Hi guys
Let me start off by saying..I should have never attempted this myself.
I'm hoping somebody could please help me with my somewhat-bricked device..bricked in the sense that I don't know what to do with it. (i'm a noob to this). I've tried installing a custom rom and completely screwed up my dell streak 5.
So the phone doesn't boot anymore and just takes me to the option to install update.pkg off the sd card. I added the file along with recovery.img to the sd card.
360 17397 00 May 31, 2011 PKG Recovery Hash Latest Retail rom
My problem is that I cannot for whatever reason get Flashboot to work in order to flash the recovery.img first. under device manager you see android phone/android adb interface but still can't manage the connection to use cmd prompt/fastboot.
Is there any other way of getting the recovery.img to work without fastboot..maybe thru the sd card. I have no idea what i'm doing anymore. I've tried installing the update.pkg but after installation it just stays on the dell logo loading screen forever.
PLEASE help if you can.
Well lets start off to get you back on a stock rom, as it sounds like that would be the easiest at this point. We can move on to a custom rom from there.
The pkg file you downloaded....did you rename it update.pkg ?
If not, rename it update.pkg and make sure it is on the root of your sd card. Get to the recovery menu where you have the option of upgrading from update.pkg and choose it. In about 5 minutes, you'll have a clean stock rom.
I tried installing the 360 rom listed on http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
I did name it update.pkg
It went through the installation phase but on reboot it doesn't get past the Dell Logo loading screen. Any suggestions?
On the screen where you choose upgrade from update.pkg, choose factory reset and see if that helps
Tried both..unfortunately, same end.
Is flashing recovery a required step prior to doing this..because I was unable to do that.
Also, Thank you for taking an interest. I really appreciate it.
yes, you need to have the recovery for the rom you are flashing (at least when it comes to stock roms). My understanding is that the pkg file is encrypted and the recovery decrypts it.
I'm going to try to start from scratch here. I am also assuming you are using a Windows PC.
Download the drivers from Dell. Here's the link:
http://support.euro.dell.com/suppor...dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=433681
Install them and reboot your pc.
Download MultiRecoveryFlasher from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000455
Extract it to somewhere on you pc where you can find it.
Now this hasn't been updated to include 360's recovery, but that's ok. We don't have to run the utility. It's the support files that are included that we are going to use.
Download the recovery.img for 360 (which I think you have already done)
Put the recovery.img in the root folder of MultiRecoveryFlasher. There should be other files in there such as fastboot.exe, adb.exe, etc.
Power down your phone and restart it in fastboot mode (hold down camera and power button together until you get a white screen. When fastboot appears in upper right, select it and plug your phone into your pc)
Verify the phone displays fastboot ready
Open a command prompt on your PC
Type in the following command: fastboot.exe -i 0x413c flash recovery recovery.img
Once that is done type in the following command: fastboot.exe reboot
Get ready to hold down the Volume + and - as soon as the screen goes black.
Now choose Upgrade from update.pkg
It should work now. If not, someone else may have to help you with another method such as QDL tool. I've never had to use that.
This is a screenshot of the problem i keep running into. i installed the drivers just as you said and am at the step with fastboot.
imgur [dot] com/gw2A0
Any advice? Thanks again
im an idiot.
i got fastboot to run and send over the recovery.img
currently installing the update.pkg but its still stuck at the Dell Logo screen upon reboot. No idea what is going on.
FIXED. You're a miracle worker. Thank you so much.
Only problem I have now is an irritating sequence of flashing buttons every now and then. Have you had a similar issue in the past?
THANK YOU so much again!
Are you on a stock rom still? Or have you moved on to a custom rom? Typically the flashing led's happen when you are running a rom with an "incompatible" baseband, but that should be pretty near impossible if you are running a rom installed from an update.pkg rather than an update.zip.
running the update pkg off the wiki site.
Only other problem I've noticed is that I can't get it to root. I've tried gingerbreak and superoneclick..both of which worked flawlessly in the past.
Baseband GAUSB1A134700-US
KERNEL 2.6.32.9-PERF
BUILD 17397
I really want another crack at getting streakdroid, but the phone just isn't budging. Tempted to flash/install another rom but worried as heck that this same incident is going to come up. (the flashing lights started after i updated the AMSS and DSP last night--my first attempt at installing streakdroid 2.3).
Installing the stock rom via the update.pkg file will overwrite the amss and dsp1. That's the biggest difference to the end user on update.pkg vs update.zip. It's the actual recommended way to install a baseband. There are several firmwares, besides amss and dsp1, that get installed with a pkg.
Now that you have MultiRecoveryFlasher on your pc, installed StreakMod (custom recovery) should be a breeze for you. The only thing to watch out for is since you have a stock rom now, the first time it boots it will rewrite the recovery back to stock. Here is how to get around this:
Download the custom rom of your choice.
Place the zip file on the root of your sd card.
Get your phone back in fastboot mode
Using MultiRecoveryFlasher, flash StreakMod
As soon as the screen goes black for the reboot, hold the volume +/- keys.
Choose option 2 again, this time it should take you into StreakMod
Choose flash from update.zip
On the next screen, choose search for zip file (similar wording)
Choose the custom rom from earlier
Let it do it's thing.
Choose reboot system now
Again, as soon as the screen goes dark, hold Volume +/-
Now choose option 1 - Factory Rest
Let it do it's thing.
It should boot up now and your custom recovery will stay intact.
Let me give you some friendly advice: Streakdroid 2.3 is too much of a work in progress. Install one of the other Streakdroids, Longhorn, Simple Streak, or even my Streakin' 354. Play with it for a while and learn a little more before jumping into one that may not be as stable.
As far as rooting a stock rom, the preferred method is via superuser.zip. I'm not at home, so I don't have the file to upload for you, but its on these Dell Streak forums somewhere. You have to have a custom recovery to use it though. The custom roms are all rooted already.
Thank you for everything
No problem. Did you get it working?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
Absolutely and I couldn't have done it without you. If you had written out just one of the x number of tutorials out there, I don't think anyone would have run into the problems I did at first.
Streakdroid 191 runs like a charm---snappy and more responsive than stock ever was.
Glad to hear it...I was lost when I first started too. Someone helped me out and I just like to pay it forward. It's what makes this forum my favorite.
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Glad to hear it...I was lost when I first started too. Someone helped me out and I just like to pay it forward. It's what makes this forum my favorite.
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Hi guys.. Hi Mr Lordmorphous.. im a super noobie in dell streak 5.. i got my dell streak a month ago.. today my phone doesnt work.. im stuck on Dell logo when i am going to switch it to on.. i really dont know where to start and how to type the codes like you are talking about like .pkg ing. etc. .. when im pressing the factory reset nothing happens.. i also tried to click software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card and nothing happens .. i clicked also the screen calibration it says *successful calibration done*.. im totally lost.. can u help me how to start from beginning (like for super noobie like me)? also the codes that im going to type in pc.. thanks in advance!
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Hi guys.. Hi Mr Lordmorphous.. im a super noobie in dell streak 5.. i got my dell streak a month ago.. today my phone doesnt work.. im stuck on Dell logo when i am going to switch it to on.. i really dont know where to start and how to type the codes like you are talking about like .pkg ing. etc. .. when im pressing the factory reset nothing happens.. i also tried to click software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card and nothing happens .. i clicked also the screen calibration it says *successful calibration done*.. im totally lost.. can u help me how to start from beginning (like for super noobie like me)? also the codes that im going to type in pc.. thanks in advance!
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RTFM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
Hi again guys.. and mr lordmorphous!
im following what you told him (aaivazi)..
I'm going to try to start from scratch here. I am also assuming you are using a Windows PC.
Download the drivers from Dell. Here's the link:
http://support.euro.dell.com/support...&fileid=433681
Install them and reboot your pc.
Download MultiRecoveryFlasher from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1000455
Extract it to somewhere on you pc where you can find it.
Now this hasn't been updated to include 360's recovery, but that's ok. We don't have to run the utility. It's the support files that are included that we are going to use.
Download the recovery.img for 360 (which I think you have already done)
Put the recovery.img in the root folder of MultiRecoveryFlasher. There should be other files in there such as fastboot.exe, adb.exe, etc.
Power down your phone and restart it in fastboot mode (hold down camera and power button together until you get a white screen. When fastboot appears in upper right, select it and plug your phone into your pc)
Verify the phone displays fastboot ready
Open a command prompt on your PC
Type in the following command: fastboot.exe -i 0x413c flash recovery recovery.img
(im already here but this is what the command prompt says:
'fastboot.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.)
what should i do ?
Streak4ever said:
RTFM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
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hi streak4ever thanks for reply.. what does RTFM means? thanks
Related
Hello,
I've a liquid with 2.00016 ROM
What is for you the best ROM for the Liquid ?
For best I mean faster and that work well without crash.
Thanks a lot
Well, if it comes to stability, I would recommend ACR 1.5.1
But now I'm using eVil 1.8.1 and I love it
Piter1225 said:
Well, if it comes to stability, I would recommend ACR 1.5.1
But now I'm using eVil 1.8.1 and I love it
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ACR 1.5.1, is pretty stable..unless you are really into the liquid tweaking modding, i don't recommend upgrading to 2.1 leaked version..
i had lots of random reboots, phone getting stuck on standby issues and reverted back to ACR 1.5.1, really happy with it.
Flash the ACR on 2.000.16 and you have a pretty satisfied liquid with you..
a question
hello guys.
there's something I don't understand in the rooting process.
when I go to superboot and double click install-superboot-windows.bat
all I get is <waiting for device>
it stays there for hours then nothing happens!!
I was trying to update to 2.1
I downloaded the acer download tool 3.10
then the 2.1 firmware BIN file.. all that was done successfully.
then I went to the third step where I have to do the superboot i got stuck there..
can someone help me please?
Thanks ..
I've see that now there is LCR 1.2
Maybe I trial this rom ...
Thanks
Ninlour said:
hello guys.
there's something I don't understand in the rooting process.
when I go to superboot and double click install-superboot-windows.bat
all I get is <waiting for device>
it stays there for hours then nothing happens!!
I was trying to update to 2.1
I downloaded the acer download tool 3.10
then the 2.1 firmware BIN file.. all that was done successfully.
then I went to the third step where I have to do the superboot i got stuck there..
can someone help me please?
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Type cmd: adb reboot bootloader
after run .bat file.
anzo said:
Type cmd: adb reboot bootloader
after run .bat file.
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even if the characters don't show?
should I press enter after typing?
Ninlour said:
even if the characters don't show?
should I press enter after typing?
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PC/Andriod-sdk-windows/tools/ run cmd type "adb reboot bootloader" if liquid change bootloader after run .bat file PC.
anzo said:
PC/Andriod-sdk-windows/tools/ run cmd type "adb reboot bootloader" if liquid change bootloader after run .bat file PC.
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sorry forgive me for being such a noob.. so i understand that it requires me to download android sdk tools software?
it wasn't mentioned in the instructions for rooting though.
Ninlour said:
sorry forgive me for being such a noob.. so i understand that it requires me to download android sdk tools software?
it wasn't mentioned in the instructions for rooting though.
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You have to make sure you are in the bootloader mode in order to flash the recovery and boot roms.
For that you can enable debugging on your liquid and then navigate to the sdk directory as mentioned earlier for running the adb command.
Also make sure that you have the drivers installed.
umair9001 said:
You have to make sure you are in the bootloader mode in order to flash the recovery and boot roms.
For that you can enable debugging on your liquid and then navigate to the sdk directory as mentioned earlier for running the adb command.
Also make sure that you have the drivers installed.
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ok let me put everything from the beginning because it's still not working and you guys tell me where did I do wrong.
I got the acer brand new. opened the box. used 1.6 android, and didn't like it.
so after surfing the web i was able to know that my rom was
ROM 1.001.05 AAP CSL.
so I used alternate superboot to root it the one provided in this pagehere
I followed the steps just like it was described but i have no small idea that it went successfully because I didn't see any confirmation of any kind that I had root.
well I don't know if there's any anyway
then I followed these steps here
I downloaded the drivers on my desktop.
then flash tools, and the 2.1 firmware liquidE "whatever it was provided in the link."
then I downloaded superboot and unzipped it.
I was able to find install-superboot-windows.bat I would get a window says flashing superboot
<waiting for device>..
and stays like that forever.
so I decided to take an action by turning off the device and tried to do the following:
removed battery
unplugged cable
re plug cable
put battery back
press camera+power then nothing happened I just got a regular boot.
so I did it one more time and this time I did
volume down+camera+power
still nothing happened ..normal boot.
I tried the same thing but volume up.. still nothing. so i gave up.
but after contacting you guys.
I downloaded SDK tools for windows
I opened android SDK windows folder then tools folder but I can't find any CMD file that I can run and type my commend in it.
I honestly don't know what this Android SDK is for.
so I got stuck with a liquid E rom without doing any recovery or anything.
I don't even know how to get the bootloader mode to run.
what should I do?
no I have ROM LiquidE.0.004.01 EMEA GEN1
it seems to run fine though..
but I don't know if there's anything missing
why am i not able to do the recovery step and flash system.img ??
Getting into bootloader mode when liquidE rom installed
Do this and you will get into bootloader mode when liquidE bin installed:
1. turn off your phone (and unplug usb if plugged)
2. press "camera + volume up +power" together at the same time (phone will vibrate 2 times) then release buttons
3. take the battery out and put it back (don't touch any buttons on the phone)
4. connect the usb from your computer to acer liquid and you will see the acer logo and then bootloader will pop up
mhmm
what he said: I always run into issues when someone says run superboot as the next step then install lickon's recovery. I skip the install lickon's recovery b/c it never seems to work for me. I just go to recovery mode after superboot is installed and after I put the .zip rom file on root of sd. Once in recovery i wipe, wipe, install from any .zip and i'm good to go. I probably lose out on being able to hard reset to the rom i installed but i have no idea what lickon is for and no search came up with a decent answer. I'll keep reading.
BTW, i ditched the acer neotouch for s100 and couldn't be happier.
Well finally I figured it out.
You dont actually have to press any hard button combinations because that actually never worked out.
So here is what I did.
I just enabled the debugging mode by going to setting>application>development>enable debugging
By doing that superboot worked just fine
Now I have Evil 1.9
To be honest non of the 2.1 leaked seems to function completely. . But still trying
don't forget to restart
After installing 2.1 and playing around with it for a bit, don't forget to restart it. Its horribly laggy the first go around, but after you reboot it (once you sync and all that), its pretty quick (though nowhere near 1.6). I have an issue with evilD's 1.9 where after having downloaded like 20 apps from market, when i open an app from the launcher, sometime when closing the app i get a black empty unresponsive launcher pop up instead of the homescreen and i have to click home button. (high-five for the run-on sentence... yeahhhh). Probably b/c of the DL rampage i went on.
Either way, i'm happy with it so far. I wish there was a 1.6 version with voice input in all text fields or a 1ghz 2.1 but that will come once liquid e is released officially.
I recently upgraded my G1 to the cyanogenmod 2.1 ROM and everything went fine untill i went to the market and installed a program called ROM manager. while i was using ROM manager it had an option, i cant remember what its name was, that said it fixes FC's if needed. Well i was getting those in ROM manager so i clicked it. It did a bunch of stuff and then suddenly tossed an error at me. Next thing i know im getting LOTS of FC's and when i rebooted my phone im suddenly stuck staring at the G1 boot screen and thats where it stays......indefinetly.
I cant get into recovery mode, already tried that. And so far the only thing(that i know of) that i can do is get into fastboot. Does anyone know how i can fix this? Its gotta be software related from whatever that ROM Manager program did to my permissions. But now im basically bricked and cant do anything.
My storage card still has all of the ROM's and files from when i flashed last but i dont know if or how i can use that to re-flash my phone again and start over.
Any suggestions?
I had a similar issue just yesterday. Dowloaded rom manager from the marketplace - attempted to flash recovery - pulled an error and ended up on the G1 screen. Could not get into recovery, but fastboot was available.
I followed these instructions
( reboot holding camera button, connect usb and press back button )
on pc
HTML Code:
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>where <recovery.img> is the full path to the recovery you want to flash
I had to do a full erase in fastboot - that is the first line of text above, I then flashed my recovery.img again - that is the second line of text above (I placed my recovery.img file directly in the adb folder - so it easy to find )
Once I was able to get back into recovery - I restored my last back-up, and the phone booted once again.
If you do not have any backups - I am not aware of the next step. Hopefully someone with more experience can direct you accordingly
Good luck
How is it that you send the commands? I plug in my USB, then hit back and it says FASTBOOT USB but how do i input the HTML codes to get it to do anything?
Do i make an HTML file on the pc and upload it, if so, how? I understand all of it except how to get the commands into it.
Well that and what the full path will be for the recovery.img.
well i feel like a total moron !!! lol
I had been being a script kiddie for the last few years and forgot my roots. I got it figured out and got the commands sent to fastboot in a CMD prompt.
Ugh, i gotta stop using google so much and finding all the easy ways out of things that others have already written.
Thanks for the help, much appreciated and worked a treat. I flashed everything and its working great again
since i somehow managed to lose the ability to connect via fastboot..
is there another way for me to install zips?
phone rooted with 1 click..
also open to ideas as to why fast boot only says < waiting for device > now?
no conflicts in dev mgr, have uninstalled and reinstalled the sync and driver..
removed from dev mgr..
updated while in fastboot mode etc..
no dice..
318-us
official 2.2 rom
att unlocked.
Black
can i convert a zip to a pkg and rename it update.pkg?
right now all i have is the pkg option when i hold the vol buttons and power.
i recently flashed to the new update which had fixes and newer baseband etc..
that went fine but the the steve 1.5 came out and i want to switch back.
as stated above thats not possible now since fastboot refuses to see my device.
Can someone put it in a pkg format for me maybe?
I dont like this official release...
its slow..it has lame apps, etc..
lil help?
dont really want to formate my laptop to fix a usb driver issue..
especially when the mass storage and sync work just fine..
+1
cant use fastboot after update to 318
rooted by super one click
black
unlock 00
there is a way of flashing custom recovery via terminal emulator. DEVICE NEEDS TO BE ROOT'D
save .img on to SDcard and rename to recovery.img
then open terminal emulator and type
su (press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (press enter)
reboot (press enter)
I had the waiting for device problem. I read a few tips saying to try...
Type "adb devices" to see if its recognised there.
Make sure streak is the only device plugged in usb.
If using a hub try a different slot or direct into pc.
Turn streak off and into fastboot while still connected to pc (after pc loads drivers)
Reboot pc.
I swapped usb soccets and that fixed it for me
Hope one of these tips works for you too.
Thank you. I actually tried all of those things...before i posted.
wondering if maybe the 318 isn't compatible..
it says its in fastboot mode..
everything else works..sync, sd card shows in explorer etc etc..
just no fastboot.
luckily the recovery still allows me to do .pkg but i need zips too
very annoying..
I ordered a M11XR2 and will try with that when it arrives..
tina333 said:
I had the waiting for device problem. I read a few tips saying to try...
Type "adb devices" to see if its recognised there.
Make sure streak is the only device plugged in usb.
If using a hub try a different slot or direct into pc.
Turn streak off and into fastboot while still connected to pc (after pc loads drivers)
Reboot pc.
I swapped usb soccets and that fixed it for me
Hope one of these tips works for you too.
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I have 318 and fastboot works for me.
I only had to reconnect the adb bootloader interface driver again (just like I had to the very first time).
It is just fine now...
http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=8285
I've not had any issues with fastbooting, after installing 318, I've managed to flash clockworkmod aswell as the new Streakmod recoveries with my Windows 7 64bit.
reconnect the adb bootloader???
what do you mean?
you mean you plugged the usb cable in and ran fastboot?
lol
yeah..thats helpful
Radimus said:
I only had to reconnect the adb bootloader interface driver again (just like I had to the very first time).
It is just fine now...
http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=8285
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bigfoots1 said:
reconnect the adb bootloader???
what do you mean?
you mean you plugged the usb cable in and ran fastboot?
lol
yeah..thats helpful
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NO....
The streak wasn't recognized on the PC in fastboot mode, so I went back to device manager and found the unrecognized android device and set it to use the bootloader driver... The same proceedure as was done the first time the streak was connected to a PC to setup fastboot.
Took almost 30 seconds to fix
as i said though.. i have no conflicts...
I can even remove it from the device mgr...put eh phone in fastboot mode where it is waiting for usb coinnection..plug the phone in.. iot installs the drivers then the phone sees this and shows fast boot...
so you would expect it to work right? wrong... it says waiting for device...
I have tried everything I can think of..
i got a good deal on a new m11xr2 with win 7 so i will have a fresh slate and will see what results i can get.
in the mean time.. how can i convert this steve 1.5.zip to a .pkg?
or even install it with some other sokution or method?
i have it rooted via one click...
i have root explorer...
what now? lol
there has to be a better way..
Radimus said:
NO....
The streak wasn't recognized on the PC in fastboot mode, so I went back to device manager and found the unrecognized android device and set it to use the bootloader driver... The same proceedure as was done the first time the streak was connected to a PC to setup fastboot.
Took almost 30 seconds to fix
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Its easy to miss bits when its all going wrong so do check the sticky look here first for streak, I had to refer to it a few times. You definitely need clockworkmod or streakmod to flash updates. I believe you can do it via a terminal app with su privileges. There's a thread from a few hrs ago saying. I will find for you if you can't
Can zip be extracted and converted to .pkg?
Hell I would be content with just a way to install the performance tweaks...thats the main issue really...
Sent from my Dell Streak using Tapatalk
bigfoots1 said:
Can zip be extracted and converted to .pkg?
Hell I would be content with just a way to install the performance tweaks...thats the main issue really...
Sent from my Dell Streak using Tapatalk
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I know Steve mentions "if you haven't flashed official dell update" blah blah... so im guessing you don't loose performance unless you manually downgrade? Have you seen the thread I mentioned? The OP claims he changed the dell .pkg to .zip and successfully flashed via clockwork..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869076
how does that help me?
when i power up holding the vol up and down buttons i only get the install Update.pkg option and when i choose it it takes me to the blue text screen when i choose to either update via pkg or reboot. its the Android system recovery utility GAUSB1A131800
there is no option or way to get an option to install zip.
I would like to be able to install the performance fix for 2.2 zip or steves 1.5zip
so do you understand now?
I cant get fastboot to work to install clockwork.
I only have the recovery utility...
tina333 said:
I know Steve mentions "if you haven't flashed official dell update" blah blah... so im guessing you don't loose performance unless you manually downgrade? Have you seen the thread I mentioned? The OP claims he changed the dell .pkg to .zip and successfully flashed via clockwork..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869076
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it seems like i remember a thread about converting zip to pkg..
I cant seem to find it though..
if you just rename it in root explorer you get a signing validation error when you try to install it..
so I'm still stuck on stock 2.2
The initial thread is irrelevant, Have you not flashed a clockworkmod or streakmod previously? I would guess its possible to store a recovery.img on sd then flash via terminal app, i cant see why not? You could also probably use adb (if you cant connect to that the theres apps to do it wirelessly)
yes, i have flashed many times...
I flashed to 309 recovery in order to install the latest dell Update.pkg which went just fine. then when i went back to flash clockwork i could no longer connect via fastboot.
and thats where im at now..
cannot get fastboot to flash clockwork so i can install zips..
hence im asking for a way to do it without clockwork/fastboot until i get that sorted..
tina333 said:
The initial thread is irrelevant, Have you not flashed a clockworkmod or streakmod previously? I would guess its possible to store a recovery.img on sd then flash via terminal app, i cant see why not? You could also probably use adb (if you cant connect to that the theres apps to do it wirelessly)
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an I still believe the issue is that you do not have the correct bootloader driver installed on your PC as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=397078&d=1283901727
The issue is your PC, not the Streak (most likely)
I have got dell streak 5 from more than a year now and have put loads of different ROMS in it from DJ Steve to Simple streak but now I am facing a problem. My streak is not loading the clockwork recovery at all. Things I have tried
Rom manager (showing latest version of Clockwork)
Vol Up & Down -----update from sd card--- leads to nothing just a black screen
Simple Answer “ Flash clockwork or Streak mode recovery again”
Thanks but I have already tried it recently I have installed Window 7 with x86 bit version so after downloading all Drivers i.e Suit + Adb + Android 1.0 ( all three). But as soon as I put my streak in fast boot mode (apparently it shows fast boot mode on streak) whereas in CMD line it shows waiting for device
Please someone help me, gone through the basic troubleshoot but leads nowhere
Been out of this forum for a while so no idea if there another way to flash clockwork recovery
Thanks
Are you attempting to use ROM Manager and Clockworkmod on a Streak? If you are, both don't work properly - if at all - on the Streak. For recovery, the recommended tool is Streakmod Recovery. Don't install ROM Manager at all.
If uninstalling ROM Manager doesn't allow you to change to Streakmod Recovery, you have an issue that may be repairable with the QDL tool. However, I would wait for the more knowledgeable owners of Streaks to chime in, rather than taking my word on it.
thanks mate
the problem is after installing all the drivers it goes on"Fastboot mode" on phone but waiting for the device on pc . not sure what I am missing
Update: install-recovery.sh" in /system/etc is missing grrrr
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I've hit a similar brick wall today in that LCD Density changer semi-bricked mine when pushing the value to the system setting. Basically screen is black, but the device is running.
Only today did I then find out that CWM doesn't do Nandroid backups too well ! so migrated these backups to the Streakmod Nandroid folder location. Hit another brick wall with both though in that I get an MD5 error when attempting ANY type of a restore using the 3 most recent Nandroid backups I have.
Factory reset and Recovery (CMS and SM) failed.
ADB was fine up to the factory reset, and now its spitting out: "error: closed" upon trying to launch then shell, yet it will report the device state, serial, etc...
Currently running a Checkdisk on the SD card to find a way past the MD5 error, and will rebuild a Nandroid.md5 file (again) - did this earlier today, the .md5 file, using a Windows MD5 maker, but it didnt resolve it.
Going to look into reloading the stock 354 image onto it if the MD5 brick wall stays in my way :S
Just wondering though, can you elaborate a bit on your resolution ....
dead101 said:
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I'm guessing you meant MultiRecovery Flasher here - think I may have a solution for my issue by going back to stock via the stock recovery
will update
CWM Recovery 2.5.0.1
Now i dont remember exactly in witch session of the streak forum is, but there is a thread that talks about the cwm. That version is the only one that works with streak, so try that one.
I had this issue when going from 2.2 (stock rom and rec.) down to 1.6 (recovery to use update.pkg), and just a black screen, tried diff 1.6's, no emergency recovery screen, etc. maybe an unrelated issue.
Hi Guys,
I am a noob to xda so please bear with me...
Hoping someone can help me out here.. I will try and explain in as much detail as possible and provide you with as much Info from my phone as I can.
Firstly my phones details
Motorola Atrix 4g (UK version) Second phone as busted the last one. Bought outright as a retail sale.
Orange UK
System Version: 45.31.0.MB860.Retail.en.GB
Android Version: 2.3.4 (After UK released update)
Baseband Version: N_01.100.00R
Webtop Version: WT-1.2.0.133_38
Kernel Version: 2.66.32.9 [email protected]#2
Ok so, decided to root my phone. To do so I used petesMotorolaRootTools_V1.07 found on the website psouza4.com/bionic/
This worked fine and an app installed from the App Market confirmed that the phone was Rooted and had Superuser permissions.
Next I downloaded ClockWorkMod Rom Manager from the Market Inc Premium, SetCPU, Rom Toolbox & Titanium Backup Free. I had a quick look at these apps once downloaded but didnt really do a lot,
However, when Rom Manager opened it promted me to Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery, Which I did and then selected Back up current Rom. I also did this, (bear with me it gets a little vague here as to what I remember seeing)
Now I'm sure it said something like Nandroid Backup, which I selected. It proceeded to say something along the lines of, Backing up or phone will now reboot??
Anyhow, what ever it said, it started to reboot. The Motorola Red Circle logo came up but then at the top it said reboot failed and something ilse that didnt make sense then froze. I pulled the battery and rebooted. Seemed to work fine. Maybe a touch laggy but nothing to bad.
Next did my research into what ROM I'm likely to want to try. Found a few but seemed from what I have read on various forums that they dont work well for uk phones. Then decided perhaps then flashing should be left alone and went back to PetesMotorolaTools and unrooted. before I unrooted however i removed all apps that required root access first. Possibly a mistake?
I noticed that a few preinstalled apps werent working, nothing important or anything I use but there icons were like Blue settings icons all the same.
Did a factory reset through the handset also, in an attempt to return to factory settings.. not much changed really. Also tried to update software though the Motorola website but it said I was all up to date.
I thought maybe that something went wrong so I rooted again. This time the unroot failed. I then dowloaded all the rooted apps that I had before and then unrooted. This worked. Not sure if coincedence or not but it worked and when unrooting it said unfreezing apps about 6 times, before the complete message. Then uninstalled the root apps again.
Most, not all but most of those preinstalled apps were then working ok.
I read a little bit more bout Roms and decided to have another bash. Found and downloaded a few to comp. Then I place an SD card into phone and Flashed it. then tranferred a copy to its root.
Rooted the phone in the same way as before. Downloaded all the apps again opened CWM RM, Flashed CWM Recovery again as was unsure that the time I did it before would work. Then selected back up Current ROM. Without any message this time the phone started to reboot.
It came up with the recovery screen (Android man and !) From what I have read the next step is to tap the bottom right of the screen to bring up the menu.
This did not work nor did anything else happen. After waiting about 25mins with nothing more happening I pulled the batt again.
Decided I'd boot into recovery mode manually and see if the bottom right of screen would work that way. turned off then held On and down Vol. Fastboot showed at top, Scrolled and selected Android recovery. Same Android Man and ! came up, tried tapping the bottom right of screen again.... It didnt work.
Read more on the forums where someone said that pushing up and down on the Vol buttons works. Tried this and hey presto.. a new menu appears. Shown as follows.
Android system recovery <3e>
Android system recovery utility
reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
No back up options so rebooted....
Anyway thought I'd try a few times to use CWM RM to flash a rom to device. Each time it took me throught this same process.
Eventually I though what the hec just try and flash it...
So I selected the apply update from sdcard option.
Then selected the ROM I saved to SD Card.
Then the following text appears on screen in yellow.
--Install /sdcard...
finding update package...
Openeing update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation abborted
I tried this a few times to no avail. even tried downloading the roms from CWM RM with no change.
Read some more on the forums and somewhere read to rename the ROM update.zip
Did this and tried again.... No Joy!!!
Selected Fix permissions in an attempt to clean up and thats as far as I have got...
I'm at the end of my tether and dont know what to do...
Please, please, please someone help me get to the bottom of my dilemma..
Thanks for reading and any help in advance.
Just a little more info to help diagnose
CWM RM Details
Rom Manager Premium v4.8.1.3
Current Recovery: ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0
Latest Recover;ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0
Thanks again peoples for taking the time to at least read this..
No where in there did I see "I unlocked my bootloader"
That's fine that you're rooted, but to use CWM Recovery, install ROMs, make Nandroid Backups, etc. you need to unlock your bootloader first! See the international part of the Pudding thread (since your in UK) in the dev section.
Sent from my CM7 Atrix 4G
Ah Hah! You are correct at no point did I unlock my Booty, Thank you I shall give that a go and report back...
Ok so, I have trawled the forum and many others this avo on my research quest to unlock the bootloader as advised above but have been unsucessful so far.
I used the Pudding thread as you said.
when downloading the files advised I noticed that some were downloading as unrecognised files. I still proceeded to follow instructions as written.
Some of them like the RSD Lite I managed to unzip and extract with a programme I have however the next one needed said it was Undefined File type.
Anyway I deleted those files and tried following the other method listed underneath the driver via the link at "Guide for beginners provided by..."
This was unsucessfull as the "fastboot oem unlock" command was not recognised.
Pulled the batt and rebooted into normal mode and I'm back at SQ1
Bit stuck if anyone has any ideas..
Ok, here goes...
1) Make sure you have the drivers installed on your computer. (Available in Pudding Thread)
2) Go to pudding thread, and grab the Unlock Only IHOP sbf file (assuming your not on AT&T).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
"Unlock:
Unlocker only SBFs - These small 1mb SBF files will get your phone ready to fasboot oem unlock. They are the files most people should use.
ATT ONLY - Unlocker for 1.8.3 and 4.5.91 ATT firmwares
Orange/Bell/Telestra/Latin America/International users ONLY - Download IHOP"
3) Download & install RSD Lite. (Available in Pudding Thread)
4) Put phone in RSD Protocol Mode.
a) Power off phone
b) Upon Powering ON, hold Power Button + Volume UP
5) Connect Phone to computer via USB
6) unzip the IHOP sbf file to root of your C:\, open RSD Lite program, and drag sbf file onto File Name Box. Make sure RSD Lite sees your device connected to it, and then flash away.
7) After the sbf has flashed (hopefully without any errors), reboot your phone into fastboot mode (Power Button + Volume Down; when you see fastboot, press volume up to enter fastboot mode).
8) Re-connect phone to computer if you disconnected it.
9) In the folder where your fastboot files are located (if you don't have fastboot files, go download them from sticky in General Section), press Shift + Right Click, select Open Command Window Here.
10) With phone in fastboot mode, connected to PC and command window open in fastboot file location, type:
fastboot oem unlock
*This will give you your device #
Then type:
fastboot oem unlock [insert your # here]
10) Bootloader should unlock, then type fastboot reboot to reboot the phone. Should say Unlocked on boot screen now, if all went well.
11) Install Rom Racer's Recovery or Rom Manager, and you're good to go.
Think that about cover it... if you have any problems, give details of what is happening and at what step. Also, check the Pudding thread for possible solutions, as most problems have already been solved there.
Thank you for your explanation... I will give it a go when I get back from work tomorrow...
I appreciate you taking the time to help..
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Dcskeete said:
Thank you for your explanation... I will give it a go when I get back from work tomorrow...
I appreciate you taking the time to help..
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
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You should definatly also install busybox
Swiftks said:
Ok, here goes...
1) Make sure you have the drivers installed on your computer. (Available in Pudding Thread)
2) Go to pudding thread, and grab the Unlock Only IHOP sbf file (assuming your not on AT&T).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
"Unlock:
Unlocker only SBFs - These small 1mb SBF files will get your phone ready to fasboot oem unlock. They are the files most people should use.
ATT ONLY - Unlocker for 1.8.3 and 4.5.91 ATT firmwares
Orange/Bell/Telestra/Latin America/International users ONLY - Download IHOP"
3) Download & install RSD Lite. (Available in Pudding Thread)
4) Put phone in RSD Protocol Mode.
a) Power off phone
b) Upon Powering ON, hold Power Button + Volume UP
5) Connect Phone to computer via USB
6) unzip the IHOP sbf file to root of your C:\, open RSD Lite program, and drag sbf file onto File Name Box. Make sure RSD Lite sees your device connected to it, and then flash away.
7) After the sbf has flashed (hopefully without any errors), reboot your phone into fastboot mode (Power Button + Volume Down; when you see fastboot, press volume up to enter fastboot mode).
8) Re-connect phone to computer if you disconnected it.
9) In the folder where your fastboot files are located (if you don't have fastboot files, go download them from sticky in General Section), press Shift + Right Click, select Open Command Window Here.
10) With phone in fastboot mode, connected to PC and command window open in fastboot file location, type:
fastboot oem unlock
*This will give you your device #
Then type:
fastboot oem unlock [insert your # here]
10) Bootloader should unlock, then type fastboot reboot to reboot the phone. Should say Unlocked on boot screen now, if all went well.
11) Install Rom Racer's Recovery or Rom Manager, and you're good to go.
Think that about cover it... if you have any problems, give details of what is happening and at what step. Also, check the Pudding thread for possible solutions, as most problems have already been solved there.
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A BIG THANKS!!!
Thanks so much for the advice and instructions... Unlocked beautifully... Now to find the ideal ROM....
Dont suppose there are any suggestions for International (UK) Atrix users??
Really appriciate the help..
Regards
Danny
I would recommend that you flashed TWRP 2.0 through CWM direct link. It lets you have touch screen in recovery; much easier! Then if you like CM7 you could try this or if you like the MIUI style (like me!) you would want to try this! It hasn't in-game audio yet but it's much cooler in my opinion. But Neutrino CM7 is really great!
Im not sure, maybe someone else can confirm. You should be using moto-fastboot to unlock & not regular fastboot, right?
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draken_1337 said:
I would recommend that you flashed TWRP 2.0 through CWM direct link. It lets you have touch screen in recovery; much easier! Then if you like CM7 you could try this or if you like the MIUI style (like me!) you would want to try this! It hasn't in-game audio yet but it's much cooler in my opinion. But Neutrino CM7 is really great!
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People have had problems with TWRP.............stick with Romracers CWM, it's tried and trusted. If the touch screen in CWM gets you off, so be it, but I'd rather have a recovery that works with all ROM's, and not just some.