[How-To] Force Motorola Droid 2.1 OTA Update (ESE81)

[RW-1]

Can we delete the update.zip file from the SD Card after the installation is complete? Thanks.

Yes, you can. On the actual OTA it would have been done for you.

BTW, my first attempt to apply the update.zip just exited recovery if that matters, I just rebooted into it and retried. Second time it ran and installed.

 

[1redss]

Works great. Thank you.

 

[zero7404]

dam that was so easy a caveman could do it

 

[Mamaperk]

I had an update.zip already, assuming that was from the previous update - it was about 10mb ... so I moved it (just in case I ended up needing it) and my force update worked fine. If I had not moved it, using Windows Vista, it would have named my update file "update(2).zip" ... maybe that's the issue some are having?

Not sure if the original update file is needed or can be deleted or renamed ... for those using Windows Vista - you will probably need to remove it from the root so Windows doesn't automatically name your file (2) and mess up your install.

Anyway, my update worked ... now I'm trying to mess with it and see all that it entails. I had forgotten about gallery until I just read the post above!
thanks for all of the people who work to get this OTA update here on the forum.
:icon_ banana::icon_ banana::icon_ banana:

 

[droidreajoh]

E: failed to open/ sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory)
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted

I have the unzipped file on my sd card. what am I doing wrong?

 

[Jizzylax]

Worked for me.

Thank you.

 

[thebowers]

Thought there would be more screens, is that not the case? Has anyone tried the root process by using ADB and with another certain update.zip? That is how someone got the ERE25 .sbf rooted.

 

[Aiesline]

anyone with a rooted phone have success with this yet?

 

[Brokn68]

Worked great, thank you!

 

[hogowner]

anyone with a rooted phone have success with this yet?

that is what I am waitng for.....did anyone have success with a rooted phone???

if you did..when you answer...please do not say it worked like a charm....we do not know if you are talking about and unrooted or rooted phone...so please specify...
thx!!!!

 

[raleigh]

That was very easy. Thanks everyone on here for the information and the positive reports!

 

[BleedingPurist]

This went very smooth for me. Thanks!! I love the fact I did it all on my Droid, no connecting to a PC.

Follow directions, people. If something went wrong, you didn't.

 

[thebowers]

Not going to try on a rooted phone, since they have not found a way to root it yet.

 

[monnietron]

Wiped phone, then installed. Works great, no lag. Thanks guys:icon_ banana::icon_ banana::icon_ banana:!

 

[Mattpfeil]

Worked awesome for me, on a non-rooted phone.

Also, go me for this being my first post.