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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] alochmst98:
For the other people reading this, ThisLameN**** let me remote into his computer using TeamViewer and we figured it out. There were three problems.

He was launching Revolutionary with a double-click instead of from the command prompt

He had HTC Sync installed instead of the HTC 3.0.0.7 driver. HTC Sync is incompatible with Revolutionary.

He had his phone in the bootloader instead of booted normally and in charge-only mode.

By correcting those, we were able to run Revolutionary successfully, to obtain S-OFF and install ClockworkMod Recovery.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] spocko:
Thanks so much to [MENTION=4598850]prototype7[/MENTION] for this awesome guide!! I was able to successfully use the tacoroot method to downgrade, root and S-OFF.

I was coming from HBOOT 0.98 and firmware 6.01.605.05, completely stock and locked. There were a few hiccups along the way, but I was able to get around them:

>> Like others have posted earlier, I was unable to flash the radio when instructed in the guide. I just proceeded past that step as others have said. I flashed the modem after everything else was done and then it worked fine.

>> Revolutionary was unable to download the CWM recovery, but it was able to proceed with everything else. After it was done, I just downloaded the IMG file for TWRP from here (search for VIVOW as the device name):

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/71

And I manually flashed it via fastboot. The information in this guide was helpful:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-like-CWM-or-TWRP-on-Android_id53914

>> At one point in the process the phone did get stuck in a bootloop. I can't remember if that happened before or after running revolutionary. The first step to get out of it was to use "adb reboot bootloader" or "adb reboot recovery", can't remember which. Sorry my memory about this part is fuzzy.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] osvikvi:
stuck on [flash zip RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605....]

So I am stuck trying to flash the RUU, I've had some other problems along the line, but thanks to the usefull posts in this thread, I could crawl all the way up-to here:

C:\Android>fastboot flash zip RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Radio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_si.zip
sending 'zip' (292817 KB)... OKAY [ 47.580s]
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 103.861s

In Fact when I rebootRUU, the phone gives me a black screen with HTC logo. When I unplug usb, the android bootloader shows me:

as soon as plug the USB back in, the black screen scrolls down again.

Any Ideas?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Can you input the next command at that black screen? I believe that's just what the RUU screen looks like.

Edit: try redownloading the RUU, it might be corrupt.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] osvikvi:
Sorry, the sequence of my question was not correct, I'll rephrase,

all the previous steps went through ok,

.......

fastboot oem lock - Ok

fastboot erase cache - Ok

fastboot oem rebootRUU - Ok (this is where I indeed reboot into the black screen when connected. and when disconnected I get the white bootloader screen)

The next command in line is:

fastboot flash zip RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Radio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_si.zip - Not OK (error as in post above)

I'm downloading the Miniadb_inc2.zip file again. Let's hope that does the trick. THe checsum turned out to be ok so I didn't think that would be an issue.

Thanks..

UPDATE: I've redownloaded the package and retried, but no luck.

FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Going from your previous post, I'm assuming you were originally HTCDev unlocked and going for S-OFF? Rerun "fastboot getvar mainver" and ensure the result is the same as I listed in the guide.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] osvikvi:
Yes Indeed, I currntly have HTCDev unlocked and S-on.

Already verified get mainver. But nevertheless:

C:\Android>fastboot devices
FA2BHTV00304 fastboot

C:\Android>fastboot getvar mainver
mainver: 2.18.605.3
finished. total time: -0.000s
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] osvikvi:
hmmm, anyone any thaughts? I'm quite stuck here....
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] el_venga:
if you have unlockable bootloader via htcdev do the process, install custom recovery, install superuser via zip file in custom recovery and then do this.

adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp/misc_version

adb shell

su

chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

/data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.18.605.3

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot getvar mainver The result should be 2.18.605.3. If it is not, something was not done correctly, you'll need to restart from the beginning.

fastboot oem lock

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Ra dio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_si.zip This will take a bit of time without giving any indication as to when it will be done, be patient and do not interrupt it.

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot reboot

it is basically the same process. i just removed tacoroot, enabled su just in case and skipped the last flash zip. i have done this several times. afterwards you'll have s-off and you can flash ics firmware+custom recovery of choice+custom rom of choice.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] 1heeblix:
can anybody reup the tacoroot zip or is this github link sufficient github/CunningLogic/TacoRoot

(link edited because of new user restrictions)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
And I thought this thread was finally dead for good :P

https://github.com/CunningLogic/TacoRoot/archive/master.zip should work fine, there are a few other files you'll need too though. Took me a bit, but I managed to track them all down. Get misc_version from here (link), the radio image (link), adb and fastboot (link), and md5sums (link). You'll also need the RUU which I had to extract from HTC's utility since none of the other links worked, get it here (link), and that's the RUU_really_long_name.zip in the guide, the md5sum result is the same but the name is just RUU.zip. The version of tacoroot is slightly different, it should work but the md5sum will be df596a69e790c6a3261f79465593259f, not what it says in the guide. Get all of these files downloaded in the same directory and you should be good to follow the guide. Enjoy!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] BigChaz01:
I was able to get all of these, except the radio image, new link, please? I've been searching for hours for these files, so I can s off my Inc2, and, it seems, I'm so close... my other concern is revolutionary seems to be gone, as well, how do I get around that?

[EDIT]

Seems RUU.zip is corrupted, too... :(

[EDIT2]

I ran md5sums on RUU.zip, and, it matches, so, I'm assuming these zips aren't meant to be opened, normally, so, if I can locate the radio img with a proper md5, and a patched revolutionary, or, some other way to s off, I'm ready to try it.

[EDIT3]

I found the correct radio, with proper md5sum, on a russian hosting site, but, I'm getting the 12 signature verify fail error. I still haven't found anything to do the revolutionary step. There is a post on these forums, where OP said he had a patched version of it, that skips the beta key requirement, but, he never released it, as far as I can tell... might have to break out the old hex editing tools... Or, some new ones.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zackspeed:
As proto said just flash the firmware and install the 0312 radio. 0312 radio will stop bootloops on Sense roms. Once you have been on the latest OTA all sense roms have to have the 0312 radio to work.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jason Syn:
So I went to the Tacoroot github linked in the OP but it doesn't give me an option to download the .sh file. Obviously I'm completely oblivious and can't find it, any help?

I did find the tacoroot.bin file, can I just change the name to tacoroot.sh?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Click the zip button up on the top left (I think, somewhere at the top at least :p)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] loonatik78:
It took me a little bit to figure that one out too. You want to click the second button near the top that says "zip" with a little cloud and an arrow pointing down. Extract it, then do what you need to with the tacoroot.sh.

Also, flashing the radio can be done in fastboot right after you flash the downgrade RUU (if you use the tacoroot method). Use the same command, just replace the RUU path and file name with the path and file name of the radio. Saves a little time and steps and you don't end up with a bootlooping device after running Revolutionary.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Thanks, I'll add that in tomorrow when I rewrite the guide (again, had it typed out then my computer overheated, lost it all :mad::mad::mad::mad: ) to be easier to use.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Tacoroot guide rewritten based off scotty85's guide, much easier and more noob-friendly. (Just realized I forgot the download links, those will be up in a minute :o )

Edit: Download link added, sorry about that.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
If you have any problems or find anything wrong with the new guide (or any of them for that matter), even something as simple as a spelling error, feel free to let me know.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
You should add Scottys 2nd post tut as well for people already unlocked? that's what I followed just saying tho :P

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Thanks for pointing it out, I'll be able to work on that later, probably sometime next week.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
I lied, just finished that section. Second post is for anyone who is HTCDev unlocked and wants to get S-OFF.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
Haha nice to see this on xda now

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jcpowell:
Only thing I live in a rural area with only satalite internet so I tether to use my computer cause I get great Verizon 3g here. Does revolution need to be ran while connected to the internet or is it an offline software?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
Offline gee

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Just need connection to download it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] hatyrei:
hi i have a problem from 2nd command in Tacoroot, it says error unable to read file/directroy RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Ra

the file is not working?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
Try renaming the file to something shorter

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] hatyrei:
I've already tried that....same error message. maybe its the file it self or the md5sums ,..i dont know... and I tried fastboot it didn't work either...

Actually my phone is already S-OFF with new firmware...I just wanna gain root access back... :( ,.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bberryhill0:
Just flash a ROM or install su.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
Install recovery via fast boot then flash su as zip I know you can download it somewhere not sure

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] hatyrei:
I cant flash an ROM without CMW or root access...and u mean install SU from Play store? I already did that...but it should be installed in the system binaries to work... i guess... sigh. I miss using rooted phone. My INC2 is alrady S-OFF i just watnt it to get root again... Taco roort 2nd command gives me error so i cant proceed...or so?

---------- Post added at 02:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 PM ----------

I think I'm ok now...i booted to recovery and i can CMW :) hehehe. thanks. I'm just gonna flash an ROM now...any suggestions? The best? no-less bugs? ICS and JB perhaps?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
kangdemantion 0.4 is a good ics rom and as for jb i think paranoid android 1.96a and kev cm10 jb
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Those are good, aero's cm9 is probably the most stable of the ics roms.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bberryhill0:
EclipticSense (ICS) is running well for me.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jakob95:
I can't do the last part.

fastboot flash zip 1.09.01.0312_vivow_Radio_PG32IMG.zip

When I try it says writing "zip"...... FAILED (remote not allowed)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
You make sure misc version was good?

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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kayak83:
I'm getting a signature error on step "fastboot flash zip 1.09.01.0312_vivow_Radio_PG32IMG.zip"

"c:\Android>fastboot flash zip 1.09.01.0312_vivow_Radio_PG32IMG.zip

sending 'zip' (13225 KB)... OKAY [ 3.274s]

writing 'zip'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)

finished. total time: 6.073s"

What do I do now? I'm leaving my phone on the "HTC" screen (the RUU one) in hopes that somebody can help me out real quick and I can finish this. It's the last step too!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
you are currently s-off right? lol

becasue if you havent first you have to boot up and run revolutionary and s-off then you will be able to flash the radio
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Kayak83:
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Edit: Ended up rebooting (via adb) into the verizon (downgraded) ROM instead of trying to get the radio to install. Then went in and unchecked fastboot and checked usb debugging. Then ran revolutionary (had to copy/past in beta key for it to work, nomatter what i typed in) then installed CWM, then installed new radio through bootloader, then flashed new ROM of choice (Aeroeven CM10). S-OFF SUCCESS.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jcpowell:
I give up someone let me know if a one click like hack vivow is created for this software version. I cant get adb to recognize the file paths or commands but it recognizes my device I must just be dumb or adb illiterate but either way I'm done trying
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
You know, i... meh. I'm either going to get in trouble with mods or get into an annoyingly long argument if I comment on this, so nvm.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
I still keep getting a "error opening input file" trying to change the misc version :l
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
What are you using? Stock rooted or the ROM I linked to?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
HTC Dev unlock, 4ext recovery. Stock Rom though. 2.3.4
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Firmware version? You're on 6.x right?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
Yes sir.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Did you flash the supersu zip? Try typing "adb shell" then "su"
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
Yeah I have superSU flashed as well. After I reboot from recovery (following your guide) I type "adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp/misc_version" it shows it sending then I copy "adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version" nothing happens then the line "adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.18.605.3" is where I get the error
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
What happens when you do

adb shell

su
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
It does "#" and is just sitting there.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Interesting. I'll look at it in the morning... that is what it's supposed to do btw
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] JehC:
Alrighty, thank you. And okay good to know
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jcpowell:
I'm just frustrated I apologize ill get it to work eventually. Thank you for your guide and help its more than enough.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Np. What problem are you having?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
just over looked at your second post and to not have any problems with confusuion like JehC after the RUU downgrade you should put to run revolutionary first then flash radio because flashing radios require s-off
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Will do... also, tapatalk just did this:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
Haha ;o whoa easy there lol
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] agapedisciple:
I got it working. I just needed to follow scotty's guide and flash from the oem rebootRUU state.

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip 1.09.01.0312_vivow_Radio_PG32IMG.zip (when you checked it above with the md5sums command,it matched right?)

fastboot reboot-bootloader (make sure your baseband changed)

fastboot reboot
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] termin8tor22:
I'm having trouble flashing the radio. I just finished the Flashing RUU part and now I am bootlooping. I get passed the bootloaders and lock screen then the phone reboots. I flashed the radio and it "FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)". I cant run Revolutionary successfully because it drops the connection.

Heres what I'm seeing when I flash the radio.img file.

C:\ANDROID ROOT>fastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 1.092s]
finished. total time: 1.093s

C:\ANDROID ROOT>fastboot oem rebootRUU
... OKAY [ 0.347s]
finished. total time: 0.348s

[COLOR="Blue"]C:\ANDROID ROOT>fastboot flash zip 1.09.01.0312_vivow_Radio_PG32IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (13225 KB)... OKAY [ 3.341s]
writing 'zip'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 6.136s[/COLOR]

C:\ANDROID ROOT>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY [ 0.156s]
finished. total time: 0.157s

C:\ANDROID ROOT>fastboot reboot
< waiting for device >
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.157s

C:\ANDROID ROOT>

I think the blue is where my problem is but Im unsure on how to fix this. Any help?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
From the bootloader:

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip 1.09.01.0312_vivow_Radio_PG32IMG.zip

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot reboot
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] termin8tor22:
Hmm I tried that and after around try 5 it worked Thanks alot.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] xray49er:
Thanks for the guide I did this last night for my sons refurb. I think i missed a step so i started it over and it worked great. I couldnt flash the radio so i saved a file on my computer and renamed it. I mounted the phone through recovery. moved the radio file over. I flashed the ics rom then went into the bootloader flashed the radio and everything is working flawlessly. Thanks for the guide and your time.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tnez:
just tried the tacoroot method, everything went fine but im stuck on the last line of code.....can anyone help?

C:\Android>fastboot oem rebootRUU
... OKAY [ 0.172s]
finished. total time: 0.172s

C:\Android>fastboot flash zip RUU_Vivo_W_Gingerbread_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.18.605.3_Ra
dio_1.09.01.0622_NV_VZW1.92_release_199487_si.zip
sending 'zip' (292817 KB)... OKAY [ 50.825s]
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this i
mage...
INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 92.383s

C:\Android>fastboot reboot
< waiting for device >

its been stuck here for about 15mins now, is that normal? the phone is still in the bootloader...only thing on the screen is "Ruu" highlighted
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Redownload, check md5, try again. Pull battery if you can't get it off, hit Ctrl+c to unstick the command prompt.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tnez:
thats for the reply, as soon as i pulled the USB cord out the phone rebooted. about phone showed 2.3.3!! i was able to continue on to get S-OFF and flashed the radio using your tip on the previous page! thanks alot for the write up.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Cool, glad it worked out.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tnez:
looks like you didnt boot into recovery at least once....

adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup This will reboot your phone. When you get to a screen with a red exclamation mark, press VolUp+Power until you get to a menu, then press VolUp+VolDown+Power until the phone turns off. Once it is rebooted, continue.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
I did that part but once I get to the next part when it tells you you will just keep boot looping it just reboots like normal and gives me a error code. I tried it 3 times. Do I just need to keep trying it until it takes, or am I missing a step or something?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tnez:
When I did it mine didn't boot loop but just stayed stuck at the end of the boot animation. I waited a min and continued on to the next step. So yours is booting completely? I would redownload all the files and try again
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
Yeah it completly reboots. I will try doing like you said and start from the beginning.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ZR2Noma:
Thank-you for this awesome write up. For some reason it didn't want to take root. After about six tries it took it, and now I'm free of the Verizon bloat of stock. ;)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tehloxely:
It keeps failing when I try to flash the new radio.

c:\Android>fastboot flash zip 1.09.01.0312_vivow_Radio_PG32IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (13225 KB)... OKAY [ 3.355s]
writing 'zip'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 3.356s

c:\Android>
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Try renaming it to PG32IMG.zip, put it in the root of your sdcard and just boot into the bootloader.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tehloxely:
Yeah. I forgot about that method after I posted that. It worked flawlessly :D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] madsnake97:
So I was trying to root my wife's Inc 2 last night, and was able to get down through everything until I got to the command: adb wait-for-device. It says that it should bootloop at this point, but the phone never did anything. It would also reboot when I used the command to root, is that normal?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Yes, that's normal. Does it bootloop when you turn it on?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] madsnake97:
I never saw it bootloop, it just reboot back to the lock screen. Does it need to be in charge mode, or disk drive? For some reason HTC Sync kept coming up after it would reboot.

adb wait-for-device never did anything at all, it would just drop down to the next command line.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dirtysox:
I had the same problem, and this worked to flash the new radio. But now when I reboot, I get stuck in the white HTC screen. I've pulled the battery and re-booted, but still no luck. If I do the Vol-Down Power thing, it just wants to re-flash the radio again, and won't let me do anything else. What am I missing?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
I can't get you any farther than this, but delete the radio zip from your sd card then do the vol-down power to get into bootloader. As long as it is there, the phone will try to update it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dirtysox:
...and to delete the .zip, i'll need to pull the sd card, and mount it in my PC, I assume? Dang, now I gotta find that micro-sd adapter.

UPDATE:

OK, I got by that problem! And I did it without the micro-sd adapter. I took the back off, pulled the battery AND the sdcard. Rebooted into bootloader, then went into recovery. Then I popped the sdcard back in, and mounted it, then I was able to remove the radio .zip file. From there I was able to flash my ROM (CM9), gapps, etc. CM9 is booting now, so we'll see how it goes from here.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
Since you can't get it to boot...yes.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dirtysox:
It's cool, I'm all set. I updated my previous post with how I got out of it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
Nice, glad you got it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] muscal:
Radio is out of date in OP. Please update to avoid confusion. Thanks and thanks for the great write up!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Sorry this is a bit late, but I'm going to stick with the .0312 radio as it is an official release and confirmed working; you're welcome to try the .0320 if you want.