How To: Load a Custom ROM on the HTC Droid Eris (Updated – 04.08.2010)
March 19, 2010 in Featured
THIS PROCEDURE IS OBSOLETE! PLEASE HEAD TO OUR NEW HOW TO ROOT/LOAD A ROM PROCEDURES:
HOW TO ROOT THE DROID ERIS (UNREVOKED METHOD)
HOW TO LOAD A CUSTOM ROM ON THE DROID ERIS
I. Before You Begin
1. You must have root access first. Do our How To Root the Droid Eris procedure first, then when you are done, come back to this one and continue.
2. This procedure will also show you how to flash a custom recovery image onto your Droid Eris (which can be a great tool in itself, and is required for flashing ROMs).
3. YOU MUST FINISH THIS PROCEDURE AND FLASH A CUSTOM ROM TO HAVE ROOT ACCESS TO USE APPLICATIONS! (If you just want a stock ROM with root access, choose the Stock 2.1 w/ Root ROM when you select a ROM in Section IV).
II. Setup ADB
1. Follow our How To Setup ADB procedure, then once you can see your phone’s serial number when typing adb devices, you can return here and continue.
III. Flash a Custom Recovery Image on the Droid Eris
1. Download the Flash_Image file and Amon Ra’s recovery image and save them both to the tools folder of your AndroidSDK you downloaded for the How To Setup ADB procedure.
Flash_Image
Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
2. Then plug in your phone via usb cable and goto Settings > Applications > Development and make sure USB Debugging is checked on.
3. Open the command prompt on your computer and type in the following with hitting enter at the end of each line:
cd\
cd c:\AndroidSDK\tools
adb devices
4. Close the command prompt and turn off you phone.
IV. Flash a Custom ROM Using the Recovery Image
1. Turn the phone on by holding down Volume Up and Power and keep holding it until the recovery screen comes up.
2. Scroll to USB-MS Toggle and select it. Then plug in your phone to the computer via USB so we can access the memory card.
3. Download a Custom ROM you want from our Droid Eris ROM section on our site (as of 03/19/10 there aren’t any yet) and save it to the root of your phone’s sd card (NOT in any folders, just on the sd card itself).
4. Once downloaded to your sd card, push the button on your phone to disable USB-MS Toggle.
5. Scroll to Wipe Data, select it, then select Wipe Data/Factory Reset.
6. Then click volume down to go back and then scroll to Flash Zip from sdcard and select it.
7. Choose the ROM you want to flash and select it.
8. Once it is done, hit the trackball to reboot the phone, all done!
Tyler said on July 9, 2010
for those of you wondering about the ‘read only’ error, you need to disable disk use, and just have charge only…along with USB debugging
pv0472 said on July 14, 2010
Having the same problem as many other users so far. Everything works perfectly until I get to this part:
adb push flash_image /system/bin
Phone reports failed to copy flash-image to system/bin/flash_image: Read-only file system
Obviously I can type this out correctly so it is not a typo, flash_image is in the tools folder as is the recovery image, USB debugging is turned on and so is charge only.
Is there anything else that I’m missing that prevent me from going forward?
pv0472 said on July 14, 2010
Finally got this to work. Each time it wouldn’t work for me I backed out of cmd and started over. Finally got it to work after about 10 tries. Totally completed flashing new ROM and currently running Tainted Vanilla.
Paul said on July 14, 2010
when i type in the last command, it says permissions denied. what?????
Paul said on July 15, 2010
is it oaky if you use nandroid to backup your phone and restore it after you install the rom? i really don’t feel like loosing all my data on my phone again.
David Cogen said on July 15, 2010
Paul,
No that would negate flashing the ROM as it would bring you back to the ROM you have when you did the backup.
What data are you worried about losing? Just Sync with Google and you contacts, calendar, and email will be saved. Pictures, music, videos, etc that are saved the the sd card will also not be effected. So the only think you’ll have to do is reset your home screens like you like them and change settings.
Chris said on July 18, 2010
paul – if you are worried about your apps, you can download “astro file manager” and backup your apps to your sd card and restore them after root and updating is finished.
everyone having problems with files transferring – You need to make sure your phone has debugging enabled and set to charge only. This is for when you are transferring your files with command prompt. Also make sure you are typing everything perfect. if you get a long list of scrolling info, you did not type it right.
I did this with windows 7.
Ty said on July 20, 2010
after i enter
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
it say operation not permitted.
JB said on July 22, 2010
I can confirm that quitting the cmd screen and restarting the process with fix the “flash_image” read-only problem. After I restarted the CMD screen, it allowed me to push flash_image.
jon said on July 22, 2010
Any ideas as to how I can get past this problem? I did the PB00IMG.zip thing and I guess it worked.
# adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount: Operation not permitted
# adb shell mount
rootfs / rootfs ro 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /sqlite_stmt_journals tmpfs rw,size=4096k 0 0
/dev/block/mtdblock3 /system yaffs2 ro 0 0
…
Jason said on September 13, 2010
The Unlockr,
I have the same problem as this guy above me I did already have 2.1 and still wanted to have root to run wifi tether… and did the copy to the SD card… but still no luck on getting past the first line… keep saying..
mount: Operation not permitted
thanks in advance!
Leslie said on July 31, 2010
D: I’ve tried it countless times, but when I type in the adb push recovery-ra-eris.img /sdcard part, it says no such file or directory. but I can see it in my computer!
I dunno if it makes a difference, but after I click the ‘AndroidSDK’ folder it directs me to an ‘android-sdk-windows’ folder before it gets to the stuff with the tools and add-ons.
eh
Chris said on August 6, 2010
To all those having permission denied because the system is read only, Download Root explorer and click mount as R/W and then goto the /system file and change the permission to write .. hopefully this helps..
jenks said on August 9, 2010
Can’t seem to get the and setup correct on Windows vista 32-bit. Gonna try to do it again, I’m not real tech savvy and need details. I already did the root part successfully but tried all night and now I’m at work with a half way phone. Guess my laptop already recognizes my Ian as something else. My device manager says there is an Android adb interface. So I tried the cmd part or the setup and I have to put in cd c:\androidsdk then it pulls up Androidsdk> and its different than the how to sight and I’m lost. I guess ill try the deleting the driver part and reconnecting and see what happens. If anyone has any suggestions ill take all the help I can get.
jenks said on August 9, 2010
Can’t even spell. Where my comment/question says Ian it should be usb. Figured I’d correct myself since I’m trying to get correct help.:)
Derek said on August 27, 2010
i get mount: Operation not permitted i have rooted and done the adb and it recognizes my phone what do i do now?
Trevor said on September 1, 2010
Thanks So Much
Andrew said on September 5, 2010
failed to copy recovery-ra-eris.img to /sdcar/recovery-ra-eris.img :
Matt said on September 5, 2010
Everything was working great for me until I load up the new recovery screen.
My trackball does not work at the recovery screen, but works when I turn the phone on and navigate through different screens on my home page thing… is there anyway to make the recovery mode navigate via the volume rockers? Thanks so much for any help.
Andrew said on September 10, 2010
okay guys a couple of things I came across that will help you get through this. Make sure your phone is on Charge only. when flashing. If you cannot get past the adb push flash_image /system/bin mount your phone and copy the image itself on the sdcard. than go back and turn your phone back to charge only. and finish the process and your good to go. If you made it this far you are not going to brick your phone and have nothing to worry about.
zack said on September 17, 2010
whats should be reading across the phone when im typing in the cmd? because mines doing nothing?
i restart it with the up+power and a ! mark comes up?…
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Katie Farris said on November 17, 2010
When I try to reboot after a successful installation, I get stuck in a boot loop. Any suggestions?
Plkevlar said on March 1, 2011
ok check it out i got like half way through the commands and i screwed one up and i was like half way threw them. so does this mean half the shit is done on my phone? and do i have to take it back off the phone to do this again? im so confused