joshminton
Member
after reading about all the bugs and shit on the leaked 2.1, im glad i decided to wait for OTA. if i were a betting man, id say the official 2.1 update will have more capabilities and less problems than the leaked versions.
-
After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.
Official Droid Eris 2.1 OS coming very soon.
- Thread starter zxphenomenalxz
- Start date
-
- Tags
- htc droid eris
- Status
I actually held out until the second leak but I'm good. No real bugs to speak of. The only issues I've had are with the music player, some of my songs didn't get put in by albums which messed up my album art, and connecting the phone to the computer, the few times I've done this the phone disconnected off and on.
Bluemumba
Member
So I have two question. I have the stock 8gb card in my eris will all my pic and music.
How can I back up all my contact and app to the sd card/ will the app recieve future update when put back on to the phone and also how will I put the apps and contact back on the phone?
Second question is can I use a second sd card for just the leak 2.1v2 then go back to my 8gb?
How can I back up all my contact and app to the sd card/ will the app recieve future update when put back on to the phone and also how will I put the apps and contact back on the phone?
Second question is can I use a second sd card for just the leak 2.1v2 then go back to my 8gb?
E
Eastzabeast
Guest
Ok so on an app called lookout (its an AntiVirus app) it has the ability to back up contacts pictures and call history. As far as apps go you can just type in "backup" into the market and check out different apps. One of the more popular backup apps is called "appbrain" which backups your apps to an online server. Oh and you should be able to use different sd cards.
Hope this helped
winchendonsprings
Newbie
that didn't do it for me. I tried every variation of that. airplane mode then plug in then unairplane then unplug, plug in then airplane then unairplane then unplug, airplane plug in give it 2 hours then unaiplane .... etc. no difference
bjf88
Android Enthusiast
You sure it's not just because you've been playing with it more than usual? I can get 2+ days out of my phone... when I only use it for facebook and a few texts.
You don't charge and restart the phone. You charge it for a minute in airplane mode. Take it out of airplane mode, then off the charger and it should fix the bug.
Cell standby time at 50% doesn't mean anything. Click on it, and look at "time without signal" and that has to be 50%. If the first is high but the time without signal isn't, then you're fine.
Cell standby time at 50% doesn't mean anything. Click on it, and look at "time without signal" and that has to be 50%. If the first is high but the time without signal isn't, then you're fine.
droidhiker
Newbie
Thanks for the clarification. Mine was at 50% w/o signal...now seems to be fixed.
alprazolam
Android Expert
How the hell does somebody figure something like this out? We come up with some crazy "craftyness" for our leaked builds but it works.
jayjay1122
Android Expert
What is frustrating is that this bug will show up again! It is only a temporary fix. I could be completely wrong as I have not paid a lot of attention to the why or how it comes back, but it appears that all it takes is to lose signal for a short time and then it starts incrementing up again.
I have gone from 2 days of battery life with 1.5 to 1 1/2 days of battery life with half the apps running on 2.1. I think this bug has more impact on battery life than originally thought.
I have gone from 2 days of battery life with 1.5 to 1 1/2 days of battery life with half the apps running on 2.1. I think this bug has more impact on battery life than originally thought.
John58543
Android Enthusiast
Yep...problem keeps coming back. It's very frustrating
winchendonsprings
Newbie
I also have 1/2 the apps and my battery life is horrible. full green led charge to phone shut down in 10 -12 hours. cell standby is the drag. i created a bettercut shortcut to Batttery use so I can keep a close look.
I know this is a touchy subject to some people but, does using a process killer use more (noticable) energy? After removing apps from memory they restart themselves using more processing power? Not using a task killer is NOT an option. I can't even pull my drawer open without extreme heryjerkyness. kill a fewbackground apps, smooth sailing. Also I'm a linux user so I somewhat familiar with memory management.
No problem. When people paraphrase what the original person gives as advice, some details find their way out and important steps and details are missed. Might have been what happened there.
I believe it comes back once you restart the phone. You could also be in an area, even for the briefest amount of time, without signal. Then the statistic is correct.
Couple this with the fact that in order to fix the speaker going out issue, you need to restart your phone, it can be quite a bitch to deal with the battery depletion upon restarting it. It's a mean 1-2 punch. Not everyone has the sound problem.
I never saw a drastic change as I did a few days ago. Three different apps were involved.
I hate Pandora. Music chatroulette is not my cup of tea. But I downloaded and tried it. Didn't really like it, but I didn't my iPod near me to plug in when I was doing work. After fifteen minutes of listening, my batter seemed to be the same. Awesome. But I had had enough and back out of the program...using the back button as is recommended. Went to go mess around downstairs and left my phone upstairs. Came back about an hour and a half later and the battery must have lost about 40%. It seemed like the radio was still running, just not playing music. Checked the task killer, and I was right.
I didn't have to go anywhere so I decided to chill and not charge the phone and see what issue was. Time without signal bug was not there. Data was on (it's never off actually) and the phone remained off with little to no use. The last 40% or so lasted me until late that night where it got down to about 15 or 10% or so.
Same thing happened with NBA League Pass, where I was watching a few games. Watched maybe 15 minutes of a few games and the battery went down a bit. Left it running, despite backing out properly, and I got the low battery beep unexpectedly. MLB At Bat does the same as well.
So it seems ATK is very good for apps that stream, because they seem to have a problem shutting down completely afterwards. Music, radio, video. All the same.
I would recommend a task killer just on personal experience with these apps. But really, you should make sure you aren't doing something flagrant to kill the battery, but aren't noticing it yourself. Check the battery suggestions thread and then resort to a task killer.
what's the point of a smartphone, or even a regular phone for that matter if that's all you do? kind of a waste of money....
emerica243
Well-Known Member
The features are always there when he needs them...
Eris_2.1_2010
Well-Known Member
I downloaded the rom couple days ago off my stock internet browser. Got 2.1 runnin no Google sign in errors no bugs. Everything works great I'm surprised that my Eris runs smoother than when I was running 1.5. Can't say much for battery I can't stop playin with the new features.
Romparoo
Android Enthusiast
So I decided to attempt to download the file again....last week when I did it crashed and corrupted my pc so badly I had to do a complete system wipe and reinstall Windows. So, since I have nothing on the pc to loose this time I attempted to do it again, and what do you know, the file is "invalid or corrupt", also my Virus protection picked up on something while it was downloading.
Any reason why twice now this has happened? Seems to be a bad file. Any ideas?
Any reason why twice now this has happened? Seems to be a bad file. Any ideas?
are you running a legit copy of windows?. there have been numerous pirated copies that not only were pirated but were loaded up with trojans on top of it. antivirus apps well..... it depends on who you trust i guess. norton will flag any zip containing a system file.
BlueDC2
Android Enthusiast
Romparoo
Android Enthusiast
Ya, it is legit. I posted in the sticky thread...I got it installed without a problem. Just reinstalling my apps. The only problem with that is that I can't get my paid apps back on, no option to reenter my registration key for them, I have emailed those companies.
So far I don't understand what all the hype is all about 2.1, kinda wish I still had 1.5. Perhaps that will change in the coming days.
bjf88
Android Enthusiast
That wasn't my point, I was suggesting that he was probably using it more than he did with 1.5 and as a result was using more battery.
i had a problem when i tried to get a friends phone to update went through downloaded it pasted it on sd card turned phone off hit the volume down and end key the hboot screen came up but then froze. it kinda looked like this. any ideas what i might have did wrong i did it the same way i did mine i m almost sure of it.
HBOOT
send ( for fast boot)
volume up (recovery)
HBOOT
send ( for fast boot)
volume up (recovery)
ReJe75
Member
What are you doing with the file after you download it? Are you trying to extract it with your pc? Just download it, and slap in on your sd card and you are good to go. Or just dl it from your phone browser.
- Status