[Q] Cant browse root

Meanc20

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My current situation.
Streak 7 boots after factory reset, asks for a password. there never was one. after numerous attempts i just decided to install another rom.
i have all the files etc and know how to flash it with clockwork, but i cant get it onto the internal sd. only the external. meaning clockwork cant detect it. im kinda stuck here....
 

treefrog20012003

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I had this issue once, I wiped again from recovery, cache and dalvic as well and it cleared up. Also I use fastboot to install everything for roms.

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treefrog20012003

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Did you use fastboot to reinstall the system, boot, and recovery files? This or Nvflash will be your only way to get out of it then.

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Meanc20

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i could, if you have a solution to why it hangs at "starting fastboot usb download protocall"
and thanks for the help by the way. this has caused me too much stress lol

EDIT: And if you could help me with the fastboot commands afterwards that would be great. i know how to flash recovery and thats about it.
 
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giveen

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Its suppose to say that on your device.
Now plug it into the computer, install the fastboot drivers, grab a copy of fastboot.exe, and flash the images.
 

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Its suppose to say that on your device.
Now plug it into the computer, install the fastboot drivers, grab a copy of fastboot.exe, and flash the images.
Giveen, I am trying to help fill in for those that have been around longer than those of us that are new. I have to agree with the new people that it is difficult to find the knowledge on this site sometimes and the list of commands that are needed to get going. I know I have spent many hours on google, XDA, TabletRoms and WIKI looking for answers. I do get that it is frustrating for you as a developer as well. Sit back and relax and some of us newer noobs will try to assist.

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i could, if you have a solution to why it hangs at "starting fastboot usb download protocall"
and thanks for the help by the way. this has caused me too much stress lol

EDIT: And if you could help me with the fastboot commands afterwards that would be great. i know how to flash recovery and thats about it.
You need to do more reading here, yea I know it's hard to find info sometimes. Google every way you can think of for your problem and an answer will be found. You don't have a brick yet but you need to know what your doing before diving into this stuff. I spent a week researching before I dived into this just to make sure I knew what I was doing. YouTube video search, flashing Dell streak 7, at least I think that is close enough. It is a for part series on how to flash a custom ROM from Nvflash but you need to read and find the fastboot commands and drivers. They are here.

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Meanc20

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i have everything ready but fastboot commands dont work because the device is still stuck "starting the protocall"

i have the correct drivers etc installed but still nothing
 

wptski

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i have everything ready but fastboot commands dont work because the device is still stuck "starting the protocall"

i have the correct drivers etc installed but still nothing
That's what it's supposed to show till commands are sent from your PC. Do you have "still" have a yellow "?" mark in your device manager?

A quick function test is to type: fastboot reboot and your S7 should reboot.