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Upgrading to 2.1 Tutorial

i finally have given up on waiting. just did this, everything worked out great.. i think. havent played around with it that much yet.

but just wanted to say thanks for the guide!
 
Hi all,
I thought I followed the directions to the letter, but when I do the restart- vol down with both buttons pressed, it asks if I want to clear storage data, but doesn't give the option to upgrade. I called the rest of the process anyway, but after the full restart and ota I still have 1.5... please tell me what I'm doing wrong, I appreciate any help you guys can offer. Thanks
 
droidtastic said:
Hi all,
I thought I followed the directions to the letter, but when I do the restart- vol down with both buttons pressed, it asks if I want to clear storage data, but doesn't give the option to upgrade. I called the rest of the process anyway, but after the full restart and ota I still have 1.5... please tell me what I'm doing wrong, I appreciate any help you guys can offer. Thanks
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Lets go down a list to see if we can't fix your problem (adding a Trouble Shooting to the Tutorial).

1) Is the file on the lowest level of the SD Card?

2) Is the file named PB00IMG.zip? It cannot have (1) or anything like that on the name.

3) Is the file 103mb? If not, it did not download fully.
 
I posted on Saturday that I updated my husband's Droid Eris with 2.1 and had no problems. My husband is especially picky about how his phone works and so I have to admit I was concerned.

He has had tiny problems but in all honesty, not sure if it was operator error on his part after he told me what happened. He has had a couple of calls where he couldn't hear the caller or they couldn't hear him. Did a reset on the phone and I haven't heard him complain about it again.

He had no problems with Facebook syncing and while a phone restart does require a re-sign in to his gmail account, that's not been a big deal since he doesn't reboot his phone that often.

He has reported that getting into his contact list doesn't always let him do a "tap and call" from the contact listing. I'll try and check it out myself before I say this is something to put on the "list of things of possible bugs." Anyone else experience this?

Thank you to Matlock for the great instructions....even though I'm not one of his fast-food trainee's, I appreciated the turn-by-turn directions.

--gwen
 
gkautz said:
I posted on Saturday that I updated my husband's Droid Eris with 2.1 and had no problems. My husband is especially picky about how his phone works and so I have to admit I was concerned.

He has had tiny problems but in all honesty, not sure if it was operator error on his part after he told me what happened. He has had a couple of calls where he couldn't hear the caller or they couldn't hear him. Did a reset on the phone and I haven't heard him complain about it again.

He had no problems with Facebook syncing and while a phone restart does require a re-sign in to his gmail account, that's not been a big deal since he doesn't reboot his phone that often.

He has reported that getting into his contact list doesn't always let him do a "tap and call" from the contact listing. I'll try and check it out myself before I say this is something to put on the "list of things of possible bugs." Anyone else experience this?

Thank you to Matlock for the great instructions....even though I'm not one of his fast-food trainee's, I appreciated the turn-by-turn directions.

--gwen
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It's very nice to hear that the instructions worked well. Hopefully the Google Nav Turn-by-tuen directions work equally well. lol

The contact list problem I have not experianced yet.
 
Matlock said:
Lets go down a list to see if we can't fix your problem (adding a Trouble Shooting to the Tutorial).

1) Is the file on the lowest level of the SD Card?

2) Is the file named PB00IMG.zip? It cannot have (1) or anything like that on the name.

3) Is the file 103mb? If not, it did not download fully.
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Thanks Matlock, I'm not sure if my reply got to you but thanks for the help. It ended up working after i did the restart by only holding down the call and power buttons, then after the option screen loads, i used the Vol-down button to get the hboot , then upgrade question. before i was holding down all 3 buttons at once and the Hboot option wouldn't load.

Another question for you :-)
I'm on 2.1 now (loving it!!!) Verizon voicemail isn't working even after the OTA programing... the error message says "not able to authenticate yourr phone" any ideas on how to correct?
 
when i clicked on the link to get 2.1 today i get a 404 file not found error on the webpage am I the only one


Found it somewhere else guide worked great thanks!!!
 
benito65 said:
when i clicked on the link to get 2.1 today i get a 404 file not found error on the webpage am I the only one


Found it somewhere else guide worked great thanks!!!
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So sorry i couldn't respond sooner. Laptop took a fall. Glad i have the Black Tie coverage from Best Buy! the link is finally back up. The site hosting the file was down for a while. But I am glad you found a good copy.

melonjuice said:
Thanks for the guide everything worked flawlessly
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Very welcome.
 
What would happen if we already have the 2.1 leak and tried to flash the root 2.1 would it brick my phone or just not update...anyone try this?
 
OK, I've been reading this forum since I got my phone at Christmas. I read all the pros and cons and it seems like everyone who had bugs has found that it is less buggy recently (maybe due to app updates?). So I went for it. So far, so good. I haven't tried to make a call yet.
 
acidbath5546 said:
Made thread Sticky, nice post and tutorial Matlock.

Cheers.
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Awesome! Thanks for the sticky.

iAndroiid said:
Phone's been great so far! Thanks again!
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Glad to hear it.

nomarsgirl said:
OK, I've been reading this forum since I got my phone at Christmas. I read all the pros and cons and it seems like everyone who had bugs has found that it is less buggy recently (maybe due to app updates?). So I went for it. So far, so good. I haven't tried to make a call yet.
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Great! You should go ahead and do everything you'd normally do with your phone. That way, if anything happens you'll know and it wont be that big of a problem later down the road.
 
How do I get the program on my phone using a MAC? I am using one at work and really don't know how to use his thing. Can I transfer through USB?
 
jarek_21 said:
Do you know if you can "re" update it to another leaked version?
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Yes. You shouldn't have any problem going from one leaked version to another; so long the Software Info do not match.
iheotp said:
nevermind, i got it
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Glad you got it working. What was your method on transferring from MAC to your Eris? I'll post it to help anyone who might have problems as well.
 
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