Root got my replacement eris today.. said system update avail. I am rooting !!

[jameseris1194]

I got my rep eris just now and i was wondering should i OTA first then root or should i just flash the rooted 2.1 image off the unlockr.com
any feedback would be helpful
thanks

 

[BlazeD OnE]

just root.

 

[jameseris1194]

just root.

but dude is the unlockr.com's pbooimg legit rooted rom???? i dont wanna fudge my new sexy eris!!! lol

 

[droidkevlar]

but dude is the unlockr.com's pbooimg legit rooted rom???? i dont wanna fudge my new sexy eris!!! lol

Why dont you look in the rooted section on this forum them if you are worried?

 

[funkyfender]

Read this (http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53963-guide-stock-1-5-latest-root-2-1-a.html) and this (http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/72676-application-eris-master-application-r00t.html).

 

[jameseris1194]

Why dont you look in the rooted section on this forum them if you are worried?

droidkevlar>> are you root???

 

[droidkevlar]

droidkevlar>> are you root???

yes. Used the guide found in the root forum. Cant rem what it called exactly, but its stickied. I never rooted before and it made it very simple.

 

[erisuser1]

I don't know what unlockr.com is, but the most important thing you can do here, no matter where you get the "root" PB00IMG.ZIP file from, is that you

[SIZE=+1]MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE FILE'S MD5 SIGNATURE BEFORE YOU USE IT.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1]63eacc5ede3b179f95dc22d8ef585f94 PB00IMG.ZIP[/SIZE]

You do this with a program called "md5sum", although on Windows it goes by different names, depending on who released it ( e.g. CNET's download.com )

The reason for being so emphatic about this is that there have been 6 different files named PB00IMG.ZIP released by HTC, and three of them (all of the "leak" versions) will prevent you from installing root if you accidentally use them instead of the "real deal".

As to your question about should I install OTA-2.1 or not, it matters little. You might not have a choice. (If your replacement Eris is a refurb, it might have previously been owned by someone on this forum, and has a leak ROM on it - in which case you can't get root. Poetic Justice.)

eu1

 

[erisuser1]

jameseris1194

The other thing you should probably do is to "self-report" your post to a moderator, and ask them very politely to move your post to the All Things Root (Eris) sub-forum.

Scroll all the way to the first post in the thread (yours), and click on the little exclamation point in the triangle on the left side of the screen next to your post (lower left) ( Be nice to them, they help keep this site going! )

eu1

 

[jameseris1194]

jameseris1194

The other thing you should probably do is to "self-report" your post to a moderator, and ask them very politely to move your post to the All Things Root (Eris) sub-forum.

Scroll all the way to the first post in the thread (yours), and click on the little exclamation point in the triangle on the left side of the screen next to your post (lower left) ( Be nice to them, they help keep this site going! )

eu1

I pray to god the root image im doing now is root. Go to TheUnlockr.com - Cell Phone How To's, Phone Reviews, and Wireless News! and navigate through to eris root section and thats what im going by...
it says its a rooted android 2.1 based rom

 

[funkyfender]

You can't install roms unless you root your phone first (assuming I understand what you're trying to do).

 

[erisuser1]

You don't need to pray to anybody. Just download a md5sum program which will verify that the file you got is the correct one.

eu1

 

[jameseris1194]

You don't need to pray to anybody. Just download a md5sum program which will verify that the file you got is the correct one.

eu1

the rooted 2.1 image i have is legit its ROOt!
i have the sdk setup but im clueless on how to set up sdk correctly and run adb commands to install roms
and where can i get this md5sum program??

 

[erisuser1]

the rooted 2.1 image i have is legit its ROOt!

How do you know that? (It probably IS the root rom, so long as unlockr.com didn't screw up)

i have the sdk setup but im clueless on how to set up sdk correctly and run adb commands to install roms
and where can i get this md5sum program??

I provided a link to several in the post up above (scroll up, you might of missed it because I made two posts), although you usually check signatures of files before you use them, not afterward.

For completeness sake, I'll point out that Amon_RA's recovery file is named "recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img"

and has an MD5 checksum of

e3932991f097993602af3c7a4b61a4f8 recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img

You will need it shortly.

eu1