yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Rezound] DroidTemplar:
For ControlBear, make sure you are running the new 0.4 release which is supposed to make the wire trick easier.

For adb, make sure you have run the SDK Manager and updated to latest files.

For error prompts, someones this is normal and you need to keep rerunning ControlBear if the reruns help. Make sure htcUPCTLoader and PDANet tasks are killed in Windows Task Manager (with 'Show processes from all users' selected).

Running a stock ROM or CleanROM makes the trick easier.
[HTC Rezound] hoovnick:
Just got s-off'd!!!! Thanks again to the devs and all the help ppl have provided to each other. A little bit of reading goes a long way when it comes to knowing what to expect, and what to do when troubleshooting.
[HTC Rezound] DIncLover:
1st Try !!

I feel silly now for waiting for the weekend. As I recall someone else saying, it literally took me longer to backup my internal sd card than it did to S-off!

Used the latest 0.4 ControlBear, an insulated paper clip with the insulation cut off from the ends, and an empty 2 GB microSD card I had laying around. I don't think the whole process took more than a few minutes.

!!
[HTC Rezound] trickster2369:
Somebody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. This ^^ would be true for the stock hboot, but if you are on one of the modified hboots(ie eng hboot), you can still use fastboot commands with the locked status.
[HTC Rezound] ogre150:
What I gathered from the 3000+ posts in the 2 or more threads is be patient. If you fail the wire trick. Stop. Don't pull battery. Don't reboot phone. Just pause for a sec and start controlbear again. It took me 4 tries to get wire trick right. After each failure I left the phone alone and restarted controlbear until I got it right.

Main advice I can give is to slow down and READ the instructions over and over and over. Don't rush to unplug phone. Don't immediately pull battery. Just start again. Also READ! Get everything ready before hand. Get that metronome file and use it. Oh and don't forget TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS MANY TIMES SO YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO.

Thanks everyone.

I used to be a developer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...
[HTC Rezound] johnwaynegacy:
I just won
[HTC Rezound] Demonhawk1313:
That's what I thought too, but as my wife constantly reminds me, I'm usually wrong

Sent from somewhere, I can't remember.
[HTC Rezound] jdmba:
Hmm

Dunno if anyone out there would know, but I am S-Off under HBOOT, but there is no banner saying jonutbear (or whatever), it is just normal (although it seems to have a few extra entries now on the list of things to do in HBOOT). Why do other have jomammabear headers and I do not? I would hate to think something is wrong.
[HTC Rezound] kkeller87:
So, Ive tried searching and havent found a way around this yet.

When I first tried to get s-off I was using version .1 and couldnt get the wire trick to save my life. I saw that it had been upgraded to version .4 and now I cannot even get to the wire trick.

After it grabs the 'fourth one' it reboots to the black/green arrow screen then tells me to check drivers and what not. I have android sdk installed and current. I looked at my device manager and see the phone there. Pretty sure my drivers are up to date.

Has anyone had any luck with this? I dont want to have to reinstall the whole sdk again cause that seemed to take hours the first time around. Someone in this thread mentioned the java sdk? If thats needed could someone tell me is this it?

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u25-download-346242.html

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Been trying for about 8 collective hours over this last week and I cant give up now.
[HTC Rezound] red3razor:
JuopunutBear S-OFF success :)

After many hours! Finally! Thanks everyone for the ongoing help!

I was trying with CleanRom3.7ICSE, didn't want to work. Flashed Scott's-- Stock Rooted ROM - Vigor - WWE 2.01.605.11 http://www.scottsroms.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=76 <--- only for those on most current GB firmware.

Added the new PH98IMG.zip to sdcard2 as instructed. Factory Wipe via AmonRa. Flashed ROM. Once finished, AmonRA --> developer menu. Reboot to bootloader. Update boot.img with "Volume Up".

Boot ROM with no setup, just get to homescreen.

Adb had a hard time finding device sometimes. Per FAQ page, I uninstalled/disabled HTC Sync and uninstalled iTunes (wife's phone). Not sure if both or either were necessary to my problems, but tried everything to rule out any problems.

I made this lengthy in case to help anyone else out.

GOOD LUCK TO THOSE STILL TRYING!!! I almost gave up. Switching back to StockRom and other programs keeping my drivers from remaining visible seemed to be holding me up.
[HTC Rezound] kkeller87:
I was on clean rom DE. Did as you said and went back to the one you linked to. Im now able to get to the wire trick part. :D i just need to work on getting the wire trick timed right.

EDIT

HOLY F***ING COW I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHOOOOOOOO! only took me a week!

EDIT 2

I just donated. Its not a lot, but its all I can manage right now. I have a confirmation number to give if someone from the JuopunutBear team wants me to PM it to them. Dunno if JuopunutBear is a specific user or the name of the collective group or who to PM specifically
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
KKeller, did it tell you that s-off was a success, and you phone rebooted to recovery? If so, it's safe to quit controlbear and reboot. It might reboot to recovery the first time, reboot it again and it should work. Or you might need to flash a boot img, but I think you're OK if s-off was a success.

Edit: Nevermind, you got it!
[HTC Rezound] kkeller87:
I did get it! Thanks anyway. Its pretty wonderful. Like a weight has been lifted.
[HTC Rezound] tholmes8291:
Woo Hoo!!! S-Off!!! Thanks to the Dev's and all those who helped with issues. No problems with RezROM 1.2 with TWRP Recovery. The timing is a *****...be patient and keep trying.
[HTC Rezound] BamseBoy:
Did it !!!

Fixed S-off with the latest v0.4 ControlBear. I agree with the former speaker, the timing is a bloody ***** and I think its on the short side of 1.75 sec. Thanks all devs !
[HTC Rezound] QBall45:
Thanks for all the great instructions and running commentary in this thread.

Tonight I finally took the time & made the decision to go ahead & s-off. 10 minutes after making my decision I was s-off & up & running again. I somehow managed to get it right the 1st time around.
[HTC Rezound] MyronW:
This is the second phone I've s-offed - my wife's was the first, and it went fine. My phone got more involved, because it seemed like I had to do more stuff this time around.

It probably would have gone smoother if I hadn't spent the last hour trying to get my external sdcard to work again. I prolly should have checked the slot in my little USB card reader before I went through the hassle - the little booger was still in there instead of all cozy in my phone...:o It's been a long, long day.

All is well now, thanks to the great write-ups!
[HTC Rezound] johnwaynegacy:
I used a metronome that was created for soff. It was in the op for a while, but I don't see it there anymore.
[HTC Rezound] HarleyChick:
WooHoo - it worked!

When I first read the directions for gaining S-Off, I thought "you have got to be kidding me! I have to take a wire and do what?!" But after unlocking the bootloader & rooting (super-easy, btw!), and reading and reading the S-Off instruction about 20 times, I went ahead and did it. Much easier than I thought, and now I'm over the top with relief! :D
[HTC Rezound] knights665:
is 90 % charged extended battery enough to go ahead and give this a go?
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
Yes lol

Sent from my Dinc... I mean Rezound
[HTC Rezound] knights665:
alright everything is backed up from my sd got controlbear downloaded adb and fastboot everything is in the right place have my insulated paperclip

am i ready to go anything else i should have ready to go incase of any emergencies?

also i have read alot and have many threads open now that i can reference to

sooo am i ready?:D
[HTC Rezound] rusty4k:
Do you have your nerves of steel?
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
You will be fine dude. Don't freak out if it takes you a few tries. Also, make sure you are fully touching the metal parts... I had that problem
[HTC Rezound] knights665:
going smoothly then cant find my device where can i find the link for the drivers iv googled it and none of the links work my device is stuck at the juopunutbear with green arrow pointing down and it just keeps telling me restarting connection check adb and fastboot over and over.. help

---------- Post added at 09:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:06 PM ----------

starting up ...connecting to device...connect device and install drivers..

i am stiill at the same screen..what do i do
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Are HTC drivers installed?
[HTC Rezound] knights665:
i thought so but maybe not where can i download them?

and should i pull the battery or what?

---------- Post added at 09:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 PM ----------

im kinda freeaking out right now
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Look around I'm not totally sure where to find them
[HTC Rezound] knights665:
what should i do? i can get too the bootloader
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
Did you test adb and fastboot prior to trying this to make sure it was working? I installed the HTC drivers from HTC's website and all worked.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Did you run as admin? Are the drivers installed (you can get them on the website)? Is debugging enabled on the device?

Gb; settings>applications>developement

ics: settings>development
[HTC Rezound] DroidTemplar:
If your PC saw your phone but doesn't now, a wipe will clear USB debugging and cause the SDK to beginning asking for a connection and installed drivers. Boot up the phone and set again the USB Debugging that a wipe cleared. Pick back up where you left off.

Good Luck
[HTC Rezound] briankariu:
Man, been trying to get s-off alll morning. All i get is the error on jbear....and now my 16gb sd card has miraculously shrinked to 108kb! Am on the new firmware. Any help?
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
Just need to reformat card. Might have to use an sd card reader or another device.worst case scenario, use a partition manager program like gparted live.
[HTC Rezound] couchmonkey:
what is the daemon still not runningerror?
[HTC Rezound] Esandorf:
How expensive are the sd card readers generally? I dont have a backup sd so I'm worried that this process will give me a major headache if things go wrong...
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
online they are less than 5 bucks i think check amazon
[HTC Rezound] trud9340:
Ahhh!

please help!

I started control bear, and it got to a point where it said adb drivers werent installed, check drivers.

So I ran "adb devices" and it killed the adb server, which caused control bear to freeze.

Now it seems to be stuck on the juopunutbear boot, and i cant attach to it via fastboot or adb!!

Edit: I was able to get to fastboot, and flashed the backup boot and recovery images... PHEW!! Almost had a heart attack!

Anyways, anyone know why it was unable to find the adb drivers?
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
HTC drivers aren't installed
[HTC Rezound] Superguy:
Worked like a charm. Donation sent!
[HTC Rezound] DroidTemplar:
If you need to reformat the SD card or restore data, you will need a read/write, not just a reader. The stores sell both types.
[HTC Rezound] knights665:
Charlestheman from teambamf.net help me out so much he is a great dude
[HTC Rezound] R187J:
Getting critical error something about can't find a seat
[HTC Rezound] Demonhawk1313:
Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but the all in one toolkit helped me quite a bit. It gets the drivers correctly installed and helps with recovering a bad attempt. I had to use it 3 times to get my phone to where it needed to be to get it done. For me, I had to put the phone to stock rooted to get the wire trick to prompt me. Hope this helps someone.

Sent from somewhere, I can't remember.
[HTC Rezound] trud9340:
I cant get my SD card to mound now, so I cant reload my ROM. I tried running the SD card fix, but it doesn't seem to be working.

Can someone help me please?
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
You need to format the card in your pc twice and then format it on your phone

Or you can format in amonra

Sent from my Dinc... I mean Rezound
[HTC Rezound] trud9340:
ControlBear seems to lose the ability to connect to the device, after the reboot. It just gets stuck in the waiting for device loop. If I close it and try to re-run it, it just says "connect device and check drivers".

I'm almost certain I have the correct drivers installed. Is there a way to check for sure?

Edit: In my start menu, there is an entry for HTC -> HTC Drivers -> Uninstall Drivers

I assume that means I have them installed correctly?
[HTC Rezound] rockingondrums:
Nevermind the old question, just got S-OFF on my first try. Super easy peasy.

EDIT: I know this is supposed to wipe my micro sd but I just mounted it to my PC in Amon Ra (USB-MS) and everything's still there... But Amon Ra is itself telling me all sorts of things can't be found. Is it because I have to follow the [HOW TO] ext sd fix that actually causes the wipe of the micro sd card? Also, why can't I just use my Win 7 PC to format the micro sd? It thinks it's FAT32, could reformat as FAT32 again, then try Amon Ra to reformat to ext4... Or is that not possible?

EDIT 2: I booted up my phone without doing anything and my phone is having no issues with the micro sd. I'm browsing it as I type this.
[HTC Rezound] pmania:
Just searched the thread and found no answer. After I try it it says

"Finding some beer

Found first

No juopunutbear boot.img detected"

and then it quits. Whats wrong?
[HTC Rezound] QBall45:
Uninstall & delete the controlbear file from pc. Then go download it again. Sounds like you may have had a bad download.
[HTC Rezound] R187J:
Bricked my rezound today trying to achieve s-off won't boot into boot fastboot and recovery is useless cuz i flashed 3.13 amon ra and it won't read internal or external sds

I followed all steps

The wirw trick didn't wanna work as it is supposed to i even had a stop watch so i could do it at exactly 1.75 seconds

Still no luck can someone tell me what i did wrong

I do have a new rezound coming tomorrow which i will root and retry steps again
[HTC Rezound] Troider:
I'm having the same issue. I had to pull my battery and fastboot flash a recovery. I tried it on the Tablet Beta on GB firmware with the old firmware patch (Windows GB s-off), so tomorrow I'll try it with a stock GB rom.
[HTC Rezound] ericsignals:
Might want to add a friend reminder not to unlock after s off.

I did by mistake (I never got prompt for jouponut hboot) and I had to s on (thanks scotty123) and then do the process all over, to get my precious locked status back. Re locking and ruu's didn't help.

Such is life for early adopters... but just a fyi to others don't unlock after s off.

May the fourth be with you.

Sent from my Rezound
[HTC Rezound] trud9340:
I was finally able to get S-Off.

I had to flash the stock RUU, then unlock, then flash my recovery(which i had backed up)then run controlbear. I even got the wire trick on the first try!

Then restored my nandroid backup and boom, I am up and running with my sense 4 rom and S-Off!
[HTC Rezound] mrfugly84:
stuck

okay i get to the part where it tells me to do the wire trick and i've tried it multiple times, but nothing registers, it doesn't even tell me that i've failed. I'm using 2 insulated paper clips, maybe i'm not making good contact? Also i've noticed that when i'm supposed to be doing the wire trick my screen is not in hboot, its stuck on a black backround with a silver htc logo. As soon as i unplug the phone hboot shows up, is this my problem??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really want to get this S-OFF
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
Two paper clips? You need to short the two points...which means 1 paper clip. Hold one end on the ground pin, then touch Pin1 twice 1.75 seconds apart.
[HTC Rezound] mrfugly84:
okay yeah, i'm stupid, i was using two paper clips. Switched to one, but having the same problem right now. still doesn't register.
[HTC Rezound] destro158:
Many thanks. I had the "connect device and check drivers" issue on both CleanROM 4.4 and 4.3. Installing the stock rooted GB fixed everything, and I got the wire trick on the second try.

I do have a question. Does the latest ControlBear no longer format the external SD card? I'm sitting here looking at my S-OFF phone, and also the SD card I used during the S-OFF process. It still has all of the contents it did before ControlBear and no issues reading in a PC.
[HTC Rezound] ericsignals:
I think the first version had a wiping issue that they fixed on the new version

Sent from my Rezound
[HTC Rezound] destro158:
I thought that was the internal SD card though. Or does ControlBear restore the external SD card afterward?
[HTC Rezound] ericsignals:
I think the new version attempts to restore the sd card.

Sent from my Rezound
[HTC Rezound] jake.hickcox:
delete
[HTC Rezound] evilstewie23:
======== ControlBear 0.4 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Found backups!

Making room for beer......

Loading sixpacks on sdcard......

Loaded......

Board vigor detected

=== Waiting device....

(7/45)

Fastboot detected

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Do not remove sdcard from phone

Do wire-trick now!! Look instructions at web

Waiting device....

(16/45)

Fastboot detected

Rebooting device

Please wait....

(17/45)

Found device... Please wait...

Getting into bar.....

Raising Glass

SUCCESS - Taking a sip.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Buddies and Beer

Checking alcohol level......

Seems to be just right.....

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

Aaaah, nice sunny day!!

Rebooting.......

=== Waiting device....

(7/45)

Found device... Please wait...

Beer......more beer......more beer...

Rebooting RUU mode.......

=== Waiting device....

(45/45)

Hmmm, still no device

Open device manager and check adb and/or fastboot drivers!!

Resetting connection....1........2....

(39/45)

Is there a reason i get this, now all it does is sit in recovery
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
I did. Unplug your phone, then plug it back in. That's what fixed it for me...
[HTC Rezound] liquidraven:
So i did this and the result at the end was "device S-ff already!". Also my sd card wasnt formatted? everything is still there?

am i ok?
[HTC Rezound] alphaman0606:
Won!
[HTC Rezound] demmo86rt:
Holy crap that was easy! Thanks for the nice write-up.
[HTC Rezound] KKellett:
Help, Stuck at JuopunutBear

So I am officially S Offed and P'd Offed. I can not get anything to but, don't have a recovery.

Tired to flash by changing name to Ph98img but it doesn't even look while it reboots.

I did search but gave me a bunch of stuff but nothing pertaining to a fix.

Please help if know what to do.

Thanks
[HTC Rezound] JAYNO20:
my sd card won't mount and when I put it in the computer it says it needs formatted... it shows a backup of 40mb was made and in the same folder as the .exe for the s-off program. How do I go about restoring this/can I even do that?
[HTC Rezound] mpguzman04:
Much appreciated graymonkey44 & JuopunutBear. Easy & detailed instructions made it impossible to let the process get away from the user.

Been coming here since I got my Rezound, to mod it and keep up-to-date on the latest and greatest, but had yet to post. The S-Off seemed "scary" and the perfect time to take the plunge and pop my XDA, forum-post, cherry. Better then I had ever dreamed... :p
[HTC Rezound] destro158:
If you have S off then you already are past the hard part. To stay locked, you can either just flash the ph98img.zip of AR recovery (3.15: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25661034&postcount=695) or flash one of the eng hboots (or jb hboot). The first option gives you recovery even on stock hboot without unlocking, while the second option lets you run fast boot commands. If you choose the second, just fast boot and flash your recovery like you did the very first time after unlocking (except now you don't have to unlock).

Note that you can't just take your recovery image and rename it to ph98img.zip and have it flash properly. Use the zip in the link instead.
[HTC Rezound] liquidraven:
Im a bit confused, im unlocked and just did the S-off(i think) and now im supposed to flash the zip above to stay S-off?
[HTC Rezound] ogre150:
No. You are done. As long as your phone boots and you can access recovery you are good.

I used to be a developer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...
[HTC Rezound] liquidraven:
hboot shows device as "tampered and locked" This is what i should see correct?

thanks for the help.
[HTC Rezound] sammael1069:
Depending on the hboot you installed your good as long as it says s-off
[HTC Rezound] destro158:
Immediately after S-off it should say locked I believe. Did you reinstall the leak? I just installed the 5-02 ruu after getting S-off and mine still says S-off Locked.
[HTC Rezound] sliding_billy:
Thank You

Figured I'd break my XDA silence (long-time Android guy but always a lurker here) to say thanks to everyone who made this happen. I can't say I was thrilled about shorting out my phone, but I waited until I had a day where if it took me some time to get to work or to recover from something I would be able to. It was about 5 fails before I got it to work, but it was harder to get to even reboot and fail than getting the timing right. Once I got the 1st reboot and fail at least I knew my contacts were good. Without question, the hardest part was absorbing SO MUCH information about hboot, recovery, SD issues and evrything else without having a really clear understanding (unless you had read every thread and could do the timeline as well) of what were still outstanding issues and questions and what had been resolved. I started with the latest stock GB, unlocked and rooted with permanent install of Aman Ra. I used a spare SD during S-Off and returned the original one after complete. I accepted the hboot at the end of the procedure with no issues (though there are conflicting threads about whether to take it or not). I now show s-off, locked and ENG hboot. All appears to be working correct. I am still not 100% sure if there is anything more needed to insure full functionality with no restrictions (or anything I should test further), but after re-reading the Aman Ra issues thread and the hboot threads I don't think so.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
If you are going to ics I believe you need a newer h-boot
[HTC Rezound] sliding_billy:
Probably going to hold off on ICS for a bit (maybe until after the OTA has been built into CleanRom, unless of course it takes too long to be released). I will continue checking into the hboot version and the recovery, but for now this one is working as is Aman Ra 3.14. Thanks for the reply.
[HTC Rezound] JAYNO20:
anyone know?
[HTC Rezound] Hsunami86:
Coming from GB Cleanrom 1.7.3 Rom Rooted

So i got my S-Off and re-unlocked my bootloader

so both is Unlocked and S-Off

When it asked if i wanted to install the modified HBoot- I said yes ( ControlBearRelease_vigor_GB_WIN)

HBoot-2.11.2005

Radio-0.95.00

When i tried to reboot back after the unlock it just freezes at the 4G loading screen.

I am able to access amon recovery....

What i'm i suppose to do next?

Can i just flash a new rom?

I downloaded the Ivysaur 1.0 so it would be ICS ROM