yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] dcooterfrog:
actaully I think it was an adb issue. I was able to do all the steps manually when I used adb from my platform-tools directory.

the only thing I changed was opening up adb shell then su then doing the DD commands the exiting su and exit the shell and continuing. that didnt work before.

it looks like i was not getting root with the adb.exe that was downloaded in teh package. seems wierd.

I am all set now. I am glad that I can used adb and dont need to rely strictly on the script.

NOTE I JUST TESTED THIS USING THE ADB.EXE IN THE DOWNLOAD I CAN GET ROOT IF I CHOOSE DISK DRIVE AND NOT CHARGE ONLY>
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] lwinstead:
I unlocked and rooted using the original (2nd version) script by Jose - and was successful with no problems. Now I'm trying to use the above script to revert the CID, selecting ONLY option #3. It fails when trying to detect root. I followed the instructions and installed a root checker app, which tells me I have root (and I already knew that). Now what? I'm not a noob, but I'm also not a developer. Any ideas?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
reboot phone then try again.i had to reboot phone to get it to temp root, might work for you too, don't know.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] lwinstead:
Nah, I just needed to install Busybox. The "whoami" command isn't present with the stock rom. I'm not reverting to the default CID to correct anything; I'm on the stock rom and just want to change the CID back. Anyway, Busybox includes the "whoami" command, so after I installed Busybox, the above script ran like a charm.

At this point, I just want to modify the "Recent Apps" capacitive button on the phone and get rid of the silly on-screen menu button that appears as a bar across the entire width at the bottom of the screen (when an app expects a menu button, that is). Does anyone have any any idea where to start?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mdmower:
Bah! I forgot about this, thank you for pointing it out. I'll try to fix this soon.

EDIT: Updated the script in post 331. The 'id' command is used instead of 'whoami'. I'm fairly certain that 'id' is natively installed to /system/bin, but would appreciate if someone who does not have busybox installed could check this for me:

adb shell id

should return something like

uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1009
(mount),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),300
6(net_bw_stats)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] binaryhat:
I am unclear about what you guys mean by ril:

I'm not having any issues so far so I guess I am good..
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
ril is radio interface layer and it is the thing that makes phone communicate with carriers and stuff like that
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] binaryhat:
If I'm not having ril issues which I don't think I am, I'm good? Is there a way to test this?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
believe me youll notice them if you have them, if you cant make calls revert cid thats all
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] binaryhat:
Okay cool. Thanks for the clarification.:D
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] lwinstead:
I just uninstalled BusyBox and through a root ADB shell ran "id". It DOES give output that looks like the above. Hopefully that helps.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
What's the adb command to lock the broader? I tried looking on HTC dev but the sites being stupid
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
fastboot oem lock
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
Do you have to be in fast boot to run the command?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
you have to be in the directory where fastboot is.??
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
No I mean do you have to be in fast boot usb in the hboot
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
in bootloader?? yes
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] PhillyCheez:
wow... I completely have been missing out on this. The holidays and messing around on my newly acquired Nexus 7 made me forget about rooting my Dinc.

I was walking to work this morning thinking about how much it sucks that I can't bring my Nexus 7 cause it's (almost) useless without WiFi tethering on my phone. Decided to log onto this forum and BOOM! Root has been achieved and it was 3 weeks ago! Hahaha.

Thanks for the hard work! seriously! I bought this damn phone for $400 and the day it arrived was the day HTC Dev unlock stopped working.... :/

Will be trying to the script tonight.

From the looks of it it seems pretty straight forward.

1. Unlock bootloader

2. Flash Custom Recovery

3. Flash Custom ROM (OR just flash Su)

If phone has issues such as calls, contacts or crashing.. Use Procedure 3 and revert CID to original state.

Am I missing anything here?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] binaryhat:
Do:

1. Unlock bootloader

2. Flash Custom Recovery (use TWRP)

3. Flash Custom ROM

Reccomend Viper ROM...badass.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] lwinstead:
Sorry to ask perhaps a silly question, but how do I reboot into recovery, after rooting using the fake CID hack? Maybe all I need to say is that I've got TWRP installed. :confused: Anyway, just like with my DInc (original), when I was rooted and all, I used to have to turn off Fastboot in Sense, reboot the phone, and THEN I could reboot into CWM recovery. On this, my DInc4G, is it the same way? I just tried what I thought would work, but did NOT work: Normal shutdown, followed by a Power+VolDOWN and it laughed at me while it booted up super quick. If I didn't know better, it feels like the exact same situation. (Yes, by the way, I can also plug it into my computer and issue a "adb reboot recovery" command, but I don't want to have to involve the computer)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] binaryhat:
When your phone is on booted up, hold power-->reboot-->recovery.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] lwinstead:
Really? I don't have that option. Like I said, I'm running rooted, but with the stock ROM. I "fixed" it by turning off Fastboot. (Sorry everyone, it WAS a serious noob question)

OKAY! Now on to Viper!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] PhillyCheez:
Was planning on viper. Not many options yet! :)

I'm used to CWM Recovery but I'm unsure of its stability as it's not an "official" release by koush but by utkanos. It's always worked perfectly for me since the OG Dinc and Thunderbolt days and I like the UI better.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
cwm is tried and true but stick with twrp for now cwm was giving me some trouble
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] PhillyCheez:
Thanks. Will do.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] PhillyCheez:
It's done. :)

Had to factory reset to install the recovery through the script though. Recovery just wasn't installing.. Was about to download the zip and just flash through bootloader if the factory reset didn't work.

Also reverted the CID to original... definitely having issues syncing contacts.

Anyways. a HUGE thank you to the devs on this! I am very happy. I feel complete now. :)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] AMSPOWER:
If you get any phone issues, sms issues like it closing etc like mine did when I flashed Viper, boot into recovery>advanced>fix permissions. That fixed all the errors I got in Viper. :good:
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] geekmug:
I just got a DInc4G and tried this out (after doing the SU), and it fails to work for me, I get this far and this error:

2+0 records in
2+0 records out
1024 bytes transferred in 0.043 secs (23813 bytes/sec)
cannot write '/sdcard/mmcblk0p4': Input/output error
1 file(s) copied.
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes transferred in 0.001 secs (0 bytes/sec)
< waiting for device >
...
(bootloader) cid: VZW__001
OKAY [ 0.011s]
finished. total time: 0.012s

I've done the factory reset and retried a couple of times and fails everytime. Any ideas?

EDIT: Nevermind, I am a dumbass whose harddrive was full. The confusing error message is from adb pull failing to write to the local drive. *sigh*
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] naucturnhal:
Droid Incredible 2

Will this work for a Droid Incredible 2?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] MJL99:
Why not check the incredible 2 forum instead?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
1. YOU CAN unlock bootloader on htcdev web site

2. the inc 2 has it's own s-off method, check at the inc2 forums.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] demid30:
it wont let me revert my cid back to original state. Says adb not recognized or something, its not finding my device. I'm running viper rom...
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
Do you have adb turned on in your phone? Proper drivers?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mdmower:
Sounds like you're running the script from a different directory than adb.exe and the rest of the files (or perhaps you accidentally deleted some of the files from the package).
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] demid30:
No I had all that right...Restarted computer and phone and it worked...now on to S-Offing!!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] demid30:
one more question...Im s-offing right now...when you get to the temp root part and are using this method, do you stop at adb reboot or adb shell and wait for #?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] andybones:
Inc2 is world phone, I'm sure u cna superCId as well
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] canpitt27:
When I rooted I installed superuser from this link:

http://androidsu.com/superuser/

I would like to switch to supersu. I'm not sure how to go about it. Just install supersu from the market, then use root explorer to remove the venom superuser? Or is there more to it than that?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
remove one before installing the second,
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] TheGOAT232412:
I'm having some issues with the temp root part for Team Unlimited S-Off tool. If someone has the time could you please pm me so I can figure out what I am doing wrong.

Thanks in advance
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] MJL99:
Yeah I realise that but what would the advantage be to using this method instead of what's offered in the Inc 2 forum? I rooted my Inc 2 in the beginning so I'm not up to date on if things changed.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
really, you are on the wrong thread, you should look at your devices development section, supercid only works to allow flashing other carriers to your phone, trying this will mostly result on a brick

Edit: that comment goes to the incredible 2 owner
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] MJL99:
Lol I'm not on the wrong thread. I was merely pointing out to the previous person who asked if it would work for the Inc 2 that he should try the Inc 2 forum also. Then Andy said it might work since its a global phone. So then I asked him a question. Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
Sorry got confused didn't know, I taught you were the incredible2 owner sorry
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] DavDoc:
Regarding the placement of these files, is there a specific reason for where they go? I only ask because we need this Temp Root in order to gain S-off through unlimited's method. I need to run the S-off script (at least I feel I should) using a Live CD of Umbuntu - I am running 64 bit Windows 7. If we use this Temp Root on Umbuntu, would it work all the same putting these files into a folder on the desktop and running it from there, or does the script somewhere reference this specific path "C:\Root\stuff"?

Thanks
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] junkmail9:
It doesn't really matter where you put them as long as you follow the manual steps in the temp root method. Start where it says, "Quick how-to temproot (written by captainrewind)" and continue until you have the # prompt (then stop - you're temp rooted).

Also - in Ubuntu, you will need to make the adb executable in the Fireballas' download package. Type: "chmod 755 adb" to make it an executable file.

Note that the adb version in the "Stuff' is different than the adb version in the DirtyRacun. (DirtyRacun has more functionality)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] The Archangel:
This is stuck btw
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] brycekerr:
"Fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command"

I installed android sdk....what am I missing?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] CaptainRewind:
Did you add the SDK tools/ and platform-tools/ folders to your PATH in your environment variables?

Check out this article, step 6: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK#Windows
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] davidetkin511:
I've never done an ADB backup before. I typed "adb backup -all" is that right? I pressed backup on my phone and it has been stuck at com.android.sharedstoragebackup for about 20 minutes. How long does this usually take?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
Same for me mine gets stuck as well
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] squeezyb:
It works!!!! You guys rule!!!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
its only if anything fails and i dont know how much time it takes since i dont own the device(saving for it) and remember it is not required so if it fails just pull battery dont do it and start again
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] andybones:
If you plan on running a custom ROM I wouldn't worry about backing anything up.

get rooted, put on TWRP custom recovery, and install custom ROM :)

Now that we have root, this should hopefully give the unlimited.IO team some weight off their shoulders and eventually come out with S-OFF now that we aren't chomping at the bits every day.

This seriously makes me so happy!, what a great little surprise after the past few days !!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] squeezyb:
This.

---------- Post added at 07:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:39 PM ----------

i will try to work on an all in one tool for us now that this solution is out!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] IceDragon59:
Thank you so much! It worked perfectly!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
what mode is the phone in when you start, bootloader screen or what?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
Great to know my 6 hours of work with captainrewind helped as soon as i get device (currently selling vivid for this) i will start a rom project with captainrewind btw if you have ideas for the name of team(the word fire in it please as our devices is htc fireball) please pm me with them
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jamminjon82:
Fireballas seems fitting after this
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
in which step?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
before you start the process
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
just boot your device with usb debuging on and you are good to go
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
ok, thanks
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
will think of it
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] GeoFX:
What about "Team Pyralis?" It's Greek for "of Fire." :cyclops:

P.S.: Guess it may be time to sell my DInc2 now :)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] TheGOAT232412:
Thanks for the man hours in getting the device permroot! Will be doing a lot of reading and will be up for hours now :)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] DavDoc:
Ya, unlimited's instructions include the adb executable. I will use Fireballa's script in a different directory to make sure I am keeping them strait.

Thanks for the tip

I am going to try this out tonight
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] demid30:
When I did my s-off, I was unable to get temp root on ubuntu so I switched back to windows 7 64 bit to get temp root and then switched back to ubuntu to finish the s-off process which worked like a charm.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] DavDoc:
Ya, this took me a few tries to get it to stick - about 4 or 5 - but I did finally get it to work with umbuntu. Thanks for the help.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] GeekDragon:
Fantastic job folks! Made for a very Merry Christmas and looking forward to the new year. So happy that I can do full nandroid backups again!

Cheers,

Billy :laugh:
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mdmower:
I added a temp-root only option to the script for those who want more automation during the S-OFF process.

The following notes apply to all my script versions:

The package does not include a recovery image; this helps reduce the size of the download. To use the menu option for recovery installation, you need to download either TWRP or CWM and put recovery.img in the same directory as the script.

If you run the script multiple times, be sure to remove mmcblk0p4 and mmcblk0p4.backup from the directory each time (if they exist). I purposely leave these in case you want to make a backup. mmcblk0p4 corresponds to SuperCID and mmcblk0p4.backup corresponds to VZW__001.

EDIT: Scripts are now located in this thread.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] GeekDragon:
;) On Christmas I edited your original bat file to remove all the other options where only the first section of the temp-root operation would run. Worked like a charm! Trying to get temp-root by using the manual steps kept giving me the continuous error looping. I read somewhere that this could be an issue with timing and thought to put this into the hands of the computer to see what it would do and it worked perfectly.

Cheers!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] bigfire8:
Got TWRP recovery flashed and verified the 1111111 correctly showing after hex modifying, however when trying to install the Superuser zip, I'm getting an error. Now when I push the Superuser zip I'm noticing there's no ext_sd location showing on TWRP so I can isntall.

When checking for the temproot I achieved the # but something appears to be getting in the way. I also tried pushing the Superuser zip to just the sd card and when doing that, I get a fail to flash zip message. My concern is I somehow managed to get the recovery flashed correctly and a temproot along with the unlock key and Hex mod, without gaining permanent root? I rebooted the system and downloaded SuperSU which quickly verified there's no SU binary, also seeing that volume down + power button won't get me into recovery. I'm stuck so far doing a cmd prompt to reboot to TWRP.

Any way to avoid starting this whole process over again with having the above already in place and just gettin the SU binary set up correctly?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jcpowell:
Re: Team fireballas FakeCid AUTOMATIC bootloader unlock

Is your bootloader unlocked?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] AFront85:
Awesome work. Once I got around to installing my old SD card everything worked great. Got TWRP and fully rooted in no time at all!
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] cmagic26:
Where is the mmcblk0p4 located to remove?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
Re: Team fireballas FakeCid AUTOMATIC bootloader unlock

If you mean the ones you can delete, one on sdcard and one on the fireballas unlock folder
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] sid3091:
when i type " adb restore fakebackup.ab", nothing happens. Is there anything i need to do? My phone is on 4.0.3, not the latest update.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
don't know what your trying to do, but to get tempt root you need to be on the latest software, there is an automated script here in the forums to do that, if you want to get s-off go to unlimited.io and follow the directions there.mdmower has a script here to do that, should be in develompment

go here for latest software: fireball shipped roms here in development

you want the 2.17.605.2
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] sid3091:
My phone isnt updating. I live in India so maybe i can do OTA updates. is there another way? Also, do i need the latest hboot?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
yes 1.15.0000

to unlock or s-off you need this hboot

ota would be fine
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] sid3091:
How do you update hboot? ive downloaded the zip, placed it in the sdcard, and booted in the bootloader, but its still 1.02
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
Did you get the option to apply the update in hboot? Did you rename the file? Make sure if .zip is at the end of the ruu you delete that
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] junkmail9:
If you can not do OTA, then apply the latest RUU. It will upgrade everything for you, including the hboot to 1.15

Link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2094128

You want 2.17.605.2.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] sid3091:
Thanks. I did the OTA, now i have the latest Hboot and sense. How do i proceed to flashing Rom's now?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
Re: Team fireballas FakeCid AUTOMATIC bootloader unlock

Unlock using this automática method I came up with or use the s off procedure, id you gonna use this phone nornally and only want root and system acces do this only
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] sid3091:
Will unlocking the bootloader give me s-off?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
NO.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] junkmail9:
Re: Team fireballas FakeCid AUTOMATIC bootloader unlock

No, but it will allow you to root and install different ROMs and/or recoveries.

S-off well let you do just about anything.

Sent from my Fireball using Xparent Blue Tapatalk2
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] sid3091:
Sorry for the noob question, but if i install Cid's bootloader unlock, and and vipers Custom Rom, will that ROM be rooted?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
yep
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] TheGOAT232412:
Is there any process that I have to go through to revert my CID back to normal? I didn't know whether or not I can run the script and just pick the option to revert it.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mccarrel:
Temp Root

I'm on a mac so I'm using Ubuntu to run the terminal. I cant seem to get past root@ubuntu:~/stuff# adb restore fakebackup.ab, nothing happens on my device or in the terminal. I was able to flash the RUU in the S-off process and am running right hboot and am on software 2.17.605.2 710RD, Made sure the phone is running in debugging mode. Kind of stuck here.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mdmower:
As long as you're running a ROM with root access, then you can use the script to change your CID back to normal. It is quite fast.

Are you typing adb restore fakebackup.ab from the same directory where both adb and fakebackup.ab are available? What happens when you type: adb shell ?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mccarrel:
I thought maybe ADB was out of date, doing a complete re install. I think I had stuff and ADB in different folders so I'll make sure they're next to each other.

---------- Post added at 04:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:20 PM ----------

no change with the updated sdk or moving the fakebackup in the same folder. Adb shell produced this shell@android:/ $
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mdmower:
Ok, so ADB appears to be working. Couple things to check:

1) Can you verify the ROM version number under Settings > About phone?

2) make sure that you do not have a password set under: Settings > Developer options > Desktop backup password

Neither of these sound like the problem you're having, but I can't imagine why you wouldn't be getting a prompt on your phone after running adb restore fakebackup.ab
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mccarrel:
Software number 2.17.605.2 710RD, no password was set. Did a factory reset as suggested in the OP as well. Its like ADB doesn't recognize the command for restore or something. Could I move it to the sd card and then try to run it from there?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mdmower:
Can you try the linux adb executables posted here?

And what exactly happens in the terminal after you type adb restore fakebackup.ab ? Does the command execute and you are returned to a prompt? Or does the command hang like it's waiting for something to happen?