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Root wire trick question

Yes its possible, just twist your strands tight
Solid core would be better, as its more rigid

Some people say they've used paperclips and twist ties
 
When using wires, twist the strands together, don't use a single strand. When you insert the strand into the hole, you're trying to touch a metal "dot" in the hole and the sd card holder at the same time and at the right moment, and since the strand is so thin, it would be very easy to miss contact with the metal dot in the hole. When you twist the strands together, then one of them is bound to touch the dot and SD card at the same time or at least transmit the "signal" to a different strand that is touching the SD card holder.
 
Ya another question bout that..when I open controlbear exe as admin it starts and then just says hit enter to exit??
 
Post the whole message please, and make sure you have everything installed and HTC sync uninstalled.
 
I used a small paperclip that had a very thin coating of rubber I assume, or was it paint? Lol. I was scared regardless so I grabbed it with my sweater.
 
lilcourv said:
Ok cool..thats what I thought just makin sure,Its thick wire so i might have to make it a lil smaller
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Good idea, make sure you have a wire that will fit in the little outer hole. During the process, do not disconnect your phone from the computer or you will brick the device. If you fail it, just close controlbear, then open it again and try it again. remember, tap, count 1-one-thousand, then tap again and hold it for about 8 seconds.
 
I just did it the ratchet way and used a small paperclip with tape over it.

Using real wire is better though and s off is about determination and patience so if you fail keep trying you'll eventually get it.
 
I used a braided ethernet wire. I had one that I use to use as a lag switch, cut a piece of the wire off stripped the ends and twisted the strands together
 
im stuck on the juopunutbear screen..should i just keep trying or is there a command to get my device back?if anyone could help i would definately appreciate it
 
lilcourv said:
im stuck on the juopunutbear screen..should i just keep trying or is there a command to get my device back?if anyone could help i would definately appreciate it
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Keep trying until you gain S-off. Like I said, don't panic and pull the usb cable from your computer or you will brick your phone.

Tap once, wait 1 second, tap again and hold for about 8 seconds. Then wait for controlbear to tell you wether you have gained S-off or need to do it again.
 
So there's no way to get the phone back unless I get s off? I had to unplug it cause it wasn't reading the phone and it shut off..so I had to turn it back on to be able to try it again,ya I'm sorry bout all the newbie questions I'm coming from the triumph and its a completly different world..u know what I mean
 
lilcourv said:
So there's no way to get the phone back unless I get s off? I had to unplug it cause it wasn't reading the phone and it shut off..so I had to turn it back on to be able to try it again,ya I'm sorry bout all the newbie questions I'm coming from the triumph and its a completly different world..u know what I mean
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I never had the Triumph lol My first smart droid was the Kyocera Hydro.

If your phone shut off during the process and controlbear doesn't detect it, I guess the only way is to unplug it, then see if you can turn it back on.

I hope you didn't just brick the phone, I've done S-off wire tricks a few times. Phone never shut off during the process, it would reboots a few times between going into bootloader, controlbear mode, and RUU mode.
 
Actually, you can unplug the phone while it's attempting to do the wire trick. The only reason I know is because I did it lol. The thing not to panic about is that when you turn on your phone, it won't work. You'll just have to continue the process by replugging it in and doing the whole process. It didn't work with my desktop, so I unplugged my phone and used it on my laptop, which has Windows 7 compared to Vista on the desktop, and it worked after maybe the second try.
 
I came from the triumph to this phone to. I used a paper clip and electric tape to do it. I finally got it on my 5th try cause i made up a lil pattern in my head. Just tap say two words tap that's what i did. And i was stuck on the control bear screen for a day and night so i finally walked up to McDonalds with my triumph got on the internet looked for answers still didn't get it and actually had to make up my own fix which i used cmd and control bear to get it off the jupobear screen (hopefully we talking about the same thing)
 
I did mine with a length of 22 AWG solid wire and did my buddies who is anything but a mister fixit and has no tools at a picnic by taking a twist tie, stripped the ends with my teeth and folding over the end that goes into the outside hole. Both worked perfectly on the first try. :D. OB
 
rs98 said:
Actually, you can unplug the phone while it's attempting to do the wire trick. The only reason I know is because I did it lol. The thing not to panic about is that when you turn on your phone, it won't work. You'll just have to continue the process by replugging it in and doing the whole process. It didn't work with my desktop, so I unplugged my phone and used it on my laptop, which has Windows 7 compared to Vista on the desktop, and it worked after maybe the second try.
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Yea he's right lol. When I was attempting to do it I forgot to take of my phones case xD.
 
There is actually like one video on all of YouTube that shows a guy doing it. I watched it and figured out how to go by it.
 
That's cool seeing what people have used,I finally did it this morning with a paper clip but still stuck on the juopunutbear screen and keeps rebooting..should I try some of them commands on the troubleshooting page or will mess something up
 
lilcourv said:
That's cool seeing what people have used,I finally did it this morning with a paper clip but still stuck on the juopunutbear screen and keeps rebooting..should I try some of them commands on the troubleshooting page or will mess something up
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Did you successfully get S-OFF? And you should try the commands they helped me when I had a similar problem.
 
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