the steps for rooting the 2.1 ota are the same as rooting 1.5. Follow the sticky and you will get there.

 

and they are a little hard to understand for people new to smart phones and rooting, im finding it hard to root and hard to find help. ("its all in the sticky")i will just keep reading and try to put it all together.

 

Sticky refers to the Stickied thread at the top of this forum.
Here is the link to that thread:
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53963-guide-stock-1-5-latest-root-2-1-a.html

Here is a link to an application that will root your phone for you:
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/72676-application-eris-master-application-r00t.html

 

yes i know what stickies are lol,(as said before people try to direct me there ) and they took that app down yesterday as it was buggy, they are working on code........

 

trust me, I wish there were a magic button to root your phone. But were hacking a phone here. It's hard to dumb it down or simplify what needs to be done because its just not a simple process. Its honestly not a difficult process either, but it is a detailed one. Each step must be done in order and followed precisely or it won't work. What problem specifically are you having?

 

part of the update packages you need to install with the SDK is USB drivers for 2.1 devices. Run the SDK setup again and make sure to install the usb drivers package.

 

Download HTC Sync and that will take care of the drivers.

HTC Mobile Phone Support - DROID ERIS by HTC (Verizon) - Downloads

 

Did you download HTC Sync?? Also, what Windows OS are you using? You should be able to just download HTC Sync, then plug your phone in with debugging on, and it should install the drivers for you...

 

Ok, plug your phone into your computer via USB cable... Go to Device Manager and click portable devices.. Does it say Android Phone?? Or is there still a yellow exclamation mark by it?

 

I'm on a Mac so I probably can't be much help.. The HTC Sync install worked for me on my old Windows computer though. All you should have to do after you get SDK working is run the install_root.bat

 

Ok, so obviously SDK isn't working.. I thought when you plugged your phone in via USB you should be prompted to install drivers..

 

It isn't an all-in-one package, but still works.

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/80293-how-root-w-mac-osx.html


EDIT: Also, the last post gives instructions of how to root on your mac without using SDK

 

Hey,

I'm new to this forum and to rooting. I've had my eris for a month now and I am looking at possibly doing some other roms. I am downloading SDK now, but I think I may know what your issue is...You're using Vista. I love Vista, but I bet it's meant to be done in XP....could be a compatibiliy issue...I have 7, so lets see if it works there...