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[roflc0p]

Hi guys,

So my friend recently tried to update his Streak. It appears he has one of the units with the faulty internal SD.

Before I found out about how common the problem was, I flashed several  ROMS and recovery images with Fastboot. Even tried Gingerstreak 2.4.4 w/  new baseband files. Everything resulted in the Dell Streak logo hanging  and flashing lights.

So now I am contemplating whether I should RMA it back to Dell (Still  under 1 year warranty) or change the internal SD card myself. For those  that have RMA'ed for this problem,

1. Do they replace it out with another unit or do they actually fix phone and send it back?

Also, how would I get it back to stock? I just gone done flashing it  with the latest 360 (factory unlocked Streak) recovery image and  update.pkg with Fastboot. Although, I did try install GingerStreak 2.4.4  earlier and that made me flash a new baseband. This was before I just  flashed the 360 recovery image and pkg.

2. Will that be good enough to send back to Dell for an RMA or will I  need to change the baseband files (amss.mbn and dsp1.mbn) as well?

Any help or input will gladly be appreciated. Thanks guys!

[Newcron]

When this exact thing happened to me my Streak was on  StreakDroid 1.8.1. I just restored an old Nandroid backup I had with stock ROM installed and sent it back. I didn't bother with flashing baseband files.

The replacement was a refurbished unit in a plain white box, body+battery cover only, but looked like brand new. It actually arrived in about 3-4 days after I called in, before I even get a chance to send out the bad one to them.

Edited by Newcron, 12 November 2011 - 02:20 PM.

[Azurren]

If you can send it back, do  
Its better to preserve warranty incase it develops something more serious down the line!

Flashing a PKG will restore basebands and everything else

[rebski]

roflc0p, on 12 November 2011 - 10:32 AM, said:

Hi guys,

So my friend recently tried to update his Streak. It appears he has one of the units with the faulty internal SD.

Before I found out about how common the problem was, I flashed several  ROMS and recovery images with Fastboot. Even tried Gingerstreak 2.4.4 w/  new baseband files. Everything resulted in the Dell Streak logo hanging  and flashing lights.

So now I am contemplating whether I should RMA it back to Dell (Still  under 1 year warranty) or change the internal SD card myself. For those  that have RMA'ed for this problem,

1. Do they replace it out with another unit or do they actually fix phone and send it back?

Also, how would I get it back to stock? I just gone done flashing it  with the latest 360 (factory unlocked Streak) recovery image and  update.pkg with Fastboot. Although, I did try install GingerStreak 2.4.4  earlier and that made me flash a new baseband. This was before I just  flashed the 360 recovery image and pkg.

2. Will that be good enough to send back to Dell for an RMA or will I  need to change the baseband files (amss.mbn and dsp1.mbn) as well?

Any help or input will gladly be appreciated. Thanks guys!

How did you perform this test and how do I find the utility?

[marvin02]

rebski, on 14 November 2011 - 09:47 AM, said:

How did you perform this test and how do I find the utility?

It is built into the phone. Here are the steps:

• Turn off your Streak
• Hold down the camera button all the way, as you turn on your Streak
• At the white screen, dial in the code “*#301#”  (without the quotes) – This will open the engineering mode that allows you to run individual tests.
• Dial in 10 then press ‘Enter’ to run the ‘SD & SIM’ test
• The “Internal SD” test should pass, and it should show “permanent write-nonprotect”. If this fails, then you have one of the affected Streaks.

The above is originally from the StreakDroid site.

[rebski]

marvin02, on 14 November 2011 - 02:29 PM, said:

It is built into the phone. Here are the steps:

• Turn off your Streak
• Hold down the camera button all the way, as you turn on your Streak
• At the white screen, dial in the code “*#301#”  (without the quotes) – This will open the engineering mode that allows you to run individual tests.
• Dial in 10 then press ‘Enter’ to run the ‘SD & SIM’ test
• The “Internal SD” test should pass, and it should show “permanent write-nonprotect”. If this fails, then you have one of the affected Streaks.

The above is originally from the StreakDroid site.

Thank you.

From your reference to the Streakdroid site this is probably something that I should have already known.

But thanks to you I now do and it has introduced  me to some potentially very useful tools.