Root unrEVOked Forever is out!

[TheWhiteBandito]

Just got released like 15 minutes ago. Anyone try it yet!?

public:forever [RootWiki]

unrevoked forever is a tool to set your Android phone's security level to S-OFF. The security level is a flag stored on the radio; when the flag is S-OFF, the bootloader (HBOOT) will no longer check the signatures of firmware images before flashing them. This allows custom firmware images to be uploaded, including unsigned boot, recovery, splash1, and hboot images (as well as official images that have been modified).

 

[killadanny]

And the floodgates have been opened

 

[iowabowtech]

Nobody's here to read this thread. We're all over at XDA making sure the cliffdivers don't have bricks.

 

[yojoe600]

im hear i just flashed lol.. ill go check out xda

edit: worked fine and was simple

 

[iowabowtech]

Yeah, it's looking good. Figured it'd be solid if they made the leap to realease. That said tho, I'm in no mood to resurrect my Curve. Lol.

 

[TheWhiteBandito]

Nobody's here to read this thread. We're all over at XDA making sure the cliffdivers don't have bricks.

hahah I know, I'm lurking on XDA. I'm more active on this forum however so I thought I would share here!

Probably going to flash this tomorrow. It's been pretty crazy these past few days between the new Kernel source and s-off. Lots of new stuff for us to enjoy

 

[jasonb1985]

i did it! worked flawlessly.

 

[ACD168]

who has two thumbs and an s-off DInc. This guy!!

 

[yojoe600]

yea me too haha!

 

[wtfdan]

I want to try but newbs like me don't know what to do after I flash this..

 

[iowabowtech]

Allow me to play devil's advocate for just a moment...there is no way to revert back to S-On. If I need to 86 this phone for some reason, I can currently revert back to stock configuration. No can do once I make this leap. Can somebody sell me on the fact that the benefits of unlock outweigh the ability to go backward?

 

[TheWhiteBandito]

Allow me to play devil's advocate for just a moment...there is no way to revert back to S-On. If I need to 86 this phone for some reason, I can currently revert back to stock configuration. No can do once I make this leap. Can somebody sell me on the fact that the benefits of unlock outweigh the ability to go backward?

I believe you can go back. I read something about just making it go to S-ON. Since S-off just means that the security is turned off, there has to be a way to turn it back on. Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure that it's possible to go back

EDIT: Totally kidding about that. It says they have not developed a tool for that yet.

 

[Hand76]

You have to rename it to update.zip right?

 

[jasonb1985]

You have to rename it to update.zip right?

nah, you actually don't have to. you can apply it like you'd apply any other zip.

 

[Hand76]

Wow that was fast but I didnt do the new splash screen yet, what is it?

 

[crazydog]

Wow that was fast but I didnt do the new splash screen yet, what is it?

I'm guessing it replaces the HTC splash screen with the UnrEVOked logo.

 

[bubbleywine]

super easy and good the splash is pretty amazing as well just deleted stocks apk and widget from root explorer bad ass

 

[yojoe600]

yea but i dont like it bc it dont say htc or incredible at all... they should have put incrdible under the unrevoked logo

 

[bubbleywine]

i suppose we could make our own????not really sure on that one though but see u later adb is ****ing awsome

 

[Hand76]

Yea just did the new splash not sure I like it...don't need to see unrevoked staring me in the face but oh well...

Big thanks to the unrevoked team for this!!!



Anyone try metamorph yet?

 

[ACD168]

its suuuper easy to make ur own splash screen

ive been metamorphing since got s-off !!!

 

[welbinator]

so S-off means NAND is unlocked?

what is metamorphing?

 

[welbinator]

does this mean we can update our radio without unrooting?

 

[cuban11182]

does this mean we can update our radio without unrooting?

Yes.

http://androidforums.com/roms-incredible/148420-radio-2-15-00-07-28-radio.html

 

[welbinator]

Yes.

http://androidforums.com/roms-incredible/148420-radio-2-15-00-07-28-radio.html

ah, I already updated my radio. was asking mainly out of curiosity. i just updated it yesterday too, hours before this NAND breakthrough. ha, oh well.