[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] whythm:
This is 4 noobz ... by a noob. READ AT OWN RISK. MAY RESULT IN BRICKED DEVICES OR INJURIES. Seriously I don't know what I'm doing -- mainly copied & pasted code found on different forums.

Copied from my post @ RootzWiki.

After staying up all night long, I finally have my Inc2 rooted, S-OFF, 0.97 HBOOT, running Cyanogen Mod 7, with ClockWorkMod Recovery... started with 0.98 HBOOT, Android 2.3.4, Software # 5.10.605.9 ..... on Windows XP (couldn't get Revolutionary to run on Linux, although Revolutionary is not required for this first & trickiest step, which involves a taco & roots.)

I tried many things, mainly experimenting with attn1's downgrade toolkit PalmerCurling's tacoroot technique @ RootzWiki (search "Gain S-OFF and root" ... go to pg. 7. My post is pg. 10), & also attn1's downgrade guide and some German forum thread I translated.

what I think did the trick, was to get root within the ADB console, with su command, gaining Superuser status with the Android (dialog popped up on Android, which was booted up into the OS, to confirm Superuser request), which then enabled me to initiate tacoroot.

I think.

adb shell

su

and the $ symbol turned into a # symbol, which indicates Superuser (root) permission. Note this is just within ADB shell ... still need to root device permanently. (via temp. tacoroot exploit)

Before I figured this out, I was hitting a dead-end with the "adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root" command -- "Permission Denied" or some error like that.

But I was trying lots of stuff -- the solution could have been elsewhere. Another thing worth mentioning: I would get a weird syntax error ("newline unexpected?") when using the official tacoroot.sh ... I found some tacoroot.sh linked on a thread, which was much smaller (3KB vs. 38KB). The funny thing is, I don't think I was getting those errors the whole time, with official tacoroot.sh. If you want the mystery zip containing tacoroot.sh & misc_version ... PM me (can't link here). Or find my post in the Rootz thread described above, for all kinds of juicy links.

SUMMARY:

- installed HTC USB Drivers -- also had installed Android SDK tools, but maybe you just need adb.exe & fastboot.exe -- included in toolkit linked below.

1. downloaded toolkit from attn1's post (vwhk.......zip), unzipped to C:\ ... renamed folder to vwhk (simplifies console commands)

2. moved all tools from vwhk root folder into its tools/Win (or use Lin folder on Linux (convenience)

3. also added to vwhk\tools\win the tacoroot.sh (the smaller one I found PM me if you wanna try it < i have no cluez >, AFTER renaming original to tacoroot.sh 1, as a backup.

4. optional I think: added to vwhk tools\win misc_version from github (universal) (version changer? huh..)

I think this is the one I succeeded with... but there is also a misc_version already in the toolkit, which probably will work too. It's also possible my memory is foggy... I also might have bypassed lines 3-4 below, by loading the misctool zip from recovery (you can find misctool on forums -- sets version to 1.0.0... or whatever). Don't trust my memory...

I'm pretty sure I used the following commands (mostly pasted from PalmerCurling's Rootz post linked above):

5. COMMAND TIME.

Phone plugged in with USB, Charge-Only mode, debugging enabled (Dev settings), Fastboot disabled (power settings).

In Windows, Start > Run > cmd ... type cd [path of folder containing tools & files] ... or right-click that folder (eg. vwhk\tools\win) & click Command Here (maybe a Microsoft Powertoy feature? easy download)

adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tacoroot.sh

adb push misc_version /data/local

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/misc_version

adb reboot recovery

reboot phone from recovery

adb shell

su

> got prompt on phone to grant Superuser permission, clicked OH YEAH

adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup

<reboot> ... memory... foggy at this point...

adb shell

su

/data/local/tacoroot.sh --root

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot erase cache

fastboot flash zip <name of the RUU zip from XDA Tool Zip>

fastboot reboot

6. SUCCESS! ?

I then referred to the HTC Incredible 2: Full Update Guide @ CyanogenMod Wiki, to gain S-OFF & install CyanogenMod 7.

- used Revolutionary to gain S-OFF & whatever else it does... includes ClockWork Recovery

- CM7 install was easy. It's great -- lots of customization ... fast ...

however, I think my signal strength has dropped significantly. Apparently a somewhat common problem.

edit: have upgraded Radio, tried both 0722 & 1111, still getting 1-2 bars where I would get 2-3 bars w/ Stock device. Troublesome... I mean it's a phone after all...

Any signal advice?

I updated Roaming, no apparent improvement. (when dialing in to Verizon Activation *228, CM7's built-in Activation Wizard takes over dial-pad ... so I used this ADB console command:

adb shell

service call phone 2 s16 2

to dial 2 on Dialpad ... which doesn't work for starting Roaming Upgrade, but it does re-enable the Dialpad so you can press 2 ...to upgrade roaming capabities. If there's any point to that, anyways... any help with signal appreciated