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Old 12-16-2011, 04:55 PM   #217
jkpq45
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Device: Entourage Pocket eDGe
Thank you, sir, for making this as painless as possible. Worked flawlessly after I RTFM.

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Originally Posted by daoist View Post
* You can try doing the various updates all from a USB flashdrive....
I did, worked like a charm! Downgrade to Dingo took a long time at the "updating" screen and had to do a soft reset--see comment below.

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Originally Posted by daoist View Post
* Keep holding the Menu & Rotate buttons until you see the update screen. Really.
Upgrade from Ermine to Allmine+Gapps took (seriously) a solid 5 minutes. My fingers started to hurt--I was getting pretty anxious that my PE was bricked, but then the "updating" screen popped up and I was really relieved. Have faith!

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Originally Posted by daoist View Post
* If you have tried some custom wackiness with your PE (perhaps you were hacking on it trying to get google apps to work?) and the upgrade(s) fail, your best bet is to start over with step 1 and wipe the PE.
I was unaware my PE shipped to me with Froyo already installed--so when I tried to update to Froyo, things did not go as planned. I'm living proof that, if you start at step 1 and follow through to completion (even using a USB drive for all three update steps,) your patience will be rewarded.

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Originally Posted by daoist View Post
* If your PE doesn't respond during an upgrade for 30 minutes, you can turn it off by poking the reset button next to the USB port.
Agreed, had to do this when going down to Dingo. It stuck on the "updating" screen for about half an hour, had to poke the button and do a soft reset.

tl;dr--Noob succeeded after *mostly* following the instructions. His status has been upgraded to Noob+.
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