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#51
Woo Hoo... I did it! Phone is rooted and S-Off. I am so excited!! :)

That was scary as hell though. The phone rebooted so many times I almost peed my pants! But it really was so simple. Just click, watch, wait, watch... done!

Now I need to get this bloatware crap off my phone and put my old boot animation back on and I'll be all set. And maybe a custom splash screen... :D
 
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#53
Terabethia said:
Woo Hoo... I did it! Phone is rooted and S-Off. I am so excited!! :)

That was scary as hell though. The phone rebooted so many times I almost peed my pants! But it really was so simple. Just click, watch, wait, watch... done!

Now I need to get this bloatware crap off my phone and put my old boot animation back on and I'll be all set. And maybe a custom splash screen... :D
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Yup.. I was scared too for a while. Especially when it sat at the white screen for what seemed like too long. :eek:
 
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#54
Terabethia said:
Okay... one quick, and probably stupid, question before I start.

On #3, extract the drivers from the .zip, they are referring to the #3 on downloads, right?

I ask because I already have the SDK from a while ago (to take screenshots) and I remember the setup of that providing drivers. So I want to make sure they are talking about the unrevoked drivers and not the SDK ones that I already did.

So put the modified drivers from unrevoked INTO the c:\sdk\usb_driver, right?
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That's right, you got it - #3 is the modified unrevoked drivers.

edit: looks like you beat me, congratulations good job :) Feels good doesn't it? Almost like a sense of freedom.


NoShftShck16 said:
where can I find the beta files? How do I get the link? just got my phone back from repair and HTC upgraded my phone while they had it :mad:
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Please see my link above, type in a screen name, type in #unrevokedtest into channel name, and fill out the human code test.

You can get the file there.
 
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Terabethia said:
Okay... one quick, and probably stupid, question before I start.

On #3, extract the drivers from the .zip, they are referring to the #3 on downloads, right?

I ask because I already have the SDK from a while ago (to take screenshots) and I remember the setup of that providing drivers. So I want to make sure they are talking about the unrevoked drivers and not the SDK ones that I already did.

So put the modified drivers from unrevoked INTO the c:\sdk\usb_driver, right?



Downloads

1. Download the Android SDK from Google
2. Download the unrEVOked3 recovery reflash tool for windows, linux, or mac.
3. Download the modified drivers from unrEVOked.

Getting ready

1. Unzip Google SDK download. You will see a folder called android-sdk-windows. Move that folder to the root of the c:\ drive, and rename it to sdk so that its location is c:\sdk.
2. Run c:\sdk\SDK Setup.exe (You will receive error messages, this is okay. Once the application is installed you can close all windows.
3. Extract the drivers from the zip and save them somewhere you will remember
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Terabethia said:
Woo Hoo... I did it! Phone is rooted and S-Off. I am so excited!! :)

That was scary as hell though. The phone rebooted so many times I almost peed my pants! But it really was so simple. Just click, watch, wait, watch... done!

Now I need to get this bloatware crap off my phone and put my old boot animation back on and I'll be all set. And maybe a custom splash screen... :D
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Way to go !! Enjoy your rooted phone now. :)
 
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jamor said:
edit: looks like you beat me, congratulations good job :) Feels good doesn't it? Almost like a sense of freedom.
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Feels awesome! I am so proud of myself I am going to treat myself to some Outback Steakhouse tonight! LOL


Okay... another question. The instructions you posted were excellent. It explains how to do a Nandroid Backup. Except... in the clockwork recovery I don't see Nandroid as an option. Did they move it somewhere? I of course want to do a backup before I start removing things.

And if I want to use Titanium Backup from the market, do I even need to do the Nandroid backup? I assume they are the same thing and you can use one or the other, but just want to make sure.
 
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rsarno said:
Every time i see someone bumped this thread, i get all excited thinking its been released.

stop posting people!!! lol
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Well it's not... but you can get the beta. Works great.


I wasn't going to do it, was just going to wait for them to make it official. But I saw so many people here using it without problems I said screw it! Besides, they only pulled it because there were two problems on Evo phones, one of which turned out to not really be a problem. I figured I was safe with my Incredible and just did it.

I feel so much better now. ;)
 
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Terabethia said:
Feels awesome! I am so proud of myself I am going to treat myself to some Outback Steakhouse tonight! LOL


Okay... another question. The instructions you posted were excellent. It explains how to do a Nandroid Backup. Except... in the clockwork recovery I don't see Nandroid as an option. Did they move it somewhere? I of course want to do a backup before I start removing things.

And if I want to use Titanium Backup from the market, do I even need to do the Nandroid backup? I assume they are the same thing and you can use one or the other, but just want to make sure.
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Haha nice! I could use some steak tonight.. yum.

A little confusing - the backup and restore option you see in clockwork recovery IS Nandroid backup. So you can just use that.


I believe Nandroid is a complete system backup (like a windows restore checkpoint if something goes corrupt) while Titanium backup is for backing up personal system/app data and applications as well as other features.. someone might want to clarify or correct me, but I would just do both to be safe.
 
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jamor said:
I believe Nandroid is a complete system backup (like a windows restore checkpoint if somthing goes corrupt) while Titanium backup is for backing up personal system/app data and applications.. someone might want to clarify or correct me, but I would just do both to be safe.
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Ehh, I'll do both then. Better safe than sorry!
 
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Terabethia said:
Feels awesome! I am so proud of myself I am going to treat myself to some Outback Steakhouse tonight! LOL


Okay... another question. The instructions you posted were excellent. It explains how to do a Nandroid Backup. Except... in the clockwork recovery I don't see Nandroid as an option. Did they move it somewhere? I of course want to do a backup before I start removing things.

And if I want to use Titanium Backup from the market, do I even need to do the Nandroid backup? I assume they are the same thing and you can use one or the other, but just want to make sure.
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Congrats enjoy your steak :)

Yeah it's not called Nandroid in clockwork....just do a "backup"

Titanium (if set up how mine is...you can choose how and what it backs up) will save your apps and settings/data. Nandroid takes a snap shot of your ROM and kernel and any mods you have installed. So nandroid= operating system and state. Titanium=data and apps. Make sense? This is how I understand it all anyway :cool:
 
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jbdan said:
Congrats enjoy your steak :)

Yeah it's not called Nandroid in clockwork....just do a "backup"

Titanium (if set up how mine is...you can choose how and what it backs up) will save your apps and settings/data. Nandroid takes a snap shot of your ROM and kernel and any mods you have installed. So nandroid= operating system and state. Titanium=data and apps. Make sense? This is how I understand it all anyway :cool:
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That's how I understand it too.
 
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jbdan said:
Congrats enjoy your steak :)

Yeah it's not called Nandroid in clockwork....just do a "backup"

Titanium (if set up how mine is...you can choose how and what it backs up) will save your apps and settings/data. Nandroid takes a snap shot of your ROM and kernel and any mods you have installed. So nandroid= operating system and state. Titanium=data and apps. Make sense? This is how I understand it all anyway :cool:
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Makes perfect sense to me! :D
 
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#71
NoShftShck16 said:
real quick, where the flip is the USB debugging again. I feel like its always hiding from me

EDIT: applcations >> development
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I just successfully rooted my Incredible and I swear finding this took me longer then actually doing the root

also I too was scared as I could be I've never done anything like this but afterwards I was like what thats it, did I do it right and sure enough thats just how easy it is
 
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#72
Autonomy said:
I just successfully rooted my Incredible and I swear finding this took me longer then actually doing the root

also I too was scared as I could be I've never done anything like this but afterwards I was like what thats it, did I do it right and sure enough thats just how easy it is
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hehe. that's what I told people in another thread their reactions would be.

Simple as apple pie.
 
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