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[Q] How to go to Gingerbread and keep root on Froyo Incredible S?

I have an Incredible S with Froyo. I just used the Alpha method to S-Off, I installed clockworkmod, and I rooted the phone. If I install the Gingerbread OTA what will I have to do to get root back? Will I have to start from the beginning with the Alpha S-Off method? I just wanna go to a regular Gingerbread Rom until Cyanogen Mod is ready.
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NardVa said:
I have an Incredible S with Froyo. I just used the Alpha method to S-Off, I installed clockworkmod, and I rooted the phone. If I install the Gingerbread OTA what will I have to do to get root back? Will I have to start from the beginning with the Alpha S-Off method? I just wanna go to a regular Gingerbread Rom until Cyanogen Mod is ready.
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Taking a GB OTA will definitely cause you to lose S-OFF and root, but according to the AlphaRevX beta thread, it has been verified on both Froyo and GB Roms.
If I were you I would just flash a rooted GB ROM and not take a chance that AlphaRevX would on the OTA GB Rom.

[Q] Root and S off on 2.3.6

I had turned my Incredible S to S off and rooted. Will I lose them if I upgrade to official 2.3.6?

bikermok said:
I had turned my Incredible S to S off and rooted. Will I lose them if I upgrade to official 2.3.6?
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1. This question should have been posted in the General section. This is not a development topic.
2. The latest upgrade is Android 2.3.5/Sense 3.0, not Android 2.3.6
3. How did you gain S-OFF on your IncS? Did you use the Revolutionary tool? If so then yes you will root if you attempt to apply the update.
Since you are S-OFF, why don't you just flash one of the custom Sense 3.0/3.5 ROMs?

Thanks very much. I do not remember how I root and S off it because I tried many ways and at one point it just did. Which rom you recomand?
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bikermok said:
Thanks very much. I do not remember how I root and S off it because I tried many ways and at one point it just did. Which rom you recomand?
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I don't use a custom ROM, so I won't recommend one. I am running the latest 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 rooted.

Can't root

Hi..
I have hboot 1.13 but by using revolutionary method I can't root.. it is stuck at zerging root.. might take a minute or so.. but no progress.. I was using hboot 2.00 with sense 3.0 and s-on.. I had downgraded to hboot 1.13 and now running 2.3.3 with sense 2.1 and s-on.. is there any other method to root the device??
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nikz106 said:
Hi..
I have hboot 1.13 but by using revolutionary method I can't root.. it is stuck at zerging root.. might take a minute or so.. but no progress.. I was using hboot 2.00 with sense 3.0 and s-on.. I had downgraded to hboot 1.13 and now running 2.3.3 with sense 2.1 and s-on.. is there any other method to root the device??
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I tried quite alot myself before I gave up and went to htcdev.com where I easily rooted the phone but at the expence of warrenty.
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Is your bootloader locked?

Yes its locked..
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Htcdev.com doesn't root the device.. it just unlock the bootloader..
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nikz106 said:
Htcdev.com doesn't root the device.. it just unlock the bootloader..
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Revolutionary doesn't give root either, it gives s-off through modified bootloader.

nikz106 said:
Hi..
I have hboot 1.13 but by using revolutionary method I can't root.. it is stuck at zerging root.. might take a minute or so.. but no progress.. I was using hboot 2.00 with sense 3.0 and s-on.. I had downgraded to hboot 1.13 and now running 2.3.3 with sense 2.1 and s-on.. is there any other method to root the device??
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u can just flash any custom rom and u r rooted , as far as i know.

Try reading this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694

Please work on S-Off hboot 2.02.0002 without using HTCDEV

Hi, guys. I know that some of you are brilliant at making the ways to S-Off the previous Hboot. Currently, the Hboot from official update is 2.02.0002. And I heard that only HTCDEV unlock is the only way to gain root access.
However, I still hope that you guys can kindly work on making other ways beside using HTCdev. Incredible S users will appreciate your kindness.
Thank you.
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The problem is that with HTCDEV unlock the S- remain on ON even the root access is possible (but I have to understand what is the advantage to have S-OFF)

gialandra said:
The problem is that with HTCDEV unlock the S- remain on ON even the root access is possible (but I have to understand what is the advantage to have S-OFF)
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One main thing with s on is that you have to manually fastboot flash boot.img after new roms / kernels
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gialandra said:
The problem is that with HTCDEV unlock the S- remain on ON even the root access is possible (but I have to understand what is the advantage to have S-OFF)
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The advantage of S-OFF???
- you still have warranty ( in order to claim it, u have to re-lock your phone)
- you can flash rom from recovery app
- you can flash rom from recovery without pushing kernerl ( or whole rom dunno) with console.

markj338 said:
One main thing with s on is that you have to manually fastboot flash boot.img after new roms / kernels
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I have install the WE WANT ICS v4 ROM without flashing boot.img and all (seems) works, but maybe is because the previous ROM was the official HTC ICS ROM

gialandra said:
I have install the WE WANT ICS v4 ROM without flashing boot.img and all (seems) works, but maybe is because the previous ROM was the official HTC ICS ROM
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Yeah I think its okay because it had the same kernel
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one request from me too. It would be awesome

+1 for the 2.02 root + s- off utility.
I'd be really happy to see a rooting utility for linux, everything I ve seen so far is in windows.
Keep up the great work guys!
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The new wifi ota update sucks! My phone is not s-off no root only bootloader is unlockt via htcdiv hboot 2.02.002 sense 3.6 help !
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77777777777777 said:
The new wifi ota update sucks! My phone is not s-off no root only bootloader is unlockt via htcdiv hboot 2.02.002 sense 3.6 help !
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With the unlocked bootloader you can flash a custom ROM and then you can flash either SuperSU or su-3.1.3 and give the Sense 3.6 ROM root access.

Thanks !
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S-off for 2.02? Even hboot 1.16 do not have s-off tool.
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zukri90 said:
S-off for 2.02? Even hboot 1.16 do not have s-off tool.
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There is a script that lets you downgrade your 1.16/2.00/2.01 HBOOT to version 1.13 which can then use Revolutionary to gain S-OFF.
The current script uses tacoroot exploit to gain temproot which does not currently work with HBOOT 2.02. That is what this thread discussion is about and in reference to.

What is hboot?

So I've had my phone for over a year now, am s-off and flashed numerous ROMs, but not quite sure what the hboot is? I am s-off via alpha rev and currently running 4ext recovery touch. I have hboot 1.09.1000, but some new ROMs are saying I need blackrose to flash, especially tpblake's new ROMs. Is this the case as not really keen on changing my hboot, considering I don't even know what it is!
Thanks in advance from a rather sheepish member
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VaderXI said:
So I've had my phone for over a year now, am s-off and flashed numerous ROMs, but not quite sure what the hboot is? I am s-off via alpha rev and currently running 4ext recovery touch. I have hboot 1.09.1000, but some new ROMs are saying I need blackrose to flash, especially tpblake's new ROMs. Is this the case as not really keen on changing my hboot, considering I don't even know what it is!
Thanks in advance from a rather sheepish member
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In your case, the AlphaRevX HBOOT 1.09.1000 is what is allowing your phone to be S-OFF. Another term for HBOOT is the bootloader.
In your case, you are running a modified bootloader that has the SECURITY_FLAG turned OFF, thus the acronym S-OFF.

Can I flash with this or should I update to blackrose as you say in your ROM thread
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VaderXI said:
Can I flash with this or should I update to blackrose as you say in your ROM thread
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You can flash most of the custom ROMs with your current HBOOT just fine. You could easily upgrade to BlackRose just fine without losing anything. It is really up to you. What do you want to flash?

Yours!
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tpbklake said:
You can flash most of the custom ROMs with your current HBOOT just fine. You could easily upgrade to BlackRose just fine without losing anything. It is really up to you. What do you want to flash?
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VaderXI said:
Yours!
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Yes then you will need to upgrade your HBOOT to BlackRose in order to flash the stock, rooted ICS ROMs I have posted.
Go read the BlackRose link I posted on the stock, rooted ICS ROM thread.

tpbklake said:
Yes then you will need to upgrade your HBOOT to BlackRose in order to flash the stock, rooted ICS ROMs I have posted.
Go read the BlackRose link I posted on the stock, rooted ICS ROM thread.
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Yep all installing blackrose involves, provided that you have set up for it is for you to click on the .exe and it does it all for you. I for one was amazed by the simplicity when I finally flashed it yesterday. Not much to be scared of (I was a bit scared of playing with partitions and hboots)
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