[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] damastah:
For most people, following all these different methods to root your phone for to get a simple rooted ROMs has cause many a headache. I'm no expert and dont pretend to be, but I'm a huge fan of fast and simple. So without further ado, I present to you the Darn Simple nearly universal HTC way too gain root.

****Warning****​

Unlocking your bootloader through HTCDev will permanently void your warranty with HTC. For that reason, this method isnt preferred over using tools like Revolutionary. Unfortunately, Revolutionary doesnt work for the most recent HBoot, so if you try it and it doesnt work, you'll have to try an alternative root method.

If you simply want to root so you can flash ROMs or get WiFi tethering and dont really care about regaining a warranty later, then this guide is for you. Otherwise, you may want to consider another method.

The HTC Unlock is universal. Once you unlock your bootloader, you can flash whatever ROM you want.As far as compatibility, you should always read the post. Most devs warn you to do that before you go flashing willy nilly.

****END Warning****​

Since HTCDev provides a bootloader unlock tool, all you need to do is unlock your bootloader by going to http://htcdev.com/bootloader/ and following the instructions. As far as I know, all you need is the HTC drivers for your phone, and Fastboot.

LINK

open CMD, browse to the folder you downloaded and extracted for example, if the extracted folder is C:\User\Downloads\ADB_Fastboot then type in

cd "C:\User\Downloads\ADB_Fastboot"

in quotes. then, on your phone, go into settings > applications > development and check usb debugging.

Once that's done, type the following command into your command line:

adb reboot bootloader

This will reboot your phone into bootloader mode. Alternately, you can pull your battery and then hold volume down and press power. This will not work if you simply turn the phone off from the power menu unless you uncheck the Power > Fastboot option.

Go to the development section of the forum for your phone, in this case, since it's the Droid Incredible 2 thread, that will be here.

Do a search for recovery. That will take you to the latest available recoveries for your phone. Alternately, you can search google for Clockworkmod recovery "Enter phone name here" since ClockWorkMod is almost universal. For HTC, you will be downloading a .img file.

I've attached a recovery image to flash. This will get outdated, and there are other recoveries out there. I

Make sure your download is complete and make sure the file you find is for your phone. This is the absolute most dangerous part of the whole process. If you have the right img for your phone and it's a complete download, then there is no room for error. Mistyping the command will only result in you not flashing the file.

download the file to the same folder as your fastboot and adb files.

If you look at your phone it should says FASTBOOT USB in a red block. If not, one of three things need to be checked.

Your USB cable is not connected. Plug it in.

Your drivers have not installed yet. Go to HTC.com and find the drivers. (If someone has a link, please leave a comment)

You are not in fastboot mode. Press the power button on Fastboot and then let it connect.

If you followed all the steps from HTCDev completely, then on the very top, you should see the word ***Unlocked*** if not, you need to redo the HTC Dev step. We wont be able to continue without an unlocked bootloader.

In the command line, type in

fastboot flash recovery nameOfRecoveryFileHere.img

You can always rename the file to make it easier to flash.

Once that's done, on your phone, go to bootloader using the volume buttons, select it with power, and then select recovery.

Youre done with the difficult and dangerous part! Congratulations!

For many HTC phones, all you have to do is flash the SU package, (Attached below) from recovery. I havent tested it for this phone because I dont own one, but instead of keeping up with all the rooting methods, I just backup the current stock unrooted ROM just in case you need to revert for some reason, then I flash a rooted ROM. All the work is done for you! So if you want to find a ROM to download and get that in the works, that'l save you some time.

Here's the one I used. It's the stock ROM but rooted

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1737494

Next, we'll go down to the backup and restore option in your recovery, and then hit backup. This will take about 3 minutes.

When this finishes, press the back arrow about 3 times and then go down and select mounts and storage. You should now see a list. At the bottom, it should say mount usb storage. Select that. That will mount your SD card on your computer to allow you to drag the downloaded ROM there. Once that's done, you can hit the back arrow until you're at the main screen. The select install zip from SD Card > Choose zip from sd card, then navigate to the file you transferred. Select yes on the next screen and then wait for it to flash. Once that finishes, go back once more to the main screen, select factory reset and then you're done! Your phone is now rooted! press the back arrow and then select reboot now. Wait a few minutes as the first boot takes a while. Your phone will now start up and you're rooted!

Note:If anyone gets stuck, the backup you just made will restore you to your stock ROM without root. Then you can try again. Just go to backup and restore > restore > then select your backup and yes. This will put everything back.

Please post any comments or questions below and I will do my best to answer them. This is my first tutorial, so be kind! Since I've been doing this for a while, i may have missed steps that are second nature to me. If anyone gets stuck, let me know and I'll add the necessary information into the post.

The HTC Unlock is universal. Once you unlock your bootloader, you can flash whatever ROM you want.As far as compatibility, you should always read the post. Most devs warn you to do that before you go flashing willy nilly.

As always, the thanks button is below.