It has come to my attention that there are HTC Droid Eris phonesets out there in the world that have yet to upgrade to Android 2.1. This is plain unaccetable. To remedy this, here’s a guide to rooting your Droid Eris.
Note: As usual, we here at droidweb.com are not responsible for any mishap that might befall your phone. A bricked device, chocolate bunny apocalypse, or other bad thing as a result of this guide is up to the user to fix / remedy. However, if you’re having problems, drop us a line and we’ll do what we can to get your device up and running.
Forewarning: This process apparently will void your warranty, though this is the file that will be pushed to your phone if you wait for an OTA update. Also bear in mind that this update will wipe your phone. Backup before applying.
How to Upgrade your Droid Eris
- Download the 2.1 update from Google.
- Rename the file update.zip (not update.zip.zip which can happen if you’re on a windows system and you have extensions disabled by default)
- Copy this file to the root directory of your SD card (Connect your device to your computer and mount it as you would to copy music / other files to your device)
- Turn off your Droid Eris.
- Hold the Volume down button as your reboot your device. It will reboot the device in recovery mode.
- On the ensuing page, scroll to recovery and press the power button to select it.
- When you see the triangle with an exclamation point symbol, press the “Power” and “Home” buttons at the same time.
- A menu will pop-up. Select “Apply sdcard:update.zip” from this menu
- Once this installation process is complete, reboot the phone
- Congratulations, you’re now running 2.1
Instructions courtesy of Android Central
