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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zsangani:
Hello everyone and developers of custom roms, it has no doubt that you had done the great job, But i have one question every time you are coming up with the new version of your custom roms. But like for instance i have installed your 2.0 custom rom in my dhd and than the new update has came out, so with the previous one i am so comfortable i have set all my settings my shortcuts, widgets home screen etc, now if i have to update my custom rom with your new one so i have to do all wipe out this thing is miserable as i will loss everything I have set in the previous rom so is there any method to preserve those settings and as I upgraded to the new version my phone appearance will remains the same,

thanks please reply, I am dyeing to install gingerbread version of your rom but want to clear this misery first.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikitub:
use the easy upgrade tool.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868720
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hedayat7:
First of all, this is the wrong thread to asking questing. better ask at Q&A section.

Secondly, if you want to update the custom rom version, normally no need to full wipe except :

1. The rom maker state to do full wipe for every update

2. You having something unusual

Just do full wipe only if you change from other custom rom to another one.

btw, don't forget to use Titanium Backup. you can restore all your apps with data if you do full wipe.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Moved to Q&A section
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zsangani:
sorry hedayat, i have tried posting in Q/A section but there was some server problem, although thanks for your reply and thanks to everyone,

one more thing what if i want to install new custom roms yet i want my home screen and other things like dictionary of smart keyboard and widgets will remains same in my DHD.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joey93:
Do things like a titanium backup for apps and data and backups within the apps them selves

When you install it's better to get everything from the market, but you can use titanium backup to reinstall everything

Then just restore data for all your apps

It's a little fiddley sometimes and you will have to redo things like widgets and possibly homescreens, but all your data will be there if you do it right

And just in case, of course do a nandroid backup :-)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
When you go from Froyo to Gingerbread you really must do full wipe, do not use easy upgrade tool. That means losing apps and settings, but it is ok to backup them like Joey explained.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackfalseto:
Before i recharged my hd7, i had turned off my hd7. but when it was recharging the phone automatically turned on, why ? please help me to fix this!
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanice:
it's normal :)

you cant charge your cellpower if it's turn off.
[General Questions and Answers] Wicked1ab:
So i've got some new splash images I'd like to try out on my phone but most of them are .bmp files and I don't like to use adb to push them, so I'll be needing to convert them to .img files. Does anyone know of a good program that can do this?
[General Questions and Answers] Wicked1ab:
bump ------ :)
[General Questions and Answers] colonia27:
Morning,

you can use the howto from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=753788
[Dell Streak 7] mooch777:
This may void your warranty, cost you your soul, and cause your spouse to leave you - ALL OF WHICH I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR!

So, if it's because you screwed up flashing something, bricked your tablet with an OTA update after you installed CWM, or whatever, this is how you get it back to its outta-da-box shape!

(Please note, this assumes you have both installed CWM on your DS7 AND have installed the latest SDK on your computer).

1. Download the three attached .img files

2. Boot into CWM (since there really isn't anything else you can do)

3. In CWM, mount your SD card (so that you can view files via USB)

4. Plug in your DS7 to your computer, and copy the three .img files to the root of your SD card

5. Unmount your SD card, but leave the USB cable plugged into computer

6. Mount as many things as you can (ie system, boot, etc)

7. Open up command prompt, and navigate to your Android/tools folder, and type "adb devices"

8. There should be a number that shows up, or a "?" - either at this point is fine

9. Type the following command:

adb shell

a hash tag should show up that looks like this:

#~

10. Now, type the follow two commands one at a time:

flash_image /dev/block/mmcblk3p2 /sdcard/boot_orig.img
flash_image /dev/block/mmcblk3p1 /sdcard/recovery_orig.img

11. now, select "reboot" from DWM to reboot your device. It should boot and say something like "Formating Misc", and then it will reboot repeatedly

12. Use something small to push the RESET button on the DS7 (it's next to the SD card slot)

Your screen should go blank

13. Now, press and hold both the POWER button and the VOLUME - button until the screen comes on saying that the "fastboot downloader" is booted

14. Copy the three .img files into the your Android/tools folder

15. Now type the following code:

fastboot devices

16. There should be a number that shows up, or a "?" - either at this point is fine once again

17. Now type the following commands one at a time. The first will take a while to complete - this is okay:

fastboot flash system system_orig.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery_orig.img
fastboot flash boot boot_orig.img

Now, if after every command a "finished." is given, along with the total time each command took, you may continue.

18. You may now type the triumphant command:

fastboot reboot

Which will reboot your device.

Give it a little bit to boot, but when all is done you should see the original T-Mobile boot animation and everything.

Special thanks to DJ_Steve, bogdi1988, and grimesda@yahoo.com for all your help!

Needed files:

system_orig.img

recovery_orig.img

boot_orig.img

[Edit]

For those users who need the original "flash_image.zip" file, I have uploaded it and it is available here.

PS: As an added note: **** you Koush! From all of the DS7 community!
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Just what was needed

sent from somewhere
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
thanks but if you would of search there was a thread made already but i am sure the more the marrier
[Dell Streak 7] jiwengang:
Thanked using the Thanks button and Thanks for your post!

Just to remind me a little as I may miss something,

why we **** Koush? It is not his fault that we stuck at CWM, or is it????
[Dell Streak 7] graffixnyc:
No its not his fault.. people shouldn't have tried to install the ota update while having cwr installed.. instead should have waited for a zip of the update that hell posted on behalf of did steve. As I have said if you have cwr you really can't get ota updates and install them the normal way. If the update was an update.zip you could flash through cwr but dell uses pgk files not zip.. so the only way to update is to wait for a dev to release a flashable cwr zip fike
[Dell Streak 7] mooch777:
The reason I made this post was so that we could have one concise, iD10t proof solution for people who were dumb like me. There's other posts, but you have to go back and forth to get the solution.

And the "Koush-****ing" was because of his unannounced abandonment of his projects, and those he was working with.

And thank you for the kind thanks! :)
[Dell Streak 7] graffixnyc:
Did he retire completely?
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
Think so!

From my CM7 UrBan Glacier
[Dell Streak 7] dj_ski69:
Hi,

I am the situation described above as I tried the OTA and am now stuck in CWR.

I followed the directions putting the 3 files on the root of my DS7 and am stuck at the following:

~ # flash_image /dev/block/mmcblk3p2 /sdcard/boot_orig.img

flash_image /dev/block/mmcblk3p2 /sdcard/boot_orig.img

failed with error: -1

~ #

Any ideas.....?

Thanks

SkI
[Dell Streak 7] MIKEBOTS:
Error 1

Error 1 means that the file is not where it is supposed to be. In this case on the SD card. Check and make sure that you have the right file, with the right file name on the root of your SD card and try again!

Good Luck
[Dell Streak 7] jiwengang:
What does

"Error scanning partitions" means?...
[Dell Streak 7] jiwengang:
nvm, it is solved. don't use your own flash_image. use the stock one.
[Dell Streak 7] dfspot:
+1 same here...

I find that at step 3... I mount sdcard... it shows on PC... I copy the 3 files to drive... unmount sdcard... mount everything else... run the other commands then get error... when I repeat the process I notice the files I copied are not there... ?

so I tried to adb push the files... they say they went thru correctly... but still get the same result as above...

any ideas?
[Dell Streak 7] jiwengang:
when you adp push to sdcard, make sure you mounted it already.

after that , it always help to adb shell ls /sdcard to make sure all files are there.

then you go to adb shell,

use the stock flash_image to flash. remember point to the path to flash_image

eg. flash_image /dev/block/mmcblk3p2 /sdcard/boot_orig.img
[Dell Streak 7] jiwengang:
my understanding, if you don't mount sdcard, you canot see your sdcard FROM the tablet's perspective.

I mean, for table's flash_image to work, it has to be able to access its drive, in this case, is sdcard 's content.

so did you try leave sdcard mount and do the command above?
[Dell Streak 7] chris73:
Hey Team...

can someone help me find the stock flash_image plz.....
[Dell Streak 7] chris73:
I soooooooooooooo happy I was able to fix my Streak 7......yahooooooooo

I was missing the correct flash_image file which i took from the Galaxy Tab flash_image which is the same for the Dell and follow the direction and I now up again.......

Thanks guys
[Dell Streak 7] lou0611:
What command did you do.
[Dell Streak 7] lou0611:
do I need to push flash_image to my tablet?
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
If I remember correctly it needs to be in the nvflash folder
[Dell Streak 7] lou0611:
# flash_image /dev/block/mmcblk3p2 /sdcard/boot_orig.img

flash_image /dev/block/mmcblk3p2 /sdcard/boot_orig.img

flash_image: not found
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
Windows or linux
[Dell Streak 7] jiwengang:
You should go to ./adb shell

then

su

then execute these command from there.
[Dell Streak 7] mario221975:
thanx alotttt... just saved a life
[Dell Streak 7] lou0611:
what will this do for me.

# mount -o remount,rw tmpfs sdcard/sdcard2/

mount -o remount,rw tmpfs sdcard/sdcard2/

# exit

exit

$ exit

exit

C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb push system_v02.img /sdcard/sdcard2/

794 KB/s (352321536 bytes in 432.989s)

C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>
[Dell Streak 7] jcaf77:
make sure you are under the tools folder
[Dell Streak 7] cybertang:
eh 3 hours later thanks alot you saved my device
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
Permission denied

Is there any way to push these files to the phone while it's in the OS?

The problem I'm having is the owner of the Streak tried to erase his data from within Android and now everytime it boots, it goes back to stock configuration as if it were right out of the box....

So when I turn it off and go into fastboot, the phone forgets that the USB Debugging has been turned on and I can no longer use fastboot.

The phone isn't rooted and doesn't have CWM mod flashed either, so when I try to run the commands, of course I get "permission denied" after I hit enter, and I don't even start with the hash marks, rather a $ sign...

I have no idea what to try next, I have tried it all folks.... hope someone can give me an idea.

I even tried the Gingerbreak, but that left me worse for awhile, it seemed it worked fine, but when it rebooted, everything would just crash. I had to reset it with the button next to the sd slot 5 times before it would boot correctly again.
[Dell Streak 7] Z4nd4r:
With all the issues you've been having, cdzo, it almost sounds like you got a bum unit. Seems to happen a bit with these; strange, because otherwise the build quality is fairly high.
[Dell Streak 7] SiL3nTKiLL:
thanks needed to know this info
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
Z4nd4r....

I was hoping not to hear something like that. I'm beginning to think the same thing or that there is a problem with the internal chip and/or internal SD card.

I can go into the SD card and erase everything... reboot and it will all still be there, pics, videos, etc....

never seen behavior like that before...

Odd thing is that before the guy tried to erase his data from within the OS it was fine, he was just gonna sell it, that's why he was erasing
[Dell Streak 7] nrfitchett4:
I'm guessing you've tried erasing everything from it being connected to a p.c.? Maybe do a format if it will let you? That won't touch the OS partition.
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
Yeah, both ways, through file manager and connected to the PC. No matter what I erase from the internal SD card, when I reboot, it will be there once again. Likewise, anything I add to the internal SD card, it will be gone when I reboot.

Sometimes, I don't even have to reboot, the screen just goes to sleep and I go back and check, and any setting I have changed, wifi for instance, or something I put on the card, will be gone....
[Dell Streak 7] Charfahl:
Just wondering if anyone has the original WIFI logo/files? Messed around with mine for a couple of days but the screen viewing angle is just killing my eyes... So I'm gonna return it I think, but Was gonna reset to factory (I've tried all the roms on it)

I can fake it with this i think but would really like the dell logo's version if possible
[Dell Streak 7] lexingt0n:
This procedure is valid also for the wi-fi version? Im italian and i have DS7 wi-fi version...and in case there's the italian language with this procedure?

thanks
[Dell Streak 7] Mysticales:
That update.zip is 404 error.

Already got the recovery back to stock. But was trying to just do a quick OEM flash so I can send my device in for warranty. (Touch screen glitching) Once I get home I can fastboot it all.
[Dell Streak 7] fireshaper:
I think I bricked my device before, it would act like it would start up (bring up the dell splash screen make a noise and then go to black) so I thought this might fix my problem. I was able to go into Fastboot and upload those files to the device and according to the device everything went swimmingly. But, after the reboot the device is just sitting at the Dell splash screen, and it's been that way for about an hour.

How long do I need to wait, and what do I do if I can't get it back to stock?

Edit: just remembered about nvflash, will try that later.

Edit 2: Tried nvflash and I'm getting no where. It starts up fine, gets to "bootloader downloaded successfully" and then closes the window out. I've tried everything that I can think of. I even tried fastbooting the CWM img file to see if I could get into it to do a nandroid restore but I just get the Dell recovery screen and it won't do anything even if I try to do the upgrade option (I just get a Dell logo on top of everything forever).
[Dell Streak 7] chippywone:
need help asap

ok so my adb drivers arent install or something it keeps sayin error:device not found i need the drivers.

ps and when i put in adb devices it says list of devices attached and doesnt show nothing else no munbers or anything can some1 oplz help me out out post drivers that i can install thanks..
[Dell Streak 7] chippywone:
where do you put the flash_image at?
[Dell Streak 7] chippywone:
how do i get it to work for me? where do i put the flash_image at?

thank u
[Dell Streak 7] chippywone:
its alive!!!!

yay i got it working again..It lives again!!!:)

thanks alot!!!
[Dell Streak 7] joesee:
Still can't recover

Guys, I'm pulling my hair out here. I've followed this step by step guide as best I could. Everything is great up to step 12. After I hit the reboot for some reason it boots in the REALLY messed up 2.2.2 rom that was previously on it (i.e. wifi says "error" and icons in the app drawer are way pixelated. When it does that I can't get into adb shell and continue i'm guessing because it wont let you have access to the device.

Holding down the vol + and power brings me to an interesting looking menu I've NEVER seen before (not the typical HB boot screen.. this is black with white lettering with green highlight.. my options are:

0. Boot up

1. Factory reset (User data only)

2. Software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card

3. Factory reset (User data and Internal tablet storage)

4. Power off

I've tried everything here with the exception of the update.pkg because i've never heard of a .pkg file before and don't know where to get one.

OR I can hold down the vol - and power and brings me to a scary looking screen that has a username and date/time in small red and another white line saying something about a fastboot usb protocol. Choosing this will not load the adb driver and you have NO access to the device.

Has someone came across this before? How can I proceed to just bring this poor thing back to stock? You have NO idea how much a response to me would mean (even if you tell me i'm screwed)....

Thank you!
[Dell Streak 7] chippywone:
try the update then flash a new rom it should work.. it should take u to the clockwork recovery
[Dell Streak 7] jaestoner01:
hi everyone. can somone tell me what he meas by

" 6. Mount as many things as you can (ie system, boot, etc) "

thanks.
[Dell Streak 7] joesee:
When you boot into recovery you can go to the submenu where it lets you mount all partitions on the device (which need to be mounted so you can properly format and restore data on them).

I don't have my streak in front of me or else I'd walk you through the process.. sorry! All I know is that menu is a little confusing. Selecting it will only change the menu option from "mount /system" to "unmount /system". When it says mount it's *not* mounted. When it says "unmount" it's mounted.

Hope this helps
[Dell Streak 7] nrfitchett4:
at least his links are still valid 3 months later. Yours, not so much...
[Dell Streak 7] nrfitchett4:
thank you for this. I wanted to return mine to stock because I am selling it later today. This did the trick to get it back to 100% stock.
[Dell Streak 7] CriolaBrazuka:
Last night I reset my device through the settings/privacy/reset tablet option. Once it booted back up, I saw the Dell logo and it booted to the CWR screen. I have tried rebooting, tried holding the + /- and power buttons, the pinhole reset... You name it, I've tried it. I have tried to get past the screen, but regardless of what I do, I cannot get it to reboot the device past that.

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

The device is rooted (Obviously), but I have not flashed a custom ROM. Nor have I removed/frozen any Apps. I did NOT have an SD card when I flashed CWR...
[Dell Streak 7] Z4nd4r:
You may want to try flashing a ROM on there, even if it's just the standard, 2.2.2 rooted.
[Dell Streak 7] CriolaBrazuka:
Thanks, this worked with honeystreak ROM.
[Dell Streak 7] FredOak3:
Had a stock rooted DS7 Wifi and the unit started messing up so did a factory reset and it got stuck in a CWM loop...followed these instruction with no problem.

Except now I keep getting soft resets, any ideas?

It reboots every 2 minutes and 13 seconds!!!???

EDIT: I just said screw it and put on DJ_Steve's HC
[Dell Streak 7] superflysocal:
Anybody have the files needed to do this for the wifi version of ds7? (non tmobile) I'm am having soft resets as well, and I think it is the 3g version flashed onto a wifi version.
[Dell Streak 7] FredOak3:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1104093

For the thread on restoring the wifi
[Dell Streak 7] superflysocal:
i am not sure if doing it that way gets rid of CWR, doing it this way will, but we need the .img files for wi-fi only
[Dell Streak 7] FredOak3:
Read into the link I posted and you will see around the third page someone posted a link to download it
[Dell Streak 7] jayjaypops:
ive gotten to the part where i got my files to stick to the sd card (internal sotrage i guess) and when i typed the flash_images command, is there supposed to be something to let me know if it installed correctly? or does it automatically just returns to another line so you can start typing again? i do feel and see that theres a pause after i push enter from typing the command. but when i got to the last command, i pressed eneter, and rebooted on CWR and yet, number 11 didnt take place in action. any ideas?
[Dell Streak 7] tKoHaXoR:
In adb shell I type mount and get this..

rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)

tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)

proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)

/dev/block/mmcblk3p4 on /cache type ext3 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,errors=continue,data=writeback)

/dev/block/mmcblk3p7 on /data type ext3 (rw,relatime,data=writeback)

/dev/block/mmcblk3p14 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)

/dev/block/mmcblk3p3 on /system type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue)

The line in bold is the problem!!!! The /sdcard/ is vfat? and the error i get is -ro meaning read only!

Dell Streak 7 tablets that get the -ro on SDCARD are stuck on read only and as of now there isn't anything we can do!

Tried remounting in rw mode but no success!!
[Dell Streak 7] jayjaypops:
+1 thanks button! :D

now my question is, you think its possible to make these harddrives r/w if it was stuck to r/o?

and what are the reasons why it gets to the point it turns to r/o just so i know for my dell streak replacement if i dont decide to sell it.
[Dell Streak 7] cobrax2:
does this apply to restoring from honeystreak?

or how can i go back to original from that rom?

thank you
[Dell Streak 7] helluvamatt:
This partition is the internal storage. According to your line from `mount` the partition is correctly mounted as vfat read/write. 'errors=remount-ro' means "upon I/O error, remount the partition as Read Only." It is initially mounted as Read/Write:

/dev/block/mmcblk3p14 on /sdcard type vfat ([B]rw[/B],nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
[Dell Streak 7] AndroidOVERALL:
Wifi only DS7 files and removes CWM. Just follow the process about half way down in my post where I mention CWM users. Thread is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1252840
[Dell Streak 7] esincho:
All links dead. Can someone upload the files please?
[Dell Streak 7] Mysticales:
Dont know where these files are anymore, I might have them on one of my PCs. Not sure. What are you trying to do? Go back to stock or what? If not stock, Just fastboot the CWM over and get a rom installed. =)
[Dell Streak 7] esincho:
Thanks from the reply. I have the password bug. Problem is, fastboot isn't seeing the device, but it do if I adb. I was just trying to flash the newer recovery. The recovery on it doesn't have the factory wipe option. I've never seen cw recovery not have that
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
Do you even have the fastboot drivers installed properly?

Check device manager while it's plugged in in fastboot mode
[Dell Streak 7] esincho:
I finally got the driver installed on window 7. Using nvflash and it's restoring now. Thanks guys
[Dell Streak 7] SULEY1:
hi can anyone help please DO I CONNECT MY DS7 IN CWM to the pc to execute the commands and how do i navigate to the android folder to get access to the sd card n do i put the 3 files on the ext card or internal card PLEASE HELP
[Dell Streak 7] SULEY1:
PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP helloooooooooooooo everyone can someone please quide me step by step PLEASE
[Dell Streak 7] avel7the7hated:
Darn it. Links are dead. Can someone up them please? I had em on my old laptop but I recently restored it without thinking about it. I wanna go back to the stock 2.2 on my DS7, HC is nice but I hate how chimpy the resolution is. Just want it to go back to norms! Help please!