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[Q] Is there a way to root OTA GB?

So since I messed up my first Droid by rooting and then OTA updating I was cautious about rooting my shiny new Droid Incredible 2. I updated to 2.3 OTA because I was excited about some of the features I saw in the Nexus S but unfortunately not all those features made it to my phone. Soon after I read that I saw a post of an OC Incredible 2 with a Quadrant score of over 3000. I am asking anyone out there, is there a way to root OTA 2.3 and if there isn't can some one as soon as they hear how to post here. Thanks.

Look into XTC Clip. I don't know if it can or not, but it's probably ur 1st choice right now.
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XTC clip is currently the only method, unfortunately. And in reality, that is only getting you S-OFF. However, from there, you can move on to rooting.

No GB root at the moment.
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Yea i would like to know this too. My wife has the DInc2.
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rmendez19 said:
Yea i would like to know this too. My wife has the DInc2.
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well if your wife's phone is still on froyo, you should be able to use alpharevX to s-off then root it.
EDIT: just realized the title of this thread. too many threads open, got confused.

HELP! New update won't download...

Every time I go to download the Gingerbread update OTA, it always says download failed. It doesn't matter if I am connected to WiFi or 3G. It says the same thing every time. Any ideas? Thanks

benpatrick said:
Every time I go to download the Gingerbread update OTA, it always says download failed. It doesn't matter if I am connected to WiFi or 3G. It says the same thing every time. Any ideas? Thanks
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Server probably down...I guess you don't want to root?
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I'd prefer not to root. Is there a way to download it & flash it to my phone without rooting?

benpatrick said:
I'd prefer not to root. Is there a way to download it & flash it to my phone without rooting?
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Possibly but then you might screw yourself for future updates.
Fwiw if you root there are some awesome sense roms that have all the crap Verizon put on there removed.
Also its very easy to root...you don't know how many ppl are jealous of your situation right now lol
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knipp21 said:
Possibly but then you might screw yourself for future updates.
Fwiw if you root there are some awesome sense roms that have all the crap Verizon put on there removed.
Also its very easy to root...you don't know how many ppl are jealous of your situation right now lol
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I am one of those jealous fellows. Extremely jealous...

[Q] New to DINC2!

Greetings! I am new to the DINC2, just downgraded from my Droid X2 (or upgraded, however you want to call it) and love it! The phone (unfortunately) came out of the box with 2.3.3 (I even asked the guy to check before he started setting everything up). Anyways, I came from the DX2 because there isn't much development going on for it at the moment and I honestly needed something smaller. So far I love it!
TL;DR
Holy crap did this thing come with a lot of bloat! I've looked around the forums and seen that GB is unrootable at the moment. Does this phone work at all like the DX2 as far as SBF goes (probably not, since RSD is Motorola)? Anybody have a clue when it's going to be rootable again? Like an ETA? I will gladly donate to whoever is working hard to make this possible!
Thanks!

From my less than 24hrs with the inc2 I have figured out there is no eta for root. You cannot sbf like motos. You can not downgrade like the incredible via a ruu. We are waiting for an exploit. It took over 2 months for an exploit to be found for 2.2. So it is a waiting game.
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zax10 said:
From my less than 24hrs with the inc2 I have figured out there is no eta for root. You cannot sbf like motos. You can not downgrade like the incredible via a ruu. We are waiting for an exploit. It took over 2 months for an exploit to be found for 2.2. So it is a waiting game.
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That's all I needed to hear! Thanks!

TheMavic said:
That's all I needed to hear! Thanks!
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There is a custom sense launcher I the thread somewhere. I don't know if it works for us or not, but it may let you hide apps. I know launcher pro does. And has some sense theming if you want it.
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zax10 said:
From my less than 24hrs with the inc2 I have figured out there is no eta for root. You cannot sbf like motos. You can not downgrade like the incredible via a ruu. We are waiting for an exploit. It took over 2 months for an exploit to be found for 2.2. So it is a waiting game.
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This is true. However, if you can't wait a probable couple of months till root (by alpharevx/unrevoked) then you could always obtain s-off by purchasing an xtc clip. This is the only known way to root gingerbread currently.

Don't update to new OTA if you want root

There is a rumoured new update coming out. Of you are rooted or want root please hold off as you might lose your root ability. Just a warning of friendly advice.
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Edit: Dang its late. Sorry I can't spell. Glad that's not what the army paid me for. Lol

Yeah. I just got the phone today for my wife and it updated while it was charging before I could root it...which sucks since rooting it played a HUGE role in the decision to get this phone.
I'm guessing I could really break something if I just tried the unrevoked/alpharev/revolutionary approach regardless of the fact that I now have hboot 0.98 huh?

chrisanthropic said:
Yeah. I just got the phone today for my wife and it updated while it was charging before I could root it...which sucks since rooting it played a HUGE role in the decision to get this phone.
I'm guessing I could really break something if I just tried the unrevoked/alpharev/revolutionary approach regardless of the fact that I now have hboot 0.98 huh?
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I don't recommend it lol. Esp if its a different hboot
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Can you fix the "knew" in the title to "new." It really hurts my brain.

knipp21 said:
I don't recommend it lol. Esp if its a different hboot
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****, I was afraid of that. Now I wonder if I should try to return it and try again...damnit.

Is the update going to try and force itself or will it does it have to be a manual update?
Also, if you are running a custom rom will this still effect people, or just people running stock root?

Unless things are different from my Original Droid then custom roms don't need to worry about it since most of them have OTA updates turned off.

trystan.snyder said:
Can you fix the "knew" in the title to "new." It really hurts my brain.
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Sorry..was doing it by phone so it took a while. Thank you for your thoughtful post though.

kubes069 said:
Is the update going to try and force itself or will it does it have to be a manual update?
Also, if you are running a custom rom will this still effect people, or just people running stock root?
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If it is a stock based Rom without OTA removed...then yes it prob will...and you will lose root...you can remove the update service yourself with a root explorer app
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You will want to switch to a custom for sure. Was about to go to sleep for the night. I am still running my own stock debloat. I caught the ota pop up with the countdown clock. Luckily I was able to pull battery and flash bliss real fast.
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zax10 said:
You will want to switch to a custom for sure. Was about to go to sleep for the night. I am still running my own stock debloat. I caught the ota pop up with the countdown clock. Luckily I was able to pull battery and flash bliss real fast.
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Yep that's what I thought lol luckily I'm running miui. I hope I got this out on time to save some ppl...what happened to Verizon asking if you wanted to update first...
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I'm new to the Inc2, can I turn S-off somehow and then downgrade to the original hboot? Is that possible? Or is the Revolutionary method the only way to turn S-off?

chrisanthropic said:
I'm new to the Inc2, can I turn S-off somehow and then downgrade to the original hboot? Is that possible? Or is the Revolutionary method the only way to turn S-off?
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Unless you have an overpriced xtc clip..you're screwed for now.
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trystan.snyder said:
Can you fix the "knew" in the title to "new." It really hurts my brain.
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Glad two of your 7 posts have been to correct me btw. Way to add to the community
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If you take the ota to 2.3.4 kiss rooting goodbye.
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For some reason the curious side of me wants to down load. Can't be that big oh a change. Right???
How long for the exploit on 2.3.4 since we already have 2.3.2 done.
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My crystal ball says it will take 3 months and 9 days to find the next exploit, and 4 months 15 days for the next patch that kills it.
It seems that one of the biggest benefits of custom roms are freedom of forced updates. I guess this is the answer to all the people concerned about getting s-on for the event of a return.
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Wow, this thing pushes through without user consent? Holy crap am I glad I'm running CM7.
Just a thought - would users who have received the update against their will have the option of flashing the previously released gingerbread RUU? I'm guessing that even if they could, they'd still be stuck with the updated hboot and therefore unable to get s-off. I'm not really sure how all that works though. Anybody smarter than me have any thoughts?
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The new OTA is pushed to your phone but it offers the option to accept, postpone or reject.
I am rooted (stock rom) and made the error of accepting. After the update my phone would not boot completely (erred with white triangle, yellow exclamation point, blue android). You can follow Conduitz's fix found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233267

NOOB Question
If I want the update and could wait for Root (have root now), how does one go about getting S-ON again? I used the alpharev method.
thanks in advance.

Successfully Rooted Incredible 2 Running 2.3.4

Well Guys, The Title Says it All.
I have rooted my droid incredible 2 while running software version 2.3.4
I did not downgrade to 2.3.3, I did it all from 2.3.4
Here is a Link to a video
youtube.com/watch?v=gWp6MJRzijw (you will have to copy it, cant posts links till i make 10 posts)
If you want more proof, or maybe want me to show you how :cyclops: Ill be Glad to help

Pics or it didn't happen.
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JehC said:
Pics or it didn't happen.
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replying with a video
youtube.com/watch?v=gWp6MJRzijw

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RonsxD said:
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Your video just gives an error and wont play. Will this work with the 6.01.605.05 updated phones?
Ok got it to load but it does not show how you did it. Do you plan on sharing your secret with us?

I may share, my method still wipes your phone, so I just moved everything I needed to SD.
I'll write up a tutorial soon.
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RonsxD said:
I may share, my method still wipes your phone, so I just moved everything I needed to SD.
I'll write up a tutorial soon.
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Im looking forward to it, thank you.

Well its late here, so I'm going to sleep, I hope it can wait till tommorow sometime
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RonsxD said:
Well its late here, so I'm going to sleep, I hope it can wait till tommorow sometime
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That is fine. Take your time
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Not trying to be pushy but I'm very interested to see how you did this. Will you have a tutorial soon?
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im also interested. its such a long process to downgrade and do it the other way

Troll....
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well when i rooted my replacement, after i ran revolutionary, and flashed a radio to stop bootlooping. i tried flashing ParanoidAndroid and it got stuck on splash screen so i had to slap a stock PG32.IMG in my bootloader to get anything to run then after that i flashed supersu and i was on 2.3.4 rooted.

I'm waiting guys, I've been offered money for this, I'm no longer realesing it publicly
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So no tutorial..?
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You sir are a disgrace to the android community. Seriously.... asking for money for a root method? Nobody give this guy your money. He is clearly a troll. I doubt he even has a method for rooting. He will probably take your money and run. Even if he does sell you a working method you would only be contributing to this kind of behaviour.
Optional donations? Absolutely!
A fee? GTFO!
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cstone1991 said:
You sir are a disgrace to the android community. Seriously.... asking for money for a root method? Nobody give this guy your money. He is clearly a troll. I doubt he even has a method for rooting. He will probably take your money and run. Even if he does sell you a working method you would only be contributing to this kind of behaviour.
Optional donations? Absolutely!
A fee? GTFO!
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I was thinking the same thing and was going to say something but I figured I was probably just feeding the troll, but I doubt he even has a method either.

No worries guys... I've figure out how to create an exact replica (taste, smell, and feel) of the female anatomy using three pieces of rye bread, a jar of peanut butter, and four safety pins. I'll have the cobstruction tutorial up tomorrow.
But seriously, this guy is full of it. He's probably a 13 year old kid living in his parent's house thinking he's funny.
Troll! Close this **** and ban the douche IMO.
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Honestly, downgrading isn't really that hard anyway
Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.

JehC said:
well when i rooted my replacement, after i ran revolutionary, and flashed a radio to stop bootlooping. i tried flashing ParanoidAndroid and it got stuck on splash screen so i had to slap a stock PG32.IMG in my bootloader to get anything to run then after that i flashed supersu and i was on 2.3.4 rooted.
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After your s-off you can be rooted on no matter what firmware or hboot
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