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2.1 back down to 1.5 WITHOUT ROOT! (READ POST #102)

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motoxcreature

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I gave my cousin my phone last week so he could try and downgrade it to 1.5 because if you all remember I was having trackball issues and they wouldn't take it because it had 2.1 on it. Well, my cousin is basically a coding genius. He found a loop hole in the code that allows you to downgrade your 2.1 eris back down to 1.5 without root. He finally got mine today and if you guys want I'll post pictures tomorrow with my firmware and kernel number and everything. I would post them now but my mom has the only camera besides the one on my Eris and she's not home. He said that he'll give me a tutorial sometime this weekend or some time around there so that I could post it on here (he has college finals this week and doesn't have time to write it up).

I'll keep you guys updated on it and post it once he emails it to me.

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Please read: http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-...ithout-root-read-post-102-a-3.html#post630242

The OP has agreed to submit it to Trident and acidbath5546 before hand to ensure the legitimacy of this so that nobody ends up bricking their phone. We will be quick to test it and get it out there to you, I promise.
 
I gave my cousin my phone last week so he could try and downgrade it to 1.5 because if you all remember I was having trackball issues and they wouldn't take it because it had 2.1 on it. Well, my cousin is basically a coding genius. He found a loop hole in the code that allows you to downgrade your 2.1 eris back down to 1.5 without root. He finally got mine today and if you guys want I'll post pictures tomorrow with my firmware and kernel number and everything. I would post them now but my mom has the only camera besides the one on my Eris and she's not home. He said that he'll give me a tutorial sometime this weekend or some time around there so that I could post it on here (he has college finals this week and doesn't have time to write it up).

I'll keep you guys updated on it and post it once he emails it to me.

That would be cool if it could be done.
 
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LOL i seriously doubt it, i've heard this song and dance before. Its always a cousin, uncle, brother or some kind of relative. In fact i will put $100 of my own money via paypal up. If the OP posts the guide by the end of this weekend and it works and is verifiable, i will send him $100 via paypal no questions asked. That ought to at least buy him and his cousin a few 12 packs to make it worth their while.
 
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LOL i seriously doubt it, i've heard this song and dance before. Its always a cousin, uncle, brother or some kind of relative. In fact i will put $100 of my own money via paypal up. If the OP posts the guide by the end of this weekend and it works and is verifiable, i will send him $100 via paypal no questions asked. That ought to at least buy him and his cousin a few 12 packs to make it worth their while.

Nice. It probably isn't true, I bet you're right. Idk why I always get excited everytime someone posts this crap.

Haha, he probably found a way to change the 2.1 text on the software version page to 1.5.
 
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So rough explanation of how it was done?
If I don't even trust myself with root, how do you want me to explain something that many of the devs couldn't get? You will have the guide probably sometime this weekend. If you guys keep bashing me about it, I just wont release this shit and say "**** you guys" and laugh.

I thought that I was doing you guys a favor with helping you out and letting you guys know that an exploit was found. ****.
 
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If I don't even trust myself with root, how do you want me to explain something that many of the devs couldn't get? You will have the guide probably sometime this weekend. If you guys keep bashing me about it, I just wont release this shit and say "**** you guys" and laugh.

I thought that I was doing you guys a favor with helping you out and letting you guys know that an exploit was found. ****.

They aren't bashing you. I'm on cloud 9 right now that it's possible because I regret flashing the leak everyday seeing all the stuff you can do rooted. Thanks ahead of time when you get the way to do it posted :D
 
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If I don't even trust myself with root, how do you want me to explain something that many of the devs couldn't get? You will have the guide probably sometime this weekend. If you guys keep bashing me about it, I just wont release this shit and say "**** you guys" and laugh.

I thought that I was doing you guys a favor with helping you out and letting you guys know that an exploit was found. ****.

I don't think anyone was bashing you... Sensitive are we?

If your cousin did indeed find a way to downgrade, that's great! And many people would be very grateful.

If i were...i wouldn't have posted without the tutorial. I understand that you just wanted to notify people, but you have to understand something about 99% of the people on here. They are like little children, in the fact that they have ZERO patience for anything.

So when you post about the mythical downgrade unicorn that the impatient people want because they all flashed to the leaked 2.1 version.... You have to expect a few, "Wah Wah i want it now" replies.

Personally i could care less (since i have root), but if you decide not to post the tutorial just because a few idiots, doesn't that make you just as bad??
 
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Personally i could care less (since i have root), but if you decide not to post the tutorial just because a few idiots, doesn't that make you just as bad??
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That goes for me also as you can tell from my signature I could care less if this is true, but i know a pretty high percentage of this forums jumped the gun on leak, including me but i ended getting a new phone due to issues i was having with the speaker so i was able to root.
 
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LOL i seriously doubt it, i've heard this song and dance before. Its always a cousin, uncle, brother or some kind of relative. In fact i will put $100 of my own money via paypal up. If the OP posts the guide by the end of this weekend and it works and is verifiable, i will send him $100 via paypal no questions asked. That ought to at least buy him and his cousin a few 12 packs to make it worth their while.

I am in for $30 via paypal if this is legit. That is $130 total so far. And anyone who doesn't put up the bucks after they say they would should get a perma ban from the site, even the Incredible forum.
 
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