Don’t feel like waiting around for Verizon to give you Android 2.1 for your Droid Eris? Well now you can do it yourself. Verizon supposedly says that it will void your warranty, but there’s no way they can tell, it’s the exact same file they will be releasing. Just follow the instructions below and you should be fine. Just don’t pull your battery or anything if you think it’s taking too long.
This method does not require rooting your phone or any special tech skills either.
- Download the Android 2.1 firmware for Droid Eris straight from Google.
- Rename the file update.zip and copy it to your microSD card via USB. [Note: make sure the file is named update.zip and not update.zip.zip.]
- Power down your Eris.
- Hold down the “Volume Down” button as you power the phone back on.
- A screen should appear showing your phone’s system searching for various files. Scroll down to “recovery” and press the “Power” button.
- When you see the triangle with an exclamation point symbol, press the “Power” and “Home” buttons at the same time.
- From the menu that appears, select “Apply sdcard:update.zip.”
- When the screen displays “Install from sdcard complete” select “reboot system now” and wait for the phone to power back up.
