S-OFF has been achieved on the VZ Droid Incredible 2 using the exploit from AlphaRevX.
Many thanks to IEF and the rest of the AlphaRev team!
Many thanks to IEF and the rest of the AlphaRev team!
Does this mean that i can now perm root my Dinc2?? Sign me up.
I'm still kinda new to the whole Droid thing, coming from a Blackberry. What exactly does "engineering bootloader" mean?
I'm in the same boat. I recent came from a BB Bold and now I'm a bit confused as to all the advantages of this. So far, all I can see as a benefit is that you can remove the bloatware Verizon drops on these devices. Other than that, I dont know the other benefits...
drcrawfo - were you able to get s-off?Now just waiting for CM7
Aside from removing bloatware you can use apps like Root Explorer and Adfeee Android, and you can also install and run custom ROM's. There aren't any ROM's for the available for the Dinc2 yet, but now that you have permanant root it's only a matter of time.
forgive me ignorance on the subject, but what is a custom ROM?
And what is Root Explorer and adfeee Android???
AdFree removes most ads in the browser and other apps. It does this by nullifying requests to known host names in the system hosts file
Can I root, kill all the bloatware and unroot and be just as good as before?A stock ROM is the version of the phone’s operating system that comes with your phone when you buy it.
A custom ROM is a fully standalone version of the OS, including the kernel (which makes everything run), apps, services, etc – everything you need to operate the device, except it’s customized by someone in some way.
So what does the "customized" part mean? Since Android is open source, developers are free to take stock ROMs, modify them, strip them of garbage, optimize them, add things, and pretty much do whatever their imagination and skills allow
Root Explorer is an app in the market,,and is a file manager for rooted users. You can access the whole of android's file system (including the elusive data folder!).
Adfree is an app in the market , works on rooted phones and removes ads
AMERRRICAAAA, **** YEAHHH, COMIN' AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHA****IN' DAY YEAH! Wooooooo!
If I wanted to stay on the stock rom and instead of removing the bloatware.Can I root, kill all the bloatware and unroot and be just as good as before?