yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Not when I did it. The screen shut off and i heard a little "click" noise like a tiny relay switching when I made the first good contact, then I counted to almost the count of Two Seconds and then made contact again.
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
The other thing that I noticed is that when it does reboot, it goes to the fastboot screen first then the htc white screen whereas in the video when it reboots it goes straight to the htc white screen and then back to the green arrow screen. Not sure if that matters.
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
Don't even know what the screen looked like....

Don't even know what the screen looked like....had it laying screen down on a mouse pad. I just looked at computer screen...and watched it work.
[HTC Rezound] droidrev71:
I feel your pain.. It took me a couple hours to get it. Then when I did, my phone won't read my sd card. I have tried for several hours tying to fix that.. Crazy..stuff! But I love Android regardless.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
I saw so many different screens when I was doing it that its not even really funny, but when I got it right, it went like this:

-Program tells me to do the wire trick. My phone is at a BLACK screen with HTC in silver in the center.

-I perform the wire trick, and the phone reboots to fastboot, then to black juopunutbear screen

-Juopunutbear talks about drinking beers. I drink a beer. Maybe toke a hit.

-Phone reboots again after a minute or so. ..and starts to load like its going into my ROM....

-Juopunutbear says more things about beer. I drink more beer, just to be safe.

-phone doesn't make it all the way into ROM. Reboots again

-Juopunutbear says its checking alcohol level, right around the time it starts loading Android again:

-Juopunutbear says: SUCCESS! S-OFF achieved.

-Turn over the phone, and it has booted all the way into ROM! Everything looks normal. Victory toke!

-"adb reboot bootloader" - Verify LOCKED, S-OFF status

-"fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img"

-"fastboot reboot" - Phone boots into ROM. Transformation to S-OFF complete. Total time elapsed - something like 2 hours to be totally honest.
[HTC Rezound] SheWolf88pr:
ok, so i finally achieved S-OFF ^_^ but now, phone is locked, lost the recovery.img and its not going into fastboot usb..... wat now?
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
how did you know u had s-off did it boot to hboot? does restarting the phone not work... i need more details
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Umm.... Restart the computer and see if it will connect to fastboot again.

Download the recovery image from the Amon Ra thread or TWRP thread in the dev section.
[HTC Rezound] SheWolf88pr:
its ok. i ran the ruu and it rebooted. the thing was that in bootloader it wasnt going into fastboot usb so i can flash recovery. but duh! i just ran the ICS ruu and started new.
[HTC Rezound] madjokeer:
after preforming the wire trick with new perfect timing i get a unknown device in the device manager -> QHSUSB_DLOAD from what i read it meas the device it bricked, if i connect the pin to the ground again then it reboots back to bootloader and QHSUSB_DLOAD disappears and the phone shows fastboot usb connected again. What is going on here?
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
If it says fastboot-usb you clearly are not bricked. Why are you doing this stuff to your phone if you can't answer very basic questions about how to fix these things?

**edit**

Shorting that port to ground enabled download mode, which is a special mode for transferring information to the phone. Just like adb, or fastboot. Its just a different, less known mode. The wire trick enabled the juopunutbear to use download mode to turn off the secure flag.

.. or something like that.. its all pretty fuzzy still.

I'm not sure, but I think ODIN for Samsung phones works via download mode..

Still though, a brick is just that - a paperweight. No screen, no way to do anything. dead. nada. toasted. having fastboot-usb mode is NOT brick.
[HTC Rezound] superchaos:
Finally! S-Off and Locked

OK, So don't hold the wire on the contacts for 1.75 seconds. Touch the contacts 1.75 seconds apart. I touched the contacts about 4-5 times about 1.75 seconds apart after the vibration and it finally went through. It just doesn't start until you are done touching the contacts.

If you aren't getting it, keep trying.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
So true.
[HTC Rezound] RKight:
I can't help but wonder if my phone is defective or if maybe I've messed it up by trying this too many times. The first few times I attempted this, I would watch the video and touch the contacts exactly when the person in the video would. My phone would restart, controlbear would do its thing, then I'd get the still sober message. Now, if I time it exactly right (whether by the video or the metronome file that was uploaded), my phone never restarts and controlbear sits at "waiting for device". I just get a blank screen, no charge LED, and I get the sound from Windows that indicates that the USB device wasn't recognized. The phone also shows up in device manager as QHSUSB_DLOAD. If I pull the USB cable and battery, I'm able to restart the phone. For what it's worth, I even ran the android police RUU and rooted through Aman-Ra to get as close to stock as possible.
[HTC Rezound] teckels:
I only had access to one sd card, copied it to desktop before procedure and when I put it back I lost my Temple Run stats! Helppppp! JKJK, just a huge thank you post to everyone that worked to get S-off and to the patient folks helping people with issues. I understand it's frustrating but every community has their boneheads and every customization has it's issues. THANK YOU! (If this helps anyone looking for a wire, I used a twisty tie that I stripped with my teeth Ron Swanson style for the wire trick, worked on second pass).
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
THis is the exact issue i've been having for 72 hours. my buddy got it in 10 minutes and i've been trying to do mine. I know that i'm doing it right 100%....

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I know exactly what these guys speak of. I can't even get the process to the point where it asks to do the wire trick. Is it because i'm doing it wrong? I don't think so.... I've done things like this before and am pretty mechanically inclined.

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Took the words right out of my mouth.

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Useless rant. It's a learning process. Once they achieve S-OFF they'll figure out how to do some of the other cool things. I know the quickest way I learn how to fix things is to break it first.... Not always but it's true.
[HTC Rezound] graymonkey44:
For those having issues that are on windows, try Linux. May be a long shot, but download wubi.
[HTC Rezound] derek4484:
I absolutely agree. I used 22AWG hook-up wire, the type of wire used for breadboarding prototype projects. Its fairly stiff and doesnt flex. I think that's why a lot of people are having good success with paperclips. They are easy to keep in contact with the contact points rather than some flimsy flexible soft stranded wire.
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
Tried that. I've used a paper clip, speaker wire, solid core wire, stranded wire. If it conducts electricity and fits in the hole, i've tried it.
[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
For those having problems, you were not alone. It took me a couple hours on one phone and about 2 days on my other. If it helps, here's a thread I made that may help getting that wire trick right.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1613776
[HTC Rezound] RKight:
I have Linux Mint installed, which is based on Ubuntu. I tried under Linux and I got the exact same results (minus the sound indicating an unrecognized USB device, of course).

Same here...tried everything from a tiny twist tie to speaker wire, solid core aluminum wire, solid core copper wire, etc. And the copper wire definitely wasn't flimsy. It was 14g and I had to take my time to file one end of the wire to a taper so it would fit in the hole and touch the pad on the PCB.
[HTC Rezound] derek4484:
Sorry, but I gotta say DUHHHHH!!! The instructions and the video clearly say and show that you touch the two points together then release, wait 1.75 seconds, then touch them again.

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After reading all the posts in here about people doing it for 2 days and still not getting it, I guess I was lucky, I did it once, it worked, took like 5 minutes. I didnt lose any info from the internal or external SD cards. Overall it went super smooth and easy.

The only problem was my fault, I refused the modified HBoot that ControlBear offered me, so when it rebooted to fastboot, it was still locked. Instead of flashing a modified HBoot through fastboot, I reflashed my unlock .bin and it did a factory reset on the entire phone so I lost every app and all data. So I had to do a restore from titanium backup.

The only "tricky" part are the instructions (or lack thereof) on the ControlBear website. You must pick the GB or ICS version based on which firmware you are running, not which ROM you are running. If you have the old firmware use the GB version. If you are on the new firmware use the ICS version. The controlbear program is the same, what differs is which modified HBoot it flashes when its done. The GB version flashes a modified, unlocked HBoot 2.11. The ICS version flashes a modified, unlocked 2.21. So if you are on an ICS ROM but using the old firmware patch then use the GB version of Controlbear.

Good luck!
[HTC Rezound] Ronn Plae:
Guys it took me FOREVER!! I READ THIS THREAD AND READ THIS THREAD! The trick is once you stick the wire in the ground just tap TWICE 1.5 Seconds each and if you fail reformat your SD Card every time! It took me 100 times, I'm FINALLY S-OFF!! ALso if you are on Hboot 2.11 DO NOT INSTALL JUNOPEBEAR HBOOT!!! Another mistake I made!
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
That just means you downloaded the wrong JuopunutBear version. If you are on 2.11, then you should have run the GB one which comes with a modified 2.11 Hboot. If you put on 2.21, then you used the ICS version which was incorrect...
[HTC Rezound] JeffBea:
For anyone having problems getting s-off that lives in Columbus Ohio area I be more than glad to do it for you. Took me like 10 minutes and 3 attemps to do mine.
[HTC Rezound] Demiurge7:
I cant get it past this error:

Hmmm, still no device

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

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

At the green arrow screen when receiving this message, everything else seemed fine. Of course, ran as Admin, checked MD5's, followed all instructions to a T, no HTC sync running, etc.

I have tried on two different computers, and am pretty sure I am up to date on drivers, but have re-setup adb just in case. What am I doing wrong here? I have tried many times - have no problem restoring, but frustrated I cant get past this point.

Any ideas?
[HTC Rezound] thisisjaybee:
If your HTC driver is installed, I would delete the C:\Android folder and reinstall adb and fastboot. (I tried to post a link, but I'm new. Google "How to install adb and fastboot". Use the first link and follow the directions)
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
Is reformatting the SD card really necessary if it passes that step that says laoding sixpack on SD card or whatever it is. I would hope that if the card was not in an acceptable state there would be some sort of error or failed attempt to write whatever it is they write to it (which is another thing, why is an external SD card even necessary?).
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
flashing to the stock RUU seems to work.

TO ALL, if you are having issues, just bite the bullet and flash back to the stock RUU. worked for me the very first time once I did this. Thanks all.
[HTC Rezound] graymonkey44:
Don't worry guys. I'm going to go through every post of this thread and compile everything I can together to make it easy and straight forward as possible.
[HTC Rezound] Blacktruck:
I am having this same problem as well. Reinstalled SDK and drivers, but still cant get past this process. I'm able to get back into fastboot and flash recovery, so its not like my pc cant detect my phone.

FWIW, I'm on GB, using CleanRom 4.3 using old firmware patch.

What appears to be happening is when ControlBear reboots the bootloader and sends the phone into the black screen with green arrows, it breaks connection between the phone and pc and cannot find the device.
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
I don't know what this means.
[HTC Rezound] SightSeeker:
How do I do this again? I'm on ICS clean rom with the leaked ICS radio and hboot. I have the rezound_ics_androidpolice_3.11.605.22 .zip file but it's not flashing. Do I have to lock the boot loader again first?
[HTC Rezound] pwned3:
Yes you have to re lock
[HTC Rezound] morrichad:
Where does ur phone currently stand? Have you started the exploit yet?
[HTC Rezound] SightSeeker:
Back on clean rom 4.3. I tried the s-off like 10 times and getting nowhere. I want to get back to main ICS leak. I have RA flashed on as well.

edit - I want to get back to main ICS to try the S-off from there again. I eventually want to get back to rooted GB and radios so I can stop my poor battery life.
[HTC Rezound] morrichad:
Yes as stated by Scott follow his orginal tutorial orginally again if it the ICS leak again and then go from there. If you need a link give a few and I'll dig one up?
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
actually, try this.

do a nand backup using CWM or AR recovery (i prefer CWM as it has less issues)

do a full factory wipe

once booted into the OS and things settle run controlbear.

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I just realized I have been a member since 2007 and only have 18 posts. all of which are in this thread lol. I guess search was my friend for the past 5 years :)
[HTC Rezound] morrichad:
Try this, Scott has changed it from the orginal instructions that I used to do CleanRom DE (Senseless Version)

http://www.scottsroms.com/showthrea...off-w-headset-PAUSE-PLAY-recovery-etc-etc-etc
[HTC Rezound] SightSeeker:
I'm pretty sure I tried that but I can try again. Have people been getting it to work off 4.3 clean rom? I see some posts where people had to go back to stock ICS to get it to finally work.
[HTC Rezound] morrichad:
That is how I did mine after all the troubles I had with mine, just skip through the start up screen and make sure USB debugging is checked. Then go from there, basically a fresh start on everything!!!;)
[HTC Rezound] madjokeer:
Dude... After doing the wire trick the phone screen is black, no buttons function and I am assuming its in this "download mode" you speak off, but the s-off script shows awaiting for phone, and says check device manager, so I checked it has that unknown device, no fastboot-USB until it do the wire trick again and the phone reboots
[HTC Rezound] madjokeer:
I am on bamf 2.1 with latest firmware, are you suggesting flash back to latest CIS leak by android-police which is link 4(rooted version)
[HTC Rezound] whtciv2k:
Hrm, you might have to do the mainver trick first...

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this was what was happening to me for 3 days. i downgraded RUU, factory reset and tried again. worked on the first try and got the wire trick on the first try.
[HTC Rezound] jidcman:
Hi everybody,

can someone please guide me on the right direction a far as the order/correctness (not the directions) of the steps to obtain S-Off on my device?

Facts:

HBOOT-2.10.0000

eMMC-boot

Oct 5 2011, 21:18:48

CLEANROM 3.7

I will follow all instructions to the teeth.

I'm just not sure if I should relock and update the HBOOT before doing the S-Off procedure.

Also I'm not sure if I need the ICS or GB download since I'm running ICS but is not the leaked version.

Sorry for the noob questions. I'm pretty sure my questions have probably been answered before and for that, I apologize,

But I get overwhelmed with all the posts.

Thanks in advance,

Jidcman
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
use GB version.

follow instructions in the OP, or on the JuopunutBear website
[HTC Rezound] Demiurge7:
I am starting in Rom mode (running scotts cleanrom senseless dev edition). I am reinstalling fastboot and ADB, completely uninstalled anything HTC, starting from scratch - but it seems as though if it got as far as it did, then the drivers and adb should have been working properly - I tested adb beforehand, pushing, pulling, and running various commands... I made sure everything was working and in line. So its a little confusing. Will try re-installing adb and fastboot, maybe will go back to the RUU as well, just to be sure. Will take any idea's though, thanks!

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Thats exactly what I was thinking... I was able to flash the backup recovery and the ICS kernel from my rom immediately after, in fastboot. So your right, its not as though my computer is not seeing the phone - rather, control bear doesnt seem to be able to see it... I havent seen many with this issue (one I found in the sensation thread for juopnutbear).
[HTC Rezound] techferret:
Just a suggestion to everyone who has a failed S-Off...try running ControlBear again after the failed command (you would be stuck on ControlBear's recovery). Believe it or not, after many failed attempts I did just this and my S-Off was granted! Just a suggestion since it worked for me...I was utilizing the AndroidPolice leak of ICS.
[HTC Rezound] SightSeeker:
Well after 2 days of trying over and over I finally got it. I was on clean rom 4.3 and once I went back to the stock leaked ICS I got it on the first try. I didn't even do the wire trick right. I was trying with the paper clip and I wasn't getting good contacts. I was just tapping away like 10 times and it finally made contact and it worked. Please anyone having trouble go back to stock if you are on a modified leaked ICS and try again. It wasn't even doing the correct sequence of screens on the rom I was on during the reboots.

Can anyone point me to a way to get the stock GB back on and radios? I don't want to mess things up now that I have S-off I just want to get my battery life back and wait for the OTA. Thanks
[HTC Rezound] Hotweelz66:
Finally achieved S-off! 4 days later. lol. If anyone is having a problem with the program recognizing your root you need to make sure your adb is set up right. Also read up some on adb here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1241935 it helped me alot. After getting adb set up with proper path I was able to run the program. Got the timing right second time around. This was also with great help from the team on the #juopunutbear IRC channel. If you need help that's the place. Just be respectfull these people put in alot of time helping out.
[HTC Rezound] mentallo:
Just did the S-Off and it worked fine but now I am stuck in hboot and no recovery seems to be installed. How come it doesnt just boot back into my rom? Should I just install the recovery manually now? and the what?
[HTC Rezound] jidcman:
Thanks, should I upgrade my HBOOT before S'ing Off, is there a way to upgrade my HBOOT without re-locking once I get S-Off?

I understand battery life should be a little better with the official latest firmware HBOOT. Is that right?
[HTC Rezound] Demiurge7:
Just flash the kernel that came with your rom. (install the ph98img from hboot) Should do the trick. If not, push your recovery in adb and restore, but I have done this 5 or 6 times already, and that was all that ended up being necessary.
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
Can someone who has gotten this to work tell me what you saw on the Control Bear screen? I get to the part where it says to do the wire trick, I perform the wire trick at what seems to be the right timing and it then says waiting for device.

After it reboots it goes through the process and always ends up with that 667 error code and still sober. I seriously think there is something else wrong other than the timing. It seems that I nail it because like I said, that waiting for device pops up and the phone reboots.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
I posted a few pages back exactly what happened the time I successfully did S-OFF. It was a step-by-step following what the juopunutbear screen said, what the phone showed, and what steps I did at these moments.

It was probably moments after you gave up lastnight, so maybe a few pages back?
[HTC Rezound] mentallo:
So when I try to push the recovery in hboot it tells me FAILED "Remote not allowed".

What do I do?
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
fastboot you mean? What command did you use?

It should be "fastboot flash recovery recovery_image_name.img"
[HTC Rezound] Land Master:
Believe it or not I think this may have a lot to do with the "issues". Here is a Post I made in the other thread (still don't know why there is more then one) that contains links to the SDK, JDK and HTC drivers.

I don't guarantee anything but some people have nothing to lose.

Edit: I would add that you should review your list of installed applications and remove anything that appears to be an Android Driver. My goal here is to get the device to use an HTC drive written specifically for HTC devices and NOT a generic Android driver. Worth a shot I guess.
[HTC Rezound] mentallo:
using "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" in Fastboot USB

I'm on ICS but I didn't install the hboot that came with Controlbear is that the reason this is not working?
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
Don't mess with your version of hboot. I would just run the GB version, and when it works and asks to install hboot, say yes. That will install the modified hboot 2.11 which is what you want.
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
I just took a look at what you said and what I am wondering is that if when you performed the wire trick (and it worked), did it say waiting for device as soon as the wire trick worked and rebooted the phone?

That is the last thing I see before it reboots. Once it boots back up it talks about drinking beers and beers and buddies and all that good stuff then it just says S-OFF failed with that error code and still sober message. I get literally the same exact thing EVERY time I do it.

That is why I think it might be something else. My timing can't be that bad. Like I said, using that metronome file for the timing, I pretty much hit it right on the nose and like clockwork, Control Bear says waiting for device, it reboots the phone and then I get that stupid error.
[HTC Rezound] james_pnut:
Using the process re locks your hboot so fastboot command don't work. Either flash the modified hboot or unlock your phone using the htcdev tool.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Yes, as soon as I did the wire trick, the very next bit of text said "waiting device" and a moment or so later it said "fastboot found" or something to that effect. then kept going on about beers while the phone continued to the black juopunutbear screen. Then another reboot, briefly again "waiting device" then more beer talk, another reboot, and then it actually booted into my ROM when juopunutbear said Success!

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Yes, this is the correct steps. S-OFF on the Rezound still has limitations not in place on previous devices. If HBOOT is locked, as it is after the S-OFF process, you must either flash the ENG HBOOT, unlock your stock HBOOT again, or use juopunutbears modified HBOOT. Those are the options. research carefully before making your selection.
[HTC Rezound] jidcman:
Thank you, I'll try that tonight.
[HTC Rezound] jscarano:
My phone turns off after wire trick. Is this normal? Also It keeps saying im sober so no luck after 4 times. wtf??!?!?

Edit :got s off now!..
[HTC Rezound] Nopi45:
Got to flash a hboot either theirs or one the GB or ICS leak firmware
[HTC Rezound] antawnm26:
Im running on rez rom 3.4 on the original post it says you need to be on a stock rom rooted..In these instructions it doesnt say that..So, do you really need to be on stock rom rooted? Also in this thread it says v.02 is that referring to controlbear?