Official Droid Eris 2.1 OS coming very soon.

[ksigh]

leap, or as others would call it the "helicopter view" is just all of the SEVEN home screens put into on screen by pressing the home button twice or pinching when on the home screen.

 

[ksigh]

I dont know about that ksigh im not sure he would lose it only way I think he wouldnt be able to download it again is if he has 1.5 and its not in the 2.1 market or verizon hasnt given the rights to it yet.

yes, but how can one be so sure its on the market (unless asking someone on 2.1 leak). so i say its safer to back up.

 

[Frisco]

Just thought I'd let you guys know, should be coming very soon, I don't have an exact date but, I currently am running a Verizon Official Software that I got from work .

Good on ya for getting it posted right away and getting that link, later in the thread, to the file. Now we've got more folks using the software and reporting their results. You've probably done a service to the Eris community here in just showing that the software is being developed and making progressive changes.

It looks like the OTA is coming down to the wire on their "before the end of Q1" delivery prediction.

Nice surprise to see this thread going on this morning.

 

[triphumphrey]

Perhaps I am slow but I need some clarification.

Currently I am aware of five potential options of OS is this correct?

1.5 Official Verizon
????1.5 Rooted Version???

2.1a leak from xda
2.1a leak rooted version

2.1b leak from zxphenomenalxz
????2.1b leak rooted??????

As you can tell I am unsure about options 5 and 6...hence the ?'s

can someone clear this up for me?

 

[deathratlehead]

I can't install until after work, so all bug hunters, do your thing so I can feel confident with this. Also, huge thanks to the OP!!!!!!!!

 

[graywolferis1]

Will the 2.1 Eris have a white notifications bar instead of black ?

 

[Podivin]

My 3G is down, nothing to do with the update, it is down for my girlfriends phone too. I have never been able to connect to my home network either.

I guess this will have to wait until tomorrow.

Oh geez, if you weren't already dead, that'd be just killing you to wait...

 

[Podivin]

We should try using appbrain to reinstall our apps after we do this (instead of installing apps from backup), because then we'll get app updates from the market again.

As others have asked. Does this version keep already installed apps intact, or do you have to reinstall from market or backup?

If you reinstall from a backup you will not get updates in the market.

To my way of thinking, thenestor has offered the best answer for app backups and reinstall. Get the app AppBrain and sync to their servers before you do the update. Naturally for you early adopters that won't work, but for us folks who missed the initial announcement, it'll make lives somewhat easier.
(I can see I'm not going to be very productive at work today, gonna be too busy updating my phone and dinking with it).

 

[whewstoosae]

Will the 2.1 Eris have a white notifications bar instead of black ?

Nope because the Eris has sense integrated and the black notification bar is part of sense.

 

[OfTheDamned]

Up and running now. My signal is MUCH better on this leak. 4 bars instead of 1. I still had the 50% without problem this morning, but in my case that may have been legitimate.

This build does take care of a few bugs, but it doesn't look to be that different from the previous build. If you are having serious signal problems on the original leak this may be your answer. I am going to do some more testing and report back, but this is what I have noticed so far:

Sign in problem is gone
Signal strength improved
Gmail images still not showing
Links in apps still dead
Google voice still not dialing properly on 3.2
Missing apps are still missing
Speed is still good

 

[Podivin]

It's interesting (to me, at least) that this leak is 34k smaller than the previous version. Size wise they took things out, which doesn't necessarily imply that functionality has been removed. They may have just been cleaning up their coding.

 

[wetherb67]

Hi guys, former BB user just switched to Eris 2 weeks ago. LOVE it.

Just found this thread and going to hit this one up in a few minutes. Great thread, very informative.

Will update after install.

 

[Caddyman]

thank for sharing zxphenomenalxz

 

[banduraj]

Can anyone tell me if this build resolves the issue of low-res facebook images when linked to contacts in the people app? And does that stupid Amazon MP3 application keep getting auto-launched in the background?

Also, does installing this on top of the previous leak blow everything away, apps, messages, configuration, etc?

 

[truelove79]

This is good news. Sounds like they're improving it which means it'll be that much better when it hits OTA. I'm still waiting for the official though.

 

[bsutton1]

I'm considering taking a chance. Anybody who has Handscent, have you had any problems? I kept getting errors on Handscent and had to delete the app. I plan to re-install once the final 2.1 comes out.

 

[BoulderAndroidFan]

Up and running now. My signal is MUCH better on this leak. 4 bars instead of 1. I still had the 50% without problem this morning, but in my case that may have been legitimate.

This build does take care of a few bugs, but it doesn't look to be that different from the previous build. If you are having serious signal problems on the original leak this may be your answer. I am going to do some more testing and report back, but this is what I have noticed so far:

Sign in problem is gone
Signal strength improved
Gmail images still not showing
Links in apps still dead
Google voice still not dialing properly on 3.2
Missing apps are still missing
Speed is still good

Thanks for the details. Did you go into airplane mode to fix the 50% bug?

 

[tee00max]

doing it as we speak..did you guys format your sd card or just copied to sd then loaded it up?

 

[ttran97]

Thanks for the details. Did you go into airplane mode to fix the 50% bug?

I got the 50% bug on my new 2.1 leak too. Plane mode fixes it...until the next reboot.

 

[GrdLock]

To the OP: Thanks for posting this!!!

I'm working on a new root rom based off it now.

How sure are we that this is the "official" final 2.1 release?

 

[thetomlin2]

Could someone with the new leak please check the market and see if "At Bat '10" is available. This app is a deal breaker for me and one of the major reasons I am still running 1.5.

 

[gener1c]

Question for those who installed the new leak. What are the software number and build number on the update?

 

[ttran97]

Could someone with the new leak please check the market and see if "At Bat '10" is available. This app is a deal breaker for me and one of the major reasons I am still running 1.5.

Nope, it's not there.

 

[tee00max]

Could someone with the new leak please check the market and see if "At Bat '10" is available. This app is a deal breaker for me and one of the major reasons I am still running 1.5.

i searched for it and nothing came up for it.

 

[ttran97]

Question for those who installed the new leak. What are the software number and build number on the update?

Firmware version: 2.1
Baseband version: 2.41.04.02.02
Kernel version: 2.6.29-564a4a15
htc-kernel@and18-2 #1
Build number: 2.26.605.4 CL140744 release-keys
Software number: 2.26.605.4