[GUIDE] Juopunutbear S-OFF (HBOOT 1.27.0000 with 3.32 ICS Firmware)

[auggie2k]

Thank you again!

But most of the time, the phone rebooted into the bear again, but sometimes, (mostly the last 30 times from the 300 times of trying) the phone hangs and stays off.

Are you disconnecting the USB cable? Because you shouldn't disconnect it whatsoever during this process. What's your battery level at when doing this process?

Why not EXT4? Does that really matters? The possibilities seems the same.

It's a new program and it just doesn't work well with EXT4 as the Recovery, would love to know why but in the interim, please try with CWM and once you get S-OFF, switch back.

 

[auggie2k]

Hey, guys, I successfully got S-OFF on Hboot 1.27... However, my wifi seems to have gone haywire. After rebooting from the process, I tried to turn on my Wifi, and it doesn't work. The slider, when i tap it, jumps to the "on" state", and quickly jumps back to "off". In settings main menu, the wifi status is shown as "Error". Screenshots are attached.

Note that I followed the guide in this thread more or less to the letter, including installing the rooted ROM at the beginning.

BTW, I have a Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e.

A common issue, you need to flash the boot.img from the same ROM in Fastboot. Extract it from the ZIP and connect your phone in USB Debugging mode. Then do the following:

adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot /path/to/boot.img
fastboot reboot

There's a whole thread on it here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469428

 

[Scramjet]

A common issue, you need to flash the boot.img from the same ROM in Fastboot. Extract it from the ZIP and connect your phone in USB Debugging mode. Then do the following:


There's a whole thread on it here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469428

Thanks for the prompt reply. What do you mean by "flash the boot.img from the same ROM in Fastboot"? I am quite noob in android stuff. And the link you gave tells me how to prevent such a Wifi error, or at least, that's what I can understand. (I'm a noob, remember?) So please help! I'd really appreciate some detail and explanation in layman terms. everyone starts somewhere, I'll start here.

 

[auggie2k]

The ROM I have in my guide to flash in Recover is a stock version of HTC ICS, 3.32.

http://files.virtuousrom.com/pyramid/misc/rmk-pyramid-stock_ics_3.32.401.3-v1.zip

Download that file and in the root, there is a boot.img - this needs to be flashed in Fastboot mode (the screen where you view your S-OFF status, also known as the Bootlaoder).

To get there, connect your phone to your computer and using ADB, type the commands:

adb reboot-bootloader (your phone will reboot into Bootloader)

-OR-

Power down your phone, hold the down volume and power for 5 seconds to get into the Bootloader.

fastboot flash boot /path/to/boot.img (this will flash your boot.img that you took from the above ROM).
fastboot reboot (this will reboot the phone back into normal mode)

After this, your Wi-Fi issues will be resolved.

 

[T-Macgnolia]

The ROM I have in my guide to flash in Recover is a stock version of HTC ICS, 3.32.

http://files.virtuousrom.com/pyramid/misc/rmk-pyramid-stock_ics_3.32.401.3-v1.zip

Download that file and in the root, there is a boot.img - this needs to be flashed in Fastboot mode (the screen where you view your S-OFF status, also known as the Bootlaoder).

To get there, connect your phone to your computer and using ADB, type the commands:


After this, your Wi-Fi issues will be resolved.

It will be easier if you take and copy and paste the boot.img in the same folder that fastboot in in. Less typing.

fastboot flash boot boot.img. (if I remember correctly, I have not flashed via fastboot in a while)

 

[auggie2k]

Yes it is of course but usually newbies to this kind of thing are unsure of even using Fastboot so I thought giving the direction to the path itself would be easier. My OP has the original method of fastboot flash boot boot.img listed

 

[undercover]

Yes it is of course but usually newbies to this kind of thing are unsure of even using Fastboot so I thought giving the direction to the path itself would be easier. My OP has the original method of fastboot flash boot boot.img listed

Newebies that are unsure of using a fastboot shouldn't even try to run Bear. Users at that level don't need s-off, official unlock is good enough to flash custom rom.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

 

[CRXed]

II have noticed that serveral people in this thread do not understand the difference between HTC Dev unlock and S-off. HTC Dev unlock just unlocks the boot, recovery, and system portitions.

Sorry to be a noob here, but I am new to the Sensation. I have stock ICS, I think hboot 1.27 and everything is standard.
I just want to use Titanium Backup and maybe flash a stock rom from scratch.

Can you point me in the right direction? How do I get rooted?
I need root, but do I also need s-off?

 

[sab3r]

Read here

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21922317&postcount=2

 

[auggie2k]

Newebies that are unsure of using a fastboot shouldn't even try to run Bear. Users at that level don't need s-off, official unlock is good enough to flash custom rom.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

Very true sir but this user had already got through the whole procedure themselves and was looking for help with the common Wi-Fi error, another command wouldn't hurt

- XDA Sensationalism!

 

[quickmix]

problem with drivers ?

Hi!

Using the rooted stock rom from this thread, htcdev unlocked. superuser installed. Also have adb/fastboot working ( can see the device from adb devices / fastboot devices ). Installed drivers and uninstalled htcsync but I get this error
======== ControlBear version 0.2.2 for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Connecting to device...
Found backups!
Using eMMC dev /dev/block/mmcblk0
Using MMC dev /dev/block/mmcblk1
Boot partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
Recovery partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
Is information correct? You have 5 seconds time to press CTRL+C
Finding some beer.....
Found first....
Found second....
Found third....
Hmmmm... where is that last one....... Wait a sec....
Found fourth....
Rebooting.......
=== Waiting device....
(45/45)
Hmmm, still no device
Open device manager and check adb and/or fastboot drivers!!
Resetting connection....1........2....

Can't figure out where the problem might be. HTC Sensation restarts and juopunutbear logo stays on. Can use the backups to restore the previous state but it wont s-off.

Tried 2 different computers as well with same sensation and the same error occured.

 

[saadarzoo]

Awesome Guide !

Finally did s-off on my friends xe . Took some time but it was totally worth it .. Awesome guide ...

 

[Scramjet]

The ROM I have in my guide to flash in Recover is a stock version of HTC ICS, 3.32.

Download that file and in the root, there is a boot.img - this needs to be flashed in Fastboot mode (the screen where you view your S-OFF status, also known as the Bootlaoder).

To get there, connect your phone to your computer and using ADB, type the commands:


After this, your Wi-Fi issues will be resolved.

Thanks. I did try that... but it didn't work. A friend of mine recommended I clear the cache, backup APPS ONLY and then factory reset, then flash this ROM. Would this help? I don't really want to bring it to the HTC Service Centre. They may end up asking awkward questions (my phone's still under warranty).

Secondly, I re-read the link you provided... and, correct me if I'm wrong, whatever I did, I replaced the stock kernel modules in the /system/lib/modules, and now there's a WiFi error because I couldn't change the stock HTC kernel as well, so the stcok kernel is mismatched with the kernel modules that got installed in the folder. So how?

And, if there's a way to undo this JuopunutBear Hboot mod, I'm welcome to hear it. As this user rightly said,

Newebies that are unsure of using a fastboot shouldn't even try to run Bear. Users at that level don't need s-off, official unlock is good enough to flash custom rom.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

So if I can restore my phone to the HTC Unlock-only, S-ON state, with little evidence that I actually tried this, then, I'd really appreciate it. I actually only attempted this because I wanted to UNDERclock my processor and allow playing of old-style Java mobile phone games
I have a Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e, pyramid htc_asia_wwe.

 

[auggie2k]

Thanks. I did try that... but it didn't work. A friend of mine recommended I clear the cache, backup APPS ONLY and then factory reset, then flash this ROM. Would this help? I don't really want to bring it to the HTC Service Centre. They may end up asking awkward questions (my phone's still under warranty).

That's the stock boot.img you should flash in order to fix the Wi-Fi error. If for instance you flash a different ROM (such as LeeDroid or ADHD), you should flash the boot.img from that ROM in Fastboot.

If you follow the guide and start fresh (which I recommend going to any new ROM) by using SuperWipe, then flashing the new ROM followed by flashing the boot.img in Fastboot, all should be well.

Alternatively, take the boot.img from the zip of the ROM you are using and flash it in Fastboot. All the information on it is in the link I posted.

I also recommend flashing the unlocked firmware for your version, please see this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767 - Version 3.32 should be your Firmware so you just need to associate your download to your CID (or any will do if you changed your CID to 11111111).

 

[undercover]

Thanks. I did try that... but it didn't work. A friend of mine recommended I clear the cache, backup APPS ONLY and then factory reset, then flash this ROM. Would this help? I don't really want to bring it to the HTC Service Centre. They may end up asking awkward questions (my phone's still under warranty).

Secondly, I re-read the link you provided... and, correct me if I'm wrong, whatever I did, I replaced the stock kernel modules in the /system/lib/modules, and now there's a WiFi error because I couldn't change the stock HTC kernel as well, so the stcok kernel is mismatched with the kernel modules that got installed in the folder. So how?

And, if there's a way to undo this JuopunutBear Hboot mod, I'm welcome to hear it. As this user rightly said,




So if I can restore my phone to the HTC Unlock-only, S-ON state, with little evidence that I actually tried this, then, I'd really appreciate it. I actually only attempted this because I wanted to UNDERclock my processor and allow playing of old-style Java mobile phone games
I have a Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e, pyramid htc_asia_wwe.

Pop in to IRC (click link in my signature) and we'll try to help you.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

 

[FnH84]

Gave it one more shot today and it worked S-off!

 

[d_matt20]

hey where can i get superuser and/or an unsecured boot image from thanks

 

[joaquinf]

Great guide, well done. I'll link it in my guide [GUIDE][APR.16.12] How to flash ICS 3.32 firmware | flash/update ARHD 6.6.x ICS ROM.

Keep up the good work

 

[jacko_oafc]

Thanks!!! Just done this took me about 30min in total to get it, i think a key thing is, is to have sound on when you are doing it so you can heard the windows sounds when you connect something then you know you have to time it with that.

Thanks!!! S=OFF

 

[purebeatz]

This was trash... sorry ;-)