[Guide] Firewater S-Off

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miten_sheth

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when i do this..
adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp

it shows me cannot stat "firewater" : No such file or directory

what is the problem?
 

Igor6661

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so is S-OFF possible at all on 4.4.2 and 1.56 H-Boot ?

I don't wan't to dev unlock my device just to find out I can't s-off it.
 

Steve1207

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so is S-OFF possible at all on 4.4.2 and 1.56 H-Boot ?

I don't wan't to dev unlock my device just to find out I can't s-off it.

When I saw the comments and other forums topics, if not upgrade to 4.4.2 and stay on 4.3 S-OFF and temproot available and working a lot of times on 1.55 and 1.56 hboot. But if u upgrade to 4.4.2 at this time only the S-OFF working, temproot is failed.
 

juergenn

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Here with 4.3 temp root seems to work but firewater unfortunately not

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backfromthestorm

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This is amazing.
Couldn't unlock bootloader due to a partition issue and device locked and s-on.

Thanks to this, unlocked and s-off. Didn't think this phone would get rooted again.

Super job.

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when i do this..
adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp

it shows me cannot stat "firewater" : No such file or directory

what is the problem?

Delete the .bin extension.
Or just type push firewater.bin
 

4onu

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can someone help me ?this is what appear on my cmd:

[*] Root acquired.[*] Thanks, HTC, for leaving this exploit open for such a ridiculously long time


/data/local/tmp/firewater

Do you understand the implications of these warnings?

(Yes/No)
Yes

!!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, ho !!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, ho !!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, hold power for 60 seconds !!
================================================== =======================
preparing, one moment


The first bottle is open
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 2
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 3
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 4
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 5
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 6
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 7
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 8
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 9
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 10
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 11
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 12

all out of bottles and still no buzz reboot device by holding power and try again

shell@m7:/ #
 

Maduro78

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Nov 24, 2013
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4.3 hboot 1.55 firewater unlocked bootloader and s-off via mac. Installed twrp su and now running custom ROM. Thank you firewater was starting to think this phone would never run a custom rom

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4g3nt Q

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Same

can someone help me ?this is what appear on my cmd:

[*] Root acquired.[*] Thanks, HTC, for leaving this exploit open for such a ridiculously long time


/data/local/tmp/firewater

Do you understand the implications of these warnings?

(Yes/No)
Yes

!!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, ho !!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, ho !!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, hold power for 60 seconds !!
================================================== =======================
preparing, one moment


The first bottle is open
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 2
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 3
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 4
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 5
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 6
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 7
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 8
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 9
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 10
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 11
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 12

all out of bottles and still no buzz reboot device by holding power and try again

shell@m7:/ #

Hi, the same error for me, 4.3, 1.55 hboot, HTC 001 cid, Win7 x64 Ultimate.
I run 10 times today, and always empty bottles...

Anyone?
 

Steph09

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Feb 1, 2014
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Hi, I have also a noobie question. What does it mean that your device is booted to android?? Also, the method 2 has worked for some, right? Thanks!
 

Steph09

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Feb 1, 2014
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Booted to android means that you can use your phone as ... well ... a phone.
Method 2 worked for me, posted that here.

Thanks for the explanation!

I want to try this on my at&t htc one x but i dont see any topic on my specific device. I also want to try the second option. I am just still unclear on step 5. Where do I place the files Firewater and Temproot?? I imagine that I need to place them in the correct place and then run the described commands. Can you please tell me exactly how you did it?? Thanks in advance!!
 
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GuestK00351

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can someone help me ?this is what appear on my cmd:

[*] Root acquired.[*] Thanks, HTC, for leaving this exploit open for such a ridiculously long time


/data/local/tmp/firewater

Do you understand the implications of these warnings?

(Yes/No)
Yes

!!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, ho !!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, ho !!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, hold power for 60 seconds !!
================================================== =======================
preparing, one moment


The first bottle is open
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 2
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 3
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 4
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 5
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 6
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 7
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 8
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 9
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 10
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 11
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 12

all out of bottles and still no buzz reboot device by holding power and try again

shell@m7:/ #

Same problem here :(
I don't want to use HTC Dev Unlock, so this temproot method is awesome, but not working for me...
 

chano22000

Member
Feb 2, 2014
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No Soff too (hboot 1.54, OS 2.24.73.8)

Hello,

No luck here with Orange branded stock ROM (15July 2013) without any updates.
OS 2.24.73.8, hboot 1.54, Androïd 4.2.2, Kernel 3.4.10, CID ORANG202

The results
1) OK : Htc dev unlocked

2) NOK : Rumrunner 0.5 : must ferment longer (2x)... ERROR: looks like device is not rooted AND lacks an unsecure kernel

3) Firewater (temproot method) :
OK : root acquired, thanks HTC ...
NOK :12 bottles opened, still no buzz

According to my configuration, is there a ROM I can flash and get S Off for sure ?

Kind regards.
 
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GuestK00351

Guest
After not working s-off my phone is really laggy...
Apps, App drawer...

Any idea?

Sent from my HTC One
 

lokhor

Senior Member
Aug 11, 2010
725
53
Lower Hutt
can someone help me ?this is what appear on my cmd:

[*] Root acquired.[*] Thanks, HTC, for leaving this exploit open for such a ridiculously long time


/data/local/tmp/firewater

Do you understand the implications of these warnings?

(Yes/No)
Yes

!!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, ho !!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, ho !!If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, hold power for 60 seconds !!
================================================== =======================
preparing, one moment


The first bottle is open
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 2
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 3
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 4
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 5
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 6
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 7
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 8
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 9
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 10
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 11
chugging..........
whelp, that bottle is empty, opening bottle 12

all out of bottles and still no buzz reboot device by holding power and try again

shell@m7:/ #

I receive this same issue and I am HTC Dev unlocked with an Android 4.4.2 custom rom (insertcoin). My HBOOT is 1.54 (as it came with that).
 

Steph09

Senior Member
Feb 1, 2014
151
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if people would come to irc, where the support actually is for firewater, we can probably kill the bug that is causing this behavior.

I'm new to this so i'm sorry for the question but what is irc? How do I go there?

Im trying to use this on an at&t htc one x, saw no thread regarding my device. Everything works fine at the beginnig, the temproot works fine. After that, the first bottle is opened and then comes the "chugging". After that, everything just stops. If anyone has an idea of what could be going wrong, please help! I've uploaded some screenshots for clearer explanation on my issue.
 

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    Disclaimer

    License: Firewater S-Off is the result of many hours of hard work by beaups and fuses. The firewater binaries you download may not be shared, rehosted, bat’d, integrated into a one-click, repackaged, hotlinked, or otherwise distributed or reused. The source code and methods in firewater are closed and private.
    Temproot is a hack-up build of android_run_root_shell which appears to be a work of hikezoe and fi01. Original source can be downloaded HERE, our modified mess will be made available on this website soon.
    This software is provided free of charge for personal non-commercial use. For commercial use or redistribution a WRITTEN agreement with the authors is required.

    Support: support for firewater s-off is available at #firewater on the freenode and andirc networks. Please make sure you meet all of the requirements before contacting support.

    Official website: http://firewater-soff.com/


    Welcome to Firewater

    What firewater can do for you:
    • S-Off your HTC device
    • Unlock yout bootloader

    There are two methods which can be used to achieve S-Off:
    • Method n.1: to be used with and HTCDev unlocked/rooted device;
    • Method n.2: temp-root method, to be used if you don't want to unlock your device through HTCDev (it may not work with all devices);

    Prerequisites

    • Working adb on your PC (Windows, Linux, OSX, etc. are all supported);
    • HTC drivers installed and working
    • HTC sync removed (not closed - REMOVED)
    • All other phone software removed or disabled (Samsung Kies, PDANet, etc.)
    • A working internet connection on your device (Wifi, 3G, 4G, etc. are all supported). There is no way around this requirement, don’t ask;
    • USB debugging enabled on your device;
    • Your device must be HTCDEV unlocked/rooted or have a working temproot. A temproot that works with many modern (not all) HTC devices is provided below;
    • Do not attempt to run firewater from a terminal emulator on your device. You MUST use adb along with a PC;
    • A supported device. Firewater *should* work with most modern QUALCOMM based HTC devices, including (but not limited to) the HTC One, HTC Droid DNA, HTC One S, HTC One Max and many others.

    Instructions: method n.1 (normal, rooted device method)

    Once you confirm you meet the above pre-requisites, it’s time to get started.

    1. Ensure device is booted to android with usb debugging enabled
    2. USB 2.0 ports are preferred. You should not be connected using any hubs which may cause connectivity issues;
    3. Ensure that lock screen security is disabled on your device (no passcode lock, no pattern lock, no face lock);
    4. Download Firewater Search the download from the official site;
    5. Push, prepare and execute Firewater:

      Code:
      adb reboot       (<--- important!!!!)
      adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
      adb shell
      su
      chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/firewater
      /data/local/tmp/firewater
    6. Agree to the terms and conditions you are prompted with;
    7. Allow the exploit to do its work;
    8. Profit.

    Instructions: method n.2 (temp-root method)

    This method may allow firewater to work on a fully stock/HTCDev locked device. This method is being provided as a convenience. Do NOT seek support if this temproot does not work for you.

    1. Ensure device is booted to android with usb debugging enabled.
    2. USB 2.0 ports are preferred. You should not be connected using any hubs which may cause connectivity issues;
    3. Ensure that lock screen security is disabled on your device (no passcode lock, no pattern lock, no face lock);
    4. Download firewater Search the download from the official site;
    5. Download temproot Search the download from the official site;
    6. Push, prepare and execute temproot and Firewater:

      Code:
      adb reboot       (<--- important!!!!)
      adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
      adb push temproot /data/local/tmp
      adb shell
      chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/temproot
      chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/firewater
      /data/local/tmp/temproot
      /data/local/tmp/firewater
    7. Agree to the terms and conditions you are prompted with;
    8. Allow the exploit to do its work;
    9. Profit.

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    Wishful thinking...

    However, the m7 is getting older by the minute so I doubt any new exploit is gonna be worked on. Unless of course as I said before some dev randomly stumbled upon it.

    Sad but true.


    Sent from my baked potato with blue cheese

    Its coming, at some point when time allows.

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    Tried many roms and couldn't get S-OFF working.... till now.

    What I used:
    Latest CM11 nightly (from April 1th)
    teaMseven_v57 Kernel
    Enable su for adb in cyanogen settings and enable the usual stuff in SuperSU
    .... worked for me after the 1st bottle :)
    6
    If it's discontinued should we not close this thread now? I am getting notifications from this thread.

    Good idea...

    Thread closed

    Members wishing to S-Off are cordially directed to the XDA Sunshine THREAD
    5
    Where in the world do these crazy theories come from

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