There's still no known way to root the recent OTA update that delivered Android 2.2.2 to the Dell Streak 7, but there is a way to get an already rooted build of the official software—with some of the bloatware removed—onto your device.
It requires nothing more than flashing a .zip through ClockworkMod recovery (if you need it: video tutorial here, written instructions below), so it's a painless process that will get you from wherever you are now (unrooted OTA, pre-OTA stock, pre-OTA rooted stock) to rooted 2.2.2 in minutes.
There are two .zips to choose from:
- daveid's official update with root access (via daveid at xda-developers)
- daveid's .zip with DJ_Steve's tweaks (via Hellzya at xda-developers)
Download the one you want (I personally went for the one with DJ_Steve's fingerprints on it) and move it to your Streak 7. It doesn't really matter where you put it; I had problems when moving it to an external SD card for some reason, so you may want to move it to the tablet's internal storage instead.
Once that's done, all you have to do is flash it through ClockworkMod.
Don't have ClockworkMod recovery on your Streak 7 yet? No problem.
- If you're on the pre-OTA rooted stock ROM, flash the recovery through ROM Manager.
- If you're on the pre-OTA unrooted stock ROM, root using SuperOneClick and flash the recovery through ROM Manager OR flash via fastboot.
- If you're on the unrooted OTA ROM, flash the recovery via fastboot:
- Download the Android SDK and extract it on your C: drive. I renamed the folder "Android" for simplicity and moved it to the root of the drive, but you can do whatever you want.
- Download ClockworkMod recovery, rename it to "recovery" for simplicity, and move it to the tools sub-folder in your new Android SDK folder.
- Turn off your Streak 7.
- Turn it back on by holding the volume down (-) and the power button at the same time to enter fastboot mode.
- Connect the Streak 7 to your computer.
- Open a command prompt (in Windows, press Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt) and navigate to your Android SDK/tools folder. For me, it's in C:Androidtools so I type cd c:androidtools in the command prompt.
- Then type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and press Enter.
Since there's always some risk involved when flashing a .zip, go ahead and make a Nandroid backup first:
- Turn off your Streak 7.
- Turn it back on by holding down the volume up (+) button and the power button at the same time until the stock recovery menu is shown.
- Select option 2, "Software update via update.pkg on SD card," from the menu to go to ClockworkMod.
- In ClockworkMod, use the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select the following options: backup and restore > Backup > wait for backup to complete > reboot system now. The reboot isn't really necessary, but I always do it anyway. If you choose not to, you can skip ahead to step 4 in the next section.
Now let's get to flashing your chosen .zip from ClockworkMod.
- Turn off your Streak 7.
- Turn it back on by holding down the volume up (+) button and the power button at the same time until the stock recovery menu is shown.
- Select option 2, "Software update via update.pkg on SD card," from the menu to go to ClockworkMod.
- In ClockworkMod, use the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select the following options: install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard > choose .zip file from wherever it is on your card >Yes – install [name].zip > wait for installation to complete > reboot system now.
Enjoy the new Android 2.2.2 with full root on your Dell Streak 7!
If you opted for the .zip with DJ_Steve's tweaks, then here's the kind of Quadrant benchmark score you can expect from it.
Really wish someone would post how to put this on the Dell Streak 5. I have 2.2
This update is exclusively for the Streak 7. If you want 2.2.2 on the Streak 5, you need to flash StreakDroid 1.9 from DJ_Steve.
I think the Thug is wanting to root 2.2.2 on the Streak 5. That’s the same thing I want. The Streak 5 wiki site has the 2.2.2 download & recovery posted. I upgraded straight to 2.2.2 after using the QDL tool to get the pre-release of 2.2 installed. But I can’t get my phone rooted-the (super one click?) thing hasn’t worked so far.
Ah, that’s right! I forgot about the stock 345 ROM. Since this post is about the Streak 7, I guess I was still in Streak 7 mode.
You might want to check one of the forums for a way to root that build. I’m on StreakDroid 1.9 so haven’t looked into very much about 345.
What is this dell streak wiki site?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak#Official
Hey Jenn,
My IP address was banned on the forum ?!?!?!?!
I’m currently in africa doing humanitarian work so my location must be the issue… is it possible to access the forum again ? I rarely write on it, i just want to stay in touch with the streak universe
Absolutely. Did you leave this comment from the same IP you were trying to access the forum from? I was getting tons of spam from certain parts of Africa at one time, so the ban hammer went down pretty hard.
Thanks Jenn. As a matter of fact someone did post a very easy way to root the 345 rom/version 2.2.2. I did it yesterday and it worked great. Now I can clean my caches and hopefully the thing will stop random freezes reboots: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12312162postcount=106.
Okay, yeah I’ve seen this already. Think I’ll stick with my 2.2 (318) for now. The crazy part is I just updated my wife’s HTC Aria from 2.1 to 2.2.2. Her’s was an official update without all the hacking.
Is there any info on what improvements are in 2.2.2?
I was told battery and stability but not a whole lot more than that.
GingerBreak 1.1(search XDADevelopers forum) successfully rooted my Streak 5 in one click, after 2.2.2 OTA update.
Just don’t forget to enable usb debugging.
My command prompt keeps telling me that the path specified does not exist and it always starts me off with C:Usersname and then when i put the rest of the path on there its either not recognized or it doesnt exist
nevermind the previous comment now when i put the fastboot img line on the prompt line it says “This application has failed to start because AdbWinApi.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.