Well I have been holding out with a stock 2.1 DX
I had read that some sort of boot loader hack was in progress and would allow us to make "true" mods.
So I was concerned that upgrading to the 2.2 OTA would make any future hacks impossible. so i held out.
I read tweets and forums posts saying stuff was coming very soon.
yet nothing has.
But i found out upgrading would upgrade the boot loader and that kept me in a holding pattern like it or not.
I wanted 2.2 without upgrading the bootloader and when i read a post that it could be done, i figured that was for me.
I can get froyo without the risk of screwing up the bootloader hack.
So last night i installed easy root and was rooted in 1 click.
GREAT!!
so I downloaded the released 2.3.15 and installed rom manager..
at this point i figured this is pretty easy and i should have done it already.
yeah well it didn't go so well.. i couldn't seem to get it installed.
I had read people saying that the 1 click method was unreliable.. blah blah
so i re-rooted my phone the manual way.. again couldn't get anything to install.
i downloaded koush's bootstrapper and was able to get it to install..
then my phone bricked.. YAY!!!
I tried for a while to get it to boot with no luck.
I had read the warnings about trying to sBF back to 2.1 so i grabbed the 2.2 sBF and pulled the trigger..
still no go.. bricked..
as i searched the net, i read that you can not go from 2.1 to 2.3.15, you have to go to like 2.2.9 or something first.. great.. glad that was made clear when i started this..lol
so i figured at this point, i couldn't screw it up anymore than it was..
i mean it was bricked.
so i SBF back to 2.1 and was very happy that it booted.
from there i re-rooted using easyroot, installed the boot strapper, rom manager and pulled down 2.3.9 and it worked..
awesome..
use rom mgr and upgraded to 2.3.15 unfortunately when i checked, my boot loader had been upgraded to 30.01
I'm guessing when i put 2.3.9 on there, is when it happened.
I think now, i should have NOT installed the 2.2 base from rom manager and i should have installed a 2.2 leak.
hopefully that won't effect any future boot loader hack if it comes out.
so just as a warning for people who are thinking of doing this.
do your home work. and learn from my silly mistakes.. it will save you hours of frustration.
I had read that some sort of boot loader hack was in progress and would allow us to make "true" mods.
So I was concerned that upgrading to the 2.2 OTA would make any future hacks impossible. so i held out.
I read tweets and forums posts saying stuff was coming very soon.
yet nothing has.
But i found out upgrading would upgrade the boot loader and that kept me in a holding pattern like it or not.
I wanted 2.2 without upgrading the bootloader and when i read a post that it could be done, i figured that was for me.
I can get froyo without the risk of screwing up the bootloader hack.
So last night i installed easy root and was rooted in 1 click.
GREAT!!
so I downloaded the released 2.3.15 and installed rom manager..
at this point i figured this is pretty easy and i should have done it already.
yeah well it didn't go so well.. i couldn't seem to get it installed.
I had read people saying that the 1 click method was unreliable.. blah blah
so i re-rooted my phone the manual way.. again couldn't get anything to install.
i downloaded koush's bootstrapper and was able to get it to install..
then my phone bricked.. YAY!!!
I tried for a while to get it to boot with no luck.
I had read the warnings about trying to sBF back to 2.1 so i grabbed the 2.2 sBF and pulled the trigger..
still no go.. bricked..
as i searched the net, i read that you can not go from 2.1 to 2.3.15, you have to go to like 2.2.9 or something first.. great.. glad that was made clear when i started this..lol
so i figured at this point, i couldn't screw it up anymore than it was..
i mean it was bricked.
so i SBF back to 2.1 and was very happy that it booted.
from there i re-rooted using easyroot, installed the boot strapper, rom manager and pulled down 2.3.9 and it worked..
awesome..
use rom mgr and upgraded to 2.3.15 unfortunately when i checked, my boot loader had been upgraded to 30.01
I'm guessing when i put 2.3.9 on there, is when it happened.
I think now, i should have NOT installed the 2.2 base from rom manager and i should have installed a 2.2 leak.
hopefully that won't effect any future boot loader hack if it comes out.
so just as a warning for people who are thinking of doing this.
do your home work. and learn from my silly mistakes.. it will save you hours of frustration.