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Rooted Streak won't update

Like many others I tried to install the update with a flashed CW and got stuck. After following one of the threads I was able to get it back.
Now I have a stock recovery and boot, but when I try to apply the update the device reboots and does nothing.
I also downloaded the update renamed it an placed it on the SD and nothing happends.
What should I do?
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Rooted streak won't boot into recovery
I rooted my streak and i installed the slim version rom. When i got everything working the dell update popped up on my screen so i downloaded and installed it. Now i got redirected straight to CWM and i did the whole ADB shell process. I am now stuck on the slim rom with no ability to connect to wifi or to enter recovery. Any help would be great.

I can restore the original recovery?

Hello I wanted to do a query, I have a Dell Streak 7 only Wifi EU with Honeycomb 3.2 Official, and wanted to install the Recovery CWM but I wonder if you could then reinstall the one that comes with the official or not.
Thanks in Advanced

calico12 said:
Hello I wanted to do a query, I have a Dell Streak 7 only Wifi EU with Honeycomb 3.2 Official, and wanted to install the Recovery CWM but I wonder if you could then reinstall the one that comes with the official or not.
Thanks in Advanced
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Yes you can. I imagine you want to flash something with CWM and then return to stock recovery correct. So all you do is flash your zip in Clockwork, boot up and make sure whatever you flashed is functioning correctly, boot into fastboot and flash your stock recovery and finally reboot and you are done

cdzo72 said:
Yes you can. I imagine you want to flash something with CWM and then return to stock recovery correct. So all you do is flash your zip in Clockwork, boot up and make sure whatever you flashed is functioning correctly, boot into fastboot and flash your stock recovery and finally reboot and you are done
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Thanks for your reply.

Does anyone actually have the stock recovery.img they can provide?
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Clear directions on Restoring to Stock 3.2

Looking for Clear directions on how to restore a Streak 7 to Stock 3.2
I got my Streak for christmas and I ran Superuser7.zip on it. I need to fully unroot and restore back to stock for some testing. I can't seem to figure out exactly how to do that. I have the Lg7_WiFi_506_19534_30.pkg but can't seem to figure out how to flash it since ive installed CWM on it for superuser7.
And is that the correct flash? I've seen 506 and 507 talked about, don't know how to tell the difference.
Any help Greatly appreciated!!
Thank You!

Thanks, I'm also interested in seeing a straightforward guide on getting back to stock on the Streak 7.
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Really?
No one? Come on. Im not a complete Noob and not looking for a diaper change guide. But I can't find any direct info on this.
First time working with Streak, usually work with samsungs.. Those are much easier to restore to stock.
I have the LG7-WiFi_506_19534_30.pkg that I found online but am not completely positive this is the package I need.. Goes back to what the heck does the 506 and 507 represent and I don't find any reference to those numbers in my about android tab.
Also... If i wanted use the built in restore function to load a .pkg,, well.. CWM4 killed that. So how do i flash a pkg now?
Anyhelp! if I can get enough direction, I will write a noob guide to this.
Thanks!

OK. Got some of my own homework done.. And figured out what it is I am really looking for.
I know how to restore technically.. but heres the issue. I need to remove CWM5.0.2.7
I need to restore the stock recovery, Then i can just flash a factory.pkg file and its back to stock.
So .. Can anyone refer me to the Stock Recovery .img file I can flash with Fastboot to restore the ability to flash a .pkg file?
Thanks!!

As you're trying i'll throw you a bone:
Dell Streak 7 - xda wiki
Download whatever rec matches the pkg you're going to install, as you've already had a stock 5xx rom installed at one point (the clue is that you had CWM 5.0 installed and working) just install the matching 5xx rec.
You seem to be attempting to install the 506-wifi one.
There's 2 entries on the wiki for 506, one has a modem baseband and the other doesnt, one of them is the wifi version. I'll let you try and figure out this last step.

Then i was reading those as recovery.. FILE NOT FOUND on that site.
got a copy of them? I'm currently running 512 software from Dell according to the build # on streak.. 20031
Appreciate your help.

I was moving files around earlier today on the server, you might have been trying to download them in the short window then when they wernt available.
If there's still any files that arnt working i'll fix them as I find them.
If you're on 512 could you make a nandroid first? 512 is one I dont have and you have it.

obviously i've nuked the Recovery.. but yes I will reset the tablet, and nandroid a copy of it.
Then What is the best next set to set it to stock at that point?
Thanks!

Install the 506 wifi recovery and you can flash the pkg you downloaded if that is the one you wish to flash.
If you're already rooted I believe gingerbreak also has a feature to unroot your rom. If you downgrade to 506 it's techincally a different rom but so far there's very little difference between the various 5xx roms

As promised. NooB Guide for returning back to completely Stock 3.2
Thanks to TheManii for helping me get on the right track and understanding what exactly is needed.
OK. So you've installed CWM 5.0.2.7 and rooted your streak 7 and for what ever reason you want to revert back to Stock, Day 1.
Heres your guide.
DISCLAIMER.. This worked for me. Not my fault if your bork your device for following this guide, however it should work.
Things that are needed.
Fastboot (found here with info on how to get into various modes http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_7/Flashing_Guide )
The Correct PKG file for your device See http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak_7#Official and get the 506 or 507 PKG and Recovery file(repeated below). Read the page and see if you need 506 or 507 and pick the right one, WiFi or 4g.
And the Same recovery.img file from same package (if you using 506, then 506's)
(you got rooted, so I assume I don't need to get your pampers changed.. You should have a pretty good idea about this so far)
Make a directory and unzip the fastboot+ADB.zip files
copy the recovery.img file downloaded above to same extracted folder so that fastboot and recovery.img are in the same directory.
On the streak. you need to have in a SD Card in the slot, the .pkg file you downloaded and have it named update.pkg in the root level (top) of the sdcard.
Power off your Streak
Put into Fast Boot Mode (see above if you don't know how)
drop to dos (CMD) cd to that directory.
fastboot -i 0x413C flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x413C reboot
Streak should Reboot.
OK you have just copied over the 506 or 507 recovery image.. Congrats. your part way there.
Now I did this using my modified Streak 5 Dock that works just find for my Streak 7. That part worked perfect. The next part, if you were using it in the dock. After copying files to the SD card.. Remove from dock.. i believe it interfered. worked perfect out of the dock.
Boot to recovery VOL UP & Power at same time.
use arrows to move to option 2. Software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card. and press power button to enter.
Wait.
Recovery will load.
Read the screen. Its telling you to press the power button to use the emergency flash to recover your device. This will erase your device. (if you didn't already know this, or have this as your intention... Well... I'll leave it at that)
It will verify the pkg. then it will install. Took between 4-8 min.. Then it rebooted.
That took even longer of-course.. Just like day 1 when you turned it on after getting it from Dell.
If all went well. It will have returned you to the welcome screen where you are initially setting up your Streak 7.
Congrats. Your back to stock 506 or 507.
Now There is a 514 pkg file if your looking to upgrade to the latest as of 1/7/12. I am actually installing that as I type this.
If you decide to do the upgrade to 514.. Delete the existing update.pkg (if the streak didn't, it wasn't there when I went to copy the newer one over) and rename LG7-WiFi_514_21700_30.pkg or what ever applies to your device to update.zip and move to the sdcard.
Make sure SDCard is in Streak.
Power off the device.
Vol up and power. Select option 2 again. It will boot to recovery.
Power button to accept.
Sit back and watch.
Wait for reboot. as mine is right now
Tada.. Stock 514. Hope this helps some of you as it has helped me greatly.
Make sure to Thank TheManii and I would appreciate some Thanks if this helped you too
I will be putting up a Mirror for all the files tomorrow 1/7/12.
MobileMedic

That is a very nice guide I used it to un-root and remove CWM from my tab, if you or I could make this more clear, and why do you type "fastboot -i 0x413C" isn't it like this example: fastboot flash recovery C:/ADB/Win32/recovery.img
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"-i 0xAAAA" is an optional value, it tells fastboot to explicitly target a specific connected device.
0x413c is the USB pid assigned to dell, if you only have a single device connected in fastboot mode it will simply assume you mean that one device.

Thanks for Defining that TheManii.
I used that info by borrowing from the Rooting Post.
[Guide] Absolute Newbie's Guide to Rooting a Streak 7 that has Stock Honeycomb
13) On the command line type the following:
fastboot -i 0x413C flash recovery recovery.img (where recovery.img is the ClockworkMod or other recovery file)
14) On the command line type the following:
fastboot -i 0x413C reboot
MobileMedic

Enter your password?
Followed this guide to the T pretty much with the latest version from Dell. Now I get Enter your password. No password *I* know works!
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

You need to install clockwork mod 5.0 and do a fac reset.

this doesnt work for me when i try to flash the update.pkg tru option it takes me back to cwm. Anyway to go back to stock, no cwm no root?

antrax360 said:
this doesnt work for me when i try to flash the update.pkg tru option it takes me back to cwm. Anyway to go back to stock, no cwm no root?
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Have you cleared all caches? reflash it again once you have and hopefully your password issues will be removed if all other methods have failed

Success and a request for OP
I just flashed 506 over my HC Dell Streak (T-Mo) and it worked like a charm. After first boot it went right to the setup screen. This was in prep for a sale.
I would request that the OP please update the first post to reflect the steps outlined in post 10(?) - it would be helpful to have steps listed in the very first post of this thread.
Also, using the Fastboot + ADB download did not help with fastboot for me. I use a laptop for development, and that has SDK/JDK installed on it, but had originally used my desktop to nvflash back to Froyo after trying StreakDroid. The download package did not include the right support files to make fastboot work correctly on my desktop. Had to do the fastboot commands on my laptop.
I would suggest this is the best way to avoid the read-only mode when you want to clean out your Streak 7 for future sale.

mobilemedic said:
Thanks to TheManii for helping me get on the right track and understanding what exactly is needed.
Wait.
Recovery will load.
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How long should it take for recovery to load? I nvflashed back to 2.2, then flashed 506-30's recovery using fastboot. It's hanging when I tell it to upgrade via update.pkg (which is the 506-30 branch pkg).
EDIT: I re-nvflashed to 2.2 and stopped it from rebooting. Went to 2.2's stock recovery and flashed update.pkg (which was 506-30). No password anymore and it seems to have worked. Going to try 514-30 next.

Hi I need help, my Dell Streak 7 T-Mobile is stuck on boot loop n when I try to flash stock Rom it starts installation but right before it's seems to be completed it says "Install modem error.. installation will restart " & it reboot to tht boot loop.
Plz help 
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Honeystreak r8 and Dock information.

I recently researched if HoneyStreak r8 could be flashed using CWM onto Stock 514. I did not find anyone who had tried, nor did I ask.
I did get this to work. The main reason for doing this was so that I could use mostly Honeystreak and then keep a 514 ROM so I could use the dock without losing the speakers.
Here is what I did:
1) Did a nandroid backup of 514 using CWM 5.0.2.8
2) flashed the R8 zip from sd card using the same cwm "as above".
What is funny is when I booted honeystreak to test: ALL of my settings, apps, ect. were saved and I did not have to load anything.
3) When I flashed R8 I knew that the recovery would be replaced so I fast booted the CWM 5.0.2.8 back on and did a NANDROID of the honeystreak rom.
4) now I can flash either one 514 or honeystreak using the CWM 5.0.2.8.
ALSO I placed my Streak into the dock to test the speakers on Honeystreak and guess what...? they did not work.
However... I powered off and back on with the streak still in the dock and it does not have the speaker message come up and THEY NOW WORK.
So again.. the dock can work using HONEYSTREAK.
So if you have done this or seen it in another thread please post.

If your using any version CWM to flash a zip, why would it be written to overwrite itself and/or while it's in use? This wouldn't make any sense at all.

That's what I thought. I shut down. After booting up StreakDroid I then rebooted into recovery and cwm5 was replaced by version 4. And it would not load my nandroid correctly so I reloaded cwm 5... Make since or not that is what happened.
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datfat said:
That's what I thought. I shut down. After booting up StreakDroid I then rebooted into recovery and cwm5 was replaced by version 4. And it would not load my nandroid correctly so I reloaded cwm 5... Make since or not that is what happened.
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The recovery must load into memory leaving the recovery partition open to be replaced.

The r8 zip package has a recovery image in it. Just like any nandroid.. It replaced mine with the one that has dj steve's signature in it.
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datfat said:
The r8 zip package has a recovery image in it. Just like any nandroid.. It replaced mine with the one that has dj steve's signature in it.
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Yes, I get that but that means once CWM is running, it doesn't use/need the recovery partition. You had v5 till you rebooted, correct?

wptski said:
Yes, I get that but that means once CWM is running, it doesn't use/need the recovery partition. You had v5 till you rebooted, correct?
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Yes maybe you had a misunderstanding of what I meant in OP. I meant that I used CWM 5 to backup then immediately I flashed the r8 zip with cwm 5. then I rebooted to test. So yes I had 5 until I rebooted. I said that in post 3 above.

datfat said:
Yes maybe you had a misunderstanding of what I meant in OP. I meant that I used CWM 5 to backup then immediately I flashed the r8 zip with cwm 5. then I rebooted to test. So yes I had 5 until I rebooted. I said that in post 3 above.
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My misunderstanding was of a recovery program's operation in general, thinking that it needed its partition(recovery) to operate but your post shows that this isn't the case.

wptski said:
My misunderstanding was of a recovery program's operation in general, thinking that it needed its partition(recovery) to operate but your post shows that this isn't the case.
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Okay, I understand.

CWM says no files found

I have a BIG PROBLEM!!!!!!!!
I rooted my Dell Streak 7 from T-Mobile it has the sim card slot so I guess it's not the wifi only one. i installed rom manager and flashed clockworkmod recovery 3.0.2.0 everything was working fine. Then I downloaded a rom an boot into recovery when i went to install zip from sd card i clicked on it and said no files found. Wherever I click says that. I dont know what t do anymore!!!!
Also, my friend sold it to me because it freezes a lot out of nowhere. I thought that maybe upgrading the firmware or installing a kernel could fix it but I cant even flash a rom. I have a optimus one and it never gives me any trouble.
I tried googling for answers and looked all over xda but couldn't find a solution.
Please help me!!!!! Thank you in advance!!!

wonder_boy54 said:
I have a BIG PROBLEM!!!!!!!!
I rooted my Dell Streak 7 from T-Mobile it has the sim card slot so I guess it's not the wifi only one. i installed rom manager and flashed clockworkmod recovery 3.0.2.0 everything was working fine. Then I downloaded a rom an boot into recovery when i went to install zip from sd card i clicked on it and said no files found. Wherever I click says that. I dont know what t do anymore!!!!
Also, my friend sold it to me because it freezes a lot out of nowhere. I thought that maybe upgrading the firmware or installing a kernel could fix it but I cant even flash a rom. I have a optimus one and it never gives me any trouble.
I tried googling for answers and looked all over xda but couldn't find a solution.
Please help me!!!!! Thank you in advance!!!
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What ROM was it on originally? Android 2.2 or Honeycomb?

2.2! i wanna upgrade to honeycomb or another ron but it wont let me flash, keeps saying no files found

wonder_boy54 said:
2.2! i wanna upgrade to honeycomb or another ron but it wont let me flash, keeps saying no files found
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LOL, you didn't need to flash CWR to upgrade to honeycomb. Just download the correct update.pkg and using the stock recovery, flash the package.

So what do I do now? format the whole thing? and where can I get that update?

wonder_boy54 said:
So what do I do now? format the whole thing? and where can I get that update?
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Look for links here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_7#Official and then fastboot the stock recovery. Once you have the stock recovery, you can install the HC Update.pkg.

I have a bigger problem now, the ds7 everytime i turn it on now it shows cwm recovery mode, i did a android backup and i restore it, reboot and still shows recovery after reboot. What do I do?

wonder_boy54 said:
I have a bigger problem now, the ds7 everytime i turn it on now it shows cwm recovery mode, i did a android backup and i restore it, reboot and still shows recovery after reboot. What do I do?
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You may want to NVflash back to Froyo with this: http://d-h.st/iXc and then from that stock recovery install the HC Update.pkg. From there you can Fast boot CWM or TRWP.

kind of the same problem
wptski said:
You may want to NVflash back to Froyo with this: http://d-h.st/iXc and then from that stock recovery install the HC Update.pkg. From there you can Fast boot CWM or TRWP.
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I tried to go back to 2.2, but the orginal problem is still there (stuck in boot loop shows the dell logo and does nothing else) I know it isn't bricked can get into fastboot and nvflash. (it is a dell streak 7 4g (t-mobile)). I know there is something I am doing wrong I just haven't figured out what it is. Any advice would be great. This is a different device than the other dell streak I asked about earlier...