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

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May 17, 2013 at 7:09 PM
auggie2k said:
Official Thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611981 | Original Author - http://unlimited.io/juopunutbear.htm

Was advised by another member that a handy guide would be useful for other members, I am going to base this on what I did in my own experience :)

*** NOTE: There have been many updates with this method and all other troubleshooting steps can be found on the website - http://unlimited.io/jbtroubleshooting.htm ***

Juopunutbear Requirments:

* Be unlocked using the HTCdev bootloader unlock - http://htcdev.com/bootloader
* Be rooted (have superuser and/or an unsecured boot image installed)
* Have a spare microSD card, or to have backed up all contents of your SDcard, the card will be wiped
* Have fastboot and adb drivers installed and working (windows)
* Have usb debugging enabled
* Have a legth of insulated wire of sufficient length to join the contact points for your device (paperclip)

NOTE: This is based on an ICS Upgraded Sensation 4.0.3 with HBOOT 1.27.0000 and Firmware 3.32.

Make sure you have at least 50% battery life for this and some free time. I also recommend a paperclip extended out with some insulation tape over the whole thing except for the tips (leave about 1CM free each end) for the wire trick.

1 - Backup and Format your SD Card

Easiest thing to do as this is essential for the program to work and you wouldn't want to risk your content.

2 - Restore to Stock 3.32 Rooted ROM

I did this because I was getting an error message only 1 other user reported and I believe it was because I was using a custom ROM (LeeDroid) with a kernel based on 3.32 from a different ROM. I kept getting an Segmentation error:


It is not 100% necessary to wipe and start fresh but I expect most other users to be changing ROM's after gaining S-OFF (because you can change your CID). As I said at the start, it's based on my own experience and I always prefer to start fresh with a new ROM unless upgrading. Just flash this in Recovery as you would any normal ROM. I also suggest downloading and running SuperWipe before hand.

Here's the download - http://files.virtuousrom.com/pyramid/misc/rmk-pyramid-stock_ics_3.32.401.3-v1.zip

ALTERNATIVELY - Root your current ROM (again) with the following flashable ZIP - http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip

3 - Flash boot.img from Stock 3.32 Rooted ROM in Fastboot

As you know, if you flash a ROM with a HTC Unlocked bootloader, it has to be based on the 3.32 firmware and some ROM's you flash won't boot because of this so extract it from the above ZIP and flash it in fastboot (ROM should still boot but pays to be safe).


4 - Download Juopunutbear S-OFF

Here's the download - http://rghost.net/40908873

5 - Connect phone over USB with debugging enabled

Should be on by default but if not, go to Settings > Develop Option > USB Debugging

6 - Run Juopunutbear S-OFF

Let this run through it's normal procedure, you will see some prompts on your phones screen about X application being granted superuser permissions, this is normal. After about 15-30 seconds your phone will reboot and boot to the Juopunutbear screen (I believe it's a recovery like loader). DO NOT UNPLUG YOUR USB CABLE!

7 - Use Wire-Trick to obtain S-OFF

This is the fun part, make's it really seem like hacking ;) When requested by the application, use the suggested paperclip to join the SD Card casing to the connector as in the image:

Great guide here by XDA member @seb_labine - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133633



This initial confusion myself was that you had to hold it for an awfully accurate 1.75 seconds but that was my mistake. Here's how I got it to work.

NOTE: The below will repeatedly show on screen until you make contact, then it will say Waiting Device (as it reboots).


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



If done incorrectly (as in the timing is wrong) you will get this message.


If so, please close Juopunutbear and reopen it and it will start again.


And a great video guide by kgs1992:


Once it's done successfully, you will see this message...



Now, that's it and you are done. It will reboot into Bootloader and you will see this:



NOTE: It will say ***LOCKED*** at the top of Bootloader, this is fine because it's S-OFF what's important. The Locked / Unlocked status is for the HTC Dev method.

Congratulations! Now that your in Bootloader with S-OFF, how about a nice new Recovery and change of CID?

Normal - http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-pyramid.img
Touch - http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.9-pyramid.img


And for the CID (so you can flash any ROM or RUU for latest radios and debranding)?


Thanks for stopping by and cheers!

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hi I have followed your excellent guide and now im s off,i have a question,before s off I used 4ext smartflash recovery,can I change to cwm by just flashing it as I did with 4ext and will it just overwrite 4ext ,thanks for your easy to follow guide
 
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stevebclarke62 said:
hi I have followed your excellent guide and now im s off,i have a question,before s off I used 4ext smartflash recovery,can I change to cwm by just flashing it as I did with 4ext and will it just overwrite 4ext ,thanks for your easy to follow guide
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yes you can flash it.if you have the recovery.img just use the fastboot command and you are done
it will overwrite it
but why to change recovery?
 
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Doing this in the middle of the night was crazy fun you should see the look on my mom's face ad if it's the new way to hack her computer

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio using xda app-developers app
 
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jmcollis said:
I managed to make it work. It does take a few times to get the timing of the wire-trick right and yes it is worrying, but watch the video or the animated gif on this thread to help guide you and it will eventually work.

For others help I'll outline the steps I took.

I started from a Sensation which had upgraded OTA to ICS with hboot 1.27 so I had no options using revolutionary etc.

1. Do the htc-dev bootloader unlock.
2. Flash clockwork-recovery using the commandline adb and fastboot commands.
3. Flash superuser to root the stock rom.
4. Do the Juopnutbear procedure as documented (took around 15 times to get it right). (At this stage I'm s-off so the options are completely open).
5. Did the SuperCID thing using commandline adb and fastboot commands.
6. Then followed the guide to install 4EXT recovery, Firmware, superwipe and then HRHD ROM.

The result. I now still have ICS with Sense 3.6, but with Beats Audio, less cruft in the ROM and better language support (I had a South-East Asian ROM natively but wanted UK English.) As well the performance seems better and I can now change ROMs, firmware, bootloaders etc. (even back to GB if I want) easily.

The only downsides are that having used htc-dev it's possible that HTC may not honour any warranty.

Thanks to those here in this thread and also in the development thread who've posted as it all helps understand what is required.

Cheers,
John
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quoting this for later use lol....
 
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May 23, 2013 at 12:33 PM
will this methode work for hboot-1.28.0006 also

Hi,

I have a HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e with hboot 1.28.0006. I unlocked my bootloader using htcdev, But I can't install CM10 latest on this. I hope its due to S-ON. I tried 'fastboot flash zip cm-10-20130519-NIGHTLY-pyramid.zip' as describe on htcdev web. but it failed with following error.

Kindly advice me to get install the latest version of CM10.

---------command i ran & error------------
./fastboot flash zip cm-10-20130519-NIGHTLY-pyramid.zip
sending 'zip' (150788 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 24 parsing android-info fail)

----------phone details-----------------------
*** UNLOCKED ***
RUNNYMEDE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.28.0006
RADIO-3831.16.00.27_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 24 2012,18:59:39
 
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pushpe said:
Hi,

I have a HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e with hboot 1.28.0006. I unlocked my bootloader using htcdev, But I can't install CM10 latest on this. I hope its due to S-ON. I tried 'fastboot flash zip cm-10-20130519-NIGHTLY-pyramid.zip' as describe on htcdev web. but it failed with following error.

Kindly advice me to get install the latest version of CM10.

---------command i ran & error------------
./fastboot flash zip cm-10-20130519-NIGHTLY-pyramid.zip
sending 'zip' (150788 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 24 parsing android-info fail)

----------phone details-----------------------
*** UNLOCKED ***
RUNNYMEDE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.28.0006
RADIO-3831.16.00.27_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 24 2012,18:59:39
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dude that method is for installing firmware only and also there is a pre-requisite of being SOFF too

for you to instrall ROM with S-ON
follow this guide to the letter
 
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vladnosferatu said:
thanks,

RUU_PYRAMID_LE_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.105_R2_Radio_11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504

this will work for all CIDS ?

mine is cid: VODAPD18
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probably not because your cid doesn't match with this ruu
look one for vodafone ruu
but you can try it
don't worry if it doesn't work it will give you error
are you on S-ON?
 
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May 24, 2013 at 9:28 PM
Great guide, thanks for writing it.

Managed to get the wire trick right on second attempt. Beauty!

Is there a good reason why I shouldn't re-run htc dev to make the text say "Unlocked" again having just used this method to get s-off?
 
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May 24, 2013 at 9:33 PM
Nyphue said:
Great guide, thanks for writing it.

Managed to get the wire trick right on second attempt. Beauty!

Is there a good reason why I shouldn't re-run htc dev to make the text say "Unlocked" again having just used this method to get s-off?
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if you got S-OFF then there is no reason to use htcdev unlock method
you are fine:good:
 
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rzr86 said:
if got S-OFF then there is no reason to use htcdev unlock method
you are fine:good:
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Good to know, thanks!

So now I have S-OFF I am going to do the super CID. Then.... which ROM do you recommend I go for?
I will do my own reading but interested to see what people think is the best around at the moment?

Thank you!
 
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May 24, 2013 at 9:38 PM
Nyphue said:
Good to know, thanks!

So now I have S-OFF I am going to do the super CID. Then.... which ROM do you recommend I go for?
I will do my own reading but interested to see what people think is the best around at the moment?

Thank you!
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i can't tell you what rom is best for you
you have to test some of them by yourself
and then stick with one that suits best to you:cool:
 
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