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Root Details on Installing Nov OTA to Rooted Incredible

I had issues with doing the install's even with the card being formated to FAT32. My card was formated to FAT32 when I bought the phone. but the installs didn't work until I reformated my card. My advice to any that are having trouble is to back up your data, do a reformat and try it again. It worked for me.
 
ok, I figured this is as good a place as any to post this.

When these instructions came out I followed them to install the November OTA on my rooted 2.2 Inc. Everything went as it should and my phone shows software number 3.21.605.1 now. Kernel is 2.6.32.15-gb7b01d1 htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

The problem is about 4 days ago my phone rebooted on its own and upon reboot displayed a message that an update was successfully applied and it showed the same software number that I already had.

Today, I was just playing with the phone and I get a request to install a 17.7Mb software update. wtf?! Is there ANOTHER one? Has this happened to anyone else?
 
just decided to go through and do this because I got tired of the update messages.

Everything went great. Thanks a lot
 
The new OTA from November will bump your software to 3.26.605.1, build number is 3.26.605.1 CL264707 release keys and kernel version 2.6.32.17-g9a2fc16 htc-kernel@u18000-Build-149 #1. Hope that this helps. Mine would not install when rooted or even unrooted with S/Off.
 
Just did this and it worked perfectly. Thanks!

To keep the process simple, I used TitaniumBackup to "freeze" my unwanted bloatware apps and remove them from my app drawer. It came in really handy as all I had to do was run a batch process to "defrost" all of my frozen apps (they magically reappear in the app drawer, no PC necessary). Afterward, just "freeze" all of the apps again & adding the new bloatware, and BAM! Updated, rooted, and cleaned up!
 
Thanks everyone who reported success. I'm glad to have helped the community. I love my Incredible, and my many friends who got Droid Xes are jealous. The Incredible is turning out to be the "DC-3" of Android phones, especially since 2.2 and the Nov update.
 
I refused the November update and am thus am still rooted with 2.2 unrevoked.

The reason I don't allow the update is that I am seeing more problems posted then benefits. I also deleted my bloatware instead of "freezing" it. Has there been an answer as to what to do if you deleted instead of "freezing" it? Or will the rooting method now work even with the bloatware removed?
 
Musky said:
I refused the November update and am thus am still rooted with 2.2 unrevoked.

The reason I don't allow the update is that I am seeing more problems posted then benefits. I also deleted my bloatware instead of "freezing" it. Has there been an answer as to what to do if you deleted instead of "freezing" it? Or will the rooting method now work even with the bloatware removed?
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I may be missing your question Musky but I think the problem people were having with bloat removal was the ability to get the OTA update to appear/load rather than it being any function of root.
 
iowabowtech said:
I may be missing your question Musky but I think the problem people were having with bloat removal was the ability to get the OTA update to appear/load rather than it being any function of root.
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Sorry for the confusing post!

I think I understand it now, the Nov update will not install if you have removed the bloatware, right? And if it did install, it removed root, right again?

And then if that happens, you need to follow the directions in this thread to gain root again, but not "unrevoked" root, correct?

So, since I didn't install the update, and have edited my settings so I'm not getting nagged about the update, and still have unrevoked root, I should just leave well enough alone?
 
Musky said:
Sorry for the confusing post!

I think I understand it now, the Nov update will not install if you have removed the bloatware, right? And if it did install, it removed root, right again?

And then if that happens, you need to follow the directions in this thread to gain root again, but not "unrevoked" root, correct?

So, since I didn't install the update, and have edited my settings so I'm not getting nagged about the update, and still have unrevoked root, I should just leave well enough alone?
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Yep, I'd leave it alone. I didn't accept it either, I never accept OTA updates.

So yep, you're right that people couldn't get the Nov OTA to install due to prior bloat removal and installing the OTA did remove root. In that event, there was a workaround deleloped but that is all out the window now because the new version of Unrevoked can root through the OTA even if it was installed. Just took awhile for them to get it all ironed out.
 
I get an error

"assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/lib/modules.bcm...(random stuff)"

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.

I have stock 2.2 but my kernel isn't stock. When I install the apparently stock kernal from hyrda it gives the same error. I didn't remove any bloatware. What is the problem?
 
bonzobv said:
I get an error

"assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/lib/modules.bcm...(random stuff)"

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.

I have stock 2.2 but my kernel isn't stock. When I install the apparently stock kernal from hyrda it gives the same error. I didn't remove any bloatware. What is the problem?
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What are you trying to do exactly? Hydra isn't the stock kernel. If you are really wanting the ota contents you can just load up a Rom that includes it, that way you don't lose root. Just an idea.
 
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