[Q] HTC DROID INCREDIBLE - PLEASE HELP (Pretty please!)

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Hey Guys,

Newer user here. Been reading over all the info in the forums quite extensively and am attempting to upgrade my Incredible. I thought I had gotten a good understanding of what I'm supposed to do, but alas, I am slightly confused.

My ultimate goal is to prepare my phone so I can install Skyraider 2.5.2 so I can finally have Flash 10.1. I am absolutely sick of watching out-of-sync videos (the ones that actually play) and getting errors when I try to view other vids. I'd also like to have the 720p camera and so forth.

Here is my current phone info:

Firmware version
2.1-update1

Baseband version
1.00.03.04.06

Kernel version
2.6.29
root(at)Dell-Inspiron #1
(modified 'at' as vbulletin thinks I'm trying to post an external link)

Build number
1.22.605.2 CL161494 release-keys

Software number
1.22.605.2

Browser version
WebKit 3.1

PRI Version
1.28_002

PRL Version
51920

ERI version
5


So far, I have rooted the phone successfully with the unrevoked 3 method and have installed unrevoked forever. I can confirm that the phone says S-OFF at the top of the HBOOT page so I am assuming that install was successful.

I just tried upgrading my radio to 2.15 but it didn't appear to work. I clicked 'yes' to install the PB31IMG.zip and for a micro-second it seemed to initiate, then suddenly it went back to the main recovery screen. I rebooted, checked the baseband and found that nothing had happened.

At this point I found it best to just stop right where I am to avoid a brick and ask the experts. Looking at my situation, can someone please tell me exactly what I need to do to install Skyraider 2.5.2? I would greatly appreciate the help. Thanks to everyone on this site for all the hard work and am sorry that I'm being a noob.

Try installing the 2.05 baseband

Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

Make sure you formatted the sd card you are using with fat32.
1. Make sure SD card is Fat32 format
2. place PB31IMG.zip on root of sdcard (do not rename)
3. turn off phone and press: vol dwn + power to enter HBOOT
4. It will ask to continue press vol up for Yes
5. reboot and done

You can do nandroid back ups in recovery to back up your entire phone. That way if you would brick your phone you can pull your battery open recovery and restore the nandroid. When the phone is off you hold volume down and the power button at the same time to get to recovery. Then find out from these guys how to upgrade your radio. Theb your ready to go to the skyraider thread or use rom manager from the market to download skyraider. After you download it. Boot in to recovery and wipe data. Then go to "install zip from sdcard" and find the zip you downloaded and select it to install. Then reboot. Good luck

Sent from my INCREDIBLE using XDA app

Ah, my SD card was formatted FAT16. I moved my files off, formatted it to FAT32, and moved them back. PB31IMG.zip is on the root of the card. Gonna try to upgrade the radio again.

Thanks to all for the quick replies. You guys are great.

Will report back in a few. *fingers crossed*

Success!

Baseband version
2.15.00.07.28.

Now, should I remove the PB31IMG.zip from the SD card?
Following the guide thread. PB31IMG.zip deleted.

I have downloaded Rom Manager and have performed a Nandroid Backup (I had done the backup previous to creating this thread).

I also downloaded Titanium Backup (per forum suggestion) so I can backup and restore my apps after the OS upgrade. Titanium Backup says it needs BusyBox installed to work. Gonna throw that on here and install it unless I shouldn't?

At this point is my phone ready for Skyraider 2.5.2? Also, is Skyraider the best, stable working version of Froyo out there? I've seen mentions of Cyanogen & Jager but can't really determine which one is the best.

I got my incredible last week and I've tried several ROMs. I made backups of each one and ended up sticking with SR 2.5.2 Vanilla based on my needs/wants. I also tried kernels and I'm very happy with KK's #2 kernel with SetCPU. CM6 has some issues with things I need (BT and no internal storage) but if those are worked out, that's where I'll be going. I had a Nexus One and ran CM for months.

Thanks for the opinion.

I'm currently downloading SR 2.5.2 Vanilla with optical joystick wake & social networking add-ons included from Rom Manager. Looks like I'd save alot of time by just downloading with the cpu and moving the rom to the sd card. But, is allowing Rom Manager to handle the install the safest method?

I've rooted, forever'd, and upgraded my radio to 2.15. I'm ready for SkyRaider, right?

Ya you are good to go. Make sure to wipe before flashing.

Success!

Now running SkyRaider 2.5.2 Vanilla!

Thanks to everyone to replied. I am so happy this went off without a hitch.

Question though -- when attempting to view a video on Facebook I got prompted to install an update to Adobe Flash. When I hit the link to install, I got an error saying nothing could be found.

Anyone else have this happen?