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[Droid Incredible Android Development] scottspa74:
@ dafrag (again),

Here's a shot screenshot of what may be the sms backup option. Honestly, I can't test it for you, that backup was made when I was on 2.1, now I'm on 2.2. Restoring system files from one version to the other can create serious problems (I no longer backup system files, only user apps and data). So I can't try restoring that file. Sorry, I forgot about that.

My coworker, who has a Devour (Verizon), had broken his phone screen recently, was able to plug his phone into the computer here at work and check his texts. Would something like that work for ya, then you somehow save em from there? Just an idea to look into, I'm not entirely sure how he did it (he doesn't seem to be either, or at least can't explain it, I just went and asked him). Sorry. Check myBackup on market though, that may work.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rpearl:
Yes, one of our releases broke 4G. It was downloaded by approximately 500 people before we pulled it. The reason it broke 4G is that, when the wimax partition is not flashed from HBOOT, it doesn't copy over the wimax keys.

Our release was not the only one to make this error. There were several other developers who released similar things. They all cause wimax to irrevocably break. The main reason for this is the location of the keys; by wimax spec they are supposed to be in a nonvolatile location. They are not.

We've apologized for this several times.

Since then we have tested every release thoroughly.

Since the EVO community had their leaked ENG bootloader, they didn't need our root access. With the new 2.2 phones that can't flash the stolen ENG bootloader, a lot of new phones don't have root any more. It seems that people like us a bit more, since we appear to be some of the only devs working on it (there may be others, they're keeping quiet if so--and good luck to them if they are working on it).

Quite frankly I don't know what the hostility is over there: we have provided root access for 6 phones (inc, evo, hero, desire, eris, aria) with another to come (buzz). We have provided permanent nand unlock for two (inc, evo). And we have done it with no leaked code, nothing from HTC, nothing that can be demanded to be taken down in a Cease-and-Desist. And nothing that downgrades the PRI on the EVO, which apparently causes slower 3G speeds.

Finally I will say it again: The term "fully rooted" is meaningless. It is a stupid term invented by this forum. Unrevoked 3 provides a custom recovery and root access: this is what sane people call "root access", because it provides root access. It is what the EVO forum calls "not full root".

Unrevoked forever provides NAND unlock. This is what sane people call "unlocking NAND", because it unlocks NAND. It is what the EVO forum calls "a full root," because...errr... I have asked several times and have never received an answer as to why.

Also, no, there is no other root option for the inc. Nor is there a leaked ENG bootloader.

Have a great day.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] scottspa74:
@ rpearl

Thank you for some clarification. I should have also mentioned that SPRINTS OWN OTA bricked many phones, as it didn't prevent people from accidentally running it twice. So mistakes are made, and we all know that. I meant no hostility , and as I said, I know unrevoked has works great for a lot of people. And I do respect the work you guys do. I do appreciate you clearing up that unrevoked is the only way to root incredible. Thank you.

It's great to hear you're working on root for 2.2. I'm wondering if my buddys incredible might come with 2.2 already on it. Has Verizon been doin that? I know sprint has, leaving many rootless.

So, you're saying the only reason Evos were able to root without unrevoked was the leaked 76.2000 hboot? Oh, so unrevoked forever does unlock nand, and that's what some at Evo forum are deeming too permanent? Cuz I got nand unlocked, on Evo forum, and that seemed to be the whole goal.

Well, looks like I'll be tryin unrevoked on an incredible tomorrowish.

Thanks for your response. And I hope I was clear I wasn't tryin to badmouth unrevoked, was just tryin to explain why I was asking my particular questions.

Scott
[Droid Incredible Android Development] remy2501:
think we can get a list of baseband radios with download links?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Dafrag:
Thanks for the info.

I have drilled through all of the folders on the internal memory and the SD card to see if I could just save the SMS messages and so far have not been able to find it.

As far as plugging the phone into the computer and easily being able to drill through SMS messages, I have never heard of such a thing lol.

I will let you know if myBackup will work for me or not.

Also, I go in touch with the creator of Titanium Backup and he emailed me this morning saying, "Although my program is not used for this application, yes, you can backup SMS messages, contacts, calander dates, etc.

I have not tried anything yet, however, I will let you know when I do and what the results are incase someone needs a similar solution.

Thanks for the time and energy,

-Dafrag
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ZFriedenreich:
I saw this question asked earlier in the thread but it wasn't answered. If I unroot my phone and get it back to stock in order to have it serviced, will I be able to re root and upgrade to the newest radio again or will it brick? Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
Sent from my Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Squale:
Am I rooted?

After reading these easy to follow instructions (Many thanks by the way) I have a question? I have unlocked my phone using Unrevoked3, but when I go to Hboot my top line says "Incredible XC Ship S-on. Am I rooted? I do have wireless tether working, and Superuser Permissions.

Thanks in advance for your help!!!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Squale:
Another question

Second question I have is the download for PB31IMG.ZIP is 12.5 MB. When I downloaded it from another source, it was 140 MB. What should it be?

Thanks:confused:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
The 12mb version you get from the link I gave you is the 2.15 radio update. The update you downloaded is the "update" that takes you back to stock rom and radio.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] Squale:
Thanks again!!! Appreciate your help!!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] newfadtripple0:
Best tutorial i has seen so far!

excellent intructions boss!

i got a little held up on reverting to stock because of the stock update and radio update having the same .zip name :confused:

but after surfing around i figured which file was which :D

i have not unlocked nand, mainly because if i have to take it into verizon for whatever reason they will probably make a big stink about it.

but was for now im rooted and running the Jager ROM 2.2.0!!!

throughout the whole process i did a nandroid backup and a ti backup...

eh for whatever reason now ti is having problems on this ROM and the SU access keep popping up ever 2 seconds even if i check remember. so i did away with it and did a advanced nandroid restore for my data only and i was able to get all my apps back, and my text, i uploaded my contacts from my sd card so i cant say for sure if nandroid will restore your contacts as well.

so in my opinion ti sucks and they want you to pay for it... the only advantage i see it having is you can back up with out going into recovery... BIG deal.

enough rambling...

PROPS!!! THANK YOU!!!

works for sure!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
I heard of that permissions problem. I heard it was a problem with busybox. If you do try that rom again, install the busybox app from the market and upgrade your busybox with it.

Sent from my Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] nowandaway:
baseband didt change

Hi

I (thought) I followed everything correctly but if I did I probably wouldn’t be sending this message.

My problem is My Baseband didn’t change. It is 1.00.03.04.06.

When I rebooted the file loaded PB31IMG started loading on its own, I thought.

Its freakin hard to read the screen. Everything else up to that point went ok.

Based on your warning, I’m afraid to try it again…

HELP, PLEASE????
[Droid Incredible Android Development] remy2501:
did you partition your sdcard to fat32 before putting the PB31IMG on the card and installing it? if not do that then retry. afaik, you didn't flash the radio if it hasn't changed.. idk tho..
[Droid Incredible Android Development] newfadtripple0:
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im actually still fiddling around with the Jager 2.2.0 ill try that install of the busy box... see if that fixes it. cause ti is good... but i dunno nandroid is pretty powerfull itself...

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this sounds like exactly what my problem was:cool:

when this problem approched me:

my phone had already been rooted with baseband: 1.00.03.04.06.

i wanted to upgrad baseband to 2.xx.xx.xx.xx

i down loaded PB31IMG (12.7mb or around there)

put it in sd card/

and uploaded it via recovery

it opened and installed all by itself

finally and phone reboots baseband was still: 1.00.03.04.06

STEPS FOR SUCCESS:

***IMPORTANT***

Download these 2 files (there linked on this thread):

PB31IMG (12.7mb) = baseband_ update

PB31IMG (142.8mb) = oem_flashROM

***************

- check to see if your sd card is infact FAT32

- if it is continue on, if anything else format sd card to FAT32 (this will erase all data so do back up inportant files)

- take PB31IMG (142.8mb) and put in on your sd card root

- power down

- power up holding volume (-) and power button

- wait till you see working green txt and a blue loading bar

- it will ask you if you want to update?

- select yes by using volume (+)

- let it do its thing

***

now durring my experience when done installing the update it rebooted into HBOOT and seen to be installing somethis else... i started freaking out because this thread states install this update only once or you will brick :eek: but i just let it finish uploading untill it rebooted itself. its was nice seeing the quietly brilliant splash screen :o

I ONLY BRING THIS EXPERIENCE UP BECAUSE THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO IN INTERUPT AN INSTALL.

***

- you should now have a oemROM

- delete PB31IMG (142.8mb) from sd card!

- transfer PB31IMG (12.7mb) to sd card root

- rename it to update.zip

- power down

- power up holding volume (-) and power button

- wait for working green txt

- after select recovery: volume (-) then power

- ahh red triagnle:eek:

- at this screen press volume (+) then power to get into recovery

- select apply update.zip

- once finished and booted

- go to settings/about phone/software information/baseband version and verify that it's: 2.05.00.06.11.

now your going to have to reroot your phone now too... use Unrevoked3 for that...

sorry for the length, hope that helps :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] nowandaway:
It is formatted fat 32-- how do I part Itkln the vard?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
To format the card as fat32 put the card in a sdcard adaptor and put it in your computer and go to my computer, right click on the sdcard and select format. Make sure the format type is fat32.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] Sheckler:
I'm having a problem. In step 1 i select USB debugging and plug my phone in. I am then getting prompts for ADB drivers to be installed? I don't see that anywhere in the guide...

I did install the drivers like it said on the unrevoked page, but i still get prompts for ADB drivers and when I run the exe it sits there saying plug in phone and enable debugging (which it already is)

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sankaty:
Ryan, first of all, thanks so much to you and the unrevoked team for all the hard work you've put in to help the Android community. We're all so much better off because of your efforts.

I just had a question about your statement above about the importance of flashing wimax only from HBOOT. Lots of other threads provide wimax images with directions to flash from a custom recovery. Does flashing wimax from recovery (clockwordmod or amon-ra) jeopardize the keys? Seems that people do it successfully, but your warning has me worried.

Perhaps I'm making a distinction between HBOOT and recovery where none exists. Apologies in advance (I'm new at this), and thanks for all your help.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
Try installing the HTC sync that comes on phone and see if that works.

Sent from my Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] newfadtripple0:
I dunno what OS you are using but get to your device mana

ger... what driver does it say is installed for the Android??
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Sheckler:
I'm using XP

Android Phone in Device Manager lists ADB with an exclamation point

Asking me to install for Android ADB composite interface
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Sheckler:
damnit im stupid

nevermind figured it out
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mikeymop:
So I rooted, did S-OFF. When I go to apply the radio update I click yes (after scrolling through many NO's) and it brings me back to the top after very quickly showing me a screen with a loading bar (looks like the one when you first boot clockwok mod)

I reboot and I go to about phone and my baseband version is still the stock 1.03. Any help?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] newfadtripple0:
You have to unroot to update your baseband... I just posted how to so on the other page now I dont have nand unlocked so the step to do so might be different...

via XDA-app:

Android (ADR6300)

-rooted

-JagerROM 2.2.0
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
No, that is bad instructions, you do not need to unroot. If you were to look at his problem closer you would find that he did not follow the instructions fully. He is trying to update his radio from recovery instead of HBOOT.

Sent from my Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
You need to go back and follow the instructions in the radio update section step by step. You are trying to update the radio from recovery instead of HBOOT. Please go back and follow the instructions exactly and you should have no problem.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] mikeymop:
Okay sorry about that little hiccup. I'm installing Skyraider 2.5.2 now, however I have one question.

Is it possible to get the same (black) notification bat as the stock Sense ROM? I want the Vanilla launcher however I would also like the black notification bar after reading about Nexus one Burn in problems with the White contantly on hte screen
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
I think skyraider is deodexed, meaning you can theme it. I haven't done that though so you will have to look into it. I may try it out and add it to my guide next week.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] mikeymop:
Okay I see now, thanks for the help :)

This was quite painless, I'm glad I sat down and took the time to do it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
My pleasure.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] newfadtripple0:
oops

my bad @dadicus... i did miss read what @mikeymop said.

good catch and glad you got it working @mikeymop
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
It's all good, we all make mistakes. I myself have had to update my guide because of a couple mistakes.

Sent from my Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] palomosan:
If you update to the latest radio, will it wipe the phone clean?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
No.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mikeymop:
No, you'll turn the phone on and in my case I noticed a significant improvement in signal strenght. The wierd thing is the update didn't give me the new boot screen
[Droid Incredible Android Development] quai:
Quick question. I am rooted, have unrevoked forever with s-off and already have one of the froyo roms on. My baseband is 2.05.00.06.11 can I install this update to the 2.15 radio with froyo already on my phone?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
Yes you can. Just follow the instructions in the radio update section.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] newfadtripple0:
^^^ I agree with @dadicus I installed the latest Froyo Rom via clockwork recovery... it installed everything except the 2.15 radio... I should have done it through hboot

But since I didnt I downloaded the 2.15 radio update and followed instructions

Works fine I'm running it right now...

People are complaining about the battery...

It does take forever to charge the battery... I guess there is something to flash to fix that some kind of battery loop still looking into it...

via XDA-app for ADR6300:

_____________

Dinc. State:

rooted

NAND unlocked

Android version: latest 2.2 Froyo release

Baseband: 2.15.00.07.28

Build: 3.21.605.1
[Droid Incredible Android Development] doomsjay:
I need to bump this. ;) Certainly deserving of a sticky!

This write-up is excellent, and while I was already rooted with SkyRaider 2.5.2, I used this as a guide while I was upgrading my radio to 2.15.xx.xx.xx. I was waiting for S-ON to be available before using Unrevoked Forever, and speaking of which, shouldn't that be mentioned for anyone needing to perform a complete restore for warranty replacement and whatnot?

Again thanks for the time to post this thread and especially thanks to all the developers out there for their dedicated time to making my phone just that much more Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
Yes it needs to be added. I caught wind of this just earlier today but couldn't find anything on their site about it. If you point me in the right direction I will look into it and update the guide. Thanks for you compliments, I love knowing people enjoy my guide.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kusanagi Fire:
Great guide! Having such a convenient way to find information finally convinced me to root my phone. Unfortunately, even after reading through the entire thread, I've run into a small snag: on step 17, the phone will reboot into recovery mode (with the green text) and give me this error message:

E:failed to seek in /cache/update.zip (Invalid argument)

It sounds like it wasn't able to successfully make the nandroid back-up. Please advise ; ; I don't want to move on to the next step if this isn't right. For now, I made a back-up through the reboot menu.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
It's a problem with the clockworkmod. Go into rom manager and towards the bottom is an option to install an older version of the recovery then reinstall the newest recovery. This should take care of your problem.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kusanagi Fire:
Awesome! That did the trick. It could be helpful to others if that bit of info is in the original post :D It'd also help to add a part about installing Android USB for Windows users (or did I just miss it?); I know I was stuck trying to figure that out for an hour :( Thanks for your help! I hope the rest of this goes smoothly.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
I'll see what I can do about adding those parts. A little better explanation of the problems and solution you did to the usb drivers will help me update out faster. Thanks.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kusanagi Fire:
After unzipping the Unrevoked3, there's a Firefox/Internet Explorer/Google Chrome document named "hboot driver" in the reflash_package folder that has instructions and pictures of what to download to get Android USB on a Windows system to allow Unrevoked 3 to work.

Currently debating which Froyo ROM to install on my phone... Radio flashed fine :D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kusanagi Fire:
Hopefully this isn't taken as a double post, but can anyone elaborate on the wipe data/factory reset portion when updating a ROM? Some say to do it before updating, while this guide puts it after updating. Also, is this through Settings -> Privacy -> Factory Data Reset or is there some prompt after updating? Or an easier way to do this? I tried data resetting through the above and encountered application problems, so I had to do a recovery. Any help would be much appreciated.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
When using rom manager to install a new rom it will ask you if you wish to wipe data also when it is about to reboot to do the update.

If you are update a rom without rom manager then there is an option in recovery to wipe data. As far as doing it before or after the update, it doesn't matter.

Sent from my Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] eng3:
I was running 2.1 and rooted. It took me a very long time to root the first time, I had to use the SD card insert and eject technique which too forever. I had alot of trouble catching the race condition.

I had to unroot to get 2.2 updated. Now I have a fresh 2.2 and would like to root so I can try some custom roms.

I tried unrevoked3, but it does not work for me. After the second reboot (after bootloader), it gives the failed recovery image message. Am I having the same issue with the race condition? or is it something else? Do I need to do this manually? if so, are there instructions somewhere?

Thanks
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kusanagi Fire:
Thanks! I was able to successfully get a sweet ROM on my phone. Last question though (hopefully): after doing a factory reset, is there any way to quickly get all my applications, settings, and contacts back on the phone or do I have to redo this?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbdan:
Thanks so much for all this info it was a great help and made it a painless experience my 1st time rooting. I do have a newb question though real quick if you don't mind....do I leave the "unrevoked-forever" zip file on the SD card or can I delete it immediately following it's install? Thanks
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
Too late for that. Get to work! :P

Sent from my Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
You can but you don't have to.

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[Droid Incredible Android Development] Kusanagi Fire:
Too late!? Noooooo D: So everytime I flash a ROM or Kernal, I'll have to redo all my applications, contacts, and settings?? Or is there something I can do before flashing to save these items to recover after?

I don't really want to redo all my contacts and then fool around with King's Kernal later just to redo them <.<

Thanks again for a great guide :D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
Just use a program like MyBackup. Your contacts are connected to you google account though, so they should show up automatically.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jbdan:
Thanks for that and your work.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jaze219:
Thanks for a great guide.

@Section 5, is that a file for a radio downgrade, or a full removal of root?

For some reason, (i didnt want to lose root but only downgrade the radio) I got the 1.00 radio, but I still have root. I didnt lose any of the data. I guess i am lucky?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dadicus:
I will test this as soon as I get a chance and update the guide accordingly. Also I heard there is now a way to turn S-ON, so I will look into that and add it into the guide at the same time.

Lots of things to add, I should be able to update most in a few days.