Bricked Streak after update to 2.1 and rooting

[Guest stuliv12]

You legend marciu. . . . thanks you so much!!! That worked perfectly ( bar renaming etc ) you have made someone very happy, ill pay it forward! :D

EDIT: Thanks ADAM!!!! :D

Edited August 15, 2010 by stuliv12

[Guest marciu]

You legend marciu. . . . thanks you so much!!! That worked perfectly ( bar renaming etc ) you have made someone very happy, ill pay it forward! :D

Say thank you to Adam, He helped Us :D

[Guest spences10]

Ok Guys This is what you need to do:

1. Download those files first.

http://hotfile.com/dl/61663686/7d7e528/Str...399_21.pkg.html <--- Stock Update

http://www.mediafire.com/?bb9cvm5uaap2z8k <---- 6941 2.1 Update

http://hotfile.com/dl/62324940/5dea6fd/recovery.rar.html <--- New recovery

2. Unpack recovery.rar,

3. Boot your streak in to fastboot (on/off button + camera)

4. execute stock.bat <- that should take care of everything

5. place 4399 update on your sd card, rename it to Update.pkg

6 reboot your phone (on/off + volume up+down) choose option 2 ( that should take few minutes )

7 if you want to update do 2.1 follow steps 5 & 6

if any questions pm me :D

OK, this is the one to use, spent around four hours trying to sus this - thanks AdamG

You the man!!

[Guest EZ44]

Ok Guys This is what you need to do:

1. Download those files first.

http://hotfile.com/dl/61663686/7d7e528/Str...399_21.pkg.html <--- Stock Update

http://www.mediafire.com/?bb9cvm5uaap2z8k <---- 6941 2.1 Update

http://hotfile.com/dl/62324940/5dea6fd/recovery.rar.html <--- New recovery

2. Unpack recovery.rar,

3. Boot your streak in to fastboot (on/off button + camera)

4. execute stock.bat <- that should take care of everything

5. place 4399 update on your sd card, rename it to Update.pkg

6 reboot your phone (on/off + volume up+down) choose option 2 ( that should take few minutes )

7 if you want to update do 2.1 follow steps 5 & 6

if any questions pm me :D

I am getting 'Permission denied' when I try to run these commands individually on my Mac (substitute fastboot-windows.exe for ./fastboot-mac). Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

[FIXED]

I fixed the permission error by using the receovery files (fastboot, adb, etc) from the clockwork recovery 1.8.1.7. Unfortunately, I still get a black screen when doing the 'option 2' sdcard update.

:D

Edited August 15, 2010 by EZ44

[Guest stuliv12]

im wondering, what was the problem and how was it fixed? always worth understanding right?

[Guest spences10]

I am getting 'Permission denied' when I try to run these commands individually on my Mac (substitute fastboot-windows.exe for ./fastboot-mac). Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

[FIXED]

I fixed the permission error by using the receovery files (fastboot, adb, etc) from the clockwork recovery 1.8.1.7. Unfortunately, I still get a black screen when doing the 'option 2' sdcard update.

:D

I was getting that error then I added the 'fastboot-windows.exe' file to the folder i was running the .bat from and it worked a charm.

[EDIT] Sorry didnt read your post properly, ignore me.

Edited August 15, 2010 by spences10

[Guest stuliv12]

we should probably create a sticky with the required adapted files? stopping anyone else having this problem?

Stu

[Guest ttk153]

Ok Guys This is what you need to do:

1. Download those files first.

http://hotfile.com/dl/61663686/7d7e528/Str...399_21.pkg.html <--- Stock Update

http://www.mediafire.com/?bb9cvm5uaap2z8k <---- 6941 2.1 Update

http://hotfile.com/dl/62324940/5dea6fd/recovery.rar.html <--- New recovery

2. Unpack recovery.rar,

3. Boot your streak in to fastboot (on/off button + camera)

4. execute stock.bat <- that should take care of everything

5. place 4399 update on your sd card, rename it to Update.pkg

6 reboot your phone (on/off + volume up+down) choose option 2 ( that should take few minutes )

7 if you want to update do 2.1 follow steps 5 & 6

if any questions pm me :huh:

Thank you so much. I looked all over for this.

[Guest smokku]

it Should be capital U... tried lower case already...

It does not matter. SDcard uses VFAT filesystem which is not case sensitive. :huh:

[Guest Ewan27]

I got mine into a pretty crappy state yesterday, but managed to resurrect it by following these steps in exactly this order.

1. Perform a factory reset (hold volume buttons on startup and choose first item in menu)

2. Follow the steps "HOW TO RESTORE YOUR STREAK BACK TO FACTORY CONDITION:" listed here:

http://android.modaco.com/content-page/312...tedly/page/20/#

Make sure you redownload from the links in the post - don't use anything you've downloaded previously.

You'll need these files too:

fastboot-windows.exe --> http://www.mediafire.com/?ag56yra5j5h11pv

recovery.stock.img --> http://www.mediafire.com/?dkylc992a288j4t

3. Perform another factory reset (hold volume buttons on startup and choose first item in menu)

4. Install the 2.1 pkg using the DELL restore tool (hold volume buttons on startup). Pkg file will need to be on the root of your SD card (you may need an external SD reader if your Streak is still bricked at this point)

Redownload the 2.1 pkg here: http://www.mediafire.com/?bb9cvm5uaap2z8k

You also need to rename the pkg file to "update.pkg" on the root of your SD before updating.

NB - When updating to 2.1 you may get a frozen Dell logo or black screen. If this persists for 15 minutes, reboot the device and see if it just starts up normally - this happened to me.

Try following these steps religiously, regardless of whether you've done some/all of these steps before and let us know how it goes.

Amazing! Followed your instructions to the letter and now I have glorious 2.1, but more importantly a working handset. I really appreciate this post, it was clear and extremely helpful. Thank you!

[Guest nascar24usa]

OK, this is the one to use, spent around four hours trying to sus this - thanks AdamG

You the man!!

How do I unpack recovery.rar? Windows says it can't open this file, the other 2 files I downloaded also.

[Guest djanowski]

How do I unpack recovery.rar? Windows says it can't open this file, the other 2 files I downloaded also.

I payed for winzip, it should do the trick for ya.

[Guest gingernator]

I payed for winzip, it should do the trick for ya.

Screw that - 7zip! Free and awesome

[Guest parcsalooc]

OK guys here goes!! I have attempted to do all of the steps listed as folows:

1. Download those files first.

http://hotfile.com/dl/61663686/7d7e528/Str...399_21.pkg.html <--- Stock Update

http://www.mediafire.com/?bb9cvm5uaap2z8k <---- 6941 2.1 Update

http://hotfile.com/dl/62324940/5dea6fd/recovery.rar.html <--- New recovery

2. Unpack recovery.rar,

3. Boot your streak in to fastboot (on/off button + camera)

4. execute stock.bat <- that should take care of everything

5. place 4399 update on your sd card, rename it to Update.pkg

6 reboot your phone (on/off + volume up+down) choose option 2 ( that should take few minutes )

7 if you want to update do 2.1 follow steps 5 & 6

After flashing stock.bat- it shows it erasing everything and installing the stock recovery.img like it should.

After that I go to install 4399 in recovery and after i select via Update.pkg it still goes blank.

I have even attempted to go into Fastboot and install the Update.pkg and it says "sending 'Update' (90796 KB) ... OKAY

Then after that it goes to "Writing 'Update'... then my dell streak freezes and in ghost looking writing says flash write failed.

I am so lost for words. Everything that has happened is as described by other posters in this thread to a T. Only difference is mine stays a brick. I am going out of town for a whole week starting Saturday and am afraid I will have no phone. Do I need to contact Dell Customer service here in the states??? Please help if possible.

[Guest jannism]

What baffles me about this method is that no-one's yet mentioned that fastboot-windows.exe is not even included in that particular download so you have to grab a copy from the sdk or somewhere else.

Considering how detailed the instructions are, I'm genuinely interested to know how people are getting this to work without doing, or at least mentioning they had to do that, first.

Am I missing something obvious?

[Guest laxman69]

I got mine into a pretty crappy state yesterday, but managed to resurrect it by following these steps in exactly this order.

1. Perform a factory reset (hold volume buttons on startup and choose first item in menu)

2. Follow the steps "HOW TO RESTORE YOUR STREAK BACK TO FACTORY CONDITION:" listed here:

http://android.modaco.com/content-page/312...tedly/page/20/#

Make sure you redownload from the links in the post - don't use anything you've downloaded previously.

You'll need these files too:

fastboot-windows.exe --> http://www.mediafire.com/?ag56yra5j5h11pv

recovery.stock.img --> http://www.mediafire.com/?dkylc992a288j4t

3. Perform another factory reset (hold volume buttons on startup and choose first item in menu)

4. Install the 2.1 pkg using the DELL restore tool (hold volume buttons on startup). Pkg file will need to be on the root of your SD card (you may need an external SD reader if your Streak is still bricked at this point)

Redownload the 2.1 pkg here: http://www.mediafire.com/?bb9cvm5uaap2z8k

You also need to rename the pkg file to "update.pkg" on the root of your SD before updating.

NB - When updating to 2.1 you may get a frozen Dell logo or black screen. If this persists for 15 minutes, reboot the device and see if it just starts up normally - this happened to me.

Try following these steps religiously, regardless of whether you've done some/all of these steps before and let us know how it goes.

This worked like a champ. The key for me was re-downloading the recovery.stock.img. The other ones caused me to have black screens when i tried to update from the sd card.

[Guest Mudassir]

Ok Guys This is what you need to do:

1. Download those files first.

http://hotfile.com/dl/61663686/7d7e528/Str...399_21.pkg.html <--- Stock Update

http://www.mediafire.com/?bb9cvm5uaap2z8k <---- 6941 2.1 Update

http://hotfile.com/dl/62324940/5dea6fd/recovery.rar.html <--- New recovery

2. Unpack recovery.rar,

3. Boot your streak in to fastboot (on/off button + camera)

4. execute stock.bat <- that should take care of everything

5. place 4399 update on your sd card, rename it to Update.pkg

6 reboot your phone (on/off + volume up+down) choose option 2 ( that should take few minutes )

7 if you want to update do 2.1 follow steps 5 & 6

if any questions pm me :P

Please guide step by step

i tried putting the recovery folder on the sd card and then connected with usb and nothin is happening,

i will be very thankful if you help me.

[Guest Thanga89]

Totally messed up my phone, I can boot to android 2.1 but wifi and network doesn't work, is there a way to downgrade back to 1.6? when I put Update.pkg to the memory card it wont flash it. is there a different way of flashing rom ?

hi i am using dell streak now.. and now i am facing the same problem which u had with ur streak long ago.. "the logo screen".. did u overcome the error???..