yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Thanks for the follow-up. I'll see if I can duplicate your result. (It seems sort of odd, though - the symlink/chmod rooting method (wag3slave) is extremely straightforward, I can't imagine how it would behave any differently unless HTC/VZW altered the init scripts in the July OTA; I'm pretty sure I looked for that).

Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing, is the "one click" method you refer to Jcase's "one click" ? (I think I saw another one for the Eris from the revoked team recently.)

bftb0

[ Edit ] FYI I unrooted using this ROM just now (6 minutes), let the OTA download (18 minutes), ran the OTA (12 minutes), and then re-rooted using Jcase's One Click App. It worked just as is advertised, successfully installing Amon_RA recovery - no troubles at all.

I suppose that there could be differences between the market version of Jcase's app, and the version in Jcase's post ("erisone010.apk"), but I sort of doubt it. The rooting method involved is dead simple. Sorry, but for now I'm going to chalk up your report to user error.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Abowersq:
Eh I'm not opposed to being wrong. I probably missed a step or did something who knows thanks for the help man
[Droid Eris Android Development] andmiller:
Works well!

Worked well for me, could not run RUU because I was having USB issues, which is why the phone is going back, but already activated new phone, so I could not do OTA. Is there another way to get that full update, or should I just call it good and return it?

Thanks for this ROM, definitely should be stickied.
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You can temporarily reactivate the old phone long enough to get the OTA. You can it from the Verizon website and then when it's done reactivate your new one.
[Droid Eris Android Development] denonlake:
I can confirm.... sorta. My wife was on her third Eris and they replaced it with a Droid 1. Good luck

Sent from my Kaos Froyo Eris
[Droid Eris Android Development] reinert012:
Tons of people recieving D2s Incredibles and X's on androidforums.com that have had multiple replacements go bad.

I myself am getting my 3rd Eris Tuesday and i hope it breaks so i can get a different phone hopefully.
[Droid Eris Android Development] barcodelinux:
Will they take it back?

I used Flashback for the sole purpose of returning my phone to a stock configuration so that I could return it. The touch screen has been acting very weird.

My situation is that I bought this phone from a co-worker less than a month ago and put it on my wife's line. I looked for the option to put insurance on it, but I couldn't find it. I don't want to call vzw up and ask about the insurance thing and then turn around and file a claim. Too suspicious I think.

I dont mean to get off topic here but I am new the vzw and I am not sure if I could get big red to give me another phone. I supposed that all of you that have had your phone replaced have done so because you had the insurance (TPP i think it's called)?

Could I just take it up to the vzw store and they just swap it out? Could it really be just that easy? I hope so. This thing is a POS!
[Droid Eris Android Development] lucy-carter:
No vibration

My Eris doesn't want to vibrate when text mesage arrives!!!Any suggestions how to fix it !?
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Try posting your question in a relevant thread, or in it's own new thread - in the Eris Q&A sub-forum or the Eris "General" sub-forum.

You might also consider saying what software is on your phone. $hit like that turns out to be important.

Do not reply to this post - put your stuff in the right place.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] demmo86rt:
Used this flawlessly to take my Eris back to stock for a warranty exchange (blown speaker). The only hiccup I ran into was trying to activate before doing the OTA, for some reason it wouldn't. Fortunately, I was able to get the OTA through the settings menu, then activate. Surprisingly, they had a refurb in store, but with the help of jcase's app from the market, I was rooted and had KaosFroyo loaded back up before I got home. Great work! I hope to use this again, mostly cause if this speaker goes out, I'm hoping to get upgraded.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
FYI, installation of this ROM (or the OTA which follows) does not alter the activation status of the phone.

The activation status of the phone will be whatever it was before you apply this ROM.

Having said that, note that performing a factory reset (from the Settings menus in the regular O/S) with a stock ROM will clear the activation state of the phone - this does not happen using the same menu entry when the Amon_RA recovery is present (as is typical with rooted Erii), because it is not 100% compatible with the stock ROMs. Because this ROM restores the stock recovery, it also restores that (stock) behavior.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] Romparoo:
Great work. Thanks for figuring this out!

My wife keeps "complaining" that I am screwing up her's and my Eris all the time with new ROMS and that if we have to get another replacement then our warranty will be voided...no need to worry now!
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Women just don't understand us tinkerers.

Sure it might make it worse in the short term, but we're aiming for better in the long term, plus it's just fun to play! :-)
[Droid Eris Android Development] KHancock321:
I tried this last night.

I ran through posts and I also had the issue where I couldn't get the OTA.

I also could not use the One Click Root.

So, I had to use the PB Image and then One Click Root and then re-flashed CELBFroYo.

I do have the S-Off bootloader.

Sent from my ERIS using a midget and a cannon.
[Droid Eris Android Development] justinmcny631:
still havent gotten the ota update notification. my phone has been on for almost 45 mins with 1.5. i checked for system updates and it is saying that is up to date. is there anything i can do to force the ota update?
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Settings/About/Check For Updates?
[Droid Eris Android Development] demmo86rt:
That worked for me.
[Droid Eris Android Development] KHancock321:
Ya, tried it, man.

Said the system was up to date.

I have a sneaky suspicion it's wrong...

Sent from my Eris using a midget and a cannon.
[Droid Eris Android Development] largelager:
I have the same issue. I did the flashback last night and 8 hours later still no OTA update. I did the check for updates a few times and I also did the *#*#checkin#*#* and it said I was checked in but still no OTA update.

Is there any chance that Verizon has stopped the OTA update?
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Are you talking about OTA from v1.5? If so then it's definitely wrong. :) What version does it say is running?
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
I'll run through it in a couple of hours to see if I can duplicate the same behavior.

In the meantime, I'll point out that since this ROM (Flashback15 v1) install also performs the jcase "flash any RUU" patch to the misc partition, any rooting method, PB00IMG.zip ROM flash (via HBOOT), or RUU install will work afterward, if you want to try one of those. (In particular I am thinking of the Leak-V3 PB00IMG ROM, or the "official" RUU - both of which require a different OTA - the July OTA - to bring them into the current mainline "factory stock 2.1" state)

Q for the folks experiencing this symptom (OTA fails to appear) - what was the activation status of your Eris before you flashed the ROM?

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
[SIZE=+1]Indeed it does appear that VZW/Google have stopped providing the 1.17.605.1 -> 2.37.605.4 OTA update.[/SIZE]

Crap. Looks like I have some work to do.

I have a backup copy of that OTA

06cb731fe7f3.OTA_Desire_C_Verizon_WWE_2.37.605.4_1.17.605.1_release.zip

and can push that somewhere ... if someone can remind me what the correct key sequence is for getting past the (1.5) stock recovery splash screen. (The OTAs may be applied as an "update.zip" file in the root folder of the SD card). The 1.5 stock recovery was different from the later 2.1 stock recoveries in that a second press of "Vol-Up" after the recovery splash screen appears does not launch the recovery menu (in the 1.5 recovery). I recall that there was a different button combination, but I can not remember it (or figure it out experimentally, it appears).

For those of you "stuck" on factory 1.5, you will need to re-root and (temporarily) find a different return-to-stock-2.1-JulyOTA method. Either that, or, if your objective is to return your phone, I'll point out that 1.5 is also "factory software".

Stay tuned

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] largelager:
I feared this was what had happened. Thanks for your help, for now I'll load 2.1V3 and root again. The RUU didn't work, it kept saying the device wasn't found (error 190)

Large
[Droid Eris Android Development] largelager:
So one other problem... I tried loading the PB00IMG.zip for 2.1V3 and it gives me an error

"CID incorrect!

Update fail!

do you want to reboot device?

<ACTION> Yes"

so it looks like I can't root and I can't update to 2.1... does anyone have any other ideas?
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
A device not found error in the RUU suggests that either USB debugging was not turned on, or the RUU failed to install the USB driver correctly, (for whatever reason).

I am installing the Leak-V3 right now to see if VZW/Google have also stopped providing the July 2010 OTA update.... well, the Leak-V3 installed, but no follow-up OTA... rats!

Wow, I guess VZW/Google have EOL'ed OTAs for the Eris ??? ... no OTA for the Leak-V3 ( which is the same as the "Official" RUU ), either.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
That's pretty odd - I have never seen a single report of the HBOOT update process fail with a "CID incorrect" message - was your phone modified to use another carrier besides Verizon?

I just went through the Leak-V3 PB00IMG.zip install myself, and it succeeded without error (but no follow-up OTA) - but I had (past tense) the S-OFF bootloader on the phone when I started.

Just out of curiousity, were you using the FlashBack ROM to return to stock, or because you wanted to return the phone for a warranty repair? (If it is the latter, your phone has "stock" software on it).

Also, one more Q: do you currently have the S-OFF bootloader (1.49.2000), or S-ON (1.49.0000)?

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Yes. (re-rooting).

The "Universal Eris Root For Dummies" method over on AF has been tested against the Eris Cupcake (1.5) release, so you should be able to use that to re-root from 1.5. I vaguely recall that jcase mentioned that his "one-click" App was only for 2.1, but I'm not completely sure if that is the case (you could try that as well)

Getting back to a rooted phone will open up alternate (but more difficult) methods for restoring stock - if that is what you want.

(Also, if you have the S-OFF bootloader, you can use fastboot to flash Amon_RA's recovery to the phone from the Fastboot mode of the phone.)

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] largelager:
Let me give you the background...

I have tried two different computers to install the RUU and both have the same issue...

I have HBOOT 1.41.0000

My phone hasn't ever been set up to use any other providers.

The only thing that is unusual about my phone is that it was rooted from 2.1V3 using the first root technique (the one that involves removing the SD card). I'm not sure it this should matter or not.

The root you suggested worked so i'll wait for an unroot that will give me 2.1

Thanks again, its too bad Verizon stopped the OTA update
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Wow,1.41 ! (Perhaps that explains the strange RUU behavior).

Glad you're rooted again, though.

The (leaked) Root PB00IMG.zip ( md5sum 63eacc5ede3b179f95dc22d8ef585f94) never worked for you?

I'll get started on "Flashback21" if that's what you are after; stay tuned.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Check the OP - "FlashBack21 v1" is now available. (10/20/2010 9:30PM EDT)

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Thank you, thank you. :P
[Droid Eris Android Development] Stonent:
Hmm. I unrooted my old phone by taking the RUU exe file, starting it, locating the .ZIP file in one of my temp folders and renamed it to PB00img.zip and tossed it on my SDCard. Then powered with the volume down and the phone did the rest.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Yes; "rom.zip" -> PB00IMG.zip

That will also work - for some phones, depending on what their past history was. It will only update the phone to the April release/leak of 2.1 for the Eris ( = Leak-V3 = "Official" RUU ) at best, however.

If VZW/Google have indeed turned off OTA services for the Eris, a phone rolled back that way will never get the July 2010 OTA.

OTOH, if you are planning on "sending it back", Leak-V3 (= "Official" RUU) is also factory (HTC) software, so it's just as good as any other version of "stock" software for that purpose.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] KHancock321:
1.5.

It appears we have found our problem, though.

Ha.

:)

Sent from my Eris using a midget and a cannon.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Indeed; not only found the problem ... but now there's a fix, too.

Your experience with 1.5 and the "One Click" re-rooting confirms my suspicions - it doesn't work with 1.5. At this point though, that's a moot issue.

For people that want to go back to "latest factory 2.1", "FlashBack21" is tremendously faster anyway.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] carguy88:
I wonder...

Does this mean that Verizon is now replacing broken Erises with something else, or just that they believe everyone has had the OTA, so no one else should need it. Anyone hear any reports of people being upgraded to the Incredible after a warranty claim?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Abrasher:
thank you

an absolute must have!
[Droid Eris Android Development] Stonent:
Only after repeated claims (4 to 5 usually)

I've had 2 replacements. Both came back as erises.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Delvaris:
any chance we can convince you to post the stock cupcake rom for historical and lulz purposes?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Stonent:
:rolleyes:
[Droid Eris Android Development] Steve125:
Thank you so much. This is such a great tool to have!
[Droid Eris Android Development] CCCP4ever:
Outstanding post. Thank you very much. Espeially after OTA was stopped=)
[Droid Eris Android Development] tperson1:
unroot

well my eris want recieve text messages but i can send them. I tried everything. New APN'S and called verizon but they couldnt do anything for me except for a factory resest which i didnt want to do cause i was rooted. So now i want to unroot to where i cant take it back to the store. I have one more problem. My girlfriend got drunk and threw my phone and my vol up or down doesnt work and my trackball only goes to the right. What do i need to do. Need some advice
[Droid Eris Android Development] api1996:
Tperson1, I think you can flash a rom through ADB. I'm not exactly sure how to, but there are instructions on how to do it somewhere out there. U also might want to try posting this in the general or q&a sections. That might provide a quicker answer.
[Droid Eris Android Development] blackbrolly:
My trackball stopped working and now i need to use flashback21. But i can't get to it. Anyone have an idea as how to use the SDK to reflash the rom?
[Droid Eris Android Development] api1996:
I found this. It might help you.

http://androidforums.com/eris-all-t...ng-rom-trackball-not-working.html#post1495912
[Droid Eris Android Development] honkyusa3:
Thank you

Thanks...:) Used this last week to get a replacement Eris as my original stopped charging. The Verizon tech really didn't even look at the broken phone but I figured I should roll back to stock anyway just in case.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Bigtank2585:
Thank you SO MUCH! this is the first post i have made here and i have been trying to un-root for a few days! then i found this, did it and about screamed YES! when i saw the verizon boot screen and the eris slide! thank you!
[Droid Eris Android Development] Ddukes76:
When I use this to flashback to 2.1, will it change my bootscreen back to skateboard droids as well as original boot animation screen? Needs to go back today....
[Droid Eris Android Development] api1996:
Yes
[Droid Eris Android Development] Ddukes76:
Didn't work, my bootscreen still shows, before original Verizon stuff. Me no see Android skateboards.... need the rgb565 format or the jpeg to format for Eris before I can take back... :(

Anyone have original pic of the 3 Andy skateboarders? Please post or pm
[Droid Eris Android Development] Zer0_Cool:
ta-da!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6012336#post6012336

Just had to do all this crap yesterday.
[Droid Eris Android Development] droidJW:
bftb0, Im prepping to return a rooted Eris to VZW, I assume since this replaces the recovery partition, I dont need to do anything else to insure that AMON_RA is removed? Just want to make sure its gone as its presence screams "root" :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Yes, it replaces the recovery boot with the stock version.

It does not do anything with the boot screen - if you modded that, restore it before you flash this ROM.

Note that it also does not touch the bootloader, either; if you put the engineering bootloader (1.49.20000 S-OFF) on the phone, and want to wipe that away too, you can reinstall the 1.47 or 1.49.0000 bootloader using fastboot - either before or after flashing this ROM.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] droidJW:
Sweet ! This worked perfectly. Thanks guys
[Droid Eris Android Development] Mackattack:
I did a search and could not find a solution, but I flashed the FlashBack21_v1.zip file on to my eris via recovery. It looked as it was done correctly, but when I turn on the device it doesn't work. I get the Android out the box screen. Any ideas why and how to fix it please?

Edit: nvm i took the sd card out and problem solved.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Was your SD card partitioned?

Note that the instructions clearly state that if you are flashing the radio (which you did), you will see several images after you reboot from Amon_RA, one of which is a screen that shows an android standing next to a box with a yellow arrow coming out of it, and that you need to WAIT for this to conclude.

I don't know if that's what you mean by "I get the Android out the box screen", but if it is, I suppose I am glad you didn't ruin your phone.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Romparoo:
Worked great.

My 5th Eris is on it's way, should be here Tuesday for me. Unfortunately there seems to be a surplus stock pile of brand new never used still boxed Eris' sitting around. I pleaded for a new phone but was told no.
[Droid Eris Android Development] cooch:
Thanks for this. I'm clear on flashing the rom ( I will attempt it like other roms using Amon). I could use a little bit more help in removing Amon after I flash this. Which bootloader is "stock"...1.47 or 1.49? Any links to them and how to use "fastboot" to replace it? Thanks, returning my eris due to misbehaving trackball.
[Droid Eris Android Development] demmo86rt:
Yes, you flash it using Amon and, the rom itself reverts your phone back to the stock recovery. I have never messed with the bootloader so I don't know much about it however, if you have not intentionally changed it, your bootloader should be stock.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
FlashBack21 replaces Amon_RA with the stock recovery - that is clearly mentioned in the first post of this thread in [SIZE=+2]HUGE RED[/SIZE] text.

FlashBack21 does not touch the bootloader precisely because that is the single most dangerous thing you can do to the phone.

VZW shipped refurbed Erii with 1.49.0000 S-ON (and possibly even new phones), so having any S-ON bootloader is probably not going to set off any alarms. Having the engineering bootloader on your phone (1.49.2000 S-OFF) might set off an alarm, but there have been several to many reports of people that turned in rooted phones with no effort to clean them up, without any problems.

VZW is not going to "go all CSI" on your phone - probably they only check for visible or water damage (a visual check).

If you want to pursue this further, I will give you a thumbnail sketch of how it is done, but will not provide exact instructions - someone will screw it up and come crying here.

(Note these instructions only apply to the case where you have the 1.49.2000 S-OFF bootloader installed - you can't do any flashing with fastboot with a S-ON bootloader on your phone.)

- Obtain a copy of either the MR1 or MR2 PB00IMG.ZIP ROM file (not a Leak V1-3 ROM)

- Extract the hboot_7501a_1.47.0000_091023.nb0 file from the PB00IMG.ZIP

- Have a look at this XDA post about HTC Eris ROM checksums, and then verify that the file you have extracted, namely "hboot_7501a_1.47.0000_091023.nb0" has the MD5 checksum

38899da4e5e002e3be22900f5f4eb6f7 hboot_7501a_1.47.0000_091023.nb0

- Verify the MD5 checksum a 2nd time.

- Verify the MD5 checksum a 3rd time. (Get the picture? It is critically important!)

- Install the fastboot tool to your PC/Mac/Linux box and verify that it can communicate with your phone in fastboot mode by using the command "fastboot devices"

- Turn your phone off, and charge it to 100%

- Connect your phone via USB to your computer and boot it into fastboot mode (Send+End)

- Verify that fastboot can communicate with the phone (again, "fastboot devices").

- Hold your breath and

fastboot flash hboot hboot_7501a_1.47.0000_091023.nb0

(No, I won't tell you how to deal with command lines or install drivers to your PC - keep that crap out of this thread).

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] Random.:
Hi! I just registered because I wanted to thank you! I rooted my phone and it turned out to be a lot of hassle so I just wanted my old phone back, so thanks!

Just to be sure, when the FlashBack21 v1 is flashed it'll bring the phone back to the original state? (except for bootloader which luckily I never touched!) So no random error here or there? It'll be just like a phone straight from the box?
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
Short answer: Yes.

Nit-Picky answer: I have no idea what the "original state" of your Eris was. This places on your phone the software that would be on the Eris today (Dec. 2010) if you were still able to buy a new Eris from Verizon. If you had purchased an Eris in Nov. 2009, and then accepted every OTA update that was offered by Verizon (the last of which would have been near July 17th, 2010), the system software on that phone would be identical to what this installs.

"Random Errors"? WTF is that supposed to mean? If you mean, did I release it and then later realized that I had made a mistake but just decided to keep quiet about it, the answer is NO. That does not mean that there is no possibility of a mistake - I'm human after all. But, the method of construction of this ROM is mostly just automated extraction of files from a phone that had been factory reset and updated. The only "by hand" operation is construction of the installer script which creates symlinks and sets file permissions and ownership as necessary. I was pretty damn careful with that. (If it is of any comfort to you, I have been using Unix/Linux computing environments continuously for 30 years - it's familiar territory to me.)

If you are still not satisfied with that, you are free to go find the "Official 2.1 RUU" and then also the July OTA "update.zip" file (downloaded from Google/VZW's OTA file servers), and figure out how to install them as an alternative to using this.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] Random.:
Sorry if my last post was offensive, I just really wanted my phone to be back to normal. Thanks for your help!