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How To How to root and install droid 2.1

I had the same problem and did the same thing, went back to 2.0.1. Still no luck with the market so I figured to call Verizon. Seems Google had a major problem but there is a workaround. Go to market and click to download your app. Then click on google talk. Dunno why but it will jump start your download. I went back and re-rooted my phone and all is well. Whew! Now I am finishing up reloading my apps.
 
Darn it! Stuck again. I know I am rooted and am now running 2.1. Whoo hoo! But when I tried to install Beast all I got a very short version of the start up and then the screen just went blank and then ... nothing. Dead droid. I had to remove the battery to reboot. I tried several times restoring my backup and then reinstalling the rom. Same result. Thank goodness for nandroid backup. I must be missing something but I could swear all the instructions say is to click install from the recovery screen. How hard is that? Any hints would be welcome. Just please be gentle.
 
I have no idea what i'm doing wrong. On step 8 I attempt to run NANDROID restore on phone I do the following and can't get it to run

1. Click on Backup/Restore
2. Now I have different options....

Simple Nandroid Backup
Simple Nandroid Restore (latest)
Advanced Nandroid Backup
Advanced Nandroid restore

I click on SIMPLE Nandroid Restore (latest) and i get - ERROR: Nandroid exited with status 25

I also go back to the main boot menu and see "install" as the last option. I click into it and it looks like the 2.1 ROM is there (INSTALL /sdcard/update.tar as ROM) But i'm too afraid to click it and brick phone.

does anyone know what i'm doing wrong? thanks
 
hey great intruction but im just a little confused on step 6 of flan when u say extract or unziped and after u unzip it theres more inside i was just wondering if i unzip those or leave em be
 
kokiangel said:
Darn it! Stuck again. I know I am rooted and am now running 2.1. Whoo hoo! But when I tried to install Beast all I got a very short version of the start up and then the screen just went blank and then ... nothing. Dead droid. I had to remove the battery to reboot. I tried several times restoring my backup and then reinstalling the rom. Same result. Thank goodness for nandroid backup. I must be missing something but I could swear all the instructions say is to click install from the recovery screen. How hard is that? Any hints would be welcome. Just please be gentle.
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I believe you can only install and run beast from a 2.0.1 ROM. this may be your problem.
 
ok so i got it working kinda only thing is the nexus live wallpaper is pure white and the launcher restarts every 3min
 
Thanks Rhyno. That explains a lot. I will try again next weekend when I have time to spare if I screw it up again.
 
Whenever I try downloading the RootHelper It downloads in EWF not .zip then I download it and i unzip it it and its just this unopening file and i dont get the apk file either. I then tried downloading from my phone and it worked but i opened root helper and i couldnt click the buttons.
 
I do everything correct with the root, until I get to the update.zip in recovery mode, ill press it with the d pad and it says installation aborted ?!/
 
if i did the whole first step of the tutorial on the link and then i decided to back out, do i have to unroot or do i just leave it as is? cuz im experiencing a lag now.
 
i tried restoring to 2.1 but i keep getting
"Nandroid exited with status 21"
WTF please help, im literally doing nothing wrong (i think)
 
glorglax said:
I do everything correct with the root, until I get to the update.zip in recovery mode, ill press it with the d pad and it says installation aborted ?!/
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download again because you're only rooting from either 2.0 or 2.01 to just the rooted version so there's no version that it shouldnt work
 
dominguez619 said:
if i did the whole first step of the tutorial on the link and then i decided to back out, do i have to unroot or do i just leave it as is? cuz im experiencing a lag now.
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if that's the case, the only thing you did was root your droid which doesnt cause any lag that didnt already exist because there are no ROMs running on your droid to be affecting performance
 
glorglax said:
Whenever I try downloading the RootHelper It downloads in EWF not .zip then I download it and i unzip it it and its just this unopening file and i dont get the apk file either. I then tried downloading from my phone and it worked but i opened root helper and i couldnt click the buttons.
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i dont know how or why it would download in ewf because i've never even heard of that format before especially since i uploaded the file as a .zip
 
kokiangel said:
Thanks Rhyno. That explains a lot. I will try again next weekend when I have time to spare if I screw it up again.
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you can only download Pete's ROM over an existing 2.01 ROM so if you want to go from this 2.1 rom to 2.01, i suggest you check out droidforums.net b/c their 2.01 roms can be installed over 2.1
 
faux sure said:
I have no idea what i'm doing wrong. On step 8 I attempt to run NANDROID restore on phone I do the following and can't get it to run

1. Click on Backup/Restore
2. Now I have different options....

Simple Nandroid Backup
Simple Nandroid Restore (latest)
Advanced Nandroid Backup
Advanced Nandroid restore

I click on SIMPLE Nandroid Restore (latest) and i get - ERROR: Nandroid exited with status 25

I also go back to the main boot menu and see "install" as the last option. I click into it and it looks like the 2.1 ROM is there (INSTALL /sdcard/update.tar as ROM) But i'm too afraid to click it and brick phone.

does anyone know what i'm doing wrong? thanks
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try advanced nandroid restore and select the rom
 
so i tried to do this upday buttt sadly the url is non responsive...any alter url bc this one says page not found
 
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