[GUIDE] How to root, un-root and rom your Droid Incredible.

[jmk32]

Help! Rooting for the 1st time and stuck at Step #6. Unrevoked 3 seemed to be running fine and my phone booted a few times, but then on step 6 it just goes to the screen as shown in the screenshot on page 1of this thread and when HBoot USB plug is highlighted i click the power button, but nothing happens.

It just goes to a similar screen highlighting 'fastboot usb' and nothing it happening (Unrevoked 3 just keeps saying 'rebooting').

What do i do now???

 

[jmk32]

I went ahead and unhooked my phone from the PC and started over again and this time it worked - have superuser in my app tray. I was afraid i was gonna brick the phone by unhooking it while the unrevoked was still running... Hopefully getting my 1st rom on here won't be as nerve wracking...

 

[PvilleComp]

Glad you got it working - Now that you're rooted things should go well. Just remember - learn how to flash manually, directions are in the same thread as rooting, and follow directions.

Happy Flashing!

 

[ricbon]

well have to unroot to troubleshoot with verizon tonite....smh....never the less love this thread if i get a new replacement will be back here to root.

 

[arran1]

Woo! Just Rooted and installed Nil's Business Gingersense 3D. Thanks for the help everyone!!!

 

[RazorDroid]

Here is a simple guide to take your rooted phone back to stock, S-on, and stock recovery.

Before you start make sure you have a rooted Droid Incredible with clockworkmod recovery and have your sdcard formatted to fat32.
To format your card an easy way is to connect your Incredible with sdcard to your windows computer. On your device select disk drive, then using your computer open my computer and right click on your sdcard and select format fat32. Just like rooting, unrooting will remove all your third party app's and wipe your device.

How to tell if your s-on or s-off
1. Reboot into HBOOT and in the upper right it will tell you if your security is on or off by displaying s-on or s-off. To reboot hit the power button once, then using your volume key down select recovery and then hit the power button again. In recovery make sure reboot is highlighted and press down on your optical joystick.

Please note if your using 2.15.00.09.01 radio unrevoked s-on tool will not work. You will need to download this and flash that PB31IMG before you continue.

If your s-off then you need to download http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip to turn s-on.
1. Place the downloaded file on the root of your sdcard.
2. Reboot into recovery using any method.
-Using Rom Manager just open and select Reboot into Recovery
-Pull the battery for a few seconds, then put battery back in and power on while holding down the volume down key, once in HBOOT hit the power key once then use your volume down key to highlight ?recovery? and hit the power button to select.
3. In recovery menu (use your volume keys or joystick to navigate through the menu) select ?install zip from sdcard? and press on the optical joystick to select.
4. Then select ?choose zip from sdcard?.
5. Find and select the file "unrevoked-forever-son.zip" you downloaded and placed on your sdcard.
6. Select ?yes install unrevoked-forever-son.zip?.
7. Now your s-on - continue to the following directions to remove root and go back to your stock recovery.

If your s-on you need to download this file PB31IMG.zip
1. Check your sdcard for any file named PB31IMG.zip and remove it before moving to the next step
2. Rename the file you downloaded above to ?PB31IMG.zip? without the quotes and place it on the root of your sdcard.
3. Boot into HBOOT by pulling your battery then power on while holding the volume down key.
4. Your phone should find the PB31IMG.zip file and start the update and may reboot a couple of times.
5. Reboot your phone and you should be back to stock


*Thanks to Doug Piston for the use of his site.

Odd question for you. If I want to go back to stock, and I'm running CM7, do I need to revert back to my "stock" rom, or can I just flash "S-ON", then flash the pb31img.zip? The reason I ask is because, I never did a backup of my "stock" rom, and only have CM7.

 

[PvilleComp]

The PB31IMG.zip is a full stock Froyo load. Be sure you check the MD5 before flashing it in HBOOT because it does contain the Stock Radio as well and if it's a bad download it will give you a bad hair day.

There are links to MD5 software and links to the PB31IMG file with MD5 checksums in the Preparing for the Gingerbread OTA sticky.

Good luck.

 

[RazorDroid]

The PB31IMG.zip is a full stock Froyo load. Be sure you check the MD5 before flashing it in HBOOT because it does contain the Stock Radio as well and if it's a bad download it will give you a bad hair day.

There are links to MD5 software and links to the PB31IMG file with MD5 checksums in the Preparing for the Gingerbread OTA sticky.

Good luck.

Awesome! Thanks! Yup, checked my md5 last night, and it was a perfect match.

 

[arran1]

OK, I am probably about to confuse everyone, but o well...

Ok, I have a NANdroid of Nils' Business Gingersense, aswell as CM7 Nightly 170 with incredikernal. If I wanted to do a quick change back to Gingersense, could I just wipe data, etc., restore Gingersense and be ok? Or would I also have to wipe incredikernal? How do I do that if I have to?

The only reason I ask is so if I do want to change back, can I do it that way. Because I was thinking of changeing every so often because I can't decide between which ROM

Sorry if I confused you...

 

[PvilleComp]

No confusion. The Nandroid is a full system image of the system and kernel. You can restore back and forth as often as you like. No need to wipe either, the Nand restores the caches as well.

 

[mumfoau]

No confusion. The Nandroid is a full system image of the system and kernel. You can restore back and forth as often as you like. No need to wipe either, the Nand restores the caches as well.

So wait...all this time I've been doing a full wipe to go between Nandroids. That's not necessary? #embarrassed

Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk

 

[ricbon]

dammit!!!!!!! i have s-on im trying to unroot for warranty purpose and i cant seem to get the pb31img file to work i do all the instructions and it looks like the file is loading in hboot but i go back the screen with fastboot, recovery, clear storage, factory reset!!!!!!!!! help!!!! ive done this before wtf did i do wrong this round

 

[PvilleComp]

dammit!!!!!!! i have s-on im trying to unroot for warranty purpose and i cant seem to get the pb31img file to work i do all the instructions and it looks like the file is loading in hboot but i go back the screen with fastboot, recovery, clear storage, factory reset!!!!!!!!! help!!!! ive done this before wtf did i do wrong this round

After it finishes the PB31IMG, select Recovery, then select reboot within Recovery. You should see the setup screens, and you are good to go.

 

[PvilleComp]

So wait...all this time I've been doing a full wipe to go between Nandroids. That's not necessary? #embarrassed

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Just for you mumfoau... One for Data... One for Cache... and One for Dalvik! LOL

 

[ricbon]

After it finishes the PB31IMG, select Recovery, then select reboot within Recovery. You should see the setup screens, and you are good to go.

thank you so much for responding quickly i kept hitting refresh on the webpage!!!! i did that route and reboots to cm7. i have no i idea what went wrong i checked radios and it seems fine

 

[PvilleComp]

Did the PB31IMG say it completed successfully? That is unusual.

Try downloading this one and be sure to check the MD5 because it does contain a radio image.

http://dougpiston.com/files/RUU/bui...and-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip
MD5: 31BB1611A0FA8197D447C0438426717E

 

[ricbon]

Did the PB31IMG say it completed successfully? That is unusual.

Try downloading this one and be sure to check the MD5 because it does contain a radio image.

http://dougpiston.com/files/RUU/bui...and-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip
MD5: 31BB1611A0FA8197D447C0438426717E

thank you i'm gonna give it a shot

 

[ricbon]

Did the PB31IMG say it completed successfully? That is unusual.

Try downloading this one and be sure to check the MD5 because it does contain a radio image.

http://dougpiston.com/files/RUU/bui...and-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip
MD5: 31BB1611A0FA8197D447C0438426717E

SUCCESS!!!!!!!!thanks again PvilleComp!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mumfoau]

Just for you mumfoau... One for Data... One for Cache... and One for Dalvik! LOL

Hahahaha...now I see why folks jump between ROMs so much!! I hope I don't turn into a ROM-hopping fool!! LOL

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[PvilleComp]

SUCCESS!!!!!!!!thanks again PvilleComp!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad you got it working.

Hahahaha...now I see why folks jump between ROMs so much!! I hope I don't turn into a ROM-hopping fool!! LOL

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LOL