Hi all.
I am hoping someone out there can help me.
I recently bought a used Dell Streak S7.
I tried to restore the DS& back to a factory out of the box state and no luck.
Tried the follwoing three
menu ->setting-> Privacy->Factory Data reset
pin hole by sd card\
Volume + and power -> 1. and 3.
I have added info for Wi-fi and everytime DS7 is turned off and turned on the wi-fi settings are lost.
I was able to root it with One Click Superoot but when i turn DS7 off and turn it off the SU dissapears.
I read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011654 and i can't access CWM thorugh Goggle market.
The original owner account info still remains regardless of reboot and etc.....
I don't have a SD card for it and i am not sure what impact that has.
Android Version 2.2
Baseband Version 11.809.05.03.00
OEM version GLUNB1A132233
Build Number 14291
ANy information or any ideas would greatly help.
Thanks,
Dennis
Dennis,
Did you every resolve your issues?
I am having nearly the same issues as you were.
I bought a used Dell Streak that had been updated to Froyo. When I try to reset the device to factory settings to remove the original owners email address it acts like it works but each time the device boots back up all the original owners info is still there. Their wallpaper, email accounts, facebook accounts, twitter acounts, etc.
I have tried to use the Settings>Privacy>Factory Data Rest, it seems to work but doesn't clear the system all data remains.
I have tried turning off the unit and holding the volume up and power and using the restore option from there but each time it boots back with all the original owners info.
I can not get it to do a factory reset thus I can not associate my gmail account with the device.
Does anyone have a solution?
Thanks,
Frankie4life
No luck yet.
Still waiting and hoping.
Have you guys tried restoring with NVFlash? this procedure works great and helped me a bunch. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809&highlight=nvflash
If you are successful but your streak still wont get past the dell logo on boot, boot back into recovery (Vol+ and Power) and do a factory restore.
warning, this will erase EVERYTHING on your streak
Same thing here
I am having the same exact issue. I have tried restoring using nvflash... No luck
I have tried using the Fastboot method... No Luck
I even found an Update.pkg to try and update it using the built in recovery... No luck, It ends with an error of "Modem Error" says it completed successfully and then reboots to its previos state.
I have tried flashing the clockwork recovery via Fastboot and also.... No Luck
I am not a Noob and I have the the proper ADB and fastboot drivers installed, I am very familiar with using the android sdk and adb command from the SDK folder location.
I beleive at this point either due to an error or something the previous owner did the Streak is now "write protected" is this possible?
My biggest problem is when I root the devices using super one click it gives me root access and when launching the ADB SHELL i receive the "#" indicating that the shell has root, If I try and run ADB remount i receive and error
"c:\androidsdk\tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
c:\androidsdk\tools>"
this indicates to me that I cannot mount any memory from the device as read/write.
Any info would be helpful
Tom
wikedbubble said:
I am having the same exact issue. I have tried restoring using nvflash... No luck
I have tried using the Fastboot method... No Luck
I even found an Update.pkg to try and update it using the built in recovery... No luck, It ends with an error of "Modem Error" says it completed successfully and then reboots to its previos state.
I have tried flashing the clockwork recovery via Fastboot and also.... No Luck
I am not a Noob and I have the the proper ADB and fastboot drivers installed, I am very familiar with using the android sdk and adb command from the SDK folder location.
I beleive at this point either due to an error or something the previous owner did the Streak is now "write protected" is this possible?
My biggest problem is when I root the devices using super one click it gives me root access and when launching the ADB SHELL i receive the "#" indicating that the shell has root, If I try and run ADB remount i receive and error
"c:\androidsdk\tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
c:\androidsdk\tools>"
this indicates to me that I cannot mount any memory from the device as read/write.
Any info would be helpful
Tom
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hi, i'm going through something similar, where did you find the update.pkg? i've been looking for it everywhere, thank you
the answer i would suggest is use nvflash like navycow suggested you have 2 choices with that you can install unrooted 2.2.2 or honeycomb, search the thread for it and if you can't find it let me know i will post a link.
It seems that alot of people are having this problem I found the link for the OTA update here.
http://www.streaksmart.com/updates/page/2/
From there you can download the update.pkg manually or OTA
Make sure you don't use the O2 update because that is for the Streak released in EU. It took a little browsing but I found it in there somewhere
Related
Ok. So yesterday night I was trying to give my G1 a new ROM. I wasn't really concentrating. I was tired. I've done it successfully before. I was following the instructions on Cyanogen Wiki for phones already with custom SPL and OTA.
Something screwed up, I did the firstROM a while ago so it probably wasn't the right one. Maybe it needed deathspl.
Regardless, it is now stuck on the T-Mobile G1 screen (and its stuck, I've left it for an entire night: still stuck) . I can take out the battery and boot into recovery mode. So at this point I basically need to mount my SD through USB (i dont have adapter) so I can start from scratch with SPLs, Radios and Images. This is the problem.
I've read you can do it by pressing Alt+X, going into console/terminal and type some commands in. I press Alt+X but nothing happens. I'll tell you what happens when I do other things:
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Alt+S= E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (Invalid argument)
Can't mount sdcard
Alt+A= <<same thing except for last line:>> E:Can't mount SDCARD:
Move apps+dalvik-cache to SD: Error: run apps2sd via adb
Apply sdcard:update.zip: Can't mount sdcard
Apply sdcard:choose zip: E: CAn't mount SDCARD:
Wipe data/factory reset: Data wipe complete.
Nandroid v2.2 backup: Can't mount sdcard
Nandroid v2.2 restore: Can't mount sdcard, aborting.
Format SD : fat32+ext2+swap: Format complete!
Format SD : fat32: Format complete
Repair ext filesystem: Error : run e2fsck via adb!
Convert ext2 to ext3: Error : run upgrade_fs via adb!
Fix package uid mismatches: Error : run fix_permissions via adb!
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Alrighty. So its royally stuffed up.
Please help! I'm telling myself its not bricked, because it has small but definite programs and calculations running.
It mentions adb, and I have used it in the past to skip through a tutorial (back when you couldn't skip through it) because it needed internet connection and at the time I didnt have data transfer on my SIM, but I did have Wireless. How exactly I did this escapes. Do I need to download anything?
I have no idea if this helps, but I was trying to think of a sort of prize for anybody to help and I have Google Wave invites. Whether thats a big deal or not, I have no idea.
Please help!
Well you can assure yourself that you are not bricked.
First check your SPL and Radio.
If they are:
SPL=1.33.2005
Radio=2.26.19.26I
then your good in that area.
you just need to wipe everything and retry the ROM.
If not then you might want to get the latest stuff and try again that way.
Thanks
Thanks.
But how do I check?
I can't get into the proper Android OS, the three states my phone can be in are:
Off
Stuck on T-Mobile Screen
Recovery Mode
Also, how can I get some new stuff on my SD card if I the only things I have are: the phone described above (i.e. the only workable state being recovery mode), an SD card and a USB cable.
Whats your email so I can send you an invite if you want it?
lachy95 said:
Thanks.
But how do I check?
I can't get into the proper Android OS, the three states my phone can be in are:
Off
Stuck on T-Mobile Screen
Recovery Mode
Also, how can I get some new stuff on my SD card if I the only things I have are: the phone described above (i.e. the only workable state being recovery mode), an SD card and a USB cable.
Whats your email so I can send you an invite if you want it?
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To see you SPL and Radio do this:
Turn off phone
Hold Home and End Call buttons.
If you see:
Hboot-1.33.2005 or something like that then that means that you have the latest SPL
Radio-2.22.19.26I then you have the latest Radio too.
First we need to check to see what your SPL and radio is before you try to do anything that involves flashing ROMs
What recovery image do you have?
Can't see it
When I press Home + End Call I can see is:
Android System Recovery:
<the options I described before, with their errors>
The above is in green font, the background is black with an HTC logo, at the very bottom is white font that says this:
Build: RAv1.2.1G
Sorry for not replying as fast as could. I mega-ly appreciate this so I'll try to be more vigilant.
I'll look around for other key combos to get some more info.
lachy95 said:
When I press Home + End Call I can see is:
Android System Recovery:
<the options I described before, with their errors>
The above is in green font, the background is black with an HTC logo, at the very bottom is white font that says this:
Build: RAv1.2.1G
Sorry for not replying as fast as could. I mega-ly appreciate this so I'll try to be more vigilant.
I'll look around for other key combos to get some more info.
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And I just did that! I pressed back + home and got a white background with three skateboarding androids with this text:
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (DREA*****)
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Apr 20 2009, 15:30:43
CLEARSTORAGE
Delete all user data?
<ACTION> Yes
<POWER> No
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Well thats atleast one step we've bypassed. Stay with me here.
Alrighty so I know the Radio and SPL, and apparently they are up to date.
What next?
From your above post, it seems your SDcard is not being read by your phone. Not sure what the issue is there.
But, if you can get it recognized by the phone, try the following:
It seems you have ADB set up, you may be in luck.
Connect the USB cable in recovery and type these commands on cmd prompt in Windows:
adb shell
ums_enable
This should mount your phone to your PC.
You can now move in necessary files to save your phone.
I suggest doing a FULL WIPE, then reflashing a ROM such as CM 4.2.14.1 (latest build).
If that doesn't work, you may have to start over by flashing DREAIMG.nbh (RC29), flashing latest radio, flashing SPL, DON'T REBOOT, then flashing rom RIGHT AFTER SPL.
Good luck, keep us updated.
Nearly There
Ok. So I got adb up and running.
I ran adb devices and it was blank so I followed part 2 of:
<do google search for "the unlockr hot to set up adb usb drivers for android devices>
After reinstalling drivers via USBDeview:
My Device Manager is now registering my phone as the Android Composite ADB Interface, but when I run adb devices it still has a blank list.
Keep in mind I am in recovery mode.
When I try and run adb shell, it errors with 'no device found' so I need to do this devices command successfully.
Does anybody know whats happening?
lachy95 said:
Ok. So I got adb up and running.
I ran adb devices and it was blank so I followed part 2 of:
<do google search for "the unlockr hot to set up adb usb drivers for android devices>
After reinstalling drivers via USBDeview:
My Device Manager is now registering my phone as the Android Composite ADB Interface, but when I run adb devices it still has a blank list.
Keep in mind I am in recovery mode.
When I try and run adb shell, it errors with 'no device found' so I need to do this devices command successfully.
Does anybody know whats happening?
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Try running it while the Phone is on instead of recovery.
Say run terminal and post the output of:
cat /proc/cmdline
By the way you can still flash images using fastboot mode.
Its stuck
When you say 'on' do you mean on the T-Mobile Screen?
Thanks
Thanks again guys this is really good and I think we're getting close. OK. Here's an update as of right now:
My computer recognizes my phone in T-Mobile Logo, Fastboot (or thing with three skating Androids, Home and Back), and Recovery.
When I cd to my tools folder I can run adb commands but when I run 'adb devices' it shows:
List of devices attached
....
No serial number or anything. I've reinstalled the drivers.
When I do the command 'run terminal' it says 'run' is not recognized as an internal or external command blah blah
This is the same with 'cat /proc/cmdline'
I still can't run terminal with Alt+X in recovery mode (at least, nothing happens)
My phone cannot turn 'on'. It is stuck on the T-Mobile Screen.
What should I do?
lachy95 said:
When you say 'on' do you mean on the T-Mobile Screen?
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Normal boot.
That doesn't work.
How can I see it in adb devices?
Argh!
Any ideas just throw them out there.
Have you tried another sdcard? That's the first thing I would try if the phone is complaining about not being able to read it.
Check ur drivers.
sounds like u need to update them.
Try the attachment
Technochris1 said:
Check ur drivers.
sounds like u need to update them.
Try the attachment
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It works!
Sweet Technochris1, Sweet, sweet person. Thou hath skills and prowess!
I uninstalled the drivers then installed yours. Now adb devices is functioning and sees my device! Now to mount, transfer and fix! I'm indebted to you greatly, for you fixed my phone and everybody else on this thread! Thank you so much.
I recently aquired a Streak 7 and am having trouble resetting it since it has all the original owners info on it.
1. I encountered a force close error upon first boot.
- android.process.acore stopped unexpectedly
2. After this error continued to appear I said F*** this and rebooted into the Stock Dell recovery(Volume + and Power)
I chose option 3 for a factory reset and erase internal tablet storage.
Rebooted and Bam same bull**** errors. I did this 3 more times powering off with the pin hole off button after the streak kept booting with this error.
I read this entire forum development and general questions to see what problems others are having, I came across a few threads all very informative on how to attempt to restore your Streak 7.
Before attempting the various methods of either NVFlash, the fastboot method and even flashing clockwork recovery through fastboot I figured I would see what I could get the Streak to do in it's current state.
*Note* I am very familiar with ADB and Fastboot but if I over looked something I will not be offended if anyone can provide some useful information.
OK, Here is my story
I put the streak on my HDMI dock and was able to succefully install the ADB drivers on Windows 7 x64. From there I launched the ADB Shell
c:/androidsdk/tools> adb shell
$
once in the shell i found I could launch the android setting using this command
$ am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings
Once in the settings and periodically hitting forceclose and quit to the .acore error I was able to retrieve this information
Android Version
2.2
Baseband Version
11.809.05.02.00
Kernel version
2.6.32.9
OEM Version
GLUNB1A132433
Build Number
14394
I also realized that I can install apps through adb so I went and installed the latest standalone ADW Launcher which installs fine and allows me to actually use the device a little.
c:\androidsdk\tools>adb install launcher.apk
1307 KB/s (2533717 bytes in 1.892s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/launcher.apk
Success
You will notice that apps install to this location
/data/local/TMP
it turns out that even installing the new launcher won't allow me to do much because the previose owner changed his google password so I have no market acces or anything like that.
I then tried doing the factory reset within the Android settings>privacy>factory data reset.
The device reboots and I again encounter the same error and the device has also not reset the user data.
So i rooted the device and found that even root was only temporary, the ADB shell returns the # sign indicating that it has root, great but when the device is rebooted it returns to the condition I got it in.
If I run ADB remount with root I get this
c:\androidsdk\tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
c:\androidsdk\tools>
this tells me that even though the phone has root it will not mount any file system with read/write permissions
I then installed the latest free Clockwork Rom Manger via ADB
it prompts me for root permissions I select allow and then the app closes after it downloads and tries to write the clockwork recovery image. I said fine this won't work.
I moved on to the Flashing Clockwork Recovery via Fastboot
In Fastboot I get this
c:\androidsdk\tools>fastboot devices
? fastboot
c:\androidsdk\tools>fastboot -i 0x413C flash recovery clockwork.img
sending 'recovery' (4416 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.560s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.110s]
finished. total time: 0.670s
c:\androidsdk\tools>
WOW I didn't know that 4MB could be sent and flashed over usb in under a second!!!! WTF!!!!!
So obviously there is something going on here where I cannot write to the internal memory...
I decided to just use NVFlash because people seem to be having luck with it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809
I Didn't.......
I spent a hell of a lot of time downloading and redownloading the different images and finally got them all downloaded successfully. I run the restore.bat file and it says everything went fine but it didn't, I tried NVFlash with and without P14.img and it just doesn't seem to do anything it always restores it to how it was when i got it errors and all.
Now for the best method I tried, the fastboot method by flashing boot_orig.img, recovery_orig.img and system_orig.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011654
Flash_image is not and ADB Shell command
and I also don't beleive the images are writing to the disc that fast.
I'm tired of typing now so please if anyone has any info on how I can write information to the internal ROM memory not the internal sd card I would greatly appreciate it.
Tom
wikedbubble said:
I recently aquired a Streak 7 and am having trouble resetting it since it has all the original owners info on it.
1. I encountered a force close error upon first boot.
- android.process.acore stopped unexpectedly
2. After this error continued to appear I said F*** this and rebooted into the Stock Dell recovery(Volume + and Power)
I chose option 3 for a factory reset and erase internal tablet storage.
Rebooted and Bam same bull**** errors. I did this 3 more times powering off with the pin hole off button after the streak kept booting with this error.
I read this entire forum development and general questions to see what problems others are having, I came across a few threads all very informative on how to attempt to restore your Streak 7.
Before attempting the various methods of either NVFlash, the fastboot method and even flashing clockwork recovery through fastboot I figured I would see what I could get the Streak to do in it's current state.
*Note* I am very familiar with ADB and Fastboot but if I over looked something I will not be offended if anyone can provide some useful information.
OK, Here is my story
I put the streak on my HDMI dock and was able to succefully install the ADB drivers on Windows 7 x64. From there I launched the ADB Shell
c:/androidsdk/tools> adb shell
$
once in the shell i found I could launch the android setting using this command
$ am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings
Once in the settings and periodically hitting forceclose and quit to the .acore error I was able to retrieve this information
Android Version
2.2
Baseband Version
11.809.05.02.00
Kernel version
2.6.32.9
OEM Version
GLUNB1A132433
Build Number
14394
I also realized that I can install apps through adb so I went and installed the latest standalone ADW Launcher which installs fine and allows me to actually use the device a little.
c:\androidsdk\tools>adb install launcher.apk
1307 KB/s (2533717 bytes in 1.892s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/launcher.apk
Success
You will notice that apps install to this location
/data/local/TMP
it turns out that even installing the new launcher won't allow me to do much because the previose owner changed his google password so I have no market acces or anything like that.
I then tried doing the factory reset within the Android settings>privacy>factory data reset.
The device reboots and I again encounter the same error and the device has also not reset the user data.
So i rooted the device and found that even root was only temporary, the ADB shell returns the # sign indicating that it has root, great but when the device is rebooted it returns to the condition I got it in.
If I run ADB remount with root I get this
c:\androidsdk\tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
c:\androidsdk\tools>
this tells me that even though the phone has root it will not mount any file system with read/write permissions
I then installed the latest free Clockwork Rom Manger via ADB
it prompts me for root permissions I select allow and then the app closes after it downloads and tries to write the clockwork recovery image. I said fine this won't work.
I moved on to the Flashing Clockwork Recovery via Fastboot
In Fastboot I get this
c:\androidsdk\tools>fastboot devices
? fastboot
c:\androidsdk\tools>fastboot -i 0x413C flash recovery clockwork.img
sending 'recovery' (4416 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.560s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.110s]
finished. total time: 0.670s
c:\androidsdk\tools>
WOW I didn't know that 4MB could be sent and flashed over usb in under a second!!!! WTF!!!!!
So obviously there is something going on here where I cannot write to the internal memory...
I decided to just use NVFlash because people seem to be having luck with it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809
I Didn't.......
I spent a hell of a lot of time downloading and redownloading the different images and finally got them all downloaded successfully. I run the restore.bat file and it says everything went fine but it didn't, I tried NVFlash with and without P14.img and it just doesn't seem to do anything it always restores it to how it was when i got it errors and all.
Now for the best method I tried, the fastboot method by flashing boot_orig.img, recovery_orig.img and system_orig.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011654
Flash_image is not and ADB Shell command
and I also don't beleive the images are writing to the disc that fast.
I'm tired of typing now so please if anyone has any info on how I can write information to the internal ROM memory not the internal sd card I would greatly appreciate it.
Tom
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Bump for a resolution. A lot of folks seem to be encountering this issue; I think it has something to do with a Linux failsafe measure (from another thread), but I'm not savvy enough in Linux to know for sure. Good luck to you!
Hey Thanks for the Bump, I am tearing my hair out over thins thing.
On another note I found this post for the LG GX2 for flashing clockwork recovery through APX with NVFLASH
http://www.techofweb.com/technology/flashing-cwm-recovery-g2x.html
I hope there might be a way to do this on the Streak, but I don't know that much about NVFlash. My hope in getting the clockwork recovery is that the restore and recovery tools used in clockwork recovery will in theory allow me to format and write roms to the internal memory...... I hope
Anyway I hope someone is reading and understanding my trouble other than Z4nd4r
Tom
I've been having similar problems with my streak7. It was working fine on stock 2.2.2 then got stuck in boot loop at the "stick together" screen.
I tried to factory reset in recovery. No change.
I tried to restore with nvflash. It completed fine, but no change.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809
I tried with fastboot (boot.img, restore.img and system.img). It completed fine, no change.
I tried the 2.2.2 update.pkg in recovery, but it stops at "install modem error", no change.
I tried to flash DJ_Steve's honeycomb, and it stops at:
Formatting partition 2 BCT please wait... FAILED!
command failure: create failed (bad data)
bootloader status: partition table is required for this command (code: 8) message: nverror:0x2 (0x2) flags: 0
I tried formatting all partitions with:
nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --format_all
then restore with nvflash
It completes with no errors, but still no change.
I also tried to get clockwork on the streak 7 with fastboot. Even though I didn't get any errors, clockwork recovery did not get installed. So I'm thinking it's some sort of write protect error, since nothing I write to the device seems to be sticking.
If I format all partitions, would the streak 7 even get to the t-mobile "stick together" logo? I would think it would get stuck at the dell logo. I'm stuck at this point and have no idea what to try next. Any suggestions?
Could the problem be due to previous owner(s) trying to root the DS7 and Dell had implemented some kind of security measure to prevent rooting of the DS7?
Bump for a real solution.
I found a solution and my solution was to sell it before I threw it against a wall.
What's the common denominator, here? Were these all purchased used/3rd party?
Mine was bought new and ran great till mothers day and my sis asked to use it to post pics to facebook so I unmounted my sd and gave it to her she poped in her 32 gig sd card and got tired of waiting for the the gallery to populate and ejected the card without unmounting it and handed it back to me and said it was junk an and slow .......ever since its been stuck in read only
Ive dissasymbled it formated it flashed it factory reset it and reguardless of what I do still comes back the same as though I hadnt touched it.......even tried to short the nand chip out to clear it..........its like a cockroarch thats wounded .....it just wont finish dieing
I think we need a jtag solution. Doesn't seem like anything done with current tools will help.
I've scoured the internet and turned up nothing.
My streak 7 is collecting dust and probably going on eBay soon. To hell with Dell. This is my first Dell android device and probably my last.
Edit: found information
So I found the datasheet for the NAND chip the Streak 7 uses (http://omapworld.com/iNAND_e_MMC_4_41_IF_data_sheet_v1_0[1].pdf). Aparently the NAND has a write protect feature (temporary and permanent). Tech5 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113264 says there's a failsafe function that locks the NAND in write protect mode. I don't have the hardware expertise to dig down and see if the system is write protecting the system by locking the chip in write protect mode. If we can somehow figure out how to disable the write protect on the chip, we may have a solution. Maybe someone with good hardware knowledge can take a look and give some feedback?
I'm having this same issue over here. I've tried NVFLASH and Fastboot and it acts like it's happening and then you reboot and get back to the same image every time. Maybe time for a call to Dell on this?
Call Dell
It looks like these Streaks are all stock and having the same problem. I tried calling dell but they wouldn't help me because the streak I got doesn't have the flap for the sd card and that is where they say the Service Tag is written. Freaking BullSh!t. Anyway if someone is willing to call dell and see what they have to say that would be awesome.
Dell is the only solution?
I had a same problem too. No matter what I do, the unit reverts back. It became Read-Only Mode. I guess it happens often enough DELL aware of this problem and the tech supports knows what to do. Only way to fix the unit at this point is ship it back.
I shipped back to Dell and Dell repaired it. Turn Around time: 1 Week.
This is my 1st post.
I do have Streak 5 and 7. I love Streak 5 and DJ Steve's ROM Rocks in Streak 5.
wikedbubble said:
It looks like these Streaks are all stock and having the same problem. I tried calling dell but they wouldn't help me because the streak I got doesn't have the flap for the sd card and that is where they say the Service Tag is written. Freaking BullSh!t. Anyway if someone is willing to call dell and see what they have to say that would be awesome.
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Settings > About > Status > Service Tag at the bottom.
I'm on the phone with Dell right now about this as I can't find another solution and another user had to get theirs repaired. We'll see what they say.
Solution to write protect?
I was trying to copy some music to mine and got the write protect error message. I took out the micro SD card holder and it indeed was locked. Flipped the switch and back in business! Hope this helps someone!
I wonder if it is newer streaks that are doing this, because I think mine was in stock with Tmobile for a while. They had plenty of them there. They must be "Locking the bootloader" so to speak. If anyone wants to send one to a Dev maybe they can do something about it.
any luck with this any 1? =(
I had a similar issue last week, it looks to be the "Read-Only" Bug. I had to send mine back to Dell, and they just sent me a new unit.
Whatever you do, make sure your DS7 does NOT hit 0% battery, it seems to be the cause of this "Ready-Only" bug.
Hey guys
I did a terrible mistake. Instead of just normally resetting the phone to factory settings in CWM after unlocking it, my finger slipped to the "format /system" option.
This happened before, but then I just sideloaded the rom and everything was ok. Oddly enough, this doesnt work anymore.
Whenever I want to push something to my phone using adb, I get the error that the device was not found and I cannot do anything to access the phone (when entering the command "adb devices" for example, no device shows up). I installed every driver I can think of, I installed all the packages in the sdk manager and now I dont know what to do.
I know that the debug mode is required, but since theres no OS anymore, I really ran out of ideas.
Please help me! :crying:
PS: additional information:
- HTC One m7 (unlocked)
- Clockwerkmod Recovery
- Windows 8
- Hasoon2000's all in one kit
EDIT: I found this site that recommends flashing via fastboot. (blog.syedgakbar.com/2013/02/01/android-installing-system-images-using-flashboot/)
where do I find these images?
Hey everyone,
first off, I have my Kindle for a few weeks now and it's my first Androit device. I started reading into rooting and adb commands only a few days ago, so please excuse me if I'm not writing accurately with some terms. Additionally, I could not find a similar problem via searching.
Here's my problem (I'll try to be as detailed as possible):
I rooted my KFSOWI running 11.3.1.0 yesterday using Moronigs rooting method. It went well and I had full root access (typing su in an adb shell resulted in an # and all that).
Today I wanted to edit the framework-res.apk to exchange some images. Stupid as I tend to be I wanted to rename the original file and then paste my modified one. The device started giving out various crashes, telling me that lots of apps stopped working. Only then I realised that the file is needed to run the system. Unfortunately the Kindle had shut down at some point and when I boot it now it only gives me a black screen (although the backlight is still on).
Here's what I tried so far:
1. I wanted to adb push the modified file to the system/framework folder, but it tells me that the folder is read-only.
2. So I wanted to change permissions but it seems I don't have root access anymore (I don't even get the # output in the adb-shell after typing su).
3. I tried installing the package via adb but it says "Error: COuld not access package manager. Is the system running?"
I guess it doesn't boot up the package manager and root access. You guys have any idea what I can do right now? Seems like a lost cause to me. And if so, can I try sending it back via warranty?
Any help is very much appreciated. And thanks for all the great work on these forums.
Does nobody have an idea? Would be very sad if I couldn't use it anymore. Although I'm the only one to blame. Does someone have experience on sending it back to amazon for warranty? As far as I know rooted devices lose their warranty.. :-/
Karelian_ said:
Hey everyone,
first off, I have my Kindle for a few weeks now and it's my first Androit device. I started reading into rooting and adb commands only a few days ago, so please excuse me if I'm not writing accurately with some terms. Additionally, I could not find a similar problem via searching.
Here's my problem (I'll try to be as detailed as possible):
I rooted my KFSOWI running 11.3.1.0 yesterday using Moronigs rooting method. It went well and I had full root access (typing su in an adb shell resulted in an # and all that).
Today I wanted to edit the framework-res.apk to exchange some images. Stupid as I tend to be I wanted to rename the original file and then paste my modified one. The device started giving out various crashes, telling me that lots of apps stopped working. Only then I realised that the file is needed to run the system. Unfortunately the Kindle had shut down at some point and when I boot it now it only gives me a black screen (although the backlight is still on).
Here's what I tried so far:
1. I wanted to adb push the modified file to the system/framework folder, but it tells me that the folder is read-only.
2. So I wanted to change permissions but it seems I don't have root access anymore (I don't even get the # output in the adb-shell after typing su).
3. I tried installing the package via adb but it says "Error: COuld not access package manager. Is the system running?"
I guess it doesn't boot up the package manager and root access. You guys have any idea what I can do right now? Seems like a lost cause to me. And if so, can I try sending it back via warranty?
Any help is very much appreciated. And thanks for all the great work on these forums.
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At this point, I would send it back to Amazon. all they will check for is physical damage and send it back to China. I hear some people bricking their tablet several times and getting a replacement. Thing is that Amazon's warranty questions are only water damage and did you drop it questions. So you don't even have to BS them to get a replacement.
If you have a fast boot cable you might restore it. Now it's not the cable that came with Kindle, it's a special programming cable that will put it into fast boot mode.
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braider said:
If you have a fast boot cable you might restore it. Now it's not the cable that came with Kindle, it's a special programming cable that will put it into fast boot mode.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire2 using xda app-developers app
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There are no exploits for this boot loader yet. Don't think a fastboot cord will do much at the time.
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Did noone come up with a solution, because i did the same thing, with the framework-res.apk
i can make a fastboot cable if itll do any good without an unlocked bootloader. could i possibly push the most recent update.bin from amazon and restore the device to stock???
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i wouldnt take bricked for an answer and i found a fix
what i did was make sure the kindle was connected to adb and typed the following
adb reboot
adb wait-for-device shell su
the shell managed to snag the SU file and displayed # before the device looped thru all of the boot apps over and over, but then CMD froze.
so i tried this
adb reboot
adb wait-for-device shell su mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/omap/omap.hsmmc.1/by-name/system /system
and in one line got root access and remounted the system as RW
my problem was that framework-res APK was replaced with ZIP so all i had to do was rename it
# cp /system/framework/framework-res.zip /system/framework/framework-res.apk
and success!!
# exit
$ exit
adb reboot
and she booted right up!!!!
First response so please be kind. My KFSOWI is stuck in the bootloop too. I have a factory cable and can get into fastboot but don't have any factory images to restore. Anyone have any ideas?
Do you get any adb access? I don't think casebook will be any help until someone unlocks the bootloader
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Last night I sideloaded the 5.1.1 update to my Droid Turbo. While playing around with it this morning, I accidentally clicked the 'Force RTL' option under accessories. Immediately after, my phone crashed, and on boot would display 'system ui has stopped working' indefinitely. The wallpaper would load, and the alert modal would appear, but clearing it just kicked up another 'system ui has stopped working' modal a few seconds later.
I cleared the cache, and now when I reboot the device, it comes up with the Recovery Andy image with 'no command' below. I don't mind doing a factory reset, but I have a LOT of data I'd lose in the process. All of my pictures are backed up to Dropbox/G+, but I have a lot of other files and backups that I neglected to save externally prior to the update ... because I'm a genius.
When I try to reapply the update, I get a message indicating "/system/app/3c_main.apk" has unexpected contents. I've tried to push from SD and from ADB, both with no luck. At this point I'm happy to just reset the device, but I want my data off first. All ADB commands with the exception of SIDELOAD return 'error: closed', so I can't even backup my files.
Ideas? Help?! ANYTHING?!
spikejnz said:
Last night I sideloaded the 5.1.1 update to my Droid Turbo. While playing around with it this morning, I accidentally clicked the 'Force RTL' option under accessories. Immediately after, my phone crashed, and on boot would display 'system ui has stopped working' indefinitely. The wallpaper would load, and the alert modal would appear, but clearing it just kicked up another 'system ui has stopped working' modal a few seconds later.
I cleared the cache, and now when I reboot the device, it comes up with the Recovery Andy image with 'no command' below. I don't mind doing a factory reset, but I have a LOT of data I'd lose in the process. All of my pictures are backed up to Dropbox/G+, but I have a lot of other files and backups that I neglected to save externally prior to the update ... because I'm a genius.
When I try to reapply the update, I get a message indicating "/system/app/3c_main.apk" has unexpected contents. I've tried to push from SD and from ADB, both with no luck. At this point I'm happy to just reset the device, but I want my data off first. All ADB commands with the exception of SIDELOAD return 'error: closed', so I can't even backup my files.
Ideas? Help?! ANYTHING?!
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Did you use the zip from Rootjunky?
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zefir738 said:
Did you use the zip from Rootjunky?
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Yes
spikejnz said:
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You might have to wait until the OTA is available for manual download and then flash it via RSD Lite. The way the zip works is it'll only install if you have version 21.44.12.en.us installed. You have 23.11.38 so it won't install now.
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You might have to wait until the OTA is available for manual download and then flash it via RSD Lite. The way the zip works is it'll only install if you have version 21.44.12.en.us installed. You have 23.11.38 so it won't install now.
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Yikes. OTA is supposed to drop today, so hopefully that becomes available soon thereafter. Not sure how long I can survive without my phone.
spikejnz said:
Last night I sideloaded the 5.1.1 update to my Droid Turbo. !
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I assume you mean the 5.1 update? or did you try to use a 5.1.1 update for some other phone by mistake? if so there may be no easy solution.
I don't accept defeat. Everyone said my data was a lost cause, and that Factory Reset was my only hope. Yeah, well who's copying data off his device right now?
THIS GUY.
I downloaded the firmware, removed the "erase userdata" line from the batch file, and ran it to restore the images and partitions.
I then cleared the cache (again) and rebooted my device.
Back to the 'System UI has stopped' loop
Tried unsuccessfully to send ADB commands to the device
Opened and ADB Shell in Cerberus Dashboard, but kept getting disconnected
Sent an Unlock command in Cerberus Dashboard to my device ... voilla!
UI is still crashing, but Windows is now attempting to install drivers
After trying to manually install drivers for an extended period of time, decided to attempt it on my Mac
BOOM, FS mounts and Android File Transfer is now accessing all the files, even if my display is all jacked!
Next comes the factory reset. I knew there was a reason I installed Cerberus on my non-rooted device.
Fix RTL via ADB
I had this problem on my turbo after reading about a possible fix for snapchat image problems.
After a bit of googling, I came up with this simple fix.
This will only work if ADB Debugging is enabled and your PC is already authorized.
No need for root.
Code:
adb devices
adb shell
settings put global debug.force_rtl 0
reboot
And I suppose if you do NOT already have ADB enabled et al, you're SOL?
AnoraxAudio said:
And I suppose if you do NOT already have ADB enabled et al, you're SOL?
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If your phone has a secure lock screen, it will not recognize a usb port for file transfer or ADB mode until the password/pin/pattern/etc. has been entered. The Cerberus method described above worked because it was able to meet this requirement. With this in mind, you have the following options depending on your lock screen situation:
1. Insecure lock screen, ADB previously enabled: use the ADB method described above.
2. Insecure lock screen, ADB disabled: Plug in the USB, transfer over your important files, reboot the phone in bootloader mode, select recovery mode, perform a factory reset.
3. Secure lock screen (all cases, assuming you can't unlock it with Cerberus or something similar): Wipe cache through recovery to see if that helps anything. If it doesn't, you can try reflashing the system image via mofo or fastboot to see if that helps anything. If not, bite the bullet and perform a factory reset. You will lose your data.
Now if you have mofo, you might be able to flash a rooted rom that can perform the adb method using a su.d script, but I'm not entirely sure about that.