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[Droid Eris Android Development] scottdot2008:
Quick Notes: If you have suggestions/questions to add to my post please PM them to me and I will update it. I will be paying very close attention to this thread. As a new user I am currently unable to post links, this restriction will be removed in time.

Alright folks, keep it simple, and please don't repeat questions 12 dozen times.

Onto what this post is really about!

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DROID ERIS UPDATE AND ROOT STATUS THREAD

--- I am not responsible for anything you choose to do in regards to the steps listed in this thread. By reading and following any/all of these instructions you understand/agree to the fact that you are doing this under your own risk and that if anything goes wrong you had a chance to turn around, but CHOSE TO PROCEED REGARDLESS.

Quick Table of Contents: continue scrolling for more "updated" details

ROOT STATUS: ROOTED NOT YET RELEASED HOWEVER

MOST RECENT UPDATE("non-legit"): 2.1 with Sense

Scroll down for more info!

*NEED IMMEDIATE CONTACT FOR AN ISSUE/QUESTION/INQUIRY??

IRC: irc.thefuzz4.net #roottheeris and #dev (this is listen only for most)

or PM ME!

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***ROOT STATUS***- There appears to be a dev build of 2.1 that is rooted floating around.

The problem is that it is an older build than the leaked 2.1, so anyone who upgraded is now unable to flash to this rooted rom.

Current progress is being pointed at trying to figure out how to downgrade to 1.5 so that we can go to this 2.1 that has SU in it.

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[Droid Eris Android Development] skankaholics511:
i'm a first time poster....looonngg timme follower, i would just like to say that i asked a verizon worker the other day about the actual 2.1 update and they said it's scheduled release is quarter one. quarter one ends at the end of march so its due by then im assuming, i hope they wont screw with us anymore lol but doesnt matter i proudly messed with my first android device. i was rather proud, im a little too used to the jailbreaking process.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
Just so people know, our IRC chat is setup on:

irc.thefuzz4.net (round robin, aka random server specific servers are ircd.thefuzz4.net and irc.wastate.net)

General eris chat is at #roottheeris

our OPEN dev chat is #dev , however it is moderated and you will need to request voice to speak. People without dev input are welcome to sit and listen. People will dev input will be voiced and/or op'd/

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Known issues with our 2.1 update

1. Google Earth, installs but doesn't run (no loss we didn't have it before at all)

2. Making out going calls with google voice doesnt use google voice (same on 2.1 with nexus one). Work around is to make the call from the contacts OR downgrade to an older version of the google voice app.

3. On reboot you may have an authentication error with google, forcing you to relogin.

4. Audio issues during calls/certain apps. (I have tried over and over to reproduce this, and can't. 2.1 works flawlessly for me.)

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Numerous older exploits have been tried with no luck.

Tonight we tried flashing the 2.1 rom cooked with su included, signed as a hero rom with a hero gold card. Failed.

jcase

IRC Admin.

Eris junkie.
[Droid Eris Android Development] slugabed24:
Regarding known issue #2 (Google Voice) - does anyone know where to download an older version? Thanks for the help.
[Droid Eris Android Development] scottdot2008:
updated the looks, let me know if its good or not so good
[Droid Eris Android Development] CUProf:
It was posted in the leaked thread on page 50 something, but here it is (insert http:/ /) docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B3k8BMVWRldLMzVlY2MzNTgtY2I3Zi00YzFlLWE3O WItNWVkMzc2NjM0ZDhj&hl=en

I haven't installed 2.1 yet so I personally can't confirm but this is supposed to be G-Voice 0.2.0 which is said to be working.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Raziken:
Recovery Mode Menu Apparently does not exist anymore.
[Droid Eris Android Development] slugabed24:
thanks for the info - i can confirm that this works.
[Droid Eris Android Development] hardmanal:
I can confirm this works. I uninstalled the current version of GV, and installed this version.
[Droid Eris Android Development] mccloskeym:
I keep just getting the Triangle Exclamation point

I am following the directions, and I am "assuming" I am supposed to go into recovery mode. When I do this, I hit FASTBOOT, since it's the only thing I see as an option. I then get this screen (see picture attached) and nothing happens at all...

Guessing this is not good..

Any help? :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] sickbox:
DIFFERENT REBOOT MODES:

vol_up + power = recovery

vol_dn + power = hboot

send + power = fastboot
[Droid Eris Android Development] mccloskeym:
Got it

Thx man! I think it's rollin now! Hopefully gonna make some Hero carriers jealous
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sub-Standard:
2 ?s about 2.1 update.....

Will updating to 2.1 cause me to lose all apps, phone settings, music, contacts, & text messages that are saved ?

Does the 2.1 software make it possible for my Erius to both send AND receive Bluetooth files?
[Droid Eris Android Development] razo559:
Yes amd Yes,

The Contacts that you have SYNC'd with Google will be saved, but everything else will be erased. Except for what is on the SD Card.

And Yes you can finally send files through bluetooth.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sub-Standard:
one other thought.....

If I upgrade now, will I still get the official update from Verizon once they finally decide to release it?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Sorry to interrupt, but please use the search button. this section is about root not 2.1. The 2.1 thread is right outside of this one and all the questions are already asked in there. So please do not clutter this thread with non root related Q/A. Thanks and sorry to but in!;):D

PS not trying to come off as an asshole just a tip for ya,
[Droid Eris Android Development] sickbox:
+1 98765432
[Droid Eris Android Development] scottdot2008:
To be fair, I had included some guided questions regarding the recently leaked update, only as a filler into what would need to be corrected in the event that root came AND we were able to get some custom roms going.

Personally, I don't mind sifting through more questions and searching out answers for people, and while I don't know that it helps anything to create a second spam thread, I will have to agree that the search function is a valuable tool when there are 900+ posts to go through with possible answers.

Regardless, I've updated some questions and moved some more things around to better address the final goal of this thread, which is in the end to discuss Rooting methods ON 2.1. Getting people to 2.1 is part of that process :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
I am all for getting people to use 2.1 and their is a 70 page thread for that. I have been over there answering all kinds of questions for a while.
[Droid Eris Android Development] j18yo:
2.1 works great on the eris, only problem ive noticed is with handcent sms not sending texts quite a lot.. once i click and hit retry it'll go though, im not sure if its handcent and 2.1 or if its the messaging in general? i was looking for chomp sms or whatever the other popular one was but i cant find it anymore
[Droid Eris Android Development] larsdennert:
Why is it that the Hero folks can root the Eris 2.1 ROM and load it on their phones but we can't root the Eris? They can also load the unrooted rom freely and go backwards. :confused:
[Droid Eris Android Development] Videofolife13:
Simply put: Once you are rooted, you can't be unrooted. So, since they can root the phone, they can then continue to load on new roms without have to root every time a new firmware version comes out.
[Droid Eris Android Development] j18yo:
Wanted to confirm that it's only a surface problem.. HandcentSMS still sends your SMS out but a lot of the time it'll claim it was unable to send it. I would hit retry, and sometimes I'd need to hit retry 2-3 times before it'd finally claim it was successful. Then I found out I was sending the message 2-3 times haha. Not sure why it says it wasn't sent if it was but.. it became annoying to have the notification continually pop up so I reverted to ChompSMS and havent had a problem since
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
True but you can return the phone back to the original factory settings, it is just a pain to go back to factory.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Videofolife13:
Right, I mean to say once they could root the Hero, the root could not be taken away. I think that's better. Right?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
I'd say that sounds right. Once a phone has been "rooted" only the "rooter" can "unroot".
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
So, just to clear this up. Whether someone stays with 1.5 or loads the 2.1 leak, when root is achieved, they can both be rooted? And at that point, the ones who installed the leak could downgrade to 1.5 to get the Official update, if for some reason we can't go from 2.1(Leaked) to 2.1(official)?
[Droid Eris Android Development] larsdennert:
Seems like if you loaded an original ROM back that you wouldn't be rooted but I could be missing something. Maybe the bootloader is not affected by different roms. Maybe it's in the radio somewhere?
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
I thought from a post above that once we're rooted, we can load different ROM's. Once rooted always rooted, maybe i'm interpreting that wrong
[Droid Eris Android Development] noiddroid:
No that is not true there are many ways to unroot your phone HTC hero has a factory reset program that set the phone to out of box new (software wise). However, if you load a Rom that does not have the root built in you just unrooted you phone to that Rom. Needless to say there are only a few Roms that dont have the built in root. So if I got the official ota or otc 2.1 update there is a chance it would wipe my current Rom and do a fresh install of the os which is possible.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sub-Standard:
IRC chat?

Every link that I'be found doesn't get me there. Was just wanting to drop in for a min & see if anything is still going on in there.
[Droid Eris Android Development] scottdot2008:
I'm still unable to paste links inside of posts.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jearl75:
Oh okay, gotcha! Learnin lots in this forum
[Droid Eris Android Development] pjsockett:
I've been watching it all week and there really isn't anything going on as far as root discussion in the #dev and #droideris chat. There is a #root room that isn't public so I'm not sure what's going on in there. In the main 2 rooms that have been advertised in the forums there hasn't really been much root activity.
[Droid Eris Android Development] nindoja:
That's because most of the devs have been swamped this week with other things (school, work, personal lives). Hopefully the effort will pick back up after everything calms down.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
#root is empty, its a channel I have reserved for future use. Once we have root, I will open it.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sub-Standard:
So how do I get to the other public room? Or is it semi-public
[Droid Eris Android Development] zifnab06:
You can see what rooms are available by typing /list into yoru IRC client, then /join #roomname (WITH THE #) to join one. We have 3 rooms closed off to the public, 2 are server stuff rooms, one is just a hidden dev room in case we need privacy.

Enjoy!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] supreme_one333:
On both Pocket Player 4 and the built in music player, some of the music Genre's and artist names and other tag information is not rendered correctly. On Windows File Explorer the genre is correct under the Genre tab, but for some reason it won't render correctly on my topaz. I also just updated and fixed alot of the tag information on my songs so could the libraries be using old information and not updating? I have tried reseting my phone to clear old memory imprints, but it doesn't help. Also despite editing the tags on itunes, WMP on my computer renders the tags correctly, so I it is something to do with my phone rather than the songs themselves.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] supreme_one333:
Does no one else have this problem? It's really annoying since I cannot sort my songs by genre.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
Some info about it here.

There is a lot of info for ID3 tags if you search on it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] brianseo317:
Hello, I am currently running ZAYAN Ultimate 2 WWE ROM and I've been noticing that all of the incoming calls display their phone number in a weird way. For example instead of displaying (123) 456-7890, my phone displays the numbers as 1234-567890. However, when I call someone (outgoing calls) the numbers are displayed correctly. Is there a way to fix this problem? I would really appreciate any help. Thank you in advance! :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] !Aman!:
try changing the regional settings of the ROM and post your question in thread of the ROM which u r using
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lamensterms:
Hey dudes,

im sure many of you already know this, but i figured id post it for those who may not be aware of this possible fix.

for the last few days ive been playing around with igo8 on my HD2, and i have been a little disappointed with the way this program performs. i have had lots of trouble getting a GPS lock, and frequently getting the "gps receiver cannot be found", message while trying to detect the devices GPS.

i think i may have a solution for any of you experiencing the same issue.

my solutions is to disable AGPS, in the HTC's Locations seetings menu.

after doing this, i have had great success getting a GPS lock - even indoors.

hope this helps a few of you.

cheers.

------------EDIT-------------

ps: i also have my GPS settings (in igo8) set to Port 4, with a Baut Rate of 38400.

i get a GPS fix within half a second of opening the igo8 map screen.

good luck.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lamensterms:
no problem man. i figured id just make a post for those who may have been searching (or googleing) for "igo8" or "gps receiver cannot be found" rather than the specific "AGPS" setting. i spent quite a bit of time searching for everything excpet AGPS... seeing as though i had no idea AGPS was the cause of my problem.

so i thought i make the post for peeps in my situation, and also just to confirm that this AGPS thing might be an actual fix.

thanks for the reply dude.

ps: i dont mean my reply to sound like an A-hole, just wording it as simple as i can.

cheers.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] secoseco:
Hello

can't find disable AGPS, in the HTC's Locations seetings menu

using miri 6.5.X V6

can you explain more or screen shot
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lamensterms:
hey mate. just gotta go to htc settings screen > location > then hit the on/off switch on the right. check the screen shot.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Agoattamer:
The agps part is missing on my 1.66 wwe rom. Is there something I am missing?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lamensterms:
not too sure mate. if its a custom ROM, the ROM chef may have removed the AGPS feature. otherwise its possible your ROM simply does not contain the AGPS service.

if you cannot see it, and your ROM does not have it... then it shouldnt be causing any problems. are you having difficulty with your SatNav program?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Cenobite_:
I also don't have that setting in my official htc 1.66 NLD rom. Is there any other way to disable it? I kind of am curious if it improves my iGO8. Although I don't really have a problem. Only sometimes it takes a minute or two to get a fix.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Cobrav:
Port Issue

Hi all,

i have an issue in finding the GPS signal as when i go the customize the external GPS under settings i assign the COM2 under Programs and the port to COM9 with Baud Rate 4800 and under access clicked the Manage GPS Automatically, then when i press on ok and go to get the GPS signal on iGO it cannot be located ...

i go back to external and found that the port is NONE...put it back to COM9 click OK and check it back ...it turns to NONE............installed new official ROM, cooked ROMs, other radios and even other GPS like Route66 and navigon but always the same problem cant get the GPS signal.......:(

any help
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lamensterms:
Cobrav... in your "external gps" settings, try set your GPS program port to COM4, the hardware i believe is irrelevant, because you are not plugging an external GPS device in (so set your GPS hardware port to 'none), and have 'manage GPS automatically' checked in the access tab. this is how i have my device set (having igo8 set to the port and baud rate from the first post), and with AGPS disabled... igo works like a charm. let me know if you have any further problems.

Cenobite_ & Agoattamer... not too sure why the AGPS service is not visable or present in your ROM. but if your not experiencing any crippleing problems with your SatNav apps... i wouldnt worry about it. the problem i was having with igo8 before disabling AGPS was making igo8 almost unuseable. one thing you can try though... in a file explorer, navigate to your devices windows folder (having all show hidden files settings checked) look for a .EXE file called AGPSSettings.exe. if this exists, run this .EXE and disable the AGPS setting. if this .EXE does not exist, its probably pretty safe to assume that there is no AGPS service on your phone, hence it will not cause any issues for you.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] secoseco:
thank you,

don't have this setting in miri 6.5.X rom

any way I turn around this issue by launch OZI and after GPS locked I close OZI and launch IGO
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Agoattamer:
Actually I have no issue connecting with iGO8. Just curious why the setting wasn't there in my official 1.66 rom. Phone is labeled as having agps but not one setting for it. So I don't know if it is off or on. Now I don't live in a big city but it would be nice to be able to enable it if entering a big city with many tall buildings.

What rom do you have, that you have this setting?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lamensterms:
im using the stock Telstra ROM - 1.49.841.1 (71528) WWE.

so it seems my ROM is older than yours.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Agoattamer:
Thanks. I actually have a T9193. HTC must have felt the need to do away with that setting for some reason.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lamensterms:
agreed. i also have the T9193, but it seems theyve omitted the AGPS setting/feature in the more recent ROMs. good call HTC.
[HD2 General] alecs:
I have some GPS related questions. I am looking at replacing my dedicated TomTom device with TomTom GPS software on my HD2.

1. Can the device still play music through the standard media player when running the GPS software

2. What happens to the GPS and Music which are both running when a call comes in. Currently music pauses automatically when a call comes in

3. Any idea how much of a network hit the GPS software has i.e. will I get a large bill at the end of the month. I know it all depends on how much you use the GPS software but just to get a unit sizing assume a 30 minute GPS journey.

4. Does TomTom work via the Navipanel

5. Does TomTom provide a demo download (as CoPilot did)

Thanks
[HD2 General] patcooke:
1. Yes.

2. Don't know - I 'd have to set it up and try it but I've rcvd calls during Tomtomand when music is playing and as music will play while Tomtom is running I guess calls would come thru both together as well.

3. GPS doesn't touch the network unless you opt of optional traffic warnings etc - the GPS signal and hence navigation is totally independent of network connections so is free of any cost.
[HD2 General] angusmcintyre:
regarding 5. above, have a look here http://www.gpsunderground.com/forums/index.php it should help
[HD2 General] alecs:
Thanks folks
[General Questions and Answers] paalkr:
Hi!

I have an issue with the word selector list when using the Full QWERTY layout in XT9 mode. If I use the phone keypad or the Compact QWERTY layout words with special characters like æ, ø or å are suggested automatically.

For example hitting the "mno" key and then the "jkl" key on the Phone Keypad will suggest the word "øl" (among others), which by the way means beer in Norwegian. With the Compact QWERTY keyboard the special Norwegian characters are included included in the layout (on the buttons "opå" and "møæ"). Using those keys works also perfectly well.

But on the Full QWERTY keyboard words with special characters are not suggested, unless I tap and hold for example the "o" key and manually slide to the letter "ø".

So to type "øl" I need to tap and hold "o", slide to "ø" and then tap the "l" button. Is there anyway I can get the Full QWERTY keyboard to behave like the two others, and suggest words with the special character "ø" when only hitting the "o" key?

Regards,

PK
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] KAwAtA:
ignoreeeeeeeeee
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stevenschulman:
My Android G1 was rooted, but it bricked. For some reason none of my backups worked. Thinking that there was a problem with the SD card I reset the phone to factory, reformatted and repartitioned the SD card, and started over. It looked OK, but it turns out that the Android Market is missing.

All of the purchased programs are lost. It also seems that you can't install most programs without Market being installed. When I tracked down and tried to install vending.apk it tells me that it can not be installed on my phone. After some research it seems that you also need gtalkservice.apk, but when I try to download that I get the same error.

I do have a copy of the original working SD card on my computer, but I can't figure out what to move over to recover Market.

I can't imagine why Google would want to make it difficult to restore Market to the phone. The phone isn't very useful without it. Please, if anybody can HELP it would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Forcystos:
Have you tried flashing a stock ROM? I don't think restoring factory settings is going to bring back any system files you have deleted, unless there's an image somewhere on the filesystem.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ravichandrabr:
its sluggish naa...
[General Questions and Answers] ijsaul:
I'm in the market to buy something functional with a little flash for the girlfriend. I personally love my Touch Pro II, but I'm used to flashing/updating/dealing with the device, and I'm looking for something a little more rugged and friendly for her use.

Preferably WinMo, Phone edition would be fine

Physical keyboard, since she texts me almost constantly, and I think she would enjoy the upgrade

Non-slider

Basic camera is fine

AT&T

I've looked at the Palm Treo Pro, the HTC Maple, and the Samsung Jack, none of which really sold me, am I missing a killer phone for this segment?

Thanks! -Ian
[General Questions and Answers] ElCondor:
That's a pretty tough decision...

I think WM is not very friendly, maybe you should consider buying an Android phone for her.

So for example the Motorola Droid? You'll have to unlock it though.

I think the Touch pro 2 is still the best decision, adding a nice theme to it would make it look good for your girlfriend.
[General Questions and Answers] jacq:
Just for her

Buy the lovely one she most like.

Sometimes man likes, but woman doesn't like...

Maybe she likes a simple and fashion or cool cell phone.

So, you can ask her and give her the best one.

^..^
[S740, S743 General] ftor:
Need the new ROSE's rom, for my 740,

who can help to provide about.
[S740, S743 General] qujiujiu:
do you have the hard spl?
[S740, S743 General] ftor:
No, sorry, I need it too.