Forced 2.0.1 DROID UPDATE! HOWTO

xtremely4 · Dec 8, 2009

THANKS!!!! Worked without a glitch!!! This was done on a mac, too!

neumannator · Dec 9, 2009

why is my screen going black on auto? WTF!

flakeparadigm · Dec 9, 2009

File copied over nicely and installed on the first try... after taking a few moments to actually get it into recovery mode. haha

asilver · Dec 9, 2009

Campah said:
I get an error:

Installing update...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("MTD:boot:2512896:[long string of characters]")
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.

it's because you named the file update.zip.zip....meaning when you rename it on your computer just rename it update not update.zip because it's already downloaded in a zip file you don't need to add the file extension...I did the same thing to because the instructions said to rename it update.zip....not correct. just name it update

memphiskat · Dec 9, 2009

Installed and its all working fine so far except now my pdanet for Mac with Bluetooth wont work. Keep getting an error saying it has some kind of serial channel something error and I can't connect. Anyone on a Mac using pdanet over Bluetooth get it to work wit 2.01? Off topic I know but what the heck

ajm144k · Dec 9, 2009

i really think this should be in the first post, under the section 'if you're having problems'

---make sure you don't unnecessarily add in a ".zip" to the filename. if you have file extensions showing on your computer, it should read exactly "update.zip" and if you have no file extensions showing for files it should just read "update"

this is such an easy mistake for people that are new to the whole 'flashing' process.

kmfdmk · Dec 9, 2009

neumannator said:
why is my screen going black on auto? WTF!

On "Auto" What?

neumannator · Dec 9, 2009

kmfdmk said:
On "Auto" What?

auto brightness

Mayze · Dec 9, 2009

I can't figure out how to move my update.zip file to the root folder using astro manager. When I downloaded it went into my download folder and I can't figure out how to move it for the life of me. I read the help section on how to move a file but it's not working

D.V.G.M. · Dec 9, 2009

I ran into the same issue with the 'signature verifcation failure'...it was osx. I downloaded from my phone with astro file manager installed and it worked like a charm.

2.0.1 Rocks!!!

wade_county · Dec 9, 2009

Mayze said:
I can't figure out how to move my update.zip file to the root folder using astro manager. When I downloaded it went into my download folder and I can't figure out how to move it for the life of me. I read the help section on how to move a file but it's not working

hold (press) down on the file and then the actions will pop up. Android 2.0.1 Install - Page 2 - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

kmfdmk · Dec 9, 2009

neumannator said:
auto brightness

Just enabled Auto Brightness on my phone, it dimmed down accordingly, but didn't go black. Also just disabled it and it still worked correctly. Hate to say it, but mine's not doing it.

neumannator · Dec 9, 2009

anyone have this problem? i put it on auto brightness and when i click lock button it locks, then when i unlock it the screen never comes back on!!! stays blank!

jazzman09 · Dec 9, 2009

Having a problem, can't get update.zip to get off the recovery mode list options.

I put it on my SD card, update.zip, then installed it in recovery made.

Setup my phone and formatted the SD card just to make sure all files were off of it and checked by hooking it up to my computer and looking.

Still when I boot into recovery mode update.zip is still an option for some reason, is it hidden somewhere or rooted in the phone now?

Mayze · Dec 9, 2009

wade_county said:
hold (press) down on the file and then the actions will pop up. Android 2.0.1 Install - Page 2 - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

Got it! Thanks

jacwashere7 · Dec 9, 2009

Mayze said:
I can't figure out how to move my update.zip file to the root folder using astro manager. When I downloaded it went into my download folder and I can't figure out how to move it for the life of me. I read the help section on how to move a file but it's not working

long click that file and click "edit" then click "copy" then at the top of the Astro screen click the "Up" button (has the folde icon with the green arrow pointing up) this will put you in the SD card folder. Now hit edit on the top of the screen and click "paste"

stearic · Dec 9, 2009

Ok, i read the entire thread but didn't see it asked or anything so i'll figured at asking my question. Will doing this "official" update and not rooting it still allow us to get updates OTA or will we have to manually do them for now on? I just did the update on my phone so either way i'm for doing it as it was easy to do, just would like to know. OTA would be nice in the future if i don't want to bother doing it manually.

dmodert66 · Dec 9, 2009

jazzman09 said:
Having a problem, can't get update.zip to get off the recovery mode list options.

I put it on my SD card, update.zip, then installed it in recovery made.

Setup my phone and formatted the SD card just to make sure all files were off of it and checked by hooking it up to my computer and looking.

Still when I boot into recovery mode update.zip is still an option for some reason, is it hidden somewhere or rooted in the phone now?

I could be wrong, but I think this is a standard option of that menu, hence why we had to rename the file to "update.zip"...

wade_county · Dec 9, 2009

stearic said:
Ok, i read the entire thread but didn't see it asked or anything so i'll figured at asking my question. Will doing this "official" update and not rooting it still allow us to get updates OTA or will we have to manually do them for now on? I just did the update on my phone so either way i'm for doing it as it was easy to do, just would like to know. OTA would be nice in the future if i don't want to bother doing it manually.

its not a "root update" so you are good. It's like you pushed the OTA to your phone.

dmodert66 · Dec 9, 2009

neumannator said:
anyone have this problem? i put it on auto brightness and when i click lock button it locks, then when i unlock it the screen never comes back on!!! stays blank!

Just tried it on mine and it works as intended...I would take it back to VZW...

Slacker20 · Dec 9, 2009

neumannator said:
anyone have this problem? i put it on auto brightness and when i click lock button it locks, then when i unlock it the screen never comes back on!!! stays blank!

Not quite that problem, but something sorta similar. A few minutes after installing the update without a problem, my home screen icons and widgets just... disappeared. Restarted the phone and all was fine. Then I noticed that my screen was SUPER bright and my touch navigation buttons on the bottom (as well as the physical keyboard) wasn't lit up at all. Made sure the brightness settings hadn't been changed, and they were still set to automatic. Restarted again, and now all seems well.

I can definitely tell a difference in speed now

jmccarthy14 · Dec 9, 2009

This is great, thanks for posting.

Campah · Dec 9, 2009

asilver said:
it's because you named the file update.zip.zip....meaning when you rename it on your computer just rename it update not update.zip because it's already downloaded in a zip file you don't need to add the file extension...I did the same thing to because the instructions said to rename it update.zip....not correct. just name it update

Sorry, but that's not the case. It is really named just "update.zip" the fine passes the verification, but fails on verifying the existing OS.

If you don't believe me, heres the ls output of my SD card.

Code:

adam@Daedalus/Volumes/DROID: ls
20091124091334124.pdf	        	download
DCIM			                google_maps_navigation
Droid.icns		                greed
Images		             		media
LOST.DIR		                mnn
MarkSpace		                prettyweather-googlecode-com
adobe		            		screenshot1258950909189.png
albumthumbs	 	            	tmp
amazonmp3		           	twc-cache
cardiotrainer		           	twidgit
com.google.android.apps.listen       	[COLOR="Red"]update.zip[/COLOR]
data

wade_county · Dec 9, 2009

Campah said:

Sorry, but that's not the case. It is really named just "update.zip" the fine passes the verification, but fails on verifying the existing OS.

If you don't believe me, heres the ls output of my SD card.

Code:

adam@Daedalus/Volumes/DROID: ls
20091124091334124.pdf                download
DCIM                            google_maps_navigation
Droid.icns                        greed
Images                             media
LOST.DIR                        mnn
MarkSpace                        prettyweather-googlecode-com
adobe                            screenshot1258950909189.png
albumthumbs                         tmp
amazonmp3                       twc-cache
cardiotrainer                       twidgit
com.google.android.apps.listen           [COLOR=Red]update.zip[/COLOR]
data

just do it via the phone browser and not the computer... I kept having the SAME exact problems.. and just did it this way.. and it worked flawlessly. Android 2.0.1 Install - Page 2 - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

Campah · Dec 9, 2009

wade_county said:
just do it via the phone browser and not the computer... I kept having the SAME exact problems.. and just did it this way.. and it worked flawlessly. Android 2.0.1 Install - Page 2 - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

I've done it via downloading through the phone browser and renaming and moving with Astro (that was my first attempt actually), then I tried with my Mac, then I tried with my Win7 box.

Seriously, nothing will work on this phone. If I understand the error I'm getting, it really isn't the file, but the existing OS that is the cause of the problem. I would bet money that your error was different than mine.

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