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

you can try flashing it again. failing that, you can try booting it into phone memory

instead of: fastboto flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img

try this command: fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img

and see if the recovery starts :)
 
scotty85 said:
you can try flashing it again. failing that, you can try booting it into phone memory

instead of: fastboto flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img

try this command: fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img

and see if the recovery starts :)
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No luck with flashing it again or with using the command fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img. One good thing that I noticed is that it says UNLOCKED in red at the top of the HBOOT menu. At least I making some progress.
 
thenugman said:
No luck with flashing it again or with using the command fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img. One good thing that I noticed is that it says UNLOCKED in red at the top of the HBOOT menu. At least I making some progress.
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hmmm this is not a good sign. you were able to flash it once,then boot to it and flash superuser,correct?

we need to get a working recovery so we can change main version and flash the downgrade ruu.

try to fastboot erase cache prior to flashing or booting recovery.

also,you could give a little more info on the phone:
fastboot getvar all

and paste the info here
 
Here's the info on the phone:

"My Incredible is at Ver 2.3.4, Baseband Ver 2.15.10.12.20, Build #4.08.605.19 and HBOOT 1.07.0000. It is still locked with S-On. Recently, it started going into a bootloop, getting as far as the first white htc incredible screen and then repeating.

By using the Vol Dwn and Pwr On buttons, I can get into HBOOT, but it won't allow me to do a Recovery or a Factory Reset. However, I am able to Power Down the phone when I access the FastBoot Menu and choose Power Down. Unfortunately, USB Debugging was set at off before the bootlooping started, so even though I downloaded the HTC Sync drivers, I can't sync with the phone.

Is there any way that I can load build # 4.08.605.19 back onto the phone before I decide to root it or is the phone a brick?"

I performed Step 1 and 2 of the OP, but after flashing the recovery, I can see that the flash is successful via the command line feedback info, but the phone won't reboot and just goes into a bootloop to the first white, HTC incredible screen.

In doing Step 3 of the OP (Flash Superuser Root Files), I run into a problem on Step 2 because I can't get into the recovery menu at all and therefore, I can't install the zip from the SD card. That is where I am now.
 
So, to answer your question in the last post, I don't think that I was ever successful in getting the phone to boot to it, because after it wouldn't boot and just went into the bootloop, I pulled the battery, reinstalled it and went back into HBOOT USB Plug, in order to try Step 3 of the OP, which is when I discovered that I couldn't do a recovery using the Recovery Menu.
 
thenugman said:
So, to answer your question in the last post, I don't think that I was ever successful in getting the phone to boot to it, because after it wouldn't boot and just went into the bootloop, I pulled the battery, reinstalled it and went back into HBOOT USB Plug, in order to try Step 3 of the OP, which is when I discovered that I couldn't do a recovery using the Recovery Menu.
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sounds like you need to go back to step 2 and get a recovery flashed. you are only going to be using the fastboot commands, so dont worry that you cant see anything with "adb devices"
Code: 
-check the md5 of your recovery image:

md5sums recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img

**make sure the resulting md5 matches: ea382ca5809cb872d0582aa22741d592

-check for connectivity:

fastboot devices

-should return serial number
-permanently flash your recovery to phones recovery partition:

fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img

-youll see a (really fast) green status bar on the top right as your PC sends the recovery to your phone,then a (really,really fast) red bar as it flashes it. you now have clockwork recovery installed on your phone. 

fastboot reboot

-your phone will reboot

pull the battery here (because your phone will still be stuck in a bootloop). boot back into hboot and make sure you can get intomrecovery before going any further.
 
thenugman said:
So, to answer your question in the last post, I don't think that I was ever successful in getting the phone to boot to it, because after it wouldn't boot and just went into the bootloop, I pulled the battery, reinstalled it and went back into HBOOT USB Plug, in order to try Step 3 of the OP, which is when I discovered that I couldn't do a recovery using the Recovery Menu.
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I can run fastboot getvar all but I'm not able to copy it here.
Anyways here is what it says:

INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 1.07.0000
INFoversion-baseband: 2.15.10.12.20
INFOversion-cpld: none
INFOversion-microp: 0417
INFOversion-main: 4.08.605.19
INFOserialno: HT09THJ12695
INFOproduct: incrediblec
INFOplatform: HBOOT-8x50
INFOmodelid: PB3120000
INFOcidnum: VZW__001
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 3998mv
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: on
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: e068cb45
INFOhbootpreupdate: 11
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.010s.
 
sdrawkcab25 said:
sounds like you need to go back to step 2 and get a recovery flashed. you are only going to be using the fastboot commands, so dont worry that you cant see anything with "adb devices"
Code: 
-check the md5 of your recovery image:

md5sums recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img

**make sure the resulting md5 matches: ea382ca5809cb872d0582aa22741d592

-check for connectivity:

fastboot devices

-should return serial number
-permanently flash your recovery to phones recovery partition:

fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-inc.img

-youll see a (really fast) green status bar on the top right as your PC sends the recovery to your phone,then a (really,really fast) red bar as it flashes it. you now have clockwork recovery installed on your phone. 

fastboot reboot

-your phone will reboot

pull the battery here (because your phone will still be stuck in a bootloop). boot back into hboot and make sure you can get intomrecovery before going any further.
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Ever since Scotty mentioned it, I've been ignoring the ADB commands and only using the FASTBOOT commands. I can get it to flash, at least that is what it says from the feedback from the command screen but it won't allow me to do a recovery, as in Step 3 of the OP.
 
To make sure that I'm straight on this, to do the recovery, I have to have the SD card installed with the file Superuser-3.07-efgh-signed.zip loaded onto the root of it, just like it says in Step 3(Flash Superuser Root Files). Correct?
 
Don't worry about superuser yet, you need a recovery first
If you can't clockwork recovery to stick, you can't go any further.
So, if you boot into hboot, highlight recovery with the volume keys and press the power button... You go into a boot loop?

[The superuser file would stay zipped and you would use clockwork recovery to install it.]
 
sdrawkcab25 said:
Don't worry about superuser yet, you need a recovery first
If you can't clockwork recovery to stick, you can't go any further.
So, if you boot into hboot, highlight recovery with the volume keys and press the power button... You go into a boot loop?

[The superuser file would stay zipped and you would use clockwork recovery to install it.]
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Yes. The phone makes a vibrating noise, changes to the white HTC Incredible screen and then, the screen turns black. It keeps repeating as such.
 
scotty85 said:
Next time you get that black screen,try:

Adb devices
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After ADB devices, I get:

* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached


After the last line, no devices are listed.
Then the same noise, white HTC Incredible screen and black screen, repeating
 
thenugman said:
After ADB devices, I get:

* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached


After the last line, no devices are listed.
Then the same noise, white HTC Incredible screen and black screen, repeating
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I just noticed, that occasionally,after about 20-30 reboots, the white HTC Incredible screen stays on longer (about 10 seconds) as opposed to 4 seconds before turning black. Weird.
 
thenugman said:
After ADB devices, I get:

* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached


After the last line, no devices are listed.
Then the same noise, white HTC Incredible screen and black screen, repeating
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So that output is on the black screen? Also,just to make sure I understand,you get splash,black screen,splash,black screen,etc. over and over correct?

Or does it stay on the black screen?

Im also wondering what happens wen you try and fastboot boot the image?
 
thenugman said:
I just noticed, that occasionally,after about 20-30 reboots, the white HTC Incredible screen stays on longer (about 10 seconds) as opposed to 4 seconds before turning black. Weird.
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That white HTC Incredible screen staying on about 10 seconds or so is too random to say every 20-30 reboots. In the last fifteen minutes, it has happened about 5 times. Definitely, something trying to happen though.
 
scotty85 said:
So that output is on the black screen? Also,just to make sure I understand,you get splash,black screen,splash,black screen,etc. over and over correct?

Or does it stay on the black screen?

Im also wondering what happens wen you try and fastboot boot the image?
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No. I get a buzzing sound, then immediately a change to a white screen with the words "htc Incredible" written in black, then a change to a black screen for about 1-2 seconds, then a buzzing sound and immediately a repeat to the white htc Incredible screen which just keeps on repeating in that order. The longer the phone has been doing this, the more frequently, it has been lingering on the white htc Incredible screen.
 
That output is what I see on my computer screen after typing in ADB devices on the command line. I see nothing on my phone screen when it goes black.
 
The same repeat in the pattern when I fastboot the image, although I don't remember the white htc Incredible screen staying on for any length of time.
 
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