[How-To] Force the Official Android 2.1 Update for the Motrola Droid (ESE81)

[joeyray15]

thank you so much Trident! it works perfectly.

Which link did you use?

 

[jaybwright]

I can

 

[Snchz403]

Got it running perfect and runs fast

 

[bigbill25]

Some people seem to have a great experience others have problems, is there a difference from the sites they are being downloaded from? The people having a great experience (i.e. no lag, good live wallpapers, smooth pinch to zoom) are you downloading from the 1st 2nd or 3rd link in the 1st post?

I had problems on using link 2. It only downloaded a 440KB file. I downloaded again and got the full 15MB file using link 3. Windows should report a size of 15,712,438 bytes...

--Bill

 

[PhoenixSS]

Is it supposed to say it's running version 2.1update1? When you go into about phone, etc...Not sure why the update1 is attached to the end

Yes, this is the official name of this version. At least everywhere I've searched it's called: "2.1 update1".

Also for those asking I just used the first download link. Worked like a charm for me.

 

[Keedstradamuz....]

update works

 

[mom on the move]

just wanted to say thank you. I've had my moto droid for about 12 days now and I did the forced update and it worked like a charm thanks to the easy-to-follow instructions. I'm not as tech savvy as I used to be and never have the patience for anything that takes more than a few steps or a few minutes. This forum has rocked. Thanks guys!

 

[mcinvaille]

Installing this will just remove root access. So, yes it will kill wifi tethering. It does just install over 2.01 and all of your apps/ personal info will remain untouched.

Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk

I keep hearing mention of tethering -vs- root. I am probably just missing something here but I was able to tether using my Droid prior to rooting. Am I missing something? Is there some fancy smancy other way of tethering that requires root or something?

 

[iHEART_android]

I am getting the following error...can anybody help?

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command

I recently unrooted from DroidMod.

Thanks!

I had the same problem.. my computer is running vista and when I renamed the file "update.zip" it would fail..I changed the file name to just "update" and booted into recovery. Its showed "apply update.zip" so I did and everything worked. I am a newb to this but it worked for me so maybe it will for you.

 

[slider112]

Just updated, absolute breeze... coming from a stock 2.0.1 setup running HelixLauncher... no problems at all



Phone runs very smooth... still using HelixLauncher, runs flawlessly, 7 homescreens... live wallpaper, pinch to zoom, 3D Gallery... all perfect and all great!



Big thanks to Trident, ugot2go123 and Speeddymon... if I'm ever in your neck of the woods drinks are on me...


Methinks this is quite a nice little forum I've stumbled across here... think I'll say a while

 

[luis7807]

works great! thanks to everyone with a hand in this....

im a fan of Home++ and SMS Popup... i found that LIVE WALLPAPERS do not work in Home++ and that the Keyboard wont pop up in quick replies for SMS... can anyone verify this?

 

[iHEART_android]

Trust me if I can do this anyone can.. you just need to be bold and do it thanks!!

 

[craigrn16]

Do I have to un-root before I add the official update? Right now I'm running droid mod. Can i just do the steps without doing the whole unrooting process?

 

[zfgohan]

Hello, I have been following this site for a while but never posted. I decided to do this update and all works well. However, I can no longer download anything from the market. Is this common knowledge or am I an exception. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.




**Fixed, I needed to restart the phone again to get the market downloads to work**

 

[stephejo]

I followed Trident's instructions.

Update.zip (not update.zip.zip, I checked) is in the root directory of the sdcard

Install update aborts with the following dialog:

________________________________________

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command

-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted

_________________________________________



Reboot gives stock 2.0.1

Can you help guide me??

Thanks!!

John
Atlanta, GA
Verizon Droid

 

[karmagedon]

**** EXPERT HELP PLEASE ****

so i manually updated, everything went fine BUT i still have the superuser ninja. i did a wipe/reset, still there. re-reloaded the update, wipe/reset, still there. not that i mind him being there, but i would like to have everything squeaky clean so i know it's right.

any suggestions ???? is there a way that i can revert to my rooted phone and maybe try again?

 

[athack]

performed the forced update today... went very easy and smooth and fast.. downloaded the zip right on my phone renamed it in astro rebooted in safe mode everything got installed rebooted again which took the longest about 5 min.. running fine... seems just as quick using dxtop... besides the obvious now you can set up your yahoo email

 

[Deanie]

Great instructions and screenshots. Easy to follow. I did it all right through my phone with Astro, too.

I'm really liking the new functionality, especially the ability to swipe through photos in the gallery.

 

[craigrn16]

has anyone that has droidMod done the update today?

 

[trinied]

I have been working on this all day, I just bought the phone yesterday, I go through all the processes and when I do the x power button thing and then apply sdcard:update.zip
this is what happens....

--Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "verizon/voles/sholes/sholes:2.0.1/ESD56/20996:user/release-keys"|| file_getprop ("/system/build.prop", ro.bes: 2.1-update1/ESE81/29593: user/release_keys" (status 7)
Installation aborted




someone please help.....

 

[reebz]

Just did the forced update. It was very easy to do. After rebooting I thought nothing had happened, but checked settings and saw 2.1 and ESE81. Played around a little bit and found live wallpapers. The gallery seems to load faster. I like the new look and 3d effect. Only problem I saw is one of my widgets, Mobile Buzz, wasn't as smooth and actually was quite laggy. Other than that, all appears well. Thanks to all.

 

[vandyblackandgold]

fretted over doing this all day. finally bit it.

so glad i did. works great.

fyi....dont get too anxious when the droid "eye" disappears. i got a little trigger happy and cycled through a couple of force close/wait screens before all was well. just be patient.

thanks trident!

 

[Sunflare98]

anyone found that their amazon mp3 app is missing after installing this? Any ideas on how to get it back?

 

[hitdog042]

I just did this.. but it did not give me pinch zoom on my web browser. Thoughts? Says I'm not on 2.1 Update 1. Still the same old browser.

 

[Deanie]

anyone found that their amazon mp3 app is missing after installing this? Any ideas on how to get it back?

It's called MP3 Store now.