I flashed the Hamronia ROm last night...Had some trouble with rooting but it was mainly because i didn't read properly.
I like the rom but i want to try and S-off(i am nervous...last night was my first time rooting) and this is will be my first time using s-off.
I want to turn my EVO V into a EVo 3D
1. How do I go back to the stock version of my phone(how it was out of the box)
2. Is there any other method to do besides that wire trick for S-off?
3. LOL if i don't have a wire is there anything else i can use
4. Any youtube videos out there showing how to do this method?
I'd really like to try this tonight if possible. How long does it take to S-off?
Have you seen this thread? It has links to root and S-OFF threads for the Evo V in the prerequisites.
ramjet73
Micah Luca said:
I flashed the Hamronia ROm last night...Had some trouble with rooting but it was mainly because i didn't read properly.
I like the rom but i want to try and S-off(i am nervous...last night was my first time rooting) and this is will be my first time using s-off.
I want to turn my EVO V into a EVo 3D
1. How do I go back to the stock version of my phone(how it was out of the box)
2. Is there any other method to do besides that wire trick for S-off?
3. LOL if i don't have a wire is there anything else i can use
4. Any youtube videos out there showing how to do this method?
I'd really like to try this tonight if possible. How long does it take to S-off?
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1. Run RUU
2. Yes, revolutionary, incredibly more complicated then the wire trick.
3. some piece of metal you´ve got laying around (insulated, you can use tape)
4. Yes, go to the juopunotbear site since everything you are asking is on there too.
Go have a look on the s-off thread, everything you want to know will be in there.
klect said:
1. Run RUU
2. Yes, revolutionary, incredibly more complicated then the wire trick.
3. some piece of metal you´ve got laying around (insulated, you can use tape)
4. Yes, go to the juopunotbear site since everything you are asking is on there too.
Go have a look on the s-off thread, everything you want to know will be in there.
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what is ruu?
Micah Luca said:
what is ruu?
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Fourth hit.
Sorry, but we are here to point you in the right direction, not walk you through every step.
ramjet73
Don't be afraid of the wire trick. Its super easy. Go find an old DC adaptor and cut it up.
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After you root, flash a recovery using command prompt. After that, backup your stock ROM using recovery. For the s-off I used a small paperclip wrapped in masking and scotch tape. Bend the paperclip to look like a staple, DO NOT TOUCH THE METAL CONTACTS WHILE PERFORMING THE S-OFF!!! also, be sure to tap the metal contact on the left, tapping the right will most likely short your phone. Make sure you backup your SD card as it might get erased. I was very skeptical about the wire trick at first and I failed about 20 times. What I found to be successful is to hold the paperclip in the hole while controlbear is running. When it says "do the wire trick now!" quickly tap the metal piece that is on top of the SD card and then hold it for about 1.5/2 seconds. It might take a few tries but its worth it. Two things to re-cap: do not touch the metal parts that aren't covered by tape while doing the wire trick, and do not touch the inside hole. Good luck.
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After you root, flash a recovery using command prompt. After that, backup your stock ROM using recovery. For the s-off I used a small paperclip wrapped in masking and scotch tape. Bend the paperclip to look like a staple, DO NOT TOUCH THE METAL CONTACTS WHILE PERFORMING THE S-OFF!!! also, be sure to tap the metal contact on the left, tapping the right will most likely short your phone. Make sure you backup your SD card as it might get erased. I was very skeptical about the wire trick at first and I failed about 20 times. What I found to be successful is to hold the paperclip in the hole while controlbear is running. When it says "do the wire trick now!" quickly tap the metal piece that is on top of the SD card and then hold it for about 1.5/2 seconds. It might take a few tries but its worth it. Two things to re-cap: do not touch the metal parts that aren't covered by tape while doing the wire trick, and do not touch the inside hole. Good luck.
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Heh, don't touch the inside hole. that made me laugh. You'd have to have some seriously small fingers to touch her hole
And you seriously have small junk to make a joke like that. It just goes to show that you probably don't get much.
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I saw somewhere on here that you can use a paper clip and electrical tape to achieve S-OFF? Does this work and if so could someone please detail on how I do this, I'd greatly appreciate it. I don't have any wire laying around so this would be nice if it works. Also, I apologize if this has been posted before.
Thanks!
xXezmacXx said:
I saw somewhere on here that you can use a paper clip and electrical tape to achieve S-OFF? Does this work and if so could someone please detail on how I do this, I'd greatly appreciate it. I don't have any wire laying around so this would be nice if it works. Also, I apologize if this has been posted before.
Thanks!
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Take a look at this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1612035
xXezmacXx said:
I saw somewhere on here that you can use a paper clip and electrical tape to achieve S-OFF? Does this work and if so could someone please detail on how I do this, I'd greatly appreciate it. I don't have any wire laying around so this would be nice if it works. Also, I apologize if this has been posted before.
Thanks!
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Read up here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1612035
you can literally use anything metal that you want. Wire, paper clip, anything. Just make sure you insulate it in some way using tape or something non conductive just to be safe, if not you could potentially cause the static on your body to short something out.
This is what I used. I just wrapped up the paper clip with electrical tape.
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This is what I used. I just wrapped up the paper clip with electrical tape.
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I'm guessing you didn't see the 5+ threads about S-Off
Big, gold paperclip wrapped in scotch tape. Got it on my first try.
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I like seeing these pics lol.
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New to Verizon and New to Paperclips???
This is what it has come to... Paperclips?!?
I've S=OFF'ed my HTC Mytouch Slide, & Sensation (thanks AlphaRev)
What is the difference between S=OFF and Permaroot? (Apparently what I did 5 minutes ago) Bought the phones less than 3 hours ago haha
I just want better battery life, a custom rom w/ tethering, and O/Cing
This is freaking crazy... ha ha
let me know
I used a paperclip myself. But I actually never used any insulation around it or anything. Just washed my hands real good, and went at it for about 10 mins. Timing is everything. Very easy to do but gettin the timing right is key.
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I used a paperclip myself. But I actually never used any insulation around it or anything. Just washed my hands real good, and went at it for about 10 mins. Timing is everything. Very easy to do but gettin the timing right is key.
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I guess you don't anything about ESD then? Washing your hands has nothing to do with static electricity. You could have fried your phone...
2Noob4U said:
This is what it has come to... Paperclips?!?
This is freaking crazy... ha ha
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Hey man, don't knock the paperclip. It, along with duct tape, can do some pretty marvelous things.
Let's say you have a late 80s / early 90s Toyota car. Before ODB was a requirement in the US. Toyota had their own set of engine codes, and these were supposed to be accessed in the fuse box with a diagnostic tool. Well, rather than drop $50 or whatever ridiculous number of dollars on the tool from an Toyota parts dealer, you could simply connect the two points with a paperclip, turn on Accessory power, and get engine codes. (Y)
those are some ghetto looking paperclips =P im far to paranoid about my phone exploding to use a rig like that. i just used cat-5, everyone and their mom has at least one of those laying around somewhere you can strip. took me three tries to get s-off though.
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Hey man, don't knock the paperclip. It, along with duct tape, can do some pretty marvelous things.
Let's say you have a late 80s / early 90s Toyota car. Before ODB was a requirement in the US. Toyota had their own set of engine codes, and these were supposed to be accessed in the fuse box with a diagnostic tool. Well, rather than drop $50 or whatever ridiculous number of dollars on the tool from an Toyota parts dealer, you could simply connect the two points with a paperclip, turn on Accessory power, and get engine codes. (Y)
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I ghettoed it up last night with my masking tape wrapped paper clip and did two rezounds... My wife's and mine.
I guess don't knock it till ya try it
is the one i made below fine to use?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4598810/IMAG0179.jpg
if so, now i just go ahead and follow the directions on the OP to get s-off? that simple? anything else i need to knew before i begin since im a complete noob.
xXezmacXx said:
is the one i made below fine to use?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4598810/IMAG0179.jpg
if so, now i just go ahead and follow the directions on the OP to get s-off? that simple? anything else i need to knew before i begin since im a complete noob.
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That should work fine, looks like what I used a few hours ago to get s-off myself. Just make sure you've read the instructions and the FAQs a few times to make sure you understand what you're doing, and don't get frustrated if it takes you a bunch of times to get the timing of the wire trick right.
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JustSomeDude said:
That should work fine, looks like what I used a few hours ago to get s-off myself. Just make sure you've read the instructions and the FAQs a few times to make sure you understand what you're doing, and don't get frustrated if it takes you a bunch of times to get the timing of the wire trick right.
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I miss timed the wire trick the first time so on the second I just kept tapping until the program proceeded.
few quick questions before i try.
1. i just hold the power and volume button to get into the hboot screen. i do the wire trick here to get s-off?
2. currently my phone says "tampered" and "unlocked". once i get s-off i can ruu back to firmware that will restore my phone back to its factory state, right? in case i need to return it? that will remove the tampered from my phone?
So I'm trying to send my rezound in for warranty, going through s-off procedure.
Get to wire trick prompt touch the contacts, and nothing, it's unresponsive apparently. This was using cat-5 too boot.
Anyone come across this before?
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The timing is critical, and some find it very difficult to get it just right.
If counting out loud, 1 Mississippi 2 Mississippi, etc. It would be almost like tap the contact count 1 missi tap again.
I used cat 5 cable and it took me about 5 attempts before I got it just right.
I just tapped repeatedly until the prompt on the screen changed (pc screen) and went to the next step verifying if it worked.
I've s-offed 2 phones and both got it on the second try this way.
You'll notice that the message "do wire trick now" or whatever it says, happens at the correct delay. If you time your wire touches to match the appearance of the message, you'll get s-off right away.
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Last time even touching them at the wrong time would at least reset the phone, now nothing happens at all, and I have been jamming it in there to make sure I made contact
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ROB281 said:
Last time even touching them at the wrong time would at least reset the phone, now nothing happens at all, and I have been jamming it in there to make sure I made contact
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Lok inside the small hole you will see the tiny metal contact you need to have the wire touching, make sure the cat5 is right on it firmly but don't be too rough and also most people lose contact with that spot as they turn focus to the ground point over the sd card. All I'm saying is visually inspect that the wire is touching that point
Someone that works in a metal shop should really make a jig for this and sell it in the accessories forum... Hint hint
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I couldn't get it to work with cat5 because I couldn't get it to make reliable contact in the hole. I tried several times over the course of two days. Then I tried a piece of coax stripped to the core wire on each end and got it on the first try.
Can S-off procedure be performed on ICS firmware?
Also, does it wipe the phone?
sd card corrupted, ready to just say screw it, take my chances, and ship it back with a relocked bootloader
ROB281 said:
sd card corrupted, ready to just say screw it, take my chances, and ship it back with a relocked bootloader
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Did you try using a metronome for 1.75 second intervals? Also you were supposed to use a spare sd card just get a cheap $5 2gb one om pretty sure you can just format the corrupted sd card when your done.
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Squirrel1620 said:
Did you try using a metronome for 1.75 second intervals? Also you were supposed to use a spare sd card just get a cheap $5 2gb one om pretty sure you can just format the corrupted sd card when your done.
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I am using a spare, but control bear still wouldn't go forward when I swapped cards
Squirrel1620 said:
Did you try using a metronome for 1.75 second intervals? Also you were supposed to use a spare sd card just get a cheap $5 2gb one om pretty sure you can just format the corrupted sd card when your done.
This is where I messed up. If it's not 1.75 seconds apart, it will fail every time.
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Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
yep going back with a relocked bootloader f*ck this ****
second try, and for the second time this morning I've gotten critical failure cannot find a seat
Just a tip that might help: Use a paperclip, but take a file to the ends to square them up (make them flat). You have a much better chance of making contact that way, and less chance of chewing the PC board all to shreds with the jagged ends of the paperclip. Bend the clip to reach both pads, and trim the legs to the same length (so it could touch both pads without having to bend or force it). Have one end already touching a pad before starting S-off script.
I'm a n00b, and doing this I got S-off on the second try.
Freedom First said:
Just a tip that might help: Use a paperclip, but take a file to the ends to square them up (make them flat). You have a much better chance of making contact that way, and less chance of chewing the PC board all to shreds with the jagged ends of the paperclip. Bend the clip to reach both pads, and trim the legs to the same length (so it could touch both pads without having to bend or force it). Have one end already touching a pad before starting S-off script.
I'm a n00b, and doing this I got S-off on the second try.
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It would be wise to wrap the paper clip with electrical tape because your fingers could discharge and fry your board
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ruu'd back to stock, then unlocked rooted for the third time this morning
control bear still refuses to even start with the same critical error
at this point I'm just going to get the ota RUU, flash that, and send it in
if they pop me they pop me, but I can't s-off at this point
My vote is they won't even check it or care
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Hi, I tried to do juopnutbear wire trick s-off and nothing has done as I was doing in the program called ControlBear.exe in the end it gets me error and writes "still sober". What can that mean? I tried to do it like 20 times help me please I need to get my phone working really need an advice!!!n\
twingle said:
I tried to do it like 20 times help me please I need to get my phone working really need an advice!!!n\
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Go to the troubleshooting page for JuopunutBear on the unlimited.io website and follow the ROM/Data Recovery instructions.
ramjet73
wire trick
im a total noob and i have done wire trick on 2 phones with ease (2nd attempt). i would suggest along with following the instructions on the site, also have a you tube video walkthru handy. i think the key is the timing and the video is really helpful. funny how ur thread headline makes it look like the method is to blame when its clearly not.
Had the same problem many times. Had to use the wire trick 3 times and ran into the same problem you are having. The best advice I could give you that most of the people on her probably wouldn't agree with: when you first start the wire trick, place your wire in the outer hole and leave it there, when it says to "do the wire trick now", tap the other end of the wire on the SD metal piece for a good half of a second then tap again for a second. Worked just fine for me. Let me know if this works.
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I also had troubles with s-off. Im thinking the way i got it to work is restarting the computer and pulling the battery on my phone. load back into fastboot and run the juopnutbear exe again then try the wire trick again. and again. it took me about 15 tries to get it to work. i only restarted my computer once and when i got the wire trick to work i was holding the wire in place untill it said it worked and letting the phone settle. then i had to pull the battery again then boom s-off. after that my custom recovery was gone and my bootloader was also locked again so i had to go through the steps to unlock that again. it was a pain but well worth it.
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The best advice I could give you that most of the people on her probably wouldn't agree with: when you first start the wire trick, place your wire in the outer hole and leave it there, when it says to "do the wire trick now", tap the other end of the wire on the SD metal piece for a good half of a second then tap again for a second. Worked just fine for me. Let me know if this works.
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I fully agree with you.
It's a matter of luck to be honest.
Just keep trying, you'll eventually get it. It took me a few tries, but it worked perfectly.
Once you see s-off, you'll have a sigh of relief and realize your new freedom!
I agree, both phones I've done only worked by putting the uninsulated end of a copper wire in the pin hole first and then touching the ground on the SD card. I tried touching them at the same time for 20-30 times over two days and got nothing. Used a piece of copper wire from a light ballast and just stripped both ends. If it says still sober, exit an rerun the program. You don't have to touch it the first time it says to either. Let is scroll 4-5 times and be ready to touch the ground quickly several times when it says to. It's worth the effort to be able to run the Rom of your choice.
Guys, i have tried and tried!!! I can not get the S-off wire trick to work!!! I am officially stock ics ruu, Bootloader unlocked, custom recovery to flash su root. I've tripped a Ethernet cord, took off a wire and tripped that to stick in the little hole, and touch the SD card metal for GND... And my Amaze does nothing... I've also tried a wire that ties around the loaf of bread, still nothing... What am i doing wrong?? Someone please help!
USE HAIR PIN GET THE TIMING RIGHT TOOK ME LIKE 5 TRIES TO GET IT
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The 1.5 seconds is between touches. I think it helps to make sure that you have a good contact when you are touching the ground, leave the wire in contact for like a second then off for 1.5 second the on for a second.
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I always recommend a metronome. Set it to 34.
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Took me like 2+ hrs.. Must have done it 100+ times.. I changed to the plastic coated paperclip and got it after like 10 tries..
Also if your computer is older.. Kill off anything that may be slowing it down..
Sig:
What do you mean I can't say that??!!.. It's the fkin Internet!
so when i touch both wires... Do i touch them at the same time? or do i insert wire in hole to the left, then touch the ground... And if unsuccessful, do i remove both wires and retry? Or do i just remove the Ground and keep trying that?
Stevesteve64 said:
so when i touch both wires... Do i touch them at the same time? or do i insert wire in hole to the left, then touch the ground... And if unsuccessful, do i remove both wires and retry? Or do i just remove the Ground and keep trying that?
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just take a short thin wire and make sure your timing is right i got a radio signal thin wire for it..got lucky in the 2nd attempt
Stevesteve64 said:
so when i touch both wires... Do i touch them at the same time? or do i insert wire in hole to the left, then touch the ground... And if unsuccessful, do i remove both wires and retry? Or do i just remove the Ground and keep trying that?
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Get the wire ouching one of the contacts all the time, then with the other end touch the other contact when prompted (touch and release) count 1.5 sec (about one mississippi, 2 missis) and touch again.
Thanks again everyone, i finally got it after 3 hours!!! To anyone that may be discouraged, IT WORKS.. I got to the point, i was so frustrated that i began to tap both ends really fast! And then all of the sudden, I HEARD IT REBOOT!! I was like, WOW!... I kept going really fast, until i for the right position and right spot. Then i was able to hit it head on after about 3 tries!
Did you hard brick your Verizon Note 2? Flashed the wrong boot loader, now you're bootlooping and ODIN can't save you??
We all know a ton of users who have had this happen to them, I read it all the time. After stumbling upon another post I figured I had a chance. The instructions are clear but I want to build upon them with my own experience.
So first off many, many thanks to KOBOL for posting his guide which is buried below a ton of other posts in this General Section. I wouldn’t have a working phone without his work!
A bit of background info: I flashed a T-Mobile Note 2, 4.3 ODIN Image for My Verizon Note 2 because I wasn't paying attention... All I saw: "4.3 stock/rooted/deodex with 4.1.2 bootloader" (which I have) and "no wifi fix needed & stock kernel running smooth" (I have wifi fix & custom kernel, both which cause constant reboots) SO... I flashed it and boot-looped. "Good job, dumb dumb" I thought to myself as I gazed upon my hard bricked phone. No ODIN restore could get me out of this one, and I tried for 2 hours...
Then I found Kobol's post on unbricking your phone. I read the instructions, I was very confused at first as to how I was going to get this accomplished, so I am writing up this re-tutorial with new instructions. Make sure you have precision screwdrivers, flat and philips head.
Continue to Post #2 to Unbrick your i605!!
Instructions for Unbricking Hard-bricked i605
1a) DOWNLOAD THIS - It contains an IMG file you'll need to restore your 4.1.2 Bootloader, also contains 2 pictures of the resistor you'll need to short. More on that later.
1b) The above download is all you need if you're on 4.1.2.If you're on the newer 4.3 MJ9 Bootloader, download this too and use that IMG instead. the 4.1.2 download is necessary because of the pictures. Not 56k friendly. I will edit when KOBOL reviews this and allows me re-upload his pictures as a separate download.
2) Download and install win32diskimager. it'll write those image files to the micro SD card properly. DO NOT JUST DRAG AND DROP THE IMG... YOU MUST WRITE IT WITH AN IMAGING PROGRAM
3) Write the downloaded IMG file to the Micro SD using win32diskimager. Select the source and destination, that's it super easy. Make sure Micro SD is at least 2GB. I used a 32GB it was the only one I had and it worked fine, no need for exactly 2GB micro SD.
4) Open phone, no need to completely dismantle to the screen.... many good videos can be found on youtube. Take out every screw you can see and remove the rear outer plastic casing.
5) Once the board is exposed, remove the black screw that holds the speaker assembly to the phone. Remove and place speaker aside.
6) Remove 2nd screw on the right side along the skinny motherboard strip. Remove all wifi connectors/lcd connectors/camera connectors, etc. The motherboard can now be removed completely.
7) Gently remove the speaker/power button, the power button has a mild adhesive to hold it to the phone, as does the headphone speaker. Peel them off and out of the phone.
8) remove the charging port board from the phone housing, that too has adhesive, peel up carefully and place aside. You'll need this outside and plugged into the board eventually as well.
On to Post #3.
9) TRICKY PARTS... I flipped the board over to expose the resistor KOBOL shows us to short. ** Picture is in the 1st download for 4.1.2 Bootloader ** I then plugged in the phone's LCD cable (the cable that comes out on the top right when viewed from behind; above where the volume rocker is) The motherboard should be flipped over exposing the resistor, the LCD cable is barely long enough to let the phone housing lie flat beside it, which you don't want. You'll want to prop the sceen vertical so you can see it when you do the next few steps. I used an external drive butted against the front of the screen that had rubber feet so it wouldn't slide and scotch tape.
10) Re-attach the power button/headphone speaker to the motherboard. Also plug in your prepared SD card.
11) Place the battery next to the battery terminals, swing the power button over on top of the battery. With one hand, you should be able to hold the motherboard from sliding while your holding both the battery to the terminals, and the power button to the battery. I did this with my left thumb to hold the motherboard from sliding, my left middle finger holding the battery against the contacts of the motherboard, and my left index finger to push the power button which is on top of the battery.
12) place your smallest precision screwdriver on the resister KOBOL shows you in the picture. Using a screwdriver with the other hand sure beats having to a) solder, good luck! KOBOL is a solder pro and I don't have any soldering irons with tips THAT small, and b) beats using a paper clip or something silly. The screwdriver shorts the resistor with minimal effort. Make sure you apply MILD pressure to the screwdriver to ensure your touching both sides of the resistor's contacts. My screwdriver was exactly the width of the resistor, don't be using grandpa's 1' long screwdriver on that motherboard.
13) READY?!?! OK!! with the resister shorted by the screwdriver in 1 hand, the battery held in place and the power button ready to be pressed in the other... start counting to 5 as soon as you feel the click of that tiny little button. Hold the power button; if you let go, you might slip and now the battery won't be supplying power to the phone, aka this operation will fail.
** Make sure you know how to count to 6 properly, none of this '123456' super-speed counting like we did playing hide and seek growing up. Listen to the tick of a clock if you can or start a timer somewhere. **
14) After counting to 5, remove the screwdriver, I'd suggest keeping the power button held, the phone won't turn off (just like booting the phone for real; holding it after the phone turns on, the phone still turns on right?) And it prevents the battery from disconnecting.
15) If you're lucky, you'll see some text on your screen saying SD something something in red and saying it wrote the file. I was way too excited that this worked and I forgot what it said to be honest. Pretty much it'll be the 1st thing your phone displays that isn't a boot-looping logo!
16) Go ahead and relax. Let the battery disconnect from the board. You can go ahead and semi-reassemble you're phone to test. I placed the board back in the phone housing, plugged in power button/headphone speaker, speaker phone/charing port & circuit, camera, etc... plugged in all wires/connectors, and make sure to put those 2 black screws back in before placing housing back on... (1 for speakerphone/charging port, one for the board)
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17) Power up your phone and you should be greeted with the "Verizon has detected..." blah blah unauthorized software. AWESOME AND CONGRATS! Pull the battery and boot to Download/ODIN mode.
** NOTE ** I have NO IDEA if you can downgrade during this process, no one in KOBOL's thread had yet to confirm as of this writing. Flash whatever you're coming from, you went this far to Un-brick your phone, why do it again? If you went to 4.3, deal with it and restore 4.3 Coming from 4.1.2? restore 4.1.2 then! Besides SafeStrapping is coming soon
18) Restore your phone with a working ODIN image, whether it be a stock keis image, your favorite ODIN image (root66 ODIN is great) etc. etc.
19) After the ODIN restore is complete, you may boot loop but this is normal, you need a factory reset. Pull battery, boot recovery, do a factory reset. You'll be OK now!
20) BASK IN THE GLORY OF YOUR RESTORED VERIZON GALAXY NOTE 2!
I'm sorry I don't have any of my own pictures, it was nerve-racking enough just to get through this and have enough hands to do it. Waking up my girlfriend so I can ask her "hold the battery just like this..." at 2 AM would have been a bad idea..
MANY, MANY, MAAAANY thanks to KOBOL for engineering this very clever recovery process... I would be out a phone right now or shopping online for JTAG devices. All the while be at work with no phone tomorrow and the next day while I wait for a replacement phone to arrive. To think I have insurance and most likely would have been fine to get a replacement (sent rooted & unlocked phones back several times no issues) I did this all so I wouldn't be without my phone for 36 hours!!
May this guide be helpful to even ONE PERSON... please give thanks, and more importantly, message KOBOL and ask him how to send a donation, I will be doing so myself!
Best of luck to all. :good:
Excellent DIY post! Thank you for sharing your experience and methods!
In your final comments are you mentioning this will also allow you to downgrade for those who did the 4.3 OTA update?
If someone would help me put setup my micro sd for the flash i would try a downgrade. I dont have a micro sd to sd adapter for my laptop.......
I tried this for a bout a 2 hours. I got a white screen a few times. Weird thing is I couldn't get it to boot and when I finally did I was able to boot into Odin mode only
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Were you attempting to downgrade? Once you got into ODIN, could you actually download ROMS?
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Were you attempting to downgrade? Once you got into ODIN, could you actually download ROMS?
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Yea I was attempting to downgrade. I noticed the resistor was broken so now I need to fix the resistor and try this again
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Yea I was attempting to downgrade. I noticed the resistor was broken so now I need to fix the resistor and try this again
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Can't wait...took my phone apart last week and had the same reaction you did in KOBOL's original thread (this crap is WAY to small)...I am looking forward to see if this downgrade is possible. I will keep you posted if I get around to trying this method before you get the chance to fix that resistor...
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Can't wait...took my phone apart last week and had the same reaction you did in KOBOL's original thread (this crap is WAY to small)...I am looking forward to see if this downgrade is possible. I will keep you posted if I get around to trying this method before you get the chance to fix that resistor...
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Sounds good. I got a message to appear on the screen but right after the screen went crazy and that's when I noticed the resistor was broken.
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Sounds good. I got a message to appear on the screen but right after the screen went crazy and that's when I noticed the resistor was broken.
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Aww shucks, yea that puppy is really tiny so best of luck. When it's time to remove it you can nuke it real quick with a soldering iron and pull it off with tweezers. Pre-tin the new resistor and then blast it onto the board. that'll be pretty tricky.
FYI to those who continue onwards to fix their phones... do not short it while giving it power for more than 5 seconds. KOBOL mentioned that in his original post and I headed to it, it appears that resistor can be damaged so be careful. I guess after several hours of attempts it gave out. Best of luck, bigshotrob22.
OffTheChainz said:
Excellent DIY post! Thank you for sharing your experience and methods!
In your final comments are you mentioning this will also allow you to downgrade for those who did the 4.3 OTA update?
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Thank you! I didn't mean to insinuate that a 4.3 downgrade could be possible with this method, more like I was mentioning people were contemplating doing it. If I was on the 4.3 bootloader I'd have tried it, I think this is more of a backdoor homebrew j-tag to restore. I'm interested to see if it can be done too!
Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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I plan on using a pair of fine tip tweezers...
Be careful!
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Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
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I plan on using a pair of fine tip tweezers...
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I had used a very small precision screwdriver, like one you would get in an eye glass kit. It worked just fine for me. You don't need to grab the sides of the resistor, there is enough metal on top of it to short it with a screwdriver. Just be careful, everyone.
I don't know how you'd get a new resistor on the board, that is a bit beyond my technical abilities. Maybe with a magnifying glass, a needle-tipped soldering iron and a very steady hand??
I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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How did a jig work... doesn't USB jigs put you in download mode...
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Same issue, different solutions? Unlocked 4.3??
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I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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Please explain the conditions the phones were in a bit more, I'm curious as to how you did it without the resistor trick. I was able to boot my phone to download mode but I couldn't flash it with ODIN for PC because it would write fail. Perhaps I could have re-flashed the phone by using the SD only, no resistor shorting necessary?
I think the resistor shorting is for people who are truly F'ed and have no Download mode, booting etc. I would love to get more clarification on this. I'll append my original post/guide and leave out the entire disassembling process and just have the users use the SD image KOBOL provided.
There's a few scenarios I can imagine:
1) Bricked like I was, flashed right phone, but wrong carrier firmware. Download mode only, can't write anything to NAND, boot-looped constantly - SD Card re-image Only?
2) Bricked with NO use-able interface. Download mode is toast, no life from phone whatsoever. (Perhaps flashed not only wrong carrier bootloader like I did, maybe user flashed completely different phone firmware?!) - Resistor trick??
3) Bricked via flashing correct firmware that is somehow corrupted. ODIN froze mid-flash, cable unplugged accidentally, etc. - SD Card re-image Only?
I would like to verify the repairable condition of any bricked state so I can at least know exactly what to do to fix it. The opening line of my OP is "flashed wrong firmware now you're bootlooping?" but there are so many ways to make this happen that require different solutions.
Let me know about those 2 phones when you can, thanks. and WAIT A SEC... I just noticed your statement, "I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders." So did you unlock 4.3 with this method?!
Did my research, looks like a jig forces download mode yes? so I see 3 things happening...
1) you CAN access Download Mode manually with 3-button power up. No ODIN flashing can save you but the SD Card trick works. I did the resistor method anyways because I didn't try it with SD-Only. This is still a soft brick I guess, if it can be fixed via SD and not a teardown. Worked for me because I had correct phone, but improper carrier firmware so Download Mode still worked??
2) you CAN'T get to Download Mode so you use a jig which forces Download Mode. I'm assuming if Download Mode can't even be accessed pre-jig or pre-resistor attempt... how is the firmware capable of being re-written from SD?
3) you CAN'T access Download Mode and you don't have a jig, so you use the resistor technique. It sort of does what the jig does only forces it at the board level and requires a teardown.
Next time I F-up my phone, I'll try and restore it via SD-Only. Otherwise, we might be able to skip this resistor-technique and use a jig instead. More info on USB Jigs here
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I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
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Could you please clarify? I just attempted the three button method and was able to access download mode, but nothing will write from my SD card. Is there another step I need to do to get the .img to write once I am in download mode? I am attempting to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2