[Q] Dual boot or Dual User account on our streak?

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I just wonder if we can have dual boot like two ROMs selectable at the time of boot? Or, at least two user accounts selectable right after boot having different settings and data?

My family members like my streak so much so that they borrow my streak frequently for a day or two. I don't want to say no but at the same time don't even want them to have a peek into my settings and data.

Yes, I do use various data locking programs but I just wanna have two identities just like we have in windows PC.

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Originally Posted by ammujee

I just wonder if we can have dual boot like two ROMs selectable at the time of boot? Or, at least two user accounts selectable right after boot having different settings and data?

My family members like my streak so much so that they borrow my streak frequently for a day or two. I don't want to say no but at the same time don't even want them to have a peek into my settings and data.

Yes, I do use various data locking programs but I just wanna have two identities just like we have in windows PC.

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if i not mistaken... the kernel have some limitation... so it is not possible to have dual boot or something similar...

Originally Posted by deysmacro

if i not mistaken... the kernel have some limitation... so it is not possible to have dual boot or something similar...

Well I read here that it's possible with an application called Bootmanager. Most just afraid to try that out before getting a good ahead from senior developers like n0p, theManii etc. Link to the lifehacker article http://m.lifehacker.com/5826050/how-...-android-phone

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Well if you're so die hard to try it go ahead and brick or boot loop your phone. If you took a few more minutes to do the research you'd find out dual booting is mainly kernel specific and also specific to devices with open source drivers

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The possibility of bricking crossed my mind also and due to my limited knowledge of correlating so many ifs and buts, I preferred to ask you more knowledgeable ones. Thanks for saving me from bricking my phone.

BTW, isn't that a possible feature which can be incorporated in DSC phoenix kernel?

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Originally Posted by ammujee

The possibility of bricking crossed my mind also and due to my limited knowledge of correlating so many ifs and buts, I preferred to ask you more knowledgeable ones. Thanks for saving me from bricking my phone.

BTW, isn't that a possible feature which can be incorporated in DSC phoenix kernel?

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how possible to do dual boot when bootmanager itself dont support it? lol...

Originally Posted by deysmacro

how possible to do dual boot when bootmanager itself dont support it? lol...

Spreading some knowledge would be much appreciated. There were times when even GB and CWM6 were not supported. Now we have 70% working ICS and 95% working CWM6, and FYKI none are officially supported.

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Originally Posted by ammujee

Spreading some knowledge would be much appreciated. There were times when even GB and CWM6 were not supported. Now we have 70% working ICS and 95% working CWM6, and FYKI none are officially supported.

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and developer choose not to support streak... try emailing them and see what they reply...

I do understand why developers refrain from supporting streak, the only reason is that Dell itself has abandoned its masterpiece without much user feedback. We had and still have hopes with a handful of selfless developers here on xda without whom we all would had a brick thrown somewhere in drawers.

I still prefer streak over galaxy note due to the exact maximum size where u can access every corner with your thumbs.

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There is a really hacky way to do it on pretty much all phones: take over the recovery.img and use that to boot.

But it's really ugly in that you must boot as if you were entering the recovery.
I believe that converting a rom and kernal to do that isnt that difficult, but there's just as many downsides as there are upsides, and the kernal+rom must be specifically designed to do so.

You cant simply flash a 2nd rom like that and expect it to work.

There was another device not too long ago that got 'dual-boot' that way on the xda news feed.


The right way would be like using MAGLDR for the HD2 where it takes over the boot process entirely (i think) and lets you choose, but I think the roms need to be written to boot from whereever (ie NAND/SD).