Root Is the OTA 2.1 able to be rooted yet

[takeyouriphoneandshoveit]

I had to return my rooted droid eris due to a loose power wire messing with my trackball. On the new eris, I used the official ota update that verizon finally after months of waiting released. I am wondering if this version has been rooted yet. And is it possible to change the dialer without it being rooted. I was able to change the boot screen without it being rooted and wanted to know if I could customize other things also or if the boot screen was the only thing I could customize.

 

[Frisco]

Yes, you can root 2.1 OTA.

Just carefully follow the rooting guide for 1.5:

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53963-guide-stock-1-5-latest-root-2-1-a.html

I just did this yesterday on my 2.1 OTA and everything went perfectly.

Have fun.. read ahead.. go slowly.

 

[abn75]

also depends on if the ota has the orignal hboot version or the same one as the leaks. the orignal can be rooted, the other cannot

 

[Syncopated8th]

I just got a replacement yesterday (real weird charger port issues). And It just dawned on me that I could possibly root this one. But, how do I figure out if the phone I have is a 2.1 OTA or a leak?

 

[Frisco]

I just got a replacement yesterday (real weird charger port issues). And It just dawned on me that I could possibly root this one. But, how do I figure out if the phone I have is a 2.1 OTA or a leak?

Power off your phone.

Hold the volume down key while pressing the power button.

The screen that appears will have (among a few other things) either 1.49 (bad) or 1.47 (rootable).

 

[Syncopated8th]

Thank you very much...and damn tis 1.49

 

[takeyouriphoneandshoveit]

ok i have 1.47. do i have to load PB00IMG.zip again or can i skip straight to loading the rooted rom. I know on android 1.5 I had to load pb00img.zip first. but i want to know for sure when rooting from android 2.1.

 

[ACD168]

rooting 2.1 and rooting 1.5 = exact same process, follow same directions.

 

[Jshizzy]

Non rooted here. I am on leak v3. If I download and install the OTA that was floating around on forums, could it change my hboot so I could root? If definitely not, I don't think I would install it due to all the bugs that have been posted.

 

[scary alien]

Non rooted here. I am on leak v3. If I download and install the OTA that was floating around on forums, could it change my hboot so I could root? If definitely not, I don't think I would install it due to all the bugs that have been posted.

Nah, if you've installed the v3 leak, you're already where the OTA would take you (they are identical). Your HBOOT would not change .

 

[MrDangerous]

If you have 1.47 you can follow the root guide and as the last step, flash in this rom Rooted Leak3 (which is the 4th leak? lol) Rom Base DOWNLOAD - xda-developers

If you have Amon Ra already, just flash it in.

Do a nandroid backup first of course.