Eris veteran... Update virgin

Welcome and understand your issues. Just to let you know that if you install the leak, you can still get the OTA update as long as it is a different version number than what the leak is.

I have a very good friend that works on the tech side of VZ Wireless and has worked on their fios as well. He knows all about the leak and issues with the eris. This last leak is as close to the final version as we will get now he told me that 99% of the time when they test their OTA updates they are given testing version numbers. Once they are approved the version number from the final approved test will change and be known as the release number.

For example (these are just random numbers used they do not represent actual verizon information) So if a release is in testing and it version 3.54 say and it gets approved as final release it will move to 3.54a or 3.55 when it is delivered. So as long as the phone sees a different release number it will update.

My verizon store has seen my phone with the leak and said its not an issue, a rep that I deal with all the time even asked me for the file and put it on his Eris. People have also stated they have returned their phone with the leak and had it replaced with no problems.

If you want to update, please read all info carefully and please use the original memory card or an exact version of it by a quality manufacturer. This will avoid updating problems.

Hope this helps