TzuDohNihm

Anyway to determine that SD file format prior to beginning?

scotty85

Read the first post completely and thuroughly

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TzuDohNihm

It is FAT32.

So I am to assume it is safe to proceed to SU without a backup. Then if I wish to go further I should use TiBU before downgrading and going S-off?

Thank you in advance for your patience with me as I read approximately 80% of the thread, skimming the other 20%, looking for answers to the questions I am posing and I hope I didn't miss them and am annoying you.

hsxpunisher

lol no only like 1200 miles away and as much as i enjoy driving its probably cheaper to buy a new phone

7runx

Just successfully rooted. Now in order to downgrade should I have my phone connected to PC as hard drive through out the entire process?

Also, right after I rooted I updated my clockwork. This shouldn't pose a problem when downgrading should it?

Last edited by 7runx; December 29th, 2011 at 02:18 PM.

TzuDohNihm

I can't even begin to get this started. The PB31IMG file tells me it doesn't exist when I try to download it.

I have the md5summer thing downloaded however must not know how to use it because it just gives me red dots and a bunch of words that look like they should be on a .txt file telling me about how important md5's are but I see no numbers whatsoever.

Pretty sure if root is this difficult it isn't worth it.

scotty85

that is correct. running unrevoked 3.22 should not wipe any data.

i just tried it,and it started downloading for me. im using windows 7 and chrome browser. might try a different browser?

im not real familiar with that md5 summer. feel free to search for one thats a lil esaier for you to use. if you google search "free md5 summer" or something along those lines,a bunch of them will pop up... its not important that you use this particular one,it was just one example ive seen frequently.

you can also check md5s on your phone with this app: scary aliens AFV if you like it,or any part of this guide,consider buying the donate version,as scary alien is a great and helpful member here at android forums.

charge only

nope

gkinsella2

Quote:
Originally Posted by gkinsella2
dandidit, not sure if I'm too late, but if you're still running 4.06, you don't actually need to follow the instructions on this post! Simply avoid running the update, go to unREVoked's site, and follow the directions from there.

unless im misunderstanding what youre saying here,you do need the directions here to root/downgrade/reroot. the 4.06 update to GB 2.3.4 broke the "rage against the cage" exploit that unrevoked forever uses.


Er, yes Scotty85, you are correct! LOL! Got lost in the versions apparently!

Last edited by gkinsella2; December 30th, 2011 at 10:46 AM.

khdroiding

Hi all--this is a fantastic thread.

Sorry if I missed this in all the replies, but I think I am missing something obvious in the first step. Am using the method from the first post, and I keep getting stuck where unrevoked says 'Rebooting into recovery...'. My dinc reboots into clockwork--and I had thought unrevoked would just make everything happen automatically, but I think maybe I need to manually do something in clockwork to root, because that is where the process stops... but I can't seem to figure out what that something is.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TzuDohNihm

Scotty or someone around?

I got to a blue ClockworkMod screen that says the following:

with a reboot system now option highlighted and the Unrevoked window says done at the bottom

Choose reboot via power button?

*EDIT* I see in the thread I should use the trackpad but do I select "reboot system now'?

*EDIT2* This post showed me to just hit reboot.

SU app is in my drawer.

Now what!?

I guess this means I have a rooted DInc now? If so, thanks! I need to read up on TiBU and ROMs now I guess.

*EDIT3* Root Checker Basic says I have root... I don't feel any different though... strange.

*EDIT4* Can I turn USB Debugging off?

Last edited by TzuDohNihm; December 30th, 2011 at 09:45 PM.

soystat

what's up with my dinc 1 that I there doesn't exist a "Power" area in Settings?

scotty85

look a few posts back,at this post you are prolly fine. superuser is prolly in your app drawer,just need to try and run a couple root only apps then clear data

you should be able to turn it off. if not,i wouldnt worry about it. id even go so far as to reccomend leaving it on so that youre ready to go whenever you need to plug it in to your PC

sorry if this confused some folks. if you search back from here,someone else had the same prollem and found it in "applications" IIRC. just keep looking until you find a setting that says "fastboot" and uncheck it.

i dont have an inc to check. all my other 2.3.4 devices(inc 2,TB,inspire,merge) have their own dedicated power setting. being sense 1.0 the inc must have it somewhere else.

TzuDohNihm

If I use ROM manager at this time and choose "Backup ROM" will that create a back-up of my stock HTC Sense look and feel that I can return to from flashed ROMs?

Still bone stock with SU, downloaded TiBU and ROM Manager and preparing to downgrade for S-off. I am assuming I need S-off to flash custom ROMs, correct?

scotty85

I would pretty strongly reccomend booting to clockwork recovery and manually using the menus there to make your backup.

But yes,it will make a backup of exactly how everything is now that u can return to-almost like a snapshot.

You don't need to be s-off to flash roms,but some root apps might require it,and it has several advantages over being s-on,so I'd suggest when you're comfortable to attempt the downgrade.

Just holler if you have more questions

TzuDohNihm

I'm really concerned about some info that I have on the internal drive(teaching material, PowerPoints, etc) and on my SD card(specifically my photos and whatnot)...how does flashing ROMs affect data like this? Without having to wait for all of that to copy via USB to my desktop what is the best way to secure this info?

I haven't run TiBU yet, should I go under batch and "Backup all user apps and systems data"?

Also, when I plug my phone in as a disk drive I don't see a /root folder. Should I be able to? Where exactly would I place the PB31IMG file?

*EDIT* What about music, ringtone files, etc? This is what scares me. Losing some of this stuff.

Last edited by TzuDohNihm; December 31st, 2011 at 12:34 PM.

7runx

Offically downgraded, rooted and s-off! Had to flash the S-Off tool. According to unrevoked this is the only way to gain s-off.

For some reason my Titanium Backup did not back up ANY of my apps... Not sure why this is as it said backup was successful when I ran it. Now when I go into restore next to restore all apps with the data there is 0 there. WTF >.<

Last edited by 7runx; December 31st, 2011 at 01:21 PM.

scotty85

Do not backup any system data. Only user apps.

Everything stored on the SD or internal memory should be safe. Go ahead and back it up for some peace of mind,but you wont have to do it every time.

Root=top level,i.e. not inside any folders

TzuDohNihm

OK.

I downloaded and manually moved the CM7 update to my sd card. ROM manager wouldn't work.

The file is update-cm-7.1.0-Inc-signed.zip I believe. If I go into CMW>apply update from sdcard this should open and install CM7, yes?

*EDIT* I need to rename it to update only, yes?

*EDIT2* I did that. As I type the arrow is going round and round the CM7 logo.

*EDIT3* Aaannnddd I believe I am in a bootloop.

*EDIT4* Pulled the battery and tried rebooting and reapplying the update several times. Am currently wiping the cache and retrying again. If this doesn't work how do I get my stock phone back?

*EDIT5* Didn't work. Went to the back-up. Hopefully my phone comes back.

*EDIT6* Well, at least my phone is back to normal.

Last edited by TzuDohNihm; December 31st, 2011 at 06:10 PM.

kevman8396

When I am attempting to put in the first command line of cd c:\mini-adb_inc, it keeps saying cannot find the specified path. The command prompt shows c:\users\username. I cannot figure out how to just change the command prompt to just c:. I put the mini adb files directly on the root of the c drive but I have a feeling the issue is with the fact that I cannot change to the correct directory. Any help is needed please

scotty85

read carefully the directions in the fist post,look at the copy of my session to see what it should look like.

you need to unzip(or extract if you prefer that term) the mini-adb_inc.zip file.

and put the unzipped folder onto the root(not inside folders) of your c drive. chage to the mini-adb_inc directory with cd c:\mini-adb_inc and your command promt should change accordingly. no where does it say to change the prompt to "just c"

if you still have trouble,provide a copy/paste of your command window as described in the 1st post.

kevman8396

That's what I did. I put all of the files from the unzipped folder right on the C drive

scotty85

at this point,you need to slow down a lil,and venture out into the forum. there is a TON of good info on how to wipe and flash roms,and make and restore backups. please dont be offended,but flashing roms tutorial is a lil beyond the scope of this thread.

read,read,read. start a new thread in ATR if youre still confused or dont quite find the answers youre looking for. there are alot of knowledgeable folks that can help you,but they are not seeing your questions here in this thread.

scotty85

the files need to be in an unzipped folder called "mini-adb_inc",not just strewn about in the C drive

kevman8396

so create a folder on the root of the c drive and name it "mini-adb_inc"
and then put those individual files in that folder?

scotty85

yes. if thats how you want to do it.

typically,when you right click on a .zip file,and click extract,it will unzip the folder,and create an identicle,non-zipped folder. you can then copy/paste or drag/drop this folder from wherever it was on your PC to the root of C.

windows 7 will natively unzip some .zip folders,others may need utility such as "7 zip"

if for some reason your files are not ending up in an unzipped folder that you can copy or move,then create a new folder on the root of C and move the files into it.

the end result is that you have to have an unzipped,normal folder called "mini-adb_inc" on the root of C that contains the files from the .zip that you downloaded.

hope that clears it up.

kevman8396

Yes that worked and now I am back to being rooted and S-off. Thanks for these instructions!!!

scotty85

Awesome! Glad it worked for ya

TheGrandpappy

I've searched this thread, and haven't found an answer to my issue, so here goes!

I've followed the steps using the ZergRush method, and now have a pretty clean 2.2 install, on my Incredible. Now I'm trying to run unrevoked (as admin), but right after it says that it's "Pushing Recovery", it stops and says "Failed to push Recovery. Terminating". I've tried running unrevoked several times, and I get one of these outcomes every time.

* The "Failed to push Recovery. Terminating"
* It hangs on "Pushing Recovery" (I've let it sit here for 15-20 minutes)
* It hangs when putting on the service

This seems to be the same behavior I got when I hadn't downgraded to 2.2 yet (and I'm very sure I'm downgraded now, with what appears to be a factory reset phone).

Any ideas on a solution to get me to the next step?

Last edited by TheGrandpappy; January 1st, 2012 at 03:10 PM.

khdroiding

Thanks Scotty--sorry for missing that post. I did not have superuser in app drawer, but putting the su zip on the root of my sd card and having clockwork install that worked. Now I do have su in app drawer.

I'm still having some issues, though. I was able to grant permissions to Rom Manager. However, when I try to install other apps from the market, like Move2sd Enabler, I can't because they are not compatible with my phone. I think this means I have the su app but not the su binary in whatever directory it needs to be in?? Any ideas.

I've also tried moving on to the downgrade step (first method in thread, not zerg), and I get a $ prompt. Trying su gives me permission denied, without my up and running screen lit phone giving me a prompt to grant permission.

(This might be off topic, and a result of not having actually rooted, but a strange aside: when I do 'adb push flash_image /data/local/', I get a result that says 0 bytes in 76044.000s, which is exactly the opposite of what it should be, since 76044 bytes is what should have been transferred.)

TheGrandpappy

I got it working. After taking a look at DaddyJax44's post I fixed a constant reboot problem.

Then, after finding this post on Incredible Forum, I fixed the other stuff. I found out that I had both HTC Sync (didn't remember installing that) and Dropbox on my system. After uninstalling that Unrevoked worked great.

I'm rooted and all.

Thanks a ton for this forum thread, it did wonders!

soystat

I need to get s-off, but those instructions from public:forever, are not clear at all.

First it tells me to download unrevoked, and put it on my computer, and out of the blue, it mentions that I have to copy update.zip to my sdcard. Where does this file come from? Why do we do nothing about that unrevoked zip file???


UPDATE:
Anyway, i worked my way to the solution--despite the poor instructions given. I just renamed the unrevoked zip file to "update.zip" and went through the steps to have clockworkmod recovery apply the update from sdcard.

Last edited by soystat; January 2nd, 2012 at 04:42 PM. Reason: solved the problem

soystat

A question...

How do I get Titanium back onto my phone so I can restore all my apps? I can't see anything on my sd card, from my phone.

Last edited by soystat; January 2nd, 2012 at 06:04 PM.

SplicedX

ok, im having serious problems trying to root my girlfriends Incredible. As it stands, her phone is as follows:

2.3.4
baseband 2.15.10.07.07
kernel 2.6.35.13
build #4.06.605.3

Unrevoked runs, reboots once, then gives the error firmware too new.
please help.

nevermind, had the wrong version of unrevoked. somehow got the 3.23 version. 3.22 worked flawlessly.

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Last edited by SplicedX; January 2nd, 2012 at 07:29 PM. Reason: i figured it out

scotty85

just redownload it from the market

soystat

Yeah was doing that but then I figured out I had to redownload the free version. That's why it wasn't showing up in my apps.

Thanks

scotty85

ahh,i misunderstood your question. yes,you need the free version as well,the paid version is just a prokey to unlock features. if it makes you feel any better,i did the same thing first time i switched roms and tried to restore apps

Chudman

I have a problem. I rooted and downgraded my Inc1 as described in post #1 with success. After a while I restored the Gingerbread upgrade image I backed up when first starting the process and rooted it as well.

Now I lost my 3G data on the phone. Normal calls and texts work fine, but WiFi is the only thing I can now use to surf and get emails. MMS is not working.

Anyone have any suggestions? I restored the backup file several times but the problem still exists. I even did the *228 reprogramming several times.

I have hardware version 2.

Is there a full flash file for Gingerbread I can try instead of the upgrade?

Chudman

Oops, it's hardware version 3!

gkinsella2

Chudman, I ran into this issue as well somewhere in this whole process. This may sound silly, but if you haven't already done so, in your Wireless and Network settings, make sure that your data is enabled over your mobile network. Not sure if I did it myself or what, but I noticed at one point that it was turned off. No problems since!

scotty85

after that,id make sure there is not an outage in your area. could be that no one has data

failing the easy and obvious,id flash a stock gingerbread RUU. you are s-off,right?

you can find a PB31IMG or a .exe file for 2.3.4 here: Stock Images | PvilleComp's

afterwards,you can simply flash a recovery in hboot,then flash the superuser files to re-root. see the other sticky(regain root with s-off) for more specific directions and file links.

if you arent s-off yet,do that before upgrading yourself back to gingerbread.

Chudman

Thanks to all for the responses.

The data is OK on my wife's phone, so the problem must be mine.

I'm currently running the Gingerbread update on my Inc1. Can I just flash over it, or do I need to downgrade to 2.2 and set S-off?

Or can I set S-off directly on my existing 2.3?

scotty85

ok,im a little confused... but if im understanding you correctly,you rooted and downgraded to froyo,then you restored a backup in recovery of your gingerbread rom. if this is correct, then you should be still running the froyo baseband.

all you need to do is download unrevokeds "forever" tool and flash it in recovery. its linked in the first post.

after you do this,boot to hboot to verify that it is indeed s-off.

then flash the gingerbread or froyo RUU,wichever you might want to be running. once youre s-off,no need to downgrade back to froyo in orger to run the GB RUU.

i hope that answered your questions.

Chudman

You have, thanks. I'll give it a try.

Beetle284

First, thanks to Scotty85 and the other members that have contributed to this solution. Next, apologies if this has been covered already. I have scanned the thread, but there are a lot of posts here.

The problem I'm having is I have been unable to get a PB31IMG.zip file that isn't corrupted. I've downloaded it about five times from two different links and all report corrupt in Windows. I downloaded from the link in the 1st post (mediafire) and tried from a link I found on 4shared.com but no joy.

I downloaded it in Ubuntu and was able to extract the folder, but I'm not sure if all the files are there. The 1st post refers to an image named "recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc", which is not there in my extracted folder in Ubuntu. Here's what I've got in that folder after I extract it;

android-info.txt
boot.img (2.4 mb)
hboot_8x50_0.92.0000_100723.nb0 (524.3 kb)
nv_MFG_VZW_1.70_0825_PRL58006.img (655.4 kb)
radio.img (22.8 mb)
recovery.img (3.9 mb)
splash1.nb0 (786.4 kb)
system.img (255.5 mb)

I thought about copying the folder contents and re-compressing, but without knowing if all the necessary files are there (which they don't seem to be) I wouldn't attempt that. Plus I'm a noob at rooting, so I probably wouldn't take the chance right now anyway.

Anyone else had trouble finding a usable PB31IMG.zip file?

Thanks for any suggestions

scotty85

why do you think the downgrade PB31IMG is unuseable? does the md5 not match? the things you are seeing are exactly what you should see in an RUU,but why are you extracting it? you need to leave it zipped up so the phone can flash it.

if youre looking for the clockwork image,its in its own seperate download,its not inside an HTC approved ROM. read carefully starting at:

1)download these files

Beetle284

My apologies. When I read the following;



I was looking in the PB31IMG.zip folder rather than the recovery-clockwork....PB31IMG.zip folder. Apparently reading instructions is not my forte.

So I shouldn't worry about the fact the Windows seems to think the PB31IMG.zip file is corrupt? Just go ahead and place it on the root of the SD card at the appropriate point in the instructions?

Chudman

All worked well, and I'm now running a rooted Gingerbread Inc1 with data working. Thanks for all the help on this forum!

tflynn24

I just rooted my wife's Incredible using the steps in the first post. Worked well, but there were a couple of things I thought might be useful for people new to the process. This was my first HTC root...I have rooted my Droid Charge and a Lenovo A1. Note: I stopped at the root access as all we needed was a few root-only apps (no custom roms, etc). After downloading the specified files...

Quote:
2)root with unrevoked 3.22
-go to settings/applications and uncheck "fastboot". having this checked will prevent you from getting to hboot via power/vol down.
-open the recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc_PB31IMG download. extract it first if you need to. inside there is an image called "recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc". right click on this image,then click "copy". navigate to a directory you can easily find it,then right click in that directory,then "paste". alternatively,you can drag it from the extracted folder to a convienient spot(i personally like to drag files around,but its fine either way).
-use your md5 summer to verify the md5 of just the image,not the whole .zip. it should be: ea382ca5809cb872d0582aa22741d592"

**MD5summer didn't work for me, but md5sum off CNET worked fine**

**up until this point you can have your phone unplugged...you will need to put it in hboot and plug it in to install the drivers**

Quote:
-install the drivers as described on unrevokeds page above.
-unplug your phone.
-extract the contents of the unrevoked 3.22 .zip. open the folder, right click on "reflash" and run as administrator if possible.
-click on "file" in the corner of the relfash window
-click custom recovery
-navigate to,and select your "recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc" image and select it. at the bottom of your reflash app window, it should now say "recovery:custom" and "waiting for device"

**I had to reboot to get out of hboot mode, then I made sure USB debugging was on and then plugged in to the PC via USB. From there unrevoked did its thing as advertised.**

Quote:
-make sure usb debugging is checked ON in settings/applications/development.
-plug in your phone and place it in charge only mode. assuming you installed the drivers correctly,unrevoked 3.22 will start. let it do its thing. it will reboot a couple of times. when its finished,it may leave you on a blank screen. if this is the case,pull the battery and reboot.

**I ended up on the clockwork recovery screen when it was all done. You can choose options using the volume up/down key, but the power button does not select the option, you must use the trackpad button. I just scrolled down to reboot hit the trackpad and that was it.**

Quote:
-you should now have the superuser app in your app drawer. if so,go to settings/applications/manage apps/superuser and clear data. test that superuser is working and granting permissions by downloading rom manager,and using it to flash the newest clockwork recovery. alternatively,download and run a "root checker" or any of your favorite "root only" apps and make sure they work."

Thanks to Scotty85 for pulling this all together (I also clicked thanks).

hsxpunisher

well i got the charger this afternoon and had it plugged in for about 5 hours and when i run the gingerbread RUU it still says that my battery is less than 30%. my friend gave me a droid 2 global which i am using now, but i would still really like to get my incredible working. anywhere i could send it for cheap?

scotty85

If you'd like ro send it to me,I'll are what I can do about getting it working. Shoot me a pm if you're interested