[Andrew Ruffolo]

I don't know why you really need a PC. For reference, I'm doing this all from my Mac. You can root on a mac, and you can also transfer the files to the sd card through usb. I already have 2.1 on my phone, but if you don't use the first option, you can still put the other ones onto your phone and flash them.

Market issue, I haven't flashed it yet, just got it on there, will report back in like 10 minutes though with what I see.

Paid apps aren't showing.

[mbell75]

Ok, so if I am going to do that 2nd option as was suggested, what do i do? Download it, hook up my phone to my Mac and drop that file on my phone somewhere?

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Are you rooted? You need root and a custom recovery first. Next, drag and drop directly into the sd card (where you see folders and misc files).
*Backup first (just in case), then
*Wipe, then
*Flash, then, most importantly...
have fun!!! 2.1 brings lots of awesome things.

[mbell75]

Ok, so I DO have to root first. Alot of people were saying you dont.

[Darth Pooh#CB]

Ok, so I DO have to root first. Alot of people were saying you dont.

Def have to root, follow gbhil's awesome post about how to root in the original post in this thread. He linked it for you as well as I did in post #14. It's a bit of a read but very easy since it's laid out STEP BY STEP.

[Andrew Ruffolo]

You will need to SDK installed (you don't need to install Eclipse) For mac.
Also, since linux and macosx are Unix based... you follow all the steps the same but no

cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\

instead you would get to the SDK folder like this:

cd /Users/NAME OF COMPUTER/SDK FOLDER NAME/tools

Unix uses forward slashes (hence while everything phone side is /// since its linux based
And you do all of this in terminal
I may create a video tutorial later.

Also instead of just typing adb devices you will need to type ./adb device and ./ before anything and it should work.

[edders]

Got everything correct rooting from the start. Loaded new custom ROM and phone just constantly restarts. Any help? Thanks.

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Got everything correct rooting from the start. Loaded new custom ROM and phone just constantly restarts. Any help? Thanks.

Wipe everything
I mentioned ealier you don't need to wipe ext, but you do.
Wipe Data/factory reset
Wipe Dalvik
Wipe Ext
Wipe battery
Wipe rotation

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Got everything correct rooting from the start. Loaded new custom ROM and phone just constantly restarts. Any help? Thanks.

which custom ROM did you load?

Did you wipe data/factory reset from the recovery image?

[edders]

no I did not. I used the second option ROM. I'll give wiping a go. Thank you

[Andrew Ruffolo]

no I did not. I used the second option ROM. I'll give wiping a go. Thank you

I got the endless boot with not wiping ext (you might not have to wipe it if you don't wipe dalvik?) i dunno clean install worked.

[smccloud]

can i get by with wiping my ext3 partition on my sd card and not the fat32 partition (you know, the one with my music and stuff) or do i need to back that up first?

[edders]

Got error wiping Ext/SD but tried to install again. Now I get an error.
E:Can't chown/mod /data/app
(No such file or directory)
E:Failure at line 388:
set_perm 1000 1000 0771 DATA:app

Installation aborted

Am I supposed to be wiping using the phone recovery mode or is there another way?

[bbpinoy]

very newbie question, is this GSM or CDMA leak?

[Andrew Ruffolo]

can i get by with wiping my ext3 partition on my sd card and not the fat32 partition (you know, the one with my music and stuff) or do i need to back that up first?

you're good, everything should stay. Only necessary backup of the entire fat32 partition is if you are going to partition the sd card.

[Andrew Ruffolo]

FYI, 3d gallery works with this. actually, it runs pretty fast. portrait and in landscape.

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Got error wiping Ext/SD but tried to install again. Now I get an error.
E:Can't chown/mod /data/app
(No such file or directory)
E:Failure at line 388:
set_perm 1000 1000 0771 DATA:app

Installation aborted

Am I supposed to be wiping using the phone recovery mode or is there another way?

You just found a bug.

Gimme 10 minutes.

It's uploading now. To explain -
The script that runs makes sure to copy and set the permissions on all the directories in the file system. I forgot to include a zero size placeholder in the /data folder, so nothing copied. The installer can't set permissions on something that didn;t copy

Give it a few minutes, then download the newer signed-CL157175_1.zip as soon as I get the first post updated

[Andrew Ruffolo]

very newbie question, is this GSM or CDMA leak?

CDMA Sprint

[smccloud]

you're good, everything should stay. Only necessary backup of the entire fat32 partition is if you are going to partition the sd card.

i think i will just to be safe. must also remember to remove the battle.net authenticator from my account b4 i run this

[bbpinoy]

CDMA Sprint

thanks for the info. will wait for gsm version.

[edders]

You just found a bug.

Gimme 10 minutes.

Just to update...
I could not perform the EXT/SD and Devik(?) wipes on the phone. I removed the card, deleted everything, formatted card in the recover screen utility, put the ROM back on and was able to perform all wipes. Thought ROM would install then but it never with the same error message.
Removed the battery and tried again. Wipe all, run install and this time it completed the install with no errors.
Now it just HANGS on the "HTC quietly brilliant" screen

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Just to update...
I could not perform the EXT/SD and Devik(?) wipes on the phone. I removed the card, deleted everything, formatted card in the recover screen utility, put the ROM back on and was able to perform all wipes. Thought ROM would install then but it never with the same error message.
Removed the battery and tried again. Wipe all, run install and this time it completed the install with no errors.
Now it just HANGS on the "HTC quietly brilliant" screen

Its going to take like 10 minutes to install
You can tell if its doing something if you have the SDK installed
Windows:
cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\
adb logcat

Mac:
cd /users/USER NAME/android-sdk-mac_86/tools
./adb logcat

[edders]

So by install you mean when I reboot the phone and I "hang" at the white HTC screen it is most likely installing?

[Andrew Ruffolo]

So by install you mean when I reboot the phone and I "hang" at the white HTC screen it is most likely installing?

it could be. It'll be white for a while
also, hope you had decent battery. it doesn't eat it up, but this isn't something you want to do on 20% battery as it doesn't charge while it boots. If the orange light comes on sometime later before it does anything else, this is a good sign, almost done loading.
If the logcat is spitting out stuff, then its still installing. You don't have to know what its saying, as long at its still talking.

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

So by install you mean when I reboot the phone and I "hang" at the white HTC screen it is most likely installing?

it could be. It'll be white for a while
also, hope you had decent battery. it doesn't eat it up, but this isn't something you want to do on 20% battery as it doesn't charge while it boots. If the orange light comes on sometime later before it does anything else, this is a good sign, almost done loading.
If the logcat is spitting out stuff, then its still installing. You don't have to know what its saying, as long at its still talking.

Another good sign is if you only see the Sprint animation once.

A normal boot will be White "quietly brilliant" screen for 30 seconds or so, then the Sprint animation, then "quietly brilliant" again for a while. If you see Sprint twice, you're boot looping and it's stuck.