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Root HELP! Bricked Incredible

perry475

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Jul 25, 2012
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I received my Incredible today (used from ebay) I decided to put cm7 on it. Unknown to me you have to downgrade the phone to root it, I assumed after I installed clockwork recovery the phone was rooted. I tried to install cm7 and now my phone is bricked. I can access hboot, fastboot, and cm recovery.

Please help!
 
Sorry about the late post. My gang got you covered though. We aren't exactly too familiar with this phone as of yet, but as you can see we are eager to help you! I hope all is well and remember.. If you have any more questions or concerns.. Read and the POST IT! Someone will always be here to answer your questions.

Never be afraid to ask! Happy androiding!
 
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I received my Incredible today (used from ebay) I decided to put cm7 on it. Unknown to me you have to downgrade the phone to root it, I assumed after I installed clockwork recovery the phone was rooted. I tried to install cm7 and now my phone is bricked. I can access hboot, fastboot, and cm recovery.

Please help!

if your phone had a custom recovery on it,it prolly was "rooted"

pull your batter for a few seconds,then boot to hboot via power and vol down. hold them both until you get to a white screen with colored writing.

tell us the info you see there.

the main thing your looking for is "S-OFF". if you see that you dont need a complex downgrade and re-root procedure.
 
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