HTC Droid Incredible
The HTC Droid Incredible lives up to it's name; it has the strong aesthetic design of the Droid series, but because of this droid's unlockable bootloaders and it's development community, it remains incredible to this day when compared to it's predecessor and successors.
- Type: HTC Sense
- Stance: A Tough Nut to Crack
- Ease of Rooting/Custom ROMs: Manual Method Only, Grueling downgrade with ADB, No GUIs
- Bootloader Unlockable?: Yes, through HTCDev
- Dev Community Health: Acceptable, declining
- Range: CDMA Verizon Wireless, United States
- Latest Stock Android Version: Android 2.3.4 GB with HTC Sense 1.0
- Optimal Android Version: Android 4.0 ICS
- Bypass Verizon Activation - All Verizon phones must be activated before use. If you don't have a Verizon contract, you have to use this exploit to escape it.
- DINC Preperation - Get ADB up and running and obtain the needed files.
- DINC Things to Know - You will be told to do specific actions over and over in this guide. Here they are for reference.
The Droid Incredible in it's current state has a very grueling unlock method. Verizon has managed to patch out most of the easy root and S-OFF methods available with the Android 2.3.4 update. So find a bit of time and patience and grit your teeth; because it's going to be a long, but rewarding journey.
Now, we are left with the Official HTCDev Unlock, which, thankfully, always works. However, it completely voids the warranty (But by this point in time it's not like there's any of it left). From there, we will downgrade with an exploit and get use the Revolutionary exploit to get S-OFF. Let's go!
- DINC HTCDev Unlock - The Official bootloader unlock. It always works; but your phone stays S-ON.
- DINC Root and Recovery - Rooting the Gingerbread ROM.
- DINC Downgrade to Froyo - We will downgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo to get the old HBOOT installed.
- DINC Unlock, Root, and Recovery - Unlock, root, and install recovery for the second time.
- DINC SOFF - At last, we finally get S-OFF on the Droid Incredible.
- DINC Update HBOOT and Radio - The old Froyo update uses older, less efficient radio software. It's well worth the effort to get it to the newest version.
- Custom ROMs - Taste the fruits of victory by installing a custom ROM or two.
- DINC Specific Mods - Modifications unique to the Droid Incredible.
- DINC Credits and Sources - Everyone and every dev whose work went into creating this guide.
- Unlock the bootloader with HTCDev
- Flash a Recovery Image
- Flash superuser root files.
- Rewrite the misc image with adb and downgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo
- Re-unlock HTCDev hboot
- Re-flash recovery
- Re-flash superuser root files and flash unrevoked's "forever" s-off patch
Note: All non-Android projects have moved to the BASLQC Wiki.
- Introduction - A quick intro to the rationale and ideals of this guide, and smartphone modding in general.
- General Setup - Learn how to install and run the tools you need to succeed.
- Device Guides - Customized, fully decked out guides for rooting each and every device we could find.
- General OS Customizations - General customizations that work on all devices of a specific OS.
- General Guidelines - The ideals that you should uphold while working with and editing this guide.
- Device Guide Templates - Templates and general guidelines for creating customized guides for a device.
- Linux - Run a full desktop OS on your little mobile device; research is being made to make it comfortable to use in the mobile space.
- Glossary - Contains all the crazy acronyms and word soup that you'll need to wade through when using this guide.
- Android Buying Guide for Modders - While modding can fix up an outdated device, it will make your life easier to buy the right device from the start.