[Q] Updating Telus Milestone to 2.2+

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Hello All,

I have a Telus Milestone on Simple Mobile. I am on 2.1, and I want to update to 2.2 or beyond(need flash, apps on sd, etc), but after searching around here, I realize I cannot do this with rom manager as I tried. I'm not exactly sure what instructions I should take, as I've seen a few guides.

A couple of questions(besides the obvious):

1. Is it possible to complete this process and retain my media(photos, sms, mms, contacts, installed apks, etc)?
2. I have this on simple mobile(which is confusing me if I should use a certain file of a different region), does this make any difference?
3. Main question: Which guide should I follow, I see 2 different rooting/updating threads, but they seem to indicate different processes, some links are down and dont want to make a mistake.

I currently have installed the motorola drivers. It'd be great if someone could simply link a guide I should follow, and a mod/rom(smoothest running 2.2 or above) to install.

Thanks for the help.

just follow this procedure.... but this video is for motorola droid a cdma version of milestone....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDR63...eature=related

you'll just be following those procedures that is given on the video tutorial...


you may get the files for your milestone gsm version on this thread..

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346

all you need to do is to complete these files.

1.motorola drivers
2.RSD LITE latest version ( you'll need this if you can't go to openrecovery meanng to say IF you got stock openrecovery)
3. openrecovery http://code.google.com/p/androidiani-openrecovery/
4. google apps http://www.multiupload.com/MYPOK7TFPF
5. rom https://github.com/nadlabak/android/downloads


then follow the procedure shown on video tutorial...


works fine for me,


thats all

---------- Post added at 01:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:16 AM ----------

the best thing in here is... it works even if your rooted or not?

Thanks a lot I will be following tonight, and post results.

Okay so I attempted the instructions above, but couldn't get into the clockworkmod recovery, and since I seen around it wouldn't work for milestone I stopped there. I'm assuming since I only had universal androot, this was not sufficient to start the processes.

Eventually I came across other instructions using RSD lite 4.6. Where I am at.

*Notes: I am on 2.1, Telus Milestone(but using Simple mobile sim).
I have the 90.78 bootloader


I flashed the vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.sbf. I added the openrecovery 3(with update.zip in SD folder) to my SD root, along with the update file. I placed the rom+gapps under the openrecovery>updates directory.

However, I can't get into openrecovery menu. Everytime I go to apply update.zip, it says:

EOCD marker occurs after start of EOCD

Is there anything I've missed(directed towards anyone)?

yeah me too..

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but first try to root your milestone..

then flash it again with vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.sbf

try this open recovery by G.O.T team

http://groupoften.wordpress.com/g-o-t-s-openrecovery/


replace your current openrecovery and update.zip OR just cut it into a folder rename it so you can still have an option. extract all the files inside that zip. there's an instruction inside follow it. hope this might help... i know what you feel coz i've been on that situation... and if this works

first thing you will do is BACK-UP!! I repeat BACK-UP so you can still go back if you dont like the customrom you used.

Appreciate the help, I used GOT open recovery as you said. Basically, I believe the error comes, if you don't enter the open recovery, exactly after you flash the sbf, ie: don't let it boot into android once you flash.

I got into the GOT open recovery, and did a back up(thank god, because...)

once I tried to install the 2.2.1 Menu, my phone was stuck/bricked on the M logo. I'm assuming this is because I did not wipe fully? Last question(hopefully), do I need to click the "wipe all/factory reset" before applying the 2.2.1 menu?