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Bricked or not bricked?

I had an issue with my phone a couple of weeks ago where I'm only able to the bootloader screen and the fastboot screen. Fortunately, I got a replacement EVO 3 days later but I'm still trying to get my old phone up and running. But after trying everything I can find, still nothing.
So my question is, when do I say that the phone is officially bricked?
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If you can get to the bootloader screen, then you be able to flash an image to get you phone working again.
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dwelder said:
If you can get to the bootloader screen, then you be able to flash an image to get you phone working again.
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Believe me, I've tried everything, from using amon ra PC36IMG.zip in the bootloader. It updates successfully then still no recovery.
I've tried the ruu via bootloader, it updates successfully. It still bootloops continually.
I ran Football's recent 4.54 ruu in fastboot successfully and still nothing.
Everything I try, it continues to bootloop.
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Were you using CM7 before your phone started bootlooping?

Concordium said:
Were you using CM7 before your phone started bootlooping?
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10/14 miui with tiamat 4.1 sbc.
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andygu3 said:
10/14 miui with tiamat 4.1 sbc.
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Well CM7 is the ROM typically being run when phones enter the bootloop of death. However, I've heard that there have been a couple of MIUI ROMs that have entered the bootloop of death as well. If you've flash a recovery and still cant enter it and tried to fully unroot then you might have to take it to Sprint. I'd make sure that you're fully unrooted before doing so. I would also recommend removing your SD card so that they cant try to deny you based on rooting the phone. Just a precaution.

andygu3 said:
Believe me, I've tried everything, from using amon ra PC36IMG.zip in the bootloader. It updates successfully then still no recovery.
I've tried the ruu via bootloader, it updates successfully. It still bootloops continually.
I ran Football's recent 4.54 ruu in fastboot successfully and still nothing.
Everything I try, it continues to bootloop.
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Have you tried flashing the images via fastboot?

Concordium said:
Well CM7 is the ROM typically being run when phones enter the bootloop of death. However, I've heard that there have been a couple of MIUI ROMs that have entered the bootloop of death as well. If you've flash a recovery and still cant enter it and tried to fully unroot then you might have to take it to Sprint. I'd make sure that you're fully unrooted before doing so. I would also recommend removing your SD card so that they cant try to deny you based on rooting the phone. Just a precaution.
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Fortunately, I already got a new phone but the reason I didn't take it into Sprint was because it still was S-off. Since I can't get to recovery, how would I get s-on?
And now that I ran stock ruu's, is it a possibility that the PC36IMG.zip's won't be recognized anymore?
I'd love to get this phone running again and let my 7 year play some games on it but I'm afraid I may be sol!!
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teh roxxorz said:
Have you tried flashing the images via fastboot?
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Please elaborate! Not sure what to flash in fastboot?
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andygu3 said:
Please elaborate! Not sure what to flash in fastboot?
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Well you said you tried flashing via PC36IMG, and it 'worked' but it didn't stick, i.e it didn't 'work'. What you can do is extract the boot.img from the rom / ruu, place it in your adb tools folder. Then boot the phone to the bootloader, select fastboot, connect to your pc via usb cable, open up command prompt, navigate to you adb tools folder and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
That will flash the boot image to the correct partition, then reboot the phone, and see if it boots up.

andygu3 said:
Fortunately, I already got a new phone but the reason I didn't take it into Sprint was because it still was S-off. Since I can't get to recovery, how would I get s-on?
And now that I ran stock ruu's, is it a possibility that the PC36IMG.zip's won't be recognized anymore?
I'd love to get this phone running again and let my 7 year play some games on it but I'm afraid I may be sol!!
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Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18399552&postcount=2

teh roxxorz said:
Well you said you tried flashing via PC36IMG, and it 'worked' but it didn't stick, i.e it didn't 'work'. What you can do is extract the boot.img from the rom / ruu, place it in your adb tools folder. Then boot the phone to the bootloader, select fastboot, connect to your pc via usb cable, open up command prompt, navigate to you adb tools folder and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
That will flash the boot image to the correct partition, then reboot the phone, and see if it boots up.
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Thanks for the info! I will give this a go.
I keep reading that the NV got corrupted some how, is there any way to correct this or flash something in fastboot?
Again thanks for your input, much appreciated!
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andygu3 said:
Thanks for the info! I will give this a go.
I keep reading that the NV got corrupted some how, is there any way to correct this or flash something in fastboot?
Again thanks for your input, much appreciated!
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No problem.
And if the NV is corrupted, its toast. It was a flaw with the evo when you bought it, and now its decide to tap out. At that point you'd have to take it to sprint, as the NV is part of flash memory and its locked.

Concordium said:
Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18399552&postcount=2
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Thanks for this, hopefully if I can't get the boot.img working from ruu, I will do this!
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andygu3 said:
Thanks for this, hopefully if I can't get the boot.img working from ruu, I will do this!
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Oh crap I forgot you were the one having the issue with the boot.img. If you can't get that to work then the post I gave you will most likely not work either. It's worth a try....but I doubt it.

teh roxxorz said:
No problem.
And if the NV is corrupted, its toast. It was a flaw with the evo when you bought it, and now its decide to tap out. At that point you'd have to take it to sprint, as the NV is part of flash memory and its locked.
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Well sh**, that's a downer! If this is the case, I'm definitely sol! But hopefully I can get something out of the phone but I seriously doubt it!
Thanks guys for your input, again much appreciated. I will report back if I have any breakthrough!!
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Im having the same issue
bootloop and the phone was using CM7. I was able to get to boot loader menu but can not get to recovery.
Tried to add recovery image no dice...now the phone will only charge and not boot

teh roxxorz said:
Well you said you tried flashing via PC36IMG, and it 'worked' but it didn't stick, i.e it didn't 'work'. What you can do is extract the boot.img from the rom / ruu, place it in your adb tools folder. Then boot the phone to the bootloader, select fastboot, connect to your pc via usb cable, open up command prompt, navigate to you adb tools folder and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
That will flash the boot image to the correct partition, then reboot the phone, and see if it boots up.
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No luck!
I know someone posted the EVO Brick_fix, I believe cutthroat but since no PC36IMG.ZIP is being recognized on my sdcard. I may officially say my phone is toast.
Any other suggestions are welcome!
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Is this normal? I can run any stock ruu and my hboot changes! I was on 2.16 but I ran the froyo ruu and now I'm back to 2.10
Any thoughts?
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andygu3 said:
Is this normal? I can run any stock ruu and my hboot changes! I was on 2.16 but I ran the froyo ruu and now I'm back to 2.10
Any thoughts?
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Did you unbrick your EVO
I tried to use unbrick method and now phone will not boot at all
It just stays at black screen and vibrates once after pressing the power button

How do you gain S-off after using htc Unlock method?

I just got new dinc2 from verizon after the usb port on my old one went bad I was not able to charge my phone after six months of having the phone. So when I got my new one I read that htc was putting out there own unlock method. I figured I would give it a try and it worked but I still can't flash things in recovery. I have cwm installed but when flash new rooms it just get stuck at the htc flash screen when I reboot. So my question is how do I gain S-off after using htc Unlock tool.
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Boogersugar83 said:
I just got new dinc2 from verizon after the usb port on my old one went bad I was not able to charge my phone after six months of having the phone. So when I got my new one I read that htc was putting out there own unlock method. I figured I would give it a try and it worked but I still can't flash things in recovery. I have cwm installed but when flash new rooms it just get stuck at the htc flash screen when I reboot. So my question is how do I gain S-off after using htc Unlock tool.
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After using the HTC unlock tool, you will have s-on. This does not allow you to flash radios or kernels. In order to use a ROM with a custom kernel you have to extract the boot image, and flash using fastboot. Read through this thread for more info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419466
To get s-off you would need to relock the bootloader and use Attn1's downgrade tool and Revolutionary. This is also discussed in the thread I linked.
This also explains how to flash a ROM and boot image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433383

Thank you. If I wanted to relock do you know the link to get the stock RUU for thus phone so I can install relock and ron the downgrade tool?
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[RESOLVED] Stuck on HTC loading screen

I ran a zip file that was supposed to set super user, and now I am stuck at the main screen. I am using revolutionmod and it won't get past this screen. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks.

Need some info. Are you s-off or htcdev unlock or just stock? What did you flash it in? Adb or recovery?
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antoniodz95 said:
I ran a zip file that was supposed to set super user, and now I am stuck at the main screen. I am using revolutionmod and it won't get past this screen. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks.
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If you are using revolutionary to root it does everything for you so there would be no need to run an extra su zip. From what you are saying it sounds like you are trying to root.
What is your hboot and what Rom are you running? If you are on stock android unrooted 2.3.4 then you will need to downgrade so you will be able to use revolutionary correctly.
Also do NOT use the HTC unlock for the bootloader. You will not be s-off and will regret it.
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Thanks for the replies guys. I was gone all day yesterday and figured what the issue was. I forgot to put the updated radio on my SD and then update it. It fixed it and now I'm running Liquid Gingerbread 3.2
Thanks again for the help guys!
Antonio

Stuck on HTC screen
First I would like to apologize if this is the wrong way to do this as this is my first post as a new member. Please let me know the correct protocal if this is wrong.
I unlocked using HTC bootloader unlock
I rooted Android 2.3.4 using Superoneclick
Deleted Verizon bloatware
I have/had CWM v5.0.2.0-vivow and ROM Manager
Tried to flash custom ROM directly from Rom Manager
Everything seemed like it went well but froze on white HTC screen in reboot
Tried to flash MIUI with CWM and it successfully flashed but stuck on same HTC screen
Tried to restore
Tried to do Factory Data Reset (wiped everything)
Tried the IMG.zip trick and bootloader doesn't read it. (not sure if I have the right ones I need for 2.3.4)
Boots into bootloader and CWM fine but can't get past the HTC screen
Please help or direct me to someone that can so I can SIM unlock for my GF. She has to use a crap phone right now.
I appreciate your time and any effort

1. Htcdev unlock isn't full s off so flashing stuff is more complicated.
2. Name it to PG32IMG.zip
3. You'll get faster replies of you make your own question thread
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JehC said:
Need some info. Are you s-off or htcdev unlock or just stock? What did you flash it in? Adb or recovery?
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Thvjye y
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It's htcdev unlocked
I used ROM manager to download and flash
Then when it froze I tried using CWM to flash MIUI
It said it was successful but still stuck on HTC screen

Try downloading a stock RUU and name it to PG32IMG.zip and put it in the root of your SD card and boot into hboot. Then I would personally suggest going for full s off because flashing ROMs is 10 times easier. But if not, after reverting to stock re flash any ROM you want through whatever process you have to for htcdev unlock
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[Q] Is this phone bricked?

I received an Incredible 2,
*****RELOCKED*******
VIVO_W XB SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT -0.98.0000
Radio- 1.09.01.0312
eMMC-boot
Jul 18 2011
All that it does is get stuck at the HTC screen.
Things that I have tried.
New Ruus
PG32IMG
The phone is recognized in fastboot,
ADB does not recognize the phone.
I have been going through the forum, and websites for the last 4 hours.
Factory Reset reboots the phone and gives me a security warning.
Recovery does the same.
I also get the USB Not recognized error once the phone comes on. I have installed the HTC drivers, I have also installed HTC Sync and have removed it.
Am I stressing and overlooking something simple? Or, do I need to take this phone out back and lay it to rest.
Thank you in advance
Crush

I don't own this phone but how did this happen? I'm assuming your rooted and unlocked if you got s recovery and stuff. And if your recovery works.. just Mount your SD card and transfer a ROM from your PC and flash one.. make sure you flash the kernel too. That or run the ruu
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XxlemonxX said:
I don't own this phone but how did this happen? I'm assuming your rooted and unlocked if you got s recovery and stuff. And if your recovery works.. just Mount your SD card and transfer a ROM from your PC and flash one.. make sure you flash the kernel too. That or run the ruu
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Thank for replying xxLemonxx
I was given this phone because because it is stuck in the bootloop. Phones come with their own recovery, this isn't a custom recovery. I have tried to run ruus, the error I get is Main version is older. I have also downloaded official stock roms with no luck.
When I hit recovery, the phone reboots back to the bootloader, the recovery never comes up.

CrushRush said:
Thank for replying xxLemonxx
I was given this phone because because it is stuck in the bootloop. Phones come with their own recovery, this isn't a custom recovery. I have tried to run ruus, the error I get is Main version is older. I have also downloaded official stock roms with no luck.
When I hit recovery, the phone reboots back to the bootloader, the recovery never comes up.
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Ohh so someone messed it up and just gave it to you for free? Or for you to repair? Either way I don't follow the droid inc2 but maybe im sure its rooted if its in a boot loop so try going into fast boot and go into cmd prompt and try to install a recovery. Look up how to install a recovery through CmD Prompt on the Pc. On my phone can't explain all of it. And then just transfer over a ROM probably cm9 and follow the instructions
Unless you want to go back to stock? Not sure if you know about ROMs and kernels?
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XxlemonxX said:
Ohh so someone messed it up and just gave it to you for free? Or for you to repair? Either way I don't follow the droid inc2 but maybe im sure its rooted if its in a boot loop so try going into fast boot and go into cmd prompt and try to install a recovery. Look up how to install a recovery through CmD Prompt on the Pc. On my phone can't explain all of it. And then just transfer over a ROM probably cm9 and follow the instructions
Unless you want to go back to stock? Not sure if you know about ROMs and kernels?
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Thats exactly what happened, it was given to me to me in this condition, and if I can fix it I will get paid for doing so.
Yes, I am familiar with roms, and kernels, I currently use an Evo 4g with Swagged out Stock X 2.0.9.8
Ive also rooted and flash cm7 on plenty of phones, I even have cm7 on my HP Touchpad.
I can't for the life of me figure this out. It has me highly intrigued. I am known for stressing out and overlooking minor small steps, so I wanted get some input from the community.
I currently have fastboot open, I am not entirely familiar with the Incredible 2, but normal case S-on = none rooted from my experience.

it was devunlocked then relocked i believe, from the error message i believe you are not flashing the right ruu, you are trying to flash an older one, you need the newest one, it was released a few months ago if i recall correctly and it was no big update but thats the one you need, search for it and try it it should work. if you are s on you cant flash a older ruu than whats already on it
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CrushRush said:
Thats exactly what happened, it was given to me to me in this condition, and if I can fix it I will get paid for doing so.
Yes, I am familiar with roms, and kernels, I currently use an Evo 4g with Swagged out Stock X 2.0.9.8
Ive also rooted and flash cm7 on plenty of phones, I even have cm7 on my HP Touchpad.
I can't for the life of me figure this out. It has me highly intrigued. I am known for stressing out and overlooking minor small steps, so I wanted get some input from the community.
I currently have fastboot open, I am not entirely familiar with the Incredible 2, but normal case S-on = none rooted from my experience.
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Hboot 98 is compatible with revolutionary root method. I would start there, rooting and s-off with a stock rooted Rom...
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Your radio is .0312, so you won't be able to flash an RUU, they're all older. Can you recognize it in fastboot mode? Try unlocking again with HTCdev, then flashing a custom recovery and ROM.
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Hboot 98 is compatible with revolutionary root method. I would start there, rooting and s-off with a stock rooted Rom...
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Hboot .98 isn't compatible with revolutionary, only .97 is, but that doesn't make a difference anyways because you can't run revolutionary if you can't boot the phone.
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prototype7 said:
Your radio is .0312, so you won't be able to flash an RUU, they're all older. Can you recognize it in fastboot mode? Try unlocking again with HTCdev, then flashing a custom recovery and ROM.
OMG..... As usual... I have been overlooking the obvious path to glory. Thank you. I think I can handle it form here.
That literally took me like 2 minutes.
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prototype7 said:
Your radio is .0312, so you won't be able to flash an RUU, they're all older. Can you recognize it in fastboot mode? Try unlocking again with HTCdev, then flashing a custom recovery and ROM.
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Are there any roms that you recommend that run smooth on the INC2?
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I would proceed with s-off because it's so much better than htcdev unlock.
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Can't Unlock Bootloader for HTC Incredible 2 Verizon

I have an HTC Incredible 2 for Verizon version 2.2.1 and its is GSM Unlocked. I use GSM not CDMA. I want to root my phone to get the venom rom and version 4.0.3. I was able to get S-OFF on my phone but I am having problems unlocking bootloader. I either got the errors: COMMAND ERROR!!! or it would be stuck on "Waiting for Device". I tried to also update my version 2.2.1 to 2.3.3 but that won't work either everytime I try to update with bootloader it keeps saying wrong zip. Can someone help me out unlock the bootloader and root my phone. I really wanna root my phone and get custom roms. Please help me out. Thank You.

So, its S-OFF and you need to unlock bootloader to install Clockworkmod recovery, correct? I did it with HTC Dev's site ( www htcdev com / bootloader )
Just followed the steps and I got my bootloader unlocked, then installed recovery and ran the root.zip file from there.

jeinnerabdel said:
So, its S-OFF and you need to unlock bootloader to install Clockworkmod recovery, correct? I did it with HTC Dev's site ( www htcdev com / bootloader )
Just followed the steps and I got my bootloader unlocked, then installed recovery and ran the root.zip file from there.
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I did that all the steps but I keep getting errors. Does updating to 2.3.work?

If its s-off already you don't have to worry about unlocking. Just fastboot flash a recovery.img
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tylerlawhon said:
If its s-off already you don't have to worry about unlocking. Just fastboot flash a recovery.img
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Recovery doesn't work in the bootloader when I click on it shows me a phone with a hazard sign. If I don't need that recovery then how do I flash the rom

Mine is S-Off n unable to download bootloader from htcdev.. no idea y its not recognizing/ not able to give me a code.. pls suggest smtin
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I have the same problem Still got no luck.

farees107 said:
Recovery doesn't work in the bootloader when I click on it shows me a phone with a hazard sign. If I don't need that recovery then how do I flash the rom
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Boot phone into boot loader/fastboot, fastboot flash cwm.img (on your computer) ...Profit
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FordNate said:
Boot phone into boot loader/fastboot, fastboot flash cwm.img (on your computer) ...Profit
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how u do that?? im so confused I also heard carrier branded phones cant unlock bootloader. my phone is carrier branded to Verizon but its gsm unlocked and s-off.

farees107 said:
how u do that?? im so confused I also heard carrier branded phones cant unlock bootloader. my phone is carrier branded to Verizon but its gsm unlocked and s-off.
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google is your friend. Google it. You are already unlocked. FIND THE CWM.img files in these threads. Even look around there might be a guide or 3 that'll help.

FordNate said:
google is your friend. Google it. You are already unlocked. FIND THE CWM.img files in these threads. Even look around there might be a guide or 3 that'll help.
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I did it showed me alot of things that confused me. I would appreciate it if you helped me by sending me a link

farees107 said:
I did it showed me alot of things that confused me. I would appreciate it if you helped me by sending me a link
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[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751796"]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751796
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466295
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726134

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[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751796"]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751796
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466295
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726134
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I'm a newbie at this and I have no clue how any of threads are going to help my situation. I want to root my phone its Verizon carrier branded HTC incredible 2 phone. Its suppose to be CDMA but I got it unlocked by someone to make it work for GSM. Now I wanna root it i had someone gain me s-off but couldn't unlock the bootloader. I can't even open up recovery from my cell phone it gives me the phone with a hazard sign error. I wanna root it so bad but had no progress to root after s-off. Can you please help me root. My firware is 2.2.1

farees107 said:
I'm a newbie at this and I have no clue how any of threads are going to help my situation. I want to root my phone its Verizon carrier branded HTC incredible 2 phone. Its suppose to be CDMA but I got it unlocked by someone to make it work for GSM. Now I wanna root it i had someone gain me s-off but couldn't unlock the bootloader. I can't even open up recovery from my cell phone it gives me the phone with a hazard sign error. I wanna root it so bad but had no progress to root after s-off. Can you please help me root. My firware is 2.2.1
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This is the last help I'm giving other then that Google will be your friend. Power down the phone. Hold volume - (down) and power. This will take you to your bootloader screen. Hit volume up or down and scroll to fastboot hit power button. FIND the cwm .img from one of those threads and flash that through adb on your computer using the command given in one of those links to Root threads. You phone is S off you already had root. That's all the help I'm willing to give.
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Didn't work
FordNate said:
This is the last help I'm giving other then that Google will be your friend. Power down the phone. Hold volume - (down) and power. This will take you to your bootloader screen. Hit volume up or down and scroll to fastboot hit power button. FIND the cwm .img from one of those threads and flash that through adb on your computer using the command given in one of those links to Root threads. You phone is S off you already had root. That's all the help I'm willing to give.
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sorry if am asking @ the wrong time..but does it mean that i can root and flash roms,kernels..with a locked bootloader but with s-off?

Frazercrib said:
sorry if am asking @ the wrong time..but does it mean that i can root and flash roms,kernels..with a locked bootloader but with s-off?
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S-off is unlocking the bootloader. Basicalky taking the normal security flags or checks that happen during boot process n dropping/overriding them.
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ok i did all u guys said...but i get this after typing fastboot flash cwm.img
unknown partition 'cwm.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'cwm.img'
don't know if i did something wrong

Frazercrib said:
ok i did all u guys said...but i get this after typing fastboot flash cwm.img
unknown partition 'cwm.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'cwm.img'
don't know if i did something wrong
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the command is fastboot flash recovery cwn.img

ArslanQureshi said:
the command is fastboot flash recovery cwn.img
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ok silly me...i corrected my error...now i am getting this
sending 'recovery' (3726 KB)...
OKAY ( 1.147s)
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.150s
....and still no recovery