please help me root

[no-idea]

for the love of god, someone please help me root my eris. im ready to brake my phone because of all these little glich/bugs.

im on a mac, but i also have my wifes laptop which is win. xp.

i cant even get sdk on my mac...

 

[Shnuddy]

First of all, can you root? You need to have 1.5 or the 2.1 OTA. If that is the case, you should go here: All Things Root (Eris) - Android Forums
where all can be answered, including whether or not it is the right thing for you to do.

 

[doogald]

Check out the All things root subforum, and ask in there. Having done it on a Mac myself, it is much, much easier on a Mac. (As long as it is an intel rather than PowerPC Mac.) It is easier on a Mac because there is a weird step for Windows machines to add a USB driver that seems to stumble up many people. With a Mac, it just works.

Note that when you read the instructions, it will tell you to run a bunch of commands from a command prompt. The Mac translation of that is to run the application called Terminal, and type the commands in that window. And any instructions that tell you to type a command that looks like this:

adb ...

you will type a period and a slash before the "adb" instead, like this:

./adb ...


The basic instructions are in this thread: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53963-guide-stock-1-5-latest-root-2-1-a.html

However, some really good information is in this thread, starting with this post, but the user erisuser1, who was walking JrzDRoid through the process: http://androidforums.com/all-things...placement-eris-root-questions.html#post827552

The SDK is here: Android SDK | Android Developers

Download it and install, as you would any other app.

 

[doogald]

And let me recommend that, if you do this, and are able to do this, when you get to step 3 and need to pick a ROM to use, that you use Ivan's Official, which looks and feels just like the official 2.1 Eris update, without the bugs or problems?

 

[no-idea]

haha im on 2.1 ota so i should be able to root... im just to stupid i guess. ive tryed to follow this http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53963-guide-stock-1-5-latest-root-2-1-a.html but i cant get past the 1st step. i got sdk for mac on my puter but thats it.

 

[no-idea]

thanks doogald, reading now.

 

[no-idea]

im still stuck on the sdk... i got it downloaded for mac but i cant unzip it or download 2.1

 

[no-idea]

im not having any luck on either computer... this sucks, i hate this phone because im too stupid... AHHHHHHHHH!

 

[no-idea]

i started a new thread in the rooted section, please delete this thread. i couldnt find how to do it myself.