yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] cnshough:
OK guys, this is kicking my butt. I flashed my first dinc2. Had to send it back to Verizon, so I flashed it back to stock. Now I just can't get this replacement with .98 downgraded. I issue the adb devices line and it shows my phone. When I issue the fastboot devices line it shows nothing. This is what I'm getting...

C:\Users\Owner>adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

HT1AWMA10037 device

C:\ANDROID>fastboot devices

C:\ANDROID> As you can see, nothing is here

C:\ANDROID>cd c:\

c:\>cd vwhk-12102011-c

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>hack-vivow.cmd

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>if /I NOT EXIST C:\Windows\adb.exe copy tools\win\adb.exe C:\

Windows

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>if /I NOT EXIST C:\Windows\AdbWinApi.dll copy tools\win\AdbWi

nApi.dll C:\Windows

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>if /I NOT EXIST C:\Windows\AdbWinUsbApi.dll copy tools\win\Ad

bWinUsbApi.dll C:\Windows

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>if /I NOT EXIST C:\Windows\fastboot.exe copy tools\win\fastbo

ot.exe C:\Windows

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>if /I NOT EXIST C:\Windows\sleep.exe copy tools\win\sleep.exe

C:\Windows

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>adb shell rm -r /data/local/tmp/*

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp/zergRush

664 KB/s (21215 bytes in 0.031s)

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp/misc_version

991 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.015s)

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/zergRush

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>adb shell /data/local/tmp/zergRush

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root

[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00016118

[*] Scooting ...

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[+] Zerglings found a way to enter ! 0x10

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[*] Trying a new path ...

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[*] Trying a new path ...

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[*] Trying a new path ...

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[+] Zerglings caused crash (good news): 0x401219c4 0x0054

[*] Researching Metabolic Boost ...

[+] Speedlings on the go ! 0xafd25bb9 0xafd39a87

[*] Poping 24 more zerglings

[*] Sending 173 zerglings ...

[+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !

[+] Killing ADB and restarting as root... enjoy!

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>echo Sleeping 10 secs while adb restarts on the device....

Sleeping 10 secs while adb restarts on the device....

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>sleep 10

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c '/data/local/tmp/misc_version

-s 2.18.605.3'

--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 2.18.605.3

Patching and backing up partition 17...

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>adb reboot bootloader

c:\vwhk-12102011-c>fastboot oem rebootRUU

< waiting for device >

At this point, my phone reboots to bootloader and sits there doing nothing for as long as I'll let it. I chose bootloader once and it flashed a zip but then when it checked the zip, it said it was an older version and told me to reboot the phone. When I came back up I was still at 2.3.4. Any help?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bradsinram:
this isnt working after newest ota huh
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zhaominghao:
soooo helpful， thank you so much
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bradsinram:
So one knows?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nsomnia911:
when i run the hack I keep getting "failed" it will not erase cache saying

erasing 'cache' ... FAILED (command write failed (no such file or directory))

mage . . .

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)

any ideas on what is going wrong??
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bradsinram:
Same issue I'm having

edit: just got it working im rooted now
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mrkevo3000:
Interesting, I couldnt get this to run on windows 7 64 bit:confused:

I did get it working on xp 32bit system, and successfully rooted the dinc 2!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HogFan77:
Awesome!

With a little common sense research, this downgrade tool worked awesome on the first attempt! Thank you so much for this tool, and your dedication to the Android community! Windows 7 64bit
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lodxcol:
I have just received my replacement phone from Verizon. It shipped with 2.3.4 and hboot .98.0000. I was able to run the downgrade tool and flashed the 2.3.3 ROM successfully. I have already downloaded the Android SDK and and the HTC drivers. My problem is, upon running the revolutionary executable, it sits on "waiting for device". Now, I have researched this a bit, and most issues are resolved by using the correct HTC USB cable (which I am) or by using a different computer, different USB port, etc. I have tried everything. Three different computers and it still sits on "waiting for device". I am not sure if I am doing something wrong, or it's just the phone itself. Anyone have any ideas on what I should do? Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sjpritch25:
Did you uninstall HTC sync?

What happens when you type this command

adb devices

From your sdk folder...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lodxcol:
Yes HTC Sync and all other necessary software was removed. I tried one more time on a friends computer and low and behold it worked! I am now s-off. Thank you for this tool.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] itsraining2008:
my Incredible 2 already flash cwm and rooted. did i need to s-off for flash custom rom?

When I'm flash custom rom, i got brick at htc logo.

can i use cwm for downgrade or s-off?

If no other method for CWM, I'll try current method for downgrade.

hboot 1.04.0000

gb 2.3.4 china telecom

sorry for my poor english.

thx for answer.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] findthisfunny:
Heads up all,

HTC officially supports DINC2 on their unlock tool now. Droid Incredible 2 is now listed as a device.

http://htcdev.com/bootloader
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lemonoid:
Sorry to burst your bubble they've had unlock support since around the end of December/beginning of January.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
its been supported for awhile....however s-off is FAR preferable to the unlock tool
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ph1nn:
EDIT: below has been fixed, i replaced ".../data/local/tmp/sh -c..." with simply ".../sh -c..." as I realized that was the sh location of CM7 which I already had installed on the phone with S-ON. Everything then worked and it downgraded and I achieved S-OFF with revolutionary. THANK YOU!

.....

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c '/data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.18.605.3'

/data/local/tmp/sh: permission denied

I'm getting permission died on this step, any thoughts? it leads to "Checking main version fails..." during the script can anyone help please?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Xer0 WindKey:
Important Info I wish to share since I spent two days figuring this out:

If you unlocked the bootloader you must relock it in order to downgrade

If you run this tool with the unlocked bootloader you will get the FAILURE REMOTE 99 error.

You can relock the bootloader by using htcsupertoolv3 found elsewhere here in xda.

After the bootloader is relocked, just run this tool like normal, and it will work.

I hope this helps someone.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] daleandla:
YES!!!!!

You my friend are the effing man!! :eek: Finally got downgraded with no problem. :cool: The htcsupertoolv3 is here

Now I'm off to root and get a custom rom for this ol' girl! Ow!! :D

** Now Rooted and about to flash MIUI... Whoo hoo!!

***Ow! 100% Downgraded, Rooted, S-Off and flashed custom rom! This works!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] cyboreal:
Can you help get a newbie up to speed on how to flash the latest radio? I'm running CM7.1 and have a much weaker signal than before I ran through the steps here. See my post here: http //forum.xda-developers. com/showthread.php?p=23183416. Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tincbtrar:
Attn...just wanted to thank you for this.

Got a replacement Dinc2 and had to downgrade - worked like a charm.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dirtsky:
Thanks for guide my firend. Worked like a charm. Just upgraded to the Inc2 today from the original Inc. time to get hacking. :-D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] repast:
(never mind)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nerdBrain:
Hey all, just giving this a go and running into an issue. When the script gets to the : fastboot flash zip RUU_Vivo_W... step I get this error message:

INFOsignature checking...

FAILED <remote: 12 signature verify fail>

Anyone know what this is about/how to resolve?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nerdBrain:
I'm really at a loss here. I've tried debugging this as best I can, but I'm not an Android developer per se. The vwhk-12102011-c.zip download matches the MD5. My device info is:

version: 0.5

version-bootloader: 0.98.0000

version-baseband: 1.09.01.1111

version-cpld: None

version-microp: None

version-main: 2.18.605.3

product: vivo_w

platform: HBOOT-7630

modelid: PG3210000

cidnum: VZW__001

security: on

build-mode: SHIP

boot-mode: RUU

hbootpreupdate: 12

All of which matches the android-info.txt file in the RUU. I've tried just flashing the hboot:

fastboot flash hboot hboot_0.97.0000_21273.nb0

but still get the error:

FAILED <remote: signature verify fail>

Help?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ki11bert:
This worked great. Thank you guys so much for all you do.

Kill
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sacozen:
i cant downgrade all steps done but last step give me

C:\Users\HERO\Desktop\vwhk-12102011-c>fastboot flash zip RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_

S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Radio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_signed.zip

sending 'zip' (292817 KB)... OKAY [ 50.007s]

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this i

mage...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)

finished. total time: 56.007s

please help

---------- Post added at 04:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:22 PM ----------

after relocked bootloader it give to me this failed

C:\Users\HERO\Desktop\vwhk-12102011-c>fastboot flash zip RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_

S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Radio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_signed.zip

sending 'zip' (292817 KB)... OKAY [ 50.003s]

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this i

mage...

INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)

finished. total time: 99.969s
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
Got me and wifes replacement inc2's. Put both others to stock now both the replacemens have the 98 hboot. Thanks for this
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Ditto, did the same a couple days ago on my replacement Dinc2. Which is my first. Anyway, worked great, thanks from ne as well.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
im not a noob, lol but which files goes to my tools dir on sdk to downgrade i already have adb set up from rooting my last 2 inc 2s, which wasnt 98hboot
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Travisdroidx2:
Worked perfect! Thank you so much!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] werdna87:
Run as admin
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] pentafive:
Worked great here! Off to install a ROM..

Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
I need to run as administrator, if I open a command as administrator what commands do I type to get to my Android sdk, you can look above its in c:\ users\daddy\desktop\Android-sdk/tools. I don't know how to navigate there from just a command prompt ran from start menu as administrator. Can any one please show me commands. I tried for a be last night. I'm not adb great. But I know pretty much what I'm doing. All neccessary files are in tools folder In sdk
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] disconnecktie:
I think you have to use the cd command to change the directory to that folder. I'm probably wrong about that though.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
Anyone know the exact command. I'm lost
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] disconnecktie:
You just type cd and then the rest of the directory after that.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
I used these a guides to walk me though, made it easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgIYFGcVimU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGEASn3v0v8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

From my SkyRaided Inc2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Travisdroidx2:
Sorry was going to send you tube links as well. The video helped me out alot.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
Still no luck. Ran,as.administrator and it starts than the command prompt just goes away. Idk I'm stuck
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Travisdroidx2:
Did you follow the you tube video? It worked perfect for me.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sjpritch25:
I'm not sure what version of windows you have, but here is a screenshot in win7

Just navigate to the appropriate directory and type hack-vivow
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ramzyjin:
pleassssssssssssssssssssssssssssse

vwhk-12102011-c_3.zip

it stop at 44% every time i try to download it

please help
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
Cancel download and try again. Keep trying

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I ended up spending some time trying this, couldn't get it to run all way through and I tried everythinII went to friends house and done on his comp first attempt it worked like charm
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] djsnake210:
Question... If I would go through HTC Dev to gain S-OFF then what step would that get me to? Would I just need to flash a custom recovery through the bootloader and flash su?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ph1nn:
If you're planning on running any AOSP ROM (CyanogenMod, MIUI, etc) then don't waste your time with HTC Dev as that only unlocks the bootloader, it does not provide S-OFF. HTC Dev is really only useful if your running HTC's stock kernel and playing around with near-stock ROMs via a custom recovery.

I ran into a lot of trouble recently doing that to a friends Inc2 and I ended up re-locking the bootloader and downgrading the Hboot and cracking the S-OFF with this guide. S-OFF via this Guide is absolutely the way to go.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] djsnake210:
Thanks for the info... that's a huge help. I was hoping to get around the need to downgrade/wipe, but it doesn't sound like I'm going to be able to.

Thanks again.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] vishunz:
When I enter "adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c '/data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.18.605.3'

I get permission denied. any ideas?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
Are you running as administrator
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] vishunz:
yes I am. Reformatted the SD card, still nothing
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] vishunz:
I think I may just pay someone to do it!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] FC127:
Did you try running the cmd instead of entering line by line?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] vishunz:
do u mean by using the hack-vivow.cmd? yes I did
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] vishunz:
I guess I seem to be the only one with the problem
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
I already had adb setup and the sdk, I couldn't get it to run without a error for nothin. I never did figure out y, I used a friends comp downloaded everything again and it worked first time, maybe you could try on different comp
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] SweepinJR:
Is there another download link for the vwhk**.zip file? I've tried to download like 8 times in 3 browsers and every single one fails.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] vishunz:
I've tried on another computer and got the same exact error. I'm thinking its a problem with my SD card
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mbh87:
keep trying, downloaded fine for me multiple times.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] SweepinJR:
I was about to give up and tell my driver his phone wasn't getting rooted. Then I tried downloading with multiget and it worked first try.

Something is jacked up with that download.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] cdyall1:
Repeatedly failing

someone please point me in the right direction. I have attempted this procedure about 20times ,on 2 different pc's Linux and windows, now and have gotten nowhere it all seems to be working but at the final stage i get a FAILED(REMOTE: 99 UNKNOWN FAIL) . due to the min posting requirements i am unable to post and images. :(
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PalmerCurling:
can you elaborate; here is where im erroring out, manually, or via the .sh file.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00017118
[*] Scooting ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !
Sleeping 10 secs while adb restarts on the device....
/data/local/tmp/sh: permission denied
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
I used s friends.ckml,::

Peission denied. Sure running from administrator? It took me about a day messing with this. I didn't replace any lines, my comp had adb, and sdk all setup, it'd always throw a error. I ended up having to use a friends comp and it worked first time.I tried it
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PalmerCurling:
i am positive i am running this with root permissions. zergrush is failing. im clearing some space on my sd card to se if that is the issue.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
What mean running with root? You mean running comp as administrator
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PalmerCurling:
On Linux running as root is the same as running as adminstrator on Windows (which I also tried)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] fsiddique:
Any luck on this? I'm having the same issue. I did this process before and never got stuck here but got a replacement and having this exact same issue.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PalmerCurling:
I am in the same situation. The replacement proving a tough nut to crack.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] fsiddique:
Has anyone tried using the HTC Bootloader unlock, then with permroot, flash the main version downgrade in order to flash the downgrade RUU?

Essentially replacing the zergRush temproot (which is no longer working) with permroot and then continuing the rest of the procedure to downgrade to hboot 0.97.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PalmerCurling:
research done by others indicates that this plan is probably a no go, plus there is a solid shot we wouldnt be able to get a wrranty replacment if there is a hardware malfunction out of our control.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] negroblanco:
No luck for me either...

I too have gotten a replacement phone, and cannot get this to work this time around. On the current phone, under "Software Number," it is listed as, "6.01.605.05 710RD" and the Radio is "RADIO-1.09.01.0312" and my "Baseband Version" is "20.32W.30.0813U_1.09.01.0312"
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] digitalshepard:
FYI, For those who have warranty replacements and can't downgrade, there is a thread discussing the issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650519
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] fsiddique:
I'm going to try TacoRoot (http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13713-tacoroot-htc-universal-root-exploit-12-30-2011/) to see if temp root works. I'll report back.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mcsplatt:
are you just using tacoroot in place of the zergRush in this tool, following subsequent commands?

TIA brah
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] randomdeanna:
user PalmerCircle got it to work with this series of commands.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] fsiddique:
See my post here for some issues I'm having after doing all this

Yeah that's exactly what I and Palmer did. Tacoroot gives temp root then you continue forward with the fastboot commands.

For those that need a bit more detailed instructions:

ALL THESE STEPS ASSUMING YOU ARE USING COMMAND PROMPT AS ADMINISTRATOR (right click -> Run As Administrator from Start/Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt)

and

DISABLE FASTBOOT in Settings/Power (causes bootloops with tacoroot)

1. Download the HTC SuperTool V3 from here: http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showthread.php?3153-UTIL-WIN-01-04-ACS-HTC-Super-Tool-v3

2. Copy tacoroot.bin from this extracted folder and place it in the directory where you extracted files from the OP here (for me, the 'vwhk-12102011-c' directory)

3. adb push tacoroot.bin /data/local/

4. adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tacoroot.bin

5. adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.bin --setup

5a. This should boot your phone into recovery, when you see the red exclamation mark, hit Volume Up and Power to get into the stock recovery, once in stock recovery, HOLD Volume Up Volume Down and Power to force reboot the phone.

6. adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.bin --root

6a. Wait for the phone to reboot back up, if everything worked up until now, adb should have root (you can try by typing 'adb shell' and seeing if you a # vs a $, if you do this, type 'exit' to get out of shell mode)

6. adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp/misc_version

7. adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

8. adb shell sh -c '/data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.18.605.3'

9. adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.bin --undo

10. adb reboot bootloader

11. fastboot oem rebootRUU

12. fastboot erase cache

13. fastboot flash zip RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Radio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_signed.zip

14. fastboot reboot

Hope it all works out for you guys (if it doesn't not my problem!). You should be successfully downgraded to hboot 0.97 and Android 2.3.3 ready for revolutionary for S-OFF
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] miles16:
I keep getting a bootloop after doing "adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.bin --root".. I've tried this multiple times and so far no luck
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] fsiddique:
If you can get into recovery, try doing a factory reset. Tacoroot needs recovery to be ran at least once so it can modify the recovery log, so did you also boot into recovery once before running the --root option?

One other thing to try, I may have done it, can't remember, just boot into recovery once (adb reboot recovery) and just log into recovery once normally and "reboot now" back into the OS before running tacoroot --setup which will then send you to recovery a second time before forcing reboot.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] miles16:
Yes I was able to and I did boot into recovery when i did the --root option.. Maybe I'll try that.. I will let you know

EDIT: Still having no luck trying that.. Any other suggestions?

EDIT: It has successfully worked! Thank you! BTW I forgot to disable fast boot under settings --> power.. That's what caused the boot looping
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] fsiddique:
Awesome, I'll add that to my steps!

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Also, I'm having a strange issue, wonder if anyone else ran into this. I did revolutionary etc, but no matter what ROM I install, everything works fine on initial boot, but as soon as I reboot, sense will boot up for about 10 seconds and reboot, and it will constant "bootloop" (quotes b/c it actually boots into the OS before rebooting) until I do a factory reset, then same thing, boots up fine on first boot but every subsequent boot it will just reboot.

I even went as far running the OTA RUU and removing the Revolutionary hboot back to full stock, but same issue, only after reboot following initial setup.

This issue did not occur with the release software the phone came with so I am not sure if this whole process caused this effect or is it a phone problem? Anyone else experience this?

Edit: Anyone that does attempt this, I added an extra step that I did not try myself, not sure if it would make a difference, 9. adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.bin --undo, which undoes tacoroot after lowering main version. One would think flashing the downgrade RUU would wipe out any remaining traces of tacoroot, so I don't know if this would make a difference with the bootloop issue.