Droid Eris 2.1 OTA vs. Leak v3

Many users who installed leaked versions of the 2.1 ROM were all over the web trying to find out if the OTA version was any different than the leaks they had previously installed, and if they would receive the update on their phone with the leak. Thankfully, the file used in the OTA link gives the complete file name, and developers were able to confirm that the OTA is the same as the 2.1 v3 ROM leaked weeks ago. It’s [...]

Droid Eris Official 2.1 OTA

The official OTA 2.1 update for the Verizon HTC Droid Eris has begun.  It will be released in batches, to roughly 1000 people at a time, incrementally increasing in the number of users each day, with all users anticipated to have received the update by May 16th.

Some of the reported enhancements include:

Voice to Text support
Thumbnail view for home screen
Additional calendar views
Google Maps with Navigation
Enhanced Android Market
Capability to log into multiple Google accounts at once
Desk clock and location-based full screen weather
Power [...]

Android 2.1 v3 Leaked for Droid Eris

Androidforums has just posted a new version of the Android 2.1 leak for the Eris.  It is reported that this 2.1 v3 leak has a huge list of bug fixes and resolves many of the connectivity issues that users were experiencing with the previous leaks.

Issues fixed in this new release (via AndroidForums):

1) Upgrade to Android 2.1 E’clair
2) Improvements in battery like
3) Youtube video play errors
4) HTC Weather widget lags, displays the incorrect weather or does not update automatically, time is [...]

Update on Droid Eris 2.1 Release

There is still no ‘official’ word on when the update will be released to users, however rumors are surfacing around the Web that it will be sometime around April 29th, the same release as the Droid Incredible.  As a Droid Eris user myself, I would recommend to not hold your breath on this one.  We’ve received too many ‘official’ release dates and the only official statement HTC has made on the release of 2.1 is that it will come in [...]