[VIDEO] HowTo UnRoot Incredible by downgrading

DiegoMejia · June 12th, 2010, 04:56 PM

WARNING: DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU HAVE AN SLCD INCREDIBLE :WARNING

YouTube - HTC Droid Incredible Downgrade

This will remove Root and Custom Recovery (Clockwork) from your handset.

files:
MyHost Direct Download
Mirror #1
Mirror #2

Instructions:
1. make Sure your microsd card is formated to FAT32
2. Place PB31IMG.zip on root of SD Card
3. Reboot
4. Hold Down Vol Down into HBoot
5. It will ask if you want to update
6. Select Up to accept
7. Wait..........
8. it'll finish updating and ask to reboot
9. select vol + to choose yes
10. Done

IF YOU INSTALLED LEAKED OTA THEN USE THIS VIDEO TO DOWNGRADE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeuiURZZZds

files: http://rapidshare.com/files/407698757/Droid_Incredible_Downgrade_From_Leaked_OTA.zip.htm l

jratzo · June 12th, 2010, 05:15 PM

I'm assuming by doing this you lose everything? i.e installed apps?

DiegoMejia · June 12th, 2010, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jratzo

I'm assuming by doing this you lose everything? i.e installed apps?

correct

contagous · June 12th, 2010, 05:39 PM

This is perfect I can now try the root method and then un-root when my phone goes back in 12 days

thanks

kjbuente · June 12th, 2010, 09:58 PM

I did a factory reset via the recovery and I did NOT loose root. Superuser.apk and permissions stayed.

Just tossing that out there. Wondering if maybe it was a fluke...

DiegoMejia · June 12th, 2010, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjbuente

I did a factory reset via the recovery and I did NOT loose root. Superuser.apk and permissions stayed.

Just tossing that out there. Wondering if maybe it was a fluke...

i know, thats why i put this guide out, for those who want to unroot

eleazar · June 13th, 2010, 12:45 AM

Thank you for the guide and for hosting the files instead of us having to rely on crappy file hosting services.

joeisom · June 13th, 2010, 12:46 AM

Awesome Job. Thanks for sharing this with us!!

DonDraper · June 13th, 2010, 07:56 AM

Just FYI - your SDCARD seems to require FAT32 formatting for this to work. Mine was FAT and it kept acting like the file wasn't there until I formatted the card within the phone OS (which is fat32)

joeisom · June 13th, 2010, 07:45 PM

Thanks for the instructions, this may come in very handy!

I am having a problem though. It seems that the .zip file you provided is corrupt. I have downloaded it numerous times (and on multiple computers), and I cannot open it. I just get a message saying that the .zip file is invalid or corrupted.

andermk · June 18th, 2010, 07:50 AM

Yep, good to know. Thanks man.

GiveMeItNow · June 18th, 2010, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by joeisom

Thanks for the instructions, this may come in very handy!

I am having a problem though. It seems that the .zip file you provided is corrupt. I have downloaded it numerous times (and on multiple computers), and I cannot open it. I just get a message saying that the .zip file is invalid or corrupted.

Your not supposed to open the file. Just save to root of SD card.

Lars · June 25th, 2010, 02:36 AM

Thanks for this. I'm planning to unroot my Incredible.

Lars · June 25th, 2010, 06:40 PM

Damn no luck just keeps saying no image or wrong image. Reformated the sd card. tried a different one. no luck.

Lars · June 25th, 2010, 07:27 PM

Sheesh. Finally did a long format of the card again using a PC to FAT32 and 1024 cluster. That worked. Thanks. I'm sending the phone back. It over heats and goes into a reboot cycle. Does it even if not rooted. Reactivated my WM phone and I'll wait for the Droid X.

xFlawless11x · June 26th, 2010, 01:04 AM

Good stuff man, thanks a lot! Have to send my phone back to the insurance company after getting wet, was able to get it on running long enough to unroot and clean it up so they don't give me a problem!

sezaro21 · July 1st, 2010, 09:12 AM

When I rooted my phone, I deleted some useless apps such as FriendstreaM and City ID. If I do this process, will it load those programs back onto my phone. If it won't how do I do that?

fliptwister · July 1st, 2010, 10:31 AM

Thanks for this. It is good to know I can go back if needed.

SeaGrizzly · July 2nd, 2010, 12:26 AM

Will this remove the clockwork mod as well?

iowabowtech · July 2nd, 2010, 01:04 AM

Bump and thanks man. Surprised this isn't a sticky actually. This is key information for multiple purposes and your vids are top shelf.

AaronBBrown · July 4th, 2010, 03:05 PM

Does this also remove the Unrevoked tool if it was installed?

Pacific · July 4th, 2010, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iowabowtech

Bump and thanks man. Surprised this isn't a sticky actually. This is key information for multiple purposes and your vids are top shelf.

+1 on the sticky

DiegoMejia · July 4th, 2010, 03:29 PM

yes this will remove clockwork

bluekornchips · July 13th, 2010, 06:22 PM

thank you!!!

woop · July 13th, 2010, 07:21 PM

Stickied.

john7760 · July 15th, 2010, 02:45 AM

I am trying to run an I get an error on update saying the file is older or something to that degree

Viral · July 16th, 2010, 02:25 AM

it tells me wrong image or no image... what am I doing wrong?

jmwood · July 16th, 2010, 08:45 AM

How would one get to the Clockwork screen. When i hold the vol down and power buttons. I still boot into the original boot screen.

klownin5643 · July 16th, 2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jmwood

How would one get to the Clockwork screen. When i hold the vol down and power buttons. I still boot into the original boot screen.

volume button down to "recover" then hit power, that will bring you to the clockwork.

side note. trying this.... not finding the zip on the sd card.. gonna try a format.

it also seems to be looking for an image with a diffrent name.

nathanb7 · July 16th, 2010, 04:41 PM

Are contacts restored after using this method?

MarkyD · July 16th, 2010, 06:49 PM

thanks for this! I unrooted with this method. Once it rebooted, I told it to connect me to wifi only, and I bypassed google account setup, etc for now because I was just going to move the OTA file to the SDcard and install it.

Well, as soon as the phone was fully booted up, I got prompted for the OTA! Installing now.

MarkyD · July 16th, 2010, 06:53 PM

nevermind. my baseband version didn't change. this is a new replacement phone...I think it just hadn't had the 1st OTA. false alarm.

j-money · July 16th, 2010, 10:07 PM

So if were rooted we wont even be notified of the update

RNorgman · July 17th, 2010, 03:33 AM

Great job!

I had the same issue with the file not being found. Formatted the SD card to FAT32, tried again and it worked. Don't know if this is something you want to add to the tutorial or not.

Mezmryz03 · July 17th, 2010, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john7760

I am trying to run an I get an error on update saying the file is older or something to that degree

I'm getting the same message and I can't boot my phone. Got a brick at the moment. Damn, things were going so well.

parcou · July 17th, 2010, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RNorgman

Great job!

I had the same issue with the file not being found. Formatted the SD card to FAT32, tried again and it worked. Don't know if this is something you want to add to the tutorial or not.

OK is that the trick...when I put the downgrade file on my sd card and get in the correct screen on the reboot nothing autoruns like it shows in the vid....

So format my card to fat32 and place the file back on it?

Sidebar question: when you have a rooted device do you have to keep the update.zip in the root of the sdcard can it be deleted and not affect root...

windycity · July 17th, 2010, 11:54 AM

Love the vid. I like being able to see what I'm getting into before I dive in.

Can you post the MD5 hash for this file please?

DiegoMejia · July 17th, 2010, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by parcou

OK is that the trick...when I put the downgrade file on my sd card and get in the correct screen on the reboot nothing autoruns like it shows in the vid....

So format my card to fat32 and place the file back on it?

Sidebar question: when you have a rooted device do you have to keep the update.zip in the root of the sdcard can it be deleted and not affect root...

you can delete afterwards

statona · July 17th, 2010, 05:54 PM

I used the revoked3 to root the phone - and now I used the video - and atttempted to launch the unroot app - but was required to use the clockworkmod recovery app - or so it seems to do this -

I'm super non-technical - and probably shouldn't have done this - but the biggest reason I'm doing this is because of major battery issues after rooting... but regardless, I'm struggling on how to unroot.

RNorgman · July 17th, 2010, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by parcou

OK is that the trick...when I put the downgrade file on my sd card and get in the correct screen on the reboot nothing autoruns like it shows in the vid....

So format my card to fat32 and place the file back on it?

Sidebar question: when you have a rooted device do you have to keep the update.zip in the root of the sdcard can it be deleted and not affect root...

For your first question, I plugged the phone into the PC, set the phone to disk mode, copied all the files from the SD Card to my desktop, then formatted 'the long way' my SD Card to FAT32, then copied all the files on the desktop back to the card.

RNorgman · July 17th, 2010, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by statona

I used the revoked3 to root the phone - and now I used the video - and atttempted to launch the unroot app - but was required to use the clockworkmod recovery app - or so it seems to do this -

You must have missed a step in the process, you do not use clockwork at all. When you reboot the phone for the first time and go into the hboot, after about 5 seconds it will start trying to auto-load the unroot file. If it doesn't run it, then you may have to try reformatting the SD card to FAT32. That is what got mine to finally take.

Lw00d · July 17th, 2010, 08:37 PM

unrooting will delete all my setting and info?

windycity · July 17th, 2010, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lw00d

unrooting will delete all my setting and info?

Yep. This video will make your phone look like the day you took the seal off of the box. Using a non-root-required backup app might be a good idea (obviously, don't use Titanium).

wcx86 · July 17th, 2010, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john7760

I am trying to run an I get an error on update saying the file is older or something to that degree

I got the same error

wcx86 · July 17th, 2010, 09:41 PM

Any suggestions on how to fix this issue?

DiegoMejia · July 18th, 2010, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wcx86

Any suggestions on how to fix this issue?

if you upgraded to the leaked version wait for a video i will be posting tomorrow

, too busy playing with my new Droid X

wcx86 · July 18th, 2010, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiegoMejia

if you upgraded to the leaked version wait for a video i will be posting tomorrow

, too busy playing with my new Droid X

Sounds good. I'll be waiting!

statona · July 18th, 2010, 06:23 PM

Ok - I got myself into a world of mess... I HAVE A TOTAL WHITE SCREEN... I rooted using unrevoked3, installed froyo - no problems, then attempted to install the market app through a .zip file that I loaded on the SD card loaded it, and now I get a white screen...

I have tried to do some of the things that I know - restart using the down volume and I get the hboot screen and I have tried all of the options in there... but eventually, rebooting, ultimately brings me back to a white screen.

I'm very very non-technical and have no idea what to do with it next.

Help!

windycity · July 18th, 2010, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by statona

Ok - I got myself into a world of mess... I HAVE A TOTAL WHITE SCREEN... I rooted using unrevoked3, installed froyo - no problems, then attempted to install the market app through a .zip file that I loaded on the SD card loaded it, and now I get a white screen...

I have tried to do some of the things that I know - restart using the down volume and I get the hboot screen and I have tried all of the options in there... but eventually, rebooting, ultimately brings me back to a white screen.

I'm very very non-technical and have no idea what to do with it next.

Help!

This is the unroot thread but you don't seem to be talking about unrooting. Ironically, the solution to your problem is in this thread. Ready, go!

statona · July 18th, 2010, 08:37 PM

You are absolutely right... before adding froyo - I was trying to unroot... and it was aborting the app I installed from the "unroot video"... and somehow, I came upon the app to install froyo - did so, etc...

... and of course, wanting all the cool stuff, I was doing stuff... and now I just want to get back to my happy go lucky life of having an android...and a phone that is needed for work.

REady, go!

Help Please!