Related
- on your PC open a shell again and do:
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I have tried and tried to find a simple explanation of 'what is a shell?' and get more and more confused.
Is this ADB? What is ADB and where is all that code everyone says to type supposed to go? I have the sdk, I have eclipse...I have never found 'a shell'
Now...here is what I think I know...
- Is that DOS window you get from run>command line a shell?
- What is with some people running ADB from C: directory and others saying you have to get all the way to the sdk directory?
(BTW...at one point I went into command window and ran some adb kill command on a running app in my emulator...it worked...but I still have NO idea what I did.)
So...is there an "Extremely" simple explanation of what this is all about"?
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From a wiki I got this "COMMAND.COM – shell for various DOS versions including Windows 95-98-ME, also present in the operating systems of the Windows NT-2000 and XP substreams. MS-DOS Command.com is directly available when using OS/2 on a dual-boot configuration." which is why I attempted the above.
But if command.com is a shell why dont we say that...why all this shell business?
I know many of you are shaking your head...but lets assume I am like 70 and need you to teach me how to double click...lets go with that...
Shell is the command line, there are a few different programs that are run as command shells; bash (is the default one for most linux distros) and command.com (is the default for windows). If you use ADB Shell it basicly routes your phones bash shell through to your command line (be it windows or linux) You need to use a terminal emulator to access the shell on your phone directly (they can be found in the market)
ADB is the Android Debug Bridge it allows us to remotely access phones shell, push files to the phone, pull files from the phone, some other stuff to. It is part of the Android SDK and thus is bundled with it. I do belive HTC Sync might install it as well, however.
adb shell
'nuff said
midri said:
Shell is the command line, there are a few different programs that are run as command shells; bash (is the default one for most linux distros) and command.com (is the default for windows). If you use ADB Shell it basicly routes your phones bash shell through to your command line (be it windows or linux) You need to use a terminal emulator to access the shell on your phone directly (they can be found in the market)
ADB is the Android Debug Bridge it allows us to remotely access phones shell, push files to the phone, pull files from the phone, some other stuff to. It is part of the Android SDK and thus is bundled with it. I do belive HTC Sync might install it as well, however.
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Ok...thanks for trying to clear it up.
Now..you run the command....adb shell...from command.com (in windows?) So are you actually setting up a shell inside a shell? Earlier I found a post that said...
- on your PC open a shell again and do:
adb shell
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Now I tried that...I cd back to C:\ and typed in adb shell...and got an error about adb not being recognized internal/external command.
So...see...still so much newbies can't find...
SteelH said:
adb shell
'nuff said
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uhm....see and that helps no one...ok well doesn't help me at all. If you asked me to explain the adenosine tri-phosphate cycle and I said...ATP baby...would that help at all?
I thought not.
sablesurfer said:
Now I tried that...I cd back to C:\ and typed in adb shell...and got an error about adb not being recognized internal/external command.
So...see...still so much newbies can't find...
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because you either have to do it from the "android-sdk/tools" folder or add the path to the environment variables in the advanced system properties.
t3project said:
because you either have to do it from the "android-sdk/tools" folder or add the path to the environment variables in the advanced system properties.
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Ah hah...ok. I recall just following the instructions on the error message that popped up and it had the whole path in there. (Had to reach back to my DOS (win3.1) days to do that in command window.)
Ok...so this is what I figured out from a video and your comment. Right click 'my computer'...'advanced' tab...'environment variables' button. Then find the 'Path' option in the system variables section and ADD...';C:\path\to\folder\android'
Once I have that then just from any old prompt it will find ADB? I can be at c:\> or c:\documents and Settings\sablesurfer>
Is that right?
Ok...all this research lead to next question about the shells...if you type adb shell....does that mean the phone must be connected to computer? I guess so now that I write that out...because you only use adb shell to interact with the phone in first place...right?
You need to add the /tools folder in the android ask folder to your path. i.e. c:\android-sdk\tools if that is where you extracted it. All the tools like adb.exe and fastboot.exe are in the tools did not the android-sdk folder.
frankenstein\ said:
You need to add the /tools folder in the android ask folder to your path. i.e. c:\android-sdk\tools if that is where you extracted it. All the tools like adb.exe and fastboot.exe are in the tools did not the android-sdk folder.
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Ok, good to know!
Thanks everyone for being patient!
So found this reference to shell that is different from what I have seen so far...
"1 After switching to a root shell (# prompt), type mount and press Enter."
What is 'a root shell'? From little bit of research it seems you type sudo su to get to a root shell? Where are you typing that? On the pc or on the phone? In command.com on pc or ... in what on the phone?
Hello All!
After much frustration with setting up ADB i finally got it working. Everyone said its simple and takes minimal knowledge but when things dont work, nothing really worked. Anyways after 2 hours of research trying to get ADB to work i finally got it all working and wanted to share my knowledge to anyone else that needed help.
This Guide is for windows only. If you are using Mac OS X please go here: ADB For Dummies
If you are using Linux please go here: [HOW-TO]Set up Android SDK/ADB/Fastboot on Ubuntu Linux
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Things you need:
Android SDK - Download
Winrar - Download (32bit) Download (64bit)
Windows PC
USB Cable
A Rooted Android Device
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Setting up the Android SDK
Download the file from above
Unzip to your desktop
Take the "android-sdk-windows" folder and move it to the root of your hard drive (C:\)
Right click on My Computer and click properties
Select the Advanced Tab or Advanced System Setting (Vista/Windows 7)
Select Environment Variables...
Press New
For Variable Name type: adb
For Variable Value type: C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Now,
1. Run SDK Manager.exe located in the android-sdk-windows folder
2. If it gives you an error go to settings and click on "Force http//....."
3. Select all options and let it download and install
If you cant get the setup to work, Download the USB-DRIVERS folder - HERE (Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7)
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Preparing your phone for ADB
Go to Settings on your phone
Select Applications
Select Development
Make sure 'USB Debugging' is checked
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Installing Drivers
Plug in your phone through USB and DO NOT MOUNT IT!!!!!
Your computer should see a new device and try to install Android 1.0 driver (If it doesnt, scroll down to the "Im not getting a notification of Android ADB when i plug in my USB" section)
Let it load
Once it cant find them select "Install drivers from my pc"
The drivers you need are in the Android SDK 1.5r2 folder (C:\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver)
Depending on your OS pick x86 or amd64
You ADB Android Device should now be installed! Good Job
For Android SDK 1.5r7+
1. Run SDK Manager.exe
2. If it gives you an error go to settings and click on "Force http//....."
3. Select all options and let it download and install
If you cant get the setup to work, Download the USB-DRIVERS folder - HERE (Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7)
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Check if your phone is detected by ADB
Open up Command Prompt (Go to run, type in cmd, press enter)
Type in
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools === Press Enter
adb devices === You should see your device listed
adb shell === you should see # in the next line
Now you are all set to run adb commands
Note: for a list of commands type in 'adb' in cmd
CONGRATS YOU NOW HAVE ADB FULLY RUNNING!
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Droid Explorer is a Windows software that will download, install, and setup the android SDK for you all in under a minute so you are ready to go. I use this on a daily basis. This amazing piece of software has tons of plugins and a built in file explorer for all your files on your phone! All you gotta do is download, install, and go!
Download Droid Explorer - Here
Install the program, and let it setup the SDK files for you
Connect your phone
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"Im not getting a notification of Android ADB when i plug in my USB"
Why: Your computer has detected your phone but as a protable device and as a storage device.
Fix: This took me a lot of research and time to figure out so this is what your are going to do.
First download USBDeview - Here
Unzip it
Run USBDeview.exe as Administrator
You will see all drivers being used on your computer
Highlight and Uninstall all drivers with the description have HTC Android (Should be 3 of them)
Right Click on the driver and press uninstall
Once done, Unplug your phone and plug it back in
You should now get the notification of the ADB device
Follow the steps above to install the drivers
Still not working?
Try this: Get ADB to recognize your myTouch 4G [Thanks importflip]
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When Typing just adb in cmd you will get whats called a "usage doc" which gives you a lits of commands that you can use:
Code:
-d - directs command to the only connected USB devic
e
returns an error if more than one USB device is
present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is r
unning.
-s <serial number> - directs command to the USB device or emulator w
ith
the given serial number
-p <product name or path> - simple product name like 'sooner', or
a relative/absolute path to a product
out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.
If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT
environment variable is used, which must
be an absolute path.
devices - list all connected devices
device commands:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> <local> - copy file/dir from device
adb sync [ <directory> ] - copy host->device only if changed
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport
adb install [-l] [-r] <file> - push this package file to the device and instal
l it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data
)
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
('-k' means keep the data and cache directories
)
adb bugreport - return all information from the device
that should be included in a bug report.
adb help - show this help message
adb version - show version num
scripting:
adb wait-for-device - block until device is online
adb start-server - ensure that there is a server running
adb kill-server - kill the server if it is running
adb get-state - prints: offline | bootloader | device
adb get-serialno - prints: <serial-number>
adb status-window - continuously print device status for a specifie
d device
adb remount - remounts the /system partition on the device re
ad-write
adb root - restarts adb with root permissions
networking:
adb ppp <tty> [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PDP connection.
<tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
[parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns
adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
<localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:
- If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be u
pdated.
- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
is updated.
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Commands that you should know
adb push - Insert file to phone such as Stock.apk to /data/app_s
Code:
adb push <pathtofile.apk> <file system location> - Example: adb push c:\app.apk /data/app
adb pull - Remove file from phone such as Stock.apk from /data/app_s
Code:
adb pull <pathtofile.apk> - Example: adb pull /data/app_s/Stock.apk
adb install - Install app to phone
Code:
adb install <path to file> - Example: adb install c:/apps/apps2sd.apk
adb uninstall - Uninstall app from phone
Code:
adb uninstall <name of application> - Example: adb uninstall linda.apk
For more ADB Commands go - Here
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Thats it for ADB! Congrats and if you have any questions please ask me or if anything is missing or not correct please tell me. I got all of this from research and personal experience.
Even after unstalling the HTC and myTouch 4G Drivers, when I plug my MT4G back in there's nothing to install. It automatically installs what it has to. I have no idea how to connect it with ADB.
I had to do this:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Operating-System-Software/HOW-TO-Get-ADB-to-recognize-your-myTouch-4G/m-p/540017
This is why after the temp root. I used root explorer to move the files to right folder . And then used the terminal app to do the rest. Really no need to use ADB..
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Scoop24 said:
This is why after the temp root. I used root explorer to move the files to right folder . And then used the terminal app to do the rest. Really no need to use ADB..
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I did that too but insmod said can not open wpx.ko every time. No idea why, worked perfect on my G2.
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Arcadia310 said:
Even after unstalling the HTC and myTouch 4G Drivers, when I plug my MT4G back in there's nothing to install. It automatically installs what it has to. I have no idea how to connect it with ADB.
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You ran the HTCDriver exe that is on the SDCard? Did you go into Devices on your computer with your phone plugged in and see what it is showing up as?
setzer715 said:
You ran the HTCDriver exe that is on the SDCard? Did you go into Devices on your computer with your phone plugged in and see what it is showing up as?
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It seemed to work for me when I copied the HTCDriver.exe from the storage card to my PC and install the drivers. My device showed up as some letters and numbers, which is ok I guess I have not named or done anything to the device.
Amazing write up. ABD has always gave me a hard time. I will be following this write up when I get time to root this. Thanks a lot!
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Four things:
1. You don't need the generic drivers from the SDK package. I haven't even tried them. You need the HTC Drivers on the SD card.
2. I start adb by SHIFT-right clicking on the tools directory in the SDK folder and selecting 'start command prompt here' in the contextual menu. In order to see if things are working, just type 'adb devices' to see if the HTC device is connected.
3. I don't need to disable mounting of the device. I can adb and have the SD card mounted on the PC at the same time.
4. I don't see the need to add the environmental variable. Perhaps I've done something wrong, but theoretically, by adding this variable, you should just be able to type 'adb' in any command prompt window and have the system recognize adb. I can't seem to get that to work. So, instead I just do #2 above.
setzer715 said:
You ran the HTCDriver exe that is on the SDCard? Did you go into Devices on your computer with your phone plugged in and see what it is showing up as?
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Yes I have, how exactly do I get into devices on my computer?
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Arcadia310 said:
Yes I have, how exactly do I get into devices on my computer?
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type
Code:
adb devices
in the command line
Arcadia310 said:
Yes I have, how exactly do I get into devices on my computer?
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What does the output from typing "adb devices" give you?
grankin01 said:
What does the output from typing "adb devices" give you?
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It says can not recognize ADB. I have had the SDK and ADB on my PC for months.
Arcadia310 said:
It says can not recognize ADB. I have had the SDK and ADB on my PC for months.
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Sounds like you aren't in the directory that adb is in when you type it. try going into the tools directory in your sdk and run the command from there.
Arcadia310 said:
Yes I have, how exactly do I get into devices on my computer?
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What version of windows are you running?
setzer715 said:
What version of windows are you running?
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Windows XP. When i actually go to ADB and click on it it opens and closes within an instant.
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Arcadia310 said:
Windows XP. When i actually go to ADB and click on it it opens and closes within an instant.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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You don't click on it. It's a utility to use in command line. What it does is makes it easier to enter commands (along with some other useful stuff). Basically, anything you would type in terminal you can type in command line on your pc with "adb shell" pre-face. For example:
In terminal: cd /system/app
In command line: adb shell cd /system/app
Makes sense? You should really read up some guides out there
floepie said:
Four things:
1. You don't need the generic drivers from the SDK package. I haven't even tried them. You need the HTC Drivers on the SD card.
2. I start adb by SHIFT-right clicking on the tools directory in the SDK folder and selecting 'start command prompt here' in the contextual menu. In order to see if things are working, just type 'adb devices' to see if the HTC device is connected.
3. I don't need to disable mounting of the device. I can adb and have the SD card mounted on the PC at the same time.
4. I don't see the need to add the environmental variable. Perhaps I've done something wrong, but theoretically, by adding this variable, you should just be able to type 'adb' in any command prompt window and have the system recognize adb. I can't seem to get that to work. So, instead I just do #2 above.
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Hey sorry about the driver problems... i wrote this guide based on the Nexus one and T-Mobile G1 and was asked to repost it here. If you let me know exactly what drivers you used i can change it in the OP.
The environmental variables set so that you can run adb and fastboot commands from anywhere in windows without have to be in the tools directory of the sdk. You can press SHIFT or w/e but this is a 1 time solution so u basically never have to be in that directory again...
As for the mounting, it is recommended that you dont mount your SD-Card and use adb for editing system files because that could corrupt your sd card.
Thank you, I got it working. Android is very different from winmo.
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"Im not getting a notification of Android ADB when i plug in my USB"
Why: Your computer has detected your phone but as a protable device and as a storage device.
Fix: This took me a lot of research and time to figure out so this is what your are going to do.
First download USBDeview - Here
Unzip it
Run USBDeview.exe as Administrator
You will see all drivers being used on your computer
Highlight and Uninstall all drivers with the description have HTC Android (Should be 3 of them)
Right Click on the driver and press uninstall
Once done, Unplug your phone and plug it back in
You should now get the notification of the ADB device
Follow the steps above to install the drivers
Still not working?
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This saved me... Constantly had it reverting back to USB storage device, this did the job. Thanks, a little something coming your way...
Bill
A lot of people seem scared to use "adb" (Android Debug Bridge), or try it out and hit problems, then immediately give up.
I personally think that the method of rooting using adb (rage) is "better" than Visionary, because you have more control over the process and can see what it's doing. e.g. if there's an error message then you can see that, and ask for help.
But even if you don't use adb in rooting, it's still a very useful tool to have available. You can use it to run commands on your phone, copy files between your PC and phone, and to debug various issues that may occur at some point (plus lots more).
The guide in this first posting is for Windows, since I think this is what the majority of what people are using, and also it's what I use myself. Though you can use adb on Linux or Mac too. There's a Mac guide in the second posting, with a Linux guide "coming soon".
There are different ways to install adb. Below I list two methods, the first method I call "Complete", which involves installing the Android SDK (Software Development Kit), and the second "Quick" way. Either should be fine for rooting etc.
There's also a guide by gtrab in his useful FAQ posting (thanks !) HERE , which involves a very quick way to get it up and running (scroll down to the "Adb Mini Package" section).
INSTALLING ADB ON WINDOWS - METHOD A, THE "COMPLETE" WAY, USING THE SDK
Step 1
If you haven't done so already, then download and install HTC Sync from HTC's website.
You'll find it in the Support section for the Desire Z (works on the G2 too), e.g. at http://www.htc.com/www/help/htc-desire-z/#download.
This is HTC's software to sync various stuff from your phone to your PC, such as email, bookmarks etc. However, even if you don't need that stuff, HTC Sync has a bunch of USB drivers for your phone, and that's what we *do* need.
Step 2
Download and install the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) Starter package from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
There are two choices for Windows there, a simple zip file which you can unzip somewhere appropriate on your PC (e.g. put it on C:\ if you like). Or there's an installer (which is the recommended option according to the Android website), though that forces you to download some Java stuff which we don't really need for adb and takes a lot longer to install (but there won't be any harm in getting). It doesn't really matter which one you pick though.
You can read all about how to install the SDK at http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html . Ignore all the stuff about Eclipse though, you don't need that unless you're going to start writing Android apps.
Step 3
Now we need to add the Platform Tools component to the SDK, because that contains adb.
Run "SDK Manager" on your PC. You will find that in the root directory of the SDK, so you can open up a file explorer window to find that, then double-click on "SDK Manager" to run it.
Wait for a few seconds while it checks on the Android website for updates etc, let it then pop up with a window showing you what is on offer.
Add the "Android SDK Platform Tools", you can "reject" (i.e. don't install) all the other things it offers you if you like, though there's no harm in installing them (just takes up disk space on your PC).
Step 4
Now we need to update your Path variable. This lets you run adb on your PC from a command window no matter which directory you are in (which makes things a lot easier). If you don't setup your Path, then every time you want to run adb, you will either have to type the whole long pathname where you put adb, or cd to where you've put adb and run it from there (which could be inconvenient if you are transferring files to/from your phone).
On your PC, right-click on "My Computer" and select "Properties". (on Vista, click on "Change Settings"). Go to the "Advanced" tab, then select "Environment Variables". Find the "Path" variable in the list of variables that it shows (you might need to scroll), and then double-click on that entry to edit it. Add the full path of the "tools" and "platform-tools" folders of the SDK to your path. e.g. if the SDK has been installed in "c:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows", then add to your Path "c:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows\tools;c:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools" (Please Note - don't put any spaces between the semi-colon and pathname, otherwise it won't work !)
Step 5
On your phone, go into Menu->Settings->Applications->Development and make sure you have the entry "USB Debugging" ticked. adb will not work without this.
Step 6
Plug your phone into your PC using the original HTC cable. This is important, do not use a third-party cable since it might not work with adb (even though it might seem fine with other communication with your phone). If this is the first time you've done it since installing HTC Sync, you might have to wait while it installs additional drivers.
Step 7
Fire up a command prompt on your computer, e.g. "Run" then "cmd", or pick the "Command prompt" option from the menus, and type in the following (obviously the C:\> bit is your actual PC's prompt, not what you type). To emphasise, you are running this on your PC, not directly from your phone (e.g. terminal emulator) :
Code:
C:\> adb devices
This should display something like the following :
Code:
List of devices attached
XXX12345 device
... where the "XXX12345" bit is actually your phone's serial number. If the list is blank and the phone is plugged in ok, go back to Step 5 and make sure USB Debugging is enabled. If you can see your phone, then you're in business, adb can see your phone and communicate with it, and you're ready to start using adb !
By the way, the first adb command that you type may well also come up with some lines similar to "adb deamon out of date" etc, but don't worry, that's normal, just check the rest of the output.
INSTALLING ADB ON WINDOWS - METHOD B, THE "QUICK" WAY, NO SDK
Thanks to amroush_1800 for the input on this.
Step 1
If you haven't done so already, then download and install HTC Sync from HTC's website.
You'll find it in the Support section, e.g. at http://www.htc.com/uk/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=325&act=sd&cat=all.
This is HTC's software to sync various stuff from your phone to your PC, such as email, bookmarks etc. However, even if you don't need that stuff, HTC Sync has a bunch of USB drivers for your phone, and that's what we *do* need.
Step 2
Download this zip archive and unzip it somewhere memorable on your PC (e.g. into a folder on your desktop) - http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r04-windows.zip
Step 3
On your phone, go into Menu->Settings->Applications->Development and make sure you have the entry "USB Debugging" ticked. adb will not work without this.
Step 4
Plug your phone into your PC using the original HTC cable. This is important, do not use a third-party cable since it might not work with adb (even though it might seem fine with other communication with your phone). If this is the first time you've done it since installing HTC Sync, you might have to wait while it installs additional drivers.
Step 5
Fire up a command prompt on your computer, e.g. "Run" then "cmd", or pick the "Command prompt" option from the menus.
Use the "cd" command to change to the folder that contains the adb.exe and other files that you unzipped in Step 2.
Then type in the following (obviously the C:\> bit is your actual PC's prompt, not what you type). To emphasise, you are running this on your PC, not directly from your phone (e.g. terminal emulator) :
Code:
C:\> adb devices
This should display something like the following :
Code:
List of devices attached
XXX12345 device
... where the "XXX12345" bit is actually your phone's serial number. If the list is blank and the phone is plugged in ok, go back to Step 3 and make sure USB Debugging is enabled. If you can see your phone, then you're in business, adb can see your phone and communicate with it, and you're ready to start using adb !
By the way, the first adb command that you type may well also come up with some lines similar to "adb deamon out of date" etc, but don't worry, that's normal, just check the rest of the output.
INSTALLING ADB ON MAC
The following excellent guide kindly provided by siedkins, please thank him and not me !
What you will need:
A Mac
USB cable
Android SDK for OSX- http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
At the time of writing this the version was "android-sdk_r08-mac_86" so please have a look at the above link and let me know if you can't find that same version.
So download the zip file and I would extract it to a folder where you are happy to keep it such as within your user home folder i.e. Macintosh HD/Users/{Your User Name} and for my mac it is Users/siedkins which is how I have my OSX set up.
Then open then still in Finder, open "android-sdk-mac_86" then "tools".
Now launch Terminal - ⌘ + space then type Terminal or Applications>Utilities>Terminal
Now drag and drop the file called "android" in the "tools" folder into your terminal window and you should see something like:
/Users/siedkins/android-sdk-mac_86/tools/android
Then hit enter - this should load Android SDK
Next go to Available Packages on the left and Android Repository > Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 1 -tick the box and hit "Install Selected"
It should download and install the Platform Tools which includes ADB !!!!
Now quit Android SDK after it has downloaded and go back into Finder. Now you should see a new folder "platform-tools" in the "android-sdk-mac_86" folder. Open that and you can now see a file called adb.
Now .... I am going to show you how to make your life a lot easier in Terminal to run ADB without having to navigate to the folder every time you want to launch it.
Go back to your Terminal window and type (or copy & paste):
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cd ~
The screen should then look like
NAME_OF_YOUR_MACHINE:~ USERNAME$
For me I have:
Mac-Pro:~ siedkins$
Next, type
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touch .bash_profile
to create your new bash / path file
Next, type
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open -e .bash_profile
to open it in TextEdit.
Now into Text Edit please copy:
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export PATH=${PATH}:
Then go into Finder and navigate your your "android-sdk-mac_86" folder. Then click on the "platform-tools" folder and drag and drop this into TextEdit at the end of the code above that you copied. Mine looks like:
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/siedkins/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools/
Yours should look like:
export PATH=${PATH}:insert your path to the "platform-tools" folder in your Android SDK here
All you need is that one line. Then Save and exit TextEdit and then very importantly QUIT TERMINAL.
Now ........ to turn on USB Debugging in your handset Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging - ticked and also go to Settings > Connect to PC > Default connection type > Charge Only and also UNTICK "Ask me ..." there also. You can always go back here and change these settings back.
Now plug in your phone to a USB port. I noticed that if I plugged my phone into one of the standard USB ports on the front of my machine I couldn't see the phone further down the line and if I plugged it into a powered USB port on the front (I have an "akasa AK-ICR-08" which has a powered connector behind the 5 USB ports. But you guys will probably be using a MacBook or MacPro and there shouldn't be any issues with the power to your USB ports.
Now to launch ADB - re-open terminal (remember that you had quit it - very important!) then type in:
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adb devices
And you should see:
List of devices attached
HXXXXXXXXXX device
where XXXXXXXX is your unique phone ID.
Now you can run all of your favourite ADB commands straight by typing:
adb shell
etc straight into Terminal. I won't go into that here as there are plenty of guides about what to do with ADB once it's installed!
Now you have ADB setup on your Mac and can run it without the need for installing HTC Sync - un-installing it - loading some modified drivers over the top !!!!
It all just works !!!!!!
INSTALLING ADB ON LINUX
Coming soon ...
USING ADB
There's a comprehensive guide to using adb, including all its commands, at http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
Here are a few example commands :
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C:> adb push hello.txt /data/local/tmp
The above copies the file hello.text from the current directory of your PC (i.e. the directory shown in the command prompt) into the /data/local/tmp directory on your phone.
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C:\> adb pull /sdcard/error.log error.log
The above copies the file /sdcard/error.log onto your PC.
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C:\> adb install Superuser.apk
The above installs the app in the Superuser.apk file in the current directory of your PC, onto your phone.
Code:
C:\> adb shell
The above starts a command prompt session on your phone. So when you see the $ prompt, that's your phone and commands you type there will be executed on your phone.
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C:\> adb shell ls
The above runs the command "ls" on your phone and displays the results. So it's a way of issuing one command at a time, without starting your own shell session. You can subsitute other shell commands for the "ls".
Code:
C:\> adb reboot
The above reboots the phone.
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C:\> adb reboot bootloader
The above reboots the phone into the bootloader (hboot).
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C:\> adb reboot recovery
The above reboots the phone into recovery.
USING ADB FOR DIAGNOSTICS (logcat)
Coming soon ...
Thank god! Lol thanks for all your hard work.
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Get a "how to logcat" section added.
Nice work. Can we elect you to be a mod?
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Get a "how to logcat" section added.
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Thanks for the suggestion, will do
Nice dude. Just what I needed
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+1 mod vote!
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Nice guide mate. Let me know if you need any more posts or help in any way
steviewevie said:
Using adb
Using adb for logcat
adb logcat
Or
adb lolcat
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Also update it for Mac / Linux users.
Mainly different adb files (I had adb and fastboot for Win/Mac/Lin uploaded somewhere, if you want?) and they go in /system/bin instead of PATH.
Otherwise, good idea + well done.
DanWilson said:
Also update it for Mac / Linux users.
Mainly different adb files (I had adb and fastboot for Win/Mac/Lin uploaded somewhere, if you want?) and they go in /system/bin instead of PATH.
Otherwise, good idea + well done.
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Thanks. I need someone to help me come up with the different steps for Mac/Linux users please ? Then I can add those in.
steviewevie said:
Thanks. I need someone to help me come up with the different steps for Mac/Linux users please ? Then I can add those in.
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I'll do that.
I'll also hunt down my Mediafire adb and fastboot files, because not everyone wants the whole SDK
I don't know if you need any drivers for the phone (like HTC Sync for Windows). Someone else will need to tell you, or you can wait till Christmas.
INSTALLING ADB
Step 0
Drivers perhaps? XD
Step 1
Download these files;
Mac - http://www.mediafire.com/?z8myxs9941kz3gg
Linux - http://www.mediafire.com/?m62rt943mroxm4s
Or you can download and install the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) Starter package from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
You can read all about how to install the SDK at http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html . Ignore all the stuff about Eclipse though, you don't need that unless you're going to start writing Android apps.
Now, from version 8 (Android 2.3) of the SDK onwards, adb has been taken out of this starter package. If you downloaded version 7 (Android 2.2), then you've already got adb and you can skip Step 3 and go straight to Step 4 below. Otherwise you need to proceed to Step 3 to add adb to the SDK.
Step 2
Extract the files and rename "adb-linux" ("adb-mac") to "adb" and "fastboot-linux" ("fastboot-mac") to "fastboot"
You could call it anything you like, like "cheese" and "bread", but that makes things difficult.
Step 3
Mac - Copy the files to the folder /bin
You will need to unhide the folder. Google it.
Linux - Copy the files to /system/bin *OR* /bin
I have not used Linux for ages so my folders are rotting away. I believe you will need root access to do this, I used Kongregate (I think) as an app to control my root copying needs.
Step 4
On your phone, go into Menu->Settings->Applications->Development and make sure you have the entry "USB Debugging" ticked. adb will not work without this.
Step 5
Plug your phone into your PC using the original HTC cable. This is important, do not use a third-party cable since it might not work with adb (even though it might seem fine with other communication with your phone). Or whatever.
Step 6
Open a Terminal window. On your PC/Mac. To emphasise, you are running this on your PC, not directly from your phone (e.g. terminal emulator) :
The part were it says "Dan-Wilsons-MacBook:~ danwilson$" will probably not be on your PC/Mac, unless you are called Dan Wilson, and have a MacBook.
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Dan-Wilsons-MacBook:~ danwilson$ adb devices
This should display something like the following :
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List of devices attached
XXX12345 device
... where the "XXX12345" bit is actually your phone's serial number. If the list is blank and the phone is plugged in ok, go back to Step 6 and make sure USB Debugging is enabled. If you can see your phone, YOU WIN A CHEESECAKE!
If you decided to be awkward and call "adb-linux" ("adb-mac") "cheese", replace the word "adb" in command lists (like the above) to "cheese". It looks cool but complicates things.
Example;
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Dan-Wilsons-MacBook:~ danwilson$ cheese devices
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I think this looks OK. Some bits are weird and I don't know about drivers, but still, better than nothing. It is rough, but I've not done it in ages. Sorry bout that.
Here is the adb and fastboot files for Windows. Check they work with the Z before throwing them in the first post. If you do.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zlbyfbaaf5lrj8i
I've updated this guide to flesh it out a bit more (still more to be done though).
Significantly, please note that in the latest version of the SDK (i.e the one for Android 2.3), they have taken adb *out* of the Starter version of the SDK. So now there's an additional step, which is downloading the "Platform Tools" component of the SDK. It's all in the guide though.
nice, this needs to be "stickied"..
steviewevie...
whatever you are on.. can i haz some?
you are poster of the year! wow, such effort.
this beeyotch must be stickied all over the world.
EDIT -- i dont see "adb pull /" so as to dump all your files from system data etc into your sdk folder. if i missed that nevermind!
@steviewevie:
My 2 cents for your great work:
I have tested and uploaded a Mini ADB package and the ADB USB drivers for Windows Vista / Windows 7, to the Resources Centre, easy tutorial + FAQs thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835777
I thought this would make things easier for newbies or people who don't want to download the whole SDK / Sync software
Also, setting the path is not required, since the "Runme" file is located inside the same folder within the ADB files
This could save some steps for newbies
If you find it helpful, feel free to link from your guide
Thanks for the input guys, I have some updating to do !
steviewevie said:
INSTALLING ADB - METHOD B, THE "QUICK" WAY, NO SDK
Step 2
Download the adb binary from ? * to be completed *
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Direct Download Links for Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 1
ht*p://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r01-windows.zip
ht*p://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r01-windows.zip
It contains ADB.exe and needed dlls
size 3.06 MB
Also i recommend ADBMagic from Chainfire if you got tired of using ADB commands by hand for a lot of operations
ht*p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746313
Have fun
if you add adb.exe to system32 folder is windows u can adb from anywhere in command prompt.. just in case adding the variables dont work
This is a thread written to try and get poor MilkyJoePD up and running with his Ubuntu build, but it should be of help to anyone.
First of all, what you need:
1) Any version of Ubuntu from 10.04 onwards, with superuser access. The upcoming LTS Ubuntu 12.04 will be a great idea when it comes out, as it'll be maintained for 5 years (so the instructions to install it there will be valid for all that time).
2) Your Xperia Play (or any Xperia phone actually).
3) A Micro USB cable to connect it.
4) An open mind about terminal emulators. They're useful because they allow you to do things quickly and cleanly, if you just know their syntax.
What will we be doing in this thread: we'll set up our Xperia Play so that it gets recognized properly by Ubuntu. In addition, we'll set up ADB and Flashtool, which are programs with which our Xperia Play can interact. Lastly, we'll cover how to summon the "adb" and "fastboot" commands from any point in the terminal, by adding them to the $PATH variable.
Setting up the Xperia phone: udev rules
Android devices don't need specific drivers to work in Linux: you can plug an Android phone and it will be recognised as a flash drive. However, if we want deeper levels of interaction, such as the ones which ADB, Fastboot and Flashtool provide, we have to set up udev rules. Long story short, udev rules allow us to give the proper permissions that these modes require without having to function as superuser the whole time (an undesirable state of things in Ubuntu). Much more about them can be found here for the curious minds out there.
But let's not get lost. We want to set up udev rules, so we'll do it. First of all, we need to know the following: a device connected while it functions normally is not "seen" as the same device when it's connected in the Flash or Fastboot modes. In order to identify it, we can run "lsusb" which lists all of the ports, and connected devices, in our computer.
So, let's connect a Xperia phone which is turned on. We don't have to mount the sdcard as a flash drive, just plug it in. Once you have done that, open a terminal and type
Code:
lsusb
It will list you a boatload of devices, but only one of them is relevant to you right now:
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Bus 00x Device 00y: ID 0fce:aaaa Sony Ericsson blah blah
The device is identified with two alphanumeric chains. The first one is the vendor ID, and the second one is the Product ID, which are the identificators we're going to use for the udev rules later on.
Let's switch off our phone, and plug it in "Flash" mode (hold the Back button while you connect it). Run "lsusb" again in the terminal again, and you'll find:
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Bus 00x Device 00y: ID 0fce:bbbb Sony Ericsson blah blah
The Vendor ID is the same (0fce) for all Sony Ericsson devices, but the Product ID is different, as you can see. This is consistent with the idea that it's identified as "another" device.
The last part would be plugging the phone in Fastboot mode, holding the Search key while we plug the phone. Typing "lsusb" in the terminal again will give us:
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Bus 00x Device 00y: ID 0fce:cccc Sony Ericsson blah blah
Which is, as we know already, a different Product ID.
Now that we have the device ID needed for the udev rules, we can write them. The most expedite way is to write in that lovely terminal:
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sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules
That means, we'll use the standard text editor (gedit) to create the file 99-android.rules in the /etc/udev/rules.d folder. If we visit said folder we'll find other udev rules created already, but they're not interesting for our task. Notice that we ask for superuser permissions with "sudo" as we need them to write or modify udev rules. Once we have put our password we'll find an empty text file. And now we just copy-paste the following syntax:
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SUBSYSTEMS==”usb”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”0fce″, ATTRS{idProduct}==”aaaa″, MODE=”0666″
SUBSYSTEMS==”usb”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”0fce″, ATTRS{idProduct}==”bbbb″, MODE=”0666″
SUBSYSTEMS==”usb”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”0fce″, ATTRS{idProduct}==”cccc″, MODE=”0666″
In human language, this means "Give the devices that are connected through USB and which have the mentioned ID codes the permissions 0666 (read/write access), which need root access".
Once we've filled the gaps, we just save the file. After we close it, we have to type in the terminal "sudo restart udev" and we've taken care of that part. Rebooting the computer has the same effect, but it's a bit of overkill, really.
Flashtool
With the udev rules fixed, we can go to the next step, which would be using Flashtool. It is necessary to mention that unlike the Windows version, Flashtool doesn't need any installation of any kind in Linux, you just run the program (the file called Flashtool) and you're set. You have to download the Flashtool folder, uncompress it and run the program. The folder is compressed in .7z format: Ubuntu doesn't manage 7z packages "out of the box", but that's no problem: go to your terminal, type:
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sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
and that should take care of it. If you're not familiar with that command, "apt-get install" is the way to install packages from your existing repositories in Debian/Ubuntu; installing software in Ubuntu requires superuser access, as I'm sure you know. p7zip-full is a package which adds 7zip support to the archive manager of Ubuntu.
I won't cover how to use Flashtool, since I already did so in this post. While I made the tutorial for an older version of Flashtool, the base functions are exactly the same as before.
Optional: ADB and Fastboot; setting them in $PATH
OK, now we're going to the stronger stuff: if you want to do a bit more than restoring official ROMs and flashing kernels you'll do well in using the ADB and Fastboot programs. They're part of the platform tools of the Android SDK. You can download the latest Android SDK here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Once you've downloaded and uncompressed the Linux version of the SDK, go to the "tools" folder and run the "android" file (you need to mark it as executable first, in the properties). That file is the Android SDK Manager. Once it's running, you only need to install the SDK Platform Tools package. The rest are not necessary for our purposes.
Once you install the package, you'll notice that the folder where you unpacked the SDK is bigger. You'll find there the "platform-tools" folder, which contains adb and fastboot. You can run them from a terminal, but that requires you to have your terminal running in the exact folder where your /<Path/to/SDK> directory lies. This can get old really quickly if you use ADB and/or Fastboot frequently, so we'll do a trick that will allow us to summon them from any folder: we'll add them to our PATH variable.
In order to do this, we need to open a new terminal. It will start in our home directory. There is a file called .bashrc in our home folder that we need to tweak, so let's go to it. You don't see it normally, as it's hidden. All files which begin with a . in Linux will be hidden by default. You can see them in Nautilus by pressing Ctrl+H, and in a terminal by typing "ls -a". At any rate, this file is hidden because you usually don't need to touch it, but we'll do it here.
In our terminal, we write
Code:
gedit .bashrc
Again, gedit is the standard text editor in Ubuntu.
We see a lot of stuff we don't need to touch. We just need to go to the final line, after the word "fi" and write below:
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# ADB and Fastboot direct link (this is a comment, so we remember what we did)
PATH=$PATH:/home/Path/to/SDK/platform-tools/
export PATH
We save the modified file, close any terminal we had left open, and now we can use adb and fastboot directly from any folder. Just connect your device with debug mode on for example, and type "adb devices": you should see the ADB identificator of your device.
And with that, I cover the installation guide of Xperia phones in the Ubuntu environment. I hope it's useful to everyone, particularly to MilkyJoePD who has inspired me to write it. If I've missed something I should have mentioned, by all means say it.
Haven't used Ubuntu for a while but I'm taking note of this for later. Thank you for the info.
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don't forget to install de dependencies:
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sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0
on 64 systems, you need 32bits libraries, so run:
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sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
With the news of Sony not releasing ICS, I decided to try again to get fastboot working.
While installing the dependencies, I get this:
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)/ oneiric/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2011.10%20%5fOneiric%20Ocelot%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20111012)_dists_oneiric_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)/ oneiric/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2011.10%20%5fOneiric%20Ocelot%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20111012)_dists_oneiric_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
Where do I go from here?
Remove CD-ROM reference from sources
Edit your sources and comment-out / turn off the references for the installation disk (CDROM/DVD). It should be the first thing you turn of after any install anyway. In my humble opinion.
Then run
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install
this should resolve any pending issues and get you running.
skeltonh said:
Edit your sources and comment-out / turn off the references for the installation disk (CDROM/DVD).
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How do I do that?
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Or can somebody can tell me what it means so I can Google it?
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I have a problem, when I try to use fastboot even in the platform-tools folder it says:
fastboot: command not found
On what OS? If it's Linux, you have to add a Dotslash to execute the file.
Swypesation
I have created udev rules as said above, but flashtool still says 'Add udev rules'.
What I am missing here. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.
Any help is appreciated.
You must start flashtool with root acces
is rooting ur play a wise decission?
wat is better 4 my play, ics or gingerbreadman?
where/what is the search key on a mini pro?
Thanks
Big Thanks for this Tutorial Logesman. :good: Just wanted to add that I think...anyone having trouble installing SDK + Manager has to install Java JDK first. Yes, I got stuck at installing SDK.:silly: I tried to run android file in tools folder (as executable) which opens manager.
From Terminal:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jre
i am unable to run "adb devices" command in ubuntu 12.04.. please help :crying:
roopz said:
i am unable to run "adb devices" command in ubuntu 12.04.. please help :crying:
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I am having same problem on 12.04! I did everything in this thread afaik, and the ubuntu forums. I could really use some help , because I also have problems with adb.
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install windows might be easier.
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roopz said:
i am unable to run "adb devices" command in ubuntu 12.04.. please help :crying:
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cyrusalmighty said:
I am having same problem on 12.04! I did everything in this thread afaik, and the ubuntu forums. I could really use some help , because I also have problems with adb.
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Have you tried running adb as root? (After a week of testing 12.04, I left to go back to 10.04, a much better release, imo)
Pax
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IE-coRe said:
I have a problem, when I try to use fastboot even in the platform-tools folder it says:
fastboot: command not found
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seems like you didn't path the fastboot command correctly, try check back again at your .bashrc
roopz said:
i am unable to run "adb devices" command in ubuntu 12.04.. please help :crying:
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same case as the above
cyrusalmighty said:
I am having same problem on 12.04! I did everything in this thread afaik, and the ubuntu forums. I could really use some help , because I also have problems with adb.
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would you mind telling what does the error says?
Currently i have android sdk setup on my windows PC. I was trying to setup Android SDK to use ADB & Fastboot on my IMac which is running Mac OSX Lion 10.7.4
I have the sdk installed on the Mac and ADB & Fastboot are located in the proper folders within the SDK but i would like to setup the Path so i dont have to Cd to Platform-Tools each time i want to run adb or fastboot.
I have already googled how to setup the path but i am getting permissions denied
This is what i did below
I was able to setup the Path, save and exit text writer. I wanted to confirm the .profile was created and when i typed ~/.profile in terminal i get permissions denied. What do i do now. Do i need to fix permissions on folder?
Mine looked like this when i created it export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/fitti28/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools/
I think it depends on where you edit the path if u haven't edit it after it says root.that worked for me but I'm on windows 7 it should still apply the same though
Never mind after I looked at it isn't even close.