Android 2.1 unofficially officially spotted on Droid Eris. Download available!

  • March 4, 2010 5:12 am

The oft forgotten about Droid Eris may be the slightly less pretty (read: ugly as sin), fat ugly step sister, but that doesn’t mean someone out there doesn’t have some love for it. (Everyone needs some lovin’, right?) While the bigger and more powerful DROID sucks up most of the attention with it’s egotistic male machismo-like attitude, any and all good news about the “lesser” CDMA Android device for VZW goes to deaf ears. Well folks, if you happen to contain one of those red headed step children in the palm of your hand, today is your day.

Some of the ever talented folks at XDA got there mitts on a unofficial official Android 2.1 firmware for the Eris. Mind you, it isn’t perfect and is lacking a few things — namely Live Wallpapers — that other 2.1 builds contain. But really, it’s not worth getting all upset about — it’s XDA for crying out loud. Just about anything you could ever want done with the coded word has been done by these people before. With that said, all you want is that precious Eris 2.1 firmware, am I right?

Head on over to XDA and pick up your copy now.

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  • joey

    can u please help me get 2.1 on my droid eris without any difficulty please

  • http://twitter.com/psp_wallpapers/status/9968478913 Peter Potter

    Android 2.1 unofficially officially spotted on Droid Eris. Download available! http://bit.ly/cWY5bR

  • http://www.the2mortgageguys.com Mortgage Guy

    Thanks for the update but man were you crackin on my sister! She’s smaller and thinner the Motorolla Droid, who by the way is only being talked about by Motorolla. Now that Eris can have 2.1 there’s absolutely no reason to own a Droid, unless of course you have #2 pencils for fingers to operate the keyboard or you just can’t wait for the day the keyboard breaks completely off so you’ll have 2 phones! Eris will look much better Droid when they’re both older!

    • Mike

      …I do have #2 pencils for fingers… lol. In reality, I much prefer the Eris’s fit and finish and overall build quality. However I liked the physical keyboard on the DROID. The better processor also helped (but is unfortunately marred by Motorola’s god awful attempts at software). My next phone will definitely be HTC. For now however, it’s custom ROM’s and overclocked DROID FTW!

    • Mike

      btw: You get an A for effort. I like the whole personal look on it. nice…

  • http://twitter.com/news4android/status/9968313016 Android News

    Android 2.1 unofficially officially spotted on Droid Eris. Download available!: Some of the ever talented … http://bit.ly/bBwyGl #android