[Guide] Absolute Newbie's Guide to Rooting a Streak 7 that has Stock Honeycomb

[wptski]

Thanks.
Please pardon me if I look dumb. But I have already installed HC by DJSteve given at XDA. I want to update it. For that I think I need to root it. The tried the guide here but for that I need Drivers.zip which should be in the tablet. But I can not find it.

Somewhere in these threads and I don't exactly know where someone was missing those same files. Someone posted a link to them. Try to do a search on "drivers.zip" and maybe you can locate the post.

 

[winpot]

new DS7 user here

Help!!!

my new DS 7 with Android 2.2 stock just arrived and need your help guys. I've been looking around the thread if I can use this GUIDE directly from stock FROYO? or do i need to upgrade first.


just unboxing my unit now.

any input pls.

 

[sanchezrd13]

Finally Rooted my DS7

I wish to thank EwanG for making this so simple to accomplish. I had been holding off in doing it and finally got down to doing it. I can't seem to find the "Thanks" button on the forum, so again, thanks EwanG.

Edit: Found the button!

 

[winpot]

@ EwanG thank you so much for this easy to follow guide....

Im happy with my DS7...

also guys,

any update on this ice cream thread???

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316719

 

[baracalao]

Bootloader error

[/QUOTE]
Steps 1-15)

16) To get it to reboot into CWM, turn the Streak off, and then turn it on again while holding the Power Button and Volume UP (+) at the same time. This may take up to 30 seconds

From here you would follow the normal CWM options to install just the root files (Superuser7 for one example) or install a custom ROM.[/QUOTE]


I have followed these instructions, from step one. I have tried it twice, but when I reboot to go into CWM it gives a stock recovey and when I try option #2 it gives the following error " Unrecoverable Bootloader error (0x00000000). "
What did I do wrong?

I have A Dell Streak 7 with OTA Honeycomb.

 

[FALCON-LORD]

Hey All.
I have a Stock 7 with Honeycomb, and have followed the above. When I boot with the + down the menu shows no change, though during the attempt at installing clockwork it looks like it came up with no issues.
Is anyone able to shone some light on the issue?
(Dos output below)
C:\StreakRoot\Win32>fastboot -i 0x413C flash recovery C:\StreakRoot\S7_3.2-6.0.1
.1.img
sending 'recovery' (4732 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.408s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.316s]
finished. total time: 1.726s
C:\StreakRoot\Win32>fastboot -i 0x413C reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.001s
C:\StreakRoot\Win32>

 

[giveen]

You need to select now the update package option and that will take you to recovery mode

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

 

[FALCON-LORD]

Got Root!
Thanks for getting me over that last hurdle giveen.

 

[baracalao]

question about rooting problem

Greetings to all.

I have tried the instructions. I have actually run through the process 4 times now, from step one.

I get the same error each time. When I try to boot into recovery. It appears to still be the stock recovery, when I select option #2 it gives a bootloader error message.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Any of you gurus have a suggestion?

I will try anything at this point to get cwm working and root.

 

[Nocturnal_50]

Greetings to all.

I have tried the instructions. I have actually run through the process 4 times now, from step one.

I get the same error each time. When I try to boot into recovery. It appears to still be the stock recovery, when I select option #2 it gives a bootloader error message.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Any of you gurus have a suggestion?

I will try anything at this point to get cwm working and root.

did you put the device into fastboot and flash recovery? if no, do it. if yes did you rename your recovery image to "recovery.img" minus the quotation marks and use "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" through the fastboot command?

 

[baracalao]

Still no dice!!!

did you put the device into fastboot and flash recovery? if no, do it. if yes did you rename your recovery image to "recovery.img" minus the quotation marks and use "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" through the fastboot command?

Yeah, I have tried that. This is really frustrating.

Any other suggestions?

I have the .27 Honeycomb OTA. I don't know if that is making a difference.

 

[baracalao]

SUCCESS!!!!!!

Yeah, I have tried that. This is really frustrating.

Any other suggestions?

I have the .27 Honeycomb OTA. I don't know if that is making a difference.

FInally SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:good::good::good:

I don't know why, but today my Streak played nice, and after 4 times of going through every step, it finally booted into CWM and allowed me to root.

Hallelujah!!!!!

 

[kevin28]

Error cannot load recovery.img?

I can only get to step 13 where i need to fastboot -i 0x413C flash recovery recovery.img

But it says: error cannot load recovery.img

 

[giveen]

I can only get to step 13 where i need to fastboot -i 0x413C flash recovery recovery.img

But it says: error cannot load recovery.img

Is it saved in the same directory as the fastboot program?

 

[kevin28]

replay

I have it in C:\Fastboot\recovery.img

 

[giveen]

I have it in C:\Fastboot\recovery.img

The fastboot program in there as well?
At the command prompt are you in the same directory?

 

[kevin28]

replay

Yes but i had to manually install it this is whats in C:\Fastboot:
fastboot-drivers
google-usb_driver
recovery.img

 

[wptski]

Yes but i had to manually install it this is whats in C:\Fastboot:
fastboot-drivers
google-usb_driver
recovery.img

Where is "fastboot.exe"?

 

[kevin28]

replay

Don't have a .exe ... So what do i do?

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I've been trying this for hours....

 

[giveen]

Don't have a .exe ... So what do i do?

---------- Post added at 04:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:55 PM ----------

I've been trying this for hours....

Get it......