried that. the problem is that my computer wont recognize that my phone is plugged in at all. everything else that ive plugged in to the computer works fine.
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
I don't think you have to be in fastboot, I was just in charge only mode.. I am getting a different error though. I think its getting confused since its trying to reboot to fastboot and your already there..
[HTC Rezound] slygeist:
any idea? please help
[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
Just to confirm. We have to be in Fastboot when running ControlBearRelease?

1) I'm in Hboot

2) I start Conrolbear

3) I then select Fastboot, which immediately reboots my device. Then this comes up.

======== ControlBear version 0.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Waiting device
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
Making room for beer......
Loading sixpacks on sdcard......
Loaded......
Board vigor detected
5
Rebooting into fastboot!!Quit....
Press ENTER to exit.....

Any idea what went wrong here? I'm running GB.

I tried running the program from "Charge only" mode and then got this.

======== ControlBear version 0.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Waiting device
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
Making room for beer......
Loading sixpacks on sdcard......
Loaded......
Board vigor detected
5
Rebooting into fastboot!!Quit....
Press ENTER to exit.....

2nd attempt:

Just to confirm. We have to be in Fastboot when running ControlBearRelease?

1) I'm in Hboot
2) I start Conrolbear
3) I then select Fastboot, which immediately reboots my device. Then this comes up.

[CODE]======== ControlBear version 0.1 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Waiting device
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
Making room for beer......
Loading sixpacks on sdcard......
Loaded......
Board vigor detected
5
Rebooting into fastboot!!Quit....
Press ENTER to exit.....

Any idea what went wrong here? I'm running GB.[/CODE]
[HTC Rezound] prdog1:
I got that far and then it failed. Now csn't run it again. Stuck at bear app on phone.
[HTC Rezound] badogg:
Alright, so now I got it to acknowlege the wiretrick and it rebooted and gave a message:

error: protocol fault <no status>

Then 5 lines that says:

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

And it appears hung. On the phone it has the Juopunutbear with the down arrow.

Is this one of those things that I just need to leave it alone for a bit and let it finish? Or is it halted?
[HTC Rezound] con247:
ENG for GB firmware users

Theirs for ICS firmware users.

You can roll back either to get S-ON in the future.
[HTC Rezound] x70xchallengerx:
Not to sound needy, but someone who has had success with the whole process should post a video tutorial of the whole process.

I'm somewhat familiar with electrics and wiring so the shorting/whatever doesn't scare me, it's the ADB / firmware etc compatibility that has me weary to give it a go...

I honestly don't even have the phone yet... I ordered it from someone off ebay and he has 4.0 ICS with sense 3.6, not sure which ROM or FW/ whatever. I'll seek additional help when I find exactly what specs the phone has later (prob monday).
[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
At what point do we do the wire trick? I'm guessing, it's going to state something like, "Do the wire trick." Everything I've seen so far, is far from that.
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
Then you're good to go? becuase you just said you were able to flash that in recovery. try downloading the PH98IMG.zip file that i have posted a few posts up. place it on the root of your SD and boot to yoru bootloader.

I refuse to do any work today until I get get S-OFF on my device. =D
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
Yup, I've done both and the Rezound is still undetected.
[HTC Rezound] maxearing:
i am still having trouble after the wire trick it, it is still sober. i did it over 100 times.
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
Sorry I meant yes to all questions that pertain to me. That last question was not meant for me.
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
move it to another USB port on your computer? different micro usb cable? hrm... that's a tricky one...

---------- Post added at 03:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:36 PM ----------

oh ok. try my suggestion. it may work.
[HTC Rezound] sindroidx:
After doing the wiretrick does the phone reboot? Also are you doing it while at fastboot. If both answers are yes I would recommend trying two things. First I would try re-downloading the program. If that doesn't work, I would try a different SD Card.

Also, not sure if this makes any difference but, I added adb.exe and fastboot.exe to the s-off tool folder before I ran it.
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
Yup, I've tried every USB on my computer, multiple USB cords, even a different computer all together. And nothing.. Is it possible that when i did the wire trick, i could have shorted out the micro-usb port? I used an insulated wire, and hit the 2 points i was supposed to and now the usb won't work, and i can't make a PH98IMG.zip file with my own boot image or recovery flash correctly
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
try using the one I posted above... you might have to use an external USB card reader to get the file onto your sd card then onto your phone.
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
Ok, what is the PH98IMG.zip file?

The one you are linking to.
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
No, you're just stuck in Juopunut's temporary recovery. If you you can mount a sdcard reader to your PC, put Amon Ra on the root of your card as PH98IMG.ZIP (the file is in this thread in one of the more recent responses to your posts). Then pull the battery of your Rezound. Put the card in the Rezound; boot to bootloader, accept the update, and you should have Amon Ra.

Now POWER OFF. And go to step #22 above as outlined here. Once you have your boot image and recovery back, you can try to start over.
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
to be honest i'm not entirely sure... all i know is that I used this to be able to boot back into my phone.
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
Just tryed it, it says:

version is older!

update Fail!

I'm running GB ruu if that helps.
[HTC Rezound] Db0y505:
I'm not running the ICS leak tho, I already tried it.

Should i update to the ICS leak with the PH98IMG image?
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
I don't need to boot back into my phone though. It boots just fine. I'm just having problem with ControlBear recognizing that my phone is rooted.
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
I think I give up. I'm convinced that the controlbear exploit needs to be modified a bit. it seems as though many are still having problems. I'm beginning to think it is the kernel that is causing the problems. someone mentioned in one of the threads that changing his kernel to some 4.0.1 ICS leak kernel worked perfectly with controlbear. I'll wait until v0.3 is out and try again.