On Friday 13 November 2009 23:35:21 James wrote: > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Do you mean "droid" as a synonym for Android? > > yes, > Verizon is offering the HTC ERIS (DROID) phone, in > addition to the Mot DROID phone: > http://www.htc.com/us/product/droideris/specification.html
Nice phone, looks a lot like the Hero available here > > To flash it you need root privileges which is a trivial hack; > > carrier-provided phones usually have this disabled but this too has been > > hacked around. Then followed Google and HTC's own docs on the flash > > procedure > > > > http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream > > http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Main_Page > > HTC images available at http://developer.htc.com/adp.html > > > > This page describes how to install Debian so gentoo will also be > > possible: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507291 > > Nice links but do they relate to the Mot version of the DROID, or just the > HTC? Mot put a very fast Cortex-A8 arm chip in their phone...... Sorry, but I really have no idea. It might turn out similar to trying to run 686 code on a 486 > Will flashing work with the Verizon HTC Eris phone like yours? > Not sure by my googling results..... Everything I've read suggests that flashing either works or it doesn't, and if it doesn't then you can roll back to factory preset. But that's a big if, so you might want to wait till some of the more experienced hackers show if it can be done. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
