Good news Eris owners — your OTA update has begun to roll out, and it’s been confirmed that it fixes the ‘Silent Call’ issue. It may take a week or more for all customers to get the MR4 update, but for those who just can’t be bothered to wait th…
While HTC didn’t quite come out swinging like RIM did after Apple’s Friday press conference, spokesman Eric Lin wasn’t afraid to let Pocket-Lint in on some hard numbers of their own. If you recall, Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs remarked tha…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs led a news conference today to explain what he’s now dubbed "Antennagate" — and he called out a couple of other smartphones to show that the iPhone 4 isn’t the only one to drop signal strength when held. On the Andr…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs led a news conference today to explain what he’s now dubbed "Antennagate" — and he called out a couple of other smartphones to show that the iPhone 4 isn’t the only one to drop signal strength when held. On the Andr…
That’s right Droid Eris users, Verizon did not forget you — there’s a software update coming on July 16 that’s slated to fix a whole slew of audio and contacts issues. When the update to Android 2.1 rolled around, there was quite a bit of disapp…
In our not-so-humble opinion, the HTC Droid Eris on Verizon never got the respect it deserved. It came in at a lower price point and a lower speed than the ballyhoo’d Motorola Droid and so seemed to get lots in the shuffle and now has pretty…
It’s been a few hours, so we should see another leak of the Motorola Droid X anytime now and — oh, look, there it is. That’s it on the left, hanging out with the Evo 4G and an iPhone. We get another look what this all new Motoblur may look like, but we still have no real idea how useful it may end up being. All these leaks mean it must be getting close to launch, right? One more pic of it after the break. [Android Forums via BGR]
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It should have been a nice uneventful holiday weekend for Android Central Forum member mapexvenus and the missus, but real life seldom works out that way. During the long road trip to Tahoe, they stopped for a little break at a rest stop and the unthinkable happened — their car was robbed.
Along with other loot, one of the items taken was Mrs. mapexvenus’ HTC Droid Eris. After calling the CHP, the couple remembered one of the powerful tools that Android put at their disposal — Google Latitude. Using his HTC Droid Incredible, Mr. mapexvenus was able to track his wife’s phone as the thieves motored down I-5 with a carload of expensive stolen gear. A call to the CHP with this info and the suspects were nabbed and all items were recovered. Read the whole story here in the Android Central forums.
We’re all happy for you Mr. and Mrs. mapexvenus, and hope the rest of your weekend went well. Crime fighting? Droid DOES.
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By now everyone knows the Verizon has started slowly rolling out the Android 2.1 update for the HTC Droid Eris. Just like the Motorola Droid 2.1 update, you can wait for the OTA notification or dive in and grab the file yourself if you’re like me and have no patience (and don’t mind wiping your phone). It’s not all good news though. There seems to be some discrepancy between the proposed Verizon change log and what users are seeing after they have updated. Follow through the break for the skinny.
You wanted to manually update your Droid Eris to Android 2.1, and so you shall. Here’s what you need to do:
Easy as pie! (Update: HTC reminds us that updating via this method will wipe your phone, and that waiting for the OTA update will not. Good to know.