Be careful what wire you pick for S-OFF

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I didn't realize that the wire I was using was a little sharp on one end. As you can see, this can do bad things to the PCB.

My phone is rebooting the instant I touch the wire to ground, so I don't know if I am going to be able to do the wire trick. )= We shall see.

I ended up taking the back case off of my phone so I could have better access. It does make it a little easier:

Good catch. This should be kept at the top for people to see. How hard was the wire you used?

What wire did you use?

I tried a clipped old cat5 cable but found it too flimsy. Switched to a plain small paperclip and was successful.

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Originally Posted by GreenXSniper

What wire did you use?

It was a 22awg jumper wire. I guess I had clipped it at some point so it formed a sharp tip. The wire itself is fairly soft even.

My hands shake a bunch so just the sharp tip and trying to keep a firm connection was probably all it took.

Just plane old speaker wire worked for me. (For people who look at this later)

I took a plastic ended wall tack wrapped some speaker wire tight for the pin 1 hole then did the same for other end to tap the ground. Pretty precise for me looks good on the pcb over here

Originally Posted by maqsur

I tried a clipped old cat5 cable but found it too flimsy. Switched to a plain small paperclip and was successful.

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Seriously? I could have just used a paper clip? -facepalm-

Originally Posted by dogswind

Seriously? I could have just used a paper clip? -facepalm-

Yep. That's what I used. A paperclip, and wrapped it in clear tape from a desk dispenser so I didn't have any static electricity.

IF anyone does happen to be as clumsy as me you will be happy to know that you can lift up the motherboard and there is a large pad on the bottom you can use instead of the tiny dot.