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[Droid Incredible General] iloveco:
Option 5 problems

I'm trying to use the Option 5 method to root my HTC Incredible. Let it be known I just got the phone & it is running 2.2 & the model number ends with a "3". I get through everything to step #20. At the end of the exploit I get a message that states "adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login." followed by a dollar sign ($) NOT a pound sign (#). When I type in adb shell again it states "error: device not found". I restart my phone change to the needed directories & continue. When I get to step #23 I get the following error message "error writing misc: Permission denied" followed by the dollar sign. I tried changing the permissions to both 777 & 0755 on the "flash_image" file & still get the "permissions denied" error. Can someone help me with this?
[Droid Incredible General] sneaky_zekey:
so im sitting with a Dinc that was rooted then i applied the ota update via http://solo.dc3.com/dinc/ and i do have s-off but when i do step 13. Copy ClockWork Recovery 2.5.0.5 (PB31IMG).zip to just plain PB31IMG.ZIP on the SD root. and boot into hboot, it says it cant find the image or its the wronge image,any ideas
[Droid Incredible General] codeyh:
Option 4, worked like a champ.
[Droid Incredible General] maxnic:
This sounds very much like you have the new OTA update that happened in November, since you just got the phone. If you check the Software version again, does your Software Number say 3.26.605.1? The newest update made some changes to our devices which makes them unrootable until someone finds the fix. These instructions are outdated now for anyone who receives a new phone that has the patch applied. :(
[Droid Incredible General] iloveco:
Yes my software version is 3.26.605.1...so I guess I'm SOL. Dang that STINKS! I really wanted to root my phone. Is it possible for me to downgrade at all? Thanx for you help maxnic!
[Droid Incredible General] maxnic:
Hello again iloveco, not sure if you saw my most recent thread I posted, but there is a fix now that nathanlewan let us all know about, which you can find in the General forum and if you don't feel comfortable doing those steps Unrevoked has updated saying they have a fix, which they're currently "prettying up" for all of us!
[Droid Incredible General] jpiermarini:
I have run into this same problem, anyone have any ideas?
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
For those of you that have the 2.2+ OTA released in November, you can try the following to downgrade your phone. Once it is downgraded you should be able to root the phone. After rooting, you should be able to upgrade your phone and still have S-OFF. With this, you should be able to reroot the phone. My suggestion would be to load a custom ROM such as Virtuous 3.1.0. It is based on the 2.2+ OTA and you will have full root.

http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=199

I have not tried these steps, so I do not know how well they work. Your other option is to wait on the unrEVOked team.
[Droid Incredible General] sneaky_zekey:
what i did was switch out my sdcard with my droid 1 sdcard and it found it,might need to format the dinc sdcard.
[Droid Incredible General] iloveco:
maxnic - tried nathanlewan's method..."installed" the update & re-booted twice since nathanlewan states "it looks like it fails the first time, but it will go through the process again and succeed." It did not go through the process again that's why I installed the update twice then re-booted after each. It did NOT brick my phone as some people feared & it "looks" like it works for me but I don't have superuser on my phone. So I guess I have to wait for Unrevoked. Hopefully they won't be too long with an update. Thanx so much for your help!!
[Droid Incredible General] jeffkyle:
Mine could not find the file.. or said it was the wrong one. I reformated SD Card. Make sure using Fat32..... and it worked....
[Droid Incredible General] t2xcrzy308us:
Condition 4

trying to apply payload zip or su zip, but I keep getting "sig verification failed" installation aborted.

Please help. So close I can tasted.
[Droid Incredible General] Timcredible:
Unrevoked works. http://jonsuh.com/2010/11/root-your-droid-incredible-how-to/
[Droid Incredible General] orphicone:
I'm getting "main version is older!" in HBOOT on the last step of condition 5, ive tried like 3 different PB31IMG.zip files so far...any ideas?

edit: this is after it finds the PB31IMG.zip and checks it
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
For some reason, it sounds like you are not getting root. What ROM do you currently have loaded on your phone? Do you have S-OFF? Do you have root? If you have the OTA 2.2 loaded and do not have root or S-OFF, then you would follow condition 5 in my instructions. If this is the case, and you do the following steps:

9. Enter adb push unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/ and then press enter.

10. Enter adb push flash_image /data/local/ and then press enter.

11. Enter adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/ and then press enter.

12. Enter adb push mtd0.img /sdcard/ and then press enter.

13. Enter adb push PB31IMG.zip /sdcard/ and then press enter.

14. Enter adb shell and then press enter.

15. Enter cd /data/local/ and then press enter.

16. Enter chmod 777 /data/local/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and then press enter.

17. Enter chmod 777 /data/local/flash_image and then press enter.

18. Enter ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and then press enter. You will now see some text on your cmd prompt screen explaining the exploit. Wait for the adb shell to go away, and it will dump you into your windows command prompt again (no shell) should look something like this:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>

19. Enter adb shell and then press enter. You will see you now have a # instead of a $ prompt.

20. Enter cd /data/local and then press enter.

21. Enter ./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img and then press enter. This will flash your misc partition with Toast's mtd-eng.img and should return you to a # prompt.

22. Enter reboot bootloader and press enter.

23. HBoot will load. Select bootloader and HBoot will then load PB31IMG.zip.

24. Follow the instructions to have HBoot install PB31IMG.zip.

You should go back to OTA 2.1 with no root and no S-OFF. If you again get the failure, then in steps 16 and 17, try replacing 777 with 0755. The instructions I took the steps from originally had 0755 after chmod, but it would not work for me. I would get the error you said you are gettig. I searched around and found additional documentation that said use 777. I tried that and all worked fine. Let me know if this helps.
[Droid Incredible General] orphicone:
i manually updated to the official OTA 2.2, i have no root its completely stock. and when HBOOT automatically begins to load PB31IMG.zip, it checks it and states "Main Version is older! Update Failed!"

I've tried PB31IMG.zip from all for RUU exe files on the shippedroms site. So other than the last step everything happens exactly how you describe in condition 5.

Quick googling reveals that message usually means the HBOOT on the phone is newer than the one you are trying to flash and you have to downgrade, but i dont know nearly enough to do that (especially without root)
[Droid Incredible General] csilvest:
Condition 6?

What about "condition 6."? I have Skyraider 2.5.2 with root and with unrEVOked Forever.

Is there anything in the official 2.2 that I even need? Should I even bother with it? If I do decide to flash the official 2.2, I assume getting root back won't be too hard since I have S-OFF?

Would love to hear some commentary on using the leaked 2.2 vs. the official. These phones have had bluetooth/battery issues since day 1 and I'm most curious if the official 2.2 actually fixed either of them since the leaked version doesn't seemed to have.

Don't get me wrong, I love this phone. BUt the Battery/Bluetooth issues are really annoying.
[Droid Incredible General] psalm462:
This was awesome! I would like to send a HUGE shout out to Dalepl, for all his work. I was having problems and he helped me out and took the time to go step by step. Not only did everything come out like a gem and I couldn't be happier. Kudos to Dale for his hard work!
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
As for an condition 6, your phone is most like condition 3. although you are on a leaked 2.2 ROM, the steps should still work to update your phone to OTA 2.2 with root and S-OFF.

As for if there is anything you need, well that is probably more of a personal choice. I do like the OTA. I have had no issues with it at all. Bluetooth works great. I get desent battery life, but that depends on use.

With the addition of Titanium Backup to remove the unwanted apps, I have the phone trimmed down to what I want. Some people have been talking about issues with the Market Place downloads not completing. I have only seen this issue if I back out of Market Place before the app is downloaded. I also read about 3G not always coming up, but only saw this once. I get better reception and better battery life with the 2.2 OTA versus the 2.1 OTA. Hope this helps.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
Thanks psalm. I was glad to help out. As I told you, I am still a noob when it comes to the Android side, but I am trying to learn. Always want to pass what I've learned so nobody has to go through what I did (if I goofed). I think this is fun. Have a good day.
[Droid Incredible General] orphicone:
Has anyone had success with condition 5 instructions? I'm still stuck and i'd like to know what the difference may be between your phone/method and mine. Thanks
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
What method are you using? As I said, I used condition 5 steps to downgrade my phone and reload to 2.2 with root and S-OFF. When I get home, I will verify that I have all the steps in. I did do this late at night. Maybe I left something out.
[Droid Incredible General] orphicone:
Thanks man, I am going to fiddle with it some more when I get home. I was using your condition 5 steps to a tee. I will try from scratch and see what happens. For whatever reason hboot didnt like my PB31IMG.zip saying it was an older version and update failed. I extracted it myself from that RUU you linked.

Let me verify though after you type REBOOT BOOTLOADER...

it brings you into hboot and you choose "bootloader". Then, without touching anything for 5 seconds it will auto scan and find PB31IMG.zip? I want to make sure i wasnt supposed to press anything before it auto scanned for the PB31IMG.zip...
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
That is it. Once it scans, it will ask if you want to load it. Say yes and it should load OK. Like I said, I did these exact steps and was able to load 2.1 back on my phone. I had to do this to get S-OFF before I reloaded 2.2. Good luck.
[Droid Incredible General] the337:
does it matter in which order you apply the payload zip or the superuser in recovery?
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
No. You can load them in any order.

Sent from my HTC Incredible.
[Droid Incredible General] the337:
thanks. what about busybox? i think i read somewhere that busybox isn't actually in the payload zip. i could be completely wrong though.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
As far as I know, busybox is not needed for this. The link I have on the page is the payload file I used.
[Droid Incredible General] orphicone:
You were on stock OTA 2.2 when you did these condition 5 steps?
[Droid Incredible General] jyoung27:
I am also getting Update failed Rom Is older On a Scenario five Phone. Please Help!
[Droid Incredible General] orphicone:
I think the problem is 2.2 put updated HBOOT version on our Dinc and it wont flash the old 2.1 ruu because it is older.

If you google "hboot downgrade" the first result has steps to downgrade, but i'm not sure if it requires root, or which hboot version to go to.

If it requires root to downgrade hboot, we are probably SOL. Can anyone with expertise weigh in? I was trying to find out more about how rageagainstthecage works but I had no luck.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
Yes. Loaded the OTA via the RUU, but did not have S-OFF. That is why I created this. To let people know how I fixed it.

Sent from my HTC Incredible.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
Can you guys post you build number, radio version, and HBoot version

Sent from my HTC Incredible.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
I am going to do some research on the steps that I provided and will get back to all of you that are having issues with downgrading from OTA 2.2. to OTA 2.1. In the mean time, will all of you post your radio version, the build number of 2.2 you loaded and you HBOOT version. Thanks.
[Droid Incredible General] jyoung27:
Hboot0.92.000 Not sure on the Other versions, But I will post them later
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
OK, that is good, that is the same as the one I have loaded. I made some changes to the steps. Please give it another try. I am still looking around to see if I can find anything to help out. Do not give up yet.
[Droid Incredible General] bmoke:
dalepl asked:

I am curious about this hboot version stuff also. I bought a stock DINC and upgraded with the May OTA.

I have:

firmware 2.1, update 1

Build 1.22.605.2 CL161494

but, I have the early hboot version .77. With all the going up/down and forward/return required to move from 2.1 to 2.2, it would interesting to know how unrevoked3 and/or OTA 2.2, or even RUU 2.1 behave when working together, but with possibly different versions of hboot. Still do not understand why I have this early version (.77) even with the latest 2.1 update. I would love to take steps to root and install froyo, but this hboot question is keeping me from doing anything. Also, I have seen comments that you require hboot .79 to install the 2.2 OTA. Do you know if this is so?

What version of hboot does the downgrade.zip file you posted restore?
[Droid Incredible General] orphicone:
I have an update, i was able to get PB31IMG.zip to install for condition 5. What I did was right before i would type "reboot bootloader" i instead powered down the phone. I then held optical+power and it brought me back into the bootloader. This time it got past the sticking point and let me install.

New problem: The update finished, and now it only boots into the bootloader. I have tried Recovery->factory reset but it always goes right back into HBOOT. I am scared to apply PB31IMG.zip again because I read it might brick the phone (though some posts say it's safe).

What to do!!! I'm scared.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
If you follow my instructions and download the 2.1 RUU I linked to, it has HBOOT .79 in it. So, if you downgrade with the 2.1 RUU I linked to, you would actually be upgrading your HBOOT.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
My phone did the same thing the first time I loaded the 2.1 PB31IMG.zip. I thought it may be the file since I downloaded it already extracted from an RUU. I downloaded the RUU I linked to and extracted rom.zip, renamed it PB31IMG.zip and copied it to my sdcard by using an external sdcard reader. I then let it load and all came up fine. Give this a try or even try the one you have. It will not hurt. You phone is not bricked if you can get into HBOOT.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
I have been reading around on other sites about the rageagainstthecage.bin root exploit. It should work, but I am reading it may take 4 or 5 tries to get it to work. I am not sure about this, just thought I would pass this info on.
[Droid Incredible General] orphicone:
Nailed it. I noticed after the first apply i was then on hboot .77. So i ran it again, and vwalla, it booted into stock 2.1. Then i rooted and got s-off. Thanks.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
Good to hear. I think you are the first to get it to load OK. I was begining to think my success was a fluk. I now hope the others get it to work.
[Droid Incredible General] kpa2727:
I need some help i have a stock Ota 2.2 i got from the latest update.zip. i need to return to 2.1 to fix some issues. i follow step 5 and het all the way up to

23. Enter ./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img and then press enter. This will flash your misc partition with Toast's mtd-eng.img and should return you to a # prompt.

after this i get a error , it says. error writing misc permission denied.

I'm so close please help !
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
It looks like rageagainstthecage.bin did not load correctly. This is what gives you root. Go back and redo step 14 on. Be sure all the files are in the correct directory.

Sent from my HTC Incredible.
[Droid Incredible General] jyoung27:
No change In H boot Version for me. Please Advise me from here, I know I am Missing Something In the H boot Down grade.
[Droid Incredible General] kpa2727:
this may sound dumb but all went well till after i selected boot loader on h boot.

it flashed, boot loader disappeared and i'm back to the hboot menu

this last step

26. Follow the instructions to have HBoot install PB31IMG.zip.

are they suppose to pop up on screen or did i miss something ?
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
Have you retried the steps since I updated ealier today?
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
HBOOT should verify the file and ask you if you want to load. If you say yes, it should load the file. If you are loading a ROM, it will take a while, but you should see the progress as it loads each portion of the ROM. After that, it should say it succeeded and ask you if you want to reboot. After the reboot, you should have the new ROM.
[Droid Incredible General] kpa2727:
i realized why i didnt see anything, after i select boot loader it loads super fast says. checking 3 times, no image found then flashes, says checking pmb so and so file aka 2.1 and then returns to hboot.
[Droid Incredible General] dalepl:
Which PB31IMG.zip are you loading? If it is the 2.1 ROM, it should be 130+MB. Check the size of the file. If it is 0 or small, you did not get a good copy on the sdcard. Be sure to download the 2.1 RUU from the link I posted and extract the ROM.ZIP file. Rename it to PB31IMG.zip and copy it to your sdcard. Reboot into HBOOT and let it load. This should get you up and running.
[Droid Incredible General] brianem:
Thanks so much for this guide. Just ran through #4 perfectly. One question. When I ran unrevoked on 2.1, super user was a ninja icon. Now, its a skull and crossbone...little worrying to me, is that normal for 2.2? I liked the ninja :(
[Droid Incredible General] kpa2727:
my PB31IMG.zip was wrong i found the correct one i believe ,, i'll retry and post back, i just figured it out when reviewing all the instructions.
[Droid Incredible General] Nitrogenus:
I have followed instructions for #5 several times. I have even tried the updated instructions and instructions from other sites. So far, the PB31IMG.zip will load, but when checked is found to be "older". I am asked to reboot, and I still have stock OTA 2.2 unrooted.

I still have HBOOT 92
[Droid Incredible General] kpa2727:
after everything ,same goes for me thats my new error.
[Droid Incredible General] quake3god2004:
Condition #5...

First, I'd like to thank the people who are working hard on this stuff. Keep up the good work! :)

I'm trying to follow Condition #5 and I'm running into some problems...

The first step in #5 is to run the 1st and 2nd steps under Condition #1. This is where I'm struggling. The first steps in Condition 1 are to:

1. Go to the following link and follow the instructions: (link removed on account of I'm still a new member here)

This will get ADB loaded on your computer which you will need when doing customizations to the phone. It will also walk you through rooting your phone and doing a lot of other things. Good thread for us noobs.

2. Download unrEVOked Forever from here: (link removed for same reason)

I clicked on the link in #1 and tried to follow the instructions. I got up to the point where I'm *suppose* to obtain root access simply by typing 'su' (enter) from the adb shell. But that isn't working for me. Instead I get permission denied. I've looked around on the page but I can't see anything else to help me obtain root access.

>adb shell

$ su

su

su: permission denied

$

Has anyone else run into this problem? All I want to do is get root access on 2.2. I'm fine with downgrading back to 2.1 but that doesn't seem to be working either. I've even tried downgrading by using an older OTA PB31IMG.zip file but that doesn't work. The error in HBOOT says I can't because the current version is newer than what I'm trying to apply.

This is where I'm at:

Basebane ver = 2.15.00.07.28

Build = 3.21.605.1

Any help is greatly appreciated!

p.s. - Any update on how close Unrevoked is coming to publish a tool for rooting 2.2?
[Droid Incredible General] billyburly:
i am having the same problem as Nitrogenus and kpa2727. also trying to get root access under condition 5.

i was initially have a problem where it could not find a restore image. after some googling i discovered that your memory card should be FAT32 formated.

now i am having the older image error. hope the fat32 info can help someone
[Droid Incredible General] andsmith79:
My situation fell into condition 5. I tried this guide several times, but always failed at "Main version is older" as several other have experienced.

I was almost ready to stop trying and wait for Unrevoked to release a stock 2.2 root tool when I tried one last thing. I restared my phone and went into the desktop and disabled USB debugging. Then I launched the file RUU_IncredibleC_Verizon_WWE_1.22.605.2_Radio_1.00.03.04.06_hboot_0.79_release_161494_NoDriver_0514.exe. I kept receiving a message stating RUU was unable to locate my phone. Tried installing the Unrevoked3 hboot USB drivers with no success with the detection. Then I install the HTC ActiveSync app and my phone was finally detected! The RUU proceeded and downgraded my phone back to 2.1update1 and the original radio version. WOOHOO!! :) The downgrade process using just the 2.1 RUU took about 10 mins.

Now time to follow the guide and root the phone and upgrade to 2.2...and hope that I have root once I get back to 2.2. Will post results (either way) once I give it a shot.
[Droid Incredible General] marcmarshall:
Received my OTA and updated to 2.2. Then I found your post. Very clear and concise. Now I'm set. Thanks dalepl and thanks XDA!:)
[Droid Incredible General] andsmith79:
Back in business! Froyo 2.2 and root acces! Superuser has a different icon from the one in 2.1 :) To be sure everything was working I installed an app from the market that required root access (quick reboot) and the app functioned correctly.

So...all I did was run the 2.1 RUU with active sync installed and then followed steps 3-31 under condition 1 once the phone was downgraded to 2.1. Hope this information helps others get their stock 2.2 reinstalled with root access. Good Luck! :)
[Droid Incredible General] kpa2727:
figured out active sync, it asks if i want to update, i select update then it says update 3.21.605.1 to 1.22.605.2? i say yes, next. it starts going , silver htc logo on phone and all. gets to sending data then says Error 140 the rom utility cannot update your android phone please get correct rom update utility and try again. i got the utility from this thread.
[Droid Incredible General] Smabbage:
Condition 3

Thanks for the instructions and links. My Condition 3 upgrade went off without a hitch. Installed the 2.2 ROM and radio upgrade and regained root. The only issue I had was Titanium wouldn't work properly until I installed busybox and rebooted. The good thing is a Incredible compatible version of busybox can be installed from the Marketplace. After installing, rebooted and restarted Titanium and all was well.
[Droid Incredible General] andsmith79:
I did get the RUU screen showing update from 3.21.605.1 to 1.22.605.2. After I clicked next the phone rebooted to the bootloader and began the update. I never experienced the 140 error code. Are you sure you ran the 2.1 RUU and not 2.2?