[Q] Root Dell Streak 2.2 - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I know I am jumping the gun because alot of people are still trying to decide whether they are going to manually update phone to 2.2 or wait for carriers like AT&T to push it out with their bloatware.
Well I just spent the last 8 hours manually updating mine to 2.2 and glad to say it worked after piecing together many forum posts.
Universal Androot does not work to root phone now that it has been upgraded to 2.2. Does anyone know of a method to root a 2.2 Dell Streak?
Thanks in Advance.
-JpYarn

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Z4root. Its on market.
Sent from my Dell Streak - Optus® Australia

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JpYarn said:
I know I am jumping the gun because alot of people are still trying to decide whether they are going to manually update phone to 2.2 or wait for carriers like AT&T to push it out with their bloatware.
Well I just spent the last 8 hours manually updating mine to 2.2 and glad to say it worked after piecing together many forum posts.
Universal Androot does not work to root phone now that it has been upgraded to 2.2. Does anyone know of a method to root a 2.2 Dell Streak?
Thanks in Advance.
-JpYarn
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im pretty sure at&t have to root via adb or fastboot? i dont think any apk files dig deep enough to root... most upgrade/downgrade threads should show the procedure

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Z4root, but make sure you have 1.3 (1.1 did not work for me 1.3 did)
JpYarn said:
I know I am jumping the gun because alot of people are still trying to decide whether they are going to manually update phone to 2.2 or wait for carriers like AT&T to push it out with their bloatware.
Well I just spent the last 8 hours manually updating mine to 2.2 and glad to say it worked after piecing together many forum posts.
Universal Androot does not work to root phone now that it has been upgraded to 2.2. Does anyone know of a method to root a 2.2 Dell Streak?
Thanks in Advance.
-JpYarn
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Unable to root
Hi,
I am also trying to rot my Dell Streak with 2.2. I am using z4root 1.3.0 but not able to root it. The app just closes while rooting.
Device Info :
Baseband : GAUSB1A131800-US
Kernel : 2.6.32.9-perf
Build : 12821
Can someone help?

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Try SuperOneClick 1.5.5, it worked for me.
Baseband version GAUSB1A132013-EU
Kernel version 2.6.32.9-perf
Build numberr 12903

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gpmg762 said:
Try SuperOneClick 1.5.5, it worked for me.
Baseband version GAUSB1A132013-EU
Kernel version 2.6.32.9-perf
Build numberr 12903
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Thanks,
reading through the related post, hope it works

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You will need superoneclick. Used it on my froyo streak just fine. Build 318
Sent from my Dell Streak

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works
hi all check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
its works with me after upgrading to an official 2.2
baseband: ...31800
hope u can do it well
if u have any question , we are ready

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I have a baseband 31800-US Streak and SuperOneClick does not work. It fails while mounting "rageinthecage" file. Suggestions?

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gpmg762 said:
Try SuperOneClick 1.5.5, it worked for me.
Baseband version GAUSB1A132013-EU
Kernel version 2.6.32.9-perf
Build numberr 12903
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I just bought my dell streak unlock from dell
Base band 131500
Build 12332
Does superoneclick work with it? Thanks in advance

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JpYarn said:
I know I am jumping the gun because alot of people are still trying to decide whether they are going to manually update phone to 2.2 or wait for carriers like AT&T to push it out with their bloatware.
Well I just spent the last 8 hours manually updating mine to 2.2 and glad to say it worked after piecing together many forum posts.
Universal Androot does not work to root phone now that it has been upgraded to 2.2. Does anyone know of a method to root a 2.2 Dell Streak?
Thanks in Advance.
-JpYarn
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Super one click 1.5.5 is the only reliable rooting tool for android. Z4root and others are known to brick phones....

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I used SuperOneClick to root my carrier unlocked Streak. My phone info:
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Just got it two days ago direct from Dell.

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i have the same specs for my dell streak that i received yesterday and i tried using the superoneclick and no luck any suggestions?

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Rooting Dell Streak 2.2 with SuperOneClick (failed on Linux, worked on Vista)
Just thought I'd add another data point that may help Streak owners to get this to work.
I have a:
Dell Streak running 2.2
Baseband: GAUSB1A131800-US
Build: 12821
(Full history: It's a Best Buy AT&T version, unlocked by the carrier since they are nice guys if you ask nicely, originally rooted with Universal Androot, upgraded from 1.6 to 2.2 via QDLtool, then upgraded OTA to an official image, which then lost root. I wanted root back, hence the need for SuperOneClick).
When running on Linux (Ubuntu 10.10), SuperOneClick 1.5.5 was failing to get past chmodding rageagainstthecage. Trying the various tricks on the official post didn't help. The machine is properly set up for Android development, so it should have worked, but it wouldn't.
Running under Windows Vista on a different machine, SuperOneClick 1.5.5 worked first go. No issues.
So, my contribution: if you have this baseband and build, odds are it will work. But if it's not working on one computer or OS, maybe try another.

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my root solution
prasadKnew said:
Hi,
I am also trying to rot my Dell Streak with 2.2. I am using z4root 1.3.0 but not able to root it. The app just closes while rooting.
Device Info :
Baseband : GAUSB1A131800-US
Kernel : 2.6.32.9-perf
Build : 12821
Can someone help?
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I have same unlocked phone and tried several methods posted here, no lucky to me. below is my successfully root experiences:
PC OS window XP with SP3
1. download Universal Androot -1.6.2 from below link
http://www.taranfx.com/how-to-root-any-android-phone
or directly download from below link. wait for several seconds, regular download
http://fileape.com/index.php?act=download&id=nbwL8xPE1eMAQw0Z
install the application on phone and root your phone
2. install dell streak Android driver only
I download R291096.exe from dell.com
double click it. it will be extract to C:\dell\drivers\R291096.
there are adb tool located on C:\dell\drivers\R291096\ADB-V1P0P25.
Adb drive is located on Win7 or WinXP
2.1 I delete previous installed android driver by android SDK using USBDeview (small tool can view and delete all usb drivers)
2.2 set your phone as USB Debug, then link to your PC. a window will pop up to ask you install ADB driver, you should follow instruction and navigate to
C:\dell\drivers\R291096\WinXP... until it finished.
2.3 check whether the driver is correct.
open CMD and type C: then hit key Enter, then type
cd dell\drivers\R291096\ADB-V1P0P25, and hit key Enter again, then type
adb devices, if it show your phone's IMEI number, it means the ADB driver works.
2.4 exit cmd
2.5 unplug your phone from PC
3. Unmount SD card on your phone
4. install SuperOneClick v1.6.5 on your pc and run it by click button Root
...ok ok ok
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
5. instal Root Explorer on your phone and open it. navigate it to
System/Apps
Change R/W to R/O (tap the icon)
Long Long Press on app you don't want, then Delete it
delete cache
Hope this helps

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As far as I know, the technique listed here has always worked on 315 and 318:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925853

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Hi,
I'm trying to root my Dell Streak with Android 2.2. I'm using z4root 1.3.0, waiting 30 minutes ...and see "Attempting to apply root...". I'm trying to root my Dell also with SuperOneClick and UniversalAndroot-nothing. What can I do, to root my Dell?
Device Info :
Baseband : GAUSB1A131921-EU
Kernel : 2.6.32.9-perf
Build : 12792

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Too.I have a baseband 31800-EU and SuperOneClick does not work.
It fails.

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Tips on using SuperOneClick - this is collection of stuff I've seen in various threads/forums.