Hey! I don't know if you have heard yet, but Dell released the US WiFi Dell Streak 7's update to Honeycomb today. And unlike the EU updates, these will work on your US device. So if you have been waiting since day one of the Streak 7's life for Honeycomb, I'm happy to report that your wait is officially over.
I have been playing around with the new update for a while, and I've got to say that it's one heck of a needed upgrade for the Streak 7. Whereas scrolling and basically every normal, every day Android task was rough and not very smooth on Froyo, Honeycomb is incredibly smooth and efficient in everything you do on a day-to-day basis.
Join me below for my impressions of the setup process (which is the worst part of upgrading) as well as some pictures that will show you the setup screen and what happens as you start using Android 3.2 for the first time.
The first picture is simply the welcome screen, allowing you to select your country and language.
Next up, you'll be able to decide if Google is going to be allowed to use your location data in Android's services and apps. I said sure, because I actually kind of like ads and other Google services being catered to what I like and where I am.
Of course, there's also the option to decline, but I'm sure that you'll lose some functionality as far as services and apps go. A lot of the hubbub about Google's location services is junk; you're not going to be stalked – it's just there for online personalization.
One thing that bothers me, and you can probably see it already, is that the setup process for Honeycomb is situated in the portrait orientation. I prefer to type on my Streak 7 in landscape, especially when I am entering personal information.
Next up, you've gotta tell it the time. Luckily, one thing that was kept from my previous setup was the date and time. Some other settings weren't so lucky.
One of those settings was my Google account. I had to re-enter it. And I was also in portrait orientation, so it took a while for my sausage-like thumbs to type in my address and password.
And there is Honeycomb, finally officially running on a US WiFi Dell Streak 7.
Let us know how you are liking it so far in the comments.
I tried the update when I got home from work. As soon as I turned mine on there was an icon to download the honeycomb update. I did but now my streak 7 is stuck on the logo screen and it re-boots itself every minute. I didn’t anticipate this happening.
Gotta say, im happy as a lark so far with this update. its the little things i like, everything is “smoother” now, more real estate per home screen, MUCH better notification bar, boots faster… this is what i expected when I purchased my wifi streak 7 a few months back.
battery life seems about the same, any improvements there are minimal. I stream from TuneIn Radio Pro regularly and within a few hours had to plug the charger back in.
I may factory restore tomorrow and see if that helps the battery life any. Overall very happy.
Not gonna say it was worth the wait (would hate for Dell to read that), but my Streak will be in use MUCH longer now.
I am using a custom kernel for 2.2 so I am going to have to go back to stock. then I will compare it to DJ Steve’s Eg
Netflix is not working, any body experiencing the same? However love honeycomb
I am having the same problem. Check out this page and see if it helps you any. Good luck. Let me know if you find out any more info.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/mobile-devices/f/3824/t/19408152.aspx
I have a dell wifi streak 7 purchased in USA. To Brazil! And so far not asked to upgrade! What is this happening!?
I have a dell wifi streak 7 purchased in USA. I am in Brazil! And so far not asked to upgrade! What is this happening!?
I use this link to update: http://mobileupdate.dell.com/landingPages/LG7/dell 20US/uptodate/en/index.html and says he has no update, you and that language is in Portuguese?
I use this link to update:% http://mobileupdate.dell.com/landingPages/LG7/dell%20US/uptodate/en/index.html and says he has no update, you and that language is in Portuguese?
In Florida and no update yet. Anyone else from Florida in this boat?
I’m kinda bummed that the menu button no longer works since I’m used to using it so much.
Put it on last night and will continue testing today. So far the only thing I couldn’t re-download was HBO GO.
Battery seems to drain faster but will let it settle a couple days to see for sure.
I like every thing else about it so far, now I just need to go app by app and see if I’m back up to speed.
Also for those just doing it, when it reboots to the Dell logo be patient, mine took about 12 minutes to come back.
Why dell streak 7 wifi in software version 3.2 after updating google docs program behaves as the smartphone and not like the tablet version?
The OEM version GLUNB1A133830. Still not updating, why?
yeah netflix isn’t working for me either!!! but im happy we finally got the update!
+1
(i added the settings shortcut to my homepage, but much preferred the built in button)
Installed yesterday after work in about 5 minutes. I think it’s great. Battery for me lasted about twice as long. Watch ESPN works now, which is great. The web browser is also much improved with tab browsing and other extras.
Has anyone noticed that their font overall shrunk.. I can barely see any of the widgets!
any word on the t-mobile wifi version? GLUNB1A133633? Google search that and no results??? Am I the only one with this OEM version?
Honeycomb has made the dell streak 7 like a totally new device. It works amazingly well now. You MUST wipe all data after the update otherwise you will notice 2 markets and some app updating glitches. After that its fantastic.
How do you wipe the data after update?
Mine did too. Can I change the font size?
are you guys able to charge your tablet after update? mine wont charge for some reason….
I’m generally happy with the update. I did notice a couple of minor things that are a little annoying. Right after the update I had the same Golden Gate Bridge wallpaper as shown in this post. I then played around with the new wallpapers and the GG Bridge wallpaper disappeared. Does anyone know where the old Dell wallpapers are? I’m assuming since it did display on the screen they weren’t deleted during the update? Not a big deal but I kinda liked the old wallpapers. I also had a nice widget that had direct buttons to control the wifi, BT, screen brightness etc that I can’t find now. I think it might have been a Dell stage thing. I wish that was still available. Lastly, I noticed my streak runs hot now with the back of the tablet getting noticeably warm. Is anyone else having the same issue?
nvm my connection was loose >__<
Go to Settings, then Privacy, then there is an option to set to Factory Default Settings or similar on the bottom of the screen.
I have searched high and low and no luck… you can in the web bower but that’s it…Luke try the twitter and Facebook widgets… you have to have some pretty good vision to see it.
golden gate bridge wall was a classic, I cant get any wallpapers to damn crop roght on streak 5 or 7, even using wallpaper wizardrii app..
I have the same OEM and no update
can i root this software?
how?
I finally fixed it (or it fixed itself lol). I pressed the restart button. It turned off, I went online and got the pkg.file, put it on the SD card, turned on the DS7 holding the volume up key and home key at the same time, then went to the factory reset settings (I lost everything I had but that’s ok). It worked.
Yes im in florida also and didnt recieve honeycomb update yet eather
i love this 1 but sad thing is that its still unavailable in my country side
can i buy it online
whats its price
Thanks mate. Worked for me too. Unfortunate but I’ll make due.
I put the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update on my Streak 7 (wi-fi) and do not really care for it.
Can someone direct me to a guide to restore the OEM Android 2.2 Froyo image?
The unit is not rooted.
Thank you,
Sam
What is missing is the drivers for it to be recognized by a PC running XP, I can’t get it to install drivers of see my SD card, can only do it using WiFi
the battery work very good…….2 days…..
how make root with official honeycomb…I installed official honeycomb but the root not work…..any information will be wonderfull…..very thanks.
I have an interesting situation, after installing Honeycomb the “settings” button on the right side of the Dell Streak no longer works(middle button on the front right side). I thought it was perhaps an operating system problem so I did a clean install of honeycomb (system wipe) and the problem remains. I really liked that button and want it back. Has anyone else had this problem.
Same here. How do you o a system wipe and clean install? That might be what I am after.
Got it Wednesday night (in Michigan), and have spent the last couple of days fiddling around. Fonts, especially in the Facebook app, are incredibly tiny. As others have mentioned, Netflix no longer works, but I sort of expected that to happen. The menu button doesn’t work on the home screen, but works in most apps. Strangely, the Android Market kept force-closing until I did a factory reset. Otherwise, it’s smooth as butter.
My biggest complaint (and for me, it’s a doozy) is that when plugged into the docking station, regardless of what I select for speaker settings, the built-in speakers turn off. It didn’t do this on Froyo. The settings and options, even the “do you wish to disable the built-in speakers?” prompt are exactly the same, but with 3.2 the speakers turn off no matter what I click.
NOTE – IN REFERENCE TO MY PREVIOUS POST: The settings button seems to work IN-APP but not on the main screen (perhaps this was an intentional change?). But boy – when people talk about small font – they weren’t kidding. I can read it – i’m just concerned that if someone else wants to look at my Tablet they will not be able to. There is a reasonable chance I will reload the old operating system.
Sam, to do a clean install hit the apps button (top right of screen in honeycomb) go to the app called settings, and then go to the “privacy” section and there is an option to do a factory data reset. But note: it will reset to Honeycomb, not the old Froyo. However, doing this improved app performance etc. already.
Yeah, did that… thank you.
How can I downgrade/rollback this to Android 2.2?
how do you guys were doing the update? was it via Wifi or thru the PC?
thanks!
Battery life is definitely 30-40% better after doing the factory restore, then reinstalling apps. And i agree with the posts above, market no longer crashes and apps seem to run more smoothly in general.
Hello All,
Just wondering.
Anyone has a clear idea how honeycomb manages memory and apps?
It’s just that I can’t seem to move apps to the internal 16GB.
And right now I’m using about 1Gb of internal one.
Just wondering if there is a dynamic way in which HC handles memory allocation or something like that.
Or are we limited to the 2GB
Ohhh……crap….let me know how many have this happen. My Dell Streak 7 won’t turn on now – so I’ve had Honeycomb for what 6 hours and now it’s crapped out? Seriously?
After some internet searching, I found a solution to this problem in case anyone else ends up with a “bricked” Dell Streak 7 after the update. If you find that it suddenly won’t turn on, plug it into your wall, grab a paperclip and stick it into the pinhold by the SD card slot and hold it there for 30 seconds. Then the lights will come on, NOW, you need to hold the power button for 20-30 seconds and it will book. Frustrating! I hope this does not happen again.
Also, this reset my clock for my tablet – which then prevented me from accessing the internet and some of my apps. I had to go into the settings and manually reset the date – now the apps work.
I had this happen to me and I did the same thing you did to restore it. But yeah, the wave of panic that hit me when it bricked wasn’t a good feeling. The clock being reset was really strange too. Luckily, it hasn’t happened again so hopefully it’s just a one time hiccup.
My impression being only a user and not a geek.
This Honeycomb update is becoming a week long process. Everyday there’s a different glitch it seems.
- It would have been nice if there were some install instructions with caveats that at least let you know to do a factory reset after install.
- Battery life seems to be the same or less on mine unit. There seems to be inconsistency with how battery life is based on previous poster comments.
- Now some apps that were free and loaded don’t show up in the “my apps” Market list.
-Is it now automatically installing apps to the SD card?! There’s now no way to move them to internal/sd card in the Manage Applications setting. Where do I uninstall them?
-Make all the hard keys WORK! the way they were before, esp the menu button. Now I don’t know when to press the menu key and when not to. Whether a developer has made that access through a soft key in the app, I don’t care. The consistency and predictability of touching the hard keys on the tablet is “usability” for the customer.
-Give an option to move the Notification bar to Top or Bottom of screen.
-I want to uninstall Arcade by Kongregate and TegraZone Games. It doesn’t even give you that option in Manage applications.
Everyday there’s something else…
Anybody having an issue with the SD card mounting but data on it not being recognized?
In what way?
The only file manager that seems to be able to “see” the SD is Astro.
However, the gallery seems to upload pictures and movies without issues.
The comic reader also works, the office program pre-loaded is failing to save or open from the SD, is not listed on the save/open menu.
Is this what you’re referring to?
Yes. I have also noted that it will not see .pdf docs or digital video files from the card as well. I tried to restore defaults &even reinstall IS. But still no good. A muons else noticing thi
s?
Sorry. Reinstall the IS with no luck. Astros sees the card but no data on it.
Can you try a different SD card?
or formatting it?
It would seem as corrupted data.
No. definitely not the card. Works on all my other devices, including streak when it was running froyo. I have same issue with other cards too. Apparently when motorola first went to honeycomb, folks were reporting similar issues until there was a root fix written.
Is anybody else experiencing any similar issues?
I had the same problem. I know that /sdcard2 shows under the /sdcard directory but its not really there. You have to go up one directory to /device then you will be able to see /device/sdcard and /device/sdcard2. The external sdcard is actually where it should be in the file directory now. I use ES File Explorer and I had to change my home directory to /device instead of /device/sdcard to be able to really access sdcard2. /sdcard/sdcard2 is an empty directory under honeycomb. I hope you guys get this. I’m not great at at explaining things…
I figured this out too after hunting around in Astro file manager. Seems that in honeycomb, the sdcard2 folder is moved up one level to /device. Basically there’s 2 different sdcard2 folders – an old one and a new one. I can still access all the data on the SD card in my apps as needed so I know it works.
You guys are flippin’ awesome. Totally feel stupid. Totally worked. Honeycomb is nice improvement. Now somebody please figure how to fix netflix and we’ll be nearly there…
See my post #3 on this thread for Netflix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294034
Thanks for the Netflix fix.. I was happy with the 3.2 update, dissappointed I could not get Netflix working until now. Only if I could figure out how to root the device with 3.2 on it. I tried everything with 2.2.2, could not get it rooted. Well, really just want to get adhoc wifi to work!
How is the camera/camcorder on honeycomb? Are there any improvements?
I’m not able to move new applications to SD card using App2SD, the apps are movable, but somehow can’t get them off internal storage.
I’m able to see /sdcard & /sdcard2 directories. /sdcard2 is empty.
Anyone has a solution?
I also am having this issue. If I find anything i’ll be sure to post. Anyone else having this issue or can advise?
Thanks
Hello people…
Honeycomb 3.2 does NOT allow you to move apps to SD or internal 16GB.
You are limited to the internal 2 GB of APP memory.
I’ve researched on some blogs, and read that there is some dynamic management of space between internal APP and internal storage.
However no conclusive information, is more people just guessing.
So in conclusion, no way to move, and limited to 2GB internal.
No way to move apps, limitation of HC not the tablet, however the anemic 2GB really got me upset, as the tablet is advertised as 16GB
These may help:
http://imransarwar.com/index.php/how-to-unbrick-or-restore-your-dell-streak-7/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_7
The Battery Life was longer? Mine still is the same.