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[Droid Eris Android Development] TwchHouse:
::UPDATE::

-sorry for the double post-

I downloaded this file

####grense.no/android/android.2.1.droid.eris/PB00IMG.zip[/url]

removed the old [PB00IMG.zip] from the SD Card

Replaced it with the newley downloaded file Powered Down Phone

Powered On Just Like Before Choose HBOOT and After it was done checking the PB00IMG.zip it game me the option to "install update"

Installed fine and Im on First Boot Currently.......

So Far New HTC Boot Screen!

Verizon Wireless thing looks the same (lol)

Waiting.......

Works Like A Charm!

A+++ Work!
[Droid Eris Android Development] 05swtc:
Looks like you got it!! Congrads and enjoy!

05
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dangerous Dave:
Can you give more details please? I just dl'd and enabled "Better Keyboard", but when I go into any text boxes, I just get the old Eris keyboard. What am I missing?

D Dave
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
D Dave you need to go to Menu->settings->language & keyboard->then change keyboards. Should do it for you.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Gogetphuct:
Did you figuire this "better keyboard" out? Would like to try it if it works.

Thx:D
[Droid Eris Android Development] Gogetphuct:
Have you used this keyboard w/ speech to text ?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
I usually use Swype but Better is alright.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
One other thing you usually need to do after you enable the keyboard is long press in a text field to bring up the text input method button then select the Better keyboard or if you have Swype enabled select Swype.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dangerous Dave:
That did the trick. Awesome. Damn...it's 1 AM. I worked 60 freakin hours this week. I'm going to bed. I'll play with this some more in the morning. Thanks guys.

D Dave
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
That last piece of info about changing the keyboard shouldn't have that explanation. I think if you go into the settings and check the box next to the keyboard you want it should automatically change the default keyboard. It makes no sense to to have to long press in a text field after you select the keyboard. Oh did I mention that I hate having to change the default keyboard two different ways? Sorry for the rant.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
unregister and re-register?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Yay 200 posts...........Awwwww 201. Not that they mean anything. I have heard more times than 100 a person with 3 posts say something much more logical than a post machine.:D I hope I don't fall into the latter to often!:)
[Droid Eris Android Development] ashertheplague:
hey when do you think 2.1 will be rooted if you had to guess.?:confused:
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
I really don't know. I do know that it is going to be nice once they release the official update and we won't have to worry about them patching the flaw(s).:cool:
[Droid Eris Android Development] inthenickoftime4:
Unable to program my phone

Yesterday I had no problem updating to 2.1. However, tonight after doing a factory reset I am no longer able to reconnect to Verizon via *228 - 1. Any ideas?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Do you just get an X for a signal?
[Droid Eris Android Development] inthenickoftime4:
No. It shows two bars and a triangle on top.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Is the triangle in the upper left or right or somewhere else?
[Droid Eris Android Development] inthenickoftime4:
It's right about the signal bars. If I had to guess I would say that it means it's roaming... but obviously I shouldn't be.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Have you done *228 option 2?
[Droid Eris Android Development] inthenickoftime4:
yes, that fails as well.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Can you make calls? Can you get on the web?
[Droid Eris Android Development] inthenickoftime4:
Nope. No luck... I reflashed. Still didn't help.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Go to link and tell me what is on your phone. http://search.vzw.com/?do=viewdoc&id=16455
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
BRB with info.
[Droid Eris Android Development] inthenickoftime4:
Its Roaming
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
I would call VZW and have them reset what ever they can and see if that works. Just don't tell them about the 2.1 they have no way of knowing.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Not to get off topic but to go back to an earlier post I made I actually like Smart Keyboard Pro the best for touch typing.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dangerous Dave:
Good morning! FWIW, since I did that it now brings up better keyboard first, but ironically, the microphone button doesn't show up until you actually touch in another text box. Also, even though I have "auto punctuation" selected in the settings...it doesn't auto punctuate. If I say the words "period", or "question mark", it types the words rather than inserting the punctuation. That's annoying. I think I have 24 hours to sort it out or get my money back and try something else. I've seen a couple people mention "Smart keyboard" and "swype" so might look into those if I can't sort this out. I know comments in the market for this one were mixed, some loved it, some hated it. I'll report more later, maybe put it in a separate thread, as this one's cluttered up enough already...don't need to add to the problem.

D Dave
[Droid Eris Android Development] t2noob:
How exactly do we patch it!?!??!

I need instructions a 5 yr old can understand
[Droid Eris Android Development] listyb01:
I'm still downloading the file, if I get it patched before someone uploads it I would be happy to.
[Droid Eris Android Development] kenkash:
Thank you! .. this is AWESOME!!! .. thanks to everyone who figured this out and took the chance to test ..
[Droid Eris Android Development] motionUS:
It would be sweet if someone could post a patched 2.1 file. I would love to get his on my phone.

Thanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] anom69:
how do i install this?
[Droid Eris Android Development] t2noob:
They working on uploading patched file but i want to get it patched first and try it out myself instead of waiting....
[Droid Eris Android Development] n2imagination:
Hey all... since they shut down the root thread. Are any of the root devs listening in here? and if so is this something we should do or is root days away now and we should wait? If we should up the rom then can we PLEASE get a patched version for us dummies.:o Thank you very much!
[Droid Eris Android Development] anom69:
what do you mean by 'patch' the file?
[Droid Eris Android Development] t2noob:
Ok I figured out how to patch it get the binary patch and the program here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5783066&postcount=42 then open up a command prompt (make sure you run as admin on vista and windows 7) and the run the command that is posted on that post and you should have a patched version!
[Droid Eris Android Development] dspanos:
I have a Mac, and obviously I can't use any of these programs to patch it. Whoever uploads this will be my best friend! lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] Vrekk:
Wait, so is everything working like it should? Camera, bluetooth etc? And can will still downgrade if this is a bust?
[Droid Eris Android Development] t2noob:
upload is coming check here for link

http://thekrtek.net/
[Droid Eris Android Development] kenkash:
Your right .. was easy to patch once I followed directions :) .. Before I do this, can someone confirm this update to 2.1 works and has Sense? Thank you.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tyarbro13:
could someone possibly upload the patched file, ive tried downloading the corrupted file and its still at 0/103.8MB after twenty minutes.

edit: nvm, saw the previous post with a patched. thanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] t2noob:
Yeah 2.1 has been confirmed and working by the guy who owns this site

http://thekrtek.net/

Captainkrtek
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
im running it, everything works so far, follow my post on thekrtek.net

here is proof

http://imgur.com/AJkH6
[Droid Eris Android Development] anom69:
any advice would be great.. lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] ataranine:
So this should work, correct? Either way, I'll be trying it soon as it's done downloading.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Snakehn:
can anybody please post a picture of the phone running 2.1? either with google nav or anything like that?
[Droid Eris Android Development] mdc4115:
works great. no problems yet. *crosses fingers*
[Droid Eris Android Development] Raikalo:
I know these have been stated, but after running 2.1 for a couple days, I finally started experiencing the following bugs as well:

Facebook not relaying profile pictures to my phone.

Wallpapers still not resizing properly.

Gmail/Google in general is asking for login information about 4 times a day, whether I cut the phone off or not.

Lag at random intervals, doesn't last more than a few(3-5) seconds, typically.

Some paid apps from the market aren't available to this version of the firmware.

Again, I know these don't really have fixes yet, but I did want to confirm that I am experiencing them now.

Thanks again to everyone who worked on this.

What's the ETA on the official version? I saw that some Verizon devs/techies/whatevers have the version and are fixing bugs, so.....how long do you think?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Jceezy:
Paid apps not working for the firmware arent really a bug but a definite pain in the ass lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] xokatwoman:
Any app that isn't there is because they maker hasn't put it there (from what I've heard), I e-mailed the guy who made the one I wanted and he put it there (:
[Droid Eris Android Development] nindoja:
Wrong. What is happening is that the developers have "Copy Protection" enabled on their application, and since we are using a non-official version of android, we do not have access to copy protected apps.

It's the same bug that occured when VZW released the MR2 update for us. All it will take is for google to allow the current version to have access to copy protected applications.

Sadly, this probably wont' come until the official 2.1 release hits.
[Droid Eris Android Development] chancellorr:
Is anyone else having a problem with the search keyboard? It isn't the normal keyboard but its the url keyboard.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
If anyone still has 1.5 on their phone let me know by email steven @ thekrtek.net, if you are not worried about losing data we could use your phone for development. if you are worried i can help backup your phone. Join irc.thefuzz4.net #Dev or #DroidEris and PM Captainkrtek for more info.

Thanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] ihtfp69:
Awesome

You all are truly awesome!! It worked the first time with no problems. :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] chancellorr:
Also is anyone experiencing the sound just stopping randomly? Like ringer volume being all the way up but not working?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Raikalo:
This was mentioned in earlier posts as a bug for some people. I personally haven't noticed.

Ahhh....I see. Any estimated time that the 2.1 update will be out? I don't care, I'm just using the free versions of the apps until they fix it.

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Another question to devs/Eris veterans... if I did a factory reset of my phone, wouldn't it remove 2.1 and replace it with the ORIGINAL firmware?

EDIT: After hopping in the IRC channel, I found out a factory reset DOES NOT reset the firmware IF you updated to 2.1. :( Can anyone else confirm this? I searched around but didn't see anything about it.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
You are correct as to reverting back to 1.5, it cannot be done as of yet. I have tried a few methods and am not really interested with the up/down process as 2.1 provides other nice things that are yet to be discovered! ;)
[Droid Eris Android Development] izzaeroth:
Signal seems to have been nerfed?!

So...I put this 2.1 on my Eris earlier to see what all it could do. Other than the Gmail asking for pw when powering on device, the only other issue I noticed was it seems the signal strength got nerfed. I am guessing it was in an effort to help the battery life. I was telling someone earlier in the day that I liked the phone because it had an unusally strong signal as opposed to my previous smart phones. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this or not. If I had to guess I would say there was about a 5-10 dBm reduction with this update. Does anyone else seem to notice this drop in the signal strength?

The navigator app is freakin sweet tho. It would be even better if they incorporated your MPH on it next to the ETA thing at the bottom.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sheen160:
I thought it looked like my 3G was down lower than it should've been. But I couldn't tell if i was just being paranoid or not. If that's even what you're saying :( lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] marsMayflower:
I'm getting a lower 3G signal strength after the update. This may be the cause of the poor battery life in my set... its worse than with 1.5.

edit: what I mean to say is that the set is constantly switching from 1x to 3G and its killing the battery.
[Droid Eris Android Development] ihtfp69:
I noticed the same thing. The pinch-zoom feature seems to break. Even the Leap feature for Sense breaks. A reboot fixes the problem. The double-tap to zoom in the browser still works, though.
[Droid Eris Android Development] f3hunter:
VZW/eris issue

I did a factory reset and had the same issue, The tech told me there is a known;) issue sometimes when resetting the Eris, it took him 5 seconds to fix it on his end.
[Droid Eris Android Development] crimson31:
so i threw the eris 2.1 rom on my sprint hero besides the ovbious issues with the visual voicemail the only problem i seem to be having is the camera any fix for that as of yet?
[Droid Eris Android Development] crimson31:
oh jeeze nvm just relized this was the eris forum sry guys
[Droid Eris Android Development] head8555:
I've noticed the signal is horrible in my home 25mile radius however when I go out that radius it increases. Yesterday I had full bars and excellent battery life. It's so strange.
[Droid Eris Android Development] drew630:
I haven't done the update yet. I think im going to hold out a little longer for the official one, but have you guys with the signal problems tried to update your roaming codes? (*228 #2)
[Droid Eris Android Development] marsMayflower:
Yes. still terrible.
[Droid Eris Android Development] izzaeroth:
At first with the signal I thought it may have been the new PRL that was released, which I previously did not have. I manually loaded the previous PRL and still seem to have the same issue. It also seems the battery life still sucks. :rolleyes:
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Someone over at Phandroid foruns said that after she left her phone charging in Airplane mode the signal increased and her battery life increased. Worth trying I guess if you are having these issues.
[Droid Eris Android Development] !!CANDROID!!:
Google Navigator Text to Speech issue.

For all of you having problems with google nav text to speech

Go to the market and download the voice data app. I searched "text to speech" and a couple of things came up. scroll down a bit and you'll see the voice sys. (voice data) download. Download and install. Launch navigator and you will now have text to speech.
[Droid Eris Android Development] nemish13:
I know DROID has received another leak of 2.1update1

Since the initial leak, has anyone seen another ROM released?

As far as the "speed" issues people have commented on.

For the most part I can confirm my Eris is faster now than it was running MR2

But I will say while running I have experienced some hiccups where notifications come in as I'm holding the phone, click to unlock the screen, and the weather overlay delays the visual notification even though the vibrate or audible notification is what made me check.

So does get sluggish.

Does that mean they need to strip this out of the final OTA build because the CPU can't handle it? Maybe but there could be some sort of other background processes, bugs, that once fixed will remove this noticeable delay.
[Droid Eris Android Development] izzaeroth:
I will give that a try today and see what happens.
[Droid Eris Android Development] marsMayflower:
I did another *228 -2 and signal strength is much better, at the moment... steady at full speed 3G and hasn't dropped to 1x once. We'll see if it lasts.
[Droid Eris Android Development] izzaeroth:
To temporarily fix the switching you can pull up the phone menu and dial the following: ##778 and press CALL. Then select EDIT mode and enter 000000 for the password. Then goto Modem Settings and select Preferred Mode. It should be on Automatic by default. If you set it to CDMA Only, that will only give you 1X, where as HDR Only will give you only 3G. Press Menu then Commit Changes to save the selections, BUT keep this in mind! HDR Only mode will not let you call out or receive calls since 1X is the actual voice channel. :cool:
[Droid Eris Android Development] skankaholics511:
i have taken advice from some place about the battery life, just turn 3g off when you aren't using it. it saves me so much life. i rarely have to charge it now, unless you always have to use 3g but in my case not so much.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Gogetphuct:
There seems to be alot of posts concerning LOW SIGNAL. Mine definetly seems a little lower BUT when initiating a call it goes to FULL SIGNAL. Has anyone else noticed THAT.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
See you guys later. I traded my Eris for a Droid and have moved on. Hope to hear about root on your phone and that everything goes well. Peace!
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Talk about jumping ship!
[Droid Eris Android Development] erisowner:
Big question

2.1 is working great for me! Thanks so much! The only question I have though is that when 2.1 is made available through Verizon, can we/should we upgrade to their version? Will our phones even let us know that there is an update available?
[Droid Eris Android Development] izzaeroth:
After further review, I guess there was a slight improvement to the battery, but probably not enough for them to nerf the signal. I am curious now to see if the actual release will keep the signal dampened or not. I still hope we can get this rooted tho!
[Droid Eris Android Development] izzaeroth:
You should be able to do the update. When it comes out, I probably would do it because they may have fixed some of the other bugs with this ver.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jfont25:
I've been running 2.1 for a few days now. No big issues. For the most part, feels snappier. Certainly no more lag than in 1.5. Signal and battery life are fine, haven't really seen any difference. Brightness control widgets work now. Youtube works great. Really like the auto-linked contacts. Access to 2.x apps, like Google Goggles, is neat-o. Better camera controls.

I did have an issue with Handcent SMS failing to send messages. Fixed it by by going to 'Manage Applications' and clearing the 'Launch by default' setting on 'Messages', went to my contacts to send a message, set Handcent to default. No more problems.

I also have the re-login to Google on phone reboot thing, but not a big deal.
[Droid Eris Android Development] head8555:
I've noticed that as well.
[Droid Eris Android Development] erisowner:
Alright, great thanks!
[Droid Eris Android Development] izzaeroth:
I can possibibly answer that. There are 2 types of signal the phone picks up, one is 3G-EVDO(which is used for data) and 1X(which is for voice, but can be used for data). The phones will show the 3G signal by default. When placing a voice call or SMS you should see it switch over to 1X. Now, generally speaking you would think the 3G-EVDO and the 1X signal would be the same, but they can actually vary quite a bit. Usually the 1X signal is going to have a greater presence than the 3G-EVDO signal. That could explain why your signal improves when calling out. The coverage out where I live and work is about the same so I can't really tell a difference. :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
You would to if you could trade a straight across! I have owned 3 HTC's with Android and thought I would try something different. I will miss this forum because XDA is where I started this whole Android trip and I will be back once I get an N1 or the next HTC Android device but until then. Later.

Oh and when you call the phone only uses 1X never 3G so it will always switch.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tbaker077:
How were you able to trade straight across?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Craigslist, I actually had a few people wanting to trade!
[Droid Eris Android Development] tbaker077:
That is pretty tempting now that SenseUI is working on Droid, but found the Eris to have better call quality.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
I like change. I love to tinker and I figured that with the two new phones coming on Verizon I can take a chance of getting a better phone with a higher resale value and selling it for more then getting a N1 basically cheaper. paid 99 for Eris, traded for 199 Droid, can sell Droid for 300-350, N1=569? so I am way closer to a N1 with the Droid than I ever was with the Eris.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Look at my altered sig, all alterations done in an hour!
[Droid Eris Android Development] Royel:
congratulations
[Droid Eris Android Development] wamsille:
Did the 2.1 update.

So far, I like it. Phone has locked up a few times but after 10 seconds it corrects itself. Scary at first, though.

When I reboot I do lose my Google login, but that is minor. I'm pleased - hoping there are no further hiccups. Hopefully I can still upgrade to the official version once it is out.
[Droid Eris Android Development] marsMayflower:
another bug

Something is messed up with the battery with this update....when the phone is idle for a few hours, it will shut off completely as if the battery has gone completely dead. It won't start up until i plug it in for a few minutes. When it starts up, the battery reports pretty much where it was when it shut down, which has been anywhere from 30-50%.
[Droid Eris Android Development] wamsille:
Shoot. Maybe I took the plunge too soon. Grrr - I was hoping this would be better than the time I flashed my Omnia before the CF03 update came out.
[Droid Eris Android Development] pinksocker69:
If its any consolation, I'm not seeing any problems of the sort with the update. It's possible that the new firmware is simply exposing some kind of manufacturing defect in either the phone or the battery of mars' device.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tbaker077:
If this is true, we may want to figure out a way to say our phone isn't working right and then try to get a free swap. http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-incredible-rumored-soon-be-replacing-htc-droid-eris-verizon
[Droid Eris Android Development] marsMayflower:
sorry if this has been asked already, i did a search and nothing came up....

Has anyone noticed that facebook updates aren't being pushed to notifications anymore? Not that I'm unhappy about that cuz those notifications are rather annoying but am I missing something?
[Droid Eris Android Development] wamsille:
That....that really pisses me off.

I'll have to see if VZW will allow me to pay the one-year contract pricing to get the phone. My argument? - I just got the Eris in January.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Randomocity812:
Are you running wifi?
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
QUESTION.....................has there been any bug fixes for the no sound during calls problem?
[Droid Eris Android Development] marsMayflower:
No.

I did a battery pull... we'll see how it goes. Not good, so far, with this update. I may have to use the verizon upgrade option for an Incredible! Why the hell did they limit it to 256M RAM?