so, i may do it this weekend. you say it took 2 hours... what was the most time consuming step or steps? i only ask so i won't be surprised and freak out if something is taking a long time to do.
or were you just going really slowly and carefully?
how long do the pros on here think it should take to root following the procedure of Scotty et al.?
optimistically trepidacious,
-m
OK, a little bit later and i have read through the steps a few times. you have done a great job as holding our hands to walk us noobs through this. i do have the following questions in a few spots where is wasn't clear (to me, at least) exactly what needs to be done... here goes...
1)unlock with htcdev
2)
unlock using htcdev
-go to
HTCdev - Unlock Bootloader and sign in to your account. chose "htc droid incredible" from the "select your device bar" and click the green "begin unlock bootloader" button underneath. note the "*" wich means you
will need to update your hboot in order to unlock.
-click yes to procede,then read the warnings before checking the boxes and clicking yes to continue,as they are basically explaining that your warranty is now void,and any repairs that your phone needs that may have been a result of unlocking your bootloader and messing with your phones operating system
may no longer be covered under mfgr warranty
[IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY, OR IS SOMETHING MISSING HERE? IF NOT AUTOMATIC HOW DO YOU "check your hboot screen"]
pull battery,hold vol down,then power. this will take you to hboot.
*
check your hboot screen. if you allready have hboots
1.02.0000,or
1.07.0000 then skip ahead to the next step,you dont need this. if you have hboot
0.92.0000,then download the RUU for the new hboot. right click it,and run as administrator. plug in your phone when prompted to.
[WHAT IS "RUU" AND WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO DOWNLOAD IT FROM? WHERE DO I DOWNLOAD IT TO? MY C\miniadb_inc FOLDER?]
[ISN'T MY PHONE STILL PLUGGED IN? OR IS SOME INSTRUCTION GOING TO COME UP TO TELL ME TO UNPLUG?]it is oon the htcdev website,if you need it. you can download it to anywhere,it is is utility you run on your pc. yes,your phone is still plugged in. no need to unplug it.
it will ugrade your
0.92.0000 hboot to the htcdev unlock
1.02.0000 hboot.
-steps 1-4 are describing how to get your phone into bootloader mode and connect it to your PC,wich we have done above. ignore these steps and simply type in your cmd window:
[SNIP]
-steps 5-7 are telling you how to find the files and utilities inside your mini-adb folder. you have them,so ignore steps 5-7.
[I ASSUME THESE ARE JUST THE FILES THAT ARE THE FOLDER AFTER EXTRACTING THE ZIPPED FOLDER... OR ARE THERE MORE THAT NEED TO PUT IN THERE?] no more need put into mini-adb_inc. its everything you need.
3)flash superuser root files*
1)place superuser 3.07 onto the root of your sd card.
[I ASSUME THIS IS A SIMPLE DRAG AND DROP? IS THE SD CARD OF THE PHONE GOING TO SHOW UP SOMEWHERE? WHEN TRYING TO GET PHOTOS OFF THE PHONE I REALIZED THERE SEEM TO BE MULTIPLE STORAGE "LOCATIONS" IN THE PHONE/ON THE SD CARD... WHERE DOES THIS FILE GO? WHAT DOES THE "ROOT" OF THE SD CARD LOOK LIKE ON SCREEN?]drag and drop is fine,do it however youre most comfortable moving files. you can mount the sd as a disk drive,or you can pull the card and put it in a card reader. youll just have to look at the files on the each storage and figure out wich one is the sd,theres no way otherwise to tell. you can right click and check properties,and see wich one is the same size as your sd 
root just means "not inside another folder"
[AM I PUTTING THE ZIPPED "Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip" THERE, OR SHOULD IT BE UNZIPPED AND THE UNZIPPED FOLDER GOES TO ROOT? NOTE: MY SUPERUSER HAS DIFFERENT NAME, BUT IT IS WHAT DOWNLOADED FROM YOUR LINKS AT TOP... IS THIS CORRECT?]leave sureruser zipped. if you downloaded from the link in the orginal post,its fine. it may have been updated since i wrote the guide.
-make a backup of your
stock,unrooted rom. completely optional,but a very good idea,IMO.
[WHERE DO I PUT THE BACKUP? ON MY COMPUTER OR ON THE SD CARD? IF COMPUTER, OK TO PUT IN C\miniadb_inc FOLDER?]you will use the menu options in clockwork recovery,it will automatically store the backup on your sd card. i cant go into detail here,as i dont remember the exact menu options. there is alot of info on the forum about making backups and flashing roms,but it will be pretty obvious once youre in recovery.
4)rewrite the misc image with adb and downgrade to froyo
-take the froyo PB31IMG,and place it into your miniadb_inc folder
[I ASSUME " froyo PB31IMG " IS SAME AS "PB31IMG" WITHOUT THE WORD "froyo" IN FRONT OF IT? AM I PUTTING THE " PB31IMG.zip" DIRECTLY IN " miniadb_inc " FOLDER, OR DOES IT NEED TO BE UNZIPPED FIRST?]yes,same file. no do not unzip it.
md5sums mtd0.img it should output a few things.at the end you should see this number 34307be744275f1db1dd16af04c37839
md5sums flash_image again,it will output some things,then you should see this number: 0098a7dd6600b55fac34fc6645be5d7a
md5sums PB31IMG.zip this is a big file,and will take a couple minutes to check,so be patient- its prolly not hung. it should output 31bb1611a0fa8197d447c0438426717e
[I ASSUME I CAN CHECK THESE AHEAD OF TIME USING ANY md5 CHECKER?]yes.
[SNIP]
you can now downgrade back to 2.2,so you can flash the "unrevoked forever patch" in recovery to regain s-off
[I ASSUME WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE DOWNGRADE... IT IS SCARY TO SEE LANGUAGE LIKE " you can now downgrade "... ALL I SEE FLASH BEFORE MY EYES IS "No I can't now downgrade" YOU MIGHT WORD IT AS "you will now downgrade to ... by the following steps"]
7)re-flash superuser root files and flash unrevoked's "forever" patch*
1)place superuser 3.07(if its not still there from the first time),and unrevokeds "forever" patch onto the root of your sd card
[AS WITH ABOVE, AM I PUTTING THE ZIPPED "Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip" AND THE ZIPPED "unrevoked-forever.zip", OR SHOULD THEY BE UNZIPPED AND THE UNZIPPED FOLDER GOES TO ROOT? NOTE AS ABOVE: MY SUPERUSER HAS DIFFERENT NAME, BUT IT IS WHAT DOWNLOADED FROM YOUR LINKS AT TOP... IS THIS CORRECT?] same answer as above. youl do it exactly the same
