Android 2.1 Update Rolls Out For Motorola Droid!

[adrynalyne]

I just find it unlikely.

Better yet, impossible.

The reboot into the recovery partition formats /system, then flashes the new /system and baseband. Nothing can be installed from /system.

It would have to be /data (unlikely), /cache (very possible), or /sdcard.

It's 2AM *LOL* I'm half asleep........ I completely missed that very obvious fact.....

Its all good. Only 11pm here and I am studying for an exam.

 

[redmccarthy]

Lack of root access might be a problem....

...Yeah, I didn't consider that. Installing the update isn't going to revert the BIOS-like program where you do backup/restore to stock, is it?

You mean the recovery image? It will do it automatically. It will download, reboot, you will see an unmodified recovery image, and it will auto run.

Or am I misunderstanding you?

When I rooted the phone I followed a guide that had you reflash the phone to change the screen you get by booting + holding X to a modified one where you can do the nandroid backup/restore. So I was asking will installing the 2.1 update reflash that program back to the stock one, or leave it alone and just replace the OS itself?

 

[Dave12308]

Yeah that would be nice, but what are the chances that adb root was left open?

Well, that's what we could find out if someone got the update and was actually able to try this..... Try the easy (and obvious) way first, and if it fails, time to move on to something else. If I were to receive the update and was able to try this, I would probably do so with no expectations of it working. But if it did, it would make it worthwhile; and if not, well, at least it kept me occupied for a few minutes *LOL*

 

[DigiK]

OTA updates on rooted phone can be re-enabled by re-adding or renaming otacerts.zip in
/system/etc/security/otacerts.zip

Unfortunately, I deleted my nandroid stock backup earlier today doing some housecleaning so I don't have otacerts.zip to provide. I'm sure someone can post it though.

Once someone who is rooted with OTA enabled gets the download, they just have to wait for the OTA, pull battery, restart into Nandroid recovery and mount the SD card to pull the update. This method avoids needing a card reader, since not everyone has one.

 

[CaliKing]

Really, u guys shouldn't loose sleep over this. Its not that serious. Just wait and in a few days ull c that ur phone is still the same way it is now

 

[adrynalyne]

...Yeah, I didn't consider that. Installing the update isn't going to revert the BIOS-like program where you do backup/restore to stock, is it?

You mean the recovery image? It will do it automatically. It will download, reboot, you will see an unmodified recovery image, and it will auto run.

Or am I misunderstanding you?

When I rooted the phone I followed a guide that had you reflash the phone to change the screen you get by booting + holding X to a modified one where you can do the nandroid backup/restore. So I was asking will installing the 2.1 update reflash that program back to the stock one, or leave it alone and just replace the OS itself?

It will reflash the stock one. Shame huh? Would be cool if it left our recovery images alone. Alas, they foresaw what would happen

 

[adrynalyne]

Yeah that would be nice, but what are the chances that adb root was left open?

Well, that's what we could find out if someone got the update and was actually able to try this..... Try the easy (and obvious) way first, and if it fails, time to move on to something else. If I were to receive the update and was able to try this, I would probably do so with no expectations of it working. But if it did, it would make it worthwhile; and if not, well, at least it kept me occupied for a few minutes *LOL*

Yeah, same.

 

[adrynalyne]

Really, u guys shouldn't loose sleep over this. Its not that serious. Just wait and in a few days ull c that ur phone is still the same way it is now

I'm up for other reasons. I flashed to stock to help the chances of getting an update.zip out there. I have zero intentions of running it, aside from trying to root it, of course

 

[redmccarthy]

It will reflash the stock one. Shame huh? Would be cool if it left our recovery images alone. Alas, they foresaw what would happen

Damn. I was hoping I'd be able to easily go back to BB0.9 if the update wasn't any good

 

[cisco0910]

What happens since like the fikrst night there only pushing 1000 ota updates (whatever number they said) and 900 are rooted with droidmod which blocks any ota update? Does that mean 100 people will actually get it? I think I'm asking a "duhh" stupid question but I'm curious for real

 

[adrynalyne]

Sadly, no. It would take (possibly) the stock signed 2.0.1 update.zip or an sbf.

Imagine the surprise if this OTA has the encryption from the Milestone? That would suck.

 

[smokiedabong]

Can't somebody who has ADB Shell run a ps reboot or killall shutdown just before it reboots so he can search for the update in /cache ?

 

[adrynalyne]

You sure its in /cache and not the sd card?

Reason I ask, the stock recovery image only installs update.zip from the sd card.

 

[Dave12308]

You sure its in /cache and not the sd card?

Reason I ask, the stock recovery image only installs update.zip from the sd card.

Well, at least AS FAR AS WE KNOW; it does........ something different COULD be going on behind the scenes (or it COULD be a different version of the Recovery software) - capitalization used to emphasize speculation.

 

[smokiedabong]

You sure its in /cache and not the sd card?

Reason I ask, the stock recovery image only installs update.zip from the sd card.

May also be on the SD card , the idea is to pause or kill the process just after the download is finished so you can search for the file