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[Q] adb will not work for me...what gives???

To start off, yes I am a complete noob to this, so bear with me. I have been trying for hours to get the adb info to install on my computer so I can root with the new 2.2 method. I have Vista/32 bit and I have tried multiple ways to install, from guides here and you-tube and nothing will recognize the adb in cmd.exe. I have copied the sdk info into a tools folder like I'm supposed to, I think, and followed the instructions and all I get is that it is not recognized or not an executable file or whatever.... Can someone please offer some help here?? Thanks in advance

did you try to run abd from the /android-sdk/tools folder in the command prompt? and did you add the path to the enviroment variables?

I have tried to run it from the folder, and I thought I had it added but I'll double check...

OK, it's in the path now, but I still get a 'not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.' I'm stuck in the mud, spinning my wheels....

I get the same thing with win7 I can get the command prompt android tools folder hit enter and it said 'not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Ooooh...I got it...had the cmd info in wrong folder...needed it in the same tools folder...thanks folks

Yeah, getting adb into your path is kinda hard the first few times. I add it to both of my Paths and then reboot. If you follow the documentation on the Android site, it usually works after a reboot.
To make sure its just a path issue, you go to your sdk folder and navigate to tools (in the command prompt, of course, which is done by "cd \path\to\sdk\tools\") and then typing adb. If that works, then you type adb devices and make sure your phone is found. If that works, then all you need to do is finish the path installation and reboot. That's usually how I get it. Once on your path, you can adb shell from any location on your computer, which is nice when you want to push files to your phone.

getting adb to work???

I followed this
(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)
and when I try to do this
(1. Run SDK Setup.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)
I have issues cause I dont have the SDK Setup.exe I have searched for it and can not find it, please help thanks Davey

also I installed the windows version
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

If you've added the tools folder to your path, you don't need to install anything, just type "adb <command>" in the cmd prompt and you're good to go.

if you talking about this
For Variable Name type: adb
For Variable Value type: C:\android-sdk-windows\tools)
yes i have done it and it still wont work. I have my phone is debugging and on charge only and when i open the cmd and type in adb it gives me is not recoginzied as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file,
then when i type (android-sdk-windows\tools) it gives me the system cannot find the path specified. I am lost

ok So on my other computer I got some progress, I opened sdk manager and got it all updated and the only real problem i am having now is (this is dumb) but I dont know my sdk name, like when it says
cd C:\**your sdk name**\tools (Press Enter)
I have been trying C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
thanks for the help! Davey

thank you I got it running now!!!!!! I did what you said and added it to the path not just a new varibable, thank you very much!!!

Adb

Hey guys I'm getting setup to root my buddies Evo shift. I Dloaded android sdk followed the instruction. I've opened cmd.exe when I type in a command it says it says 'adb ' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable command or batch file.
I'm trying it out on my Evo first just to get familiar with the system any direction is greatly appreciated
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30bushido1 said:
Hey guys I'm getting setup to root my buddies Evo shift. I Dloaded android sdk followed the instruction. I've opened cmd.exe when I type in a command it says it says 'adb ' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable command or batch file.
I'm trying it out on my Evo first just to get familiar with the system any direction is greatly appreciated
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What version of windows are you on? You followed all of the instructions on setting up adb from that thread in the Shift forums? I also rooted my roomate's Shift, and I read that adb setup tutorial when I was over there. It was pretty solid. I already had adb set up, but read it through to see. When I set up adb, I had someone advise to me to place the adb.exe, and that .dll file (found in platform tools, in the SDK download) in my 'system32' folder of my PC. Once I placed those two files in the 'system32' folder, adb has worked flawlessly.
Also, have you made sure you have all the correct drivers installed? I believe I also had to install HTC Sync, because that installed some drivers that were necessary. Once it installed, I uninstalled it (the drivers will remain installed) because it can interfere with adb communication, apparently. Hope you get it set up. Once you do, rooting the Shift wasn't hard. Just follow the instructions to the t, and just copy and paste the commands, to eliminate the possibility of messing up the commands.

Thanks man I'm gonna give the HTC sync thing a shot
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30bushido1 said:
Thanks man I'm gonna give the HTC sync thing a shot
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You're welcome, feel free to PM me if you have any more issues.

to get adb to work, you need to be in the same directory as all of the sdk tools to use my setup as an example, my stuff is located in
C:\SDK\platform-tools
when I open the cmd prompt, it starts in
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>
to change directories, type
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>cd \
the display will change to
C:\>
type (in my example, yours may vary unless you set your folders up the same way)
C:\>cd SDK\platform-tools
it will change to
C:\SDK\platform-tools>
then you will be able to use adb commands like push/pull, shell, devices, etc.

Muellersirch said:
to get adb to work, you need to be in the same directory as all of the sdk tools to use my setup as an example, my stuff is located in
C:\SDK\platform-tools
when I open the cmd prompt, it starts in
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>
to change directories, type
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>cd \
the display will change to
C:\>
type (in my example, yours may vary unless you set your folders up the same way)
C:\>cd SDK\platform-tools
it will change to
C:\SDK\platform-tools>
then you will be able to use adb commands like push/pull, shell, devices, etc.
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By putting the adb.exe and the .dll files in the 'system32' folder, that will allow you to execute adb commands from any directory in the command prompt. I don't have to navigate to my sdk tools to use adb. It saves a few steps, so you can just open up your command prompt and command away.

Or you can put the directory that contains adb in your system PATH. This will let you execute adb in a command prompt anywhere...
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I'm running wd7. I've gone through it again and installed the drivers then uninstall HTC sync I'm still not able to access sdk through the command prompt. I know its something simple I'm missing how do I move adb to the system path
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C:\user\paul>
Is what the terminal reads any command I enter is not recognized as an internal or external command.
I have got the command list to show up but cannot exicute any of them
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[Q] SDK Not working (Can't find Java?)

Well I'm obviously doing well because I can't even get the SDK to work...
This is what I've done:
Went to the website, downloaded the executable version of the SDK.
Went to install it, was told I needed the Java JDK.
Installed Java JDK.
Installed the SDK and a command prompt opens for all of two seconds, closes and leaves me going... whatttt!??!
So I did a search, and have tried to do the following (in no particular order):
Step #1: Open up a command prompt.
Step #2: Use the cd command to move to wherever you installed your Android SDK.
Step #3: Run tools\android.
I get the following message:
'SearchForJava' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
WARNING: Java not found. In order to properly use the Android Developer Tools, you need a suitable version of Java JDK installed on your system.
We recommend that you install the JDK version of Java SE, available here:
http://www. oracle.com/techwork/java.javase/downloads
You can find the complete Android SDK requirements here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/requirements.html.
So I don't really understand why it says it can't find it if I obviously have it installed and it wouldn't have let me install the SDK without verifying I did indeed have the JDK.
I did more searching and then decided to do this:
edit \tools\android.bat
find "%jar_path%;%swt_path%\swt.jar"
modify to "%tools_dir%\%jar_path%;%tools_dir%\%swt_path%\swt.jar"
save, and run SDK Manager.exe again
Again, nothing.
I then tried resetting the path.
Select Computer from the Start menu
Choose System Properties from the context menu
Click Advanced system settings > Advanced tab
Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
In the Edit windows, modify PATH
I deleted everything that was there and put the path to the java files(?) C:\program files\java\jdk1.7.0_02\bin
I tried running the SDK again and got nothing.
I then downloaded the zip version of the SDK tried all of the above and didn't work.
I then read somewhere that if you just make a new user account and install the SDK exe file that it would work, but it didn't.
So anyone have any idea about what I can do? I'm so lost and frustrated! Would it help if I installed Eclipse? (is it a way to bypass Java? it's driving me nuts)
Thank you so much!
So

Well... now I have a different error haha. Here's what I did:
I uninstalled everything, the java jdk and jre and all of that. I uninstalled the Android SDK.
I reinstalled the Java programs, reinstalled Android SDK, that didn't work
I then went and modified the path again, deleted all of the other stuff and put C:\program files\java\jdk1.7.0_02\bin
That didn't work.
I then went and edited the android.bat (as above) that didn't work, I then did a cd in the command prompt, typed: tools/android and got this error message:
Error: Unable to access jarfile lib\achrquery.jar
'xcopy' is not recognized as an internal or externam command, operable program or batch file.
Error: SWT folder ' ' does not exist.
Please set Android_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platform
So now what?
Er

Did you put a ; before and after the java path?

I did that now, but still the same error

I then went and modified the path again, deleted all of the other stuff and put C:\program files\java\jdk1.7.0_02\bin
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This is bad, now your comp does not find basic programs like xcopy so it sure won't work, get back your PATH variable as it was, then at the add a";" and the path to your jdk/bin folder, it should work. if not post again and we'll try to help.

I went to my other computer, copied what I had in the path, put it on this computer and this is the error message:
Error: Unable to access jarfile lib\archquery.jar
Invalid number of parameters
ERROR: SWT folder ';C:\Program Files\Android\tools\lib\x86_64;' does not exist.
Please set ANDROID_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platfo
rm.
I've also downloaded a new swt.jar in case the one I had was corrupt or something

Well, I managed to get the SDK to work.. I installed it on another computer 0_o hahaha
I'll try and figure out what went wrong if anyone's interested but yeah.. that was a pain!

help me here thanks guys

im trying to unlock my gsm nexus bootloader in command run it says 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file. what do i do?

I'm assuming you have Android SDK downloaded to your C:\ drive or or some place like that. if so then navigate to SDK folder and hold shift then right click platform-tools folder and then click open command window here. .

PhazeDelta1 said:
I'm assuming you have Android SDK downloaded to your C:\ drive or or some place like that. if so then navigate to SDK folder and hold shift then right click platform-tools folder and then click open command window here. .
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yeap i did that already i open command window and type adb reboot bootloader it gives me that msg

galaxy16 said:
im trying to unlock my gsm nexus bootloader in command run it says 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file. what do i do?
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You need to get adb working on your PC. You don't have it installed or you are using it wrong (not in the directory it is in, or it isn't set to PATH as examples).
Side note adb doesn't work in the bootloader.

use gnex toolkit in galaxy nexus android development

Open the CMD and navigate to the folder where ADB.EXE is located and like someone mentioned about adb wont work in bootloader, so instead you'll have to use "fastboot", type "fastboot /?" for help and commands.
also make sure you execute CMD as Administrator.

on the toolkit, adb file's name is different. try "adb-toolkit" instead of "adb"
so: "adb-toolkit reboot bootloader"