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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Karmarock:
I'm trying to keep my personal data like contacts, appointments and activities secured (unshared wit gmail) as I do not see any opportunity in putting personal data in the 'cloud' but only risks as I am used to backing up all of my relevant data with outlook.

I'm using with some satisfaction MyPhoneExplorer which is free.

Yet I think that stepping to android from wm6.5 I lost the efficiency of activesync regarding ease of use syncing with outlook (I do use Outlook and don't whant to change!).

With MPE I solved my biggest issue and I succeeded in keeping at lesast my data synced with outlook and unsinced with gmail.

My last problem now is the following:

Every time I add a new contact on my razr it can be only a 'google contact'!

Is it possible to have at least the option to set it a 'phone unsynced' contact from the beginning!

I would like to keep my 'Google contacts' account on the phone empty!

... then I've not yet understood how the 'phone contact' works. It tells me it's a 'Motorola' contact, but I can't find any 'motorola account' in the accounts list!

Is it a separate account or not?????

This is driving me crazy!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] onslaught86:
I'd recommend using Motorola PIM Sync to sync directly with Outlook, it's in the market. Moto seem to cater to the cloudphobic crowd who moved from WinMo. :)

There IS a 'Motorola account' that syncs contacts, and it's not listed in the Accounts menu. Use something like anycut or the custom 'activities' shortcut features of ADW & Launcher Pro to create a shortcut to Account & Sync settings. There you'll see the Moto account, and can manually remove the contact sync option if you wish.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Disclaimer:

We are not responsible for any damage or problems caused to your device or yourself by flashing this

BETA

build.

This is known not to be fully retail quality software and therefore is expected to have bugs and problems

The Team

snargledorf - Kernel/Research/Developer

Giveen - Kernel/Research/Noob/PR/Developer

DJ_Steve - ROM/Kernel/Developer

Info:

Android 4.0.4

Kernel: 2.6.36.3

GPL stuff:

https://github.com/Team-Streak

Working

Wifi
GApps
Audio
Touchscreen
Superuser
Rotation Sensors
Capacitive buttons
GPU Accleration
GPS
ADB

Not Working

3G/4G Radios
Camera

If you have a rooted HC on stock partition you can use this .zip for CWR that TheManii put together

http://d-h.st/xn6

Thanks:

DJ_Steve = for all your hardwork in this project, without you, it wouldn't have been done.

Rayman

Cyanogenmod

TO DO

Camera

Radios
[Dell Streak 7] cvcduty:
Install guide?

Any install help or instructions?

NVFlash is the only method for now?

Thanks. Can't wait to try this...
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
For now NVFlash is the only way.

Download, unzip, make sure your device is in NVFlash mode and you got the drivers installed, then run "Download - ics b2"
[Dell Streak 7] exebreez:
Wow, as i see its based on CM9, or?
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Lots of stuff are CM9 and its combined with lots of our stuff combined with our new ICS kernel.
[Dell Streak 7] exebreez:
I see i see. Did DELL help you with sources or everything build from you and cm?
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Dell was no hope in this case. I spent a long time talking to them and my contacts and got no where.

This is purely our stuff with CM9 stuff.
[Dell Streak 7] calico12:
Hello , As you can return ICS to HC?

Any tutorial & files? for Dell Steak 7 EU Only Wifi.

Thanks in Advanced
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
what platform is betelgeuse?

A quick search tells me it's a toshiba folio 100, which seems to be a 10.1" T2 tab released without HC preloaded. Incidentally it's also ODM'ed by pegatron (which is the same co that ODM'ed the S10)

Is it based off it until it's stable enough to cleanly be seperated into it's own proper branch?

As there's active work on the kernel, wonder if led controlls can be added back in :D
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Its pretty stable and getting more so. The only way to find out is to give it a try ;)
[Dell Streak 7] brownboyrx:
I've been using B3 over a couple hours now from B2 and its very stable! Big round of hands to you guys!!!

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Dumb question but I noticed nvflash flashed recovery.img in the process. What recovery image is it? Will CWM5 work with B3 of ICS?
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
I'm likely going to port CWM5.5 to it as long as the partition layout remains the same, but first I have to get CWM5.5 compiling at all for the S7, something about it makes it not work.

It will be for a week or three though, as it's rather low priority as 1) 5.0 works on the stock layout, 2) ICS is still in beta anyway
[Dell Streak 7] brownboyrx:
Fine with me I can wait I'm having too much fun with ics to go back! Good work guys!
[Dell Streak 7] crhylove:
Ditto. The ICS close app menu thing is worth the flash alone!
[Dell Streak 7] DJ_Steve:
only reason it says betelgeues as device is thats the market id its using as im using a heavily modded device tree based off that one otherwise its custom
[Dell Streak 7] nomadmnemonic:
great job guys

This is great news and will catapult the S7 past any current tablet as far as software implementation is concerned.

It is sad to see Dell not even trying to offer any technical support for their existing products.

It's great to see Steve back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Dell Streak 7] crhylove:
Seriously. The Dell Streak is an alright piece of kit. Stupid corporations.... Yay Steve and Giveen! Thanks for this! Been running B3 all night/morning. Runs like a champ, few force closes here and there, still a little rough around the edges, but overall still a fantastic ICS experience!
[Dell Streak 7] Zeyckler:
It is this ROM compatible with the Streak 7 Wi-Fi version?

Thanks, best regards
[Dell Streak 7] P0MM3S:
absolutely!
[Dell Streak 7] androidlover12:
Sorry if this is dumb but how do I get my WiFi s7 only to show on my Mac in order to root and install this Rom?
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I just said what I use. And auto-brightness are doesn't work, this is something manually you have to do via command line or using the app I just said.
[Dell Streak 7] artin1993:
I searched Google Play and had no luck finding Auto Dim app. Any links would be much appreciated.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
It's not Auto Dim or a auto dimming app. It's called RootDim.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Go read the OP
[Dell Streak 7] nagahtom:
Does anyone have the nvflash commands to backup and restore the Streak before flashing ICS?

I've searched and found it for other tablets but I don't know if it would work for the Streak.

I know giveen and steve have both done a GREAT job on this ROM. I just need a little insurance in case I screw the install up.

Thanks guys.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Join the club! I've asked the same question but never got an answer. You can't use an Android backup because the CWM version for say HC doesn't doesn't wotk with ICS. I've also asked if anyone has had a successful Android restore peroid and again no response.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
I am not sure what you mean. You can back up via nvflash? I have a restorable zip if you like that will restore the DS7 to stock.

You could also restore by pushing the CWM recovery in adb then using a nandroid backup provided it doesn't get over written when flashing ICS.

There is always backing up in Titanium on HC or GB so that if you want to go back you can restore that way.
[Dell Streak 7] nagahtom:
Mr. Wetzel402,

Thanks for your quick response.

I would like to get a copy of that zip file if possible.

Also, let me run this by you. I'm running stock Honeycomb. I have a nand backup which I can off load to my PC just to be safe. Does the ICS ROM include CWM and if so, could I use my Honeycomb nand backup to restore back to Honeycomb if necessary?

Thanks again for offering your help.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
ICS B4 does include CWM but the partitioning is different, Nandroid backup fails to complete and I was told that the restore will fail also because of this. You'd have to get back to HC to restore your backup but as I mentioned above, nobody has ever responded to my question about a successful restore with any ROM.

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Several have metioned that one can perform a NVflash backup but when asked how, they really don't know exactly how. I've searched but never found anything on the subject.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
As wptski mentions, no.

I am unaware how to do this also but what I would do is restore via this nvflash file. Just make sure you have everything backed up because it will be bone stock unrooted afterward (I believe GB but I can't remember for certain....been a long while since I bricked this baby :P ).

Try extracting the folder to the Android SDK root directory and then run it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56179974/nvflash.zip

Edit: No need to extract to a specific directory. It can be ran from anywhere.

I currently have my DS7 backing up via nvflash and so far is successful. If it succeeds I will upload :D
[Dell Streak 7] nagahtom:
Thank you Sir. Downloading the zip file now.

Let us know how the backup goes.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
The backup seemed to go well up until the last two files. I ran out of HDD space :p

Anyway, head over to this new thread and download the script and see how it goes :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24991276#post24991276
[Dell Streak 7] WookieFan:
I am now wondering why we would use this tool (nvflash backup) since The Manii points out that the tool doesn't do anything different from CWM except create really HUGE backup sets?

We'd still have to nvflash back to a stock rooted version of a previous OS before restoring a backup made in that OS. In the case of restoring a HC "nandroid" while running a ICS ROM.
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
That's correct.... While I applaud the man's efforts.... It's pretty much useless.... Not to mention the space needed and you have to nvflash anyway so why not just nvflash a virgin install because a backup will more than likely have a user created bug
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Has anyone had a successful nandroid restore to any ROM?? If so, what ROM using which CWM version?
[Dell Streak 7] nagahtom:
All good points regarding nvflash and backups. I guess the main thing to consider here is that apparently this ROM is so good, no one has really wanted to fall back to a previous ROM.

That says a lot for Giveen and Steve and their hard work!

Thanks guys for all your input.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Well, it's more difficult since the only way back to it is a NVflash. It's not like one could use CWM to backup/restore and I'm not really sure if a CWM restore works at all with any ROM right now. A backup is like insurance and doesn't mean much till you need it. I've had a backup made right from W7 64-bit itself fail.
[Dell Streak 7] WookieFan:
Even knowing and having the steps to return to a previous backup is a good thing, whether any of us use it or not. When the DS7 was on Froyo, I had at least two unintentional resets (while stock, unrooted). So when the HC upgrade came out, I jumped on the chance to root and have some sort of backup in place. Does it work? Thankfully I have not had any reason to find out.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
I do know my script will create a backup, however I am not certain that my new edited script will restore the files to the correct locations at this time.

As for nvflash's usefulness, when you brick the device so adb is unavailable to flash CWM it becomes an only option. I personally have only had that happen once but thanks to nvflash I didn't have to go buy a new tablet.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
From looking at member's signatures, some have several tabs so they always have another. I only have the DS7. Am I using it more than others because I only have one tab?

I've been told that I have more problems with this ROM than anyone else. This may be true as nobody else has responded with the same issues.

I had an another event last night where email stopped working and browser couldn't get to any site. WiFi wasn't working but showed connected. Stopped browser/email, cleared data/cache, rebooted and powered dn/up. After 2 or 3 reboots and full power cycles, it just started to work again. At times likes this I wish I had a quick/easy way back/forth to HC.

I've had/have special issues with email o I tried restoring it from a Titanium backup. It appears to work only when data only restore is used. I assume that has something to do with it being a system app.

Would a reflash of the ROM help then use a Titanium backup or wiill that just restore the same problem(s)???
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
If you want trouble free on the S7 then you haven't much choice but to go back to DJ Steve's custom Froyo build.... Although I personally have less issues with the ICS Beta 4 build than I did with Honeycomb.

Many times a reflash of the ROM helps but since ICS is installed via NVFlash then you'd be overwriting your entire system
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
Waiting for now...

I'm sticking with the rooted stock HoneyComb until I'm able to find or build a good ICS ROM. The guys at CyanogenMod and Kang are doing good work on other Tegra2 devices, so maybe the wait won't be that long...
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
That's the buggiest ROM out there AFAIK
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
I'm not having any issues with it. I tried ICS B4, but I need to play video so that was a no-go.

Edit: I'm not having any issues with it after I replaced the default launcher with ADW... I think the default launcher in 3.0 is fundamentally flawed.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
What do you mean by video, no go? I used Emit with HC and it works with ICS b4, it streams video from your PC. I'm not sure if this is a ICS B4 problem but a video won't finish playing for me. It get right near the end and stops. I can't say for sure that I ever watched a complete video under HC. These are Youtube converted videos.
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
I thought video was one of the things that doesn't work on ICS B4, so I flashed it long enough to check it out and that's it. You can watch video from files on the SD card and shoot video with the campera?
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
Kudoos to you brother.... I never had such luck
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
The camera doesn't work but I just played a MP4 from an external SD card. My converted YouTube videos won't even start, so the converter must be flawed.
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
I don't NEED the camera... But the "some lag" was petty apparent when I tested. HC is okay for now... I just need to get cracking on setting up my build environment so I can try my hand at cooking my own ROM. :-)

Siobhter

From my Dell Streak 7 using Forum Runner, so there!
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
So if my understanding of how the CyanogenMod official status works is correct, then once the camera and radios are working, this should be pretty easy to get officially merged?

If I was a more experienced developer I would lend a helping hand in a heartbeat. But as it stands I don't have that much experience with creating/modifying ROMs so I probably wouldn't be much help in the quest for CM9 goodness.

[UPDATE]

Currently setting up a CM9 build env. in a virtual machine. I'm feeling adventurous today, so I'm gonna see if I can try my hand at getting CM9 to compile for the streak.

Not making any promises as I have no idea what I am doing for the most part.

If anything This will be a good learning experience :P
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
good luck snarg, I'll can give you some tips here and there but I will warn you that without our stuff, our kernel, and a few other tricks we keep to ourselves (non GPL stuff), you probably won't succeed.
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
I'll be doing the same thing this weekend...

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Is it possible to use the source hosted at StreakDroid?
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
What sources are you referring to on StreakDroid.com? The stuff we use, Steve hasn't decided to release it yet, though our kernel is available on github per the GPL.
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
Oh, sorry... I meant your space on GitHub.
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
Thanks, I did come across your github repo of cm7. Was wondering if it would be ok if I based some of my work off of that repo?
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
Using this BoardConfig.mk got me compiling! (I'll bet a non-booting rom)

Still need to get my Streak, ordered one from woot, so I can get some of the missing pieces.

But other than that I think I'm in pretty good shape thus far! Thanks!
[Dell Streak 7] twillet50:
There is not a working CWM on B4, correct? Or is it just MY Streak that doesn't have it?
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
No version of CWM works correctly with ICS B4 yet.
[Dell Streak 7] twillet50:
Thanks. Wanted to make sure it wasn't just mine.
[Dell Streak 7] nikoltu:
Are the devs still working on this or this project is dead cuz didn't see any news or new releases in a while?
[Dell Streak 7] nagahtom:
Need a little help. I just tried to NVflash this ROM and got the following error. Any suggestions on how to get past this? I've searched and haven't had any luck with this specific problem.

I'm running Honeycomb 3.2 trying to NVflash from a Linux PC. I've downloaded ICS_B4 twice with the same results.

nvflash --bct Streak7.bct --setbct --configfile android_2gb.cfg --create --bl bootloader.bin --odmdata 0x8b0c0011 --go

Nvflash started

rcm version 0X20001

System Information:

chip name: t20

chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 3

chip sku: 0x8

chip uid: 0x0288424140604297

macrovision: disabled

hdcp: enabled

sbk burned: false

dk burned: false

boot device: emmc

operating mode: 3

device config strap: 0

device config fuse: 0

sdram config strap: 0

sending file: Streak7.bct

- 4080/4080 bytes sent

Streak7.bct sent successfully

failed executing command 6 NvError 0x120002

odm data failure NvError 0x0

command failure: bootloader download failed (bad data)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
Yes they are but they are both very busy people. It will come of age in time.

Just by looking at it I would confirm that your files are in fact in the folder where they belong and also confirm your usb driver.

I did have a problem one time with my Windows PC over not having my driver installed properly for one usb port. Nvflash would start but would then fail shortly after and the output in command prompt was similar to your terminal.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
We are busy.
[Dell Streak 7] nagahtom:
Thanks for the quick response Wetzel.

I was under the impression I didn't need to load any USB drivers for Linux so I'll back track on that. Also, I have the Linux version of NVflash in my path and I run it from the directory that I extracted the ICS_B4.zip into. All of the files in the zip are in the same directory.

Again, thanks for the valuable support.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
Looked it up and according to this link:

http://www.tabletroms.com/forums/honeycomb-streak-7/2252-nvflash-honeystreak-streak-7-debian-gnu-linux.html

drivers are not required as you said. Maybe the link can help you cross check for syntax errors? I have a Linux install but rarely use it so I am a noob :P
[Dell Streak 7] nagahtom:
Regarding the nvflash error I'm getting when I try to flash ICS_B4, I saw in the [ROM][RC2.1] HoneyStreak HD7 2.0 (3.2) forum that someone had the same issue and they dropped the odmdata switch from the command line and it installed DJ_Steve's HoneyStreak successfully.

Does anyone know what that switch does and if it is truly required for this ROM install?

sending file: Streak7.bct

- 4080/4080 bytes sent

Streak7.bct sent successfully

failed executing command 6 NvError 0x120002

odm data failure NvError 0x0

command failure: bootloader download failed (bad data)

[Edit]

Well, I broke down and pulled out my POS Windows PC and Installed this ROM. I have to say, Giveen and DJ_Steve, you guys did a GREAT job!

Thanks to everyone who tried to help with the Linux NVflash issue.
[Dell Streak 7] chipis:
Guys iam gona get Dell Trek 7" its worth the try?

SuperChargeV8 HellsFuego Phonix.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Please start a thread in the General section, or read the countless other threads there about it.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Device tree download now available on github, please see original post for link.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
Just a small niggle: even though the S7 is technically a varient of ventana (and named thus in the official rom still), is it ever going to get renamed to properly streak7 and leave all this sillyness behind?

Though more importantly: would renaming it break anything? It wouldnt really be worth the time if renaming it required you to fix up code to get it to work, time better spent elsewhere of course.

If it ever becomes stable enough, any plans on submitting it to become an official cm9 device? Poking around on the device tree, it seems fairly organized and stuff. I'd imagine the closer it gets to being release-stable, the more it would resemble an official CM9 rom/device.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
It wouldn't actually hurt anything but there are lots of things to rename.

I still need to upload a directory "vendor/nvidia" which contains a few more things that are needed I think.

Plus the "./extract-files.sh" needs the proprietary files, so you will have to modify that script to point your local copy of all your proprietary files.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
at least with extract-files.sh, it should use env variables regardless.

i think its like $manu/$device or something to that degree.

the device trees on the official gits have working proper examples.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I think Steve wrote that script because it was easier and faster. Plus I am assuming he doesn't exactly have the server in his room (same with me) so it was easier to have it all use a copy script.
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
So quick question. Where is the nvidia device tree from? I have searched hi and low, but have yet to find anything.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I know.

I'll put it up later. Git is a pain in my rear.
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
It's all good.

I guess my biggest question though is how did you get it to begin with? Just out of curiosity? You can PM me if you prefer. Don't want to hijack the thread.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
PM sent.
[Dell Streak 7] nagahtom:
Giveen,

I searched the forum and didn't see anything about an issue with superuser.

When I go into superuser settings, I get "Unfortunately Superuser has stopped."

Not a big deal but I thought I'd mention it to you.

Great ROM. Thank you for putting all of this together.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
SU works, just app doesn't work. Try removing and reinstalling. The app is an older one, but the newer one on the market should fix the problem. If not, oh well, SU still works.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Was trying to update our source and now I have two problems

When running: lunch ventana-eng

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "build/tools/roomservice.py", line 16, in <module>
device = product[product.index("_") + 1:]
ValueError: substring not found

when running "repo sync"

error: revision refs/heads/ics in CyanogenMod/android_device_dell_streak7 not found
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
In terms of the repo sync issue.

Show hidden files, then go to the root of your cm directory and go into the folder .repo and delete the local_manifest file.

This is there so repo can find the repository for the device tree, but since there is no ics branch for the streak7 (yet) it doesn't find it.

Make sure that you back up the streaks device tree before running sync again though, sometimes repo likes to delete invalid trees.

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Actually I found a better soloution

Replace the contents of the local_manifest.xml file with this http://pastebin.com/kPYQ3jKB

Now syncs should pull in from your git repo :)