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Droid Incredible I rooted!!!

Discussion in 'HTC Android Phones' started by n99hockey, Jul 14, 2010.

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  1. n99hockey Moderator

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    Head to www.unrevoked.com and download v3.0 for the Incredible, it is unbelievably easy...15min and I was rooted. Would have taken 5 but I was reading everything 3 and 4 times :p

    Seriously, its easy, do it! Why aren't you doing it!?
    n99hockey, Jul 14, 2010
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  2. connnie Member

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    Because I'm scared to, and because what if I have to take it to Verizon for anything, can you un-do it?
    connnie, Jul 15, 2010
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  3. n99hockey Moderator

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    yes you can unroot, havent researched that yet though

    it really wasnt that bad, but if you ask Weapondrift he might say otherwise, he was having a hard time last night, although i think it was the Vista machine he was using :p
    n99hockey, Jul 15, 2010
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  4. chris Administrator

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    Now that you're rooted, is there anything you've done to take advantage of it?

    My N1 is still pure as the driven snow.
    chris, Jul 15, 2010
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  5. n99hockey Moderator

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    so far installed a screen shot app and wifi tether, although havent wifi tether to work just yet
    read a little on kernels and stuff like that but havent done anything
    not sure if i will flash roms or not, i kind of like SenseUI
    n99hockey, Jul 15, 2010
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  6. Weapondrift Active Member

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    Yes I indeed had issues. I finally had to run the reflash (root) off of an XP computer.

    Some if the major issues that I was having stemmed from incorrectly installing the driver which you have to install with your phone in bootloader FIRST.


    Beta
    Weapondrift, Jul 15, 2010
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  7. n99hockey Moderator

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    i tried that first but nothing ever happened until i went out of bootloader and then reinstalled the driver and then it took off
    n99hockey, Jul 15, 2010
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  8. Weapondrift Active Member

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    Well installing the driver in bootloader THEN turn your phone back on and root it.

    Beta
    Weapondrift, Jul 15, 2010
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  9. n99hockey Moderator

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    i dunno
    i did that and nothing happened, it asked me to reinstall the drivers again..who knows
    it eventually worked... :p
    n99hockey, Jul 15, 2010
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  10. Weapondrift Active Member

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    well like I said last night...technology has some sort of grudge against me....why I dunno, but it does lol.
    Weapondrift, Jul 15, 2010
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  11. n99hockey Moderator

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    atleast you got it in the end!
    n99hockey, Jul 15, 2010
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  12. Weapondrift Active Member

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    Touche and yes I did! :D

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    Weapondrift, Jul 15, 2010
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  13. connnie Member

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    Sounds complicated.
    connnie, Jul 16, 2010
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  14. Weapondrift Active Member

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    It actually was pretty painless once I got past the errors/speedbumps....other then installing the driver (included) the rest was completly automatic

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    Weapondrift, Jul 17, 2010
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  15. n99hockey Moderator

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    The unrevoked team released v3.1 that addresses the Windows issue you had.

    Sent from my ADR6300 using Everything Android app
    n99hockey, Jul 17, 2010
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    bberryhill0, Jul 18, 2010
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  17. Weapondrift Active Member

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    Yay and here you were all scared :)

    Sent from my Incredible using Everything Android app
    Weapondrift, Jul 18, 2010
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  18. bberryhill0 Member

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    Well there was the minor problem that for us leakers the first root exploit involved split second timing pulling the SD card that most people couldn't pull off after a few hundred tries. Nah, not for me. The new exploit takes seconds and is automated. And the latest twist includes not wiping the phone. Glad I waited.
    bberryhill0, Jul 18, 2010
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  19. Weapondrift Active Member

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    and to be honest, I couldnt agree with you more on being happy to have waited.

    I know that when I was using my TP, the developments for the phone were to the massive extent of roms being pushed out quicker then you could blink...so that imo helped increase the speed of people being able to push unlocking (comparitivly to root in other words). So im not suprised that root has grown in popularity as far as want is concerned.
    Weapondrift, Jul 18, 2010
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  20. n99hockey Moderator

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    awesome congrats!
    n99hockey, Jul 18, 2010
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