Upgrading to 2.1 Tutorial

[Matlock]

Sorry I couldn't answer sooner, had to work. lol

Took the plunge earlier today. Went very smooth. Much easier than cooking and flashing ROMS on my Winmo phone.

This thread should be stickied.

Awesome! It should be, shouldn't it? lol

Even if we don't get the OTA, isn't there a way for someone to extract the .zip, and then we install it manually?

Yup. I am not sure how, but there is a way.

Works great!!! Thank you!

You're very welcome!

Well I finally have 2.1 The first time I tried it, I followed the instructions to the word, EXCEPT, I didn't delete everything off my SD card. So, I used one that I had lying around and it worked perfectly! No looking back either. 1.5 is nothing more than a bad dream now.

Glad to hear. Yeah, you didn't need to delete everything if you didn't want to. I did because there is alot of stuff on it from past apps that were not used any longer.

Ok. My phone is updating now!

I figured out the problem. When I downloaded 2.1 onto my PC, I renamed the zipped file so I could find it easily. Mistake. I found out that you cannot rename it.

Thanks everyone!

I need to add that to the tutorial. Sorry about that! Hope everything else went smoothly!

 

[Bswartz95]

I need to add that to the tutorial. Sorry about that! Hope everything else went smoothly!

Everything went smoothly! Followed your directions exactly. Thanks for all of your help! The only downside I see is the FB contact sync. I can live with that for now. The phone is much more responsive.


Edit: Facebook contacts are now synced! Followed the directions in the "bugs" thread. I really like being able to shut off the vibration for the 4 menu buttons at the bottom of the screen. They are MUCH more responsive with 2.1.

 

[rob129]

Still not working for me. I get no status bar! I get the same screen that I talked about in my earlier post


Thanks,
Robert

 

[Bswartz95]

Still not working for me. I get no status bar! I get the same screen that I talked about in my earlier post


Thanks,
Robert

The only thing on your sd card should be the zipped file. Be sure to not change the name of the file when you download it and save it to your PC's desktop. I had to remove my original download of the 2.1 and do it over b/c I renamed it. Mistake.

 

[kmw]

Still not working for me. I get no status bar! I get the same screen that I talked about in my earlier post


Thanks,
Robert

The only thing on your sd card should be the zipped file. Be sure to not change the name of the file when you download it and save it to your PC's desktop. I had to remove my original download of the 2.1 and do it over b/c I renamed it. Mistake.

And don't extract the ZIP file either. Just download it and put it on the SD card.

And make sure it's not in any sub-directory or folder.

 

[MOS95B]

Thanks Matlock!!

I caved. Phone in one hand, this tutaorial up with scroll wheel in the other.

Worked like a charm. I'm one of "the cool kids" now....

 

[Bad Cornflakes]

Still not working for me. I get no status bar! I get the same screen that I talked about in my earlier post


Thanks,
Robert

Did you get it working yet? If not, describe exactly what you are doing so we can help you.

I did my Dad's phone and his wife's phone last night. They were so excited to have navigation!! My dad is almost 61 years old and he is like a little kid when he starts playing around with his Eris.

 

[goatelope]

Mine is coming up with the cot 23 2009 date, and asks for
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK

I copy pasted the zip file i downloaded from the link in this thread. Did i miss a step somehow? it's on the card, I can see it on USB mode
Help?

 

[Bswartz95]

Mine is coming up with the cot 23 2009 date, and asks for
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK

I copy pasted the zip file i downloaded from the link in this thread. Did i miss a step somehow? it's on the card, I can see it on USB mode
Help?

Do you have a status bar in the upper right corner? I had "Hboot", "Recovery", and "Fast Boot". Nothing else. The status bar started moving right away.

 

[goatelope]

Do you have a status bar in the upper right corner? I had "Hboot", "Recovery", and "Fast Boot". Nothing else. The status bar started moving right away.

the loader bar showed up initially and went through. but I have to pick from the Hboot menu, let it sit for 10 min, never went further on its own. can't take a good pic, other phone doesn't focus enough.
tried 3x. gonna try re-OTA and redownload original zip file.

 

[CXXV]

The only thing on your sd card should be the zipped file. Be sure to not change the name of the file when you download it and save it to your PC's desktop. I had to remove my original download of the 2.1 and do it over b/c I renamed it. Mistake.

So long as it can find the ZIP file in the root of the card you can leave all the other files on the card.

 

[goatelope]

it shows the fastboot screen real quick before the load bar strats, then after reading and loading brings back to fastboot, recovery clear storage simlock.

Will try again when I get home.... grrr.

 

[goatelope]

Goat for brains am I.
I guess if I checked the file first, musta been a problem was only 23mb. going great now!!!!

 

[Matlock]

Thanks Matlock!!

I caved. Phone in one hand, this tutaorial up with scroll wheel in the other.

Worked like a charm. I'm one of "the cool kids" now....

Hell yeah your one of the cool kids.. And wouldn't you know it, you update, and Root is available for 1.5 now. Darn the luck! lol

Goat for brains am I.
I guess if I checked the file first, musta been a problem was only 23mb. going great now!!!!

Yeah, that would be somehting to check before updating lol I'll add it to my Tutorial so everyone can make sure to check that little thing.

 

[bigsurge86]

just did the update on my eris to unofficial 2.1 and its A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!! anyone who wants to do it its very simple here is the link to download the file:

-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=641588
**(its the second link down with the patch)

and here is the link on youtube to walk you through the steps on how to do it just skip the first min and half or so to get started:

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oQs7Xfg6Is

enjoy peeps!!!

 

[Matlock]

If you plan on posting someone elses how-to (especially not a member of the forums) use another Thread or make a new one. Respect the OP, damnit! lol

 

[karib]

Ok, if the kid in that video can do it, I sure as hell can! lol! I think if the OTA doesn't come by this Friday I'm gonna take the plunge. Seems to me that he used the power and send buttons to power up, then the vol down to select Hboot. Thats different than in the tutorial right? And it would be best to backup my sd card and then reformat it before adding the file on there?

 

[pkopalek]

If you use Volume Down + End buttons to start it, it's already in HBOOT. you don't need to select it anywhere. Just press the trackball when it prompts you to do your upgrade.

 

[Pitamakan]

Different people have been using different key combinations when installing the upgrade ... I don't know, but I'd guess that both key sequences probably work.

And the upgrade won't mess with your SD card, at all. (If you've got something really valuable on there It wouldn't hurt to make a backup anyway ... but that's the case regardless. After all, you could lose the phone tomorrow ...)

 

[karib]

Different people have been using different key combinations when installing the upgrade ... I don't know, but I'd guess that both key sequences probably work.

And the upgrade won't mess with your SD card, at all. (If you've got something really valuable on there It wouldn't hurt to make a backup anyway ... but that's the case regardless. After all, you could lose the phone tomorrow ...)

I already have my sd card backed up, well all but one movie I think. I would just like the update to go as smoothly as possible since I'm not sure what to do if it gets messed up! Wait, I would just come here and ask for help, lol.

 

[Jmtegra]

I couldnt take it any longer.. I just updated to 2.1 So far i love it. Thank you for the walk through. It helped alot. You-da-man!

 

[Matlock]

If you use Volume Down + End buttons to start it, it's already in HBOOT. you don't need to select it anywhere. Just press the trackball when it prompts you to do your upgrade.

Took the words out of my mouth. lol

If you use the Call + End buttons you begin at the very beginning of the Upgrade. Most of us don't know which option to choose if you use this method. So, to make it easier, Volume Down + End of the perferd method to use. Especially if your like me, a nerd, but not a Trekkie (Star Trek nerd = Super Nerd.. wait, I do watch Star Trek.. hmm.... lol)

I couldnt take it any longer.. I just updated to 2.1 So far i love it. Thank you for the walk through. It helped alot. You-da-man!

Glad to hear it! Glad I could help out! (>^-^<)

 

[Matlock]

Ok, if the kid in that video can do it, I sure as hell can! lol! I think if the OTA doesn't come by this Friday I'm gonna take the plunge. Seems to me that he used the power and send buttons to power up, then the vol down to select Hboot. Thats different than in the tutorial right? And it would be best to backup my sd card and then reformat it before adding the file on there?

Well here is your options with the OTA.

1) You Leak your phone and get 2.1

2) Wait for the OTA (shouldn't be too much longer)

3) Leak your phone and not be able to Root 1.5 (unless they figure out Root for Leaked 2.1)

4) Wait for the OTA and Root when 2.1 is rooted

Remember, there is always a possibility of not otaining OTA 2.1 if your phone is Leaked. A SLIM chance, but it's not 100%.

 

[Bswartz95]

Well here is your options with the OTA.

1) You Leak your phone and get 2.1

2) Wait for the OTA (shouldn't be too much longer)

3) Leak your phone and not be able to Root 1.5 (unless they figure out Root for Leaked 2.1)

4) Wait for the OTA and Root when 2.1 is rooted

Remember, there is always a possibility of not otaining OTA 2.1 if your phone is Leaked. A SLIM chance, but it's not 100%.

I would assume that we could manually install the "OTA" updated version, though, right?

 

[Matlock]

I would assume that we could manually install the "OTA" updated version, though, right?

Didn't you asked this on another thread? lol
I think I answered it on that one too. rofl

Anyway..!

As long as someone is able to gather the downloaded file (and if it's not a zip like the Leak.. Zip it) and release it.

I want to try to do that when the OTA comes around. Once the phone tells me I can upgrade, I am going to try and find the file(s). The only downside is that it may download the file(s) onto the phone itself and not the SD card. In that case, root must be obtained on the device. So I can't do it unless they Root the Leaked 2.1. But, since root is available on 1.5, someone should be able to easily find the file(s) if they are in fact downloaded to the phone then zip them up and probably call on the XDA developers to help us out to make the file installable!