[Q] Unrooting/Updating Help

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Hello,
I have an Android Incredible 2, which is currently rooted using Alpharevx. Ice cream sandwich came out this morning, and I would like to update to it. Is there any way to do this without unrooting? If not, how do I unroot my phone?
Thanks for the help.

Hi there.

Ice Cream Sandwich is not available for our phones yet, however im sure the development team will cook up something nice.

In the meantime, since you are rooted you can take advantage of any other ROM on the forum.

Considering you rooted without any knowledge of how to unroot i would suggest reading the thread in which that rooting method was posted to determine an unroot in case you need to do so.

Go to this thread

http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?...2-(vivow)-ONLY

Thank you for the redirect. I have one more question. Where do i type in the code that it refers to?

Originally Posted by grGrizz

Thank you for the redirect. I have one more question. Where do i type in the code that it refers to?

What code?

Did you root your phone or did someone do it for you?

You need to have adb set up on your computer. And I have no idea why you want to unroot after I advised you that Ice Cream Sandwich is not available yet. You are going to be putting yourself at risk of bricking your phone for no reason and possibly have your bootloader locked again.

Please be careful with your device if you do not know what you are doing...do some research on the following:

Adb/Fastboot for Android
Rooting/Unrooting your phone

You're right. I did root my phone myself, but I am a high school student, and so am not very familiar with this whole process. Thank you for the information, I will go and learn more about it.
The reason I thought ice cream sandwich was available was because my phone prompted me to update, which I tried to do, and I got stuck in a bootloop. So then I recovered, and my phone wouldn't find and service. After rebooting a couple of times, I went back and flashed a previous ROM, which didn't solve the problem. So I went into HBOOT and restored my phone to factory settings. The reason I want to unroot it because clearly I have no idea what I'm doing, and so when ice cream sandwich is available, I want to be able to update to it without going through this whole process again.

Originally Posted by grGrizz

You're right. I did root my phone myself, but I am a high school student, and so am not very familiar with this whole process. Thank you for the information, I will go and learn more about it.
The reason I thought ice cream sandwich was available was because my phone prompted me to update, which I tried to do, and I got stuck in a bootloop. So then I recovered, and my phone wouldn't find and service. After rebooting a couple of times, I went back and flashed a previous ROM, which didn't solve the problem. So I went into HBOOT and restored my phone to factory settings. The reason I want to unroot it because clearly I have no idea what I'm doing, and so when ice cream sandwich is available, I want to be able to update to it without going through this whole process again.

If you are using the stock ROM rooted you can update to RMK gingersense 2.3.4 which you will find over at the virtuous site. That should stop your update issues without a problem.

Feel free to keep me updated and ill be glad to help.

Sent from my Xoom using xda premium

Originally Posted by grGrizz

You're right. I did root my phone myself, but I am a high school student, and so am not very familiar with this whole process. Thank you for the information, I will go and learn more about it.
The reason I thought ice cream sandwich was available was because my phone prompted me to update, which I tried to do, and I got stuck in a bootloop. So then I recovered, and my phone wouldn't find and service. After rebooting a couple of times, I went back and flashed a previous ROM, which didn't solve the problem. So I went into HBOOT and restored my phone to factory settings. The reason I want to unroot it because clearly I have no idea what I'm doing, and so when ice cream sandwich is available, I want to be able to update to it without going through this whole process again.

being a high school student shouldnt matter too much man.. but you definitely should read a little ahead on things because if you are in high school... most likely your mom and dad bought you this phone and if you brick it, warrenty is void and its not just doing the insurance replacement.. thats a whole new phone and a lot of money..

Originally Posted by faehsemc

being a high school student shouldnt matter too much man.. but you definitely should read a little ahead on things because if you are in high school... most likely your mom and dad bought you this phone and if you brick it, warrenty is void and its not just doing the insurance replacement.. thats a whole new phone and a lot of money..

I am aware of the risks, thank you. I bought the phone myself, so it is on me if I brick it. Thanks for the concern.

Originally Posted by grGrizz

I am aware of the risks, thank you. I bought the phone myself, so it is on me if I brick it. Thanks for the concern.

Just so you know. We have a 14 yr old Dev here. Age isnt an excuse.

Laziness to read...which I have..is the main culprit.

If I've helped. don't neglect my thanks button :)

Originally Posted by knipp21

Just so you know. We have a 14 yr old Dev here. Age isnt an excuse.

Laziness to read...which I have..is the main culprit.

If I've helped. don't neglect my thanks button :)

Thank you. I was not trying to use my age as an excuse, more of my current position. I am taking four AP classes, and applying to college at the moment, and so have not had the time to do any in-depth reading upon the subject of cell-phone development. I apologize if this offends you in some way, but I assure you, if I had the time, I would be more informed.