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Droid Incredible Return to Stock Problem

Hello Genius developers at XDA!
I have a bit of an issue
I got my hands on a Droid Incredible running stock 2.3.4 and decided to root it. I unlocked my bootloader using HTCDev, downgraded to 2.2, rooted, flashed CWM, flashed the unrevoked forever s-off patch, flashed superuser, then began testing custom roms. I installed CyanogenMod 7.2 to the device for a while but decided to return to stock. I then flashed the unrevoked forever s-on patch and it went fine. I then tried to flash 2.2 to the device via RUU and it came up saying "ERROR 155." I figured I would try the HBOOT method but nothing appears to happen when I try this. The blue bar appears, it loads, then nothing. I tried to flash 2.3.4 to the device via RUU and got the same "ERROR 155." I don't know what else to try and I cannot find anything else. My bootloader is unlocked, according to HBOOT I have version 1.02.0000, also my radio is 2.15.00.07.28. I tried flashing HTCDev's HBOOT just to see what happens and I got the same error as mentioned above. Basically I can flash any rom I want to besides stock. I would like to return to stock rom, remove root, be on 2.3.4, and get rid of CWM. However, if i can, I'd like to retain my unlocked bootloader.
Please let someone know how to fix this or maybe we can come up with an idea.
Thanks
Atomix96

Did you make a nandroid backup of the stock rom to flash back to?
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Put it back to S-OFF and try again... It could be because of the new HBOOT

I did make a nandroid of stock but I believe its rooted.
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zachf714 said:
Put it back to S-OFF and try again... It could be because of the new HBOOT
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Ill try that

Alright I flashed soff again and the hboot installed. I then used ruu to install froyo to update to gb. Froyo installed but I still have soff and no longer have custom recovery. The device also won't install gb and it shows a failure image when in recovery. Anyone know how I can get s-on? Also I believe the recovery failure is due to having an unlocked bootloader which I plan on relocking
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Atomix96 said:
Alright I flashed soff again and the hboot installed. I then used ruu to install froyo to update to gb. Froyo installed but I still have soff and no longer have custom recovery. The device also won't install gb and it shows a failure image when in recovery. Anyone know how I can get s-on? Also I believe the recovery failure is due to having an unlocked bootloader which I plan on relocking
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Either install custom recovery with ADB or use the regular UrEVOked to flash clockwork.
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Then relock your bootloader by typing into adb fastboot_oem_lock that should allow an RUU for GB to run

Alright I used unrevoked to root and flash clockwork. I installed s-on and returned to froyo. Now the bootloader won't relock. I typed in fastboot OEM lock and it says nothing after <waiting for devices>
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Atomix96 said:
Alright I used unrevoked to root and flash clockwork. I installed s-on and returned to froyo. Now the bootloader won't relock. I typed in fastboot OEM lock and it says nothing after <waiting for devices>
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Boot to the bootloader and select fastboot and try again

If it says this is my bootloader relocked then?
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Atomix96 said:
If it says this is my bootloader relocked then?
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Yeah do you still want s-off if not just reflash the s-on patch .... now you can flash the GB RUU

WHY IS THIS IN DEVELOPMENT?
DID YOU NOT SEE THE Q&A FORUM?
DID YOU NOT READ FORUM RULES BEFORE POSTING?
Thread moved!
FNM

I got back to gb. Ill post a guide on it in the next few daysdays
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[Q] S-OFF, then how to flash recovery without unlocking the bootloader?

So, i just bought this one X from a tech reviewer, it's s-off and cid is like 111111111111, now how do i flash a custom recovery? Can i simply use the one x toolkit and jump straight to recovery flashing?

R: [Q] S-OFF, then how to flash recovery without unlocking the bootloader?
I think you still have to unlock the bootloader and flash with fastboot the recovery
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elmerendeiro said:
So, i just bought this one X from a tech reviewer, it's s-off and cid is like 111111111111, now how do i flash a custom recovery? Can i simply use the one x toolkit and jump straight to recovery flashing?
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As i know, u still have to unlockbootloader, install the custom recovery like CWM through fastboot

R: [Q] S-OFF, then how to flash recovery without unlocking the bootloader?
As recovery, I recommend TWRP, is better than CWM
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i don't think it's possible

I have the same. Unlock bootloader as normal. Use the hassoon toolkit if you like. Enjoy s-off and flash any hboot. I use cwm for recovery. Flash your Rom as usual, you don't need to worry about flashing the boot.img separately when you have s-off.
Enjoy
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R: [Q] S-OFF, then how to flash recovery without unlocking the bootloader?
Ok guys, thanks
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elmerendeiro said:
Ok guys, thanks
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DONT UNLOCK BOOTLOADER. It's not needed at all, all it will do is destroy your waranty!

M4Kval said:
DONT UNLOCK BOOTLOADER. It's not needed at all, all it will do is destroy your waranty!
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oh come on i just finshed unlocking, are you kidding me?

M4Kval said:
DONT UNLOCK BOOTLOADER. It's not needed at all, all it will do is destroy your waranty!
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If you have only the s-off and if the bootloader is locked, you can't do anything...

Sorry afaik you need a unlocked bootloader at least to flash the custom recovery....its not possible without unlocking it even if you have s-off. You will get errors while flashing it with fastboot.....

Yep, I needed mine unlocked to flash custom recovery.
Assume you read the HTC disclaimer when doing it. If you want to flash then we take the risks.
Technically your warranty is not completely void however if HTC think they can blame a fault on the use of a custom Rom then they probably will. For example if the hw buttons break this obviously is not a Rom problem.
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herbie13 said:
Yep, I needed mine unlocked to flash custom recovery.
Assume you read the HTC disclaimer when doing it. If you want to flash then we take the risks.
Technically your warranty is not completely void however if HTC think they can blame a fault on the use of a custom Rom then they probably will. For example if the hw buttons break this obviously is not a Rom problem.
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OK, it's alright then, thanks for the info

[Q] NEED HELP ASAP PLEASE! I messed up..

Hey guys,
So I wanted to go from official CM back to stock Sense.
So I followed the instructions on the sticky in One X general thread. Went into bootloader, relocked it and ran the RUU.
Problem is, I'm on 3.20.401.1 and there's no RUU for that apparently. And because there's no S-OFF I cannot downgrade.
I also cannot go back to my custom recovery (clockwork) because of the relock..
What do I do? Any help would be appreciated.

You can use the following link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2421316
But instead of using the nandroid backup from there, use the right nandroid backup for your cid
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tommeke19 said:
You can use the following link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2421316
But instead of using the nandroid backup from there, use the right nandroid backup for your cid
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My main problem is that I DO have a nandroid backup but I can't get into my custom recovery because of the relock...
Is there any way to do a fast unlock? Or do I have to do all that token ID stuff again?
BTW my CID is Y13

Yes have to unlock it by the unlock token
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tommeke19 said:
Yes have to unlock it by the unlock token
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Welp, unlocked it again and went back to CM. Gonna wait until there's a new RUU for my device rather than mess with this...

max_3000 said:
Welp, unlocked it again and went back to CM. Gonna wait until there's a new RUU for my device rather than mess with this...
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It isn't that hard to do it.
It's pretty easy if you follow the steps

S-on and boot.img

Hey guys, I just have a quick question I wanted to get clarified. I'm S-on and HTCDev unlocked. When flashing roms from our development section, do we need to flash the boot.img separately via fastboot? The reason I ask is this is not address specifically in the Rom threads in our section, but looking at the Droid DNA, this appears to be necessary for folks who are s-on.
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jedifire said:
Hey guys, I just have a quick question I wanted to get clarified. I'm S-on and HTCDev unlocked. When flashing roms from our development section, do we need to flash the boot.img separately via fastboot? The reason I ask is this is not address specifically in the Rom threads in our section, but looking at the Droid DNA, this appears to be necessary for folks who are s-on.
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I have been away from HTC for a bit but to the best that I can recall you can't flash kernels in recovery via S-ON, only with S-OFF.
thus, you flash ROM, then reboot to fastboot flash kernel reboot and touchdown!

andybones said:
I have been away from HTC for a bit but to the best that I can recall you can't flash kernels in recovery via S-ON, only with S-OFF.
thus, you flash ROM, then reboot to fastboot flash kernel reboot and touchdown!
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Thanks Andy, wasn't quite sure based on the info I was seeing, now back to flashing!
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You can flash boot from recovery if HTCDev unlocked, no S-off needed. An unlocked S-on is basically like a Nexus device, you can flash everything you SHOULD be flashing . See Koush's post about this https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/P1i8qzLfkTm
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xenakis said:
You can flash boot from recovery if HTCDev unlocked, no S-off needed. An unlocked S-on is basically like a Nexus device, you can flash everything you SHOULD be flashing . See Koush's post about this https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/P1i8qzLfkTm
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This is a great explanation and really shows that S-OFF is not a "necessity" as it was before. HTC seems to have listened to concerns regarding DEV Unlock on the One by allowing boot.img to be flashed from recovery.

Thank you for the feedback guys, its been very helpful!
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What exactly does rumrunner do?

Kinda self explanatory, what does rumrunner do to the phone. What parts of the phone are effected? Does a new kernel get updated? If I flashed a stock kernel would I be theoretically "stock"? I'm trying to fix my phone because I managed to get s-on and I want to go back to stock and send my phone for warranty.
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blake1886 said:
Kinda self explanatory, what does rumrunner do to the phone. What parts of the phone are effected? Does a new kernel get updated? If I flashed a stock kernel would I be theoretically "stock"? I'm trying to fix my phone because I managed to get s-on and I want to go back to stock and send my phone for warranty.
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Well. S-ON is how your phone came.. so that would be stock, for the bootloader.
rumrunner sets the S-ON to S-OFF (Security On/Security Off)
Once a phone is turned S-OFF it's like you have FULL control of the phone. You can flash a ROM and a kernel as many times as you want (as long as it is made for your phone)
You can be rooted and flash ROMs while not being S-OFF, but S-OFF is like the best of the best for HTC.
You can set the flag back from S-OFF back to S-ON for like you want say a warranty purpose.
This is when the "RUU" comes in handy.
Problem is you need to be S-OFF to run it..
So, you would have to re-run rumrunner, to get S-OFF again, run the RUU, (this will set you back to 100% stock)
then you can run the command to set you to S-ON and you should be good to go.

blake1886 said:
What exactly does rumrunner do?
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Magic. It does awesome magic.

Well I used rumrunner and managed to set my phone back to s-on using an adb command. If I try to run rumrunner again it doesn't work and says to "READ". So now I have to somehow get s-off. The forum says you need stock ROM and stock kernel, can I flash a stock kernel and then run rumrunner?
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blake1886 said:
Well I used rumrunner and managed to set my phone back to s-on using an adb command. If I try to run rumrunner again it doesn't work and says to "READ". So now I have to somehow get s-off. The forum says you need stock ROM and stock kernel, can I flash a stock kernel and then run rumrunner?
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Don't forget, rumrunner needs stock EVERYTHING, including ROM, kernel recovery, s-on and a locked bootloader. So if you still have adb connectivity, relock the bootloader. Search the forum for the fastboot command to return to "locked", not "relocked". @scotty1223 made a guide to change the bootloader.
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kdj67f said:
Don't forget, rumrunner needs stock EVERYTHING, including ROM, kernel recovery, s-on and a locked bootloader. So if you still have adb connectivity, relock the bootloader. Search the forum for the fastboot command to return to "locked", not "relocked". @scotty1223 made a guide to change the bootloader.
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You actually don't need a locked bootloader. I did mine when it was unlocked.
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blake1886 said:
Well I used rumrunner and managed to set my phone back to s-on using an adb command. If I try to run rumrunner again it doesn't work and says to "READ". So now I have to somehow get s-off. The forum says you need stock ROM and stock kernel, can I flash a stock kernel and then run rumrunner?
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What ROM are you running? Why do you believe you only need to flash a stock kernel and not a stock ROM? You're missing something which is why it says to "READ". You aren't following the directions exactly.
If you want help, you need to provide more information. Why did you run the fastboot command to go back to S-On? (Just curious)
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andybones said:
Well. S-ON is how your phone came.. so that would be stock, for the bootloader.
rumrunner sets the S-ON to S-OFF (Security On/Security Off)
Once a phone is turned S-OFF it's like you have FULL control of the phone. You can flash a ROM and a kernel as many times as you want (as long as it is made for your phone)
You can be rooted and flash ROMs while not being S-OFF, but S-OFF is like the best of the best for HTC.
You can set the flag back from S-OFF back to S-ON for like you want say a warranty purpose.
This is when the "RUU" comes in handy.
Problem is you need to be S-OFF to run it..
So, you would have to re-run rumrunner, to get S-OFF again, run the RUU, (this will set you back to 100% stock)
then you can run the command to set you to S-ON and you should be good to go.
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What about the signed RUU? Can't that be run while S-On?

I'm still running the stock ROM. I never found a custom ROM with the things I wanted. I had a hard time getting cwm installed and someone tricked me into using the command to switch back to s-on. But I'm trying to get the s-off so I can use an RUU
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karn101 said:
You actually don't need a locked bootloader. I did mine when it was unlocked.
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What ROM are you running? Why do you believe you only need to flash a stock kernel and not a stock ROM? You're missing something which is why it says to "READ". You aren't following the directions exactly.
If you want help, you need to provide more information. Why did you run the fastboot command to go back to S-On? (Just curious)
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What about the signed RUU? Can't that be run while S-On?
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Wasn't aware we had a signed RUU that works with S-On...
All I can find is the encrypted one that only works with S-Off

andybones said:
Wasn't aware we had a signed RUU that works with S-On...
All I can find is the encrypted one that only works with S-Off
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Flyhalf has a signed RUU uploaded on his site.
http://flyhalf205.com/?dir=RUU

can I use any of those while being s-on?
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The signed RUU (the one with the really absurdly long filename) is specifically for flashing while your phone is still S-ON.

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projektorboy said:
The signed RUU (the one with the really absurdly long filename) is specifically for flashing while your phone is still S-ON.
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How do i flash this RUU.zip while being S-ON?

blake1886 said:
How do i flash this RUU.zip while being S-ON?
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I hate to do it but,
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+i+flash+RUU

But with that method don't you have to be s-off?
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blake1886 said:
But with that method don't you have to be s-off?
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There is no special method. If it's an encrypted RUU then it works for S-On.
Basically, follow the FIRST link that google returns.

I thought you had to be s-off to use " fastboot oem lock"?
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blake1886 said:
I thought you had to be s-off to use " fastboot oem lock"?
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No, you don't.
If you tried it you would have noticed.
I'm not trying to sound like a douche, but we've kind of given you all the tools you need to complete what you're trying to achieve.

Sorry I just haven't had time yet to actually reset my phone and I was trying to get all my questions out so when I did finally have time I wouldn't have to ask questions then. One last question, am I correct saying the ruu resets all data on the phone?
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blake1886 said:
Sorry I just haven't had time yet to actually reset my phone and I was trying to get all my questions out so when I did finally have time I wouldn't have to ask questions then. One last question, am I correct saying the ruu resets all data on the phone?
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Yes, it does.
Also, when you fastboot oem lock, you will see an error message but before it you will see that the bootloader did lock, so don't worry. I just tested it out.
If you want to have the current status on your bootloader just type in fastboot reboot-bootloader