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Rooting the HTC Droid Incredible (the easy way)

So I've had my Droid Incredible for about a month now, and I have to say I'm very happy with it.  The 1ghz snapdragon processor is very responsive and the phone is really nice to use.  I upgraded to this phone from a RIM BlackBerry 8330 and anyone who's used one before will know how slow and clunky the phone / OS is, the difference is night and day.  Anyways I was perfectly happy with the phone without having root except for one feature; WiFi Tethering (also there were a few other features I wanted but could have lived without but are nice to have).  So here's the quick and easy way to root your Droid Incredible on Windows (it's also possible to do on Mac and Linux, I just happen to already be in Windows when I did this and didn't feel like rebooting).

Things you need before you start

1. Droid Incredible w/ USB cable
2. This USB driver (Windows)
3. unrevoked3.1 for your OS

Now for the steps

1. Enable USB Debugging Mode on your phone (Settings -> Applications -> Development)
   

   Android USB Debug Window

2. Connect your phone to your PC.  Now when I did this (I'm running Windows 7 Pro x64) it just said driver failed to install.  What I had to do was go to Start -> Devices and Printers then left click on Android Phone -> Properties then click the Hardware tab then click on HTC Android Phone USB Device then click Properties, then the Driver tab then click Update Driver  and from there tell it the location of the downloaded driver.  Let me know if you have to do something similar.
3. Reboot into the HBOOT menu.  To do this power off the phone, then push POWER + VOL DOWN and you should end up in the HBOOT menu.
   

   HTC Droid Incredible HBOOT Screen

4. The phone (still plugged into USB) should start installing new drivers for the boot menu, if it doesn't try unplugging and plugging the USB cord.
5. Now that that is finished, run the reflash.exe file that you downloaded (the unrevoked 3.1 program).  It should say something like "Waiting for device..." so reboot your phone (making sure USB Debug Mode is still on) and it should  then take control of your device.  If all goes well at this point in a few minutes you should have a rooted Droid Incredible!
   

   The Android Super User Screen

More later on how to make use of your newly rooted Droid Incredible!  Happy rooting!

Edit: New Blog Post Why Root Your HTC Droid Incredible