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How To How to root and install droid 2.1

daonesock said:
update.zip=same error .. update=same error ??
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that's odd, cuz i simply downloaded the file, renamed it update, put it onto the root of my sd, turn the phone off, turn it back on while holding x, and just update... go to menu> settings> apps> development> and uncheck usb debugging, and try updating again, if it doesnt work, try wiping and then updating
 
In the very last steps whenever I type adb shell I keep getting "error:device not found". I believe I believe I have access to adb shell as I get the dollar sign when I typed it in earlier.
 
PeDe7 said:
if you're interested in installing 2.1 on your droid, here is my guideline for windows users [specifically windows 7]

FLASH BUSY BOX AND RECOVERY
1. Download AllDroid.org - Information by crotalusfreak [ctrl+click] and unzip it, now copy the folder named Tools to the root of your sdcard.
2. Next install the DroidRootHelper.apk to your phone.
3. Now run DroidRootHelper
4. Mount system
5. Rename recovery
6. Install busybox
7. Install flash image
8. Flash SirPsycoS's .12.0 recovery
9. Reboot recovery
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The link for this part no longer has anything to download! Any suggestions?
 
dimobius said:
In the very last steps whenever I type adb shell I keep getting "error:device not found". I believe I believe I have access to adb shell as I get the dollar sign when I typed it in earlier.
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is your droid at the recovery image and plugged into your comp w/o mounting it?
 
So... I accidentally did a half Nandroid backup and now it won't let me delete it because it's "corrupt and unreadable" any advice?
 
Okay. Started from the beginning, attempting a Nandroid restore... Lots of dots... I like where this is going. Done and........................We had an Android guy peeing on an Apple logo. BUT! We have Android 2.1! However we also lost all our apps. But they're on my account. I'm not a fan of the peeing android. Anyway we could change that without going back to 2.0.1?
 
PeDe7 said:
is your droid at the recovery image and plugged into your comp w/o mounting it?
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Yeah I figured out this morning that keeping it mounted was causing the problem. Thanks a lot though. So I have a new problem though, whenever I start the format Data, System, and cache steps I keep getting bad block could not erase, any ideas?
 
dimobius said:
Yeah I figured out this morning that keeping it mounted was causing the problem. Thanks a lot though. So I have a new problem though, whenever I start the format Data, System, and cache steps I keep getting bad block could not erase, any ideas?
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did you download http://www.mediafire.com/file/yguzz11m2no/BCDMRS-20091219-1559.zip, extract it, take all of it and replace everything in your nandroid folder on your sd card with the extracted files? is usb debugging unchecked on your droid? do you also have your droid in recovery and plugged into your comp?
 
dimobius said:
If you try to restore using nandroid by skipping that step, then nandroid will simply exit out with an error and the restore wont work.
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I'm trying to just take the new keyboard, gallery, and launcher from 2.1 and put it into 2.0.1.. any advice?
 
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