Hello again. I am attempting to root my new dell streak 7, froyo 2.2.2 stock, wifi only device using gingerbreak. I was advised from another thread I posted to download gingerbreak using my computer then transfer the file to my Dell Streak 7, since my device would not download gingerbreak successfully. I have tried to do this but my Dell computer will not recognize my Streak. I am using a stock usb cable. When I plug it in the Windows Device Manager comes up and wants to search for drivers. I have allowed it, not allowed it and even told it not to search anymore. None of this has helped. Then my computer says there was a problem installing my device and it might not work properly. It still won't recognize my device as being plugged in at all, but my Streak does recognize that it has been plugged into the computer. USB debugging is on. All I want to do is get gingerbreak on my device so that I can root it and get rid of all the stock stuff that came with it originally. I have searched similar threads but they didnt have an answer or were not the exact thing I needed. Please help. Thank you in advance.
Your computer could not find the driver for the Streak. You need to go to Dell website and download the driver for you computer operating system. Here is the link:
http://support.dell.com/support/dow...dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=447160
After downloading the driver, unzip it to a directory in your pc. When you connect the Streak to the pc, windows will ask you for the driver. Make sure to enter the directory where you unzip the driver.
otnos said:
Your computer could not find the driver for the Streak. You need to go to Dell website and download the driver for you computer operating system. Here is the link:
http://support.dell.com/support/dow...dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=447160
After downloading the driver, unzip it to a directory in your pc. When you connect the Streak to the pc, windows will ask you for the driver. Make sure to enter the directory where you unzip the driver.
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This is NOT true - If you're Dell Streak 7 has froyo 2.2.2 stock - it should recognize it automatically - just curious what version windows you're using...
Thanks! I am using win xp sp3. I really hope there is a fix because this is very frustrating. I did however get gingerbreak on the ds7 by dl'ing from the device while it was plugged in to my computer. Although i'm not sure if it is on the sd card or the device itself. It does show up on my device though. But I still need to hook up to computer for music xfer etc.
try dell's sync-up
UrbanAlkemist said:
Thanks! I am using win xp sp3. I really hope there is a fix because this is very frustrating. I did however get gingerbreak on the ds7 by dl'ing from the device while it was plugged in to my computer. Although i'm not sure if it is on the sd card or the device itself. It does show up on my device though. But I still need to hook up to computer for music xfer etc.
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No problem - for media transfer between your pc and your dell streak 7 - have you tried using Dell's SyncUP? You will need to download from this website to your pc and there should be an app SyncUP on your stock dell streak 7...
http://dellsyncup.nero.com/enu/start/
UrbanAlkemist said:
Thanks! I am using win xp sp3. I really hope there is a fix because this is very frustrating. I did however get gingerbreak on the ds7 by dl'ing from the device while it was plugged in to my computer. Although i'm not sure if it is on the sd card or the device itself. It does show up on my device though. But I still need to hook up to computer for music xfer etc.
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Have you tried the driver from Dell's link that I gave you? Yes, the computer should automatically recognize a device, but through my experience, nothing is perfect. That's why Dell posted the driver for people to download in case the computer did not recognize the Streak. In fact, here is Dell's description of this driver:
Set of USB drivers needed so Windows XP or Windows 7 can correctly identify the Streak & device when it is connected to a PC
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Have you tried the driver from Dell's link that I gave you? Yes, the computer should automatically recognize a device, but through my experience, nothing is perfect. That's why Dell posted the driver for people to download in case the computer did not recognize the Streak. In fact, here is Dell's description of this driver:
Set of USB drivers needed so Windows XP or Windows 7 can correctly identify the Streak & device when it is connected to a PC
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/agree
My streak when stock did not recognize properly either with win 7 x64. Even the drivers in the folder for win7 and vista 64 wouldn't work. I think I wound up using the xp 64 drivers using compatibility mode.
Hope this helps!!
otnos said:
Have you tried the driver from Dell's link that I gave you? Yes, the computer should automatically recognize a device, but through my experience, nothing is perfect. That's why Dell posted the driver for people to download in case the computer did not recognize the Streak. In fact, here is Dell's description of this driver:
Set of USB drivers needed so Windows XP or Windows 7 can correctly identify the Streak & device when it is connected to a PC
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Man this is really getting me down. So I downloaded the file that you recommended from the link that you provided. After messing around for over an hour with the "dell download manager application," and about pulling my hair out over that worthless application. I finally just downloaded the file with my own browser (firefox 4.0). But it is a RAR file and does not give me the option to unzip it. I can pretty much download it to anyplace on my computer that I want but I downloaded it to the default which is my desktop. Then after running the device manager to install the ds7, my computer will not find the RAR file that I downloaded to the desktop. I have the option, as I said earlier, to download it into the existing dell drivers file that is on my computer but I actually have to put it in a file. There are several driver files listed there all starting with R and about 6 numbers after it, but I don't know which to put it in or if that is even what I should do. Suggestions?
After you have down'd the drivers from otmos's link on Sunday. Unzip the 16mb file to a suitable directory. Now when you install the drivers point the location to the Drivers folder in the directory that you unzipped ADB-Drivers.zip into and allow it to search for the correct file itself from there. Don't try to point to the individual sub directories.
Dell's SyncUP on it's own does not install the drivers.
Seriously? You have to go through hoops to get USB Mass Storage to work with the Dell Streak and Windows?
I just plug it in and tap the "Connect to computer" or whatever the screen is for starting mass storage. I rarely use it, but I did a few days ago to dump a few gigs of music over. Just worked in Linux..
khaytsus said:
Seriously? You have to go through hoops to get USB Mass Storage to work with the Dell Streak and Windows?
I just plug it in and tap the "Connect to computer" or whatever the screen is for starting mass storage. I rarely use it, but I did a few days ago to dump a few gigs of music over. Just worked in Linux..
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..... he is referring to the adb drivers if im not mistaken ... that's for adb / fastboot This has nothing to do with mass storage mode.....
UrbanAlkemist said:
Man this is really getting me down. So I downloaded the file that you recommended from the link that you provided. After messing around for over an hour with the "dell download manager application," and about pulling my hair out over that worthless application. I finally just downloaded the file with my own browser (firefox 4.0). But it is a RAR file and does not give me the option to unzip it. I can pretty much download it to anyplace on my computer that I want but I downloaded it to the default which is my desktop. Then after running the device manager to install the ds7, my computer will not find the RAR file that I downloaded to the desktop. I have the option, as I said earlier, to download it into the existing dell drivers file that is on my computer but I actually have to put it in a file. There are several driver files listed there all starting with R and about 6 numbers after it, but I don't know which to put it in or if that is even what I should do. Suggestions?
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rar files are a type of compressed file, similar to zip, you need to use a program like WinRAR to extract them. Windows will not recognize the drivers that are compressed in the rar file. Once you uncompressed them into a folder on your desktop, do the device manager to install the ds7 like before, and direct it to find the drivers in that uncompressed folder.
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..... he is referring to the adb drivers if im not mistaken ... that's for adb / fastboot This has nothing to do with mass storage mode.....
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Perhaps he's just over complicating it then if he can't get adb to work, just get it on the SD card and install it.
Thanks so much everyone, finally got it working. Had to install drivers for Nero mobile sync and the Nero mobile sync application to my computer. Now recognizes and has a gui for moving and transferring files back and forth.
Tried to thank everyone but only allowed 5 a day.
Thanks again.
So for whatever reason Windows 7 just doesn't like the dell streak 7 usb drivers. I have had the drivers fail on me. One day they will work just fine and the next it shows up in device manager as "unknown device". After spending hours upon hours looking for a fix to this I finally called dell and spoke to them. I was directed to different drivers to download. Here is what I did to make sure I could actually connect every time.
Although this is a simple process I am not responsible for any damage or issues caused by this process. I have a WIFI ONLY DS7 and have no way of knowing if this works for the DS7 carrier specific models.
Step 1) Visit support.dell.com/support/downloads
Step 2) It will give you three options:
Choose by Service Tag
Choose a Model < SELECT THIS ONE IF YOU DON'T HAVE DELL PC SYNC INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER!
Choose from Your List
Step 3) Once you have dell pc sync installed on your computer download and install the file below:
http://www.multiupload.com/VMPU6QZUL7
Step 4) Upon successful install of the above file restart your computer.
Step 5) Turn your DS7 off and plug it into the pc. Power it on and wait for the computer to show that the drivers are installed.
On my pc I only got a usb symbol with a green dot. As long as your computer doesn't say "Unknown device" or something to that effect you are good. Your DS7 should now allow you to select usb connection.
Step 6) Go into device manager and select Streak7. Right-click and select update drivers and it will open a new window asking how do you want to search for driver software. DO THE FOLLOWING:
Browse my computer for driver software
Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
Under model select Android usb and select next
Install drivers and your streak 7 will move from "other devices" to "Android USB devices" in the device manager.
**** I also noticed that when connecting to the computer it works better when you plug the usb end into the pc first and then connect the 32 pin connector into the DS7.****
Step 7) If you have multiple computers in your home like I do then you need to complete this process on those if you plan to connect your DS7 to them.
SIDE NOTE: I HAVE THE ANDROID SDK ALL UPDATED PACKAGES ON BOTH MY SYSTEMS. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOOGLE USB PACKAGE LISTED. SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS PROCESS AND NEED TO INSTALL THE ANDROID SDK FROM HERE >> http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html[/SIZE]
IF ANYBODY IS UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO AFTER READING THIS GUIDE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AND I WILL RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Fastboot+ADB.zip
This contains the fastboot and adb utils, plus all their dependencies.
It also contains the drivers for the Streak, Streak 7, and Venue.
didn't work for t-mobile dell streak 7, where can i get fastboot driver for dell streak 7?
crush said:
didn't work for t-mobile dell streak 7, where can i get fastboot driver for dell streak 7?
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In Win 7 in Fastboot Mode, it still recognizes the device as an Android ADB device but I can successfuly execute fastboot commands. The driver files being used are:
\Your SDK Install Path\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\i386
WdfCoInstaller01007.dll
WinUsbCoInstaller.dll
TheManii said:
Fastboot+ADB.zip
This contains the fastboot and adb utils, plus all their dependencies.
It also contains the drivers for the Streak, Streak 7, and Venue.
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Really thanks, this works fine!
Has anyone been able to take a look at the file system when connected to USB on a Mac or PC?
When I attach it to a Windows 7 PC it can't find all the drivers.
No luck on MAC either.
USB to PC
Try to set the USB debug and connect the Gear to a PC running Windows 7 or Windows 8 and use Wondershare MobileGo for Android so you will see the file system and many other useful information about your Galaxy Gear including the apps installed on your device.
Steve
stevan588 said:
Try to set the USB debug and connect the Gear to a PC running Windows 7 or Windows 8 and use Wondershare MobileGo for Android so you will see the file system and many other useful information about your Galaxy Gear including the apps installed on your device.
Steve
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Thanks. That App picked it up.
Since I upgraded my Z3 Compact to Lollipop I'm unable to copy files or folder from my PCs to the device.
I plug in the USB cable, it informs me that it's connected in MTP mode. When I open explorer in Windows I can
Copy data from device to PC.
Delete files on the device from Explorer.
Create Folders on the device from Explorer.
Copy Folders to the device from Explorer.
But I CANNOT copy any actual files to the device.
I've tried the usual things, different USB cables/ports, various PC and OS variants. No joy on Win XP, 7, 8, 8.1, 10. Tried installing PC companion software, various versions of drivers and nothing seems to work. I don't have an SDCard installed (don't ordinarily need it or have one) so I can't use MSC mode.
It's incredibly irritating that something so basic no longer works. Anyone have any ideas that don't involve going back to 4.4? Thanks.
Have same problem on Xperia Z1, no clue what to do. Just using ShareIt for now...
The screen on my nexus 6 is broken.
The phone can still connect to my mac and is recognised by Android file transfer.
I want to have the phone screen emulated on my mac with [email protected] and have downloaded java sdk and android sdk.
Now I need to activate the USB debugging using the mac as I have no use of the phones screen. Please could someone advise.
Many Thanks
Does the phone have custom recovery installed (TWRP?)