Guys, i am planning to get this phone as my first android device after being with windows mobile 6.1 & 6.5 for the past 2 years. (HTC TOUCH PRO). Is it recommended for me to be getting this phone now at this period with the rumors of the dell opus one being released soon?

That is true, but for those who wants to stay with technology for a few years, the fussyness would be there. I know if we're to look at things this way, we'll never be able to buy anything as technology improves by day, but i have had my mind on the streak until i heard that the opus one is coming out, and other phones do not interest me.

Isn't it funny that the opus one is said to be due next month, but there is no hype about it, no "leaked" images / news on it? It sure is awfully hush-hush this time around.

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Added on April 3, 2011, 2:07 pmIf you look here : http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/16/dells-2...ndroid-ice-cre/

Seems like Opus one would be released early next year?

This post has been edited by kembar4: Apr 3 2011, 02:07 PM

Guys, decided to get the Streak!

Will be going t Senq to get it since i've called and its available there.

Jusco, Seremban 2.

I am back home.

Too bad, they only had 1 unit in hand, and that was the display model. I didn't want to buy the display one, so i had them ordered a brand new one for me. I should be getting it within a week, keeping my fingers crossed.

The screen is really beautiful and the 3 buttons at the side, were really nice to tap. Tried typing the sms , by tapping and using swipe and it never felt so good. I am sold!

Ordered the black one since most of my gadgets are black in color

Actully, the real price is about RM2068. And then yes, minus RM50. Not sure about the Rm100 voucher though. Will confirm with them when i am to collect and pay for the phone. Thank you so much for the information by the way. Might save me an extra RM100

I am yet to receive my streak so i cannot say if i have had the problem but try this,

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878432

or try moving the movie to the internal storage (if its too large, cut it so it fits) just for testing purposes.

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Added on April 4, 2011, 2:16 pmAlso, check this out http://dellstreakforum.net/index.php?topic=21.0

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Added on April 4, 2011, 3:06 pmHey, thank you for the information. I think i shall get the same from the shop too! Rm1969 is quite a deal. At least for 3 years. My last phone is about 2 years old (HTC touch pro) and realizing that windows mobile is quite slow and boring at times, its time for the switch. Looking forward for the call from Senq to collect the phone

This post has been edited by kembar4: Apr 4 2011, 03:06 PM

Non rooted phone cannot access market is it?

I am new to android.

Guys just got home, with my black streak in hands!! What should i do with it now? Was a cd supposed to be included to sync it with my computer? There was no cd in the packaging.

Will try from dell site since the cd is not included.

RM2099 - RM30 membership card discount - RM100 voucher (discount)= RM1969 in total.

For new buyers, make sure you ask for the RM100 voucher (discount) since initially i was quoted RM2069 and it was made RM1969 after asking for the voucher.

woe.com, wow nice offer there. Did not hear about it when i was in store.

Anyways, guys, there is an issue here. I tried to import my contacts from windows mobile 6.5 (using a software to import the contacts and save them in a .csv file) then uploaded the contacts into google mail. Once done, the contacts are listed there along with their numbers. However once i sync my streak with my gmail account, the contacts appear in my phone, however nothing else is recorded, meaning no phone numbers. Anyone knows a workaround this?

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Added on April 6, 2011, 8:39 pmRM12 to sign up as a member, so basically Rm30 - 12 = RM18 discount + RM100. Still a very nice deal

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Added on April 6, 2011, 8:49 pmGuys, i want to flash my streak to Streakdroid 1.9.0 and also upgrading the baseband as instructed (refer below)

Is the baseband upgrade recomended / necessary?

Do i need to do anything else before proceeding with the upgrade of the ROM ? (Don't need to backup since there is nothing on my phone)

This post has been edited by kembar4: Apr 6 2011, 08:49 PM

Guys, i have a slight problem here. I want to install a custom rom on my dell streak. The guide that i am following is from Benny's blog (http://leemn.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/dell-streak-upgrading-from-eclair-2-1-build-6941-to-stephens-1-5-1/)

What I've done:

1. Installed Android SDK (Updated the given updates, as in the screenshot. SCREENSHOT

2. Installed Dell's Windows Drivers from here (ftp://ftp.dell.com/Handheld/R288920.exe)

3. Installed Dell Mobile Sync

4. Downloaded the Fastboot tool from here (http://download143.mediafire.com/pcxqstv8scfg/yd21znuyj14/1.8.1.7-streak-clockworkrecovery.zip) , Renamed the fastboot-windows.exe to fastboot.exe .

5. Downloaded SteakDroid 1.9.0 and renamed it to Update.zip and copied it to the root of my SD card.

6. Downloaded the current version of the baseband as recomended.

7. Made a folder in C drive named Streak and extracted the clockworkrecovery.zip there. Copied the baseband into the same folder as well.


I believe these steps were all correct.

Now however, i am stuck .

8. After my streak is in the FASTBOOT_MODE , waiting for the usb connection, i connected the USB cable to my computer.

9. It said that a new device Android 1.0 has been found.

10. I choose to choose the drivers by my own, and The only drivers that were available is Android ADB interface and Android Composite ADB interface. If i were to click show compatible hardware, then only the Android ADB interface driver would be shown. SCREENSHOT

11. If i were to choose any 2, the drivers would install fine, and FASTBOOT_MODE would show up in my streak.

12. I entered into the commandline (run > cmd) and went to the C:\streak directory. Once i ran the command, fastboot devices, nothing is listed. When i ran the command fastboot reboot, all it says is waiting for device and that is it. SCREENSHOT

I tried this on a second computer, and its the same thing. I believe i should see the "ANDROID BOOTLOADER INTERFACE" driver, to proceed with the flashing. SCREENSHOT

However, i am not seeing such options on both computers, that are running Windows XP SP3.

What should i do?

by recovery you mean the rom right? it should be named update.zip right?

They're all in the same folder but there is no tools folder within that , so i cannot run commands at streak tools.

Here is a screenshot of the folder: SCREENSHOT

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Added on April 7, 2011, 11:22 amSorry, just realized that the recovery is referring to the clockwork img file.

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Added on April 7, 2011, 11:26 amSlight progress now. Turnes out, that the flash wouldn't display the device. Had to add another value infront to reboot it. So far,





Able to reboot it with the command fastboot -i 0x413c reboot instead of the original fastboot reboot command.

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Added on April 7, 2011, 11:31 amProgress!!



This post has been edited by kembar4: Apr 7 2011, 11:31 AM

Guys, Ran into a slight problem at the last step.

Mine would say

Fotmatting System
Copying Files...
Creating Symlinks
Creating Some More Symlinks
Last Lot OF Symlinks Being Created
Setting Permissions
Kernel:Installing
assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img","boot")
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.

Then it would reboot the device after awhile, and i'll be back to the normal 2.2.2.

This is a screenshot of the error screen: SCREENSHOT

This post has been edited by kembar4: Apr 7 2011, 12:08 PM

Thank you so much!!

It is successfully now! I have rebooted the device. Stuck at the dell screen. I believe it would be stuck from 5 - 20 minutes or so. I shall wait.

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Added on April 7, 2011, 12:55 pmHi, it has flased to the current Streak droid firmware!! My streak is unrooted and running on a custom firmware now i believe.

One thing that i don't like about the custom streakdroid is the menu. The apps icons looks stretched out on that menu. How do i revert to the older menu , as i liked that better?

Charging my phone now, will do a full wipe after this since i installed alot of nonsense apps while i was playing with it yesterday.

This post has been edited by kembar4: Apr 7 2011, 12:55 PM

Ah, i forgot all about the install.txt. I did not include it.

I guess i must include it and tweak some settings, right?

Installed with these options:



Anyone knows how to get the transparent background in the apps menu? Right now its all black in the background, when i was on the stock 2.2 , it was transparent, as in i could see my live wallpaper in the background.

This post has been edited by kembar4: Apr 7 2011, 02:38 PM

Guys is it me or .. when i receive calls, the sound of the other party would be really low even if my volume is set to max. When i turn on the loud speaker , the person would sound really loud. I noticed this from a few phone calls even before installing the custom rom.

Hmm.. i tried that but i have the stock cover on as the post below

Haha! Yes, you're right! the stock cover is still on top, waiting to get an otterbox casing. Then i shall remove the piece. But thank you! I guess now there is nothing to be worried.

I believe with normal shots, the Dell streak wins.

But with video, it suffers. (Based on a review i read somewhere)

My experience with the phone,

Battery life is okay, this is from someone coming from a HTC Touch pro which suffers from real battery drain.

The streak however, i've kept the wifi on ,and shut the phone, it used up about 4% of battery power + received 2 messages and 2 missed calls in the morning. Live background running + advanced task killer.

When surfing and all via wifi, the battery doesn't drain as much as it used to on my touch pro! I am quite happy with it. Nothing is wrong with the battery. If you're a heavy user, just buy the spare batteries online (ebay). They're quite cheap and you get an external charger with it. With an extra battery or two, it should last you the whole day.

About speakers, i'd say its quite okay, just that its abit distorted when you are on call with someone with the loudspeaker on, because its really really loud even when set to low. When playing music with the stock player, it sounds just okay. Compared to my ipod touch, the sound quality on the ipod touch beats the streak, this is via headphones. But i've got the application, power amp and with some tweaks it did sound better but i have not experimented further. I am sure once its tweaked right, it'll come up to par with ipod touch.

Reboots, i have had none so far. Its been smooth and stable for over 3 - 4 days now. I believe its due to the flashed ROMs or how you flashed it.

If you read over the whole thread, + benny's blog, you'd know what to do, and i think you'll have a pleasant experience with the Streak.

All in all , i'd say its worth every Ringgit i spent on it.

This post has been edited by kembar4: Apr 9 2011, 05:38 PM

1. Baseband is somewhat a radio. Meaning signals / frequency sent /received from the phone in which information is carried digitally. Basically, it defines your phone's reception.
2. You can return to the official 2.2 if you want to, but from my own experience, you'd rarely want to do that once you've experience what the custom rom has to offer.


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Guys, any recomended apps to switch between apps like multitasking?