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[HTC Amaze 4G] verkion:
I haven't managed to get it working for the last 3 hours or so...and just wanted to go back to the ROMs I have been using. I managed to flash a recovery (using fastboot command) and from recovery, install the EnergyRom. However, on first boost it goes back to the Juopunutbear arrow screen. How do I "break out" of this?

Thanks!

verkion
[HTC Amaze 4G] globatron:
vrracing, I don't believe you're bricked. jump on the IRC channel.
[HTC Amaze 4G] verkion:
I also got that same error, but after popping out the battery, it allowed me to reboot into recovery.

globaltron, which IRC channel are you referring to? I ask because I am having a lot of difficulties with this. and to make matters worse, I am unable to "break out of the arrow screen" which means I don't have a usable phone at all. I have already reloaded a recovery and tried to flash Energy's ROM again and it still boots to the arrow screen...any ideas?
[HTC Amaze 4G] 2kwic25:
Did you format the Sd card first before going back into recovery and flashing the rom ? im not 100 percent that it would work just asking for learning purposes
[HTC Amaze 4G] verkion:
It is a completely different SD Card which I was trying S-Off with.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Opentang:
I too had this issue, now resolved and with S-OFF. Try re-attempting the process, the wire trick must be timed perfectly, and it will install a new hboot
[HTC Amaze 4G] verkion:
Had which issue? Being completely unable to revert back to a working ROM once you have started this S-OFF process? That does not bode well for this current method if there is no recourse at all. I am literally one step removed from building a timer circuit to trigger the "wire touching," just to check if it is bad timing on my part or what. I've been sitting here with a metronome at 35bpm (1.75s) and 40bpm (1.5s) so I cannot believe my timing is that far off.

Has this been successfully attempted by any other WIND user?

Thanks!

verkion
[HTC Amaze 4G] xxquicksh0txx:
It might be my inner band-geek with super-uber counting techniques, but I was able to get it first try. Restoring my Rom now, soo SWEET.
[HTC Amaze 4G] verkion:
Was it exactly 1.75s? or 1.5s?
[HTC Amaze 4G] 2kwic25:
yep like a dumb ass i had my phone charging thur my computer and forgot it was there downloaded the program and click on it just to see what it would look like not knowing i was going thur with it lol all i seen was do the wire trick over and over i was lost until i looked at the phone i was like damn i didnt mean to do that so i searched the house for wire i tried three diff wires before i got it down i was going to quit but its seems like once your in that arrow screen you have to finish the process before moving on i hope thats not the case it has to be a way to exit if you dont obtain S-off
[HTC Amaze 4G] Snargaflab:
I was at a point where I didn't realize my contact was covered by the sticker and I was in that position. I have a Telus Amaze. I'm sure it will work for Wind if it will for Telus as they are exactly the same device. I peeled back the sticker with my wire and as soon as I did I got it on the first try. All you have to do is succeed in the steps, your phone will be fine. It's just semi-bricked until you can manage to perform the wire trick, afaik.
[HTC Amaze 4G] xxquicksh0txx:
touch 1 miss-iss-ip touch That what I did, touched it a little past through saying Mississippi.

But if your using a metronome, I don't know what to say
[HTC Amaze 4G] verkion:
Doesn't appear to be a way to break out of it...I just tried to use the official RUU and it still won't work. Word of caution to all of you adventurous people out there...there does NOT appear to be a way to break out of the process once you start it. Which, for all intents and purposes, makes it a brick...

verkion
[HTC Amaze 4G] Opentang:
Yes, I re-ran ControlBear numerous times, was finally able to successfully finish the job (wire-trick and installing new hboot). Keep re-trying or else your probably stuck and can't get passed that (!) screen, regardless if you're able to get into recovery
[HTC Amaze 4G] verkion:
I don't think that was explicitly stated anywhere...I really hope this is not the case although it is looking more and more likely.

Ugh.

verkion
[HTC Amaze 4G] lgtsanev:
Sorry for my ignorant previous comment, just saw that globatron was part of the unbricking project for Sensation, dealing with this issue, hit him up before you do anything... Someone at the EVO 3D forum said it worked on his GSM version too. Good luck!
[HTC Amaze 4G] edwards33:
I had the same problem with the phone struck at the green arrows, try shortening the wire you are using that's what I did and it worked on the first try, if it helps any I used a speaker wire for the "wire trick", good luck
[HTC Amaze 4G] Opentang:
What's the difference in capabilities between SHIP S-OFF and ENG S-OFF?

Sent from my HTC Ruby 4G
[HTC Amaze 4G] superevilllama:
Ask and you shall receive. Here it is. Perhaps another thread should be opened or include in this one for the ENG hboot as well.

(rename to ph85img.zip, place on your SD card, and reboot to bootloader)

This should allow you to flash additional things using the fastboot command, such as a splash screen (Juopunutbear's custom hboot does this as well).
[HTC Amaze 4G] idaggerpwn:
It is possible. I was able to re-unlock my phone after flashing ENG Hboot.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
Seriously this was not that bad. I knew i was going to give it a shot but I was a bit anxious after some of the posts. The tool guides you until you get wire trick right. Just keep trying and for gods sake don't stop in the middle. Flashing eng now!
[HTC Amaze 4G] mrmako777:
you shouldnt need to unlock the bootloader after achieving s-off. thats the whole point. you should be able to flash anything and everything with a locked bootloader as long as its s-off
[HTC Amaze 4G] 201reyes:
done!, s-off! used a spare 1gb m-sd so i did not lose anything... awesome....
[HTC Amaze 4G] cna:
After a few try's i got S-off Thanks
[HTC Amaze 4G] hyperkamote:
Help i've achived s-off but the my phone wont boot it always boot on down arrow on the phone.. I've flash new recover and rom and still it wont boot..
[HTC Amaze 4G] tagme:
How do you know you've achieved S-Off if the phone doesn't reboot... If you're stuck with with the down green arrow, I don't think you've achieve s-off... try it again... You'll know when you got it right..!
[HTC Amaze 4G] hyperkamote:
By booting into H-BOOT , it says S-OFF.. and by the way I've found what causing the problem...

Here's the Few Step that i Did..

Tools Needed:

1 about 6 inch twist ties and Patience

1 Unused Micro SD

Insert your Backup/Unused SD

First Strip Your Twist ties on both end about a inch long

Second have your computer ready and make sure your speakers are on.

(So you could hear the usb plugging sound) the sound will be are timer =)

then put your phone on fastboot then flip your phone and plug the first end of the wire into the (hole 1)

then bend the other end of the twist ties slightly downwards for the (GRD to flattens)

as you run the program be ready...

Once it ask for the "Wire trick" to connect

push your other end of the twist ties to the GRD and listen for the beep

"DA DAN.." after the "DAN" lift your twist ties and press it again.. then the second USB Pluging sound plays.. "DUN DAN..." you must lift after the DUN Sound is over..

As for counting method..

Remember when were kids we use to count 1 second by saying "one thousand one".. (Or just in our Country..)

Count like this For precisely between 1.5 secs to 1.8 "One Thousand One, One Thou.."

like that... then you'll achieve the S-OFF by that...

Just keep Trying... and don't give up..

And for those people having problems booting there Phone Normally

Usually Stuck on the "Arrow down and phone" when rebooting

Just try to flash different recovery or roms..

"For mine I've fix it via flashing Kush Clockworkmod and Mike's ARHD ROM.."

This takes out of me in lot of frustration why my phone wont boot...
[HTC Amaze 4G] truckerdewd:
No go. Hate beer

I think I will be waiting for another method. After trying this for several hours, since some time last night, I have grown tired of seeing the stupid beer references and have become quite pissed at the whole process and before I end breaking my phone or someone else, I'm gonna stop and not use your method. Thanks for your work at getting but it's not working for me so I give up until another way to gain s-off is achieved.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dharvey4651:
I know this. I just want it to say "ENG S-OFF" and "UNLOCKED" at the same time. Makes it look truly unlocked. :p

Also SuperCID'd so I'm ready for anything XDA can throw at me now.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
I like to say thank you to all the developers for this awesome tool to finally obtain s-off for amaze. Hopefully now more roms can be released and the amaze can finally become amazing lol.

Quick question

I flashed s-off successfully. Do I need ENG s-off? Any differences?
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Lol, I talked **** last night like I wasn't gonna do this.. lol. I lied.

Anyways, on one of the first pages someone mentions using an insulated paper clip or bread tie or something(I used paper clip), I highly recommend this-- at least then you know that ISN'T the problem.

Took me about 7 tries I think, and I was paying close attention.. I think the issue isn't the timing between touches(1.75 seconds) but what is meant by "briefly" touch. As soon as I touched it to the ground for about a half second(rather than barely touching or grazing it) waited nearly 2 seconds, did it again- instant success.

So if you are having issues, just try rethinking the word "briefly". It wasn't brief at all.

Anyways, I verified I have S-off, only the extra external sd card I had got wiped, all is good now. Thanks again to the OP for being epic!
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
The timing really is key here. I tried about 20 different times on my first phone until it finally took. After that the second phone worked on the first try.

Make sure that the sticker near the pin isn't covering it at all, otherwise, make sure you have it scraped away enough to expose the pin.

What isn't super clear or easy is how to gauge the timing of the taps. There are only TWO main taps you need to do. The first tap, when successful, will give a Windows USB connect/disconnect sound. Make sure you have your speakers on so you can hear it. As soon as you hear the USB connect sound from windows, lift the wire from the GND connection, try to count 1.5-1.75 seconds, then tap the GND connection again only ONCE. This time you won't hear any sound from Windows but it should work. Don't tap any more, just remove the wire completely and it should work.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ksocoolwitit:
I'm too scared to try this out lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] truckerdewd:
I've been trying for hours and I've the speakers on, when it says to try the wire trick, I do but hear no sound. I've only got it to tell me to try the wire trick twice out of the numerous times I've tried. Most of the time I get some beer reference or or something about adb server or some other message.
[HTC Amaze 4G] oreddy32:
I got critical error "can't find the bar" I can't boot into recovery.... am I bricked?
[HTC Amaze 4G] dubt17:
Ok, I'm having an issue flashing the custom hboot.

I didn't select it when I ran Juopunutbear, I thought I could just flash it later, but now when I try to flash it, even with S-OFF, I get:

>fastboot flash hboot hboot_8x60-lte_1.90.0008_20111101_signedbyaa.nb0
sending 'hboot' (1023 KB)... OKAY [ 0.305s]
writing 'hboot'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.613s

Any tips?
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
Out of all the times you've tried, has the phone ever reboot from the wire trick or does the program keep telling you to do the wire trick? If the phone never reboots (which it is supposed to) then sufficient contact to the pin isn't being made. Check the pin again to see if that white round sticker above it is covering it at all.
[HTC Amaze 4G] blast0id:
yeah, don't flash it via fastboot...

rename the file jb_hboot.zip to PH85IMG.zip, place it on sdcard (make sure you back it up first) then load bootloader and flash it as an "update"
[HTC Amaze 4G] truckerdewd:
It will reboot when I first start the program but that's the only time it does. Once I do get it to the part that tells me to try the wire trick, that's all it ever says before going onto something else and then telling me to hit enter to exit. The instructions don't tell you exactly if you have to bee in bootloader or just turned in regular mode. Have tried it from both.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dubt17:
This worked perfectly! Thank you!
[HTC Amaze 4G] dmunseyautotech:
S-off Here. Took a couple times with timing it out but got it after a few attempts. I'm happy. patients is key here. i found it easier to hold the wire on the pin and tap the other end to ground, once it reboots do it again and its done.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Joker10s3:
Someone should make a video step by step
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
You have to be booted in Android before running ControlBear. Only when the phone shows the black screen with Green arrows will it tell you to do the wire trick. Since the phone never reboots, you never hear the Windows USB sound and the ControlBear program never says anything other than "Do the wire trick now" I don't think you're making any connection from the Pin to a Ground. Try using a different insulted wire (trash bag/bread bag wire tie worked great for me) and again make sure that round white sticker isn't covering the Pin at all.
[HTC Amaze 4G] truckerdewd:
Have tried the bread bag one, kept bending on me. Using a Christmas ornament hook now and it also keeps bending. Can't see the screen cause the phone is laying face down. I've only twice got the program to say do wire trick. Most of the time it's about beer or something about adb or daemon.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Opentang:
Boot into recovery, wipe data/cache, flash a backup or new ROM. That worked for me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] andy55:
I am having an issue with getting s-off as well, I've repeated the wire trick a couple times, with a timer in front of me so I'm very close with the timing, but once I make the second contact the program says device found, waiting, and then nothing. I've left it for 10-15 mins and no change. also, I have no recovery and when it boots it goes to the green arrows, and no matter if I repeat the wire trick it won't change the status in the program.

I sure am glad I have a spare amaze to practice on!
[HTC Amaze 4G] 4umdude:
Works great. Thanks!
[HTC Amaze 4G] pancio2003:
Anybody know what should I do now.

After running everything at the end I got:

Starting up......

Rebooting bootloader.......

/system/bin/reboot: no such tool

Quit....

Press ENTER to exit.....

Each time I try to re-run the ControlBear, I get this message

Starting up......

Rebooting bootloader.......

/system/bin/reboot: no such tool

Quit....

Press ENTER to exit.....
[HTC Amaze 4G] hyperkamote:
Before posting please read or search..

Have you installed all the necessary requirments like ''htc sync'' , ''adb drivers'' and your phone is recognize via fastboot ''fastboot devices'' or adb ''adb devices'' ?? It will solve your problems...
[HTC Amaze 4G] pancio2003:
Got S-OFF!!!

After running the ControlBear again for another 3 times, I got the message "Your device is already S-OFF". Thanks for your quick reply.

Also had to run "adb reboot-bootloader" to get off the JuopunutBear screen, as phone wouldn' reboot itself after S-OFF process finished.

Special thanks go to Fuses and hyuh
[HTC Amaze 4G] LNKNPRKFN:
YEAH GOT mine working Here comes the SPLASHES!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] ATech:
Hell yea!! Thanks a ton fellas. Can't wait to do this later tonight.
[HTC Amaze 4G] saulcho009:
I can't get past this. I see that other people are having issues as well. Any solution?

======== ControlBear version 0.2 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Backing up......

Transferring backups....

Backup FAILED!!

Exiting!!

Press ENTER to exit.....
[HTC Amaze 4G] eichenberg:
I am getting the same error.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Stalix:
Ditto :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
Hating beer is blasphemy.

---------- Post added at 07:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:18 PM ----------

Is your SD empty?
[HTC Amaze 4G] eichenberg:
Mine is. I took out my sd card and put in an empty one so as to not erase thw one I use.
[HTC Amaze 4G] jcorv58:
Stuck at the "Backup failed" message also
[HTC Amaze 4G] MildewMan:
Just a few things that you guys can check to make sure of that may help:

1. ADB and Fastboot are installed

2. Your phone has USB debugging turned on

3. SD card is inserted and NOT mounted as a disk drive (should be in charge only mode)

4. You are booted into Android when running controlbear.

5. You are running controlbear as administrator (may or may not help).

That's all I can think of atm.
[HTC Amaze 4G] saulcho009:
What I did was get V0.1 instead of V0.2, Got S-Off and I'm very happy :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] jcorv58:
Check to all of those, I read through the threads and posts beforehand, re-checked my phone numerous times, still a no go
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
Get a hold of V 0.1 instead of V 0.2. Something changed for some reason and is probably cause for your troubles.
[HTC Amaze 4G] RavenWulf:
When I did this last night I kept having problems, I was using the USB cable from my MT4G, after I switched it out for the stock Amaze cable it worked on the first attempt. Just a shot in the dark but maybe it's the cable you're using
[HTC Amaze 4G] jcorv58:
Using the Amaze usb cable

Can't find the other version but I'm gonna do this another day, maybe when it is fixed, time for me to work 3 more days and then go on "vacation".....moving, yay :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
I'll PM you
[HTC Amaze 4G] nixxofugi:
lsusb = 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)

running ControlBear hangs at waiting for device.

has anyone else come across this?
[HTC Amaze 4G] zPacKRat:
add me to the list of successes. took a while, tried on an XP Virtual Machine and could not get it to work, did it on my win 7 64bit workstation and got it on the second attempt.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nixxofugi:
could someone email me a copy of controlbear v0.1?
[HTC Amaze 4G] mrmako777:
here ya go...
[HTC Amaze 4G] theinitial21:
does this mean we DO NOT have to unlock bootloader now since we can s-off?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zentaury:
Hey there,

i had LB2 (german version) on the n7000 before i bought it, so i flashed back to KJ4. But when i run the zergrush it's stuck at "--- WAITING FOR DEVICE".

In the device manager i have the gtn7000 as mtp device, the usb-debugging is turned on and unknown sources too. So what could be the problem now?

I had installed kies, but now i have deinstalled it and installed SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86 but its still not working. Odin can see the device.

I am glad about any helpful comment :-)!

Greetings

Okay odin doesn't see the device anymore :-/, so it could still be a problem with the driver?! Which driver should it be if i would like to select the driver manually? There are so many folders with inf files in it...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasmodo:
It is definitely a driver problem. Try to uninstall any drivers you have and reboot. Then download one of the drivers at the top of this page (Choose a 32- or 64-bit Windows drivers, I don't know which one you've got). Reboot again after installation. Connect your Note to one of the USB slots at the back of your PC - not at the front or at the side - wait for Windows to install additional drivers (5 or 6 of them) and try again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zentaury:
Now i am getting till:

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

And again stuck :/.

I have Win7 32bit, turned the antivirus software off, doenst do anything, installed/uninstalled/rebooted several times, disconnected/connected device...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zentaury:
It works?! "ADB.exe devices" didnt show the n7000 but now it do so everything was working fine now. Thx!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayknight:
nandroid backup

Did you do a nandroid backup before trying to install ICS? If so, boot back into recovery and restore that.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch3mn3y:
@jayknight

He cant access recovery.

@johnlicoski1204

Dis u try flash clean stock.rom?

Sent using r800i with DoomKernel v11 (1.21ghz)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] simonekamikaze:
Hello guys :) i downloaded Andro-id 3.3.1 and i see there aren't many languages :( how can i translate in my language (italian)? What files i must modify?? How? Thx :D
[HTC Sensation] globatron:
Instructions and Downloads:

http://unlimited.io/juopunutbear.htm

Support:

Support for our tools is via IRC channel #unlimited on freenode ONLY. If you do not have an IRC client you can use this link.

We DO NOT provide support, instructions, or downloads via XDA. Please see our website: http://unlimited.io

Using how-to guides, "kits" and using other instructions on XDA to S-OFF your device is not recommended and will not be supported by Team Unlimited. If you want the best experience and results - go direct to the source. Dealing with support issues through the forums is inefficient and posts may get lost in long support threads, of which we would have too many to actively monitor. We have therefore decided that all support should be through our IRC channel. This will allow us to help you in real-time and through the whole process.

**You may not redistribute nor link directly to any of our tools without the expressed consent of Team Unlimited. We DO NOT authorize any dev use of our tools within other kits or tools.**
[HTC Sensation] jriv:
Whays the difference between this and revolutionary

Sent from a guy living in a van down by the river
[HTC Sensation] 1887:
This is for the new hboot version :)

thanks, gonna try this !!!!
[HTC Sensation] AngryB:
weeee!!! Finaly...thanks dude :)

p.s... Do I put the wire on ''HERE1'' or ''HERE2'' marked on my picture below? because ''HERE1'' is screw....not hole.

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[HTC Sensation] M9x3mos:
COOL beans.

Was waiting for this for a sensation and a Amaze.

Does anyone know by chance if this is reversible back to normal bootloader then?

To AngryB

Is the Here2 and the hole closest the the memory card.
[HTC Sensation] 1887:
There stands I need to Be rooted (have superuser and/or an unsecured boot image installed) ... how shall this works without S-OFF ? :confused:

And a unlocked bootloader by htcDEV .. really needed ?
[HTC Sensation] gamebeast:
it works but after 30 trys :)
[HTC Sensation] resssah:
this work whit hboot 1.21.0001? :|
[HTC Sensation] M9x3mos:
I would also like to know too if this actually requires HTC unlock?
[HTC Sensation] 1887:
If it requires root, how did you guys manage it ? :confused:

How can I have root with S-on?
[HTC Sensation] AwsmStar:
Tried it, but now my phone won't boot and just keeps coming up with the Juopunutbear splash. Great.

Anyone?
[HTC Sensation] resssah:
what hboot ? , try remake the wire trick
[HTC Sensation] plohoi:
Please read instructions cearfuly. Answers are there. Quote :

Be unlocked using the HTCdev bootloader unlock

Be rooted (have superuser and/or an unsecured boot image installed)

Have a spare microSD card, or to have backed up all contents of your SDcard, the card will be wiped

Have fastboot and adb drivers installed and working (windows)

Have usb debugging enabled

Have a legth of insulated wire of sufficient length to join the contact points for your device. See images and videos for device specific information.

And good luck to all of us:)