My dell streak is driving me INSANE!

[Guest batman_man]

Hey guys I was hoping if anyone would be kind enough to help please.

I have had my dell streak for a while now, and i have successfully upgraded from the stock o2 1.6 to leaked o2 2.1.

the problem is that i am trying to move to Dj_steve's 2.2 and i need clockwork recovery for it. I have downloaded all the necessary files and i have followed the instructions to a 'T' (atleast im 99.99999% sure)...and also around 2 months ago i successfull did get clockwork recovery on it!

but now i check and its just the stock recovery..which is very strange, so i thought i would just do the same again.

so i started by running the batch file and my phone shows me that its been written on to the phone i.e after going into fast boot mode and then running the batch file it says that recovery downloaded...

the weird thing is when i boot into recovery, the stock recovery shows up B) ...i have repeated the steps Many many many times but to no avail !

anyhelp would be great...

P.S- i also made sure that the right drivers are used for my phone i.e. the bootloader interface

cheers

[Guest Cue_32]

do you mean you get the black screen after selecting option 2? What happens after you select option 2? It should go to the custom recovery then

If not, you have to try the alternate recovery file. Id attach the link but I'm doing this from my Streak on the road. B)

[Guest RichB93]

Did you do this?

Update: The stock 2.1 build has a built in mechanism that is overwriting the stock recovery image. To disable this, with your device booted and rooted, enter the following at a command prompt (in the directory where you extracted the zip above) before re-flashing the recovery image using the instructions above:

adb-windows shell (or adb-linux shell or adb-mac shell)

su

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system && rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh && mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system

exit

exit

Edited November 23, 2010 by RichB93

[Guest batman_man]

do you mean you get the black screen after selecting option 2? What happens after you select option 2? It should go to the custom recovery then

If not, you have to try the alternate recovery file. Id attach the link but I'm doing this from my Streak on the road. B)

Option 2 i.s "software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card...after i press that..and it works...i face palmed my self soo hard ...

thanks a billion mate....im gnna go bury my head in a whole now.....

cheers..if your ever up in newcastle i owe you a beer!

[Guest RichB93]

Option 2 i.s "software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card...after i press that..and it works...i face palmed my self soo hard ...

thanks a billion mate....im gnna go bury my head in a whole now.....

cheers..if your ever up in newcastle i owe you a beer!

I did exactly the same thing when I first installed it! B)

[Guest batman_man]

Did you do this?

Update: The stock 2.1 build has a built in mechanism that is overwriting the stock recovery image. To disable this, with your device booted and rooted, enter the following at a command prompt (in the directory where you extracted the zip above) before re-flashing the recovery image using the instructions above:

adb-windows shell (or adb-linux shell or adb-mac shell)

su

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system && rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh && mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system

exit

exit

no mate... i did what Cue_32 said.... for some reason i expected it to directly go into clockwork mod.. dont ask me why..thanks for taking time our to reply though

[Guest batman_man]

I know this is completely out of topic.. just wanted to know if any of you were using either the official 2.2 or Dj_stevens 2.2 and what your thoughts are.. B)..

[Guest Cue_32]

I know this is completely out of topic.. just wanted to know if any of you were using either the official 2.2 or Dj_stevens 2.2 and what your thoughts are.. B)..

Stephen is currently Steve Jobs for me if I was an iPhone owner. I use whatever he comes out with.

[Guest batman_man]

Stephen is currently Steve Jobs for me if I was an iPhone owner. I use whatever he comes out with.

Okay but is it buggy? is it smooth to use? i have heard that the accelerometer does not work properly sometimes and it has glitches but for every day use does it get in the way? or is it a one off thing?..thanks for the support again

[Guest Cue_32]

Okay but is it buggy? is it smooth to use? i have heard that the accelerometer does not work properly sometimes and it has glitches but for every day use does it get in the way? or is it a one off thing?..thanks for the support again

I honestly would be fine with 1.4.5 now... but he comes up with better ones every new build. So flash away I go...

Phone aspect? I think call waiting is still an issue, but who uses their smart phones as a 'phone' mainly nowadays??

Everyday use? its perfect

Media? Video and Audio works... just use 3rd party ones like Rockplayer and Winamp

Force Closures? Only when I close the stock browser.

Accelerometer issue has been fixed for me since 1.2.... 1.4.5 is even better IMO.

I just needed to flash 1.4.5 twice to get the market working properly but otherwise it's the best build so far. (It just gets better and better)

[Guest batman_man]

I honestly would be fine with 1.4.5 now... but he comes up with better ones every new build. So flash away I go...

Phone aspect? I think call waiting is still an issue, but who uses their smart phones as a 'phone' mainly nowadays??

Everyday use? its perfect

Media? Video and Audio works... just use 3rd party ones like Rockplayer and Winamp

Force Closures? Only when I close the stock browser.

Accelerometer issue has been fixed for me since 1.2.... 1.4.5 is even better IMO.

I just needed to flash 1.4.5 twice to get the market working properly but otherwise it's the best build so far. (It just gets better and better)

Thanks for the insight..call waiting would not be an issue for me because i dont use it as my primary phone...everytime you flash dont you lose all your data? what back up do you use? i heard titanium is pretty good but never had a reason to use it..