Anyway of going back to the old version?

[bluemagiic]

So I updated to 2.2 for motorola droid 1 and I was wondering if I can go back to the old version?

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[furbearingmammal]

Yes. You'll have to root, flash a recovery image, wipe your phone clean, and install an obsolete ROM, or use a stock SBF. The SBF will also wipe your phone clean, and as soon as you get it set up you'll start getting nag screens to update every couple of days or every day.

Or you can tell us what's wrong with your phone in the hopes we can fix it and save you having to go through all that.

 

[FranklinWalker]

why do you want to get back to old version?

 

[bluemagiic]

I don't know how to root so ill just tell u wats wrong, so i have a Motorola Droid 1 and whene i first got it the led notification light was working but then i don't know wat happens and it just stoped working i think it was after i upgraded to 2.2 but I'm not sure??? I all so tried handcent SMS but still won't work hope u can help

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[furbearingmammal]

So now it's not working at all? You would have upgraded to 2.2 months ago, so if this is a recent problem it's probably either a hardware failure or a software fault of some kind.

 

[bluemagiic]

Nope its not working at all,, and no its not recent it hasn't been working for a long time now probably since I went to 2.2 that's why I think its the upgrade but I'm not sure

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[furbearingmammal]

Okay. Did you get an OTA push or did you install manually?

 

[bluemagiic]

Sorry kind a noob at this lol what is ota? And no I didnt

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[furbearingmammal]

Over the Air.

Okay, so you got an automatic update. That might have been the problem. OTA updates have a higher percentage of failure than manual updates. Recommendation the first is do one of the two things -- do a factory reset and lose all your data or do a manual install of the master update file and keep all your goodies. A factory reset may be forthcoming, but we'd like to save your data first if at all possible, correct?

 

[bluemagiic]

Ohh I see, well I allready did a factory reset and it still won't work so that won't help out

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[furbearingmammal]

In that case I'd recommend you try the master install, if you're interested.

 

[bluemagiic]

Yes I'm intrested, how would I do that tho?

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[furbearingmammal]

Taken from a guide I wrote when 2.2 first dropped and never published. Sorry if it seems like I'm assuming you know nothing about your phone -- it was written for everyone from experienced-but-unsure users to new phone owners.

1. Download the update -- https://android.clients.google.com/...voles/a5e329b00288.signed-voles-ota-50454.zip -- and rename it to the default Android OS update package name. Conveniently, this is update.zip. Do not extract the files!
2. Place file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power your phone off.
4. Boot into recovery (Hold Power + X).
5. Wait for a triangle with an exclamation point to appear. Release the power button and X key.
6. Press the volume up and camera button at the same time.
7. Using the d-pad (the square thing next to the keyboard) select “apply update.zip” and press the middle of the d-pad (gold-looking button).
8. Your phone will now attempt to install the update.
9. When it finishes, use the d-pad to select “reboot phone”.
10. Your phone will reboot with Android 2.2 unless something went wrong.

 

[bluemagiic]

Ok thanks ill try that out


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[bluemagiic]

One more question will I need a computer?

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