Forced 2.0.1 DROID UPDATE! HOWTO

[syntrix]

OH MY GOD. WHAT is wrong with my post?!

Jesus...just quit whining about it already. My post has everything you need to figure it out, and if they can't then they have no business trying.

Your post does NOT have all the consumer facts.

For some reason my THREAD ID is now your THREAD ID, and my FACTS/step/by/step is now now gone.

Look at it in the droid forum there's "howto" at the end of the thread, that is NOT your thread, it's mine.

Basically some mod messed up, probably merged and deleted my "first post" which I have been updating. Some mod needs to step in before people get too confused on their droids.

 

[mdevine]

Piece of cake. I just followed the instructions on Page 1 and it worked fine.

Major performance increase for me. I am seeing much less lag.

A few widgets were also revised- they look much better.

 

[syntrix]

chill pill in order?

No, Forced 2.0.1 DROID UPDATE! HOWTO is my topic, but now it's someone elses, and it does NOT have all the info.

Carry on, the data is not there for the average consumer now, it's a phandroid problem.

 

[CatsTide]

Your post does NOT have all the consumer facts.

For some reason my THREAD ID is now your THREAD ID, and my FACTS/step/by/step is now now gone.

Look at it in the droid forum there's "howto" at the end of the thread, that is NOT your thread, it's mine.

Basically some mod messed up, probably merged and deleted my "first post" which I have been updating. Some mod needs to step in before people get too confused on their droids.

threads were merged...your original post is now post #9

 

[Redflea]

Update from your original instructions, syntrix (I had saved them, modified)

1. Power off your DROID
2. Power back on while holding the X key on the keypad.
3. When you see a "/!\" symbol, press both vol+ and camera simultaneously. A list of options will appear (it may take some time, or may require pressing Vol+/Camera in succession)
4. Use the Dpad to scroll to and select the SD UPDATE.ZIP option
5. Wait until the progress bar goes all the way/stops at the end
6. Use the Dpad to scroll to and select the reboot now option

Enjoy the new lockscreen and 2.0.1 goodness!

 

[b3nder]

can the mods clean up all this irrelevant BS about 'merging' threads? the last thing someone needs while having issue's upgrading is to hear people crying about threads being merged.. take that the conversation up on a side thread --- please keep this to relevant upgrade info-

(please delete this when cleaned up as well)

 

[prerunnerseth]

Worked like a charm! Sweeeetness! Playin with my droid like the day i got it.

 

[xvenom89]

When I downloaded the file (OSX) I got a folder named "signed-voles-ESD56-from-ESD20" which then contains subfolders, it is unzipped I guess. Can I just rename this file "update"?

>OSX
Problem found. Switch to Linux.

 

[kg6epf]

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do
not care who gets the credit" Harry S. Truman

Thanks all, update worked great for me!

 

[efdisaster]

I was having the signature fail error.

It is much easier to use Astro File manager as described rather than try and mess with the download in OSX.

Download from droid.
Open astro file manager
navigate to sdcard/downloads
long hold the file just downloaded>edit>rename name update.zip
long hold update.zip>edit>move
navigate to folder sdcard
press menu on the droid>edit>paste

now you have the file in the right location named correctly.
proceed with the normal instructions.

I had the same error as Isles on my first attempt,

asset failed: sholes.update_cdma_bp("/tmp/rdl.bin", "/tmp.img")
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

then I did the Astro file manager thing and it worked fine...

HOWEVER, when I rebooted the phone, I did have the new lock screen... but I figured that error was worth doing it and not having any errors.

 

[eeraider]

THX guys, worked like a champ for me.

 

[user53]

After the update the phone is much snappier, however the browser seems very laggy when scrolling. Anyone else notice this?

 

[brettlewis]

is "/!\" supposed to be the morotola M? or am i supposed to see exactly that?

 

[Redflea]

is "/!\" supposed to be the morotola M? or am i supposed to see exactly that?

It's a triangle with an exclamation point in the middle of it.

 

[VeryApe]

I was having the signature fail error.

It is much easier to use Astro File manager as described rather than try and mess with the download in OSX.

Download from droid.
Open astro file manager
navigate to sdcard/downloads
long hold the file just downloaded>edit>rename name update.zip
long hold update.zip>edit>move
navigate to folder sdcard
press menu on the droid>edit>paste

now you have the file in the right location named correctly.
proceed with the normal instructions.

Not to get off topic, but I highlighted the error for you

 

[neumannator]

ok it worked... now what? can i take the update.zip off now?

 

[syntrix]

Update from your original instructions, syntrix (I had saved them, modified)

Thank you, they were actually updated more than that! I actually called Rob and he's going to check it out.

It just sucks that the complete info is not on the same first post/ topic that I created to help everyone out.

I did some new stuff: http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/25188-new-2-0-1-update-first-post-again-sorry-rob.html

They were merged and your info is still in this thread just no longer the top post its now post # 9

 

[fehhkk]

Great tip, I was getting impatient about the upgrade. Less laggy, and faster. Hope it fixes the 3G/1X jumping ...

 

[CookieMomster]

Figure i'd post this in a new thread so it doesn't get overlooked in the droid root thread.
7. profit!




Thanks Tabs for this info.


Enjoy Thanks to "lostboykev" over at AllDroid.org - Index page for the file.

Just did the process from alldroid.org and it seems just fine. Thanks for posting here.

 

[syntrix]

Great tip, I was getting impatient about the upgrade. Less laggy, and faster. Hope it fixes the 3G/1X jumping ...

No, some mod merged and my post was buried, this should be the most up to date:

http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/25188-new-2-0-1-update-first-post-again-sorry-rob.html

Just post there if you have downloaded and successfully installed, or have issues. For some reason my thread(this one) is not my thread, interesting.

I talked to Rob real quick about it, hopefully it works itself out beforehand.

 

[rtillaree]

alright, I did the forced update as instructed and it worked like a charm...took a little longer than I thought it would, I got a little nervous, but all is well...

does anyone else think that the screen became more vibrant after the update? maybe just me, but it sure looks brighter to me...

 

[photoeditor]

I get all these security warnings when trying to download the file. Things like "cannot verify the identify of the site" and "certificate does not match".

 

[iamkewl]

ok it worked... now what? can i take the update.zip off now?

yes you can!

 

[crowell392]

how about a youtube vid and can it be done on the droid and not the pc

 

[fehhkk]

I get all these security warnings when trying to download the file. Things like "cannot verify the identify of the site" and "certificate does not match".

You can't rezip or recompress the file. Just rename the file "update" and copy it to your SD card. If it still fails, then try the download again.

Apparently, the file is checksummed and checked for corruption prior to installation.