yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Badluck my friend bad luck... There are people who got it after 50 tries too.. Unfortunately you fell in that category too.. But I assure you it works eventually
[HTC Sensation] vipered:
Hi, could someone send me the Windows Control Bear tool for ICS Sensation please?

Thanks :)
[HTC Sensation] miillaaad:
tanx, useful for me

and now i'm s-off
[HTC Sensation] Klootzak NL:
Hi, I'm also looking for the Windows Control Bear files (ICS), would someone be willing to share them with me?

Thanks

Edit: Thanks alot!
[HTC Sensation] Kubikuz:
me too need the windows version :p

been trying this in linux, and always fail :(
[HTC Sensation] zakkkkk:
successfully rooted and s-offed at last! thanks for the help.

the only way i got the wire trick to work was by listening to the wire trick timings audio on youtube. and it worked on the third try :D
[HTC Sensation] MisterWhippy:
Any chance I could have the Windows ICS version please?
[HTC Sensation] pappeljoop:
Hey there,

I'm looking for the ICS Windows Files.

Could anyone share this with me?

Edit: thank you
[HTC Sensation] boatforeshore:
Greetings,

Any chance of someone providing me with the Windows ICS? Sorry to bother you all

Many thanks

Edit - Excellent, couldn't be happier with the result. Ended up using a spare guitar string wrapped in the insulation from a pair of knackered Apple headphones, proper hands on job!
[HTC Sensation] cynosure4sure:
Hello

Sorry to disturb everyone but can anyone please provide me with the Windows ICS version.

Thank you in advance.
[HTC Sensation] jediknight111:
windows files for me aswell please
[HTC Sensation] Tafran:
thxx .. useful for me too
[HTC Sensation] Joe_XE:
control bear windows ICS

hi, can i get control Bear windows ICS plz
[HTC Sensation] Sane1:
Any chance I can get the windows version of juopunutbear?
[HTC Sensation] Joe_XE:
Phone turns off while touching the PIN

Hi,my sensation XE turns off the second i touch the PIN terminal with a wire and then the after some time, controlbear shows up everything as "Success" but the last one fails and shows still sober. Am i doing something wrong here.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes you are doing something wrong.. You should ignore the condition of the phone whether it's switched off or restarting and should complete the wire trick with proper timings

For wire trick tips/suggestions check the troubleshoot point #3 in first post
[HTC Sensation] fftlupun:
I Need control Bear Windows ICS Files, thank you for sharing.
[HTC Sensation] Joe_XE:
thanks for that. tried all those steps several times, i am just not able to get it through the wire trick.

let me try a few more times.

thanks a lot again.
[HTC Sensation] bashirchak:
Hello dear sir, I have HTC sensation xe rooted s-off unlocked bootloader...I want to flash custom Rom vipers..I have checked...setting>about>software>software number 3.33.720.106 build no same as software no...is this the firmware version 3.33 or should I have to flash the PG58.zip file to update my firmware or do I already have it..plz help I'm confused..
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
you are good to go you got 3.33 firmware only ..but flash juopunutbear or revolutionary hboot/bootloader ...having UNLOCKED bootloader over SOFF might not yield good results all the time ..if you mean unlocked = either of the above bootloaders then you are fine .. you can flash the rom.

PS: BTW this is not the right place to ask :)

you could ask in Q&A thread

here is the required hboot/bootloader ..its in PG58IMG.zip format and need to flashed the same way as firmware
[HTC Sensation] bashirchak:
Sorry sir I believed the best in you that's y I questioned here next time I will keep in mind..I have juopunut bear bootloader and hboot ver1.27...
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Then you are good to go.. Also Nevermind about asking questions here. general section threads need not follow strict rules (imo) so asking couple of questions here is fine :)
[HTC Sensation] imran429:
Did i do it correctly

I did the wire trick right (its said s-off success) its says locked at the top and s-off underneath... did i do it right?:confused:
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You missed one step which will further ease you unlock process.. Go to troubleshoot point #3 and check for subsection about flashing "juopunutbear" hboot.. And do that.. :)

You crossed the hardest part.. Only minute things are left
[HTC Sensation] imran429:
i did the step but its says:

c:\android>fastboot getvar cid

getvar:cid FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))

finished. total time: 0.581s
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
This command?

Fastboot oem readcid
[HTC Sensation] imran429:
I got it sorted thanks with the Juponot bear hboot, great tut thank you very much :D

However what does this mean when i try to flash custom recovery:

error: neither -p product specified nor ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT set
[HTC Sensation] _saiko:
Can somebody please provide the windows version of controlbear for ICS?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] tamcrock:
The Windows ICS version please?

Hi,

I can see others have asked but I can't see any responses with the links to the files? I hope I'm not being daft but can anyone please point me towards/send me the Windows ICS controlbear files??

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Sensation] Flareon:
Immediate shutdown

Hi all,

Have read through most stuff here and on the unlimited site. Not sure why so many people can't figure out that the windows version is NOT SUPPORTED (download a Ubuntu liveCD...)

Have a Sensation (Pyramid) with previously replaced board (no HTCDev, although attempted). HBoot 1.27.00 with the original stock ICS rom.

Attempting the wiretrick/controlbear method from a Ubuntu 12.04 LiveCD.

After the first tap, the phone turns off. It doesn't seem to make any difference how long the connection is made, or how long til the next tap. Once it has done this, the orange LED stays lit for a few seconds, then turns off. A few seconds later the green LED turns on, and stays on forever. Pressing the power button causes the green LED to turn off. Pressing it again starts the phone up (with S-On of course).

Using a bit of coax at the moment, but it does the same with 1.5mm solid core, paperclip, cable tie, speaker wire.

I've repeated this at least 25 times; always the same (now that I have a decent bit of wire).

Any suggestions please?

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

Check out "Troubleshoot 3 " on the first post.

Also , if you want the windows version, just ask nicely, and you never know....

:)
[HTC Sensation] Gatosbil:
This is the most helpful guide ever for S-OFF!
[HTC Sensation] sIpInWiT mYdRoId:
ganeshp is an awesome guy for keeping up this thread here. I got the galaxy note 2 the day it came out and have been missing my sensation. I haven't had my sensation since then and haven't seen how much has changed with s-off and rooting. I recently wanted to start using my Sensation again seeing i use my note 2 mostly as a tablet than a phone & He helped me out with everything that was needed. I have to say i am greatly appreciative to him. I am very excited to get back to flashing roms on my sensation and see whats been going on since i left. Theres maybe 2 stable roms for my note 2 and its very boring when it comes to customization and roms so again im very happy to be back where i have alot to choose from, play with, & even make my own modicifations like i use to. Thanks alot again :)
[HTC Sensation] behnamsarhandi:
can i s-off without ( phone booted into the Android OS ) ?!!

plz take look my case : here

i wanna get s-off but my phone dosen't boot into Android OS ..

what can i do ?!
[HTC Sensation] ShAaShAy:
I went through this same thing.. I tried removing the battery twice, and tried a lotta times to get it time turn on, it finally did after a while..

I've no idea what caused this!
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
No once you do a htc dev unlock..And do a lock.. You'll will get relocked but not locked.. Even after soff your can't change this..

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You mean the phone is not rebooting after doing the wire trick?

Then manually try to boot it up after wire trick and see.. If that way if soff still fails

1.Change the wire

2.try this on different pc

Couple of guys had same issue and after these changes they were successful.. don't know the reason as to how that happened but probably it is connected to wire trick timing

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] :
Yeah, you are right. I removed the battery (as well) for like 30 minutes, then I just put it back. After I did that, there was nothing else more to do then trying the wire trick again.

Thanks for the hint though :)
[HTC Sensation] harrisfayyaz:
s-off problem help

hey i updated my sensation through official ICS OTA , but it didnt go well what i got was a very unstable ICS it often crashes and restarts, now i wanted to s-off this new hboot version sensation which i got after update but couldnt get juopunut soff to work, the phone just doesnt go into the black juopunut screen as shown in video , can any one help? and i was also wondering if i could flash this stock rom with s-on ?
[HTC Sensation] namila007:
great tute :D
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
dont do SOFF when you are having constant crashes on stock ICS....

when the Phone Crash during the JB SOFF procedure there is a high risk of BRICKING the device...so i advise you to stay out of it..and return the device to HTC ..for replacement

for reverting back the device to normal

connect the phone to pc in fastboot/juopunutbear screen

then go to control bear folder on pc

open command prompt from there (hold shift + right click -> open command window here)

then type

" controlbear.exe -f " without quotes if mobile is in fastboot

or

"controlbear.exe -r" if mobile is in juopunutbear screen
[HTC Sensation] NeoDoRant:
I had the exactly same problem! Always random reboots and shutdowns with the official ICS. I also wanted to try another ROM to get rid of this bad behaviour of the phone. I was aware of the risk to try the wire trick, and my phone really did shut down during the process and bricked. :o I returned it now to HTC and hope they send a new one ;).

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] harrisfayyaz:
so heres the thing i dnt have any warranty so does that mean i have no hope ? theres got to be some way to this problem, is there no way to flash stable stock rom on this device now?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
there is if you can do HTCdev unlock

you can flash a ROM with S-ON and 1.27 HBOOT

guide here
[HTC Sensation] dani19:
I mean when I run control bear phone is not rebooting and i still can see black screen with status bar on and never get control bear screen on the phone!
[HTC Sensation] cicc74:
Hi, is it possible to obtain s-off without doing the Wire-Trick it looks quite difficult to me.

thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
then you are still just having temp root then...try to run control bear from start again

i believe that's not possible as that is the main step for successful SOFF :D
[HTC Sensation] M..N:
Currently it is not possible without the wire trick, unless you have a hboot supported by revolutionary. The wire trick, is pretty simple as long as you get the timing right. It may take a few attempts but you should eventually be successful.
[HTC Sensation] claire78:
I made it at first time :P

i flashed the 4EXT recovery, than what is the next step? I need a firmware? wich one? than?

Thanks anyway! great tutorial! :)
[HTC Sensation] ShAaShAy:
This has been the same situation with me. I start control bear again, it runs and asks me to do the trick, but screen remains same and phone doesn't reboot automatically if I fail, and I have to manually reboot. Sometimes, the control bear windows says old beer detected, and then connects to phone only to tell me that the S-OFF failed. Any solution?
[HTC Sensation] M..N:
This occurs due to taking too long doing the wire trick, you need to be quicker. This happened to me originally, but I then did the wire trick faster, and got to the point where the phone rebooted.
[HTC Sensation] ShAaShAy:
Faster as in, I double tap fast or do I perform the trick as soon as it tells me to?

If I do perform the trick, it says waiting device, and doesn't detected the device. That's when I restart control bear and it tells me the old beer thingy.
[HTC Sensation] M..N:
Double tap fast. When the old beer found comes up, let it do its thing, then it should say press enter to exit. Then once again, run controlbear and try again.
[HTC Sensation] ShAaShAy:
would manually rebooting at this point make any difference? :confused:

and thanks :D
[HTC Sensation] AtticAtac:
Can somebody please provide the windows version of controlbear for ICS?

thanks
[HTC Sensation] luic2:
Can I please ask for a copy of windows controlbear for ics. thanks
[HTC Sensation] genziutek:
Need Controlbear for ICS with unlocked Bootloader from HTCdev.... Windows
[HTC Sensation] alza:
My bootloader looks like this...

How do I get it so say *LOCKED*

I did the HTCDEV method for S-OFF
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

That looks absolutely fine.

Why do you want it to say locked?

:)
[HTC Sensation] alza:
If I ever want to restore to stock RUU and put back S-ON, this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1672425 says

"This is optional, but if you want to do it, it must be done only after flashing the RUU! If your device has a hboot that isn't LOCKED, RELOCKED or UNLOCKED, do not do this!!"

So it won't work for me if mine says =JoupunutBear= ?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
i answered you in the other thread
[HTC Sensation] alza:
I saw it, thank you very much :)
[HTC Sensation] jhonny:
please cheers

can I please have windows version of controlbear for ICS

thank youi
[HTC Sensation] xanda143:
Hey would yo consder making that temproot tool for the other devices that use bear and HTC dev. like the rezound
[HTC Sensation] Bornin:
where can I find windows version of controlbear for ICS please?
[HTC Sensation] Bornin:
Nevermind, should have read first :)
[HTC Sensation] gizmol:
After starting ControlBear Im geting this:

======== ControlBear 0.6 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Connecting to device...
Searching device.....
Found device.....
Backing up......
Transferring backups....
Backup ok!!
Device needs to be HTC unlocked!
Quit....
Press ENTER to exit.....
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You are using the wrong version of controlbear '.. the controlbear zip should have NOHTCDEV in its name
[HTC Sensation] gizmol:
Oooo yes, damn, so simple but I did not realised it myself. Work done, phone unlocked. THX ganeshp 4 help.
[HTC Sensation] Rickdaddy:
I really don't understand it, but is there no more windows version for the ICS? I can't find it and the website only mentions the ubunto or whatever. Please help me, really wanna s-off my other newer sensation.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
Wait for someone to pm you with the windows version
[HTC Sensation] Rickdaddy:
got the PM, thanks!
[HTC Sensation] Rickdaddy:
I saw this in another thread

Do we have to do this also with the steps you provided? thanks!

and also when we're done with s-off and rooted, that's when we install a recovery and custom rom right? Sorry for the n00b like questions, it's been 2 years since I messed with the sensation.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
No need to change the cid... So the above steps are not really required

Soff and having juopunutbear/revolutionary bootloaders are more than enough to install a recovery and custom ROM .. you need root if you want to back up phone data and apps. Otherwise you dont need initially... When you install any custom ROM they come pre rooted so ..
[HTC Sensation] Rickdaddy:
So we also don't need to use the one click root tool if we followed the temp root steps?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
As I said ..if you want to backup current content of the phone and then restore it on the new custom ROM ?...then there are several apps which would do this ..but they require root ..and for root you need to do the one click root ..

If you dont bother with phone data then ignore the root part
[HTC Sensation] vandim:
this thread realy" help me to root and s-off my sensation , tengkyu verymuch man :good:
[HTC Sensation] pontrayo:
Could someone please provide me with the windows version of controlbear for ICS?
[HTC Sensation] huck501:
I need the Window's version of ControlBear as well. Can someone please help me. Thanks:)
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
if you want root and dont want to change the stock rom or you want to backup the current stock rom data and its apps data which can be done by rooted apps ..then yes ..you can use the permanent root method

else if you want to install custom rom and dont want to restore any current rom data and its apps data ..then root is not required
[HTC Sensation] StillMusiqal:
can i have the link for the windows ice cream sandwich freeware of the unlimited.io page plz? have been trying to get rooted for a week.
[HTC Sensation] xxxmikixxx:
I need too, i would be really grateful if somebody could give me link or send me in private messages. :D
[HTC Sensation] mizukage:
is the root permanent or just temporary?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
with the one click root tool you will have permanent root
[HTC Sensation] deegan48:
Can i also get the "nohtcdev" Please and thank you.
[HTC Sensation] Vgabond:
Hi there

I have been asked to try used your method to root my HTC Sensation but before that let me explained what have I done so far :-

1. I have succesfully Unlock Bootloader. Currently it shows :

****UNLOCKED*****

Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBoot-1.27.0000

eMMC-boot

Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34

2. I have flash recovery by using HTC Sensation ALL in One Tool Kit. I've used 4EXT and below are the result from command line:-

sending 'recovery' (6348 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.672s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 10.828s]

finished. total time: 12.500s

which I beleived it's done.

But I'm failed to per root it since it prompt , error device not found. Malybru advised me to use your method but I have a question before I proceed to root it. Should I just proceed to root.bat or I have to do the following even though I have succesfully done aboveItem 1 and 2.

3.remove the files adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll , AdbWinUsbApi.dll

(if you dont have any adb/fastboot setup don't delete these and skip step 4 )

4.copy the rest of files to the your adb/fastboot folder

-> if you did SOFF using this guide then copy the reset of files to the temproot-sensation-windows folder which you

have downloaded during SOFF procedure

Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
You flashed recovery.. That won't give you root..

If you want to root the device my way.. First you need to enable usb debugging in settings - developer options

Then try my method
[HTC Sensation] MrJukeHardbane:
Thanks for the awesome guide. Although I did my S-off HTC dev way but still this guide had helped me a lot. :)

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[HTC Sensation] VekiCRO:
I need help quickly

I have refubrished MB and trying to S/OFF with this method http://unlimited.io/jb_pyramidlocked.htm

I am running Ubuntu 12.10 x86,have original cable.stock rom,8gb sd card and i didnt know do i need copy this

sudo ./adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.orig

sudo ./adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp

sudo ./adb reboot

sudo ./adb shell "echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop"

sudo ./adb reboot

at once or line by line so i copied it all at once and the phone restarted and than i was copying it line bz line,phone restarted and now i onlz have status bar visible on mz phone,rest of the screen is black.

Help
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes that is expected ...what you did is temp root during that time phone will be unusable ..and you need to run controlbear then ..then once soff is achieved ..you need to remove temp root ..where the steps will be provided in the same site
[HTC Sensation] VekiCRO:
Well i tried to s-off with wire and then it says i think something to stop doing the wire trick,and than was searching for phone,counting to 45,3 times and it was not found phone.

I disconnected the phone,rebooted and i still have only status bar and no S-off.

So what now with that temp root,is is temp in meaning that when i reboot root expires or what?

And those lines and this:

Once you are done with S-OFF proceedure and ONLY when you are done...

Remove Temproot by typing the following into cmd/terminal (with your phone booted into the Android OS)

sudo ./adb shell rm /data/local.prop

sudo ./adb shell rm /data/local/tmp

sudo ./adb shell mv /data/local/tmp.orig /data/local/tmp

sudo ./adb reboot

I need paste all lines at once or one by one and hit enter?

I supose that i need to do this all again to try to S-off?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Temp in the sense phone will have root but pretty much unusuable and you need to explicitly remove it

For the the above commands you've quoted should be typed/pasted one by one and hit enter.

For soff it won't happen in one try ..you got to try multiple times until you get a success
[HTC Sensation] VekiCRO:
Ok,thank you very much :)

Just to be 100% sure,i means,i paste

sudo ./adb shell rm /data/local.prop and than hit enter

paste sudo ./adb shell rm /data/local/tmp and than enter again?

Enter after each line?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes

Its just what you did initially
[HTC Sensation] VekiCRO:
I just tried the wire trick about 30 times,with three wires,watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcNqxsW3P-E#at=125 but i always got this

I get an Error message that says "Errorcode: 66732337 ErrorMsg: Still sober"

You did not perform or did not time the wire trick correctly. Run ControlBear again, using a slighlty shorter pause between wire touches.

Tried changing times but no sucess...

EDIT I want to remove temproot and try this another day but this is scearing me

Once you are done with S-OFF proceedure and ONLY when you are done...

Remove Temproot by typing the following into cmd/terminal (with your phone booted into the Android OS)

http://unlimited.io/jb_pyramidlocked.htm

What will happen if i remove temproot now,without S OFF?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Are you doing the tap during the wire trick the same way as the video?

Also try decreasing pause time ...check troubleshoot point #3 for tricks/tips

If you got spare sdcard try to use that too
[HTC Sensation] VekiCRO:
I will try that another day.

Can you tell me can i unroot it now,that warning scaring me.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yes you can revert back.. Check troubleshoot point #4
[HTC Sensation] deegan48:
Holy crap, I can't get the wire trick to work .I've tried like 50+ times. It wasn't this hard last time.
[HTC Sensation] VekiCRO:
Me too,i tried about 30 times...
[HTC Sensation] Quantum_Sensation:
I get the wire trick work but then stuck on the htc silver logo. I took the battery out and restart the phone. My device is S-Off but locked bootloader. How do I unlocked the bootloader? I have tried the htcdev unlock method but then the time for waiting for device is too long. Like 20 minutes. How do I unlock bootloader without htcdev?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
actually you are unlocked now

but you can flash 3.33 universal from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459767

it will give you also the patched hboot which is unlocked

follow the instructions to the letter

and before flashing check md5 sums(important)

edit:now that you are on S-OFF you don't need htc site to unlock the bootloader
[HTC Sensation] Quantum_Sensation:
I have tried but when I want to install 4ext recovery to flash the ROM using command windows, I can't get it to work. Waiting for device message. How should I do to enable the whole thing to work?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Check troubleshoot point #3.. There flashing hoot was mentioned.. Use that way.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Are you guys doing the wire trick proper way? You should hold on the sdcard plate and should tap on the hole

And yes for some people it will be difficult.. There are similar people who got the wire trick after 50+ tries :(

If you people can do htcdev unlock.. I would advise you to try the soff after htcdev unlock.. That way wire trick will be relatively easier
[HTC Sensation] VekiCRO:
I suppose that we can't run GB RUU and than S-OFF it on easy way?