cmlusco
Member
Yes, i would ruu with the froyo ruu and mabey it will fix the usb issue. From there you can re unlock it and flash a recovery, then su and the s-off patch.
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Root [HOW TO](gaining root)unlock,downgrade,and achieve s-off with htcDev
- Thread starter scotty85
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Yes, i would ruu with the froyo ruu and mabey it will fix the usb issue. From there you can re unlock it and flash a recovery, then su and the s-off patch.
Turns out the connector on the phone is broken(almost). I need to place the micro USB at an angle in order for it to connect.
I'll fix the port once i take care of the s/w
cmlusco
Member
Turns out the connector on the phone is broken(almost). I need to place the micro USB at an angle in order for it to connect.
I'll fix the port once i take care of the s/w
Mine was like that too. It was a combo of worn down port and a worn down usb plug. So i got a brand new usb cord and it fits much tighter now, so i dont need to have it a certain way to get it to work. Glad you figgured out the issue though.
Ok... I'm really close to stomping on this damn phone...
I did everything as suggested until step 7 and it still says S-ON... on the bright side it says unlocked..
Any suggestions on what I need to do now?
Also, when you say wipe cache... is it the cache partition or cache under mounts ans storage
cmlusco
Member
Flashing #7 will give you s-off.
Cache partition and cache under mounts and storage are one in the same.
Huh... I did step 7 as per instructions again and still S-ON !!
Only diff is that i used the forever patch from your post @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506258
If that is not the issue... what else could it be?
cmlusco
Member
What radio (baseband) version does it say in hboot? Do you get any errors when flashing the forever patch?
ReignUnltd
Lurker
Getting an Error in unrevoked-forever.zip (status 6) Installation aborted. When trying to do step 7. any suggestions? my radio is 2.15.10.12.20
cmlusco
Member
You need to be on the froyo 2.15.00.07.28 radio for the patch to work. So you need to flash the misc img again, then the froyo ruu to get the froyo radio. Then unlock the bootloader again, flash recovery, flash superuser, and then the forever patch. You should then be s-off. So basicly start at step 4 again.
Here is what my hboot screen says
*** UNLOCKED ***
INCREDIBLE XC SHIP S-ON
HBOOT -1.02.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.07.28
Dec 21 2011, 23:37:16
I did not get an error while flashing the forever patch..
Another thing I noticed was hboot went from LOCKED to UNLOCKED and not like the example (RELOCKED to UNLOCKED).. Not sure if this means anything...
Again... thank you for helping me out cmlusco
cmlusco
Member
Not sure why the forever patch isnt working for you. Have you tried redownloading it? My only other sugestion would be to use unrevoked 3 to try to get s-off. It should work since your on froyo and have the right radio. http://unrevoked.com/recovery/.
Download that to your pc and open the program. At the top select options, custom recovery, and select the recover.img file from earlier. Boot the phone to the os and make sure usb debugging is on. Then connect the phone to the pc, and the program should do the rest.
You mean recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc ?
cmlusco
Member
For the custom img yes.
recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc is a zip file but unrevoked3 calls for .img
Should I just rename the file ?
cmlusco
Member
Oh sorry open that zip with a zip manager (7zip, winzip, etc) and extract the img file from it. Or download and use this one http://dinc.does-it.net/Guide_Root_New_Hboot/recovery.img.
cmlusco
Member
Dont get frustrated if unrevoked3 dosent work the first time. Sometimes it takes two or three tries to get it.
scotty85
Extreme Android User
the locked/relocked difference doesnt mean anything,its just the state when i took the pic,its got nothing to do with the process.
are you sure youre on froyo? are you stock,or on a custom rom? are you on the baseband cmlusco listed above? (2.15.00.07.28)
if youre on a custom rom,try going back to stock by running the ruu,then install recovery and superuser again. it bothers me the zip is not working,its been extremely reliable so far,thats why ive advocated this method.
Thank you oh wise ones...
I downloaded the files in step 7 again and repeated step 7...
I now have S-Off
It was late by the time I got this done... will finish off later today..
Thanks again for all the help!!
awsome! glad a simple redownload got you sorted and restored the faith in the reliability of the forever patch
enjoy complete phone freedom :smokingsomb:
Yes Sir !!!
And a million thanks to you for this awesome guide
ReignUnltd
Lurker
So i was finally able to flash forever last night. r I now have the s-off. thank you very much for your assistance last night. trying to flash hboot and radio today. I got hboot to reflash to 1.07.0000. however i can not get the radio to flash to 2.15.10.12.20. and now its stuck in lock on the hboot. will not let me run the unlock command. i get a failed (remote: not allowed) error now. any help would be appreciated. so close to the end....thanks
cmlusco
Member
So i was finally able to flash forever last night. r I now have the s-off. thank you very much for your assistance last night. trying to flash hboot and radio today. I got hboot to reflash to 1.07.0000. however i can not get the radio to flash to 2.15.10.12.20. and now its stuck in lock on the hboot. will not let me run the unlock command. i get a failed (remote: not allowed) error now. any help would be appreciated. so close to the end....thanks
Now that your s-off your bootloader dosent need to be unkocked, unless you prefer flashing with fastboot. You can now flash hboots, radios, splash screens, recoveries thru hboot.
To update the radio download this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Radios/2.15.10.12.20/PB31IMG.zip and place it on your sdcard in no folders. Boot to hboot and it should propmt you to press vol up to update, just like how you do an ruu.
scotty85
Extreme Android User
If you do wish to be unlocked,you can submit a new identifier token and get a new unlock_code.bin. your original one is just not working because you've upgraded the hboot to a new one. You don't need to be unlocked,but it can nice to have access to the fastboot flash and fastboot boot commands.
Without an unlocked or eng hboot I prefer to install things as ruus from fastboot,since I do it a lot and find it cumbersome to move things on and off the sd card. Plus,that method does even require an sd card to be present
its also got the abvantage of showing you exactly why/ where something fails if it doesn't flash successfully.
that's just one way to skin the cat,however. You can do it however your comfortable. glad you got it figured out and are s off 
Without an unlocked or eng hboot I prefer to install things as ruus from fastboot,since I do it a lot and find it cumbersome to move things on and off the sd card. Plus,that method does even require an sd card to be present
its also got the abvantage of showing you exactly why/ where something fails if it doesn't flash successfully.that's just one way to skin the cat,however. You can do it however your comfortable.
glad you got it figured out and are s off