What is there to do on the pale Friday in Britain? Why, scouring the web for your phone’s firmware refurbish, of march. That’s substantially how a Modaco part of unearthed a Dell Streak’s latest Android 2.1 build (apparently only for locked O2 inclination, anyhow. Sure, the link’s quirky domain name as well as indolent speed may arouse a little guess, though the sources have reliable that this non-final refurbish is in truth coming from Dell (and you can expect a couple to be killed shortly. Many users — including ourselves — are stating a successful update as well as enjoying a same something good to eat we spotted in our preview: 720p camcorder, a most improved keyboard, live wallpapers, etc. Fancy giving it the shot? Here’s how: copy the .pkg file to the SD card, rename it to “Update.pkg,” then foot the Streak into recovery mode (hold down both volume keys as well as afterwards energy upon, as well as eventually select to redeem from pronounced file (your phone will be wiped!). Of course, as with any firmware updates, make sure you have some sort of backup somewhere and tread delicately.

In other headlines: as promised, Dell’s AT&T Streak ordering page went live currently, as well as yes, it’ll still be shipped with Android 1.6. Looks similar to xda-developers as well as Modaco are well upon march to beat Dell on releasing the 2.1 or even the 2.2 update.

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