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SDK not connecting to DINC

Hello all ... I'm new to rooting and I'm having a problem with SDK recognising my phone ... I have been trying to use the steps in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709220 (How 2 - ADB, Rooting(reflash), Unrooting, Nandroid, Remove/Install App, roms, kernels) ... And I can not find the "android_winusb.inf" in the tools folder or the platform-tools folder ... I'm using sdk r10 and Windows Vista 64 ... Any help would be appreciated, Thank you ...

I modded the "android_winusb.inf" file in the sdk drivers zip and moved it to the platform tools folder ... I keep getting "The system cannot the path specified" in the cmd prompt when I type cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools === ...
EDIT: I also installed the My Touch 4g USB drivers and I no longer get the "Drivers not found" popup ...

Nevermind ... I searched the forums and got it rooted and installed Redemption ROM 2.4 with "Heart of the Sunrise" kernel ... Now I just need to get Clockworkmod working right ...
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The only thing I can offer is to make sure you are in c:\sdk\platform-tools (or similar directory depending on install location) then do adb devices. My biggest problem was not being in that directory even though I had adb in the path (most likely incorrectly)
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Slamson said:
Nevermind ... I searched the forums and got it rooted and installed Redemption ROM 2.4 with "Heart of the Sunrise" kernel ... Now I just need to get Clockworkmod working right ...
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There is a lot simpler root method called unrevoked it does everything for you plus flash the recovery.... what is your problem with CMW
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newtoroot said:
There is a lot simpler root method called unrevoked it does everything for you plus flash the recovery.... what is your problem with CMW
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I used unrevoked to root and Flash ... I dont know what the deal was with cwm, I just uninstalled and reinstalled it and it works fine now ... Thanks for the replies ...
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Problems rooting Incredible

I rooted my phone with no issues, but I can't get my brother's to take.
I have debugging enabled, I have it in charge only, htc sync is not installed on the computer, and I am running Windows 7. I installed the hboot drivers, run unrevoked3, it does its thing, but then it says "failed to flash recovery image". Then the phone reboots and works like normal. It does not get S-Off and there is no recovery. What's going on? His is an SLCD.

It did that once when I rooted a friends inc. Just retried it and it worked fine.
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I have never been able to use Windows 7 to use Unrevoked to get root. I have always had to use an Ubuntu live cd to get it to take.
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Can use z4root:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDSSYC06oOM

k_nivesout said:
It did that once when I rooted a friends inc. Just retried it and it worked fine.
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I tried 3 times with the same result every time. I know windows 7 used to be a problem, but I figured they fixed that issue. Is there anything else that would be causing this?
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With Windows it's all about the drivers that are installed, and making the proper satanic sacrifices.
Give the Ubuntu live CD a try, since it wont have to worry about windows drivers, couple other people I work with had to go that route because Windows was being a pain.

BennyBravo42 said:
With Windows it's all about the drivers that are installed, and making the proper satanic sacrifices.
Give the Ubuntu live CD a try, since it wont have to worry about windows drivers, couple other people I work with had to go that route because Windows was being a pain.
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So install a completely new OS just to root?

RyanTX said:
So install a completely new OS just to root?
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You don't have to install anything. You can run the OS from the CD itself.
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Try hard reset & then unrevoked. I had the same issues until I did this.

The problem is he doesn't want to lose all his apps/game data. He about lost it when his SD card was unreadable - though I was able to fix it.
I appreciate all the suggestions. If it comes down to it, I will just do the hard reset.
With the ubuntu CD, I can just run the OS from the CD, download Unrevoked from within ubuntu, then run it?

RyanTX said:
With the ubuntu CD, I can just run the OS from the CD, download Unrevoked from within ubuntu, then run it?
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Yes, that easy. Just be sure to run it with sudo(superuser permission).
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Try switching to disk drive when plug in to run unrevoked
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KKellett said:
Try switching to disk drive when plug in to run unrevoked
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I read that suggested on androidforums as well... The instructions say to keep it on charge only, so that's why I didn't try 'disk drive'. Seems logical to try that though...

RyanTX said:
I read that suggested on androidforums as well... The instructions say to keep it on charge only, so that's why I didn't try 'disk drive'. Seems logical to try that though...
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I've had to do that on a few of my friends that I did and on my girlfriends evo
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Rooting problem...

So I've done some looking and can't figure out how to root my nexus. I downloaded the toolkit, but it only has build number IMM76K. My phone has IMM76Q. Can any one help???
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I can help you real well. DO NOT USE TOOLKITS. Root it normally. Its literally like three commands. Its super simple.
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Please help me! I've never rooted other then a one click method.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26328017&postcount=123

Simple as pie. What OS? Windows, Linux, Mac? The steps are the same but different tools are used. Anyways start by following this to unlock your boot loader. http://www.android.gs/how-to-unlock-galaxy-nexus-bootloader/
Once unlocked put it back into fastboot mode and do this.
Fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img then it will write the recovery. At this point you can flash a custom ROM and he worryless or flash a Super user binaries and then delete the stockrecovery scripts that run and delete your custom recovery. http://download.chainfire.eu/212/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip here is the superuser binaries if you would like to stay stock rooted.
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ÜBER™ said:
Simple as pie. What OS? Windows, Linux, Mac? The steps are the same but different tools are used. Anyways start by following this to unlock your boot loader. http://www.android.gs/how-to-unlock-galaxy-nexus-bootloader/
Once unlocked put it back into fastboot mode and do this.
Fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img then it will write the recovery. At this point you can flash a custom ROM and he worryless or flash a Super user binaries and then delete the stockrecovery scripts that run and delete your custom recovery. http://download.chainfire.eu/212/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip here is the superuser binaries if you would like to stay stock rooted.
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Nice uber you got your nexus 7!! I went a different route and got a note 10.1
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When i try and instal the SDK, it says i must install the JDK. but when i do it will not recognize that i installed the JDK and will not let me finsih the install of the SDK... any ideas?
Java SE Development kit(JDK) no found
Error: failed to find java version for 'C:\Windows\system32\java.exe': [2] The system cannot find the file specified.

TheNolandNailer said:
When i try and instal the SDK, it says i must install the JDK. but when i do it will not recognize that i installed the JDK and will not let me finsih the install of the SDK... any ideas?
Java SE Development kit(JDK) no found
Error: failed to find java version for 'C:\Windows\system32\java.exe': [2] The system cannot find the file specified.
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I don't quite remember, but if you search for it, there's tons of website with answers
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz

BeerChameleon said:
Nice uber you got your nexus 7!! I went a different route and got a note 10.1
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Lol thread highjack. If I had the money I would have too. But I wanted a small tablet and a Google device. This is the only one that fits the bill.
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TheNolandNailer said:
When i try and instal the SDK, it says i must install the JDK. but when i do it will not recognize that i installed the JDK and will not let me finsih the install of the SDK... any ideas?
Java SE Development kit(JDK) no found
Error: failed to find java version for 'C:\Windows\system32\java.exe': [2] The system cannot find the file specified.
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There's a certain way to install it. But you can just find the fastboot.exe (in my link) and install PDAnet drivers ( google PDAnet) then you'll be good to go. You'll just have to manually boot into the boot loader which is power off and hold the power button and both volume buttons then you'll be in fastboot mode.
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TheNolandNailer said:
When i try and instal the SDK, it says i must install the JDK. but when i do it will not recognize that i installed the JDK and will not let me finsih the install of the SDK... any ideas?
Java SE Development kit(JDK) no found
Error: failed to find java version for 'C:\Windows\system32\java.exe': [2] The system cannot find the file specified.
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You do not need the sdk. Install the driver and use the link I posted.
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Qbking77 on youtube. Everything you need to know

it says the boot loader is lock? i take it i must unlock that first..

TheNolandNailer said:
it says the boot loader is lock? i take it i must unlock that first..
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Duh. I just told you that
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The problem though is that I can't not get SDK to download so I can't unlock the boot loader. Any way that i know how at least.
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TheNolandNailer said:
The problem though is that I can't not get SDK to download so I can't unlock the boot loader. Any way that i know how at least.
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You don't need sdk for fastboot commands... do we?
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz

Uber i get the feeling youre gonna have a new protégé shortly..and helping with a partially bricked device
*Shaolin Shadowboxing*

kyokeun1234 said:
You don't need sdk for fastboot commands... do we?
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No you don't. I said back a page wat to do...
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I can't get SDK to *install*.
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TheNolandNailer said:
I can't get SDK to *install*.
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LOOK BACK A PAGE I ALREADY ADRESSED THAT!
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TheNolandNailer said:
I can't get SDK to *install*.
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YOU DON'T NEED SDK. Just open up the cmd to the directory where you have fastboot.exe, and then boot your phone into bootloader, and then "fastboot oem unlock". Easy, right?
Now flash custom recovery using "fastboot flash recovery NAME.img" (recovery image must be in same directory as fastboot"
Now "fastboot reboot bootloader"
Use your volume rocker to navigate to recovery mode
On your computer "adb push SuperSU.zip /sdcard/" (or super user of you like)
On your phone, install zip from sdcard, flash SuperSU. Reboot
Now you got root
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz

Is rooting using phone terminal possible?

Is it possible to root the sprint gnex using a android terminal? I can't seem to get the universal root method to work using ubuntu. I am still a Linux newb so that is more likely the cause.

no.
rooting every nexus device is essentially the same thing
unlock bootloader
flash or boot custom recovery
install superSU.zip or use TWRP with built in rooting capability...
you cant use android terminal for it, you need to use a computer....its not difficult

To root using the phone terminal you would need... root access. It's like saying "Can I get to the key behidn this door by using the key behind the door?"

Maybe from another phone as the host, haha.
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I installed shiny Rom which isn't pre rooted. The superuser app on the market has a link to a flashable zip file on their website. That's what worked for me when I didn't have access to my pc to do it via abd.
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[Q] I am now S-Off w/ Bootloader Unlocked using Firewater!

Okay, so now I can confirm that Firewater worked great - using the temproot method. Where do I go from here? The instructions I've found for installing TWRP were extremely confusing. I had no problems following the directions for Firewater, but this is a different story. Now that I'm unlocked and S-Off, where do I go from here?

Congrats! Well you need to flash a recovery. Get a recovery.img http://flyhalf205.com/getdownload.php?file=recoveries/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.4-m7vzw.img and place it on your pc in the same folder as the fastboot.exe file. Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the directory where the 2 files are. Boot the phone to bootloader (hboot). Then in the cmd terminal type
Code:
fastboot erase cache
then
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fastboot flash recovery nameofrecoveryimg.img

Thank you very much! I do have some questions. Do I need to be rooted? In the bootloader screen it says I am S-Off and Unlocked, but I don't think I am rooted. I have to use the temproot included with Firewater. I downloaded a twrp .img. Am I supposed to flash that? Once that is flashed, am I free to download a custom rom?

Thanks for the info
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If you are s-off and unlocked all you need to do is flash that recovery i posted, and then flash a rom of your choosing. Most every rom comes pre-rooted. I assume right now you are stock. If you want to stay stock just flash that recovery, then flash superuser thru recovery and you will be rooted.
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Where did you get the firewater download from, got a link?
Never mind i found it http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/

Cool so you were 4.3 with s on and locked boot loader and firewater now has you s off and unlocked. So you just need a custom recovery and then whatever Rom you want.
I was going to ruu back to stock locked and s on to try firewater for fun but I don't want to run into snags so I'll just stay how I am for now.
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is it normal to hang at "waiting for device"?

wwindexx said:
is it normal to hang at "waiting for device"?
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How long has it been? Windows or Linux? Turned off firewall and antivirus, and removed sync manager if on Windows?
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wronge galismt
Linux - Xubuntu to be specific. It seems to only recognize the device half of the time when connected to USB. It hangs indefinitely - 5 min was the longest I would wait. When I select Recovery from the hboot menu, I get a silhouette of my phone with a "NO" symbol through it. This is not normal.

Are you using the quick android sdk or did you download the whole sdk and install platform tools then set path in your home directory profile?
Edit: try these directions at the bottom to set your path.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20770-gu...-adb-and-fastboot-in-linux-ubuntu-and-mint12/
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I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?

J_Abdalla52 said:
I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?
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yes I got that too. I didn't get around to trying it right after running temproot though.

J_Abdalla52 said:
I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?
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Are you rooted? Or did you install twrp and it says that? You have to be root in Linux to run the command.
Ex: cd Downloads/firewater
Sudo su
Type your password
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selayan said:
Are you rooted? Or did you install twrp and it says that? You have to be root in Linux to run the command.
Ex: cd Downloads/firewater
Sudo su
Type your password
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No i just ran the temp root method then i tried to run the normal method and thats what i got.

selayan said:
Are you using the quick android sdk or did you download the whole sdk and install platform tools then set path in your home directory profile?
Edit: try these directions at the bottom to set your path.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20770-gu...-adb-and-fastboot-in-linux-ubuntu-and-mint12/
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I installed adb and fastboot via apt. I guess assuming that was the optimal way to get it was a mistake. I am assuming now that you need to run temproot beforehand?

Yeah you need the temp root method because your stock and locked, unrooted. Make sure you are admin when you run it.
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selayan said:
Yeah you need the temp root method because your stock and locked, unrooted. Make sure you are admin when you run it.
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I used minimal adb do you think that could have tampered with the process?

J_Abdalla52 said:
I used minimal adb do you think that could have tampered with the process?
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It should not as long as you place the firewater files in the same location of the temp adb directory and run commands as admin.
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selayan said:
It should not as long as you place the firewater files in the same location of the temp adb directory and run commands as admin.
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do you mean adding the "sudo" prefix?

wwindexx said:
do you mean adding the "sudo" prefix?
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Yeah to keep from typing Sudo before each command I usually do Sudo su before running any commands.
It will ask for your password then throw you in admin mode. Otherwise you will need to add Sudo before each command.
I use Linux mint 16 but it's built on ubuntu so it should not be different.
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