[Custom Touchscreen Recovery & ROOT!][Port][UPDATE! 7/13/12] TWRP 2.2.0 for Fireball

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I have successfully ported TWRP Recovery to the Droid Incredible 4G LTE (Fireball). It is an unofficial port and all credit goes to teamwin & eyeballer for the original One S version this is based on.

Screenshot:


Installation:
Method 1: "Easier," Doesn't require fastboot!
0) Unlock via HTC Dev.com
1) Download TWRPDroidIncredible4G.zip Here
2) Verify the MD5 with mine: 6B0756E20FF11B593C6EC2291B5A38CF
3) Rename TWRPDroidIncredible4G.zip to PJ53IMG.zip (make sure you don't get PJ53IMG.zip.zip in windows!)
4) Place the zip file on the root (not in any folders) of your EXTERNAL sd card.
5) Boot to hboot by holding Volume-Down and Power
6) Green text will scroll and will ask you to press Volume-Up. Do that.
7) You are done! Press Power to reboot back into Android. Delete the PJ53IMG.zip off your SD card immediately or you won't be able to get into recovery with the Volume-Down & Power combo.
8) You can now boot to recovery by holding Volume-Down and Power to boot the phone and navigating to "Recovery" in HBOOT with the volume keys. Select it with the Power button.

Method 2: Fastboot (probably faster for "advanced" users)
0) Unlock via HTC Dev.com
1) Download TWRPDroidIncredible4G.zip Here
2) Verify the MD5 with mine: 6B0756E20FF11B593C6EC2291B5A38CF
3) Extract the zip file. Ignore the android-info.txt file.
4) Place the recovery.img file in your fastboot folder & boot the device into fastboot mode. You know how to get here since you unlocked.
5) Send the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
6) When complete, restart your phone. You can now boot to recovery by holding Volume-Down and Power to boot the phone and navigating to "Recovery" in HBOOT with the volume keys. Select it with the Power button.

To Revert To Stock Recovery:
1) Download the StockRecoveryDroidIncredible4G.zip from HERE!
2) Verify the MD5 with mine: 624365D2F5F44FDF2583EE8C619592C7
3) Follow the directions to flash the custom recovery, but substitute this zip file.

Permanent Root
Info: The Droid Incredible 4G LTE is capable of permanent root. It is very simple and safe. If you want to unroot, flash the RUU supplied by HTC.
Install Instructions:
1) Download PermaRoot.zip from HERE!
2) Place on SD card
3) Make a nandroid backup in TWRP.
4) Flash in TWRP custom recovery


Known Issues (Minor issues only):
1) Can't copy things from computer over USB to the internal sd card. External card is fine and you can use the file manager to copy it over if you want.
2) I have experienced the occasional random restart before a rom install starts on my Rezound port. This can be fixed by rebooting the recovery and is not dangerous. May not happen on this port.

Zip Install Failed? Restart recovery by powering off fully and booting in from HBOOT. If that doesn't help, make sure your zip file isn't corrupted (check MD5). If you made the zip, make sure it is packed correctly and the updater-script has correct syntax & you have an appropriate update-binary.

Thanks to maqsur for testing!


Changelog for this recovery only (not official twrp changelog):
7/13/2012 - Updated to latest TWRP 2.2.0
7/11/2012 - Corrected Debug and Secure flags in the default.prop. This fix is for development purposes and was NOT a safety issue on previous versions! New MD5 reflected in OP.

TWRP Team Changelog:
2.2.0
On-screen keyboard in recovery! -- supports long press, backspace repeat, and swipe left deletes everything left of the cursor
Name new backups and rename existing backups
Rename files and folders in the file manager
Pseudo-terminal emulator
Backup archive splitting -- allows backup and restore of data partitions larger than 2GB
Simplified XML layout support between resolutions
Added dual storage selection radio buttons to zip install, backup, and restore pages
Improved zip install compatibility
Updated update-binary source code
2.1.x - Original Fireball Release
Numerous small bug fixes and improvements

Originally Posted by con247

I have successfully ported TWRP Recovery to the Droid Incredible 4G LTE (Fireball). It is an unofficial port and all credit goes to teamwin & eyeballer for the original One S version this is based on.
Installation:
0) Unlock via HTC Dev.com
1) Download FireballTWRP2Alpha2.img attached to this post.
2) Verify the MD5 with mine: D0BD138A5B56AFB109846576E2D953FE
3) Place the .img file in your fastboot folder & boot the device into fastboot mode. You know how to get here since you unlocked.
4) Send the command "fastboot flash recovery FireballTWRP2Alpha2.img"
5) You are good to go. The original recovery is also attached if you need to revert.

Known Issues (Minor issues only):
1) Can't copy things from computer over USB to the internal sd card. External card is fine and you can use the file manager to copy it over if you want.
2) I have experienced the occasional random restart before a rom install starts on my Rezound port. This can be fixed by rebooting the recovery and is not dangerous. May not happen on this port.

Thanks to maqsur for testing!

Thank you very much for this.

Worked like a charm, tyvm Con.

Working good except I cant see the external SD within recovery. I also try to mount it by hitting the checkbox but it never works (the box never gets checked). I tried multiple SD cards of different sizes. Both were Fat32, perhaps I can try HFS, not that it should make it better...

hmmm

no problems here. Thank you so much. did this then the 3 button remap. Now i'll i need it to remove the dumb wifi icon, then it'll be close enough to perfect for me.

Dude... exactly what I need. You are awesome.

Originally Posted by JDMpire

Working good except I cant see the external SD within recovery. I also try to mount it by hitting the checkbox but it never works (the box never gets checked). I tried multiple SD cards of different sizes. Both were Fat32, perhaps I can try HFS, not that it should make it better...

hmmm

The external card is called /sdcard and it worked for my tester.

I'm sort of new to the process now with android devices, haven't owned one since my Xperia X10. I have the recovery flashed to my DInc4g and now I'm trying to root it. Where exactly do I do that? I get it to the bootloader, which is unlocked now, and I don't know what to do exactly after that.

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by JDMpire

Working good except I cant see the external SD within recovery. I also try to mount it by hitting the checkbox but it never works (the box never gets checked). I tried multiple SD cards of different sizes. Both were Fat32, perhaps I can try HFS, not that it should make it better...

hmmm

I can see my 32GB external with no issues.

Nevermind, I got it running and rooted. Also, my SDcard shows fine. Thanks again.