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[Q] Can someone tell me I'm not alone?

Haha I see so many people complaining about bricked vibrants, apps not working, .zip files not working right, market issues, bad battery life and screwy bugs...
Am i a lucky guy who just got one of the "few" working vibrants??
I got my vibrant on release day from a preorder at radioshack...
It was not hardware locked and came with the original firmware.
Im currently running bionix 1.9.1 with the kk oc/uv kernel, launcher pro plus and have 76 user apps installed and this rom still keeps up. 2g is kept on until i need to use 3g. (2g 12 hours, 3g on the rest)
I previously installed oclf on all roms but this rom you dont need one, even with the cpu running at 200 MHz and 1000 MHz.
I have a livewallpaper running, no led notifer on for my sms, beautiful widgets, weatherbug and youtube all on 2 hour update and my battery lasts from 7am off the charger until 10 pm when im home with about 35% remaining with brightness on the lowest setting.
My gps works on spot , unfortunately not in my basement where my room is located. Wifi and bluetooth also work perfect.
Ive softbricked once when flashing a cappy .zip and just got into recovery and performed a nandroid
So whats up how many of you guys have a awesome, powerful vibrant like me?

I guess I am also one of the lucky ones
Mine always worked fine. Not hardware locked. GPS always worked too. The only problems I've had with it have been inflicted by the user (i.e. ME)
I think most Vibrants sold are working properly. I think the representation of folks who come to this forum in search of ways to "fix" their phones is disproportionate.

your not alone
I have had no problem with my phone I have flashed it with 3 different roms and it has been awesome. The only thing I have noticed is the gps does not tell me when I have a satellite lock but is is always accurate to 10-15 meters

My Vibrant is working like how I wanted it, the only issue is definitely GPS. Although, spotty, it at least work at the moment. I just wish it is more accurate so when my phone gets stolen, I have a fighting chance to get it back (via one of the many great anti-thief programs).

mine runs great

I guess you can consider me a lucky one as well.
I got mine on a release day back in July, and aside GPS issues at the beginning I had no complaints. Running Fusion Bionix ROM, and couldn't be happier.
I will def skip the Foryo OTA even if it comes before a working Froyo ROM is available from the brilliant devs on here.

At my work there are 5 of use with Vibrants and they all run fine. Honestly people who have issues are typically going to be more vocal than people who have no issues. So it seems like there are rampant issues with the Vibrant when in fact its only a minority of people having issues.

i ordered mine the day it came out (couldn't preorder cause on an employee account). gps wasn't that great, but worked most the time. rooted it and got rid of bloatware, still just unreliability of gps. started changing things like startup/shutdown animations, ji2 gps, and stuff, no problems. started flashing roms and am on bionix 1.9.1 oc, no problems.

My box date is 7/11/2010. Mine has been rock solid and not hardware locked. Love this phone. Fast, sexy, and unbrickable. The only problems I've had were caused by my own shenanigans.

Running a custom ROM should exclude you from voting. If you have to re-engineer a device to get what you paid for, you aren't getting what you paid for....
-bZj

Mine had the hardware lock and GPS issues, but both are fixed now. I've been lucky in that everything else I've thrown at it works fine. Overclocking is fine, voodoo is fine. The thing is smooth as butter and battery life is pretty damn good now.

Remember people happy with their phones don't usually post.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk

I don't know what the hell happened to my phone after the update. I don't even know what to say

SpacelySprokets said:
I don't know what the hell happened to my phone after the update. I don't even know what to say
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Then don't say anything?
I like being a smartass.

Most people won't post to say hey my vibrant is working great! Rather they would post when they encounter a problem and need help quick. I haven't had any problems that I couldn't easily fix by myself l.
Sent from my SGH-T959

My vibrant worked great, untill the last update. Now I get lag sometimes real bad.
I was real happy. Now I'm looking for roms.

down8 said:
Running a custom ROM should exclude you from voting. If you have to re-engineer a device to get what you paid for, you aren't getting what you paid for....
-bZj
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No i don't think so , ive had android phones in the past and since the vibrant was gonna be a large seller for tmobile i expected a large development community like we are seeing and expected roms. So i bought the phone intentionally to mod it but thanks!

Also since most people on XDA have rooted their phone, you can expect they will have more problems than the average consumer. It's one of the downsides of modding. I don't think stock phones have been soft bricking only modded ones.

down8 said:
Running a custom ROM should exclude you from voting. If you have to re-engineer a device to get what you paid for, you aren't getting what you paid for....
-bZj
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Really? I paid a premium for a device I could customize to my liking (cough-cough iPhone anyone???), well if it weren't for the dev section here I would've been very upset with the outcome.

CitrixLemon said:
Also since most people on XDA have rooted their phone, you can expect they will have more problems than the average consumer. It's one of the downsides of modding. I don't think stock phones have been soft bricking only modded ones.
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Read the numerous posts here about JI6 OTA update from the users that just received their phone, some of them were sad pandas when they had to stare at the Vibrant screen after they click update button.
If you read enough, and comfortable enough to mod your phone soft bricking it should the least of your concern

After 1 day of official AT&T 2.2...

TOTALLY not worth it. Pick up the latest DJ Steve and don't look back.

deathpulse said:
TOTALLY not worth it. Pick up the latest DJ Steve and don't look back.
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Please be more specific...
I have been using it too and did not find any issues...
For me its fast and stable.
Batterylife is reasonable too.. around 10% left nearing 24hrs on heavy usage..

drgopoos said:
Please be more specific...
I have been using it too and did not find any issues...
For me its fast and stable.
Batterylife is reasonable too.. around 10% left nearing 24hrs on heavy usage..
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Sure. DJ Steve's does everything that AT&T 2.2 does but it ALSO does:
1. Free Wifi hotspot
2. DJ Steve's is much much much much faster
3. DJ Steve's is Pre-rooted
4. NO AT&T bloatware
5. Better choices for interface
6. Supports continual development for our amazing Streak device
7. I get MUCH faster data connections on DJ Steve (3g on AT&T MUCH slower than H on DJ Steve's - at least for me)
8. Overclocking is possible on DJ Steve's
9. DJ Steve's comes pre-loaded with useful software
10. DJ Steve's version doesn't club baby seals. OK. Maybe I added that one in for effect .

deathpulse said:
Sure. DJ Steve's does everything that AT&T 2.2 does but it ALSO does:
1. Free Wifi hotspot
2. DJ Steve's is much much much much faster
3. DJ Steve's is Pre-rooted
4. NO AT&T bloatware
5. Better choices for interface
6. Supports continual development for our amazing Streak device
7. I get MUCH faster data connections on DJ Steve (3g on AT&T MUCH slower than H on DJ Steve's - at least for me)
8. Overclocking is possible on DJ Steve's
9. DJ Steve's comes pre-loaded with useful software
10. DJ Steve's version doesn't club baby seals. OK. Maybe I added that one in for effect .
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Hi,
This post is just for debate purpose... I was really trying to find any major issues with the stock rom, hence my questions in the second post..
1.Agreed. But dint u expect that ?
2. If u look at benchmarks yes... But in real life use
3. Obviously so !!! Can u direct me to any stock rom that is pre rooted.. Superoneclick works fine.
4. Bloatware ? like ...... I found 3 apps ( may be i am wrong) . But do they affect in anyway u use ur phone ?
5.Interfaces .. Dint get u there
6.If it were not for stock roms , there would never have been any development... ( I must agree however that Dell sucks when it comes to supporting developers.. but better than many )
7. Are u sure.. i have tested and never found any difference .. Steve will agree with me .. The appearance of 3G and H is nothing more than cosmetics. U can change that by editing the build.prop
8. Even steve agrees that overclocking is not good...This is more for test purpose than anything else... Do u think u need to overclock steves ROM... i have not noticed any performance difference, but yes it eats more battery
9. yes it comes...u r right
10. Missed that joke
( (i am regularly testing steves rom and love his work and a great fan of him and most of the time running his rom ) )

So - lets play this game a different way. What is better about the stock ROM? NOTHING and Steve's offers more features, faster speed and more flexibility.

Kudos to AT&T for FINALLY developing the ROm though - even if it is 4 to 5 months late . Maybe some of the code can improve Steve's work!

Maybe a year from now we will see gingerbread. Lmfao!!

drgopoos said:
Hi,
This post is just for debate purpose... I was really trying to find any major issues with the stock rom, hence my questions in the second post..
1.Agreed. But dint u expect that ?
2. If u look at benchmarks yes... But in real life use
3. Obviously so !!! Can u direct me to any stock rom that is pre rooted.. Superoneclick works fine.
4. Bloatware ? like ...... I found 3 apps ( may be i am wrong) . But do they affect in anyway u use ur phone ?
5.Interfaces .. Dint get u there
6.If it were not for stock roms , there would never have been any development... ( I must agree however that Dell sucks when it comes to supporting developers.. but better than many )
7. Are u sure.. i have tested and never found any difference .. Steve will agree with me .. The appearance of 3G and H is nothing more than cosmetics. U can change that by editing the build.prop
8. Even steve agrees that overclocking is not good...This is more for test purpose than anything else... Do u think u need to overclock steves ROM... i have not noticed any performance difference, but yes it eats more battery
9. yes it comes...u r right
10. Missed that joke
( (i am regularly testing steves rom and love his work and a great fan of him and most of the time running his rom ) )
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1. yes it was expected - but that doesn't make it ok... you cannot argue that its better to not have native tethering... whether its expected or not.
2. have you compared the two in real life? his ARE MUCH faster in real life. There is no such thing as lag with streakdroid roms. The kernel is much better, tweaked more efficiently - it beats stock by a long shot.
3. agree, don't see that as a major selling point
4. again, not a major selling point, get root, remove them. simple as that
5. don't get this either. BUT his skin is much better than froyo, he uses the gingerbread taskbar skin, black task bar (but if your a vanilla foyo fan, may not matter)
6. completely false, steve had 2.2 before there was a stock one. granted he took it from the nexus i believe - but thats basically from source.
7. fards has included data tweaks, it is a bit faster/efficient than stock.
8. pure novelty. but so are live wallpapers, themes, etc -
9. not major selling point but o well.
I'll add a couple others:
- constant innovation. May not be a selling point for some, but is for me.
- battery life. It is better. If its not, you've done something wrong.
- kernel constantly being updated
- previews of future android OS apps, gingerbread theme and task bar, honeycomb music player, etc
Either way, custom roms aren't for everyone. But if people had the option of someone else installing a custom rom for them - I imagine everyone would have them on their phone.
I guess i'll ask this question... what can stock roms do that streakdroid doesnt?

i would have to agree with drgopoos.. i used 318 for a while.. never found myself using the free wifi hotspot anyway.. and my 318 constant had unlocking issues.. no issues that i have found so far in ATT Stock.. been on it for 24 hours..

Kohawk09 said:
1. yes it was expected - but that doesn't make it ok... you cannot argue that its better to not have native tethering... whether its expected or not.
2. have you compared the two in real life? his ARE MUCH faster in real life. There is no such thing as lag with streakdroid roms. The kernel is much better, tweaked more efficiently - it beats stock by a long shot.
3. agree, don't see that as a major selling point
4. again, not a major selling point, get root, remove them. simple as that
5. don't get this either. BUT his skin is much better than froyo, he uses the gingerbread taskbar skin, black task bar (but if your a vanilla foyo fan, may not matter)
6. completely false, steve had 2.2 before there was a stock one. granted he took it from the nexus i believe - but thats basically from source.
7. fards has included data tweaks, it is a bit faster/efficient than stock.
8. pure novelty. but so are live wallpapers, themes, etc -
9. not major selling point but o well.
I'll add a couple others:
- constant innovation. May not be a selling point for some, but is for me.
- battery life. It is better. If its not, you've done something wrong.
- kernel constantly being updated
- previews of future android OS apps, gingerbread theme and task bar, honeycomb music player, etc
Either way, custom roms aren't for everyone. But if people had the option of someone else installing a custom rom for them - I imagine everyone would have them on their phone.
I guess i'll ask this question... what can stock roms do that streakdroid doesnt?
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Not as many FCs on stock. Got them alot on 1.5 through 1.7. I use the phone for business and I can't have calls FCing all the time. If not for that, I would have stayed on Steve's
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Never had an FC on Steve's 1.8.0. Got 3 in one day on Stock. I think this depends on a few other factors. For me stock was not as stable as Steve's

Agreed, force closes are the result of so many factors the rom cannot be pinpointed as one. Now, if u factory reset and still get them, id say the rom may have something to do with it. If u think about it, ur taking settings and configurations in one environment and applying them to a new one. Things between different roms are different. I havent seen a case where clearing data or factory resets and clearing caches hasnt fixed force closes on any build.
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Bloatware? Oh please. Root an use root explorer to remove what you dont want. Simple. Any dummy can do it if i did
The only issue i have with the att 340 is the 3g speeds.
I do use my phone durring work so i cant have an unstable phone sticking on the dell logo for no reason AND NOT be able to factory reset.
One of the biggest problems for me was getting stuck on dell logo with 318 and not being able to get the phone back without a pc. I had to carry an extra phone with me .... wtf !!!

The list I initially created are ALL issues (with the exception of the last one that was put there to get a laugh ). Some of them are bigger issues than others. Bloatware IS an issue - granted it is not difficult to remedy, but it IS an issue.
I got a REALLY strange crash with AT&T's official 2.2 this morning. I had the xda-developers app open on my phone last night. Plugged the phone in an went to sleep. Got up this AM and the phone had so many errors on it I couldn't "click" them off - I had to battery pull to fix it. During the night I got 2 phone calls and the phone was in vibrate mode. Don't know what caused it. Don't care. First thing I did this AM was re-flash DJ Steve's 1.8.0 using the method I just posted in the DJ Steve Rom thread. AAaahhhhh all better.

I was using steve 1.8 and found that my phone app force closes at times. Does not close all the time.. Many people have seen this happen..
So decided to return to stock...
I need a working phone app

Just a quick update from my perspective...
I tried Steve's 1.7 ROM multiple times, and each time I had GPS/Wifi issues that I could never fix. I ended up installing the AT&T 322 Build (HongKong).
After installing the 322 stock build, everything worked great! Granted, the quadrant score was >900, but everything was reliable and everything worked. The benefit I found with this build is that the portable Wifi hotspot worked. I used it a couple of times, to test, and it worked amazingly so.
Today, I've upgraded to Steve's 1.8 ROM. I have no feedback other than the ROM is much snappier than the 322 ATT Stock ROM. If I have to backtrack, then I'll go back to the 322 build.
It was rock solid and stable.
Fair warning though... You may not be able to upgrade from the AT&T 322 build to the 340 build. I tried and have been unable to do so. After reading the boards, I'm glad that I couldn't, but just be forewarned.
To upgrade to 340 from 322, you will probably have to downgrade to stock ATT 1.6 ROM, and then upgrade again from there.
Just my 2 cents, that's all.
I love my streak!

rvbarton said:
Just a quick update from my perspective...
I tried Steve's 1.7 ROM multiple times, and each time I had GPS/Wifi issues that I could never fix. I ended up installing the AT&T 322 Build (HongKong).
After installing the 322 stock build, everything worked great! Granted, the quadrant score was >900, but everything was reliable and everything worked. The benefit I found with this build is that the portable Wifi hotspot worked. I used it a couple of times, to test, and it worked amazingly so.
Today, I've upgraded to Steve's 1.8 ROM. I have no feedback other than the ROM is much snappier than the 322 ATT Stock ROM. If I have to backtrack, then I'll go back to the 322 build.
It was rock solid and stable.
Fair warning though... You may not be able to upgrade from the AT&T 322 build to the 340 build. I tried and have been unable to do so. After reading the boards, I'm glad that I couldn't, but just be forewarned.
To upgrade to 340 from 322, you will probably have to downgrade to stock ATT 1.6 ROM, and then upgrade again from there.
Just my 2 cents, that's all.
I love my streak!
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340 is fantastic and it is not that big a deal to go backto 1.6 to 340. Just have to follow directions VERY carefully.

Biggzz said:
340 is fantastic and it is not that big a deal to go backto 1.6 to 340. Just have to follow directions VERY carefully.
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Loving the 340 version.... Noticed that the battery life is improving with more usage...
I thought Steve rom was heaven, but this one is better
Only missing the built in tethering

I feel bad for you folks who loses tethering/wifi share in ATT 2.2 upgrade. Up here in Canada, we still have those in our Rogers 2.2 build.
Perhaps it can be installed in your ATT phone ? Just wondering ...

Biggzz said:
340 is fantastic and it is not that big a deal to go backto 1.6 to 340. Just have to follow directions VERY carefully.
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I'm curious what makes 340 fantastic?
Can you please elaborate for us?

Got my first N1

Hey guys. I'm still kind of new to Android. I've had a couple, but always found something wrong, so I returned them. Im really liking the OS coming from iPhone. I recently returned my Atrix and bought an at&t N1. So far I love it. Its running 2.3.1 on CM6.
But I would like some mod suggestions? Roms? Anything you other N1 users really like?
Also, is there a way to increase the volume? Both headphone and ear piece? Its kind of hard to hear those that are soft talkers.
Thanks guys!
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

every once in a while I try out a sense rom and quite enjoy it but I keep coming back to cyanogenmod for it's speed, stability and customizability(that's probably not a word but you know what I mean). I was the exact same way with my old htc magic. If you want to try sense, check out the Desire HD port. there are TONS of really nice features in sense. Also, some people really like the MIUI rom. Personally, I'm not a fan because it seems like it's trying to copy iOS too much but a lot of people love it.
I think I did read something about a volume hack once but I never tried it out myself. never really had any problems.. then again, I very rarely use my phone as an actual phone

Welcome! Got my 1st N1 a couple of weeks ago...it beats the crap out of the newer phones IMHO. CM7 is running great for me.

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Welcome! Got my 1st N1 a couple of weeks ago...it beats the crap out of the newer phones IMHO. CM7 is running great for me.
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I agree. Still a better phone than the new ones. With the help of a friend, I just flashed CM7. The only force close I got was you tube.
I would still like to find some thing about the volume.
And anything about using an OC kernal on CM7?
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the first phone I've seen that I would get over the nexus one is the evo 3d
and it's still missing a few things that the nexus one has..
it's a shame
anyway, you should be able to play around with dsp manager to get things a bit louder I think

N-1
I have a Droid X I have had for about 6 mos. While my DX has GB and has benchmarked at 2137 I miss my N-1! Don't get me wrong I love my DX but that N-1 was sweet! Keep it! It isn't a developer phone for nothing. I miss my Nexus One!

Welcome to XDA and the awesome Nexus1...Happy Flashing!

Im currently typing this on my Atrix, patiently waiting the arrival of the at&t N1 that I just ordered. I feel like somekind of prisoner carrying this Atrix. Can't wait to be free.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

Your nexus one
The nexus one is an awesome phone. But as everyone know it lacks on board storage space. This will frustrating when you are trying to load that final app and you are down to your last 20 mbs and you keep getting the Memory low error message.
A lot of roms have claimed to address this but I have tried them all and have had an N1 for about a year. CyanogenMOD is awesome but CM7 really has issues and you will fall in love with some of the features but still feel as if you need something more. I use Super AOSP with my N1. It allows me to have APPS2SD capability that was fairly easy to setup and works flawlessly. I had over 100 apps installed and my phone still showed over 160MB of storage available on the phone. I never had a force close or any problems at all really. So yeah in my opinion the N1 is great, but with a few hacks it can be excellent.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966635
Currently I am using an HTC Thunderbolt and the phone is phenomenal as well but the Nexus One is still truly a great phone. Even after being out for a year there are still phone trying to keep up with it. If only the N1 was available for Verizon I would have never made the switch.

dmappdev said:
Im currently typing this on my Atrix, patiently waiting the arrival of the at&t N1 that I just ordered. I feel like somekind of prisoner carrying this Atrix. Can't wait to be free.
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I know that exact feeling. I loved about 98% of my Atrix. But I know it will never gets roms like the N1. It's amazing how well it runs for being as old as it is. I really hope Google gets with HTC again for their next Nexus. I wont buy a Nexus S. Enjoy your N1 when you get it.
CM 7 isn't perfect, but I like it so far. I'll probably flash something different in a couple days.
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So I'm having a couple issues with CM 7 and since I don't have 10 posts yet, ill post here.
None of my e-mails in gmail are coming through. I have auto on, but they aren't getting pushed. I have to go into my gmail app and high refresh to get my e-mails.
Also, on my last rom, push notifications worked for Facebook. But they aren't on CM7.
Also my battery life seems to have gotten worse since the other 2.3 rom I had.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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First day with N1, reboots just after entering PIN.
Just got my first Nexus One. Wow, is it a sleek phone, and the speed increase... mmhmm. A marked difference to my now sadly departed X10i.
Came direct with 2.3.3. (it's been used as a display piece, but otherwise completely new). But then the trouble started. Constant reboots right after entering the PIN and when everything should start. Boom! Back to the X-screen and most of the time, a reboot, but sometimes it gets completely stuck there.
Succeeded in making a factory reset in the 10 seconds of working time that the phone gave me... After which things seemed to go well. Until it appeared again, again, again.
I'd re-flash, but I'm not familiar enough with the procedures. Which file should I recover with using the "update.zip"? (No custom stuff for me, this is still my first day with the phone). IF a pre-rooted version is available, I'd go for that, but if not, the stock one should do as well.
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_raz_ said:
Just got my first Nexus One. Wow, is it a sleek phone, and the speed increase... mmhmm. A marked difference to my now sadly departed X10i.
Came direct with 2.3.3. (it's been used as a display piece, but otherwise completely new). But then the trouble started. Constant reboots right after entering the PIN and when everything should start. Boom! Back to the X-screen and most of the time, a reboot, but sometimes it gets completely stuck there.
Succeeded in making a factory reset in the 10 seconds of working time that the phone gave me... After which things seemed to go well. Until it appeared again, again, again.
I'd re-flash, but I'm not familiar enough with the procedures. Which file should I recover with using the "update.zip"? (No custom stuff for me, this is still my first day with the phone). IF a pre-rooted version is available, I'd go for that, but if not, the stock one should do as well.
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You can reflash your N1 to 2.2 with the instructions from wiki. After that you should get back to 2.3.3 with OTA update.

New to the streak scene

Well I have had xda's, htc's, xperia's etc but not had the streak till now thought i would wait till they ironed out some bugs although mine has seemed to be slow and tonight had the first app forced to close. My question now is which rom do people recommend. for the htc desire i really liked lee driod, anything similar lol, Although i do like the dell staged widgets.

I am also new to the streak.
I tried Gingerstreak first, Gingerbread then Froyo.
Been using power rom for 2 days now and it's a very good rom.
Fast and stable.
Try them all, Stage can be installed on any anyway.
Dpi was too big and I didnt like the theme but those can be changed with ease.

hello. been a long time lurker in these forums and finally decided to take a plunge and become a poster in these forums.
installed gingerstreak 2.4.4 about two weeks ago without a hitch and it's working very well. i did however notice that I can't seem to be able to change the i/o scheduler settings for this rom. i've used different apps and scripts to do so. but it seems that the rom is "hard-wired" to the sio type of i/o scheduling and cannot be changed.
any suggestions will be wecomed. thanks.

seems like 2.4 would be a good one but just didn't want to jump into putting a custom rom on it when the original firmware works quite well, is there a solid way of getting a recoverable backup of the firmware that comes pre-installed, but am thinking of just plunging into putting a new rom on it tonight and seeing how it goes.

gdavies08 said:
seems like 2.4 would be a good one but just didn't want to jump into putting a custom rom on it when the original firmware works quite well, is there a solid way of getting a recoverable backup of the firmware that comes pre-installed, but am thinking of just plunging into putting a new rom on it tonight and seeing how it goes.
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Most of the stock Tom's available from the wiki. It is easy to revert to a stock rom from any of the custom roms.

I got that kind of feeling its the first phone i have not just jumped into breaking, I have opted for coffebun and so far so good i kinda like how it boots with a duke nukem theme lol, also seems to clock pretty good will test the benchmark in a second though

benchmark provides the top spot so thats cool but have spotted a few apps force close which i was trying to avoid, but for how much quicker the phone is now it is over clocked it is spot on

Chert182 said:
hello. been a long time lurker in these forums and finally decided to take a plunge and become a poster in these forums.
installed gingerstreak 2.4.4 about two weeks ago without a hitch and it's working very well. i did however notice that I can't seem to be able to change the i/o scheduler settings for this rom. i've used different apps and scripts to do so. but it seems that the rom is "hard-wired" to the sio type of i/o scheduling and cannot be changed.
any suggestions will be wecomed. thanks.
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Hello,
Your probably gonna have to start your own thread in the Q&A section to get this answered...
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Going as with this phone i have been careful for the first time ever only had it now a couple of weeks and have pretty much now tried most roms out for it, am now rocking gingerbread 2.4.4 with an ics theme and have to say i am impressed with this phone.

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New Dell Streak User

Hi Guys,
Just got myself a Dell Streak from Rogers.
Now I own both an obsolete Dell Streak and HP TouchPad lol
Anyways, I'm about to attempt to install DSC v0.7 custom rom.
Who uses this? and is it good compared to GingerStreak?
Also any advice or tips for a new user?
Thanks!

Gingerstreak is just old and based on unofficial 405 release and not anymore developed, meanwhile DSC it's based on newest 407 official release and heavily developed and has a lot more stuff incorporated in it and way less buggy even compared to the official 407. I tried all gingers for the streak and found peace with DSC.

I use DSC 0.7. It is arguably the best custom Gingerbread ROM currently available. Rock solid stable with no "showstopper" bugs, it's also constantly updated. GingerStreak is no longer being maintained, to the best of my knowledge. As noted in this thread, the GingerStreak code is old code compared to DSC and has some pretty nasty bugs. I know Go Launcher EX doesn't like GingerStreak. Other apps may be just as finicky.
Don't bother with GingerStreak. Use DSC, but make sure you read the first post in the DSC thread carefully.

I installed DSC v0.7, and I noticed the WiFi tethering option is gone. But when i use a toggle it appears to work, but can't connect. Also using another app to turn on the tether, i can't seem to connect to it... anyone can shed some light on this?
Thanks a bunch for the peeps on the info above
EDIT:
I re-installed and the tether option appeared, but then I get a reboot and now the setting is gone??? wtf
EDIT2:
Fixed it, thanks to truefat's post, i deleted the rogers apn setting and works

Glad to see someone new here, ok here goes my tips, or should I rather say my setup that simply works.
ROM: DSC v0.7
launcher: Zeam
privacy app: PDroid and you will need PDroid DSC patch
anti-theft app: avast!
theme: DSC_MattedBlues V7
some notes:
works fine
currently under development
no deal breakers
is quite fast - can handle most power hungry games
MattedBlues theme breaks the SwiftKex X (phone) keyboard in landscape mode! not an issue if you don't use this keyboard

I just got mine tuesday night. So far loving it and excited to load a custom rom. Just having a hard time trying to get it rooted first.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

You dont have to root in order to install a custom rom
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yeah just read that. so used to old way i did it on my vibrant. going to attempt to download DCS this weekend....any tips outside of the guide>?

in the dsc thread, theres file for download, called a flashme pack
itll install the amss and dsp1 required for gingerbread, also installs the recovery , easy enough to do, put streak into fastboot mode run the command and connect phone to pc, does rest itself, then just install the rom via recovery mode
pretty easy to do once you get your head around it

voodooline said:
yeah just read that. so used to old way i did it on my vibrant. going to attempt to download DCS this weekend....any tips outside of the guide>?
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Make sure you read and understand the warnings about using fastboot in the flashing guide and read Everything you wanted to know about the streak, but were too busy bricking it.
Fastboot and StreakMod Recovery are your main tools for modding the Streak.

Thanks for the advice. Running DSC very impressed so far. This phone is amazing.
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium

i just got my streak today as well. It wouldnt even turn on!!! wtf is going on with this phone. I think the battery might be completely discharged, but there isnt even an indicator saying that its charging.

badhobz said:
i just got my streak today as well. It wouldnt even turn on!!! wtf is going on with this phone. I think the battery might be completely discharged, but there isnt even an indicator saying that its charging.
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You should get a replacement ASAP, before there aren't any left....
Or they'll send you a refurb one.

vampirexhunter said:
Hi Guys,
Just got myself a Dell Streak from Rogers.
Also any advice or tips for a new user?
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Welcome to the Streak family! lol...well you must be aware that most custom roms with 2.3 have some minor bugs that will probably bother your daily usage at times - random freeze/reboots...etc. Not saying that this happens often but quite rarely especially if you install an apk that cause instability.
Stock roms have also their issues, but they are by far the most reliable roms out there since they are very stable and suitable for daily usage.

Final5k said:
Welcome to the Streak family! lol...well you must be aware that most custom roms with 2.3 have some minor bugs that will probably bother your daily usage at times - random freeze/reboots...etc. Not saying that this happens often but quite rarely especially if you install an apk that cause instability.
Stock roms have also their issues, but they are by far the most reliable roms out there since they are very stable and suitable for daily usage.
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O really.. I'm using DSC and its been great so far.. but I only got my streak on Tuesday, so I can't really say that its 100% stable.
But nonetheless, I am happy
Also upgraded the InnerSD to 8GB, modify the sd cache for faster reading speeds. (getting ~3x read speeds!!)

vampirexhunter said:
O really.. I'm using DSC and its been great so far.. but I only got my streak on Tuesday, so I can't really say that its 100% stable.
But nonetheless, I am happy
Also upgraded the InnerSD to 8GB, modify the sd cache for faster reading speeds. (getting ~3x read speeds!!)
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Same with me dsc is very stable.
Sent from my DSC v 0.7 Streak

vampirexhunter said:
Also upgraded the InnerSD to 8GB, modify the sd cache for faster reading speeds. (getting ~3x read speeds!!)
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did you cut the plastic or open the whole thing up? i think after my warranty is expired i might do the same.

badhobz said:
did you cut the plastic or open the whole thing up? i think after my warranty is expired i might do the same.
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I Cut the plastic. Btw, did you install a custom rom? if yes, you've already voided your warranty.. so, why not do this mod? lol

vampirexhunter said:
I Cut the plastic. Btw, did you install a custom rom? if yes, you've already voided your warranty.. so, why not do this mod? lol
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pssh, thats not so. If you install a custom rom you can always reflash back to stock (i havent read how to do so just yet on the streak, but im sure there is a way to backup the stock firmware).
Just to give you an example. My streak that came in last friday was dead on arrival. The touch screen was failing intermittently and from what ive read on the streak forums so far, a dead LCD in this phone is quite is a very possible situation. That replacement is 50+ bucks so might as well not do anything while you still have the 1 year warranty.
Software is mostly always fixable. Ive sent back two samsung infuses that i flashed the **** out of and then just reinstalled stock firmware and back they went. Both died within 2 months of receiving the phones. One screen burnt out, the other the GPS chip melted.

Well that's good of you to be cautious. Better be safe than sorry... As for me, I gave into temptation
Also in about a year, i'll be due for a free upgrade..
By then, i might not even use it.