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[HTC Rezound] Wkd1:
Okay, got it after about 45 minutes of fighting with it.

I'm on stock GB btw.

What worked for me, was to leave the phone plugged in. Run ControlBear. It would tell me to 'do the wire trick', which I would do. Then it would reboot, 'waiting' while the counter shows 8/45 or 10/45 or whatever (this would always change). The ControlBear would just sit on the screen, like the process froze. After around 3 minutes of nothing but 'waiting', I would close the terminal and restart ControlBear, leaving the phone plugged in. Sometimes it would say 'fail, quit'. I would simply run it again, still leaving the phone plugged in. It would still seem to freeze on the last two processes, making me restart the ControlBear. Only it eventually said success, s-off, and gave me the option to install hboot.

So, by no means did this feel like a successful mod, but it worked for me :)

Right after hboot installed, put me into hboot, s-off noted. I rebooted, and all seems well. Be patient, really patient.
[HTC Rezound] antawnm26:
It worked like a charm the first try: I was on rez rom 3.4. My hboot now is 2.21.2121

radio 1.22.10.0310r/1.22.10.0308r

Is this correct? If so do i need to just flash the rom of my choice from this point on?
[HTC Rezound] Demiurge7:
So, my issue with getting controlbear to recognize my phone was fixed by formatting my "replacement" sd card. I didnt need to reinstall adb, or flash an hboot, or anything else. It found my device immediately afterwards, and once it did it only took me one try!! S-off and stoked! Thanks to everyone with the thorough updated FAQ's... Im good with fastboot/adb, and I would never have thought of formatting my blank "mock" sd card! Figured I would throw this out there if any one else was having "waiting for device ....1......2, check adb and drivers" - this fixed my issue.

EDIT: Also disabled threatfire/avg in the process of debugging this issue, as well as completely uninstalling HTC sync (left other two htc drivers, etc on) - didnt think these were as significant, as sync was always thoroughly shut down, and I have never had issues with virus protection. These definitely may have played a part, or all of the issue.
[HTC Rezound] kc6wke:
HELP

has anyone see this

======== ControlBear version 0.2.2 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Backing up......

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

Transferring backups....

Backup FAILED!!

Exiting!!

Press ENTER to exit.....

This is all I can get when running controlbear 2.2

Removed htc sync, ran as admin, no antivirus, fresh sd card

Icc firmware with controlbear ics windows, Fresh ruu

Any advise???
[HTC Rezound] fenguepay:
Now i get connect device even though it is connected, debugging is on and i cna run adb commands on it. Tried it with adb open and closed
[HTC Rezound] fix-this!:
the wire trick isnt working for me, any tips guys, im doing as im told. im just stuck on a black htc screen.
[HTC Rezound] kpkimmel:
everything for me went fine (made sure htc sync was disabled, debugging on) followed and all good. BUT the sdcard problem I can't fix. I installed busybox on my phone, connected to pc, ran the commands and nothing still problems.....keeps checking the sdcard for errors then fails..
[HTC Rezound] k_flan:
First time I've done something to my phone where it felt like hacking. The dInc sd card trick for s-off in the beginning was pretty cool, but shorting the pins is awesome.
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
That was easy... did it on two phones... worked first time on both.

I am on ICS and installed their hboot. They fixed the download for ICS and it has the right hboot version now.

The process formats your card to install some files on it for the exploit. When the process is over, it leaves the card in an unformated state. As in: unallocated/unusable open storage with no file system formatting at all... it will need to be reformated.

If you have an SDcard adapter you can format the card using your PC rather than using the fastboot commands in the OP.

I used a spare card for this, and the ROM and data are still there on internal storage, so putting in my original card brought the phone back to normal. If you do not have a spare card... you will need to back it up as they say.

No problems with booting or anything. (on CleanROM Dev edition)
[HTC Rezound] TheRedmonian:
NM, i'm back up and running, time to try this Again. For others with this error, download a Rom to a 2nd SD card if you used your Rezound one. Fastboot flash recovery. Install Rom from 2nd card.
[HTC Rezound] evilstewie23:
I think I'm going to do this when you update that great tool of yours since I'm not even unlocked yet. I just need to beat temple run and backup my sd card first though lol
[HTC Rezound] zone23:
Guess I'll give this a try once my phone fully charges maybe sleep on it, and maybe change my ROM around so it will flash the kernel when I flash my ROM..
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
You wouldn't happen to be running Nils ICS Business Sense would you? I don't get the bear with down arrow, it just has a black HTC screen. It looks nothing like the video

I do get it to reboot, but everytime it says its still sober. Maybe my timing is off.
[HTC Rezound] mc_365:
Me too, the software never acknowledges the wire trick right or wrong just keeps repeating on the screen that it's time for the wire trick.
[HTC Rezound] fenguepay:
PLEASE HELP

I am getting "segmentation fault"

PLEASE HELP
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
Thanks for clarifying. So doing this will not wipe internal sd card at all?
[HTC Rezound] krelvinaz:
Anyone getting errors when trying to do a Nandroid backup (amon ra) on a GB rom after obtaining S-Off?

The error says:

Performing backup: .

Oops... something went wrong!
Please check the recovery log!

If I return back... to other and then use Move recovery.log to SD I get pretty much the same thing...

Moving: .

Oops... something went wrong!
Please check the recovery log!

Not sure what the issue is... I have no problems looking at either the internal or externa SDcards with recovery (using Choose zip from sdcard/internal_sd)...

Stock GB Rooted / S-Off using ENG Hboot with Amon-Ra 3.15
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Can anyone pm me exact instructions like where to put files what commands to do on ubuntu it would be greatly appreciated
[HTC Rezound] fix-this!:
im on chingys gb rom. i don't get what the deal is? ive been trying this for 20 minutes now. im afraid im going to brick my phone.
[HTC Rezound] Marine6680:
It will wipe the external sdcard and leave the card unformated and unusable... hence the need to reformat the card using the PC or fastboot commands.

Internal is wiped... I installed the new hboot. It may not format it if you use the original hboot.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
Exactly what I did and mine works fine too.
[HTC Rezound] OLDsJUNKIE:
I did get the down arrow running Nils ICS Business sense. I think it only shows up when the wire trick works properly. The timing is kind of weird. Did work nicely though on the first shot. Off to change my sig to reflect this wicked development!
[HTC Rezound] lynneddington:
+1
[HTC Rezound] OLDsJUNKIE:
No, it doesn't wipe the internal SD. External, definitely!
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
Those are the same hboot and radio versions I have and are correct it you installed the JuopunutBear hboot from the ICS version and were running the ICS leak prior to performing S-OFF.

Now just re-install the boot.img from rez rom 3.4 if it doesn't boot into the rom. Although from what I am told, if the ControlBear finishes without error, it will restore the boot.img and recovery.img after it is done. I on the other hand had to reload both.
[HTC Rezound] chaos254:
Just tried doing this and failed. I followed the instructions and everything seemed fine but it never asked me for the wire trick. When it said rebooting to fastboot it said quit and that was it. Here is what it says now. Im confused to why it won't prompt me to do the wire trick. thanks

======== ControlBear version 0.2.2 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========

Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Found backups!

Making room for beer......

Loading sixpacks on sdcard......

Loaded......

Board vigor detected

5

Rebooting into fastboot!!Quit....

Press ENTER to exit.....
[HTC Rezound] reggiec74:
the instructions was very easy. thanks
[HTC Rezound] chaos254:
I re ran it like 10 times and it kept saying the same thing. Never once did I get to the screen to try the wire trick. I ended up flashing the backup recovery and boot.img. Going to give it another go by starting fresh in the rom... I just wish I knew why it wasn't prompting me for the wire trick

UPDATE: Started over and it is still doing the same thing. Says rebooting to fastboot....QUIT hit enter to exit. I pulled the battery and it went to fastboot so I re ran the program hoping it would continue from where it left out but it instead it rebooted from bootloader back to the black screen with the JuopunutBear image. For some reason it will NOT boot into fastboot on its own. I just need to figure out why. I know adb and fastboot are working since I just checked adb devices and just used fastboot to flash the recovery and boot imgs. Any help would be great. Thanks
[HTC Rezound] DroidTemplar:
Your phone was trying to boot into fastboot. If fastboot had been 'detected', the 'do not remove sd card do wire trick' would have been the next prompt. You were almost there. Keep trying.

When I got stuck, the battery pull and reboot helped me keep going. Dont know if that would have been right for you.

Good luck,

---------- Post added at 12:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:20 PM ----------

"black screen with the JuopunutBear image" looks right since this is where the phone is ready to work with ControlBear. This is where I would rerun ControlBear and see what info ControlBear Displays for the next clue.
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
can you use fastboot when the phone is booted normal or do you have to go the the hboot and fastboot usb? I can't use it when it's normal, but i can do adb commands.
[HTC Rezound] chaos254:
I am now s off!! Thanks everyone for the help, especially the juopunutbear team for the help on their IRC channel.

USE A STOCK ROOTED ROM TO S OFF!!!! I know people have gotten it with other roms and this is what messed me up. I absolutely could NOT get it to work on ineffibilis 1.4. Soon I flashed scotts clean rom 1.7.5, everything worked flawlessly and only took me 3 times to get the wire trick.
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
You actually have to go to fastboot to use fastboot commands. HBOOT -> Fastboot USB.
[HTC Rezound] mentallo:
I used V0.2 yesterday and it still formated the internal sd.

——— On Rezound with Tapatalk
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
the ICS one or the GB one? I used the V0.2 GB version and it did not touch my internal SD...
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
Okay, that's what I thought. Just wanted to make sure everything was working right.
[HTC Rezound] DroidTemplar:
GB v02.2.2 uSD Unchanged

I used GB v0.2.2 and it left the ext uSD unchanged and left Amon Ra 3.15 installed.
[HTC Rezound] ogre150:
unlimited.io has updated there site.

Newest version is 0.4

changelog:

0.4

Added backup to PC of sdcard

Fixed “must be root” error

Added some support for custom roms

Fixed backup and restore for doubleshot

Improved error messages

Added support for Amaze on ICS

Added battery level check

Fixed not found errors for JuopunutBear

Added more carrier and model support for pyramid hboot

Added version.txt to zip files

Just putting it out there.

Also,

Can someone direct me in how to get a copy of the boot.img for plain old stock GB?

Thanks.

I used to be a developer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
So we want HTC Sync uninstalled, right?
[HTC Rezound] DroidTemplar:
I think Scott may have what you are looking for,

[BOOT.IMG] WWE 2.01.605.11 - PH98IMG.zip format 01-28-2012

http://www.scottsroms.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=77
[HTC Rezound] chaos254:
I did not uninstall HTC sync, I just made sure it was not running
[HTC Rezound] DroidTemplar:
I agree with chaos254. The installation of the HTC drivers is a good thing. htcUPCTLoader.exe runnning as a Windows process is a bad thing since it may interfere. Dont uninstall. Use Windows Task Manager in Processes to 'show all processes' and kill htcUPCTLoader.exe if it is runnning.

Check that PDANet is not running while in Task Manager.
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
I finally got S-Off!!! I KNEW it wasn't my timing that was the problem. I downloaded the 0.4 Control Bear and used a new SD card and I got it on the very first try and I did nothing else different. I have a feeling it was a bad SD card.

So now I just have to figure out if I want to flash juopunut's modified hboot or the eng hboot and then take a look at what other cool stuff I can do now!

Thanks everyone for the help. I wish I had tried a different SD card earlier because I think that would have saved me a lot of headache.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
So I did some searching, and I can't seem to find an answer to this question--it tells me I have 5 seconds to hit ctrl+C, so I do, and then the program closes. Any ideas? It backs up successfully.
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
You DON'T want to hit control C, that is basically asking you if the information you see there is right and if it is NOT right you hit control C. But that information will be correct, so let it continue.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Derp, ok, thanks for the reading comprehension lesson!

:p
[HTC Rezound] ogre150:
I tried to get s-off for first time with ver 0.4. It was a complete and utter success!

Best part: my sdcard was not erased. Was rushing and forgot to grab my old Dinc card and started program. Oops! But it was ok cuz it backed it all up and kept my card in one piece.

Just want to thank everyone who helped me with my questions and of course the juopunutbear team. Thanks! You are all awesome.

I used to be a developer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
I was waiting on your to get it since I probably have the same problem. Glad you got everything working.

What the new one formatted or what? Do you know what was different?

Any Tips?
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
At first I used a 512MB card that was in my wife's phone that just had some mp3's on it. I formatted it and everything. Then I found another 512MB card lying around that I had never used and I just put it in the phone (didn't format it or anything) and fired up the new Control Bear (0.4) and I got it on the very first try.

So I am not sure if it was the new versions of Control Bear or the new SD card, but based on the changelog for 0.4, I don't think any of those changes would have changed what I was seeing, so I am leaning towards a bad SD card.

So I would definitely try 0.4 first if I were you. Then if not, try a different SD card. (The new 0.4 Control Bear also backs up your SD card too, so you could probably use your normal SD card and not worry about it).
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Gah, it's stuck looking for adb/fastboot drivers, how do I not have them? I should have them. How do I get them if I don't have them?

Edit: I installed htc sync, so I should have the drivers, right?
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
About to try it right now.

Were you on ICS?

---------- Post added at 08:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:54 PM ----------

Download the sdk here:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
The SDK is installed.

Edit: I see Android Phone in device manager.
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
Do you have java sdk?
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
Nope, I was on GB. I was 100% stock other than being unlocked and rooted.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Java is installed, yes. I'm downloading the jdk right now. I guess I could uninstall and reinstall the Android SDK.

Edit: Pretty sure the jdk is installed, it shows up in program files.

2nd edit: No idea what I'm supposed to do. SDK and JDK are installed.

3rd edit: wait, no, it might be the SDK being weird. We'll see. One sec!
[HTC Rezound] androidrookie84:
how can i found out if my Rezound is unlock?
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
What do u mean? The hboot tells you or u can flash a P98IMG to see if it works

Sent from my Dinc... I mean Rezound
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
Oh okay, maybe i'll try that. Did you download any roms to go back to stock or were you always stock?
[HTC Rezound] androidrookie84:
Im trying to find the drivers for the Rezound so i can perform the S-off
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Goddamn it, I am such an idiot. A complete ****ing idiot. I forgot I was using a clean install of Windows so the SDK manager was installed but not the ****ing sdk. Which is downloading for some reason at 2kb/sec. **** me dead.
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
Just did the s-off again with the new .4 version and it worked the first time.
[HTC Rezound] androidrookie84:
I need the following so i can get the S-off

the proper file for my situation.

Unzipped contents, placed the 3 files in the same folder as ADB/Fastboot.
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
Nice! Maybe it was 0.4 that fixed it for me too versus the SD card. Glad you finally got it as well!
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
I actually moved my sd card and switched with another. I was also on ICS CleanROM 4.3

Still want to know what we both did wrong haha.
[HTC Rezound] ogre150:
Did it wipe your sd? It didn't wipe mine, which was nice.

I used to be a developer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee...
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Aright, I got the SDK installed but ControlBear still won't see my phone. It's presently in recovery. Any ideas?
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
Put your phone in it normal operating mode. Controlbear takes care if the rest.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Put my phone in what normal operating mode? Most of ControlBear has already run and I have no idea if it's safe to start it over again.
[HTC Rezound] androidrookie84:
critical error everytime I try to run Controlbear 0.4,what Am I doing wrong?
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
No, my internal and external sd was fine.

Plug your phone in your computer when the phone is normally booted up.

Find C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

hold shift, right click and select open command prompt here

then type adb

if something pops up yay

type adb devices

see if it sees your device.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Alright, so it worked, says s-off, but it also says locked. Does that matter at all?
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
Nope you are good. You pretty much just enabled god mode.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Heh, yeah, coming from the Thunderbolt it was weird to not have s-off on the Rezound. It was also weird to have a functioning phone...
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
Any advantage to the new Hboot?

I didn't do it, but dont' know if I should have or not.
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
I didn't flash the one that came with Control Bear. Here is the one that I just flashed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1618140

It is basically the ENG Hboot without some of the commands that most people won't use and could screw up your phone if not used correctly. The one thing that I have found also is that if you don't want to get in to the whole unlocked/relocked thing, don't unlock your bootloader again, make sure you leave it locked.
[HTC Rezound] thisisjaybee:
FYI

ENG hboot is for GB firmware and Juopunut hboot is for ICS firmware. You're going to have problems if you don't use the right one. Also, ENG Hboot is locked. That's a good thing.

The link in the post above is the GB hboot (eng hboot) from unlimitedio.
[HTC Rezound] xceebeex:
The one I linked is a juopunut hboot for GB and it is not the eng hboot that you see people refer to. It does not have all of the commands that the eng hboot has.
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
I have the ICS Leaked firmware so i can't use the one mentioned.

Also, don't I have to be unlocked to run custom ROMs?

Edit: Apparently not..

This whole S-off, rooted, unrooted, locked, unlocked, tampered etc is confusing.

Don't understand how they all work together.
[HTC Rezound] brandonkill02:
ok so i got all excited about getting s-off and stupidly forgot to switch out my sd - sucks alot considering i had the spare sitting right in front of me ready to be switched but not i cant boot cant go into recovery and pretty much dont know what to do at this point any help would be greatly appreciated
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
First reformat sd card in pc twice ... Next flash recover in hboot... Then flash boot.IMG for your rom or flash a new Rom and img... Next format card in phone and should be fine

Sent from my Dinc... I mean Rezound
[HTC Rezound] brandonkill02:
thanks
[HTC Rezound] kevinb721:
Been trying to find a quick answer to this, have s-off on gingerbread firmware and ENG hboot, says locked. would it be safe and would it be worth flashing to leaked ICS firmware? Not sure if its alright to do so or if it would brick, or if i need to unlock again or if it is even worth it. thanks
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Yes you can do that. but you may not want to if you're on a GB ROM. You may not want to on an ICS ROM if you have already installed the old firmware patch either.
[HTC Rezound] Demonhawk1313:
Been trying to figure out the same thing. I installed the hboot at the end if the GB s-off . What's needed to get to ics? Is there a better hboot? I don't need the engineering hboot. Everything is just so confusing with all the different versions of everything . Thanks

Sent from my somewhere I can't remember.
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
It's a bootloader...there is no performance increase by installing a different bootloader, just more development functions in the engineering ones. If you aren't developing, then there is no need to flash bootloaders. Radios can give you performance increases, but they can also break your communications if you choose the wrong ones. If you are S-OFF on GB Hboot and GB Radio, you should stay that way. No good will come of mixing HBoot and radio versions. Quite frankly, if you need to ask the difference, you should stick with what you have, because you obviously do not have the need for the additional features in the modified engineering HBoot.

As for ICS, some people have issues with heat and battery life with the ICS Radios. So to avoid being one of those people, just flash an ICS ROM with the Old Firmware Fix. Run ICS Rom on GB firmware.
[HTC Rezound] Demonhawk1313:
Thanks. The only reason I have the eng booloader is because I hit yes at the end if the s-off procedure. I'm quite fine with how everything is running at the moment, but would like to give ics a try. Can you nandrois back to GB after the patch and ics install?

Sent from somewhere, I can't remember.
[HTC Rezound] kevinb721:
I'm on cleanrom developer edition with firmware patch. is there any noticable differences between firmwares? do you think its even worth it?
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
If you stay on GB, do a nandroid backup, then apply an ICS ROM, and the patch, the nandroid should restore everything back to GB without the patch should you choose to revert to GB. So Yes.
[HTC Rezound] Demonhawk1313:
Thank you. That's what I was hoping for. With s-off, locked in hboot doesn't matter, correct?

Sent from somewhere, I can't remember.
[HTC Rezound] redbean25:
No. "Locked" means you cannot run fastboot flash commands for installing boot images or recoveries, but you can just put your boot.img or recovery.img into a PH98IMG.zip file and it will install it that way when you boot into Hboot...or you can just install the boot.img in recovery instead of taking the extra step to do it in hboot.
[HTC Rezound] Wendemixda:
Tried to do the wire trick but Controlbear said my adb file is out of date and then it said "second backup failed...press ENTER to exit". How can I fix this? I used the same adb file about a month ago to unlock my bootloader.