Did anybody REALLY do the wire-trick S-OFF???

[phuckwithfire]

And it gives you a good appreciation of being on the bomb squad!

HAHAHA!! From the videos I've watched, it really does seem like you're defusing a bomb.

 

[anon(94115)]

Call Verizon and get a replacement phone. The cable falling out is a Hazzard.

The ruu shouldn't touch the sd card

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[anon(94115)]

HAHAHA!! From the videos I've watched, it really does seem like you're defusing a bomb.

It isn't that bad. One protip, use a short wire. Like less than eight inches.

I will be doing it on Wednesday night for something like the fifth or sixth time

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[phuckwithfire]

That's kinda what I was thinking, heh... I'll just have to backup all my data and return to stock. Thanks for the advice.

Was it only the initial upgrade from GB to ICS firmware that formatted my internal SD? Perhaps I did it wrong?

 

[anon(94115)]

How did you do it?

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[phuckwithfire]

Using the "Latest RUU Leak and Installation Instructions" found on this ROM's forum:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757357

 

[anon(94115)]

Using the "Latest RUU Leak and Installation Instructions" found on this ROM's forum:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757357

I cannot dig through that thread since I am at work, but from the op there, that isn't the latest ruu... There must be the new one in there somewhere... It is also a modified rom so I have no idea... I can look later if you want.

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[StuartV]

S-Off will not affect whether installing an RUU (or anything else) affects the internal SD. If you install an RUU or a ROM that clears the SD, then it will do it whether you are S-Off or not.

Having S-Off is a major convenience when installing custom ROMs, and, really, that's about all. If you have S-Off, then you can just install a custom ROM in one step. If you don't, then you have to go through separate individual steps and reboots to upgrade the kernel (or other low-level pieces - I may not be specifying the exact correct ones here) and then flash the ROM itself. And the separate individual steps include things like renaming a file to P98H123.zip (or whatever that file name is) and putting it on the root of your phone's SD, then rebooting, letting it flash that, then booting again, then remembering to delete that P98blahblah.zip file before you reboot again, etc.. Having S-Off just saves you from a lot of that PITA, error-prone steps.

 

[anon(94115)]

That and let's you go backwards for the same reason, the firmware

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[phuckwithfire]

That's completely up to you. I'd be extremely grateful, though, and your info would be invaluable to me, since this is all new territory.

From what I just read, it looks like I'll have to flash to 3.14.605.5 to even do S-Off.

 

[anon(94115)]

I am going to go into it on. 12 official ota...

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[phuckwithfire]

I'm sorry... I don't quite understand what you mean. :x

 

[anon(94115)]

Well the ICS version they recommend ends in
.5 which was a leaked version
.12 is the official version. I don't think it will matter though.

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[phuckwithfire]

Oh, okay. The All-In-One S-Off Toolkit says you HAVE to be on .5... I'm on .10.

I actually got my stock USB cable to work really well, and haven't had any connection issues with it. I was gonna dive into S-Off, but, now I've gotta flash another RUU, haha. This is never-ending, it seems.

I might flash the .5 RUU in a bit, but I'm worried about losing everything again. :x

 

[phuckwithfire]

Well the ICS version they recommend ends in
.5 which was a leaked version
.12 is the official version. I don't think it will matter though.

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Are you saying you're going to do S-Off on .12?

 

[anon(94115)]

Yes tommrow. Not sure of the consequences but I have a spare if I brick this one

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[phuckwithfire]

Yes tommrow. Not sure of the consequences but I have a spare if I brick this one

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Awesome! Lemme know how it goes, please. If it goes well, I'll give it a try from .10.

 

[phuckwithfire]

Are you using the All-In-One Toolkit, or the juopthingy method?

 

[anon(94115)]

Juno

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[anon(94115)]

I am sure I have done the. 10 with Juno and s offed without problems... That is why I am confident with. 12

The all in one uses Juno, it just puts everything in a neat little wrapper

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