Hello,
My sister's Streak rarely boots correctly if at all. It always seems to get stuck on the Dell logo.
I have been trying to use streakflash-QDL to repair it, but no luck. While messing around with QDL, I notice something odd. Her Streak seems to enter diagnostics mode all or most of the time. When I connect it to my PC that has the QDL window open, it comes up with "Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 9002", without pressing the volume up button, or any buttons for that matter. I think I even had the Dell logo locked on the screen and the Qualcomm port showed up.
I'm thinking the connector for the buttons' ribbon cable is a little loose. I'm going to try taking her Streak apart (with her permission, of course) to verify, as soon as I receive some tools I ordered.
Has anyone else run into this situation?
I took apart my sister's Streak, but couldn't visibly see anything wrong with the buttons.
You figured anything out yet
Me streak did that for a couple days after it got wet. It stopped doing that but if I get my streak to turn on, buttons and touch screen doesn't work and the power button is flaky. Seems like only the up volume works.
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My Dell Streak will not power on, at all.
There are no lights, and there is no activity, nothing on the screen.
No difference when it is attached to a power brick - with/without battery and/or cover.
The PC will not recognize it.
Attempting to power on while holding various buttons does not work.
Is there any kind of reset button like the Streak 7 apparently has, some trick I can try or is this thing just plain bricked?
maybe insert the battery xDD
or charge it
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maybe u have to send it back or did you modify the system roms ?
DrewYK said:
My Dell Streak will not power on, at all.
There are no lights, and there is no activity, nothing on the screen.
No difference when it is attached to a power brick - with/without battery and/or cover.
The PC will not recognize it.
Attempting to power on while holding various buttons does not work.
Is there any kind of reset button like the Streak 7 apparently has, some trick I can try or is this thing just plain bricked?
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I had this once.
Google for streakflash, it is a repair tool for streak.
Install it make sure you have all of the drivers in place.
Put the phone in safe mode.
1. pull batery
2. plug in cable phone to pc.
3. start the streak flash software.
4. hold the up volume as you put the battery and back on
5. software should see phone --- install rom.
It may take several attempts to get the safe mode working.
This worked for me.
Streakflash can be found at Streakdroid.com in recovery rom section
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
I do not think StreakFlash will work... the PC does not acknowledge when I plug in the device, it is off and stays off.
There was some modding going on (StreakDroid) and I was experiencing issues with it - small ones - so I was going back to a factory ROM when the phone stopped.
But now it will not power on -- at all. I would think that if something went wrong, horribly wrong, with the ROM it would still power on, just not much else. But this is worse, so I am assuming it is probably a hardware issue.
I guess the question at hand is simple. In theory, if my phone stopped powering on as a result of some failure in the ROM it would be repeatable...
Has anyone ever replaced the SD card inside the phone with a different one? (I can imagine someone trying a larger one.) If someone did, did the phone still work afterward, or did it then refuse to power on? Did returning the original SD to the phone cause it to work again?
I did NOT attempt what I just described. My phone is still too new for me to start disassembling it. But I guess I am going to search to see if anybody has.
Because it could be important research for streak owners.
If removing or replacing the internal SD, or failing to alter its contents propperly causes the phone to fail to power on then it would appear that my phone is in a similar state, otherwise it would have to be something else - hardware failure, most likely.
Knowing, hands down, that tampering with the SD could kill the phone would be important knowledge.
http://android.modaco.com/content/dell-streak-streak-modaco-com/321456/needed-brave-person-internal-sd-files-needed/
The discussion found at the above link indicates that the phone will still power on with a bad/damaged/missing internal SD. So it seems I am looking at a hardware failure.
Looking at it as a hardware issue are there any suggestions that might kick start the phone back to life? I know that the streak 7 has a reset switch, for instance, does the 5 have one that is user accessible? I have looked and nothing that I see looks like one to me. Or is there something else that might work -- some combination of battery/power cord/buttons?
Last night I bought a brand new Streak 5 from a local guy. Box was sealed, no mention of refurb, inner contents were sealed.
I didn't have time to test it and the guy I bought it from said he had gotten it a while back from a work raffle and that it had been sitting in a drawer in his house - I have no reason not to trust that he was lying to me.
When I actually got time to unbox it, I popped the battery in and tried to turn it on. The menu buttons lit up briefly and then when out. The screen never came on. Since then, it has been completely unresponsive.
I've tried to charge it with the wall charger, as well as my PC. Neither seem to be doing anything and my PC doesn't recognize it - even with Dell's software installed.
I've tried to take out the battery and hook it up to the wall charger and my PC to get it to turn on.
I've removed the Micro SD.
There is no SIM card in it currently.
I ordered another battery and an external battery charger. They should be here in a few days. I have the current battery rigged up and charging with a spliced USB cord.
What else can I do? I feel like I've done everything "simple" thus far and I'm a little nervous when it comes to utilities like Streakflash.
I'm coming over from the iPhone world and my Android use has been limited at best. Any help is appreciated.
What happens on the device itself after having had a chance to charge?
Does it light up when you press the power button, or nothing at all?
Thanks for the response.
There is no indication that it's charging. The screen doesn't come on, or even flash. The buttons do not light up. However, I don't believe it's the cable or the connector since my PC responds with an unrecognized device -- "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" prompt. I also managed to get my PC to tell me that the device "wasn't plugged in."
I've tried to get some response out of it in every possible combination regarding the buttons, battery, back cover, microSD, and where it's plugged in. It just sits there. No lit screen, no lit menu buttons, nothing.
If it helps, I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. I've installed every possible thing I could find regarding the Dell drivers and my OS.
It sounds like your device somehow got shipped without having all the software installed onto it.
Can you provide more information about the device itself, such as it's manufacture date or any other info on the box/device labels? Devices getting shipped half baked like that isnt exactly common.
This sounds like a legitamate time to use QDL tool to reflash it, but I cant provide any help with that as I've never used it.
Can you use QDLTool if your computer doesn't even recognize it?
The date on the label is 10/12/2010.
If it's displaying as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" that's a sign that it should be able to get into upload mode as that's what the driver qdl tool uses I believe.
It's likely out of warrentee already, so you prob have to fix it on your own if at all.
I can't get it to respond to anything I do. It's very disheartening. I really, really wanted this phone, too.
I'm downloading the latest version of Ubuntu. I'm going to see if I can make any headway through Linux.
I can't get QDLTool to pick-up the device, either. I get an error message when I try to use it and scanning for it does nothing.
Did you install the driver bundled with it properly?
If it still doesnt detect it after that it's likely a dud
use qdltool, you can download it from here
http://www.box.com/s/rj9xd5tl7v5amimbm3youll need to make sure you have all drivers installed though, info is on this forum somewhere,
once installed run the software on pc you should see a big box with "run" on it, click run then connect phone by holding volume up and connecting usb then qdltool will do rest from there
when i got my both my dell streak it was the same deal. first one came exactly as how you described it. I put in the battery, made SURE THAT THE CONNECTORS ARE lined up on the back case, and then tried to power it on. NOTHING.
It seems even if the battery was fully charged, the only real way to turn it on was to connect the streak to the power adapter and then press hold down the on button. WHen the device finally gave me the dell logo, it would just sit there stuck. So i took out the battery, and redid it. Then went into fastboot mode (hold camera and power) and it wouldnt detect the touch screen. It seems that the touch scree was faulty and hence it would remain stuck on the dell logo. I tried to calibrate the touch screen a few times, all failed. Then finally for one time it worked, and the touch screen came back to life. Shortly after though upon booting into the old stage 1.6, it restarted and the touch screen failed again.
So i sent it back to rogers and they gave me a replacement phone. Same deal, when you first put in the battery and the case it wouldnt start no matter what. Only upon plugging it into the power adapter then it starts up. However this new one had a functional touch screen.
1) check out the touch screen by using the fastboot, or stock recovery. If you get error messages, it means your screen is toast most likely and then you might have to open her up and see if all the connections are lined up
2) if it doesnt boot at all, try connecting it to the power adapter first and then after about 30 seconds power it on. You should be able to see the dell logo unless as the guys stated before the software is hosed.
3) if the software is totally hosed, tried to get it into fastboot mode or recovery and see if you can reflash the device.
something like that...
Thanks for the comments, guys.
As of now, it's still in the same position it was in. It doesn't respond to any combinations of buttons, battery in/or, or plugged into the wall/pc.
I'm assuming that the situation it's in currently is what's preventing any sort of legitimate connection between the phone and my PC.
My last shot is a battery and external charger that should be here next week.
Hey guys.
So I've been having all sorts of issues with my Note (first gen).
First thing is the usb charging port went out; so I bought another chipset and replaced it.
Phone was charging= SUCCESS!!
However, I turned the phone off and rebooted it; screen wouldn't power up, but my home screen buttons did.
Now, the screen is black and neither the home buttons power up.
(K, I know the phone is powering on because it vibrates and is discoverable by PC)
So what the crap did I do? I just simply replaced the chipset, I didn't go messing around with other components...
My phone isn't flashed or rooted either.
Any thoughts?
(....and I don't have the $$ to send it to samsung, out of warranty)
It it were me, i would open it back up. Its likely the square push down cables that snap in. Either push them down to insure they are connected or unplug them and plug them back in. I have seen it happen many times. Just dont tear the ribbons themselves. Sometimes they connect partially and are not fully seated. Hopefully this helps you out
Basically I'm on a rooted Dell Streak 7, and I'm having a pretty big issue. A while ago I really screwed the thing up, and I had to use the emergency shutoff button. Since then, I've noticed that the device frequently powers off and I have to push the emergency off button and it will turn on. This issue is REALLY getting on my nerves and I need to know if there's a fix for it.
PS, if it's rooted but the problem is hardware-related (emergency off button gets triggered & stuck sometimes), will they still service it?
Hey guys. I'll try to keep this brief. I bought a Redmi Note 3 Pro "global edition" online, which says it supports my carrier's bands. It got here, but it wasn't working with my SIM (said something about a network error). From what I found, it seemed to be because of the ROM that came with it (it didn't allow me to select any English speaking country from the list during setup). So I found the one I needed, followed some highly rated instructions to flash it, and it got stuck at like 99% with an error. That's when the phone seemingly hard-bricked. No display whatsoever, any combination of buttons held down did nothing. The only thing was a red flashing LED (when power button held or when plugged in). It is detected by my computers in device manager, but only comes up as "Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 900E", which doesn't allow me to flash it or really do anything with it on the computer. I've tried literally everything I could find about it, both software-wise and hardware; I made a deep flash cable, tried it multiple times to no avail. Then I finally took the phone apart to get at the testpoint; it did nothing besides cause the red LED to flicker a little in its pattern. I've contacted a bunch of phone repair places near me, but none seem to be able to do anything for me. Do I have any options left at this point?
broodyr said:
Hey guys. I'll try to keep this brief. I bought a Redmi Note 3 Pro "global edition" online, which says it supports my carrier's bands. It got here, but it wasn't working with my SIM (said something about a network error). From what I found, it seemed to be because of the ROM that came with it (it didn't allow me to select any English speaking country from the list during setup). So I found the one I needed, followed some highly rated instructions to flash it, and it got stuck at like 99% with an error. That's when the phone seemingly hard-bricked. No display whatsoever, any combination of buttons held down did nothing. The only thing was a red flashing LED (when power button held or when plugged in). It is detected by my computers in device manager, but only comes up as "Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 900E", which doesn't allow me to flash it or really do anything with it on the computer. I've tried literally everything I could find about it, both software-wise and hardware; I made a deep flash cable, tried it multiple times to no avail. Then I finally took the phone apart to get at the testpoint; it did nothing besides cause the red LED to flicker a little in its pattern. I've contacted a bunch of phone repair places near me, but none seem to be able to do anything for me. Do I have any options left at this point?
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Can you go to fastboot mode (press volume down + power botton together until bunny appears) ?
Nabin Pokhrel said:
Can you go to fastboot mode (press volume down + power botton together until bunny appears) ?
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Nope. Literally nothing I do will get anything to come up on the screen.
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if you're in 900e, means the phone is prolly not dead. remove the back, get to your board, plug it to your pc and keep on holding your tweezers until the pc recognizes it as a 9008 device. then just use flash tool. it takes time, u should be patient. refer to the vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDLV4LdEBHk
this thing is pretty unbreakable, unless its really fried, in which case, well, trash it
this is soft brick , not to worry , the flashing red is EDL mode ...this guide is for note 3 pro but will work with you http://en.miui.com/thread-235865-1-1.html
sikica133 said:
if you're in 900e, means the phone is prolly not dead. remove the back, get to your board, plug it to your pc and keep on holding your tweezers until the pc recognizes it as a 9008 device. then just use flash tool. it takes time, u should be patient. refer to the vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDLV4LdEBHk
this thing is pretty unbreakable, unless its really fried, in which case, well, trash it
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Alright, I was just using a flimsy wire before but I do have a good pair of tweezers coming in the mail. I'll give it another shot as soon as I get those.
tdassa said:
this is soft brick , not to worry , the flashing red is EDL mode ...this guide is for note 3 pro but will work with you http://en.miui.com/thread-235865-1-1.html
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I appreciate the effort, but I'm positive it's not in EDL mode. I've looked at just about every guide out there, including that one. It isn't detected by XiaoMiFlash, and I can't get it into actual EDL mode either.
Thanks guys
it wont work with miflash if it's not in 9008 mode which is effectively edl. as far as tweezers go, i used a safety pin and it worked fine. it will work, just repeat the process a few times