• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Help Can't upgrade to Gingerbread.

Upvote 0
I'm confused on how to do that. You said do step 2, but that is to unroot the phone. And I renamed 5059e5b6c5b2.OTA_Incredible_C_Gingerbread_S_VERIZO N_WWE_4.08.605.2-3.26.605.1_release_222220.zip to update.zip and nothing happened.


Oops sorry, meant just step 4.
Did you boot into recovery like instructed and have the file on the root of your SD card?
 
Upvote 0
Yes you can follow the steps outlined here:
http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/427344-2-3-4-root-downgrade-s-off.html

I can not emphasize enough that you need to follow the steps EXACTLY or you will run into problems.

Alternatively htc just added support for their official unlocking tool. It will allow you to easily unlock your boot loader and obtain root access by flashing a recovery image and super user.

http://htcdev.com/bootloader

The first method I linked is a complete root and unlock method and allows for easier recovery of a soft bricked phone, however the official HTC method will fit most users needs.
Scotty does a good job explaining the difference here:
http://androidforums.com/3818030-post7.html
 
Upvote 0
Yes you can follow the steps outlined here:
http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/427344-2-3-4-root-downgrade-s-off.html

I can not emphasize enough that you need to follow the steps EXACTLY or you will run into problems.

Alternatively htc just added support for their official unlocking tool. It will allow you to easily unlock your boot loader and obtain root access by flashing a recovery image and super user.

HTCdev - Unlock Bootloader

The first method I linked is a complete root and unlock method and allows for easier recovery of a soft bricked phone, however the official HTC method will fit most users needs.
Scotty does a good job explaining the difference here:
http://androidforums.com/3818030-post7.html
Ok I did the HTC method, the stupid instructions could have told me what way to connect to PC, charge only, HTC sync, disk drive, turned out had to be on internet connection mode for some reason, windows was installing some things, now how do I root the phone? I was going through the steps and when it starting talking about the sdk manager then I ran into this error.
sdk.jpg
 
Upvote 0
I keep getting this. I don't know why it says revision 10, right there cause I have SDK Manager revision 16. This is very confusing.

Downloading Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 10
Failed to create directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\temp
Done. Nothing was installed.
 
Upvote 0
I don't think I want to downgrade, would really like the HTC method to work.

No need to downgrade just download the mini adb, it has the adb.exe file you are missing.

http://androidforums.com/3308717-post1.html

Under step one where it says download these files, just download the mini adb inc file and grab the adb.exe file from it and copy it to the appropriate folder.
Code:
To find adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, look in \android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
To find fastboot.exe look in \android-sdk-windows\tools
(per the instructions from htc, the 3 files should go into C:\Android)
 
Upvote 0

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones