Like Dell, I've Given Up on the Streak

I've given up on the Dell Streak. I've heard that Dell has given up on the Streak. It might have even been a few people in management that had their own agenda and did not focus on the customer.

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Replacement digitizer touchscreen for broken Dell Streak Mini 5 from chinaphoneaccessories in Hong Kong

December, I got replacement digitizer/touchscreen for my broken Dell Streak Mini 5 from chinaphoneaccessories, in Hong Kong. I installed it. It works but the backlight doesn't work. The image is too dark. So, it's essentially worthless. I Twittered about this. I am going to contact them to see what they can do before leaving feed back.

small leaf spring contacts

I'm curious about Hands0n's comment on the Streak randomly switching off / rebooting Post on the MyDellMini.com Forum:

This may help some ...
I have a Dell Streak that was previously working absolutely fine. I got it on eBay second hand and in immaculate condition. I equipped it with a Rebel SimCard, popped a Three SIM in and all was well.
Recently, however, it has become very temperamental to the point where it became unusable for the problems being described on this page. But no end of packing and adjusting made any difference. 
Close inspection of the inside and the back cover suggested, to me, that there was something going on in respect to the two sprung cover switches located either side of the battery. These are small leaf spring contacts that short out contacts on the motherboard inside the case. I began to wonder if these were not being as effective as they were when new. They are, after all, entirely mechanical and liable to distort with repeated cover removal and fitting.
So what I have done is to VERY GENTLY lifted each spring slightly, to make it more prominent. By doing so it will ensure that the springs will bear down more heavily on the motherboard contacts and hence make a more assured contact. 
Worth a try, but please be very careful that you don't rip the springs out or cause other physical damage.
If you want to see inside the Streak to see what I'm referring to the pictures in this teardown provide a handy reference Dell Streak Teardown - iFixit
Good luck with yours.

Twitter post

I just twittered about my problem with my Dell Streak 5.

http://twitter.com/#!/font21

I'm entertaining the idea of making a completely separate Twitter account for my pissed off rant.

My Dell Mini Forum Post

I just posted on the Streak randomly switching off / rebooting post on the My Dell Mini Forum!

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dell-streak-support/22676-streak-randomly-switching-off-rebooting-2.html

I can't link back to my blog until I make three posts. That will happen soon.

The Tech Journal's review of the Dell Streak 5

I just posted a comment on The Tech Journal's review of the Dell Streak 5

http://thetechjournal.com/tech-news/dell-streak-5.xhtml

My Dell Streak  is just a very expensive paperweight.  A couple of months after I bought the device, it began to continually crash and restart, even while it was resting on a table. I bought it used, it is out of warranty and unusable. Dell won’t replace it. I created a blog to review my experiences with the Dell Streak 5. I have logged every location I have written on and when Dell replaces my Streak, I will take update all of my posts to tell how they fixed my problem.

For more update information, checkout my blog at: http://dellstreak5.blogspot.co... or email me at Font21+dell@gmail.com
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Dell Streak Facebook Fan Page Post

Dell Streak haters, you are not alone.

The Dell support forum for Dell mobile devices ( community.dell.com ) is filled with people having this problems.

For instance, the Streak just reboots while it is resting on a table!
http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=7881

http://www.justanswer.com/computer/4n87t-dell-streak-keeps-rebooting-says-factory-reset-start-please.html

For more update info, checkout my blog at: http://dellstreak5.blogspot.com/ or email me at Font21+dell@gmail.com