Those still trying to root..

[hschreibz7]

usb drivers

Can someone post up a link for the correct usb drivers please.... I don't seem to have the usb_driver folder in my sdk folder anwhere. Thinking this is the main reason I can't get root to work. Oh and is there suppose to be on your sd card itself? Or is it just suppose to be blank and formatted? Thanks in advance!

 

[Mark_Venture]

Can someone post up a link for the correct usb drivers please.... I don't seem to have the usb_driver folder in my sdk folder anwhere. Thinking this is the main reason I can't get root to work. Oh and is there suppose to be on your sd card itself? Or is it just suppose to be blank and formatted? Thanks in advance!

see post #9 for the link to the drivers I used...

 

[Qazme]

Or download UnRevoked2 and the installer comes with the drivers you need. They actually come with the SDK also if you select the package, but with those you need to change the driver inf to include the incredible.

 

[mr.saving]

Incredible is rooted...finally

 

[Qazme]

Nice welcome to the family! Now I suggest you check out Jager 1.6.2 and CyanogenMod ROMs!

 

[mr.saving]

Nice welcome to the family! Now I suggest you check out Jager 1.6.2 and CyanogenMod ROMs!

I'm running unrevoked right now...hows Jager?

 

[Qazme]

No UnRevoked is just the clockwork recovery mod with nandroid etc. Jager etc replace the OS install on your phone. Jager is excellent Sense is not totally gone but enough to make the phone faster and still leave in the cool stuff you actually use from sense like the dialer, calendar etc, but footprint and all that are GONE!

 

[mr.saving]

No UnRevoked is just the clockwork recovery mod with nandroid etc. Jager etc replace the OS install on your phone. Jager is excellent Sense is not totally gone but enough to make the phone faster and still leave in the cool stuff you actually use from sense like the dialer, calendar etc, but footprint and all that are GONE!

Tried it...didnt really like it.

 

[Qazme]

Ah that sucks, good new is though since you are rooted you can change it to whatever you want!

 

[sarcasstic]

Got ROOT following installation instructions while using the recommended PNY 2GB card....thanks a lot!!!

 

[mr.saving]

Got ROOT following installation instructions while using the recommended PNY 2GB card....thanks a lot!!!

woot!

 

[omgbeav]

wootz for rewtz!

 

[sarcasstic]

woot!

Now I am trying to figure what to do next! .

 

[Qazme]

Wait you rooted and don't know what you are going to do with it. Lol classic. Try out some ROMs, different kernels, uninstall the crap you don't want on your phone etc.

 

[sarcasstic]

Wait you rooted and don't know what you are going to do with it. Lol classic. Try out some ROMs, different kernels, uninstall the crap you don't want on your phone etc.

That's what I mean by what to do next. So much to choose from ATM.

 

[Qazme]

oh gotcha sorry it was early in the morning and I wasn't awake yet lol.

 

[sarcasstic]

oh gotcha sorry it was early in the morning and I wasn't awake yet lol.

... no worries!

 

[rob_ashsu]

ive tried everything and pretty much every method and im just at a loss. i mean im not new to this, ive rooted and changed roms on my droid plenty of times and to other friends droids, ive changed OSs on my previous blackberries more times than i can count. But this incredible is proving to be an incredible problem for me. i find myself having to give up and just waiting for a concrete method. =*(

 

[Qazme]

Do the alternate method on the wiki, and use a 2GB PNY card from best buy/walmart....$10. Even though some say it doesn't help it doesn't hurt to roll your phone back and give it a try too. After rolling back and buying that card I got it in two tries after two weeks of fighting with it.

Also you have to hit that screen flicker plug in the usb cable thing at just the right time. And do it right actually time it with a second hand that way when something doesn't work you aren't doing it over and over.

 

[Adiliyo]

ive tried everything and pretty much every method and im just at a loss. i mean im not new to this, ive rooted and changed roms on my droid plenty of times and to other friends droids, ive changed OSs on my previous blackberries more times than i can count. But this incredible is proving to be an incredible problem for me. i find myself having to give up and just waiting for a concrete method. =*(

persistence will pay off! i was in the same boat as you, it's not a question of ability, skill, or knowledge with this phone and the current method, simply a matter of timing, the window to access adb in recovery is very small.

for me, what seemed to work was the 2gb pny (black packaging) airplane mode (doubtful as to how much [if any] that helped, but might as well mention)

the computer i ended up doing it on (i wasn't home) didn't have speakers to hear the disconnect sound, so i had device manager open, about 1 second after the phone dissapeared from there, and basically right as i hear the weird sound the phone makes right before the /!\ screen i clicked in the sd card.

then i just typed in adb shell about 10 times (if i had to guess, about 5-8 seconds of it) and it would say device not found and then the last time there was a couple second pause and then i got the magical error.

once you get in (and you will with enough patience) the other tip i have is if you miss the timing for the payload update, you have to push the ota.zip over again before you try the payload.

good luck, you can do it!