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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babemag160:
Hey everyone,

I just saw that Unrevoked came out with the Nov. OTA root for the DINC and I’m thinking about rooting. I have a stock SLCD DINC and the only thing I have done is the ##778 wifi tethering fix. Being that this is going to be my first root experience, I have a few questions. I am going to use the guide found here to root.

jonsuh.com/2010/11/root-your-droid-incredible-how-to

What program should I use to backup the phone before I root? My goal in rooting would be just to remove all of the bloatware for now. Later I would like to check out some custom ROMs, but for now, removing all the crap that came installed on the phone would be fine. When rooting, will I erase everything on the phone including the installed programs? After the root is done, what can I use to remove the programs I don’t want?

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveG12543:
I am almost 100% sure (99.999%) it won't wipe your phone, so you don't need to back up anything. I'm not even really sure how to back up apps (besides syncing) if you're not rooted lol. After you've rooted, you can use Titanium Backup to backup and restore apps if/when you try custom ROMs that require a full wipe. You can also use this app to remove system apps you may not want (Stocks, Setup, etc). Not sure if that's a Donation/PRO feature only, but it exists lol. Need anything else cleared up?

Sent from my Droid Incredible running Myn's Warm Two Point Two RLS4.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madeiracam:
Yep, your phone will look the exact same after root, except for the inclusion of the superuser app.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babemag160:
Thanks guys,

I'll give it a shot and see what happens!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babemag160:
I had my phone plugged into my computer before I was able to choose the custom recovery because I have an SLCD. Now all I see on the phone is a black screen and two white lines on the sides. I opened up Unrevoked again and chose the custom recovery but it now says “device */sbin/sh: getprop not found” is not supported at this time.

Any Ideas????

I took my battery out and put it back in and it came back up. I ran it again with the custom recovery for SLCD and it looks like everything is working. Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveG12543:
Whew, I don't know what would have caused the getprop issue, I'm not that technical lol. I'm glad you got it up and running. :)

Sent from my Droid Incredible running Myn's Warm Two Point Two RLS4.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timcredible:
Congrats. Now you might want to freeze all those annoying apps HTC put on the phone. I used titanium backup, very easy.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kuro2Flo:
Hey, I just got a Droid Incredible for Xmas, and want to root it, although am terrified of bricking it and ruining Christmas... I read through the forums, and was wondering, before I try to root my phone using the aformentioned guide, step 4 says "Run Unrevoked 3," which I assume means on the phone itself. When I get to that step will I know what it is talking about?

Second question, while checking if it was an SLCD or AMOLED Incredible, there was no light coming from the screen until I got the first white HTC welcome screen, but after this a bright black screen is stuck between the next HTC white image. Assuming this means I have an AMOLED, but just wan't to make sure.

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JonWest1021:
I flashed elegancia rom a couple days ago. I now need to switch back to OzDroid but Ive tried to run CustomRuu.exe on several different machines and it sits at 0% until it finally tells me it has failed and to pull the battery. The phone is going into the bootloader screen then to the HTC screen where it just stays at 0%. After a battery pull it loads elegancia again without any problem. Anyone know how I can flash a rom if CustomRUU is not working or why its not working?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JonWest1021:
Fixed. Sorry for the unnecessary post.

It had nothing to do with elegancia. I had to reinstall HSPL3. Somehow it got dorked up when I changed it not too long ago. Don't know how to delete this thread. Thanks anyway.
[Nexus S General] mkrmec:
http://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-s

Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700 HSPA type: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) HSUPA (5.76Mbps)

RAM: 512MB

Internal storage	16384MB

Battery: Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) (1500 mAH)

CPU	1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor????

Audio / headphone jack	None

Additional Features

Contour Display, Near Field Communications (NFC), Three-axis gyroscope, Anti-fingerprint display coating, Internet Calling support (VoIP/SIP)
[Nexus S General] Rusty!:
Meh.......
[Nexus S General] ranova:
as expected from previous leaks, its just the Galaxy S with a newer design, 2.3 and NFC. ok...

Oh and probably a working GPS?!
[Nexus S General] clickwir:
That sounds very very nice. A decent upgrade from the Nexus One. Wonder where it can be purchased. ;)

edit: I'm glad there's no gimick front camera. No one I've talked to has ever expressed interest in using that feature. Just a small sample of people, but from my perspective... it's a stupid feature and I really hope they put time, effort and money towards better features.
[Nexus S General] mkrmec:
This can't be right..

No audio jack?

No Front facing camera?

I mean... it's wierd.
[Nexus S General] kikikaka:
very disappointing ... :(
[Nexus S General] imarkstr78:
Disappointed in battery, RAM and lack of duo-core processor. Its really just a rebranded Galaxy S phone.
[Nexus S General] ranova:
review:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/google-nexus-s-review/
[Nexus S General] Fiola:
there is just no way there will be a phone with duo core processor coming out this soon....

I work in this industry and from what I've seen, almost everyone is running on the same schedule more or less. I would not expect to see any duo core phones out till earliest middle of next year.
[Nexus S General] PrawnPoBoy:
No headphone jack must mean they expect everyone to use bluetooth audio...

The processor is a bit of let down as it means the phone is just a regular Galaxy S with stock android and NFC, but it's still a nice phone. I'd like to know if there's a notification LED on there somewhere. It would be a non-starter for me if it didn't have one.

Also where's the AT&T band?! It's practically useless in Canada if it's only going to be AWS.

Better page:

http://www.google.com/nexus
[Nexus S General] itay1:
It does have a headphone jack:

http://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-s

Audio / headphone jack	3.5mm
[Nexus S General] ksc6000:
Why would anyone get this over the mytouch 4g? Wow. I'm extremely disappointed. I was actually going to get this phone despite all the hate for Samsung if it had a dual core processor and front facing camera.
[Nexus S General] crachel:
what? thats not true

edit: lol, its got front facing too..
[Nexus S General] Markdental:
Dual core phones are not ready for primetime yet. Battery life not there yet. They SAY that they are better on battery...That is not what I have been hearing.
[Nexus S General] IpodLover77:
okay, not to come off as a dickhead but im really disappointed. this is why i sold my nexus one?

whoever says this is a VAST improvement over current android phones would be a complete fan boy. I dont see any new tech other than NFC....

not only that, they abandoned the nexus ones beautiful build quality to go cheap plastic samsung.

i guess the only people who would get this are people that want the newest tech. 2.3 and HD recording seem like the only difference from the nexus one..

i mean are people at least A LITTLE disappointed?
[Nexus S General] PrawnPoBoy:
There is totally a front facing camera on it. It's a basic VGA camera, but it's still there.
[Nexus S General] xzr3b0rnzx:
It doesn't look plasticky or feel.. i think this woould be better than the nexus one... the next generation of the nexus

But still would be sticking on to my nexus for a long time.. no money to upgrade
[Nexus S General] MaelstromXC:
Tech spec page (http://www.google.com/nexus/#!/tech-specs) shows 3.5mm, 4-conductor headset jack
[Nexus S General] PrawnPoBoy:
Yeah, that first tech specs page looks like it's completely wrong. Strange.
[Nexus S General] mkrmec:
The specification page is changing all the time ffs...

wtf google..

20 min ago there was no 3.5mm headjack

still no Front facing camera..

you sucks :D
[Nexus S General] Makaijin:
Well I won't be dilberately replacing my n1 with this. But for someone that doesn't own the n1 i'd probably recommend the n-S over the n1 though. Or if my n1 died all of a sudden, becasue when it comes to android phone, i'm a sucker for stock android UI.

Well I just noticed that the n-S doesn't have a microSD slot, but then again it comes with 16GB internal memory.
[Nexus S General] grainysand:
Yawn. Wake me up when we've got dual-core and, you know, something that's not a rebadged Galaxy S. Until then, N1 stays.
[Nexus S General] KAwAtA:
As much as I'd like to get a hold of this phone (love the 4" screen, fits my hand perfectly!)... I think I'll pass. About time they upgraded the internal space, but wth! It has 16gb internal and I believe it doesn't have a slot for an sd card. So I have to live with 16gb with my apps+music+movies+system stuff+etc? That's a bit lame! It looks nice and I've toyed with all the samsung phones and the plastic feeling sucks, but I love how light the phone is. I don't mind how the phone looks but is it really worth upgrading.. I think not. I feel like I'd be better off waiting for samsung to release a phone with better hardware, but I think I'll stick with HTC. Love their design!

I've never had a touch phone without a trackball. I wonder how I'd do without that poor thing
[Nexus S General] tech338:
The link you provided (under tech specs) mentions a headphone jack and front facing camera. However it mentions no removable storage?!?
[Nexus S General] MaelstromXC:
There is front facing camera. Again on the spec page, "Front-facing: VGA (640x480)"
[Nexus S General] arkavat:
I wonder why no one is doing the gold connectors at the bottom any more. Docking nexus one is so easy. I thought at the least Google will include it.

Anyways.. as for the phone in general. i think it will be wise to check Samsung's refresh of Galaxy S line which is due in the first quarter of next year. I am not quite sold on Nexus S over Nexus One or Galaxy S. NFC, Gyroscope and Front facing camera may sound fun, but after 1st month, no one will use it.
[Nexus S General] grainysand:
Not to mention, there'll be like... maybe five apps taking advantage of the gyroscope. If that. Bleh.
[Nexus S General] clickwir:
http://www.google.com/nexus/#!/tech-specs

Says right there... "3.5mm, 4-conductor headset jack (stereo audio plus microphone) "
[Nexus S General] resinous:
exactly how i expected it to be. re-badged Galaxy S. big woop.
[Nexus S General] jonc:
edit: beaten to the punch
[Nexus S General] ap3604:
Pretty cool thing for Samsung to add in and not mention:

Anti-fingerprint display coating

http://www.google.com/nexus/#!/tech-specs
[Nexus S General] draugaz:
It is actually even a bit worse.

No SD card slot.

No BT 3.0, probably due to added NFC.

Not quite a dealbreaker, but still. BT3.0 can get relevant in not too distant future.
[Nexus S General] wakeborder556:
Defiantly not the same caliber hardware upgrade the N1 added to the market but looks like a solid phone...the 4" screen = :cool:

I hate the plastic though....but glad the Nexus line lives on! Going to hold on the N1 for now but maybe the next iteration would be something that would demand a jump from the N1 for.
[Nexus S General] generalagony:
my main gripe is that it doesn't have support for real HSPA+. WTH? Sure makes buying the Mytouch4g seem a lot more appealing. Probably still buy this one anyway :P
[Nexus S General] sebbo90:
When is the g star due to be released, that's meant to have a tegra 2 chip
[Nexus S General] Gilg@mesh:
Google could have done better.. I mean why no SD CARD SLOT? WHY???? and no 720p video recording either.. not worth upgrading from Nexus One...
[Nexus S General] gururise:
Hardware Improvements over the Original Nexus One

1Ghz Hummingbird Processor (means faster Graphics and less power consumption)

4" Super AMOLED Display (larger display & better outdoor viewing)

Curved Concave Display (lighter display with better viewing angles)

Gyroscopic Sensor (more accurate games)

Front Facing Camera

16GB Internal Storage

Fingerprint Resistant Coating

Near Field Communications (NFC) Chip

Any others?
[Nexus S General] stfwayne:
Can someone start making a list of what this phone doesnt have:

- no 720p recording

- no SD slot

- NO HSPA+

What the heck is google doing?

These are very stupid things to leave out.

The G2 is HSPA+ but not the Nexus S?? HUH??????

I was originally going to sell my Nexus One and buy the Nexus S but now I may just end up buying a Mytouch4g or waiting for an HSPA+ phone. If you are using T-Mobile and are buying the TOP OF THE LINE PHONE it should DEFINITELY come with this option.
[Nexus S General] Markdental:
Agree, and what about removable SD slot???!?
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
No 14.4HSPA? Bummer.

It DOES have earphone jack on the bottom (check gallery)
[Nexus S General] ap3604:
I'm wondering:

If all the Galaxy S phones made by Samsung have really bad GPS problems, wont the Nexus S have this problem as well?
[Nexus S General] JHaste:
the headphone jack is on the bottom of the phone... can i scream at google yet?
[Nexus S General] grb:
I broke my N1 and got the Galaxy S (Vibrant) as the insurance replacement. The #1 thing I miss the most is the trackball. Copy/Paste and Correcting typos is a complete pain in the a** without it.

Additionally, no notification light blows. I'm curious if the NS will have one?

I could list a lot of things I do/don't like about the Galaxy line over the N1, but that isn't what this thread is about...so I won't.

My point is, no trackball sucks!
[Nexus S General] hmarcus:
You have read my mind. I held out on the MT4G to get the S, which I was VERY excited for, and was even going to eBay my N1.

While I realize this is an upgrade in every way to my current Nexus, it's just not what I was hoping for. If there really is no HD recording, that's disgusting and the fact that there is no hspa+ is a gross oversight considering the price and the fact it's on tmo. When our phones came out over a year ago there was nothing like it. This phone leaves a lot to be desired.

I'm going to save ~$150 and get a myTouch 4G and still have great quality, hspa+, HD rec, and an ffc.

Just my $.02 :D

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus S General] gururise:
Are you sure there is no SD slot? I would be very surprised. The web reviews I've read so far make no mention of a missing SD slot.
[Nexus S General] Gilg@mesh:
there is no SD card slot

http://www.google.com/phone/compare/?phone=nexus-s&phone=nexus-one
[Nexus S General] lsxrx7:
lol

Q: so what does this do better than the N1 again ?

A: nothing
[Nexus S General] evank418:
no sd just bites....i'm willing to take whichever specs it had......but no sd card is giving me a second thought....16g just isn't enough.....
[Nexus S General] chaval:
Jesus, relax....

Why compape it to the N1, when it hasnt even been released yet?

It seems that this phone, Nexus S, will get the updates before other phones.

Who knows if it will be the NS or the N1 who get the next OS update before the other. But I can guess....

and with possibly better and bigger screen, better Moultitouch, better GPU?
[Nexus S General] xManMythLegend:
Would be a fantastic new phone....but for this to be the next Google phone is odd.

Poor decision making on this. No 720p recording ?? No HSPA+ ??

I can understand some of the other things but those two are just flat out ridiculously poor decisions.

Google is determined to keep your HD videos from being uploaded easily to YT i guess.
[Nexus S General] bpm2000:
Agreed 100%. I can live without the SD slot, the lack of hspa+ sucks but I'll live, Galaxy design, blah blah - BUT, taking away the trackball for sensitive input/corrections and the trackball notification lighting is a dealbreaker for me right now.

Man, when I first bought the N1 I was really apprehensive about using a trackball after seeing them on the blackberries but now I want at least an optical pad or something there after using the N1.
[Nexus S General] lsxrx7:
its appears to be just a commercial decision

HTC gets G1 and N1,

then Samsung gets Nexus S

i m not surprise if Motorola get Nexus M for the next nexus phone

hopefully it'll rotate back to HTC for a Nexus H or Nexus 4 or something like that
[Nexus S General] morfy50:
Comparing to Galaxy S devices http://www.google.com/phone/compare...-phone&phone=samsung-vibrant-a-galaxy-s-phone

Sure, Gingerbread makes a difference but the Galaxies get it too.
[Nexus S General] moelester518:
Yeah i was thinking something similar too. All stock android phones will be part of the nexus line of phones.
[Nexus S General] xManMythLegend:
Removing the trackball without adding some LED notification is frustrating.
[Nexus S General] ellesshoo:
Has anyone heard whether or not it has car/desk docking contacts? I know a lot of people could not care less about that but I use the n1 car and desk docks everyday and love them. Being able to charge and initiate actions based on simply docking the phone is great and not having to plug a cable in everytime is really nice.
[Nexus S General] Zephyron:
Sigh, I wish it would have had att hspa band in there... woulda been a nice xmas present for my gf =(
[Nexus S General] draugaz:
There is no sign of docking contacts, just look at the photos.

This is something I don't understand. If I was google, I would enforce some standard android docking connector robust enough for a daily (ab)use. The one like in nexus one would do.

MicroUSB ports are just not meant for such kind of use. I do not think any manufacturer would be against it as the costs for those 3 contacts would be fairy insignificant.

It would open a really lucrative market of various accessories. Where all sammies and htcs of this world could earn additional money.
[Nexus S General] DKYang:
The phone was just announced today. Give it some time and see if accessories will be announced for it.

Do you guys really need a trackball/optical pad? I've been using 2.2 on the Vibrant and it has a handy feature where you can easily move the cursor anywhere in the text box.
[Nexus S General] xyellx:
i'm still happy with my N1, just give me some GB :(
[Nexus S General] kolyan:
Not really excited any more....

This phone is pretty much the same as any other Galaxy. I hoped for dual-core, 4G, SAMOLED2........instead it actually lacks BT 3.0, SD card slot, and looks like battery hours.

Only if 2.3 could come to Vibrant.....I would say that the STRONGEST selling point is Android 2.3 here, other then that wait for Galaxy S2 with better display and dual-core CPU.
[Nexus S General] pongalong:
No expansion card slot? I would have gotten this phone if it had one. I have 16gb on my N1 and it's getting full. I was looking forward to a bigger pool to play in on the NS. The G2 looks to be the better phone minus the NFC support, or maybe I'll just wait for the Tegra phones to come out.
[Nexus S General] iboj007:
I wonder if it will ever be released with AT&T bands?
[Nexus S General] descendency:
If google is smart, it will be on every network.
[Nexus S General] mburt27:
I am completely disappointed. I'll be passing over this model and continue sticking with my Nexus One. The "S" does feel like a cheap piece of plastic because it is. Google really failed on this one and I for one won't be handing out over $600.00 for their "failship" phone for this years android phones. I knew it was going to be really hard to best the N1, because it is such an elegant phone, but to call the "S" it's predecessor is really a slap in the face.
[Nexus S General] crachel:
if it is, I will buy one and keep it 100% stock, just to always have a frame of reference until HTC release the true successor
[Nexus S General] ap3604:
I feel the same way! It's pretty hard to top the Nexus One with the hardware currently available to build phones with.

I didn't really care about the Nexus S setting the absolute standard for the next year of cell phones. I just wanted to make sure I always had the option to buy a great device directly from Google contract free with pure stock android. The Nexus S is these things and has some great improvements as well :)

When the Google web store shut down I thought it might be the end of an era and we would never see a phone again without being directly under the carriers control, but the Nexus brand lives on and we should be happy we have the option and, hopefully, a yearly release :D
[Nexus S General] Teeceman:
In my opinion the Nexus S is not a replacement for the Nexus One, just another alternative too it.
[Nexus S General] kolyan:
Nexus One did have some thought put into it despite the ****ty touchscreen.....NS has ZERO thought in it. Its actually behind on hardware specs....wtf ????
[Nexus S General] xManMythLegend:
100% this.

Nexus S is to N1 as

Mytouch was to G1

Barely qualified to be called upgrade..nowhere near forward thinking enough to be a replacement.

Alot if HW issues but N1 felt like a concerted effort to put everything possible and be well ahead of the curve. This doesn't remotely feel that way.
[Nexus S General] ap3604:
I don't think this was supposed to be a game changer. Just a great option for Android enthusiast's who want one of the top phones out there currently with pure stock android.

I for one am happy that if I ever lose my Nexus One there is another option out there now instead of getting a carrier controlled phone :)
[Nexus S General] justsignbythex:
I woke up this morning seeing that Nexus S (phone I've been waiting for MONTHS) has finally been released!

After reading the specs, reviews, etc., I am completely disappointed.

I'm seriously considering the G2 over this. Only thing that's stopping me is that damn front facing camera. I just really love novelty items I guess.
[Nexus S General] S_Dot:
http://www.google.com/phone/compare/?phone=nexus-one&phone=nexus-s&phone=t-mobile-g2
[Nexus S General] kolyan:
Thats true.......I would jump on Nexus S right now, if I haven't been using it for the past 4 month already :) (aka Galaxy S). I still want to check it out, but i bet SAMOLED2 and Dual-core CPUs are so close that by the time I customize my Nexus S, new phones with much better hardware will be released :)
[Nexus S General] ellesshoo:
Spot on. The docking ability of the n1 has been one of the most unexpected great features to me. Reminds me a lot of how my current car lets me unlock the doors/trunk and even start the engine without ever taking the keys out of my pocket. I don't think I could go back to even the usual remote entry now. Just another feature that Google screwed the pooch on for this nexus s. No hspa +, no SD card, and no att or vzw lte bands are the nail in the coffin.
[Nexus S General] kolyan:
If Galaxy S has both car and home docking stations, then Nexus S will too. docks work through USB connector. Galaxy S line also has TV-out through headphones jack, and i bet Nexus S will have this too.