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So you want the new 2.1 update for your Droid but you don’t want to wait for the Over the Air (OTA) update. Maybe you rooted your phone and you simply want to mess around with the files for development purposes. Well you can grab the download here and also get installation instructions below.
NOTE* this is for Droid phones which are not rooted and are running 2.0.1 ***CONFIRMED*** This works on Rooted and Unrooted Droids. Proceed at your own Caution while applying this update with a Rooted Droid. If you have applied any custom ROM’s you may run into problems. In addition it may be better to go back to stock before you proceed with this tutorial.
- Obtain the update from this link
- Backup your Call Logs and Text Messages (Optional, but always good to be safe!)
- Connect your droid to your computer via a USB cable
- In the notification bar on your droid, select “USB Connected” and then select “Mount”
- Navigate to your computer and open your droid file system. It will appear as a “removable disk”
- Drag/Copy the “update.zip” to the root of your sd card.
- power down your droid
- When powering your droid on, hold down the “X” key on the physical keyboard and while doing so press the power button. Hold both of them down until you see a Triangle with an !.
- Press the Vol+ and the Camera button together until you get a menu
- Using the D-pad, select the option to update with the update.zip file.
- Once it’s done select the option to reboot the phone.
You have successfully just updated your Droid to 2.1. Sit back and enjoy all the benefits.
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After applying this update, anyway to root my droid?
rtrinkle | 31-Mar-10 at 9:27 am | Permalink
I am sure there is. If I had an extra Droid laying around I would try to the normal methods for rooting the previous Droid.
I would venture to say the old methods work for 2.1, but I would not try it until more testing has been done.
To confirm any theories, another user has notified me that on his rooted droid, he was able to apply this update. His rooted droid did not have any custom ROM’s loaded however.
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