Droid Charge EE4 update improvements

[brianct1972]

I still have stock ed2 and i got the zip from here so do i delete the name on the zip file and just have it say update.zip or does it still need the numbers in front of it help please!

Just rename is update, not update.zip (leave the .zip off).

 

[Ken7]

Sounds pretty substantial to me, especially the improved browser performance.

Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

If this update works as promised, it will make this a killer phone. My main gripe at this point is 3G sensitivity, but I guess there's no promise that will be improved by the update.

 

[Ken7]

Hasent showed up for me yet.

From what I've read, tonight.

 

[Bravozero]

This will be a nice little fix for this already great phone.

Quick question... If I'm on ED1 and I currently have Voodoo with the restructuring of the file system, is this update going to have issues?

 

[triangle8]

EE4 fixed my calendar syncing issues with Exchange. I use the xScope browser and I still think it's faster than the stock browser after the EE4 update.

 

[Ken7]

Does anyone know how to confirm an update has taken place in the 'settings' menu?

 

[ellje]

I think I'm being picked on since I hadn't downloaded ed2 yet... still nothing new for me!

 

[hockeymn25]

there you go fear , im deodexing now
1e96b63a1f25.SCH-I510_ED2_update.zip

is this ee4 or ed2?

 

[Ken7]

is this ee4 or ed2?

EE4. All explained here:

http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_charge.pdf

 

[dimhcs21]

I have never done a manual update like this before. My charge is stock and need some assistance with this. Can someone lay out a step by step, VERY detailed, instruction guide for me to complete this update? I have already downloaded the ZIP file.....

 

[Ken7]

I have never done a manual update like this before. My charge is stock and need some assistance with this. Can someone lay out a step by step, VERY detailed, instruction guide for me to complete this update? I have already downloaded the ZIP file.....

Why not just wait for the OTA update due anytime today (depending on your location). If you get it that way there's nothing to do, just hit "OK". Can't be much easier than that.

 

[brianct1972]

Aaaargh!!!

I updated to EE4, but had to rollback to EE1 as AB didn't work over EE4.

However even though I went back to EE1 my broadband is stuck on EE4 and the OTA to EE2 won't take.

Help?

 

[Raptor007]

there you go fear , im deodexing now
1e96b63a1f25.SCH-I510_ED2_update.zip

Is this EE4 or ED2?

*never mind I figured it out, this is EE4 manual update from ED2 OTA.

 

[sparkz69]

It seems the only way to update the Radio as DroidXcon points out is with downgrading using odin stock ed01 then doing OTA updates to get to EE4, though just reading around i would hope that most charge users, and site readers truly Understand everything they are messing with, I'm reading comments above me about people who are likely to be on a rom and are willy nilly flashing whatever they see comes there way without reading ALL the warnings, meaning flashing the ee4 update.zip without first doing downgrade and OTA updates to get The ee4 Radio,Everyone please read all the details first, before trying to mess with your phone.

So essentially, to reap the benefits of the new EE4 radio, I would need to:

1) flash back to ED1 - rooted (currently running AB4 w/PB&J kernel) [ODIN]
2) get OTA updates up to EE4 - lose root [OTA]
3) flash to AB4 - get root again [ODIN]
4) install kernels/themes/etc.. [CMW]

Did I miss a step? Do I need to flash to ED1 - rooted before going back to AB4?

BTW: The Altered Beast / PB&J kernel combo rocks. Very fast and all day battery life.

 

[brianct1972]

So essentially, to reap the benefits of the new EE4 radio, I would need to:

1) flash back to ED1 - rooted (currently running AB4 w/PB&J kernel) [ODIN]
2) get OTA updates up to EE4 - lose root [OTA]
3) flash to AB4 - get root again [ODIN]
4) install kernels/themes/etc.. [CMW]

Did I miss a step? Do I need to flash to ED1 - rooted before going back to AB4?

BTW: The Altered Beast / PB&J kernel combo rocks. Very fast and all day battery life.

I followed those steps exactly but once AB reloaded all the EE4 updates were gone.

 

[elucid]

Presumably your radio is still updated tho. That is the important part. DroidXcon should be able to incorperate the rest into his ROM.

 

[cltatenza]

Running Launcher Pro and having most of the bloatware hidden shouldn't affect me receiving this OTA correct?

 

[sparkz69]

Presumably your radio is still updated tho. That is the important part. DroidXcon should be able to incorperate the rest into his ROM.

That's exactly what I'm aiming for. I hope the radio update sticks through all the flashing!

 

[Halcyon]

Running Launcher Pro and having most of the bloatware hidden shouldn't affect me receiving this OTA correct?

Correct.

 

[Raptor007]

This will be a nice little fix for this already great phone.

Quick question... If I'm on ED1 and I currently have Voodoo with the restructuring of the file system, is this update going to have issues?

You need to disable Voodoo before doing anything else. Reboot into CWM, disable Voodoo lagfix and reboot again. Use Odin to Flash the "Rooted Stock ED1 Downgrade from ED2" ROM, accept the ED2 OTA update as you did before. Then you copy the file that DroidXcon put in this thread on your SDcard, rename it to Update and reboot again into CWM, apply the update file and you should be all set.

It also sounds like DroidXcon will have an updated version tonight. I hope this helps, but if you do not disable Voodoo it will seriously mess up the phone (I know from personal experience).