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[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
Introduction:

See: Dell Streak 7: Partition Layout

The Streak 7 stores it's device specific data in partitions WP1 and WP2, which are partitions 23 and 24 respectively.

Due to the overzealous and blind use of NVflash, many Streak 7 users have overwritten their device specific data, this guide will document it's layout so you can regenerate some of the values stored in it.

You should NEVER modify WP1 and WP2 under normal usage, only partitions 2-21 should be modified, even then it is good practice to avoid modifying anything but the relevent partitions.

Requirements:

A Streak 7

A template p23.img and p24.img

Ability to use a hex editor

Understanding of hexadecimal addresses

Understanding of how to use NVflash

As stated: this is a TECHINCAL GUIDE, if you do not understand how to use a hex editor and NVflash without relying on batch scripts, THIS GUIDE IS NOT FOR YOU.

WP1 Layout:

0x85 - 0x91: Unknown version number
0x92 - 0x103: Picasso Number
0x521 - 0x543: PPID
0x548 - 0x554: Service tag
0x559 - 0x573: IMEI

WP2 Layout:

0x0 - 0x11: Wifi MAC address
0x16 - 0x27: Bluetooth MAC address

Values:

Unknown version number - self-explanitory [Cannot be regenerated]

Picasso number - use unknown, viewable in fastboot mode on 50x roms [Cannot be regenerated]

PPID - self-explanitory [Listed on flap]

Service tag - self-explanitory [Listed on flap]

IMEI - self-explanitory [Listed on flap]

Wifi MAC address - self-explanitory [Cannot be regenerated]

BT MAC address - self-explanitory [Cannot be regenerated]

Notes:

INTENTIONALLY CHANGING YOUR IMEI IS ILLEGAL, DO NOT CHANGE IT UNLESS YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO FIX IT

INTENTIONALLY CHANGING YOUR SERVICE TAG CAN BE CONSIDERED WARENTEE FRAUD

If you do not fully understand this guide you are not the target audience for it, this guide is for able users to repair other's devices.
[Dell Streak 7] alchrisr01:
Good info

I am new to this device and have found flashing ROMs can really cause issue in the areas you described. I changed the service tag on ln220/pg23 but did not know about the other issues. I have checked the flap on my device and don't seem to see any IMEI number. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Could you explain a little more on this? I want to make the changes and reflash stock 2.2.2 for now. I got the box from Dell this week to send it back but I had rather not. Thanks
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
If your service tags are still correct, dont ever flash p23/p24 unless it is the one dumped from your own device.

Is your a tmo one, and the imei isnt on the flap? I was only assuming it's on the flap, i havnt actually been able to compare the flaps from US4Gs and wifis
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
I have the USTMO 4g, and the asset tag is on the flap - it is very small.
[Dell Streak 7] alchrisr01:
flap info

Mine is a US wi-fi only bought at Staples. If you refer to an earlier post, I scewded the pooch when trying to manually install HC and wiped the memory with CWM. I flashed a TMO rom thinking it was the right one, later found the correct stock ROM and flashed it. I had never read anywhere about the information you provided about pg23/24. The only thing on my flap is the ppid (which is wrong on my ROM flash), service tag, some kind of E service number, model number, type, and fcc id that starts with an E. The later three are not on a white background like the others. There is also some sort of barcode. There is a thread about service tags being wrong after flashing, so I changed it using HxD. I would like to get the other entries fixed as well. I'm just a noob, but I ain't scared to try! :)
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
Like on the post, the Service tag, IMEI and PPID are the only ones that can be regenerated as they're the only ones written down somewhere.

They're both written on that flap and on the retail box (as each box has that devices's unique info on the sticker.

The e service number isnt ever listed in p23/24, nor is the serial number ever listed on the flap/box.

The only reason some values cant be regenerated is because they were simply never written down anywhere, if you did in fact have the MAC addresses written down along with the other values, you could just plug them back in.

For P24 the only unique data is the mac addresses, the rest of the partition seems to be bit identical across all devices.

P23 is the main one, on top of the plaintext values, there's a couple fields in binary that are no zeroed, and are unique across devices. I havnt even listed those since I have absolutely no idea what they do/contain.

Without knowing how dell generates them in the first place you will never be able to fully regenerate them, the only right way would be to back up your originals and not ever update P23/24.

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Could you take a clear picture of your flap (or anyone that's on a 3/4g model), I only assumed the IMEI is there as the wifi ones seem to have a blank space on the label where you might be able to squeeze in the IMEI tag.

It SHOULD also be on your retail box as the IEMI on a barcode is usually how stores identify them when selling them.
[Dell Streak 7] alchrisr01:
I will check my box when I get home in a day or so, will also get a pic of the flap.
[Dell Streak 7] spinixguy:
You also might be able to get your mac address from your wireless router. I know my netgear shows the mac of the devices connected to the dhcp server.
[Dell Streak 7] alchrisr01:
box pic

This is a pic of the box info. It is of course the same as on the flap. The fcc id shown here is the only item on the flap that is not printed on a white background.

If I am not mistaken, MAC adresses on the router are picked up from the connected device. So if the MAC address on pg24 is wrong the router just picks it up. The only way to find your correct address would be if you had some sort of router history file of devices that had connected and you had connected before you flashed a new ROM. I am definatly not an expert.

I have found the correct line to adjust for the ppid number but what about the imei number? If I send this back to Dell they could do a complete restore but they could see that I flashed and cancel me out, even though I told the tech I talked to that I flashed in an attempt to get running again. I had rather just fix it myself.

BTW, if it is not, then the original post on this thread should be stickied as mandatory reading before you flash. I thought I had read everything.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
You stated yours is a wifi model, so I dont even know why wifi ones have an imei stored in them, obviously it isnt actually used by the device since there's no modem (or is there? noone's ever taken apart a wifi s7 and checked the slot)

The mac: yes if your router has it's history, if it doesnt for any reason you're SOL.

The imei on wifi ones prob isnt checked at all unless something like the service tag looks wrong and they examine the entirety of p23. I would imagine they have factory tools that can pharse it and not simply look at it in a hex editor

The PPID is also device specific, but it's contents are partially unknown, it's

PPID: CN-<product number>-<unknown 5>-<unknown 3>-<unknown 4>-A00

The 3 unknown fields might be related to something, they might be serial numbers.

74261 is a common value for us wifis,

one of the ones I have a ppid from differs from yours by only the last 2 digits in unknown 4.

Getting entire historys of devices might provide more clues on generating the PPID (yes looking at the box will give you it, but I would be interested in knowing what it contains)

I still need shots from a 3/4G one, i assume their boxes/flaps list the imei (as the previous poster suggested that they did)
[Dell Streak 7] STINGWRAY:
Thanks for the post, excellent. I have restored to stock following one of the other posts here & have the issue with Tag No. etc changing, so now I can sort it hopefully.

One question though, I noticed my Bluetooth Mac address is sequential to the wireless MAC address. Can others confirm this is the case on their devices, as I have found the Wireless MAc from my router history. If they are sequential it means the Bluetooth MAC can be sorted as well.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
For the s5 and apparently on the s7, the bt mac is the next hex digit after the wifi one, so if you have the wifi one just increment by one
[Dell Streak 7] alchrisr01:
Glad you found your router history. I looked all through my Linksys router pages and can find nothing.
[Dell Streak 7] alchrisr01:
more info on the subject

I am continuing to learn more on this subject. I found that in My Phone Explorer you can find the IMEI number along with a link that tells you exactly what it is. I wrote down the number as it was displayed and opened up the PG23 files and could not find anything that comes close to matching it. The correct lines show only 15 digits whereas the number shown in My phone Explorere is 16 digits. As my unit is a wi-fi only one I wonder if it needs an IMEI number at all. I opened PG24 and found that my bluetooth and wi-fi MAC addresses are the same. I was curious to see what the Tmo ROM I flashed contained and opend it. I was suprised to see that it ended with PG22. So I now know that I had all my information correct after I flashed that ROM and lost it after flashing the "original" ROM. As the OP stated, never flash PG23,24.
[Dell Streak 7] alchrisr01:
new info

I changed the ppid and reflashed, just to try and get it back completly stock. When I connected to My Phone Explorer to sync, a new relationship had to be established. When I looked at the status, the IMEI number had changed and I think also the MAC address also but not sure. So these numbers must somehow be related. When you compare the ppid and the IMEI they are different numbers completely but changing the ppid on PG23 results in a change of the IMEI number.
[TouchPad General] tribestros:
Is there any way to force a landscape lockscreen?
[TouchPad General] Joker Fuel:
Use an aftermarket lock screen. I don't think u are able tp natively. I use ripple lock. Hc lock screen. And works both ways
[TouchPad General] erick161:
Currently using widget locker, however I miss the honeycomb ring unlocker from the stock lockscreen. Looking for something like that. I checked out that ripple lock...app looks suspicious so I deleted it.
[TouchPad General] james3833:
Yeah I'll second widgetlocker. You can set the orientation to landscape.

Oh and there is a honeycomb "style" theme for it as well.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JR2N:
I want to know what happens when I fantory reset my cellphone, I know some things but I want to know if I have to unlock again my cellphone to use it with the SIM of my mobile provider, so I want to know that :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95X8:
Factory reset has nothing to do with SIM lock. It just erases all user data such as apps, contacts, messages, bookmarks etc.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JR2N:
thx man, oh ill start programming on android real soon :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Godra:
Good luck then. :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95X8:
I recommend you "the new boston" YouTube channel. I learned Java from that guy!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JR2N:
Nice. Now I can make reality my evil plans, muahahahaha
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toothfish:
Hi i was wondering has anyone tried Connect media HTC app with Mozart 7 or any of the 1st generation handsets?

I have already updated the HTC firmware and i can access the app now. However, i still cant get it to work.

Please let me know if it has worked for you.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] emreekeesalafee:
please delete , improperly placed . sorry.
[Acer Iconia A500] D_Steve595:
Has anyone else had problems with a very choppy app drawer on Acer's official 3.2 update as well as all Acer 3.2-based roms? Usually, it starts out very smooth. Then, after a second or two, it gets really slow.
[Acer Iconia A500] petrey:
i have the same issue. Ive just learned to deal with it. Really hope there is a fix though.

Ive tried to overclock but that doesnt seem to help at all.
[Acer Iconia A500] ozymandious:
Running stock 3.2:

I've noticed a massive hang time after boot. Painfully show to launch any browser,x Diffacult to switch between apps, non responsive typing on screen and then registering some seconds later and it even takes a real long time to bring up my task killer. Getting feed up with it.

Anyone else withe these issues? Any speed up tips?
[Acer Iconia A500] LanceAmr:
Yea got those issues too. Gonna factory reset when free to see if does any good

Powered By Nvidia Tegra 2 Acer & LG .
[General Questions and Answers] bakerd1234:
got my phone rooted with super on click worked fine and put voodoo on it and still worked fine but went into rom mananger that i downloaded and forgot to disable lagfix and tried to download the superfast rom in rom manager and seemed like it downloaded and then rebooted and now stuck on samsung screen tried to do manual recovery by pressing volume up and down with the power button and its flashes but does nothing please help if can THANKS
[General Questions and Answers] Schmidty850:
Same Problem

Yeah I had rooted my friend's phone because he had asked me and I told him that if he ever ran into any problems I would fix it. After I rooted it and gave it to him I told him not to mess with certain apps because he would not be able to use them correctly and f**k something up real good.

Guess what he did, f**k up his phone real good.

Now whenever you try to turn on the phone it only shows the "SAMSUNG" splash screen and stays there, never goes further.

I figured ok, let's just do a recovery.

NOPE!

The exact same thing happens. Hold down both volume buttons + power, let logo flash, let go. "SAMSUNG" pops up, wait, wait, wait, "SAMSUNG" still there. I even let it sit for 30min once and it was still on the splash screen when I came back.

HELP ME because I really want my friend to get the best root experience possible and I just feel bad giving him the tools to make his phone unusable.
[General Questions and Answers] kazi_rizwan:
Enter download mode by pressing "down volume+home key+power key"

You need to get a stock rom and flash it with Odin. Search the forum, you will find it.
[General Questions and Answers] Schmidty850:
Yes, but odin requires .tar files and I cannot seem to find any .tar stock roms, only .zip 's.

If you know of one please point us into the right direction please

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Schmidty850:
Sorry for the double post, but this is worth it.

I figured out how to fix this problem.

I found this page here in which you can restore your phone to mezmerize default. This takes it from non working to working.

Once it is working flash CWM using the files and directions here

Then I was able to restore to a previous backup or flash a new rom.

YAY
[General Questions and Answers] kazi_rizwan:
Unzip the zip file...you should get .pit & .md5 files !

btw, Which Samsung mobile do you have ?
[General Questions and Answers] Schmidty850:
I fixed it -_-

Did you not read the previous post?
[General Questions and Answers] kazi_rizwan:
Great ! Problem-o-solved :D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazykas:
I'm currently on Official Gingerbread update.I would like to feel root power of my Glacier.But I'm afraid of issues of Roms.Please suggest me the best rom for MT4G WITHOUT A SINGLE ISSUE.

Thanks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
it's impossible for something to be perfect and without having a single issue. but the rom with the least issues in my opinion would be Virtuous Unity, a great rom developed by the hardworking Virtuous team. that rom is the closest you can get to perfect. try it.

website: http://www.virtuousrom.com/

thread is in the mytouch 4g development section.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eqjunkie829:
What is it that you are wanting out of a rom? Different people like different things, and while some like vu (myself included), others want a more vanilla Android experience. Which would point closer to cm.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tydgilyard:
Depends on your preference. I like sense and the one nearest to perfect for me is Virtuous Unity. Like saranhai said nothing is perfect nothing will be. The stock rom that comes with mytouch is not perfect at all. Some roms have a tad little bit of lag some just a little bit more. Something about every rom is different. Like eqjunkie829 said. You could want sense like me, him and alotof other people. Or you can go with a more aosp/vanilla rom.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon_htc:
How long have you had your phone for?

What do you not like about your phone?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
no offense or anything, but the stock espresso sense UI sucks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eqjunkie829:
agree, mysense its garbage.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon_htc:
No offense or anything but im trying to help the guy rathar than say. "depends" "its all about preference" or "use the search button"

By you saying it sucks is too general. What does "suck" mean?

His answers will allow us to pinpoint him in the right direction. Other wise I might as well copy and paste all the links i saved.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
well, suck as in crappy UI, terrible lag, battery draining etc.

yes, i know you're trying to help him, i'm just saying, that the stock UI is really bad.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazykas:
I bought this 3 months ago.I like a battery saving Rom.I know there are faster Roms,but current speed (official GB update)doesn't feel bad for me.Also, there is a problem of camera quality of this GB update.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
Easy. CM7.

Nothing is more stable and more battery efficient than CM7.

Can't go wrong.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaibar:
Hmmmm, without a single issue?

I don't think such an animal exists in our modern world...

From my experience, using the stock sense that came with the phone had by far far far more issues than cm6, 7 and 7.1- fc almost every phone conversation followed by signal loss, flaky wifi, lots of problems with the (nice) automatic profile switching etc.

So whatever you install, you're probably going to be "issuewise" much better than stock. Perhaps you'll have to sweat a little more to make it look as neat as sense, though.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DANCCS:
MIUI. I got tired of sense roms, that drains battery a lot and makes phone lag after some use.

MIUI is fast, stupid fast actually, and i'm @ 1 GHz CPU. Super customizable , good for battery save.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon_htc:
Try Cyanogen mod (CM7). Like a few suggested!

All my cam apps work great on the stable version.

Battery life is probably the best of all the ROMs because of its simplicity.

This ROM is all about functionality

Although I use MIUI. Which also has great battery life (1day 6hrs) it has its quirks with some camera apps. I just wanted a sleeker user interface

I use a simple cam app anyways and I love the customization. My main goal for rom was battery life, & speed ( i was on 2.2 and it was very laggy out of the box) I just got my phone 2 months ago.

My last smart phone was an htc fuze lol and my previous phone was a simple nokia bar phone.

So I was totally oblivious to rooting prior to 2 months ago.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juancollado2003:
cyanogen

well I'm using cyanogen 7 stable version and I don't have any issue
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznanimedude:
running TDJ 2.2.0 just to switch things up a little bit

10+ hours and just now hitting 50%, so far so good :)

TDJ's port of that rom works wonders :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LAVS1:
Virtuous Unity for me, never one single issue, great performance, features, speed, battery life.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jms122589:
Virtuous unity was ok, not perfect by any means. It was a heavy rom, some times leggy and had some random FC's I never got in other roms. For a more stock sense/espresso hybrid (with out the stupid blocky apps), royal glacier has to be the most stable rom I have tried. I am currently running Faux's nexus rom and I love it so far, no issues. So if your into AOSP stuff, I would look into that.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jms122589:
Faux nexus 1.3.1

So I have been using faux's nexus 1.3.1 ROM for about a week now, I calibrated the battery right after I flashed it using the battery calibration app, and the battery life is amazing. It lasted 1 day 5 hours according to my battery stats right after I calibrated. Also it has been one of the most stable ROMs I have used besides royalglacier. No FC's or random reboots. One thing I have learned, which may be a total noob thing but whatever, is if you are going from sense to AOSP, you cannot restore any data after you flash your rom. You have to use titanium backup or the mybackup pro app to get your apps, SMS, call logs and the likes back. It might be common sense but i never knew that and it kept me away from aosp roms for a long time!
[HTC Incredible S] Blaaargh:
I installed the now supported MIUI 1.10.14 last night and my battery life has been crappy since. While I slept, my battery drained from 100% to about 8% overnight. When I checked battery usage stats, Phone Idle and Cell Standby used nearly 65% of the battery in 6 hours and 47 mins.

Anyone else facing this issue?
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Try flashing tiamat 1.14 kernel.
[HTC Incredible S] asco33:
Had the same problem, this helped (although I took the 1.15 tiamat).
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Try 1.14 it's better IMO
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shoulon:
Is this place fake or legit?

http://www.lingosboxing.com/100-gen...amsung-epic-4g-sph-d700-with-sprint-logo.html
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shoulon:
Bump, Anyone have an idea if this site's a fake?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjhall:
This isn't a screen, I don't think. This is a touch digitizer, which the screen sits behind. I could be wrong.

Also, Epic 4Gs don't have LCD screens. So... sketchy.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shoulon:
I have a cracked screen. It seems that they only sell the replacements as digitizer and glass screen.

Sent from my Epic Touch 4G
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omair2005:
Sprint charges 35 without insurance, 25 with.. Easier route to take as I had the same problem couple months back
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender beerman:
i got mine for free when i cracked the lcd.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaous2000:
So, over the past few days I've been noticing a few problems with my phone, all of which have to do with the battery. After installing fauxes OC 1.3ghz kernel I noticed a drop in usages before the phone died, that's a given. So i flashed his enhanced 1ghz kernel instead, but still notice bad battery drops when im using it. It doesn't drop 40% over night or anything, only about 6%. But, if i turn the phone off and back on the % jumps up. Sometimes 20%. Is there anything wrong with the battery, or the phone?:confused:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WiredPirate:
Try calibrating the battery.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaous2000:
i haven't doe that since my first phone. How would i go about doing that.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghost_og:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198333&highlight=BATTERY+CALIBRATION

Also, with faux's kernels check your CPU clocking with setCPU, or something similar. Somtimes it will lock at the max clock speed which will contribute to quick battery drain. I'm on his stock enhanced and getting close to 2 days with moderate use.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffmena93:
How do you get two days of battery?! Thar's intense! I haven't been able to get past the 15 or 16 hours with the stock kernel, neither with faux's stock enhanced! Do you usually drop your cpu speed while it's in your pocket or something? Or do I have a bad battery? Because I've been really concerned about this battery not lasting the monster time it is supposed to last...