[Q] Is this how I install a ROM?

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Hello people,

After finally getting a replacement dell streak i.e. 3 months of complaining. I want to flash it and I want a smooth process. So after looking around I’ve put together everything I have to do. I would like to know if what I’m doing is right. Important Notes: I am using Windows 7 64BIT… I am flashing DJ_Steve’s 1.6.1 Rom. I am currently on stock Froyo. My build number is 12821. For now baseband version is unknown (Can’t check untill I find charger). So this my plan to take list of steps-

1. Install Fastboot via-

Download Dell PC Suite and install it.
Download Fastboot.exe
Remove and replace the battery.
Power the device on while holding the camera button
It will show a screen that says ‗Touch Calibration‘ and ‗Fastboot‘. Tap fastboot.
Learn to use Fastboot on CMD

2. Root

Download SuperOneClick 1.5.5

Extract SuperOneClick on my hard drive

Put my Streak in USB debugging mode: Settings>Applications>Development>turn on USB Debugging

Plug my Streak into the computer – I will not mount the SD card

Right click on SuperOneClick.exe and run as administrator

Click "Root" and watch the progress and follow instructions.

3. Install Streakmod Recovery

Unzip and flash with: fastboot -i 0x413c flash recovery recovery.img

Reboot with: fastboot -i 0x413c reboot

Hold down the keys "volume up" and "volume down" simultaneously while rebooting.

Select "Software upgrade via Update.pkg on SD Card" in the menu

At the Dell Logo press the power button and you will be presented with the Recovery Menu

4. Install Rom (Streak Droid 1.6.1)

Download Update-1.6.1.zip

Place Zip file into Root of SD Card

Make a text file and type in the options

Save file under SDCard>install.txt

Boot into StreakMod

Select Update from Zip File > Select Zip File From SD Card > StreakDroid_1-6.Zip

Wait for installation.

FINISH

These are steps I will take are they right?
Will I need to reroot after Rom has been installed?
Thank you for your time your help is appreachated!!

I believe that 1.61 is pre-rooted.

If you have problems getting root with SuperOneClick remove your SD Card and try it.

You don't need the entire PC Suite, just the drivers. See this page at Dell.

Thanks for response thats helped a lot also I am mainly concerned about the recovery and installing the ROM is even worth it? Also the fact I'm running 64Bit scares me (in case its not supported)!

Just saying but I think a multipurpose guide on how to install Roms needs to be made. There is already a good one but it is outdated and doesn't cover questions like- Can i update straight from stock froyo to Streakdroid 1.6.1? It the guide the same for White Streak? Does 64Bit work with Rooting/Fastboot? I would write but I don't have experience. Does any one think the same?

yes it would be nice if someone did that but it would also be nice for people to use the search function as all these topics have been covered somewhere on these forums

Originally Posted by hasamoder

Thanks for response thats helped a lot also I am mainly concerned about the recovery and installing the ROM is even worth it? Also the fact I'm running 64Bit scares me (in case its not supported)!

I took the plunge yesterday and installed the 1.6.1 version of DJ_Steve's Streakdroid rom.

It's only been 12 hours but the phone is noticeably faster and so far everything works that worked on the stock 315 and 318 builds.

All of the info you need to flash is available. Some of the threads are quite long and do get noisy with too many unrelated posts and I wish that users would click the thank you button instead of adding an unneeded post to long threads. The StreakDroid guides are very helpful.

I did a lot of reading and took notes (copy and paste to text document) about the problems others had and the solutions that worked. I was fortunate that I did not have the issues others faced.

I would recommend that you think out the options you want carefully and keep them to a minimum, do a factory reset from recovery mode before starting to upgrade, and wipe the cache from the recovery after getting StreakMod recovery installed before installing the ROM. The factory reset and cache wipe seemed to fix most of the problems people had with the install, so I did them preemptively and things went very smooth.

Thank you so much but last question is the steps above correct...

Did you try it out?
Did your steps work fine?

No have not tried waiting for someone to confirm this works....

I used zroot to root my phone and it was such an easy process. Pretty much the app did everything for me.