Rooting Android Incredible

Rooting HTC Incredible

If you try rooting your phone using this guide, please email me and let me know how it worked out for you.

Following video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVHj6J2uCKo

Files used in video available here: http://files.charlesmartinreid.com/HTC_Droid_Incredible_Root.zip

1. Extract the HTC_Droid_Incredible_Root.zip file to a folder with the same name

2. Open the folder and launch HTCSync2.0.25.exe and complete the installation

3. Copy the sdk directory into the root of the C drive, in C:\sdk

4. Open C:\sdk and run SDK Setup.exe

a) you may get an error about https, if you do then close the window with the error message and click "Settings" on the left-hand side, then check the box that says Force https:// sources to be fetched using http://)

b) you may also need to update the version of the Tools. Click on "Available Packages" on the left-hand side of the "Android SDK and AVD Manager" window, and then check the "Android SDK Tools" box, and then click "Install Selected".

5. Go back to the unzipped HTC Droid Incredible Root folder and open command.txt

6. Open a Windows command prompt (Start > Run > "cmd")

7. Change directory to C:\sdk\tools by running

> cd\
> cd sdk
> cd tools

8. Run the adb (android debug bridge [1]) shell

> adb shell

Alternatively...

You may see a file named adb_has_moved.txt with the following content:

The adb tool has moved to platform-tools/

If you don't see this directory in your SDK, launch the SDK and AVD Manager (execute the android tool) and install "Android SDK Platform-tools"

Please also update your PATH environment variable to include the platform-tools/ directory, so you can execute adb from any location.

If you see this, go back to C:\sdk\ and re-launch SDK Manager.exe. This should come up with a window that says "Choose Packages to Install." Find "Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 3 or something similar. Click "Install". This will download for a while, then install.