Root [How To] Return To Gingerbread And S-on

amigrm · Feb 24, 2012

iowabowtech said:
There is no 2.3.3 is there? Maybe I missed that one though idk. I'm guessing #1 failed due to the SD card not being formatted to fat32 or the format didn't take. As for running the RUU (.exe) program, did you install HTC sync as advised in the OP? If so, please uninstall before running the RUU. You only want the drivers that come packaged with the download. Finally, you do own an original Droid Incredible correct? Just making sure.

I can't upgrade CM7 cause it force closes rom manager. It says android version 2.3.3 on my phone; and my SD card is formatted to FAT32. I did install HTC sync as advised in the OP. I will uninstall it and try it again, then. and I do have an original Droid Incredible...

sdrawkcab25 · Feb 25, 2012

amigrm said:
I can't upgrade CM7 cause it force closes rom manager. It says android version 2.3.3 on my phone; and my SD card is formatted to FAT32. I did install HTC sync as advised in the OP. I will uninstall it and try it again, then. and I do have an original Droid Incredible...

i would just try booting into recovery and try formatting the cache and data partition and see if that solves your force closes.

Or you can see if this fixes your issue completely:
http://androidforums.com/incredible...-space-sense-roms-force-closes-aosp-roms.html

cellanjie · Mar 5, 2012

iowabowtech said:
Links updated in OP.

Also updated this thread:
http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/420893-inc-file-repository.html#post326010 1

I have 23 of these phones that I needed to get to stock. 18 of them had reboot loop or white screen problems. I bricked the first two I tried from 2 roms I downloaded elsewhere. Grabbed a third from pvillecomp.com that enabled me to flash all but 3 of them, but the boot loops / white screens remained. 1 bricked and 2 said they couldn't be flashed due to older version.

After two days of this, I stumbled onto this thread. All phones, with the exception of the 3 bricks, are now flashed and working. You are truly my hero!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you again!

iowabowtech · Mar 5, 2012

cellanjie said:
I have 23 of these phones that I needed to get to stock. 18 of them had reboot loop or white screen problems. I bricked the first two I tried from 2 roms I downloaded elsewhere. Grabbed a third from pvillecomp.com that enabled me to flash all but 3 of them, but the boot loops / white screens remained. 1 bricked and 2 said they couldn't be flashed due to older version.

After two days of this, I stumbled onto this thread. All phones, with the exception of the 3 bricks, are now flashed and working. You are truly my hero!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you again!

You are most welcome.

JaggedEdge · Mar 30, 2012

amigrm said:
Hi, I am trying to unroot my incredible because all apps are keep force closing...
mine is android 2.3.3 and rooted with unrevoked. it's running on Cyanogenmod7.
I tried both of the options above but it's not working :'(
option 1, it runs but it doesn't go to the next option, where I am supposed to click up-volume button.
option 2, when I run the program, it says it cannot find my device even though it's connected to pc.
Please help me.. I can't do anything with my phone right now cause it force closes everything D:

Mine was also forcing close apps on CM7.1. Eventually figured out my /data/data partition was completely full. Quick fix was to clear data on the facebook app to free up some space, it had swelled to some ungodly amount. Then i used 1Tap cleaner to clear the caches on a bunch of the apps. This is how I am still running, as I haven't gotten around to doing the EXT4 4 all fix yet.

soundidea · Jun 13, 2012

mine doesn't read the PB31IMG

sdrawkcab25 · Jun 13, 2012

soundidea said:
mine doesn't read the PB31IMG

Is your SD card formatted to fat32 and is the file on the root of the SD card named exactly PB31IMG.zip ?

iowabowtech · Jun 13, 2012

soundidea said:
mine doesn't read the PB31IMG

Most generally that is because the card is not formatted to FAT32 or you did format it to FAT32 and it didn't take the format well. Have you tried the .exe RUU method listed in the OP? It may be a better option for you.

oops, ninja'd by sdrawkcab

soundidea · Jun 13, 2012

iowabowtech said:
Most generally that is because the card is not formatted to FAT32 or you did format it to FAT32 and it didn't take the format well. Have you tried the .exe RUU method listed in the OP? It may be a better option for you.

oops, ninja'd by sdrawkcab

i formatted it twice on 2 different sdcards and nothing. i tried the ruu but it fails cause of something not being compatible

soundidea · Jun 13, 2012

wait, nevermind. this is for a evo 4g. idk how i got into incredible

iowabowtech · Jun 13, 2012

soundidea said:
wait, nevermind. this is for a evo 4g. idk how i got into incredible

Ahh ok no problem. I was just going to ask you for your hboot details but nevermind.

You should be able to use the same methods on the Evo, just different files of course. Hopefully they have them posted somewhere over in the Evo 4G forum. Good luck!

troar · Jun 16, 2012

Hello,

I am currently rooted, running the AOKP ROM, unlocked bootloader, S-ON.

I would eventually like to return to a state of stock, rooted, Gingerbread, but I am not making any progress.

When I try method one, HBOOT sees the PB31IMG.zip file, it loads it, and then it returns to the main HBOOT screen with no option to flash the image. When I try to run the RUU, it gets to a certain point, and then I get an ERROR 155; every time.

Has anyone had these issues?

cputrdoc · Jul 16, 2012

I'm here because my Droid Incredible has been insisting on downloading and installing the latest software build, almost to the point of paralyzing the phone. However when I try to install the update normally, it fails to reboot and install the upgrade. After talking to Verizon today, they said this is a common issue for rooted phones. The tech recommended unrooting the phone, performing the upgrade, and then I can root it again or whatever I want.

The phone is s-off, and I was hoping that by running the RUU everything would be fine, but though RUU seems to have run perfectly I'm still unable to install the update. I guess being unrooted is not enough.

So I guess I do need to be s-on, but in order to get there I have to re-root the phone, install CWM, and load the s-on zip. I've got software build 4.08.605.2 installed, and baseband (radio) 2.15.00.07.28 (the Froyo radio required to do s-on). UnrEVOked 3.34 is unable to root the phone, and suggests my firmware may be too new (wasn't s-off supposed to address this?)

cputrdoc · Jul 16, 2012

cputrdoc said:
So I guess I do need to be s-on, but in order to get there I have to re-root the phone, install CWM, and load the s-on zip. I've got software build 4.08.605.2 installed, and baseband (radio) 2.15.00.07.28 (the Froyo radio required to do s-on). UnrEVOked 3.34 is unable to root the phone, and suggests my firmware may be too new (wasn't s-off supposed to address this?)

I got a little further -- noticing that several apps I installed before the last flash were still installed, I removed the SD card and used the HBOOT FACTORY RESET option to totally wipe the phone.

This time, when it was ready to install 4.08.605.15 it, properly rebooted, but I got the dreaded red triangle and exclamation point. After a battery pull and a reboot, I'm still using software 4.08.605.2.

UnrEVOked is still not working, though.

sdrawkcab25 · Jul 16, 2012

cputrdoc said:
I got a little further -- noticing that several apps I installed before the last flash were still installed, I removed the SD card and used the HBOOT FACTORY RESET option to totally wipe the phone.

This time, when it was ready to install 4.08.605.15 it, properly rebooted, but I got the dreaded red triangle and exclamation point. After a battery pull and a reboot, I'm still using software 4.08.605.2.

UnrEVOked is still not working, though.

You don't need to go back to s-on to install the update. You only need the stock recovery, which you already have. The update itself is very glitchy, there is a lot users reporting problems trying to install it and most of them were never rooted.

For reference though, this is how you would get root back:
http://androidforums.com/incredible...egain-root-s-off-htc-unlocked-bootloader.html, but all you need to do to get s-on is flash clockwork, install the s-on file, then install the stock recovery again. (I highly recommend you do NOT go back to s-on though)

Unrevoked is not needed since you are s-off.

iowabowtech · Jul 16, 2012

Yeah I would echo the above advice of NOT going s-on. Are you just stock, rooted? If so, I would either flash a stockish rom or we can look at perhaps modifying the build.prop to make the update server think you are updated so it quits trying to update your phone. We just need to figure out the new update's build fingerprint.

DIncNewbie · Aug 31, 2012

troar said:
Hello,

I am currently rooted, running the AOKP ROM, unlocked bootloader, S-ON.

I would eventually like to return to a state of stock, rooted, Gingerbread, but I am not making any progress.

When I try method one, HBOOT sees the PB31IMG.zip file, it loads it, and then it returns to the main HBOOT screen with no option to flash the image. When I try to run the RUU, it gets to a certain point, and then I get an ERROR 155; every time.

Has anyone had these issues?

troar, I'm in the identical situation that you are. Same starting point, same errors, etc.

Here's something else that I saw, and no idea if this has anything to do with it. When I first tried using Unrevoked to go S-ON, I put both the Unrevoked ZIP file AND the PB31IMG.ZIP on a blank card. When I HBOOTed, it saw and read PB31IMG and prompted me to install, and realizing what happened I said no. I then went to S-ON, confirmed that it took, then redid the SD card (with just PB31IMG) and HBOOTed again, only now it loads PB31IMG but won't prompt to install.

Weird, huh? It's almost as though it wants to be S-OFF before it will install.

Oh, the PB31IMG is the one from Mediafire in this sticky. Checked the MD5 and it was OK.

DIncNewbie · Aug 31, 2012

troar said:
Hello,

I am currently rooted, running the AOKP ROM, unlocked bootloader, S-ON.

I would eventually like to return to a state of stock, rooted, Gingerbread, but I am not making any progress.

When I try method one, HBOOT sees the PB31IMG.zip file, it loads it, and then it returns to the main HBOOT screen with no option to flash the image. When I try to run the RUU, it gets to a certain point, and then I get an ERROR 155; every time.

Has anyone had these issues?

troar, late-breaking update: I had success this afternoon by going S-OFF and then was able to do method 1 straightaway. Don't know why...I'm still trying to get my bearings in this world. :thinking:

Parag S · Nov 26, 2012

I been using HTC Incredible S 710e for more than a year now. I never meesed up with phone by Rooting it or changing ROM or any such thing.
Now My phone is stuck in continuous reboot loop through out the day & night, even if I shut it off. The only way out is to remove the battery.
1) IPhone doesn't get rebooted if it plugged in charger.
2) I've already tried the phone with another Battery... problem still exists.
3) Tried formating SD Card.... Factory Reset ..... Wipe Data/ Factory Reset.... Recovery... Wipe Cache.... Nothing Helped !!!
4) I gave it for reloading the OS... Still the problem is not solved.
5) During "Wipe Data/ Factory Reset" the message on the screen is something like " e:/ can't open data......, Can't open...., Can't open.... Cashe Wiped"
Can you please help me getting it fixed.... Thanks in Advance !!!!

iowabowtech · Nov 26, 2012

Parag S said:
I been using HTC Incredible S 710e for more than a year now. I never meesed up with phone by Rooting it or changing ROM or any such thing.
Now My phone is stuck in continuous reboot loop through out the day & night, even if I shut it off. The only way out is to remove the battery.
1) IPhone doesn't get rebooted if it plugged in charger.
2) I've already tried the phone with another Battery... problem still exists.
3) Tried formating SD Card.... Factory Reset ..... Wipe Data/ Factory Reset.... Recovery... Wipe Cache.... Nothing Helped !!!
4) I gave it for reloading the OS... Still the problem is not solved.
5) During "Wipe Data/ Factory Reset" the message on the screen is something like " e:/ can't open data......, Can't open...., Can't open.... Cashe Wiped"
Can you please help me getting it fixed.... Thanks in Advance !!!!

Are you using the files posted in this thread? If so that will be the problem. We would need to find you the files for the Incredible S since the posted files are for the original Droid Incredible.

jpandya · Oct 27, 2013

Hi Folks,
I have trying to return to stock ROM when my Incredible S is already bootloader unlocked, rooted but S-ON and running custom ROM CM7, Android 2.3.7.
I tried to follow above steps to return to HTC stock ROM which can allow me to go to ICS with OTA updates.
But in the very first step, my HBOOT does not detect any PB31IMG.ZIP or PB32IMG.ZIP file. See the attached image.
My SD card file type is FAT32.
What could be the issue here ? What next I can do ?

sdrawkcab25 · Oct 27, 2013

jpandya said:
Hi Folks,
I have trying to return to stock ROM when my Incredible S is already bootloader unlocked, rooted but S-ON and running custom ROM CM7, Android 2.3.7.
I tried to follow above steps to return to HTC stock ROM which can allow me to go to ICS with OTA updates.
But in the very first step, my HBOOT does not detect any PB31IMG.ZIP or PB32IMG.ZIP file. See the attached image.
My SD card file type is FAT32.
What could be the issue here ? What next I can do ?

these instructions are for the original htc incredible, not the incredible s

this is the most recent guide i could find for your phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359555

but you may want to look around here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136463

jpandya · Oct 27, 2013

Thanks for the reply.
I would go through these links and try to get back to the stock ROM.

cyrusjames143 · Jan 26, 2016

will this work even though i have no package installer?

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