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[MR H3LLMAN]

Hey all.

I'm coming from the fascinate as I accidentally dropped it in water. Just picked up an Incredible and am wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of how to flash custom roms on this guy OR if someone can just verify that pretty much the same process is applicable to the Incredible vs. Fascinate.

I look forward to some new awesomeness from all you guys on my first HTC phone! Thanks in advance!

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[cmlusco]

Is it already rooted? What is it on froyo or gibgerbread?

 

[MR H3LLMAN]

This thing is out of box stock. I'm extremely familiar with modding and romming on the fascinate but I suspect there are some different processes for HTC phones. Currently on stock froyo and seems there is no update for gb.

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[cmlusco]

This thing is out of box stock. I'm extremely familiar with modding and romming on the fascinate but I suspect there are some different processes for HTC phones. Currently on stock froyo and seems there is no update for gb.

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Great then all you need to do is run the latest unrevoked from here http://unrevoked.com/#inc. It will get you root, a custom recovery, and s-off. Then your set just download a rom and flash it thru your new clockwork mod recovery. You can get more info by clicking the forever link on the above site.

 

[MR H3LLMAN]

Great then all you need to do is run the latest unrevoked from here http://unrevoked.com/#inc. It will get you root, a custom recovery, and s-off. Then your set just download a rom and flash it thru your new clockwork mod recovery.

Thank you kindly sir.

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[MR H3LLMAN]

Should I do unrevoked 3 or forever?

Edit: nevermind I figured it out Haha
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[SlimSnoopOS]

Welcome to the Inc! I have absolutely ZERO experience flashing roms with any smartphone except the Inc so I can't attest to how exact or different the methods are. All credit goes to the developers of the rom, I did not make these directions. Here is a quick, albeit outdated, guide on some root info if you are new to rooting. Here are two, of likely many, variations of flashing roms for the incredible.

Taken from Nils Business Gingersense 3.5

Download the current version of this ROM from above
Check MD5
Put it on your SD Card
Reboot into recovery
Factory reset on main menu
Format System on mount menu
Flash the current version of this ROM
Boot ROM
Skip everything in settings
Do a *228 option 2 in the dialer
Log into the market - Make sure you skip/uncheck the restore option
Set up but do not restore anything
Install your apps manually from either the market or your SD Card
Let me know how it is running

Taken from Wildstang's Hybrid Speed rom


Installation Instructions
NOTE: I use CWMR 5X. Some wipe options below are not included in earlier recovery versions. Still wipe what is available the best you can.
1. Put Rom on the root of your SD Card
2. Compare MD5 Sum
NOTE: To verify MD5 you could use the program for Windows that I use here: MD5 Calculator
3. Reboot to Recovery
4. Wipe these:
Main Screen:
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition

Advanced:
Wipe Dalvik Cache
Wipe Battery Stats

Mounts and Storage:
Format-
/boot
/system
/datadata
/data
/cache
5. Install Rom from SD Card
6. Reboot and enjoy!
Note: First boot is really long!



How's this help out?

Edit: Really both Unrevoked 3 and Unrevoked forever are the same. Initially Unrevoked 3 did not previde s-off I believe but this is no longer the case. Unrevoked 3 will do you just fine.

 

[MR H3LLMAN]

Wow thank you sir! Very, very much appreciated.

Do you follow that basic process for MIUI as well?

Oh and do I need to use an official HTC Ian cable or can I use the one from my fascinate?
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[SlimSnoopOS]

Wow thank you sir! Very, very much appreciated.

Do you follow that basic process for MIUI as well?

Oh and do I need to use an official HTC Ian cable or can I use the one from my fascinate?
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I don't want to tell you the wrong information as I've never flashed MIUI but I (with my prior experience of flashing roms) would go about it the same way. If I ran into troubles then I would decide how to proceed. For all the AOSP, Sense 1, Sense 2.0, Sense 3.0, Sense 3.5 roms I have flashed; I would install doing the same way. As for using a cable, you mean for transferring the rom from your pc to phone? I use the same one that came with my phone, but if your Samsung cable fits then by all means try it.

 

[cmlusco]

I dont think the samsung plug is the same as htc. To use unrevoked you would need the correct cable.

 

[MR H3LLMAN]

Alright cool beans. Do you guys use odin to get back to stock or what?

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[cmlusco]

Alright cool beans. Do you guys use odin to get back to stock or what?

Sent from my incredible Incredible

No we use an ruu. It is either a PB31IMG.zip flashable thru hboot or an exe program run from a pc.

 

[MR H3LLMAN]

I dont think the samsung plug is the same as htc. To use unrevoked you would need the correct cable.

The plug is the same. Or at least it fits the car charger I have and works. Im more concerned with it when using unrevoked or flashing anything via usb.

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[SlimSnoopOS]

Nah, I believe Odin is Samsung specific. We use RUU's, again I'm not sure of what "Odin" is. If you want to go back to stock, we use RUU froyo found at this resourceful site. You will find radios, RUU's, and recovery files conveniently accessible and in one spot.

 

[cmlusco]

The plug is the same. Or at least it fits the car charger I have and works. Im more concerned with it when using unrevoked or flashing anything via usb.

Sent from my incredible Incredible

If it fits it should work fine. Test it by selecting disk drive on your phone when it pops up after plugging in the cable, and see if windows can access it. If it can it will do just fine with unrevoked.

 

[cpie20]

No we don't need odin to go back to stock.

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[MR H3LLMAN]

Thanks to everyone for the quick responses! Incredible community seems far better than the Fascinate community haha. Ill do some more lurking but if you guys have any random bits of knowledge you wish you had at the beginning feel free to post it.

Also, is there an official release for 2.3 or is it still only froyo? Because I find no updates for ota...

Sent from my incredible Incredible

 

[cmlusco]

There are offical gb ruu's and ota's that were pushed to some but then pulled by verizon due to some small issues. However there are custom roms built from it that have been fixed such as jermaines stock+ rom you can find in the dev section. Note if you use a gb ruu make sure you root and get s-off first as it is much hardet to root if your s-on on gb. It actually requires downgrading back to froyo.

 

[SlimSnoopOS]

Thanks to everyone for the quick responses! Incredible community seems far better than the Fascinate community haha. Ill do some more lurking but if you guys have any random bits of knowledge you wish you had at the beginning feel free to post it.

Also, is there an official release for 2.3 or is it still only froyo? Because I find no updates for ota...

Sent from my incredible Incredible

(Emphasis by me) The Inc community is definitely a good mix of helpful folks and I've only been here since January.

 

[kjy2010]

Quick question after reading far too much.
Have rooted, cooked ROMs for HC 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 on my Iconia Tab, so while I'm not a n00b to droid, I am to Droid phones.
Just picked up a Dinc, and it already has 2.3.4 on it. After reading quite a few threads and pages, I'm assuming at this time I'm SOL for gaining root? Is that a correct assumption?
tia
PS: Holding power and vol - does nothing (phone just sits there until I release the power button)