[Droid Eris General] pkopalek:
You need root for this full functionality to work without the broadband trick.

There are other threads, in general about this, but this is huge. By using methods by the Droid and other phones, this kid did this with an Eris. I take no credit for this, but I have been hunting for this for a long time, messing with iptables, messing with proxy's and APN's, and have been unsuccessful. Full credit goes to token419, who has put together .zip flashes for this and other carriers, all in one place..

This is without the broadband trick (you don't need it), and is good for FULL functionality, just get a Cricket plan that involves 'web'!

Thanks, to token419 from Howard Forums (and those who helped him)

NOTE: All of the things in the following threads must still be done to get your Eris on Cricket FIRST (and get that 3g icon in the top right corner)

Root your phone, and get whatever ROM you want on it.

On Cricket to start with: http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/40266-eris-cricket-wireless.html#post309039 (scroll up and down a few posts for all the info)

Web and MMS working: Flash this (and follow instructions following): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=730289&highlight=cricket

The flash above is not a full ROM - it should work for almost ANY Eris ROM to give full internet and MMS, on ANY ROM you use. It may or may not work on Froyo ROMs, depending which one.

(You don't need ANYthing below this line, this is for historical and informative purposes, if you'd like to read on)

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If MMS continues to NOT work, try this:

MMS: http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/51990-eris-cricket-mms-wep.html#post432287

At your own risk:

EVERYTHING BELOW HERE CAN BE REPLACED WITH TOKEN419'S FLASHABLE ZIP FOR WEB (which I just posted right above the quote that is a few lines up):

So unzip his .zip file, and two .zip files will appear. the one that has web and MMS listed in it, put that on your SD card, boot into recovery, make a nand backup, and flash zip from SD card (and choose the .zip file you just put on the sd card)

But, whether token419's flash works for you or not, here are the instructions that CREATED that flash:

Requirements:

Rooted Rom

Autostart (Root) from android market (free)

u2nl.zip from white rabbits site whiterabbit.org (hit Android stuff at the bottom, then get the pre-compiled Droid binary - Eris is included in that file)

Following Brandon's Guide and replace the internet portion with the steps listed below

Step 2. Setting up

What you need: u2nl.zip from white rabbits site whiterabbit.org

install Autostart (Root) from android market

Unzip the u2nl.zip to your androidsdk/tools folder so that u2nl and autostart.sh are in your androidsdk/tools folder. (use the autostart.sh that's in the Eris folder, not the one in the Droid folder!)

adb shell su

(look on phone to push 'Allow' or 'Always Allow' if it pops up - if not, then move to the next line)

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd /data/

mkdir opt

chmod 0777 /data/opt/

chmod 0777 /system/bin/

exit

adb remount

adb push autostart.sh /data/opt/autostart.sh

adb push u2nl /system/bin/u2nl

adb shell

chmod 0777 /data/opt/autostart.sh

chmod 0777 /system/bin/u2nl

reboot

click always allow on the prompt to allow the Autostart app to run at system startup

you should now have working market/apps/web, WITHOUT ANY PROXY, and WITHOUT THE BROADBAND trick.

Thanks to the motodroid post here:

HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Moto Droid Full EV-DO and MMS Solution

and their reference post here: HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - service programming on the moto droid