How to correctly unroot the Incredible

[Arpeggiate]

This tutorial has been used by many people on this forum and the Incredible Forum (and who knows where else) and everyone was able to get back to stock.

I've no doubt that it works for people, the question is why it doesn't work for me!

Rename the file to PB31IMG without the .zip and try again. Be sure you are following these steps letter by letter.

If that's the reason, I know I saw an example given with the ".zip" extension, and with no extension I (almost said the system wouldn't know how what to do with a no-extension file, but I have used Linux before - I'm using it now for the first time in years specifically because Windows made the root process impossible). I'll give it a shot.

Just did, and HBOOT failed to show interest in any files - just sits there!

Ok, with this being a zip file I am used to unpacking one of these before anything gets done to anything else, but you said just place it, with the name specified (which is how I got it unless the .zip extension really should be removed, which still did nothing for me), so that's exactly what I did. I noticed that when I removed the .zip extension, the Linux icon changed, which is kinda odd because Linux has other ways than the .zip extension for identifying a file type (I've seen it run executables with no file extensions, which normally stops Windows dead in it's tracks), Android is Linux, and since it's run or not run by Android it should make no difference whether I did any of this in Windows. Please help me sort this out before it makes me really crazy!

 

[doug piston]

ok relax here kiddo. First thing I need you to do is to boot into hboot. Does it say s-on or s-off?


In fact I'm gonna go out of my norm here. You have gtalk?

 

[enlightened]

Arpeggiate, we'd like to help you tonight but need you to stay focused on the thread.

 

[jtracker]

I'm also having similar problem as Arpeggiate. Mine says S-On but when I go into Hboot it starts to find the file but says loading..no image...or wrong image. Something like that. It goes away fast so I can't see all what it says. Thanks for the help in advance!
My radio is also 2.15.00.07.28 and my sd card is FAT32 as well.

 

[doug piston]

I'm also having similar problem as Arpeggiate. Mine says S-On but when I go into Hboot it starts to find the file but says loading..no image...or wrong image. Something like that. It goes away fast so I can't see all what it says. Thanks for the help in advance!
My radio is also 2.15.00.07.28 and my sd card is FAT32 as well.

Let me just get this in the open, Hboot can be a picky SOB. First move would be to format and try another. I'm serious here.

 

[jtracker]

Ok I got another sd card. Tried it and it did something different but never asked me to reboot. I added pics. of what it looks like.

 

[doug piston]

Ok I got another sd card. Tried it and it did something different but never asked me to reboot. I added pics. of what it looks like.

Do Not Open this zip. If on safari turn off your auto open. Simply download and rename then move to sd card thats it.

Do not open or extract it.

 

[jtracker]

Ok I used this PB31IMG.zip and it still did the same thing with the loading bar on the right side and then after the bar was full it said checking PB31IMG.zip

 

[doug piston]

What OS is your pc?

 

[jtracker]

I am running a Mac with Mac OS X 10.6.4 Snow leopard.

 

[doug piston]

I am running a Mac with Mac OS X 10.6.4 Snow leopard.

Mac auto opens zips once downloaded. Make sure that is off and redownload the zip. May sound like I am just repeating myself but that blue bar and nothing happening means the zip is opening and getting corrupt.

 

[jtracker]

Ok that worked. Thanks so much Doug! This site is awesome and so are you!

 

[enlightened]

Ok that worked. Thanks so much Doug! This site is awesome and so are you!

Yes, it is and so is Doug. (Don't let that go to your head, Dougie boy.)

 

[doug piston]

If you have windows you can run the RUU then that takes the SD card out of the equation. The ruu can't run on Linux.

 

[Arpeggiate]

If you have windows you can run the RUU then that takes the SD card out of the equation. The ruu can't run on Linux.

On "running the RUU", I may have that confused. The issue which you had raised concerning Apple and it's automatic unpacking of zipped files policy is what I responded to concerning Linux and Windows. Neither of them actually run the files contained in PB31IMG,zip (which more are now saying should be renamed without the .zip extension), which is for HBOOT to do (if it will). Anyway, can you give me a bottom line on whether the process of transferring PB31IMG to my SD card should be done in Linux, Windows, or does that matter?

I now have my old SD card which shipped with my DINC, and am ready to try that per your advice after formatting it to FAT32.