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Root [HOW TO](gaining root)unlock,downgrade,and achieve s-off with htcDev

mtrott said:
Hi thanks for this thread evrything went perfect booted froyo then applied step #5 htcdevice re-unlock boot and now froyo is stuck on reboot can get into hboot and says unlocked at the top but miniadp_inc doesn't see device! help

update: did a factory reset from hboot and it fixed reboot problem still on froyo 2.2 and unlocked! think now I can proceed to step 6 wish me luck.
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It's mine Thank-you I tried 4 or 5 different methods this is the only one that worked Unlocked S-off on a s-lcd:D

Thanks:smokingsomb:
 
so I'm on step 4, and am trying to put the PB31IMG.zip into the command prompt. however each time I do that, it says it is unable to read the file. I've gotten the other md5 sums to work, just not this one, so I think there might be something wrong with the file? also, every time I go to extract the pb31img file, it says it is invalid.

hope someone can help

EDIT:
I figured that part out, but now when I go to put in adb push mtd0.img /sdcard/ it tells me there is no space left on device.. should I clear my sdcard or something? little confused as to how to proceed here.

2nd edit: haha figured it out with a little tinkering. thanks for this walkthrough!
 
So today I tried to root my wife's incredible and I am currently stuck. Following the method in this post I got all the way to step 3 without any errors and everything was going smooth. When I powered off and tried to get into the hboot menu I was unable (powering up while holding down volume) and it just boots up like normal. Via my cmd window I booted into hboot using the adb reboot bootloader command am I am able to boot into the bootloader then head to clockwork recovery. From there when I select do a backup, wipe cache, or even power down I just get the hat with the orange circle around it and it just sits there. Anybody got any clue?

Would like to add that I have rooted many, many TBs and flashed many, many ROMs so I know a tiny bit about doing this, just kind of stuck atm.
 
Jerniganc said:
So today I tried to root my wife's incredible and I am currently stuck. Following the method in this post I got all the way to step 3 without any errors and everything was going smooth. When I powered off and tried to get into the hboot menu I was unable (powering up while holding down volume) and it just boots up like normal. Via my cmd window I booted into hboot using the adb reboot bootloader command am I am able to boot into the bootloader then head to clockwork recovery. From there when I select do a backup, wipe cache, or even power down I just get the hat with the orange circle around it and it just sits there. Anybody got any clue?

Would like to add that I have rooted many, many TBs and flashed many, many ROMs so I know a tiny bit about doing this, just kind of stuck atm.
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NM, upon reading its trackball not the power button :D
 
Guide worked like a champ and my wife is now enjoying her fresh CM7 ROM install! Thanks for putting that together.

On a side note the reason for the root and new ROM was that she kept getting a low on space error on stock even though she had a TON of room on internal and SD memory. Anybody else ever ran into that before?
 
yup,the low space prollem was a common issue with inc 1 gingerbread,and the reason alot folks decided to root.

glad the guide was helpful :cool:
 
Hi Scotty, finally giving this a try tonight. Unfortunately didn't get very far. Started with Step #5 as you recommended earlier today. Here's the result:

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C:\Android>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached


C:\Android>adb reboot bootloader
error: device not found

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Any thoughts? Contents of C:\android are:

fastboot.exe
adb.exe
adbwinapi.dll
Unlock_code.bin
 
OK so I managed to get past my last issue -- it now recognizes my device when I type "adb devices". However, after going into FASTBOOT and typing "fastboot devices" it no longer finds my device anymore. I've looked at similar issues/threads on here but they were for the Rezound -- I'm not sure if they're OK for the DInc too? Any next steps I should try?
 
Might try using the mini adb inc download

Might try installing the revolotionary drivers. Make sure the phone is fastboot... Not hboot
 
having any luck? im home now,and should be able to give a lil more detail if needed.

but no "fastboot devices" response sounds like the phone is in hboot,or there is issue with the drivers you have installed.
 
scotty85 said:
having any luck? im home now,and should be able to give a lil more detail if needed.

but no "fastboot devices" response sounds like the phone is in hboot,or there is issue with the drivers you have installed.
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Hey man, thanks for checking in. Just got home & I'm about to fire back into this. Will hit you up if I run into anything along the way.
 
OK so everything's working great so far. Made it to Step #7 using the miniadb_inc drivers. Only problem is that there's no option to wipe the dalvik cache. Will that be a problem?

**nevermind -- found it under Advanced**
 
OK, I'm now rooted, unlocked, and S-OFF. Sweet! Final question: since I'm still in Android 2.2, how do I get myself back onto 2.3.4 (or at least some stable version of Gingerbread)?
 
ronchito said:
OK, I'm now rooted, unlocked, and S-OFF. Sweet! Final question: since I'm still in Android 2.2, how do I get myself back onto 2.3.4 (or at least some stable version of Gingerbread)?
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congratulations :cool:

at this point,you can run an ruu,or you can simply flash gingerbread custom rom.

i would prolly recomend the custom rom route,as those roms should have the low space fix built in.

if you do decide to simply flash a rom,may want to consider flashing the GB radio as a PB31IMG,to get yourself back onto the most current radio :)

Radios | PvilleComp's

just make certain to check that md5 prior to flashing the radio!
 
Awesome -- thanks so much for this! So when you flash a radio, do you use the same method (via Recovery, install .zip on SDcard, etc) that I use for the custom ROM?

Also, I flashed a custom ROM and it worked successfully but I'm getting the automatic System Update notification. Will I continue to get that or is there a way to disable it?
 
PB31IMG files are installed in hboot,not recovery. so download,check md5,rename PB31IMG(if its named something else),place on root of sd card and boot to hboot(power/vol down from powered off). the phone will find PB31IMG and ask you to update.

allternately,you can flash it from fastboot with the fastboot oem rebootRUU and fastboot flash zip commands,as described in the first post(to flash the froyo downgrade). this may seem a lil more confusing,but does save having to move files on and off the sd card,and leaves sd card format and proper file name out of the equation ;)
 
First off thank you alot scotty. I seem to be facing one problem however. Everything works until i get to the adb shell and it doesnt become a #, so i type in su and everytime is sais permission denied and nothing pops up on my phone. I do have superuser, but my phone is not rooted because i checked on root check basic but i did use the htcdev. can you help me out? thanks
 
okay now i have everything done rooted and everything..so then i downloaded rom manager and downloaded and installes a rom call cyanogen 7.2..and when i turn my phone on it goes to the white droid incredible screen, then to a black screen with a droid guy with a little circle rotating around it and it is just replaying that over and over again for the past 30 min...what should i do or can i remove it from the recovery mode?
 
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