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[Droid Incredible General] MechArmy:
Stuck between running "reflash" and selecting custom recovery

I had to hard reset my phone to fix a texting issue yesterday, and decided to root my phone since I had to redo everything on my phone anyways. So I have the latest ota and the 2.08 build update.

I ran the "reflash" and it did its thing and said done at the end. Then I selected file and loaded the custom recovery. So now it read 'done' and 'recovery image: custom'

I turn the phone on and it never leaves the white 'htc Incredible' screen. Then I have to remove the battery.

I hold the volume down and power button, and get the HBOOT screen. RECOVERY loads the white 'htc Incredible' screen and then takes me to a black screen with white edges on the right and left, but no hat (or whatever image is suppose to be there). It doesn't do anything after this unless I hit the optical button, which reboots the phone, but doesn't allow me to load HBOOT if I hold the volume down button at the same time.

Any clues?

I'm kind of wanting to load the PB31IMG onto my sdcard and see if that does anything in HBOOT, but I'm not exactly sure where the root of my sdcard is. "place the PB31IMG of 2.2 on the root of your sd card."

UPDATE:

I loaded the PB31IMG onto my sdcard and loaded hboot on my phone. The error I get is "Main version is older!"

Info listed in hboot:

INCREDIBLEC XD SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.92.0000

MICROP-0417

TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab

RADIO-2.15.10.07.07

Jul 23 2010,18:06:51

UPDATE 2:

So Im pretty sure where I screwed up is that fact that my inc is a slcd version and I ran unrevoked3 before selecting the custom recovery. So I guess I need to flash a different PB31IMG file thatll install a different version of clockwork (or something like that...)

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
[Droid Incredible General] thebust23:
thanks for this, made it a ton easier to get s-off and root and what not on incredible!
[Droid Incredible General] pak96dds:
what to do?

I get permission denied after I type su ....what to do?
[Droid Incredible General] refthemc:
it doesn't boot into the. system at all? that's odd. try running the RUU and rerun Unrevoked. I tried Custom recovery but it never rooted the phone it just gave me, well, a custom recovery. so I ran unrevoked like normal and I too got the weird black recovery screen but after giving it a minute a battery pull quickly booted me into a rom with SU. I was then able to continue with the rest of the process.

typing this from my phone ...

---------- Post added at 11:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:03 PM ----------

Make sure your phone has the Superuser app. If not try rerunning Unrevoked. In my case I ran Unrevoked without the custom recovery part to get it to work.

---------- Post added at 11:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:07 PM ----------

I just realized the OP posted a 2nd method in the post after the first lol. IMO the second would have been a lot faster to do then running unrevoked all the times I did. For those that are gonna try this process in the future the second is simply

-zergrush

-mtd0 and flash image

-Downgrade with PB13IMGwhatever

-Boot into Froyo and run Unrevoked like you used too :)
[Droid Incredible General] MechArmy:
Yeah, it hangs on the htc splash screen. Never even gets to the red eye. The RUU thing, that's kind of what I was thinking I had to do. The thing is, I don't know what file I need or the steps involved. I'll try looking it up for now though. Thanks for the help.
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
:confused:

Assuming you ran unrevoked 3.22 and have a workibg superuser,Make sure your phone is awake,and your watching it for the superuser popup. If you don't allow it,you will get the permission denied error.
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
Just run the RUU linked back on post 75. That will get you a working phone.

The black screen is an old version of clockwork that's not compatible with slcd incredibles. There was another report of not booting after running 3.22. No idea why that would happen. Id double check the md5 of your 3.22 download. Since you'll have to re-set up anyway,may just want to just use the zergRush method in post 2 :)
[Droid Incredible General] MechArmy:
I didn't try the RUU method, but I did find success in loading a PB31IMG file that just reset my phone to GB 2.3.4 (4.08.605.2), and removed anything I'd previously done. It worked in 3 steps:

PB31IMG:

Stock Gingerbread (2.3.4 build 4.08.605.2 final Gingerbread)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KL3BQ3AG

MD5: 4b7e23b052520978dcd100f008880f82

1) Unloaded and ran PB31IMG file

2) Asked if I wanted to run the update (yes/no)

3) Asked if I wanted to restart my phone (yes/no)

After that, my phone was essentially brand new.

Thanks to all who helped.
[Droid Incredible General] refthemc:
yes that is exactly what the RUU would have done but with a computer. You should be able to start the root process now :)
[Droid Incredible General] maxwintrobe:
thanks for guide, saved my butt after OTA to 4.08.605.2 on dinc that I just go off of eBay, worked perfectly for root and s-off.
[Droid Incredible General] korydak1lla:
My phone is on the official 2.3.4 update but it has s-off. I tried this 1st method and when i flashed custom recovery on unrevoked it never does anything when i plug my phone in. I dont know a lot about this stuff, but I want my root back. plz help. thanks in advance
[Droid Incredible General] Wagon Mound:
First off, thank you to the OP and those that took the time to provide information.

However, for me this was too difficult to follow. I am new to this, but I am not dumb, and I've been at this for hours. I successfully rooted my Nook Color a while back, so this is not entirely new to me.

However, I have never done adb commands. I think I got stuck at zergRush. I also tried the first method and couldn't enter in any adb commands. I tried various instructions on setting up adb but to no avail. Oh well, I really wanted to use my HTC Incredible to bluetooth tether to my Asus Transformer Prime. Too bad for me.
[Droid Incredible General] refthemc:
Where exactly are you stuck with ADB? I believe Scotty included a miniADB of some sort to make things easier.
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
There is literally no setup to it... Just unzip it and change to that directory.

Common errors I see are:

Not unzipping the file

Not having USB debugging enabled

Having SD card mounted to PC(disk drive instead of charge only)

Driver issues

What issues are you having?
[Droid Incredible General] alexyaz:
So I burnt out my Cpu on my original rooted Dinc and got a replacement however after playing around on my replacement Dinc verizon pushed the update to 2.3.4 onto my phone. I would've stopped it but I figured I would just downgrade and root again however the new HBOOT 92 didn't let me downgrade i tried the unrevoked method anyway and i got a custom recovery so i restored MIUI on my current Dinc however i seem to still be unrooted? for example Titanium Backup can't delete system apps. i still have S-on and the new HBOOT 92 however i also have a Mac so I am a little stuck and confused on how to regain full root access with s-off again.

any hep would be greatly appreciated.
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
Follow the directions in the first post to downgrade and get s-off.

Try clearing data in the superuser app to get it properly granting permissions.

Titanium bacup may need deleted and reinstalled.
[Droid Incredible General] k4v2n:
hoping someone can help. i went thru all the steps up to running unrevoked3. while running unrevoked3 during the 1st and 2nd phone reboots, the phone went into fastboot then hboot, and tries to install PB31IMG. i was able to complete unrevoked by selecting ...update -no (vol. dwn), reboot - no (vol.dwn), then running recovery, and got s-off

my issue is every time i try to load the hboot menu, it runs fastboot and tries to install PB31IMG, well that and i've been unsuccessful in flashing miui. i believe they may be related (although what do i know)
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
Delete the PB31IMG file from your sdcard, that will stop hboot from trying to load it every time.

Not sure why miui wont flash but i doubt if it is related to the issue above. What problems are you getting when trying to flash miui?
[Droid Incredible General] k4v2n:
got it to flash thnx. seems like it wasn't properly clearing the cache. from recovery i chose factory reset, clear cache/factory reset. and upon reboot miui loaded. thnx again. great thread.
[Droid Incredible General] Cubanluke88:
Thanks for the guide.

Just rooted a friends Incredible with it but stopped after the first Unrevoked finished as he does not want to downgrade at this point, just remove some bloat (so he is still s-on).

However, after installing titanium backup and uninstalling some apps, he finds that rebooting the phone brings all the apps back. I've never had this experience with Titanium backup on any device I've used so I'm not really sure what could be causing this.

Any thoughts?
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
That is because its still s-on. Getting s-off unlocks the nand protection allowing you to make changes to the system partitions. With s-on the files appear to delete from in the file explorer app but really does not because you dont have permission to do so.
[Droid Incredible General] Cubanluke88:
That's what I thought. I'm preparing to downgrade now. However, for some reason adb isn't recognizing the device when I check for it.

Any thoughts?

Durp. Didn't have debugging on. Ignore me.
[Droid Incredible General] alexyaz:
hey scotty I finally got a chance to do this but i am having some issues with the abd i am on a MacBookPro and i went to the min-abd and i noticed that there were exe files?? i also tried to view the md5sums mtd0.img and my terminal showed that the command was not found? if there is different commands for macs or anything like that?

again thanks for your help
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
Check out post 629 here http://androidforums.com/incredible...-3-4-root-downgrade-s-off-13.html#post3623666
[Droid Incredible General] beanie68:
Hey guys, what should I do if I don't get the right number sequence when I type in the zergRush in the the command prompt? I am getting 4a32187446c284c2b975845f3ab9ffc4 back when I type that in. The other 3 number/letter sequences are all right. Please help! Trying to root this phone has been consuming my life the past 3 days!
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
thatll do it,lol ;)

refer to the android forums thread: http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/427344-2-3-4-root-downgrade-s-off.html

at the bottom of the first post there is info to a mac 3.22 download and location in the thread(post #629) for mac directions. see if ginskella's posts help you any,and if not post in that thread and hopefully he can help you figure it out. i know nothing about macs,sorry.

and yes,miniadb does contain fastboot,adb,and md5sums,all of wich are applications(.exe files)
[Droid Incredible General] izgil82:
Hello everyone.

Today, I received my replacement phone that had Android 2.3.4 on it.

I used the method described in the original post to root it (successfully), but then I flashed the restore image of SkyRaider 4.3 (it was a nandroid backup) with all the settings and apps that I had on my previous phone.

However, the S is still ON. I've tried the methods under the "downgrade" section of the OP but here's what I get

"Unable to chmod /data/local/flash_image: No such file or directory

sh-3.2#"

I have mini-adb folder in the root of my C drive and the PBwhatever zip file in the root of my SD card. The phone is also in the debugging mode.

Can anyone help me please?
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
start from the beginning of the adb commands,from opening a fresh new command window,and provide a copy of your entire command window:

-right click,click mark

-highlight everything

-hit enter

-click the # at the top of the reply to thread box here.

-paste your text between the

tags
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
i cant figure out exactly what the "sh-3.2" in front of yout # means,but its something to do with the type of shell youre in,and shouldt matter a whole lot.

you needed to type "exit" and maybe "exit" again,youll need to be back at the mini-adb_inc> prompt to do "adb reboot bootloader"

looks like the outputs to the commands were what they should have been,so if you try and flash the 2.2 PB31IMG it should take.

you can plug it in and run the command to get to fastboot,then hboot,or just go ahead and power it off,and power on into hboot via power/vol down. it should find your froyo PB31IMG and flash it,assuming youve a properly named PB31IMG file on a properly formatted FAT32 sd card :)
[Droid Incredible General] izgil82:
The thing is, hboot doesn't detect the zip file. It IS correctly named (without .zip at the end to avoid .zip.zip)...
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
Try adding the .zip and see if it works that way. Or download this one and dont rename it at all, just place it on your sd in no folders. http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/3.26.605.1/PB31IMG.zip
[Droid Incredible General] izgil82:
Thanks man. Looks like the file you gave me is Froyo Rom with factory baseband/radio which is different from the one that Android 2.3.4 had when I got the phone earlier today. So I guess all I have to do now is to root the phone, then get S-Off and install a custom ROM.

The thing is, the PB zip file you gave me isn't the S-OFF file, is it? It's just the Froyo Sense rom. I remember long time ago when I flashed the similarly-named zip file through hboot it would take S-Off, if I remember correctly.

UPDATE:

Nevermind. I used Unrevoked 3 and it rooted my phone and took security off. Thanks so much once again!
[Droid Incredible General] guesXy:
Hi, happy NY. As a somewhat of a present - first POST in 2012 :)

Thanks for the topic, this is usefull as i had lost all hope when I found out with s-on i will not be able to install any custom roms :(

Still im not all that sucessfull, faced one general issue and didnt see them referenced in replys to your topic:

my bootloader was searching for PB99IMG.zip instead of PB31IMG.zip, but simply renaming it didnt do. When it was checking the RUU, it said "model ID incorrect update failed!" there are a couple of topic on this, but they weretn helpful.

Would you know what's this about?

My HTC Desire has hboot ver prior to 1.06, something like 0.93-0.92 i think. If this is relevant...

zergRoot wouldnt help as it still relies on using the same RUU, right? :(

Actually as the thread is for Incredible... I think I should use some other RUU for Desire. Would you be able to point ot it? Make sense MODEL ID of Desire doesnt match the Incredible one
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
I dont know if this would even work on a desire. You could try it with the correct ruu for your phone, but i wouldnt, it could mess things up. Most of the commands probably wont work anyways as some contain system paths for the incredible that are probably not the same on the desire. Also most of the other needed files found in this thread will not work for the desire such as unrevoked and clockwork mod.
[Droid Incredible General] guesXy:
I can tell you unrevoked and the recoveru tool were working fine. So unvolentarily i became a tester :)

Also this thread was recommmended by another thread that deals with Desires having S-ON :)

But anyway, at the end as i didnt know waht RUU to use best, I just used revolutionary to S-OFF the device.

Thanks
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
Interesting, im glad to hear it works for you.
[Droid Incredible General] romy134:
Qucik question, I root my Dinc by useing this preocess, but I stopped at rooting didnt get S-off. I was wonder can I now go to HTC-dev tool and use their program to get S-off is is safe if im already rooted using this process?
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
htcdev will

NOT

give you s-off. it will give you an unlocked s-on. while htc dev does give you access to recovery,boot,and system,it is not by any means the same as an unsecured bootloader(s-off).

it will

not

let you change radios,and it will

not

let you roll back the firmware to older versions. basically,while its allowing us some access to flash roms,etc.,it is still doing security checks.

further,it is possible that this hboot may start doing additional security checks that *could* prevent it from being overwritten. just ask the evo 3d guys how their quest to roll back to s-offable fomrware is going after a sneeky OTA replaced their hboots with the htc dev **locked** one :eek:

i would pretty strongly reccomend downgrading and becoming s-off FIRST,if you want to play with htcdevs unlock method.
[Droid Incredible General] stylz3:
Could someone upload the required files to downgrade and obtain root and s-off to a different fileshare site. the ones in the original post won't let me download.
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
They worked for me. You'll just need to use the depositfiles or Wupload links.
[Droid Incredible General] anothen:
I am trying to downgrade a friend's incredible. I am scratching my head because the bootloader won't recognize his pmgXXx.zip file. It searches but is not recognizing it.

NVM- As I'm typing this I have realized I am looking at his internal memory (shown as removable drive) which is formatted FAT32 so I need to format SD-CARD. stupid me lol
[Droid Incredible General] rcracerguy:
I have made it to the downgrade with adb and now I'm lost and don't know where to go. I am on windows xp
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
what have you done and what trouble are you having? :confused: just do each step one at a time.

assuming you have completed steps 1,2,3 then do step 4 :eek: open a command window(you may have to research how to do it on windows xp if its not the same) and enter the adb commands.

edit: also may want to check out the first post here: http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/427344-how-root-2-3-4-downgrade-get-s-off.html

there may have been some additional directions/clarifications added,and that thread is better supported than this one.
[Droid Incredible General] rcracerguy:
I open a command window but it won't let me copy and paste what you have. and when I type it in it doesn't work
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
Open a cmd prompt and right click on the top bar where it says Command Prompt and select properties. Make sure "quick edit mode" is NOT checked, and "insert mode" IS checked. That should allow you to paste in the cmd window.
[Droid Incredible General] rcracerguy:
that's how it's set and still won't work
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
How are you tring to paste, by right clicking, or by hitting ctrl v? Only right clicking will work ctrl v will not. If thats not the issue, im not sure why you cant paste. What kind of errors do you get when trying to enter the commands manually?
[Droid Incredible General] csilvest:
No Joy

Been getting the low memory warnings on my wife's phone and it became nearly unusable so I decided to root. It was of course on 2.3.4 which brought me to this thread. I tried the zergRoot method first, got stuck at flashing back to 2.2. Tried the long method in post #1, got stuck at the same spot - flashing back to 2.2. Have made sure the filename is correct, have formatted the SD card (twice, once quick, once full), still no joy. Have used a different SD card, still nothing. This phone simply will not see the PB31IMG.zip file in the root of the SD card. Always says no image found.

HBOOT Specs on this phone:

INCREDIBLE XD SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.92.0000

MICROP-0417

TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_20aa

RADIO-2.15.10.07.07

Jul 23 2010, 18:06:51

Any ideas? I successfully got root in both methods, but still can't flash...
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
there are only 2 reasons a proper PxxxIMG file on the root of an sd card is not seen:

1)not named correctly

2)not formatted FAT32

common errors:

-typing in the .zip on windows(makes filename PB31IMZ.zip.zip)

-thinking FAT and FAT32 are the same thing

-PB31IMG inside a folder,or on the phones internal memory,not the SD card

rarer occasions,not typing in the file extension on windows could leave the file name "PB31IMG" instead of "PB31IMG.zip". check the file with a file manager on your phone

sd card could be bad. try a new/different one

you can leave hboot flashing out of the equasion by using "fastboot flash zip" to flash the downgrade RUU. directions here: http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/487280-easier-way-flash-pb31img-files.html
[Droid Incredible General] TheLeeDynasty:
I got all the way to the thru ADB and did the downgrade to 2.2 and now my phone just continues to reboot from the Droid animation screen (red eye, freezes, restarts).

I am going to try to do a factory reset as I just tried to load into Recovery but got a Phone with Red ! when I booted into recovery. I have a feeling that my cache didnt wipe properly. I will update my post if a factory reset works from hboot.

EDIT

I had to do a factory reset, so if anyone gets a continuous loop of Droid Start Up Animation try doing a factory reset from hboot (vol down + power) and say no to "upgrade" and "reboot" (cause your 2.2 zip still on your SD card).
[Droid Incredible General] csilvest:
Figured out my problem. I had forgotten how small the SD Card was in this thing - only 2GB. I was loading onto what I thought was the 8GB SD Card that was actually the internal memory (duh!).

Anyway, rollback to 2.2 was successful, ran unrevoked and got S-Off. Thanks for the great thread and assistance!

Off to shop around for a rom...
[Droid Incredible General] rcracerguy:
says invalid directory and it won't let me paste with right click
[Droid Incredible General] D-Lew:
Just wanted to say thanks and how helpful this thread was for me. I did it a while back and relatively painlessly rooted my phone (my first time doing any sort of rooting).

Just a word of advice to those who follow: I'd read the post through carefully twice before starting, and don't be impatient and just do steps as you read them. Think about what you're doing so you don't end up like me having to repeat it two times and ending up with a broken clockwork recovery you have to fix, etc.

Walls of text and me don't always sit well, but thanks again. ;)
[Droid Incredible General] rcracerguy:
can i use unrevoked forever to get s-off? baseband 2.15.10.07.07
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
sorry,no idea what the issue there could be. :(
[Droid Incredible General] scotty1223:
nope. yuou mush downgrade to froyo to use unrevoked 3.32 and the forever patch.

you need to root to downgrade,you can do this with unrevoked 3.22,htc supertool,or zergRush.

the basic steps this guide is accomplishing:

-give root acess

-rewrite misc image to allow a downgrade

-downgrade to a compatible firmware/baseband for s-off

-achieve s-off
[Droid Incredible General] AZ2ENVY:
Okay I have an issue I havent ran across yet. My friends DInc is S-off, was 2.3.4 but

downgraded and then rooted, and put a new ROM on (Ice Cream Sense 1.3) and now

he cannot get signal from the radio whatsoever. It shows bars but no 3G, even when

he goes to place a call it wont go through. He is using the 2.15.10.07.07 radio and

still no luck. Did *22899 and *228 numerous times with no luck. Now went back to

stock ROM and still no reception at all. He has wifi connectivity though but thats all.

Any ideas ? Thanks in advance!
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
I would try to flash a different radio or reflash the version he has but download a fresh copy. http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=18