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[Droid Eris Android Development] thefuzz4:
If you need help with getting this installed please come visit us in irc

Server: irc.thefuzz4.net

Room: #RootTheEris

There are pleanty of people in there to help you out.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Paradox9:
Verizon to 1.6

I talked to my Verizon rep (I'm an indirect sales agent) last night and he told me that they will make an announcement about an update for the Droid Eris within the next 2 weeks. Also he said it would not be going to 2.0/2.1 but rather to 1.6 but will add Google Navigation and a couple other apps.

Take it for what it's worth, I heard this directly from my VZW District sales rep who said he got it in an e-mail (he's not the most technical guy, which leads me to believe what he is saying, he does NOT pay attention to rumors).
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sheen160:
HTC themselves confirmed that the Eris would get 2.0/2.1 unless that's changed. And we obviously have it here now so..
[Droid Eris Android Development] n2imagination:
The apps that you can back up with backup pro or astro will work just fine and market will sense that you have already paid for them since the dev didn't "fingerprint" them. If they are "fingerprinted" then that means there wont be an opt in those programs to back them up and when you install update market doesn't see it as a valid update/os so it doesn't even show up as available in the search. Eventually, more than likely after the OTA, market will catch up to what is valid on the eris and your paid/fingerprinted apps will show as available. There is a workaround to force them to show on the droid but it involves editing a file and I haven't tried it yet. I only have one app that is in this category. Pure calendar. Which I desperately miss but I will live for a few weeks with the default cal.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Paradox9:
Well I agree, I also saw somewhere that HTC said they would release an update to 2.0, but unfortunately that doesn't mean VZW will use it....I'm hoping for the best though.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Settings->Search->searchable items->make your selections.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Thank you for clearing that up, much appreciated!
[Droid Eris Android Development] iB4STiD:
Ok, anyone notice if the reception on the phone has improved, my problem with the phone was when i had the eris next to a droid the droid's reception was solid where as the eris would just jump from half to full bars non stop.
[Droid Eris Android Development] apreichner:
Just so everyone knows... If you download a paid app from the market, as long as you are using the same Google email, you can re-download it at no charge, assuming it is still on the market in 2.1.

And from previous posts, I'm pretty sure you CAN downgrade, but can anyone confirm that they have done this?
[Droid Eris Android Development] durrell12:
It worked great for me by downloading the original file and then patching. It's awesome! Seems to be much snappier and much more polished. Google and Exchange Sync works perfectly. :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] nemish13:
Yeah Speech to Text is what I am looking for and what was added to Android 2.1

I guess I'm a bit confused... the CPU specs between Eris and DROID aren't that much slower. It is a faster proc but only by a few MHz not a few hundred MHz

Definitely want to figure out how to enable/install FriendStream
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Thanks for the correction. I haven't downloaded a paid app in a long time.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
I have been looking for the .APK for the Android 2.1 keyboard but can only find one that works if you have root access. For some reason HTC left this out? We might be able to get FriendStream once it's .APK is released for download. But as far as I know it is not available on any phone for purchase yet.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Legit or not!

So, one post I read claims this is a legit update to 2.1 that got leaked. I just read another post that claims it's not legal. So which is it? Anyone have any thoughts??
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Going to run RUU MR2 right now and will let you know if we can downgrade. BRB.
[Droid Eris Android Development] JTF2007:
My GF has speech to text on her 1.5 Eris using Handcent. She said she got a pop-up saying the "speech to text is required to read this message" when I sent her a SMS using Swype for the first time. We tried it last night and it works awesome. When using Handcent, press menu and then tap the microphone icon and wait until it reads "speak now" It translates almost perfectly...
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
You

CANNOT

use the MR2 RUU from Personal Communications to downgrade your phone to 1.5. I repeat: you

Cannot

use this to downgrade. Wrong Bootloader.
[Droid Eris Android Development] hallstevenson:
You're comparing clock speed between TWO DIFFERENT CPU designs. Simply can't do that....
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Well then this begs the question, does ANYBODY know how to go about downgrading to 1.5 if needed?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sheen160:
So basically we're screwed if we want to downgrade and get the official update to see if it adds Friendstream or voice to text? Although I'm sure someone could find a way around it. I'm not very smart when it comes to this stuff. :o
[Droid Eris Android Development] jester369:
+1 (stupid 10 charac limit)
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
I am going to see if we/I can find a way around it but it requires changing the bootloader and to do that we need root. So yes we are working on it.
[Droid Eris Android Development] t2noob:
No possible way to downgrade at the moment.
[Droid Eris Android Development] marsMayflower:
youtube still broken

high quality is still broken when using 3G in the youtube app

edit: it is working *better* but i still get the "can't play video" error message every so often
[Droid Eris Android Development] sickbox:
I'm sure the RUU will run fine once Verizon pumps it out to us.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
True, we should be able to download it just like we can with the RUU MR2 from PCD. Then we will have the Verizon approved 2.1.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Root folder

This may have been posted but I can't find it anywhere........

Where on my SD card do I find the Root folder?

Sorry, this is all new to me
[Droid Eris Android Development] tbaker077:
What? I don't see any of these? Anyone else want to confirm this?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sheen160:
Weather homescreen animations work as well as leap. We don't have friendstream though

Leap is the pinch on homescreen thing and for the weather thing if you have HTC's weather widget or clock/weather widget and you unlock the phone on whatever page it's on, you'll get an animation for the weather. I.e. clouds roll in and the screen gets rays of light from the sun if it's sunny. etc
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
[size=+1]Whoa.... hold on there for a second![/size]

Using the RUU to rollback has never worked, even from 1.17.605.1 -> 1.16.605.1; on the other hand, using the exact same method that you used to get the 2.1 leak onto the phone [size=+1]might[/size] work - you'll have to give it a try. (The bootloader has changed, whereas it was identical in the 16 and 17 RUUs)

Basically, what you do is to start the RUU updater and let it unpack all its files, but don't try to actually push the update to the phone (it will fail). Then you poke around and find the file "rom.zip" inside the (temporary) folders area that the RUU update creates. Rename that to PB00IMG.ZIP and put it on the root folder of the SD card. You have to find the "rom.zip" file and get a copy of it before you exit the RUU program because that program nukes all it's temporary files when it closes

The locations to look for the temporary files are mentioned in jmanley69's December 11th post

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5120383&postcount=193

(underneath C:\Documents and Settings\username\ in one of the Temp subfolders)

Edit: steps 11-14 of jmanley69's post do not apply in this case - you want to use the unmolested "rom.zip" file, but renamed to PB00IMG.ZIP. (Those instructions were his suggestions prior to the devs finding out that the whole zip archive was signed).

Could you give this a shot and report back? - I haven't tried it yet (with the 2.1 leak - it does work for rolling backwards from 1.17.605.1 -> 1.16.605.1, but as I mentioned the bootloaders were the same between those two OTAs).

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] slayer69:
Its the first area that opens up when you usb to it. Its not a "folder" its just the first level of the SD card.
[Droid Eris Android Development] nemish13:
I think once HTC is fully supporting 2.1 Sense, I don't think they are yet, we will be able to get the Friend Stream.

Just to confirm does anyone have the "HTC Widget -> Get more HTC widgets" working?

Mine says "Unable to download widgets". Anyone heard when this will be available from HTC?
[Droid Eris Android Development] marsMayflower:
battery life

sadly, battery life is no better
[Droid Eris Android Development] tbaker077:
Ah didn't know it was called leaped, and I guess I didn't pay attention well enough to the the weather app.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Sure BRB. (+2 for 10 character limit)

It should not work because the bootloader is different and will not recognize the old files. So hopefully it will bypass the .zip and load to 2.1.
[Droid Eris Android Development] nemish13:
I sadly have to agree.

As a side note: I have always had bad battery life when using Meebo so I used eBuddy for additional GTalk since built-in only supports one account. Since upgrading to 2.1 both Meebo and eBuddy seem to kill my phone.

I have installed Spare Parts and confirmed that they are extremely running ramped. I even have the "save battery" option turned on in eBuddy to delay notifications for up to 15 minutes and no luck... still hogs...

has anyone found since upgrading to 2.1 an additional IM app (support for at least gtalk, would like fb as well) that doesn't completely kill the battery?

I almost feel that my battery life has gotten worse since 2.1 update rather than better.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
So if I plug my SD card into my computer, the screen that comes up that lists everything that's on it, that's where it goes?
[Droid Eris Android Development] slayer69:
In the window that opens up. That is the root directory. So you will see all your folders and should see the update file there as well.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Got it, THANK YOU!
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Unless I have done something wrong you cannot remove .zip file from MR2 RUU and SD\Root paste it to go through hboot. The bootloader changed and will not reconize the old MR2 file. We need root to change/add a second bootloader. We should be able to use the new RUU that Verizon supplies when 2.1 is officially released.
[Droid Eris Android Development] ataranine:
What have you tried?
[Droid Eris Android Development] jlampson:
I had to open it using WinRAR and then I was able to see its contents. The built-in Windows ZIP utility must not read it properly.
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
NOT COOL!

GRRR! You gave me a heart attack when I saw your name and you haven't tried yet! Well back to the waiting game...
[Droid Eris Android Development] DarthMowzy:
Tried extracting files but got this message:

PB00IMG.zip: CRC failed in system.img. The file is corrupt

I downloaded it twice and got the error both times
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
ive downloaded it placed it onto spare sd card it root, start loading the rom, it loads, does checking for a minute then it just goes back to the bootloader menu
[Droid Eris Android Development] SellswordShev:
Hey riverrunner, thanks for uploading this, but seems like the file is incomplete/corrupt. When trying to extract the process fails on the CRC check of system.img, other files are fine. Can you re-upload the ROM please.
[Droid Eris Android Development] zanfur:
Corrupt.

zanfur@rbatteylaptop:~/eris/images/riverrunner$ unzip /home/zanfur/data/download/PB00IMG.zip
Archive: /home/zanfur/data/download/PB00IMG.zip
warning [/home/zanfur/data/download/PB00IMG.zip]: 256 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile
(attempting to process anyway)
inflating: android-info.txt
inflating: boot.img
inflating: hboot_7501a_1.49.0000_100124.nb0
inflating: nv_2.11_0103_PRL58005_full.nb
inflating: radio.img
inflating: recovery.img
inflating: system.img bad CRC eca3bc81 (should be 8ce65915)
inflating: userdata.img
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
In English this means?

Dev is such a hard language to learn. I know Mac Dev, Windows Dev, Linux Dev, Server Dev, and iPod Dev. Just not fluent in Eris Dev yet.

(If you didn't catch on it's supposed to mean terminology.)
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
it loads fine but when it checks the signature it fails, and it seems we have a corrupt file, so close but so far

warning [/home/steven-dev/Downloads/PB00IMG.zip]: 256 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile

(attempting to process anyway)

bad CRC eca3bc81 (should be 8ce65915)
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
So can we change eca3bc81 to 8ce65915?

There's probably a dev out there going, "NO NO NO! If we had that ability to do that we would have root!"
[Droid Eris Android Development] ataranine:
I held down the Send key, Pressed the End key, then selected recovery and now it says checking, then it finished. So I rebooted to see what happens..
[Droid Eris Android Development] Smoothcrm7:
the file is corrupt sadly ... so close = (
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
It didnt work then. it wouldve rebooted and asked would you like to upgrade :(
[Droid Eris Android Development] zanfur:
Looks like the file is corrupt on purpose. I think I've found the section that was changed intentionally:

0328 8C80: 68 F7 20 20 20 20 20 63 6C 6F 73 65 0D 0A 0D 0A h. c lose....

This is also where unzip twigged, and it says "close"? Come on. Someone has a sense of humor.

I'm gonna see if I can bruteforce it -- there aren't that many bytes there. If it unzips correctly, and then passes sigcheck, I think we can be secure that it's the right rom. Of course, this might not be close at all...
[Droid Eris Android Development] gener1c:
Android Info File in it says this.. could be the 2.1 update as seen in the video of the eris running 2.1.. too bad the file is corrupted...

ModelID: DESI****

ModelID: PB001****

ModelID: PB00100

CIDNUM: 11111111

CIDNUM: VZW__001

hbootpreupdate: 3

MainVer: 2.26.605.2
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
LOL close... I will really be LOLing if we get it working and it is a 1.5 rom. :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
I like seeing things like this.
[Droid Eris Android Development] t2noob:
So no luck today with this?

Someone just playing a horrible trick on us?
[Droid Eris Android Development] powerpup118:
and is laughing terribly I imagine...
[Droid Eris Android Development] Snakehn:
the txt file inside does indeed show the same version of the 2.1 from the video.
[Droid Eris Android Development] edgeupgx:
Ok so I know the live wallpapers are not inluded in the standard 2.1 update but now that we can put 2.1 on the phone and see the live wallpapers in the market is there a possibility we can put the live wallpaper launcher apk on the phone?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
What is screwing up the downgrade is the fact that the new bootloader stays on the phone while the 2.1 rom is erased. So the new bootloader will give me a (43 main version check fail). It recognizes it as if it were a cooked rom because the signature has changed in the bootloaders. so we need root to get in there and alter the signatures in order to push the old 1.5 rom.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Okay, so being new to all of this I have to ask the obviously experienced people here some questions before taking the leap to 2.1..............

1. Will installing this void any warranties?

2. Do you honestly think that we can switch to the Officially released 2.1 when it comes? (in your opinion)

3. Have there been any negatives of installing this? (to the ones who've been playing with it)
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Bummer.

In the old bootloader, HBOOT goes and looks for a number of different files on the SD card and momentarily flashes their names on the screen when it is looking for them (*diag.zip, *diag.nbh, pb00img.zip, et cetera) ... does the new bootloader give up any hints that indicates it is looking for files?

Does it report any errors at all, or is it just mute about what it is doing?

TIA

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Crap. That's an uphill slog... and a long slope. Probably if someone were to disassemble the bootloader to the point where they understood it well enough to patch old public keys into place, it would make more sense to just ignore sig checks altogether.

Thanks for trying.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Just passing some info along...........

A friend of mine has been following this thread, just as I have, and actually contacted HTC. The response follows.........

I certainly understand your need to have the 2.1 operating system. This is actually the first I have heard personally of a "leaked" ROM update, although I do not doubt your word that this sort of rumor is out there. As such, I can only recommend against installing it, as even if it does turn out to be the actual update there are big reasons not to install it. First, as it is not an official release, it would likely void any warranties on the phone. Second, if it did turn out to be the actual ROM, it seems to me that there would be a reason that it had not been released. Personally, I recommend against installing the update, as I would not install any unofficial updates. As to a March 26th date for an OTA update, while I have heard that the update is likely to be over-the-air, we still have not heard or announced an official release date for the update. I apologize that this did not shed much more light on it, but I do recommend waiting. I thank you for your patience.

Philip

HTC Technical Support

www.htc.com

Not to scare anyone from updating, just passing some info along.

Any thoughts?
[Droid Eris Android Development] ghostfaced:
2.1 Up and running; issue with lock screen

I was able to get 2.1 running on my Eris. But I've noticed that my lock screen is different. Instead of drawing a pattern, I have to type in a 4+ character password. Is there any way to disable the password and get my patter-based unlock screen back?!
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Error: Wrong Bootloader

I am trying again with the .zip. hang on.
[Droid Eris Android Development] n2imagination:
One thing to consider on the battery life issue though guys. Since this was a big update the system may have gone dumb with the calibration. It may just need to be calibrated again with a few full charge to kill runs. I know mine has dropped much more this morning than usual but it is hanging around %30 now for quite a while. I have the 1750 batt so it most likely thinks the 1375 in in there and isnt even calibrated to it yet.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Still won't work.

It says:

Main Version is older!

Update fail!

Do you want to reboot device?

<action> yes

Sorry, we need root to downgrade.:mad:
[Droid Eris Android Development] ghostfaced:
nevermind, turns out that syncing with exchange caused my phone to require a password instead of a pattern.
[Droid Eris Android Development] n2imagination:
1. Absolutely it will void your warranty. BUT the warranty will be restored to good when the OTA comes out if that can be done after this update (which most believe will be fine).

2. Refer to 1.

3. The only real issues I have run into is that you have to log back into google services each time you reboot (but how often do you do that?), and a few apps that were purchased prior to the update will not show up in the market because it checks the system and doesn't show 2.1 as a valid system for the eris yet. This will change once the OTA hits since market will then see it as valid and your purchased app will show for download and install.

Basically I updated because I wanted the speed increases, navigation, and a few other features of 2.1 which I am very happy with, fully believing that either the OTA will be available to us in some form or another. I also think that once root is achieved, which in my uneducated opinion is going to happen soon, I wont want any more OTA's. The roms the cooks bake up are amazing from what I hear. You get all the benefits from all android platforms and none of the fat from verizon or HTC.

HTC's official statement is just that... they cannot say go ahead and mess with your device. I fully believe the devs that hook us up with these updates and roms are the unpaid division of HTC. They do a lot of the footwork and HTC eventually uses it in the next official release so I try to support them in all they do. A HUGE thanks to all the brains that work on this!;)
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
I agree! Thank you to them, I can't believe all the info about this that has come out in such a short time. Bravo!!!
[Droid Eris Android Development] minogue:
mind sharing how you got it to work???
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Just to recap 99% chance you will be able to install official 2.1 over leaked 2.1 because you are not downgrading/upgrading but you are installing the same signature that the bootloader is looking for.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Even though we'd be running 2.1 (leaked version), we'll still get the update notification?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Yes as long as it is a different version than what we are running now we will get the update screen. This should be the official 2.1 though so I wouldn't worry.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Can you re-install the leak 2.1 now that there is a different bootloader on the phone?

I think maybe it is not a difference in keys used for signing the .zip. If it is, you're phone is now bricked. :( The leak .zip worked with the previous bootloader - so that bootloader obviously needed to have the correct keys to check the sig on that (leaked) zip. If the keys in the new bootloader changed, then verification of the leaked .zip would fail when you went to re-install the leak using the updated bootloader.

From the error message that you reported ("main version"), it sounds like it has already gotten past the .zip signature checks. I hope that is the case, anyway.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] edgeupgx:
one would think that even though we have 2.1 it will be a later version therefore still providing an update for those that have taken the plunge. I still want to know if it would be possible to get live wallpagers on the phone now by putting the apk for it or something along those lines.