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  1. H

    Root Making boot animations

    So i made a basic boot animation, though no matter how i put it on the phone is always just shows a black screen. I've tried adb push from cmd, boot animation builder, using a file explorer to copy and past it to all the major different folders; /system/media/; /system/customize/resources/...
  2. Z

    Root HTC Eris won't boot

    When I power on my Verizon HTC Eris, I get a white screen with the 3 androids on skateboards and it just stays there. When I hold down Volume down and Power buttons at same time while powering on, I press Volume up for Recovery, then I get a black screen with android and triangle with...
  3. LocalHero

    Root Non-techie and link2sd

    Hi all, I rooted/switched to xtrsense a year or so ago with much help from this board (thank you) and I barely remember the process. Now I'm wanting to gain the capability to move apps to the sd card. link2sd is already on my phone along with superuser so I'm assuming they came with...
  4. wolfdogg

    Root upgrade my eris to what?

    I want to get my wife a phone from ebay, or amazon, or somewhere. Im looking to start phasing out our Eris's so i want to get one probably same manufacturer (HTC). Whats a good replacement for the Eris users, one that's up-to-date-fast(much faster than the Eris of course), and...
  5. wolfdogg

    Root CCM7_Eris_V24_RIP problems

    i have installed CCM7_Eris_V24_RIP text messaging will not work for me, we have called verizon and they couldnt find the problem, so im pretty sure its in the install, however we did activate the text messaging after the install, where before using another CCM7 mod i hadnt had it for some...
  6. P

    Root Help! Vanilla Rom - Unable to recieve texts and on XtrSense unable to create exchange account

    I root my phone about a yr ago using the CM Vanilla Rom. All of sudden I was not recieving text messages and the VM notification stop working. So I decide to use the XtrSense Rom yesterday. Now I fixed the text and VM problem but I am not able to set-up my exchange server account. I keep...
  7. S

    Help Temple Run with WiFi Only issue

    Hello everyone. I have an odd question. Using Eris with stock 2.1 (formerly rooted) on wifi only for my son to use and mess around with. He loves temple run. Knowing that it had come out for android, I have been trying to install it on the Eris for him. I am running into the following...
  8. D

    Help Connect USB Drive To Eris? Any Phone?

    What I have is a TLV game/security camera that uses a USB drive. What I am wanting to do is connect it to my phone in the field and view the videos on it if possible. Can this be done? If not are there any phones out there that will? My contact is up in November.
  9. K

    Help Google Play Error: "You haven't accessed the Google Play Store App on your device with this email ac

    Hi; Please ignore the title. I am trying to sync my google account to my Eris with Android 2.37 and Cyanogen 7. I keep getting the following error message when entering my account information: "unable to open connection to server" I can't add & sync my google account because of this. Anyone...
  10. N

    Activate Eris on new line?

    Hello! My new phone will arrive today. My daughter and I both got our Eris phones at Christmas 2009 with the BOGO offer. Physically, mine is in much better condition than hers. Teenagers rough on phones? Who would have thought? Anyway, she'll probably get a new phone soon, but for the time...
  11. A

    Help blinking orange/green light

    The indicator light is blinking green and orange. I took it to Verizon and was told it was the phone and others have told me it is the battery. It got hotter than usual a few days ago when I talked on it for about an hour. It doesn't charge correctly and the battery indicator is grey with an "!"...
  12. C

    Help Will new screen digitizer fix cracked screen?

    I dropped and cracked the screen on my htc eris today. I have some experience working on computer hardware and from the videos I have seen online it doesn't seem too difficult, the only thing I'm not sure about is what I need to buy. I have seen things that say "screen digitizer" and others say...
  13. K

    Help Updating to Android 2.1

    Hi all; I am one of the holdouts that has never owned a smartphone until now. I bought an Eris after realizing that it will save me on prepaid minutes if I use it with VOIP on Google voice. After reading some reviews it seems a negative of the phone is it comes with Android 1.5 instead of...
  14. SacredBloodlin

    Root Qualcomm: OpenMax Codecs for ARMv6

    To get full hardware acceleration and everything for this phone, we need the OpenMax codecs for the arm v6 processor. That is why there is so many bugs in a lot of these ICS roms for older phones, people have to figure it out and write their own drivers. I present to you a petition for...
  15. L

    HTC 6200 SDHC capacity

    Hi, I am trying to determine if a HTC 6200 Eris phone can utilize a 32GB micro SDHC class 10 card? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
  16. S

    Help HELP Please!

    Hello, Im just received my HTC Eris and am already having issues. I cant get online. I am connected to my home WIFI and also have a data package. And my phone is showing a connection. Please help Im dumb when it comes to this stuff.:confused:
  17. scotty85

    Root ICS for my lil buddy!

    since it hasnt been mentioned yet: [ROM][AOSP] 4.0.4 ICS | Evervolv | 2.2.0b1 | 5/20/12 - xda-developers its got a fairly long buglist for most folks to be a DD,but the flashoholics im sure will enjoy giving it a spin,as data,voice calls,and sms/mms are working :D over the weekend ill...
  18. D

    Retiring my Eris

    I've held off as long as I can, but now it's time to bid good-bye to all of you here on the Eris forum. Got a Verizon Galaxy Nexus (finally). I've had the Eris for 2 1/2 years and really liked it, especially rooted and with a custom ROM. I'm keeping it as a back up for myself or my kids that...
  19. E

    Help contact problem causing me to text wrong person!!!! help!

    Help! When I first got this Droid Eris, I set up a phone number wrong for son #2. Don't know where I set it up, but it only messes up when my son texts me and I text back. When I text back, it goes to that old wrong phone number. I have deleted him from both Google and from the phone...
  20. M

    Help HTC Droid Eris powers off when i try to boot into recovery?

    ok im kinda new but i know my way around the block... i was trying to flash an unsigned rom with amon_RA 1.6... but couldnt toggle verification. so i downloaded the latest update, moved recovery.img to my sd card... used terminal emulator and flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img...
  21. M

    Help ring when get text only for certain contacts

    How do I get my phone to ring when I get a text only for certain contacts. I know how to do it for all texts. But what I want to know how to do is get it to rings for texts only from certain people. Is there a way to do it?
  22. J

    Help Eris & ICS

    I bought a used ERIS on eBay and my daughter - who generally knows what she is doing - installed ICS (it came with cupcake). It works great except as a phone. Have been unable to activate on Verizon. They say that she should not have touched the cupcake - is this true? Is there a later...
  23. K

    Help Lock Screen App Problems

    G'day good folks of Android Forums , I have a HTC Droid Eris that I have rooted and was using the GO Launcher EX for awhile , after I discovered GO Locker I removed the original phone lock screen. The problem is that GO Locker and any other lock apps I have tried won't lock my phone or randomly...
  24. scotty85

    Root calling eu1,scary,doogald

    idk if yaLL are still following this thread: Announcement: Do You have a Soft-Bricked Eris? - Page 4 - xda-developers lan005 has tried to flash a normal recovery,and the rescue/boot recovery and still has bootloops. i need to re-read all his posts and make sure i havent missed something,but...
  25. D

    Help My Eris will not read any sd cards

    I've researched, and searched but no one has seemed to have this problem, after my Eris would not get out of fastboot, I finally got it out of fastboot. Everything was good and well, then I put the Sd chip back in it would not read it, I went to settings>sd card and storage. AND says...