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[HTC Amaze 4G] Amiganaut:
It works! It took a few tries before I got the timing right, but it eventually worked. Many Thanks!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bronyr:
Confirmed positive! Video helps, did it on the first try :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] lonz358:
Can you brick your device using this?

Sent from my HTC Amaze 4G
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bronyr:
Obviously, assume you do have sdk installed and your phone is (via "adb devices") detected. Otherwise - install sdk.

Then reboot the phone with no sim card in it, make sure your phone is detected via adb, click on the .exe file, and follow the screen. Really simple.

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Word of caution - the process wiped out everything from my external sd card. "Unknown file system - do you want to format the card now?"

Same in windoze....

Lost everything, but had a recent backup.

My bad with micro sd - I didn't fully read instructions.

BUT everything else worked out just fine.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nixxofugi:
http://unlimited.io/

is garbage...

when you arrive at the site, naturally you must read and understand the instructions...

After reading everything on the main page, I proceeded to follow the link for my device (htc amaze)

At no point do the instructions specifically tell you to remove the sim card, or to change to a different memory card... don't believe me? have a look.

after I lost everything on my memory card I must say that I'm very disappointed in the instructions for not being detailed.

and on top of that my phone won't even power on. and I'm stuck with :

sh: .tmp/adb: not found

sh: .tmp/fastboot: not found
[HTC Amaze 4G] globatron:
What does the third bullet point say under prerequisuites?

http://unlimited.io/instructions/

And you don't have to remove the sim card.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ajbk4life1:
i guess i will just wait for a video with instructions to attempt this
[HTC Amaze 4G] nixxofugi:
again: when you navigate to http://unlimited.io you will never arrive at http://unlimited.io/instructions!!!! the page is not designed correctly.
[HTC Amaze 4G] lebmb:
yeah instructions were very clear,

just dusted off an old 2gb sd and about to get the ball rollin

thank you

out of curiosity, can we revert back to locked and s-on? for obvious reasons :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] globatron:
If you read the content instead of jumping past it you will.
[HTC Amaze 4G] HuskyHamburger:
Edit: Never mind, everything solved. :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] nixxofugi:
http://unlimited.io/htc-amaze/ does not include information regarding a memory card at all whatsoever
[HTC Amaze 4G] ickedmel:
Hmm I'll wait a little before unlocking, no reason to right now anyway until It's taken advantage of.
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
Uzbekistan
[HTC Amaze 4G] strcheng:
i use a paperclip
[HTC Amaze 4G] ziggy46:
lol really?!?! :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Twist tie worked for me. Did wire trick right on 1st shot... Even in panic mode cuz I suck under pressure

Sent from my HTC Ruby running Sense 3.6
[HTC Amaze 4G] musky:
Seriously, controlbear says I'm missing files now? I've redownloaded 4 times, and checked the md5 sum. I was expecting the wire trick to be the hard part. I can't even get control bear to stay on the screen long enough to even start doing anything. A little help anybody? I've tried .01 and .02. I don't get it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] el_papi_chulo2004:
helpme

I have serious problems? with my HTC Amaze 4G

the specifications are:

HTC Amaze 4G TMOUS Unlocked (HTCdev) S-ON HBOOT1.90, Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed

before executing the process I did backup with CMW executes all the process Juopunutbearof S-OFF step by step,

soon when finalizing the ControlBearRelease_ruby program I appear an error, reboot the system

please to watch this Link is the photo,

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?k56imcnlgi5q5tv

does not start, as it is in the photo, does not start

that I must do now?

I have these archives, and not that to do now, helpme?

1- Android SDK installed in my Computer.

2- HTC Driver installed in my Computer..

3- PH85IMG_Ruby_TMOUS_1.43.531.3_Radio_1.08.550L.19DC_30.66.550L.08D_release_228638_signed

4-Zerg_Root_OneClick

5- Amaze.Stock.Kernel.Flasher

6- Amaze_All-In-One_Kit_XDA_V3.0

that I must do? to start android in my HTC Amaze 4g, I hope its quick one replaced, thanks.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ce3jay:
Anyway to revert? Im getting fustrated with the wire trick, but i cant get past the 2 arrows.

Also anyone have a working link to the one click root/s-off? Multipuload isnt working. Sorry if that was off topic...
[HTC Amaze 4G] phanompin23:
Using an insulated paper clip, but no first sound on Windows, and no other messages. Just keeps saying to do wire trick. Help anyone?
[HTC Amaze 4G] saulcho009:
If it doesn't reboot, it means the pin and the ground didn't short. I'm thinking the circle is blocking the pin or you should use a different wire like twist ties. I used a twist tie and I was able to get it to short.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Marquis63:
Ok I've got three white, one yellow, one green and one pink insulated paper clips, which color should I use for the wire trick?
[HTC Amaze 4G] misfit61871:
I did not get it to work with v0.2 after 2 tries. But it worked on the first try with v0.1 and a paper clip.

Sent from the morgue.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rtaz79:
I have a unlocked bootloader with S-on running the new Ics update. Can I still obtain S-off?
[HTC Amaze 4G] ThaPirato:
O_o where do you get the wire from?LMFAO are you serious man??I used speaker wire but you can use a insulated(small) paper clip,a trash bag ties(that's metal) a Cat5 wire etc... or any other kind of "wire" you have on hand..

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:D or Pakistan,USA,China etc.. :D

Irdk how or why half these people wanna gain S-OFF in the 1st place,i really don't understand it at all,I'm no "tech geek" but had S-OFF within 15 minutes of trying.People before you attempt this please ask yourself do i REALLY need S-OFF or will i brick my device in the future & please do a lot of reading like i did & you shall find your answers not far away.Okay my ranting is over now :rolleyes:

Okay i found a useful thread that may help some of you out(i hope)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25202517
[HTC Amaze 4G] RickyG3188:
I need some help guys, I opened the phone and removed the white sticker. I've had no success. Are both the pins supposed to be gold? The left is still a white color while the right is gold? Is that's how it's supposed to look? Don't mean to sound like a noob. I've been using a WP7 till I fix this Amaze....has me going a little nuts :/ Any help is appreciated. Also from the pic it looks like both pins are gold I just want to be sure from you all that have had success.
[HTC Amaze 4G] bmbrad:
+1

Has anyone unlocked with s-on and new ics updated been able to get s-off?:confused:
[HTC Amaze 4G] misfit61871:
I did s-off before I flashed the ruu and did not lose it after the flash. And I'm running ICS just fine.

Sent from the morgue.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ziggy46:
so, if i tried this and failed and want to go back to normal what do i have to do?

(i will try more later)

EDIT: nevermind, tried one last time and got it :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] ce3jay:
Hell yes, finally got it. After numerous tries, this worked after 2x

Create contact for 0.5 Seconds > Release for 1.75 Seconds > Create contact for 0.5 Seconds > Release connection completely.

Thanks to ThaPirato for that link.
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
That's what we're unsure of. Try it out and report so we know for sure if it still works or not.

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OMG you better be trolling
[HTC Amaze 4G] truckerdewd:
I got pissed and gave up after it screwed my phone up and stuck me with the green arrows and the phone with the red exclamation point. Thought I was screwed and bricked for sure. Used the All in one kit for the Amaze but couldn't get out of it. Finally flashed 5.0.4.4 or whateverit was and it got me out of it and booted back to GB but I lost everything including my backup from this afternoon.

On another note, this have problems with adv, uninstall droid explorer and HTC sync. Once I uninstalled those, my and issues went away.

Then I went ahead and updated with s-on. Maybe someone with fond an easier way to do it. You shouldn't have to do it this way. It's very risky. Still thanks for cracking it guys just not for especially after the scare.

Sent from my amazingly brilliant HTC Amaze 4G using my fingers. Duh!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] saulcho009:
They are both suppose to be gold. So something is still covering that left one (the essential one)

Sent from my HTC Amaze 4G
[HTC Amaze 4G] GSMachinst:
No love for the mac :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] govindar77:
Tried and failed miserably a bunch of times. Goes through a whole lot of successes, and then I get an error code 667***, something. Cannot remember now.

Anyway, I've decided to give up. So, I flashed stock ICS the hard way. Now got to wait for a rooted ROM to come out and flash in HBOOT.

SIGH!!!

In any event, many thanks to the developers who found this fix. Just not for me ... :)

Cheers everyone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] knifeproz:
great work! i got it working after a few tried but i have a question; after rebooting the phone it says "No sim card" sorry if i overlooked something somewhere but why is that?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Accophox:
Just going to quickly pop in here - glacierguy's solution for not recognizing root with stock whatever carrier worked (flash Android Rev HD) to resolve my issues too.
[HTC Amaze 4G] crose948:
ok guys i am in no way a dev but my phone was LOCKED at the time,,and still s=on pvt, you guys are RE-NAMING " PH85IMG " JUST THAT,,get rid of everything else behind it or phone / program wont see it. my phone took the wire trick the second time due to i did too slow the first time, you have to tap the pin and ground 2 times in like 1.5 seconds and you should hear and see the computer and phone rebooting, also if you have apps on there like tethering it wont let you do it,,,my phone was not stock it was on the andriod revolution hd rom with faux0.0.9 kernal ,,,,and you need to RUN AS ADMIN,,hope this helps some ppl..

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umm twist them all together and use a 300k ohm resister ..lol:D
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flipnfr3ak:
my phone wont boot anymore after my first try :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] ebatr8:
im ready to give up i been at this for a while now cant get it to complete i keep getting 66732337 error, can someone help me recover my phone somehow i really need this phone working sucks that i cant seem to get it wish i knew more what i was doing wrong to try and target what i need to do
[HTC Amaze 4G] jslcpd157:
Posted this a few pages back... Maybe it can help you!

1. Downloaded Hasoon2000's Amaze all in one kit, from http://www.android-dev.us/showthrea...ne-Toolkit-V3-1-4-9-2012-PERM-ROOT-Noob-Proof

2. While the green arrow icons were on the screen, I used the toolkit to flash the stock recovery, then booted into recovery.

3. Once in recovery, I flashed the stock T-Mob kernel, and restarted the phone.

I think that's how I did it. At any rate, I used Hasoon's tool to fix my issue.
[HTC Amaze 4G] knifeproz:
Look guys i really do not wanna spam or anything but i really do wanna know why my sim isn't recognized? is it because of a custom rom or something? I would love to get a reply. Please guys <3
[HTC Amaze 4G] jslcpd157:
Well, I had the same issue... Mine was a total and complete brain fart.. at some point I had removed my sim card, and when I put it back in, I put in backwards...:o ... Just sayin.
[HTC Amaze 4G] knifeproz:
I never took out my sim duing the time of S-off. I took my sim out, turned my phone off, etc all that stuff after s-off. reflashed rom etc btu still nothing ;\

edit: rofl i took a look and i brain farted like you...thanks xD
[HTC Amaze 4G] RickyG3188:
after taking it apart once more I see that when I initially tried to take the sticker off using a paper clip I scraped away the gold plating :( guess I screwed up big time huh
[HTC Amaze 4G] Marquis63:
Just another uneducated question from a n00b who shouldn't be doing this without "READING" and reading and reading, when the questions have been "ANSWERED" twenty (20) times already Roflmao, that's what the Search button is for, An XDA "google it", sorry couldn't help myself lol Peace =D
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flipnfr3ak:
help!!!!!! i tried doing s-off and now my phone wont boot.......and i only tried once......best thing i get is a little flicker when i plug it in the charger but then thats it.....nothing else
[HTC Amaze 4G] boredpcguy:
S=OFF SUCCESS!!!! :D

That wire trick was almost too easy. Don't overthink it like I was doing.

I swear I soft-bricked 3 times before I realized HTC Sync was eating ADB... Then once more when I got the computer set, because I was in a hurry before work and somehow didn't short the wire properly. ICS, S=OFF, ENG HBOOT, now on to the mass debloating!!!

I am just glad that JuopunutBear decided to backup the boot and recovery, that made fixing my effups that much easier. If anyone noobs out like I did, and is stuck at the green arrows, fastboot is your friend and is all you need.
[HTC Amaze 4G] enigma7820:
still can't get over the fact of how crazy this was to get s-off, I read it over and over again thinking it had to be a joke. But it was so easy and worked on my fourth try of using the wire trick
[HTC Amaze 4G] Fuses:
Your phone is S-OFF, no need to htcdev unlock.

Just flash boot-image and recovery-image from JuopunutBear hboot and your phone will boot normally.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flipnfr3ak:
i need help, phone wont boot at all, no charging light, no responses. i think my phone is bricked....but when i take the battery out and plug the usb in my screen flickers for a split second.........before it wasnt booting i was doing the wire trick and then controlbear couldnt find my device.....then i looked at my phone and my led light...the camera flash was blinking......it did it for 10 mintues straight so i pulled the battery and now it wont boot.....what does the flashing lights mean?
[HTC Amaze 4G] fear20056:
I changed the wire and the sd card then i got the s-off i don't no why but it happened.

thank you all for help and support

by the way I bought a wire the same size for the pin hole so I put one side in the hole and keep grounding
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
Attempting this now nothing better than morning S-OFF.
[HTC Amaze 4G] truckerdewd:
Good luck I had to give up after 4 days.of.trying.

Sent from my amazingly brilliant HTC Amaze 4G using my fingers. Duh!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
Well, there are a few things better than that but not many....:rolleyes:
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
I just bricked my sexy Amaze, anybody care to Help?

I tried method about 20 times it didn't work so I just pulled the battery and now it's stuck at a screen with a phone and a green circle with a arrow.

I can boot into HBOOT but it still says ***UNLOCKED*** and I can't boot into Android.

Everytime I boot it botos me into HBOOT and I can't even flash a OS in HBOOT anymore...

It seems it deleted my Recovery as well cause when I hit Recovery it takes me back to HBOOT.

When I factory reset it takes me back into HBOOT.
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
Keep trying to run the program and see if it sees your phone. Mine stayed at that screen until I got it right by restarting controlbear.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
It's weird cause it wiped out my current OS and Recovery.

I had to re-flash the Recovery to my phone to boot back into Recovery about to flash a ROM and re-do this.

This is weird..
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
Good luck. It took me 3 times after I practiced the timing. Just don't pull the battery if you don't succeed right away.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
It reads my 16GB SDCard as 108KB now...
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
It will erase your sd cards, external and internal. I made sure I backed up my internal and used a blank external.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
My 16GB is gone now forever?

It only reads it as 108KB now..
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
In the instructions it said it would erase it so I used a blank sd card and made sure I formatted it before attempting this. Luckily I thought about backing up my internal also.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
.....

My phone only read's that sim card.

I can't even boot into Android on the phone now only HBOOT and Recovery but I can't access internal or external storage.

It only reads my 16GB as a 108KB so I can't transfer anything to it.. WTF
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
Try to format it on your pc and see if that works. Fat32
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
I formated it from Recovery now attempting to recovery this....

Once I flash CapRomBeta ICS TMOUS I'll attempt S-OFF after that.
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
Sidenote, Idk if it makes a difference but I did everything while on a stock rom. Maybe coincidence but or I got lucky doing it so easy.
[HTC Amaze 4G] kaabob:
Just wondering, are you attempting this after a S-ON Tmous ICS RUU update?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
Yes I am.

This method still works after S-ON Tmous ICS RUU update.

I'm going to re-flash the ICS RUU from HBoot then try it again.
[HTC Amaze 4G] derride8:
Sorry if this question have been asked before! Do I need to be on stock rom to perform s-off?
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
I'm not sure, I only noticed that quite a few people did it easy when they were. Could be just a coincidence. I was and got it on 3rd try.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
It's because I did a battery pull because I didn't succeed and it already done a few steps of it. I'm going to retry when I get home from school.

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I can't even flash the RUU from HBoot anymore.

I hope I didn't brick this..
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
I would keep re-running the program and trying.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
It needs to be on the Android screen reading the device in order to work.

I need to flash it back on inorder to work..
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
I thought it stays on the screen with the green arrows while you try the wire trick.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
No It dosen't bro.

It would have worked for me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
These are the prerequisites from their site.

Prerequisites

In order to use JuopunutBear you must meet the following pre-requisites:

Be unlocked using the HTCdev bootloader unlock

Be on the stock ROM and be rooted (have superuser and/or an unsecured boot image installed)

Some custom ROMs may work, however we cannot verify them all. If you are not using a stock ROM and have problems then this is most likely the reason.

Have a spare microSD card or to have backed up all contents of your SDcard, the card may be wiped, while we try to restore the card to it’s original state is is possible that this will not succeed

Have fastboot and adb drivers installed and working (windows)

Have usb debugging enabled

Remove and potentially interfering phone software which such as HTC sync, Andro sync, PDAnet etc, iTunes has also been noted to cause issues.

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.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
I can't even flash the stock ICS RUU anymore.

It goes like it's flashing then goes back the HBoot.
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
What does it say at the top where it says what your hboot is ? If it shows JuopunutBear hboot you are s-off. I was reading fuses reply to someone on page 42.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Reviewers:
Nope only says ***UNLOCKED*** not JuopunutBear hboot
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
Dang, I was hoping it said JuopunutBear hboot and not the hboot xxxxxxxxx. Would've been too easy finding Fuses answer.

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I thought you could keep trying the wire trick on that screen. This is from someone else that got stuck on that screen and a reply.
[HTC Amaze 4G] puiutzuusa:
Thank you a thousand times!!!

after countless times trying, I've realized that I have to uninstall HTC SYNC, SDK and everything related to S_OFF and reinstall everything back, still no luck.......then I've changed the wire for a shorter one and still tried 10 more times, this time was the timing.......BINGO.......after all this I'm finally S-OFF.

My advise, DON'T GIVE UP.......ICS with S-OFF is soooo tasty.
[HTC Amaze 4G] andy55:
I was stuck for a while on that screen, and did a battery pull when it got frozen, pretty much everything that I shouldn't have. But I kept trying and on the 30th attempt it worked, loaded my old recovery and was able to restore. I was on fourth bar 2.4. It just takes time and patience, as long as your phone recognizes usb hboot then you should still be able to get s-off
[HTC Amaze 4G] MildewMan:
I did this method last night for my friend's Amaze and noticed he had the sticker over his pin AFTER I started the program. I was able to get the wire to connect by pressing kind of hard onto the sticker and achieved S-OFF for him in 4 tries. I was curious how other people are getting around/removing this sticker though?
[HTC Amaze 4G] ImperialX12:
I used a needle to scrape away the sticker just enough to make contact with the pin.

Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G
[HTC Amaze 4G] govindar77:
Hello all -

I've read a few pages and cannot figure this out - Can we get S-OFF using the same method for a phone that's already on the new ICS ROM? Did anyone try this?

Thanks.
[HTC Amaze 4G] domin8:
alright so i dont know what i'm doing wrong. I had to reformat my laptop a while ago so i lost all my drivers and stuff so i'm trying to redo it all right now. I installed java, android SDK, got the HTC drivers from the AIO app, flashed stock recovery with AIO, flashed stock t-mboile kernel, plugged in my phone and ran the bear app. it started, rebooted the phone, and then i get "connect device and install drivers, press ENTER to exit.." and the phone sits at the htc splash screen. If i power the phone down, it wont launch to the OS now, only to the 'relocked' screen. How do i Get past this point, i feel like im missing something simple? should i have some file on my phone itself? im feeling dejected haha
[HTC Amaze 4G] porkchopexpress:
It doesn't have to be at your home screen to work, because after you attempt it the first time and it doesn't go through, it won't go back to the android home screen. During all of my attempts it continually booted back to the screen with green arrows and worked.
[HTC Amaze 4G] justin0025:
Can you guys share what tools you used for the wire trick? I'm not exactly sure what I should use, and am kinda scared about the static issue mentioned. Also, has anyone been able to get it done without being on stock ROM?
[HTC Amaze 4G] bram30:
After several hours, I finally got it!

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I could not get it to work for several hours until I tried your "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.."

You Freaking Rock!
[HTC Amaze 4G] porkchopexpress:
Just use any piece of metal that will fit in to the pin hole that is insulated in the middle. I used a 20 ga piece of wire, but you could just as easily use a paperclip with a rubber/plastic coating. a paperclip with electrical tape wrapped around the middle parts.

Don't worry about static electricity, unless you have been practicing your ice skating moves on that brand new carpet, you will probably be fine. If you are still worried about it, do this next to an electrical outlet and just touch the screw that holds the faceplate to the wall to ground yourself first.
[HTC Amaze 4G] justin0025:
Great, thanks for the info! How about for the stock ROM? I don't really want to loose everything now, then again when ICS is fully released.
[HTC Amaze 4G] porkchopexpress:
I still had a stock ROM when I did it, but I didn't lose any data from it. Some people seem to lose data from their SD cards, but when I was done everything was as it should be. I made a backup of my SD card just in case, but ended up not needing it. I am not sure what causes some peoples SD cards to get erased, but not others though.