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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
So I installed SDK right on C:\Android instead of the user directory at home last night, ADB worked like a charm. Only issue I had was the RUU has "si.zip" at the end instead of "signed.zip".

Now I did this to a phone that I was going to return but alas my replacement phone had a bad power button. So I went back to my original phone that I was having signal signal issues with but I think the issue is actually with Verizon as it seems fine now. I did this after flashing the back to stock RUU as well, by then doing the OTA which got me to the 6.01.605.05 update and I had no problem doing this process. So I was already S-OFF but I had no problem running Revolutionary and having it tell me that I was already S-OFF and then it flashed CWR for me.

I did get bootloops upon rebooting after flashing CWR, so I pulled the battery and SD card, downloaded CM7.2 onto the comp and threw it on the SD card, back into the phone, manually started the bootloader (hold VOL DWN + POWER) booted into Recovery, wiped, flashed CM7.2, and all is well. I may try another Sense ROM if I get bored and see if it bootloops, but for the most part I like ADW and CM7's custimizability better anyway, plus its fast as hell.

So there is an FYI for all that may try this and run into the same issues.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
so everything is up and running?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Yeah, so far so good on CM7. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bassil2022:
I am getting bootloop after "e. adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root" every time!!!

I unchecked fast boot, and put the phone on charge mode and use debugging.

Any idea???
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
well to start out... the "e." should not be in the code.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bassil2022:
do you think if I put the letters, I would reach to "e"???? of course I don't include it in the code!!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bassil2022:
never mind.... finally it works. Downgrade, s-off, installing CWM recovery SUCCESS.

This is how I did it....

It kept bootloob every time. At the end, I just put the code on step "f" to the end while its bootlooping>>>>>> and it works :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
cool! maybe that will work for others too. glad you got it to work
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mccarrel:
Re rooting?

So if I downgraded with Taco root and rooted already but ended up with the Sense rom bootloop problems can I re-downgrade with this method?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
This is the taco root method. However of you end up in a sense rom boot loop like I did you can pull the battery and sd card and download a senseless rom onto your card on the computer and then put it back into your phone and boot into the bootloader (hold volume down + power) the go to recovery from the bootloader wipe and flash the rom and you should be all set. I'm running CM7 and so far so good.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] carrevan:
This will not work for me. I have S-ON and am ***RELOCKED***.

Step F and G work but H "adb shell sh -c '/data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.18.605.3'" says..

Patching and backing up misc partition...

Error opening input file.

This seems to be causing the rest of the process to fail.

It gives me the "Remote: 43 main version check fail"

Can someone who is locked and S-OFF do this?

All I want to do is flash recovery because my current stock rom doesn't have it. I just have a red exclamation point when I try to go there. I want to create a backup and can't :(
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
can you post your cmd prompt for the

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

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

steps?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] carrevan:
Now I can only get this far...

"C:\Windows\system32>cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push tacoroot.sh /

data/local/

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

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push tacoroot.sh /

data/local/

error: device not found"

Remember, at this point I can only boot into fastboot and the bootloader. I'm getting the white HTC screen so I can't change the debug settings, etc.

My radio is 1.09.01.0312

HBOOT .98

eMMC Boot

VIVO_W XB SHIP S-ON RL

***UNLOCKED***

Is there ANYTHING I can do to recover my phone? Even if I can bypass some steps just to get a rom running.

Recovery won't work and it won't read PG32IMG files in the SD or says it's an older version and the update fails :/

If ANYONE can help me fix my phone I would truly appreciate it. Maybe a Facebook chat might make it go faster? I really need to fix this.

Please and thank you.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Ok I think I can get you out of this. First off, are you using the PG32IMG file from this thread? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1599767

That's the one you need to return to stock. However you don't flash it in recovery, you do it in the bootloader by booting into hboot then selecting bootloader and waiting for it to scan and find the file then volume up to update it. That should get you back to stock so you can start fresh if you want. Once your stock check for updates and you should get an update that gets you back to this version of the software to then use this method again if you want to try it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] carrevan:
I just tried that again.

it says "no image or wrong file" after it reads it then it disappears really fast.

it also says...

pg32diag.nbh says "no image or wrong file"

As far as recovery:

I have a recovery but the MD5 doesn't match so it stops. How can I change this? Maybe if I can get them to match we will have success.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Flash a different recovery with fastboot? "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" then try flashing an aosp rom.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
First, the device not being detected is usually because USB Debugging has been toggled back to 'Off'. So you may want to check the status of that.

to get your phone to run properly again try using:

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot

if this still doesn't work let me know.

Also, are you able to get to the recovery menu? I see your phone is unlocked so if you can boot into the recovery menu using either hboot or fastboot (don't remmber which one has the option to go to recovery) you should be able to factory reset/delete user data and whipe cache/dvlaik cache
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Got a brand new replacement Dinc2 today, new charger, new 16 GB SD card, and it had a sim card in it. Anyway, I'll be using this method again tonight :)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] carrevan:
HOLY CRAPOLA!!!!

I flashed the boot.img from this rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1737494 (full)

THEN tried the PG32IMG... it failed.

THEN went into recovery > factory reset > clear cache > wipe dalvik > choose zip from SD > install

WHAM!!! IT'S RUNNING!!!!!

THANK YOU GUYS SOOOO MUCH FOR THE HELP.

By the way, since I'm running that Rom and have ***unlocked*** does that mean I'm rooted? It's still S-ON.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
if you have unlocked your phone your able to flash custom roms, so yes you are rooted.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
used this method again on a brand new replacement that big red sent me, worked great again and only bootlooped once, ran a Sense 3.0 rom for 2 days after with no bootloops. However Sense just isn't for me so I switched to CM7. Anyway just wanted to report I've now done this successfully with two phones. Thanks for the method!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
You're very welcome! Glad everything worked out for you! :D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] densetsu86:
hi the link provided in the op for the htc drivers is dead.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] densetsu86:
ok i got the drivers but i can't start up part e. after tacoroot.sh --setup and rebooted in to recovery and forced restart my device cannot be found. tried unplugging and re plugging but not working. i am in charge only mode like suggested should i try something else. ok i found out some how it killed one of my usb ports (hopefully a reboot of my pc can make it work again) but i redid part d the setup and then did root command again and now im in a boot loop at part e. and no a battery pull did not work.

this is turning out to be a frustrating process.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] densetsu86:
ok theres been a lot of issues a long the way i got it to s off but now after flashing cwm and revoluntionary just closed on it self leaving me with that white screen up that told me i have s-off so i used it to reboot my phone and now i have a boot loop but odd thing is it gets to the lock screen and then the phone just restarts itself (it just keeps on doing it endlessly).

so how do i get a rom on here? im coming from a dx2 and things are so far way different. i had to use an app in the app draw to get cwm up. same thing? or just boot into recovery.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
your going to want to boot into recovery and toggle USB on. After you do that throw what ever rom you want into the root of the sd card along with the cwm recovery files, then simply just flash them.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] mccarrel:
Is there anyway to return to stock 6.01.605.05 to unroot in order re-root to fix the sense bootloop?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
possibly flashing the RUU for that software. however, im currently running a sense rom with no bootloops. You just need to boot into recovery before the phone bootloops itself and toggle the USB on in the recovery menu, throw the .zip files that you want to flash, and flash them. That should stop all bootloops
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] natemup:
I'm rooted by way of HTCdev, so I'm one of the few with S-ON, and up to now I've been doing the whole boot.img method to flash newer ROMs. This is a bit of a hassle, and I'd like to streamline the process and get S-OFF, but I'm thinking it might be more of a hassle than I ought to venture into.

How simple will it be for me to go from what I'm on now (Aerovan's latest CM9 build), to the end of this OP's process, and back to CM9 again (on a Mac)?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
flashing a rom once s-offed is no different than having s-on. The only difference between s-off and s-on is the ability to flash radios
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] natemup:
I was hoping it would actually be a tad easier since I'm already rooted...

*sigh* I suppose I really just want a one-click S-OFF method, and I'm just not going to get that. ;P
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
i mean i could easily write a program to kick off each line of code but its unnecessary. In all honesty if you follow the OP obtaining s-off should really only take you about 5 minutes.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] natemup:
OK riddle me this, because I think I'm still in the dark ages about how to do this: what's the easiest way to backup everything and have it restore correctly once I'm S-OFF and want to get back to CM9?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
well thats up for debate. Some people say that backing up app/data across roms and even software/firwares is a bad idea and can corrupt the data, as for my self i always just like a fresh restart.

If you would like to back up your data, at your own risk :p not that there really is a risk, i would highly recommended the free version of titanium backup. If you plan on switching roms often then i'd recommend the paid version ($5)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Yep, well worth more.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bberryhill0:
Some people prefer MyBackup. I use Titanium.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Bohnsta:
I need a little help. I was rooted and downgraded with S-Off as well. I recently did CondemnedSoul's PG32IMG to return to stock. (Was having some issues and wanted a fresh start.) Anyway it took me to the lasted software, but I still have S-Off. Is this the way I should reroot?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Yep, I did the same thing. Just check for a software update while your stock if you haven't already. That should put you on this version of the software.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus full of jelly beans
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
constant bootloop at --root

Hello. yesterday I recevied my inc 2 and Im using the taco root and steps a-d work perfectly but when i use --root i get constant boot loops ive used all your tips and read throuh the forum ive removed sd and sim i tried inputting f to stop bootloops but nothing is working any help would be very appreciated thank you in advance
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
It's supposed to be bootlooping, adb should work and you can keep going with the instructions.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Card83:
I'm running into a bit of an odd issue that I can't work out. I went through all the steps as detailed here, no problems encountered. However, after running Revolution and allowing it to install CWM, the phone rebooted, came up like new with version 2.3.3, but now reboots about 10-15 seconds after finishing booting.

Any ideas? I miss the good old days of about a year ago when rooting/S-Off seemed so much simpler.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Flash the .0312 radio, I'm on my phone but there's a link in the tacoroot section of my guide.

Edit: Link here. Rename it to PG32IMG.zip and throw it in the root of your sdcard, boot into the bootloader and wait a few seconds for it to come up, hit VolUp to accept. Make sure you have it charged, running out of power while flashing a radio=brick.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Card83:
Thank you. I figured I was missing some easy step. I'm up and running now! :good:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HF4L:
Worked like a charm here! :good:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] brocksdad:
I'm having problems on this step - l. fastboot oem rebootRUU. After I enter that into cmd, it just says "waiting for device". I let it sit for about 5 minutes and nothing happened. Any ideas?

Nevermind - got it to work - now trying to run revolutionary
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
Hey guys. Just an update to recent occurrences (sorry i was unable to respond to a few questions earlier as I was out of town for several days).

This will also be posted in the OP, but also here, for those who are to lazy to follow updates =P

First things first. Sense ROM bootloops are a thing of the past. Just flash the .0312 radio! .0312 Radio Link HERE.

Secondly, I may have miss spelled/named the RUU file in step n, try this RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_R adio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_si.zip. Link the the RUU file is HERE.

Last, and certainly not going to be the least of problems, but after running tacroot.sh --root your device should be bootlooping.

Thanks to prototype7 for answering members questions while I was away and for pointing out these errors :good:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
And as I forgot last night, always run the command window in Administrator in Windows, cause otherwise stuff don't work and you have to start over
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
Hello everyone I'm trying to downgrade my Inc 2 for root and in the trouble shoot section of the guide it says I can use misctool to manually change my misc_version but I'm not sure how to implement this in the downgrade steps any help please thank you in advance
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
At the bottom of post 1 you have to download the misc_version and put it in the android-sdk/tools folder then run the command when you get to that step

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus full of jelly beans
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
Got the zip already.

I have it extracted in platform- tools at the moment. So I should just move it to tools?

And error 43 goes poof

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
worst case just place the file in both folders to eliminate any errors
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
Updated the OP for those of you that are having issues with ERROR 43 and setting the misc_version. Haven't been able to test it out so those of you that are able to test this please let me know if it rids the ERROR 43.:D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zozor:
I got an interminable bootloop after the step e : got it worked

When flashing the ruu , I got the error :　remote 12 : signature verify fail .

I already check the md5 ,is ok
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zaidyou999:
Good job

many thanks
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
How do I flash the newest zip with out having the option to flash from sd in the recovery. Can I rename to PG132.zip and use fastboot or rename it to update.zip and use recovery apply update from SD?

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
I've never seen that, maybe your sd card came out or isn't mounting?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus full of jelly beans
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
Well it is a brand-new Inc its never been rooted so it doesn't have a custom recovery on it its 100% stock

Once I'm in stock recovery I see this

E: cannot open /cache/recovery/command

The menu options are this

Reboot system

Apply update.zip from SD

Wipe data/factory reset

Wipe cache

This is a brand-new Inc 2 its never been rooted before

(Update) Renaming to update.zip causes phone to reboot it says

System Reboot by cause: oem-00

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Macguyver:
Ah, you won't find it in recovery, you need to follow the guide in the OP and downgrade hboot first, then use revolutionary to root and install CWMR.

I've done it 3 times now, just follow the steps.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
The whole reason I'm asking about the misctool is because the error 43 pops on me everytime

Earlier in the forum I was told to move misc_ version to tools instead of platform tools

Unfortunately I have to work alllll the time lmao

At one point I was so angry with the error I could kick a seal

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Search for "misc_version error 43" got me this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1303458. Can you adb shell cd /sdcard?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
Will try very soon

Just out of curiosity if I'm not able to what would be the next step there

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
I know you probably are, but just in case make sure you are running cmd as administrator.

this error 43 is literally pissing me off :mad:. I had this error when orignially downgrading my inc 2 and fixed it in a matter of minutes. I'm trying my best to figure out/remember how i went about it. Maybe ill snag my buddies inc 2 and see if i can get his to get the error.

as far as being able to s-off, you wont be able to unless you can get the misc_version to change. You will be able to root your phone (using the htc dev unlock) which allows you to do pretty much do everything s-off is capable of except flashing radios.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
I know that feeling my friend lol

The Dev unlock sounds nice but I don't give in so easy. It would make me feel like I'm turning my back on the community of code slingers. Ya know on our roots for root that started so long ago

Dev unlock will be the last ditch effort lol

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
The only thing i can honestly think to do at this moment would be for you to completely start from scratch. delete and re-download everything and make sure there are no typos, everything is in the right folders, and see where that gets you. Im sure you have done this but i can not remember for the life of me how i managed to kick my 43 error.

edit: after looking at the process again there may be one thing you can try that i haven't seen/suggested yet.

in steps f,g, and h remove the /tmp so they should then look like this.

f. adb push misc_version /data/local/misc_version

g. adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/misc_version

h. adb shell sh -c '/data/local/misc_version -s 2.18.605.3'
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
will do man I'm headed out for work but as soon as i can ill post everything I do

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] maxchao:
That was fun...Now I am installing the CM ROM...very excited!

I did ran into a problem that I had to solve myself. After I finished all the command line stuff and before I did revolutionary, I was curious if my HBOOT is indeed 0.97, so I restarted, and it became a nightmare. I ran into the problem that the system reboots 10-15 seconds after it finishes booting up, so I don't have enough time to do evolutionary before the connection is lost. I couldn't flash the radio to solve that problem because s-on. So I was stuck for awhile. Finally I realize I can restore to factory default in the recovery mode, and that gave me another chance to connect to the pc and do revolutionary.

OK that wasn't that hard to figure out, but at the risk of life without cell phone(!) that was something..ha
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
heres my latest

FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

that was without cd to tools

btw what does arm failed for /data/data/recovery/log mean?

ok ive tried every single tip ive been given thus far it still fails at main version failed
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
are you sure you're running the 6.01 software?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
Yea sure enough

I used all the tips that's been thrown up

I redownloaded everything

I used the tools director when pushing misc_version

And the chmod

I am admin on my machine

I've checked for # after temp root

Everything

Nine attempts each different from following the steps in op to adding the tips given here all failed for the same reason

And if it means anything 710rd is at the end of my software version

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
Is there a way I check if the misc change is working

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
Still no luck here I'm on 6.01 and I'm doooing everything

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sk842018:
You ever get downgraded
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
No still haven't made it man it fails out still

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bberryhill0:
Try this thread:

http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?t=592064
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
Will try soon thanks for the hook up

Sent from the ADR6350
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] cheesiepoof:
Scotty85's post on phandroid got me to the promised land! As far as I can tell it's the same method as the OP, but possibly a bit more noob friendly.

My one hiccup was with the radio, for some reason the .0312 radio didn't take the first time. If you are experiencing boot loops, check the radio in the boot loader, and update it with this method. Worked for me.

Thanks to everyone involved in making our phones root-able again!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kayak83:
I'm already rooted but used the HTC tool. Do I need to start with the phone in it's retail state or can I pick up where you downgrade since I already have root?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bberryhill0:
You have to relock the phone first.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Nevaloud:
After alot of typing and failure I'm finally rooted. It finally came down to using the link from bberryhill0

Thank you very much to everyone that was involved with my problem

Thanks again
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
scottys worked for me with unlocked bootloader am now s-off! :D http://androidforums.com/incredible...y-downgrade-firmware-build-6-01-605-05-a.html
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Seemed to be an easier one to follow, so I rewrote my guide using his instructions here.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tehloxely:
When I do step: e. adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root

It tells me : /data/local/tacoroot.sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied.

I cannot got further. What can I do?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Sane116:
Can someone/OP possibly relink to the RUU 2.3.3? The download links seem to be dead and I just can't find it anywhere.