New Update

[GhostlySnow]

I think I didn't need to put back need for speed shift and you can re download vznavigator, kindle, blockbuster and probably a few others from the market to save time

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[buryboi]

Do this to update after removing bloatware

It would be nice if simply re-installing the bloatware from the market would work, however it will not. User installed apk's (from the market or elsewhere) are placed in the /data/app directory. The factory installed bloatware is in the /system/app directory. The update (2.4.330) knows this and checks the /system/app directory for everything that is supposed to be there, and that the permissions are correctly set. So, if you've removed, renamed, frozen, or whatever any app in the /system/app directory you will not get the update until you put everything back. If you froze them with Titanium backup, simply unfreeze them. If you deleted them, thats a big no-no, in the future, it would be much easier if you simply rename them from *.apk to *.bpk or *.bak or something the system wont recognize. That way if you do want the factory updates, you simply name them back to *.apk, reboot and install the update.

If you did delete them you have to put everything back the way it was. To do this you must use adb or root-explorer. Since I have never had to use adb, these steps use root explorer.

Step 1: Download the dump provided by Angdroid (a page or two back in this thread.

Step 2: Unrar it and navigate to the /system/app folder (using your PC)

Step 3: On your D2G use root explorer and navigate to /system/app

Step 4: Compare the contents of each folder (looking at both *.apk and *.odex files)

Step 5: Make a list of files that are in the folder on your PC but aren't on your phone.

Step 6: Plug your phone into your PC and establish a connection.

Step 7: Copy the files that are on the list you made in step 5 to a folder on the Sdcard on you phone.

Step 8: Unplug your phone from your PC.

Step 9: Using root explorer navigate to the files you just copied to your Sdcard.

Step 10: Press the menu button and choose Multi Select.

Step 11: Select all of the files and Choose Copy (should be a button towards the bottom)

Step 12: Navigate to the /system/app folder using root explorer and click the box at the top that says "Mount R/W"

Step 13: Click "Paste"

Step 14: Check the permissions of each file, they should be rw-r--r--

Step 15: If files are not properly permissioned, long press them, choose "permissions" and you will see three rows and three columns. The top row (User) should have should have the first two boxes checked (Read and Write). The next two rows (Owner and Group) should have only the first box checked (Read). Then click ok.

Step 16: Do this for every file that does not have the correct permissions.

Step 17: Press "Mount R/O"

Step 18: Reboot the phone.

Step 19: Press Menu-Settings-About Phone-System updates and retry the update.

Hopefully this helps. It always worked on my Droid 1.

 

[GhostlySnow]

Well then you don't need to have vznaivagator, kindle, or blockbuster for the update, I had to reinstall the 3g mobile hotspot in the /system/app folder. So you will have to do the above method for restoring these apps.

 

[buryboi]

That's nice to know

Cool thats helpful! Should save some time for those that removed them.

 

[leobg]

You can open the update file and check what patch files it has inside. For each patch file you must have corresponding original on your phone. Extra files do not break the update, it is changed and deleted ones that do! If you add extra apps there (like superuser.apk) - they won't cause update to fail.

buryboi, great write up!

 

[BusCaptain]

Still unable to update

i replaced the deleted items in the system/app folder and used root explorer to set the proper permissions. i dumped the system/app directory info to the sdcard via terminal emulator (ls -l > /sdcard/app_info). i copied this file to my PC and imported it in excel where i compared it with a dir of the droid 2 system dump files. I have all 310 files and all the permissions are -rw-r--r-- . when i try the update, i immediately get the error message:
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "cdma_droid2we" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "cdma_droid2we"
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.

Any clues to what is wrong?

 

[buryboi]

Same thing happened to me. I had to redownload the update from vzw then it ran... I have no idea why it did that.

 

[zero7404]

i understand the urge to get this update, but it's better to wait for the ota to hit your phone ... i'm seeing these last 2 pages of ppl trying to do it manually ... don't bother and risk messing something up ....

 

[jkidd16]

I think I may have installed this update. My system version is now 2.4.330.A956. I don't think I am rooted anymore because Titanium Backup and SetCPU wont work anymore. Is it safe to reroot the phone just like I did from the Droid 2 Global ROOT, UNROOT, CUSTOM RECOVERY & SIM UNLOCK Tutorial thread by SGMD1? And also I used TiBackup to freeze and delete bloatware and never reinstalled them but my update still worked.

****NVRM. I rerooted with Z4 and it worked.

 

[wilboy]

I bricked my phone yesterday,but thanks to bootstrapper...after 4x of pulling out the battery it was booted to bootstrapper automatically and i restored my working ROM then updated mine to 2.4.300.A956....whewww!:icon_ banana:
BTW. i went back to Fission ROM,this is much more faster compare to stock rom even though i changed some of the bloatware apk files(the one that I'm not using) to bak files..

 

[BusCaptain]

Update finally worked

Buryboi said to try it again. I did and it worked finally. Thanks for the support

 

[jamesondroid]

alright, Q.

I wanted a copy of the dump (just incase)... when I open the one I got from the thread there are 310 files in it, that includes the odex files which dont show in my app folder on my phone, there are only 29 files in my app folder compared with 310 from the DL. wth?

I know I nuked one or 2 but certainly not that many. what am I not seeing?

 

[BusCaptain]

Try root explorer

Jamesondroid,
what are you using to view your files? I had to get the paid app root explorer to move and change the permissions.

 

[jamesondroid]

thanks BusCaptain.

just the files on my computer - Linux.

I need to be in "system" when rooted, huh. brain must be elsewhere, I unrooted yesterday...

 

[d2gwbbb]

I use root explorer and it shows both apk and odex files.

Also use this to change the file permissions.

alright, Q.

I wanted a copy of the dump (just incase)... when I open the one I got from the thread there are 310 files in it, that includes the odex files which dont show in my app folder on my phone, there are only 29 files in my app folder compared with 310 from the DL. wth?

I know I nuked one or 2 but certainly not that many. what am I not seeing?