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Froyo root? Superboot? Recovery?

I keep looking and browsing the web for information about rooting the streak but so far i've only manage to find one for 1.6 or 2.1. Does anybody know if the superboot works on froyo and if theres a recovery image yet just in case? My phone came unlocked with froyo pre-installed and has a 12*** something version. I apologize if this has been ask before or if im in the wrong sub-forum. Thank you
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Z4Root for 2.2

Searched for Z4Root numerous times on the market but to no luck. I keep getting a doodle app. Do you know if the superboot would work? Thanks for the reply
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heh, it was taken off the market. oh well, find the apk.

Search google for universal androot 1.6.2 beta. Worked for me. You may have to press root my phone more than once because it doesnt always do iton first try. If you cant find it then pm me and ill email it to u

Found z4root apk and works perfectly. Rooted froyo and now looking for some decent rom. thanks for the tips y'all
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i think z4root is better than universal androot since it installs busybox and does it quite well, it also works on alot more devices. besides that, they are pretty much the same, rooting tools. use what you like that works. seems like things like z4root, androot, busybox, and superuser where all taken off the market just before gingerbread came out.

One thing that keeps bothering me when people work out / find a solution . . . they don't post what they did, where they found the program / software / driver !! or what they did to fix the issue.
SHARE, z4root is off the market, so where did you locate the download ?

z4root isn't working with the latest OTA update build 318. Niether does universal androot.

Superoneclick will root 318 search xda for the link
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link --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

I used SuperOneClick. However, I'm still on the "stock" 305 version. I never upgraded. SuperOneClick worked just fine to root.

[Q] Question about flashing 2.2 from an older 2.2 image

Hi there, I've searched a lot for an answer, but haven't found anything. I don't want to make a mistake and end up with an unusable device.
I bought a used Streak off eBay, which is already running Android 2.2 (Baseband GAUSB1A130900-EU build number 11548). I am having problems authorising Facebook widgets, which I believe is linked to a problem loading HTTPS sites (needed to authorise some Facebook widgets such as the LauncherPro one).
I would like to upgrade to this rom:
http://android.modaco.com/content/d...o-com/325595/dell-new-official-rom-8-12-2010/
Which apparently solves the above problem.
Could anyone talk me through what is required? The problem is I don't know what has been done to the handset before I bought it, is there any way to check? Does it need to be rooted to 'upgrade' from 2.2 to another 2.2 image? Do I just need to copy the new image to the SD card, rename it and boot into recovery mode? My desktop is running Ubuntu if that affects the procedure.
Any help is much appreciated.

You need to update your streak to build to 12332, the 315 package first. To do this just download it from xda-forums(I can't find which forum right now), rename it Update.pkg(should already have .pkg on end of it). Then boot into recovery by turning off Streak, then hold volume up & down & power button @ the same time. You should see 4 options, choose option 2(something about installl Update.pkg). Your phone will then ask you to press the camera button to begin update.
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Thanks a lot for the reply. After I've installed the image you suggest is it then safe to install the one I originally linked to?
Is the rule to generally only upgrade one release at a time?
Thanks.
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i just downloaded the 315 file from the dell website with the stock browser on the streak..then installed it by tapping the downloaded file in the top bar while my streak stayed connected to my pc with the usb cable....and did the same with the 318 file.
It has to reboot several times during the update but it works perfect.
no rooting, no recovery needed... i have also an unlocked euro version with 1.6 first.
-so 1.6 to 2.2 en now the latest 318 version.

Not necessary to update to 315 first. Just follow this link:
http://mobileupdate.dell.com/?version=GAUSB1A111800
Worked perfect for me!
(coming from 30900-eu)
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Godo_PPL said:
Not necessary to update to 315 first. Just follow this link:
http://mobileupdate.dell.com/?version=GAUSB1A111800
Worked perfect for me!
(coming from 30900-eu)
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This post is correct. I forgot that you have the image already if you are on Froyo. Just follow the link from your phone and you should be fine

Great, thanks a lot guys.
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My streak is locked to O2, is this update going to cause any issues?
Thanks again.

Anyone come across this before? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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[Q] Problems rooting X10i

Hey guys.
First of all, I am totally newb in rooting mobile devices. So maybe i've done something wrong.
Well... Yesterday i went to my sisters and her boyfriends house. He started messing around with my girlfriends HTC Wildfire, and he got it rooted in, practically, no time.
Then he started messing around with my X10. But we ran into some troubles.
He downloaded z4root and moved it to my SD card. Then he tried running it, just like he did on the wildfire, my sisters X10mini and his own Desire. We waited a little time and then z4root closed, and nothing more happend. We rebooted the phone and tried again. Same thing. Ok. We didn't go further there. Ofc he checked debugging and stay awake.
When we got home, i started looking for some guides myself, and i found a guide on xperiax10.net (can't link due to safety restrictions on this forum) But i needed to connect the phone to my pc, and download a exploid file. Then the rest happens in command promt from windows7.
It all went fine until i reached the step where I should text in "rootshell". Then i got the message: "Rootshell: Permission denied"...
Okay. I tried searching on for some other guides and programs. Then i got here. And now i have tried, if not all, then most of the guides here. Nothing in SuperOneClick works (tried 4 or 5 different versions), followed all the troubleshooting included in the guides (uncheck and check debugging and so on) and absolutely nothing seems to work
My x10 is running Android 2.1-update1, version 2.1.A.0.435
The phone is still running, but i can't figure out, why I can't root it. Want to get rid of all the pre installed apps and tweak it more.
Have i missed something, or is my phone just ****ed?
Any help is much appreciated. I'm lost here, and feels like i have tried anything.
/Kenneth

Hey, I actually went into the same problem. and from what i've read. other users running the same firmware has run into this problem. So my guess is that with z4root, your x10 is currently 'unrootable', try using that superoneclick one. Someone claims he got .435 rooted

coresplinter said:
Hey, I actually went into the same problem. and from what i've read. other users running the same firmware has run into this problem. So my guess is that with z4root, your x10 is currently 'unrootable', try using that superoneclick one. Someone claims he got .435 rooted
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So basically... If i downgrade the firmware, I should be able to root it?
And regarding the superoneclick. I've tried 4 or 5 different versions. And i CAN'T get it running. So unless i'm doing something wrong, i doubt that he has rooted it?

Try the latest flash tool (0.2.6). It worked for me. Im running .435. I hope this help. Cheers.
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teddymild said:
Try the latest flash tool (0.2.6). It worked for me. Im running .435. I hope this help. Cheers.
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Thank you. I'll try that, and then give an update on how it went

coresplinter said:
Someone claims he got .435 rooted
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LOL, you'll find it's easily rootable using Superoneclick which is stickied at the top of this section.

Yeai. Now it's rooted, thanks to Teddymild
XperiaX10iUser said:
LOL, you'll find it's easily rootable using Superoneclick which is stickied at the top of this section.
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LOL, mine wasn't that easy to root... Try read my first post...

Well i just install this .435 i set debugging on usb but neither superclick nor lastest flash tool works... None of them detects cellphone... What am doing wrong?
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Did you install the phone drivers included in the drivers folder of flash tool?
Regards
kLouD
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Yeahh man... And nothing happen... So rare...
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rearbackxperia said:
Yeahh man... And nothing happen... So rare...
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Have you tried a different USB port? Sounds like your computer doesn't detect that you connect the phone?

Getting the most from your streak.

Just ordered my first streak, will be here tomorrow, its an unlocked version, i use at&t. Im assuming since its new its going to be a newer version? maybe 351 but i will have to check when its here. A few things i want to root but whats the highest version oneclick is know to work on? Also i read this thread about a 2.2 performance tweak and wish there was something for the newer versions...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848487
Any tips or places i can look for some nice custom roms or tweaks??
Thanks

There is only one person cooking ROMs. That is Steve. Or DJ Steve, he is going a great job too.
Have a look at this thread for the latest ROM. It is already tweeked and rooted.
Have a look around you will find what you need.
Well come the the Streak Club.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003525

alperin1 said:
There is only one person cooking ROMs. That is Steve. Or DJ Steve, he is going a great job too.
Have a look at this thread for the latest ROM. It is already tweeked and rooted.
Have a look around you will find what you need.
Well come the the Streak Club.
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Thanks thats what i thought as i found out he was the one over at MoDaCo that had a honeycomb port and was maybe working on a 2.3 version. Was there supposed to me a link in your post?
Thanks

I suggest clicking the thread titled EASIEST WAY TO ROOT, just saying.

eSZee said:
I suggest clicking the thread titled EASIEST WAY TO ROOT, just saying.
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ya could you be more specific? I mean there are a few threads on rooting in the dev section and im sure there are a few in general and q&a
just saying...

The best and easiest is called gingerbreak its here on xda and it works on 351
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Ok well so far i have been told to look for this or that but cant find anything? If i search dell streak gingerbreak i get nothing...

garbagecanman said:
Ok well so far i have been told to look for this or that but cant find anything? If i search dell streak gingerbreak i get nothing...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049627

ameiurus said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049627
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Isnt gingerbread 2.3 though and my device has 2.2 froyo? correct or same difference

garbagecanman said:
Isnt gingerbread 2.3 though and my device has 2.2 froyo? correct or same difference
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Read the last sentence in the first paragraph:
This specific exploit may work on various Froyo and Honeycomb versions as well.

Ah gotcha my bad didnt really look into that second link much...

I have a stock 347 on my unlocked streak ($200 recent deal), and I really didn't like 351. I went back to 347 now since I don't use dell stage anyways. So if I were you, unless you want to use dell stage home screen, I wouldn't try to upgrade to 351. I use Launcher Pro homescreen by the way.
Rooting is good because there are some apps that needs root permission. If you want to go with Superclick, v1.6 worked for me on 347. First, run superclick select rollthecageexploit, and click root. Next, have debug mode enabled on streak. Then power off streak, and connect USB. Then power on, and superclick will detect the device and start rooting.
Obviously, GingerBreak 1.10 is the easiest way to root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049627

looks like i have 347, 00

ok well i tried gingerbreak 1.2 and it rebooted so i figured it worked and tried a few things and it said i didnt have root permissions, when i tried to remove some of the dell apps i couldnt?
I tried oneclick 1.7 on my vista laptop and get hung up at waiting for device everytime even when i run as admin?
So what now

garbagecanman said:
ya could you be more specific? I mean there are a few threads on rooting in the dev section and im sure there are a few in general and q&a
just saying...
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More specific? There's only one thread in the DELL section that has that in the title.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049627
Also if you're looking for DELL streak things int he dell streak section, why put DELL streak into the search terms?
Just saying....

Duh im in the streak section
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so it looked like maybe gingerbreak worked i have super user and have tried a few apps that require permissions, setcpu, auto killer, titanium and they all have root permissions but i cant seem to delete to apps that came loaded from dell? any thoughts

Just a few things to know make sure you have a backup. Get a app called root uninstaller from the market its free it will list all your apps and then you can delete the ones you dont want BUT make a backup in case you delete something important.
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Nevermimd imsyalled root explorer and was able to delete unwanted apps
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Any reason market says network error on 3g every time but not on wifi?
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Gingrerbread & Rooting

Hello everybody! I'm new to the forums. I also got a really big question to ask. Well I usually root my phone with Visionary using a TempRoot. Then I updaed my Evo Shift via OTA, or going to the HTC Software update thing and now I can't really root my phone I guess. Is there a solution to root my phone even though I have Gingerbread? If not right now, maybe soon? I really want to use the tethering app to tether to my PS3. PLEASE HELP!!!!

As of now no there is not. And it might take a while before there is one. Idk if your phone already came with the ota update, but if it didn't you could have waited cuz the same day the ota went live there was a rooted version here already.

Just about 2 hrs later it was rooted.Pretty much a fundemental, if htc or sprint push out an ota update it will unroot your phone.
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So basically I'm screwed???

anthonyyy15 said:
So basically I'm screwed???
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Not really, you'll just have to wait a little longer. At least you have Gingerbread unlike others who are still rocking eclair...;-p
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About how long???

You can use the sprint RUU to downgrade to froyo and then root it, worked for me, I'm not on my computer so I can't link it but it shouldn't be that hard to find. And instead of temp rooting it there's a nice gui in the dev section that will perm root it pretty easily then u can flash the rooted 2.3 update through CWM
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pwnyourace said:
You can use the sprint RUU to downgrade to froyo and then root it, worked for me, I'm not on my computer so I can't link it but it shouldn't be that hard to find. And instead of temp rooting it there's a nice gui in the dev section that will perm root it pretty easily then u can flash the rooted 2.3 update through CWM
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That worked for you? That's cool I thought the new hboot couldn't be overwritten that way. It might be hit or miss though I read others were getting errors when trying to ruu the stock 2.2
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dabiddabird said:
That worked for you? That's cool I thought the new hboot couldn't be overwritten that way. It might be hit or miss though I read others were getting errors when trying to ruu the stock 2.2
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I'll try it out right now. If I could find it. BUT I REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU. No homo

Now wouldn't the RUU thing erase all the data on my phone. Do I need a computer to use the RUU thing?

You will need a computer but if you remember setting up your gingerbread update it asks if you want to back up your device on google..... Use ruu to go back root and flash a rom like cm7 and you can restore your device or you can use titanium backup to... Well... Back up and restore your apps. Also google as you know backs up your contacts. So you should be set.... Anyone else let me know if there is something i missed.
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drewbuchman said:
You will need a computer but if you remember setting up your gingerbread update it asks if you want to back up your device on google..... Use ruu to go back root and flash a rom like cm7 and you can restore your device or you can use titanium backup to... Well... Back up and restore your apps. Also google as you know backs up your contacts. So you should be set.... Anyone else let me know if there is something i missed.
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I'm tremendously sorry, but can you walk me through the steps. Like how to use and where to get the RUU. I just don't want to mess up my phone or waste time. Please, I REALLY appreciate your help.

anthonyyy15 said:
I'm tremendously sorry, but can you walk me through the steps. Like how to use and where to get the RUU. I just don't want to mess up my phone or waste time. Please, I REALLY appreciate your help.
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The RUU can be found in the Evo Shift wiki by going to the following URL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Speedy
Luckily the RUU pretty much walks you through the process itself. You'll need the HTC sync drivers if I remember correctly in order for it to find your phone. You should be all good. Good luck, dood

anthonyyy15 said:
I'm tremendously sorry, but can you walk me through the steps. Like how to use and where to get the RUU. I just don't want to mess up my phone or waste time. Please, I REALLY appreciate your help.
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I just tried this on my and another phone and got a error 170 boot loader i will see if i get some more shifts in today and try it on them i hope what your trying do do is possible but ill keep you updated.

drewbuchman said:
I just tried this on my and another phone and got a error 170 boot loader i will see if i get some more shifts in today and try it on them i hope what your trying do do is possible but ill keep you updated.
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Anything yet?

I have not been able to do tis all day at work i tried 3 different devices and no go im starting to think that its not possible and you will have to wait for a new root.. (which is never a long wait).... Thanks to the fine people here at XDA.