Great news, bleeding-edge Dell Streak users! The beta build of a stock Froyo ROM cooked up by Stephen Hyde (also known as DJ_Steve), the head dev appointed to head up the CyanogenMod ROM port for the Streak, is now available for flashing.
It’s vanilla Froyo as anyone familiar with CyanogenMod ROMs would expect and everything is said to be working, including WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G. There are a few known bugs and issues—this is a beta build, after all—and the installation process isn’t for newbies, but if you know what you’re doing and feel comfortable with voiding your warranty and updating the baseband, then you’ll find instructions and all the files you need in the MoDaCo link below.
There will be official CyanogenMod forum support for this ROM once it hits RC status.
[MoDaCo] Thanks, Brownie & X-Man!
This is very exciting and quite a slap on Dell’s cheek. Although I will await an official 2.2 as waranty is something I care about, my hat goes off to the cook.
Woo-Hoo!
WOW! Those nails are durrrtttyyy. LOL.
Man I’m loving this!
i know this is an extremely early build and whatnot, but did anyone notice that the performance seemed about the same if not worse at times? the quadrant score was about the same although i did not framerate seemed a lot higher, and his download speeds looked abysmal….just saying, i hope they smooth it out
I just did this and I must say that it’s not for the faint of heart. It’s worth it though, it’s so smooth! Oh, and lets not forget we are finally rid of that horrid Dell user interface. Thanks to DJ_Steve for the build and everyone in the #dellstreak irc room on Freenode for the help!
has dell said anything since the US release about the official update? I’m tempted to do this but since its only 2 months until the end of the year, which if they keep to they’re word is when the update will occur, I’m willing to wait it out but I dont think anything has been announced
Still waiting for 2.1 here in germany
Hi jenn. i am in australia can i get the 2.1 update by following the steps from
http://www.streaksmart.com/2010/08/how-to-get-android-21-on-the-att-dell-streak.html?cid=6a00d83451c9ec69e2013486574996970c#comment-6a00d83451c9ec69e2013486574996970c
This is exciting but I will wait for the official release from Dell as not to void my warranty. Great Job!
So tempting..
Just did the 2.1 yesterday…. Il wait en enjoy it for now!! Good news tho!!
Sad how individuals can find the time to do this, but Dell’s engineering/development team hasn’t given us a glimpse/word on their progress of updating the U.S Streak. So what are they doing all day @ Dell is my question.
This built is very stable. Everything seems to be working fine with the exception of the market which I think they are sorting out. It’s very fast and smooth. The flash works really well and I’m not seeing any lag at all. This is just a super job by Steve. If you boot this in I don’t think you will be disappointed at all. I used Titanium to back up my apps first and then just install them back in one by one. I’ve tested a bunch of different stuff and so far so good. VPN, Pandora, Pure widgets etc. One big plus is the that using the phone in portrait works much better now with the entire notification bar available. Not sure what Dell was thinking with their design.
AT&T Streak
Dell is not Apple, they wouldn’t be too concerned at a Dev community working on the development of streak. It can only be good for them actually, helps with Diffusion.
I’d say Dell is putting a lot of work into make an enhanced experience, that could be additional features or functionality. I’m really look forward to what they will have in 2.2 given what they did to 1.6.
I installed it and so far im very happy with the upgrade its fast and stable the only downside is there is some missing apps on the market whic i dont understand why. Having a flash running and able to play farmville
is pricelesssssssss!
oh my gosh!!! FINALLY!!! I’ve checked google every day since August for this to happen. Saw it first here!! WOOOOHOOOOO
2.2 is running great on my streak!!!!
for anyone looking to do it go to this link in the thread,
http://android.modaco.com/content-page/319728/dell-streak-froyo-build-beta/page/340/
then go down to post #360
I’m one of those cautioned newbies, who is being tempted unmercifully by the latest-and-greatest OS for my Streak. Since I don’t know where the backdoors are, I’m not going to try installing the beta. Not my usual MO. Aren’t there any Android OS developers at HTC looking to make a change? Dell could obviously use the help!
Oh I am enjoying this!! 2.2 is running great……if you are gonna do it, make sure you read read read and don’t skip steps, it’s easy, quick, and not to hard if you prepare……..kinda like woodworking “measure twice, cut once” ….. off to watch some flash on my streak!!
Where oh where is the Streak at Best Buy supposedly. They have no clue in the local store. I dont buy a phone without first playing with it in hand in person…