Maybe I simply lucked out, but I never seemed to have issues with the captivate. Installing and upgrading roms seems so much more difficult on the streak than on the captivate. Can anyone help me out figuring where I went wrong? (aside from the obvious mistake of running QDL prior to understanding what was being installed).
Got my pretty new WHITE (saw somewhere that this was relevant) streak today, first and foremost thing I wanted to do was get rid of 1.6 for 2.2. QDLTools seemed to quickly and efficiently do that for me, with the exception that the camera button no longer works, and it doesn't do anything when I attempt to change my SMS ringtone.. I'm not entirely sure why but these two things drove me batty, so I decided to try flashing 1.5.1 hoping it would solve one or both of these issues. Flashed This clockwork recovery after rooting and flashing the baseband listed in the 1.5.1 release thread. Then I happily loaded clockwork recovery and loaded from .zip in CW recovery. Until this point it was not really any more difficult than captivate, just a few extra steps.
However after clicking reboot it simply goes into the dell logo loop. Trying to avoid being a complete fool, I looked around and tried to find others with the same issue. Lo and behold I found a handful...but I have to admit I'm suffering from an I D 10 T error and cannot for the life of me understand whats causing this or how to fix it. Is there anyone that might be willing and able to help me out? I'm honestly rather lost. Just for starters what version of Streakdroid gets loaded with QDLTools?
By fix this I mean successfully flash 1.5.1, I can recover from the loop by running QDLTools and I once again have a functioning streak on 2.2
*EDIT* An additional dumb question, but are there any roms for 2.2 that forego the live wallpapers for the 4x8 page layout? cuz the 4x8 layout and larger facebook widget and whatnot seemed pretty nifty. (Or a 2.1 rom that has mobile hotspot ability)
No idea what this QDLTool is so i can't help you with that i'm afraid.
And yes, it is somewhat more complicated on the streak than on phones such as the Nexus, but it's not too bad.
If you ever get stuck at a boot loop, just wipe, flash the stock recovery then flash a stock (official) ROM. That usually sorts everything out, then you can flash a custom recovery back and then flash whatever ROM you like.
Downgrading is a bit iffy on the streak, it's a little temperemental, but there are guides available.
upgrading and downgrading - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805112
This may help also - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872214
thanks! saw that guide but overlooked it because i thought I was doing it all. apparently I was wrong, recovery wasn't actually finishing the loading of the rom.. not working yet because I get an assert failed error regarding boot.img anyone have an idea on this?
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Hi everybody. I'm Quistnix and I'm a compulsive tinkerer.
Whenever I get my hands on a new piece of hardware, I just have to fiddle with the software. My iPod Touch has been jailbroken, bricked, unbricked, re-jailbroken, broken, repaired and jailbroken. My pc has been running a lot of different editions of Linux and Windows, and has been screwed even more times when I tried to install those.
To the point: I'v got a HTC Magic (32b) and I'm very happy with it. However, I just had to go and put some custom roms on it. I was kinda overconfident and hopscotched from one guide to the other until I got a result I liked. Unfortunately, the end result turned out to be a phone running Android Dev Phone 1, Firmware 1.6 without any backups to restore to.
In it's current state wifi won't run, I don't have root access, Recovery Flasher returns "Flash FAILED.", Terminal won't give me SU rights and it's one of those 'perfect' devices that don't allow fastboot.
Apart from those issues everything seems to work fine, so if it's going to stay like this I'll still end up with a great and perfectly functional phone. Still, I'd like to ask if there is a way to either get it back to its original state, or to make it run a custom rom.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Quistnix said:
Hi everybody. I'm Quistnix and I'm a compulsive tinkerer.
Whenever I get my hands on a new piece of hardware, I just have to fiddle with the software. My iPod Touch has been jailbroken, bricked, unbricked, re-jailbroken, broken, repaired and jailbroken. My pc has been running a lot of different editions of Linux and Windows, and has been screwed even more times when I tried to install those.
To the point: I'v got a HTC Magic (32b) and I'm very happy with it. However, I just had to go and put some custom roms on it. I was kinda overconfident and hopscotched from one guide to the other until I got a result I liked. Unfortunately, the end result turned out to be a phone running Android Dev Phone 1, Firmware 1.6 without any backups to restore to.
In it's current state wifi won't run, I don't have root access, Recovery Flasher returns "Flash FAILED.", Terminal won't give me SU rights and it's one of those 'perfect' devices that don't allow fastboot.
Apart from those issues everything seems to work fine, so if it's going to stay like this I'll still end up with a great and perfectly functional phone. Still, I'd like to ask if there is a way to either get it back to its original state, or to make it run a custom rom.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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have a look at the numerous threads on how to replace the perfect SPL with goldcard method. once you're done with that, replace the recovery, choose a rom and flash.
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have a look at the numerous threads on how to replace the perfect SPL with goldcard method. once you're done with that, replace the recovery, choose a rom and flash.
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Thanks a lot, I'll give it a shot tonight
In case somebody else stumbles upon this thread with the same problem:
Using Jester's guide I created a goldcard, and Amon's guide helped me to un-perfect it. After that I could one-click-root without trouble.
I'm currently using the build installed by the ROM v2.16.707.3 from Amon's guide, and it's great.
The only problem left is that I tried to install Amon's [ROM] [32A & 32B] [10-Oct-2009] RAv1.6.2 and got stuck with a never-ending boot screen. This was easily reverted with a backup. I´m going to try installing another rom soon, to see if that helps.
the reason you got stuck in a boot loop is because you didnt wipe your ext partition. you can do that using amon ra's newest recovery. easy peasy lemon squeezy. you need to wipe whenever you flash a new hero rom or any other now now-a-days. do you have adb set up?
edit: Never mind, it's all running beautifully. Thanks!
I have a new streak on the 6601 build and am following the steps to move to 4399, 8105, and hopefully get to here. However, i have hit a major roadblock. When I try to flash to 4399 everything goes smoothly until the progress bar gets half way and then tells me my "Software is up to date: Rebooting in 30 seconds"
I am not new to flashing and was putting a new rom on the captivate every other day, so I'd like to think I'm good at following directions and reading the forums for help. I have found several other threads from the past months with the same problem, but no one ever posted a fix!!! I've tried every combo I can thing of, flashed different recovery's, tried skipping 4399 all together, tried using clockwork and changed the .pkg to a zip file. I've never had such a hard time getting past one thing while flashing. I'm hoping I'm just missing something really obvious and it's an easy fix, but can someone please help me!! I have read and re-read the directions and can't find anything I am missing
have you tried the official 2.2 romfiles at modaco ? flash from a pc .
http://android.modaco.com/content/dell-streak-streak-modaco-com/323561/official-2-2-froyo-untouched/
Yeah I was going to but several posts say they are stuck at dell logo when trying to go straight to 2.2 from 1.6. I appreciate the idea though! I still may try it in a bit. Any other thoughts?
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Yeah I was going to but several posts say they are stuck at dell logo when trying to go straight to 2.2 from 1.6. I appreciate the idea though! I still may try it in a bit. Any other thoughts?
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you also need a modified loader (like clockwork) and root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598 to be able to flash rom files
ok, let me just say that I am a complete newb and I attempted to do things beyond what I should have been doing.
I have a samsung fascinate that I've had for about 2 months. Until today I have been prety conservative. I rooted on day 2, but all I did was remove all of the crap and run launcher pro as default UI.
Today I got the bright idea to add a custom rom and put on a voodoo kernel.
After realizing that I'd completely screwed up my phone I attempted to use ODIN to restore to stock. I was able to do so, but none of the apps were working correctly. I read on a forum that in order to fix the problem, I needed to follow a guide to completely rid my phone of voodoo. unfortunately in following that guide I ended up in a loop that will not let me get out of the android system recovery.
At one point I was able to load CWM, but I am no longer able to access those systems. I can give more details, but I am not sure what else to add right now.
Does anyone have any ideas?
well I know, no one responded, but I ended up solving the issue.
All,
I've been rooting Droids for awhile, just got a streak, and I messed it up.
I tried to root it with superboot, and killed it ... regardless, was able to fix, and then tried a few ROMS, cannot get Cyanogenmod off .....
How can I get my streak back to the current AT&T 2.2 build that's out there.... I know ther are tutorials, but all seem to lead to a black screen for me .... please help
I had the same problem.
When I had the black screen, no logo, no nothing, I was still connected by USB. While the screen was still black I unplugged the USB and the phone came back to life in recovery mode.
Just a bit of info, try using QDLTool (repairtool) from http://streakdroid.com/?page_id=92
It reset me back to stock 2.2.
Just make sure you follow the Main tutorial instructions.
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Well, figured it out on my own, thanks to those who replied.
Unbeknownst to me, the bootloader (recovery.img) that you use greatly impacts which .pkg files you can and cannot install.
So, for future reference, if anybody runs into my issue in the future, make certain you have the proper recovery.img file ... worked as soon as I figured that out.
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All,
I've been rooting Droids for awhile, just got a streak, and I messed it up.
I tried to root it with superboot, and killed it ... regardless, was able to fix, and then tried a few ROMS, cannot get Cyanogenmod off .....
How can I get my streak back to the current AT&T 2.2 build that's out there.... I know ther are tutorials, but all seem to lead to a black screen for me .... please help
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Not Android development
Please read THIS and post in the correct forums thank you
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Hello everyone! I'm brand new to the forums so if I am breaking any rule or regulation, just give me a heads up. So, some basic information about my predicament.
- own a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 from Verizon.
- I use t-mobile network. Works great with no problems.
- phone was successfully rooted via towel root.
I was looking to get cynagenmod on the phone so I started looking up guides and such. Only thing I wasn't aware of was that carrier branded versions can't have their recovery flashed. That said, I used flashify and the clockwork apk. The app did its job, killed the stock recovery, but couldn't load the new one. Now the phone says error, no recovery when trying to access it during boot.
It should be said that the phone still boots and works normally but I really want to get the recovery working so I can at least try again the right way to get cynagenmod working.
My question is, is it possible to get my hands on the stock recovery for my phone and just flash it back to how it was? Basically, how do I fix this problem I put myself in. Of course, I didn't make backups. During the whole process, I figured "if I follow this tutorial word for word, why bother with backups?" look how wrong I was
Any help would be sincerely appreciated. I'm posting this from my replacement phone, not my note 3.