Streak 7 "read only" problem
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I was reading about JTAG the other day, and I would agree with you... I have a hunch Dell support is using that to reset the read-only devices. The biggest problem I have with JTAG... I have no clue how to perform something like that. When I was looking at the internal S7 photos in a link that was posted here on XDA, I seen some pins sticking up from the motherboard. The group of pins looked similar to other JTAG pins I seen in the article I was reading.
The other bad thing about JTAG... you would have to open the Streak 7. At least TheManii is putting together a guide on how to do that.
The other bad thing about JTAG... you would have to open the Streak 7. At least TheManii is putting together a guide on how to do that.
I was reading about JTAG the other day, and I would agree with you... I have a hunch Dell support is using that to reset the read-only devices. The biggest problem I have with JTAG... I have no clue how to perform something like that. When I was looking at the internal S7 photos in a link that was posted here on XDA, I seen some pins sticking up from the motherboard. The group of pins looked similar to other JTAG pins I seen in the article I was reading.
The other bad thing about JTAG... you would have to open the Streak 7. At least TheManii is putting together a guide on how to do that.
you also need a JTAG flasher something I have but there are plenty of places that do this as a service. More then likely the JTAG pins were removed for the production model and we'd have to find the points to solder directly to. My streak is more dead then most in this thread so I'm planning on being the test mule whenever I get the time.
i been writing a email with ort- jtag and they reply me 2 days ago and say :
we have finished support for nvidia cpus its is just matter of time with this model
Sadly I have a RIFF Box JTAG but they are normally right up there with ORT
edit : just found this on RIFF's website I'll be back in the office in 3 weeks and i'll see what i can do
http://www.jtagbox.com/jtag-news/ri...ash-memory-plugin-v101-tegra2-emmc-supported/
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I guess none bro.. I just got my DS7 after almost 4 weeks waiting just to be replaced for a new one. I would have preferred of having the old one's read-only problem fixed than getting a new one.
Fingers cross that the new one wont have the read-only bug.
just got home to where my JTAG is yesterday I'll probably have some time to play around with it tomorrow
read the forums, read only mode, dell streak 7 wifi us, called dell, sent it in to them, its been 3 1/2 weeks since i shipped it so i called to see whats taking so long, the guy (from what i could understand, language barrier) said they wont honor my warranty and they will fix it for $250!!!!! I am the original owner, still 180+ days on warranty, there was nothing done to the table to void the warranty no spill damage nothing wrong with it just one day turned it on and apps were crashing and after many hours of research discovered there was many others with the same read only problem... my problem now is, ive seen that many of you sent your tablets in even rooted ones and had it fixed/replaced which im pretty sure rooting does void the warranty, now i see that dell doesnt even sell tablets anymore, maybe because they realized how big they dropped the ball on this one, even before the read only problem i had nothing but problems with charging, stuck on dell logo, etc etc, does anyone know why dell is now trying to weasel out of repairing/replacing my streak? I sent an email detailing how horrible my years of dealing with dell have been and this being one of the worst experiences etc etc how the tablet didnt work properly from the day i received it, so maybe they are just trying to be scam artists and get some money out of me but wont resist against me complaining and they'll just fix/replace it for free... if anyone has any better inside information about what the heck is going on here let me know, but based on reading this thread im convinced that dell made yet another crappy faulty product and they dont care about screwing over the customer because it wont hurt their bottom line, thanks all, ill keep you updated
I'm still trying to work with internal channels to find information on how they fix this problem I get the feeling they are replacing the board though. If you're still under warranty I'd bet they will get it fixed one way or another for you.
As for fixing it ourselves I've been working with my RIFF Box a bit but their Tegra mode isn't the same as normal JTAG communication and still trying to figure it out. These boxes aren't known for good documentation
I have same "read only" problems on my strick 7 4G
I followed by this link
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1132864
and continued research... but still nothing....
so.... add me
I followed by this link
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1132864
and continued research... but still nothing....
so.... add me
I recently had this problem, the "Read-Only" mode. I couldn't restore, i couldn't put any new Roms, or make any changes. It seems I let me Streak 7 Die over night without charging and it caused this.
Only solution I found was to send it back to Dell. I still had about 30 days warranty left. Shipped it out, next day they sent me another unit.
Only solution I found was to send it back to Dell. I still had about 30 days warranty left. Shipped it out, next day they sent me another unit.
I had this same issue when I tried to flash mine to a new rom after installing rom manager and installin clockwork mod recovery 3.0.2.0 recomended from app. Then I did a factory reset from menu settings which you are not supposed to do which stuck me in a cwm boot loop. Just learnd today from someone that this might fix it haven't tried yet since mine is at my buddies house trying to fix it. I am gonna pick it up today and try it myself. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1018809
Any update on the J-Tag fix?
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I don't have this issue, but I am seriously interested in finding a solution as I have no doubt that at some point I will face it. Murphy's Law.
Anyway, I am not sure if this will help at all, but I did find a way to boot into clockwork recovery from fastboot.
The command is fastboot boot recovery.img (Do not use the flash command)
http://mirror2.streakdroid.com/manii/misc/ClockWorkMod/S7_3.2-5.0.2.7.img
Rename this to recovery.img after downloading.
This will reboot the device into the clockwork recovery menu unless the read only problem prevents the recovery from writing successfully. From there I guess you could play around with clockwork and try to flash an update. This probably isn't going to help anyone, but I thought I would throw it out there just in case.
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I was curious to see if it is design defect or software bugs so went to bestbuy and saw they have Dell Streak 7 WIFI with Honeycomb 3.2 Open Box for $ 159. It was the last one so I bought it.
I run the test by letting the power go to 0 (watching netflix only last 2 hours from fully charge to 0).
Guess what It wont BOOT stuck on DELL logo screen.
HOWEVER this time the recovery partition wasnt lock up
Tried factory reset (original recovery from dell) did nothing.
So I NVflash CWM v5
did factory reset with it (erase data, cache, dalvik cache).
and it WORK. However you lost all your data.
So I run second test again by draining the battery to 0.
Well the it locked up again. And i did factory reset with CWM 5 and the streak comes alive again.
I am returning the Dell Streak 7 WIFI to best buy today.1
I use fastboot to flash the cw5 recovery
you can find the link from here
Put your streak into fastboot mode (vol down + power) and connect to your computer using USB cable.
Put the cw file the same you put the fastboot.exe than just type under command pront (cmd.exe on windows)
fastboot recovery (the name of the cw5 file).img
Once you done, boot into recovery (Volume up and power) and select factory reset (user data and internal tablet) it will than go to CW5 recovery and again select factory reset.
I tested this with the WIFI Honeycomb version and I did it very quickly after the streak went to Read Only mode (the data format error code) and after failing to reset it with Dell standard recovery.1
I am having the same problem now..I'm on 513stock version and I have CMW5. everytime I put something on my SD card, it gets erased when restarted and it goes back to the previous state, even if I update/install a new app.
I have tried the select factory reset (user data and internal tablet) but nothing happens, it just sends me back to CWM5.
anybody found a solution to this read-only problem?
