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cannot for the love of all thats holy get adb to work

ive tried everything i read in most of these forums, and i know im missing something so stupid, so feel free to point out the obvious. but i cannot or have not ever been able to issue a command using adb.exe ive adjusted path name to were my android sdk is located. i know that the adbexe. in the tools folder itself doesnt open but i cant seem to get it working from command prompt either. im rooted and i thought i was nand unlocked until i tried recently to flash fresh's latest rom. (hboot 0.79.0000.) im currently running fresh.3 and would like to update. currently i have clockworks recovery running in rom manger because everytime i use ra amons i cant get into recovery at all to flash fresh update. dos opens up and shuts down after running some unknown commands. Being a noob to android coming from the iphone im at a loss. consider myself tech smart i can follow and understand most things. ive jailbroken and rooted my two previous phones so not a total noob. i just want to be able to do this one task its like a brick wall ive run into and im at a standstill!!!!! anyy help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated

dbc00per said:
ive tried everything i read in most of these forums, and i know im missing something so stupid, so feel free to point out the obvious. but i cannot or have not ever been able to issue a command using adb.exe ive adjusted path name to were my android sdk is located. i know that the adbexe. in the tools folder itself doesnt open but i cant seem to get it working from command prompt either. im rooted and i thought i was nand unlocked until i tried recently to flash fresh's latest rom. (hboot 0.79.0000.) im currently running fresh.3 and would like to update. currently i have clockworks recovery running in rom manger because everytime i use ra amons i cant get into recovery at all to flash fresh update. dos opens up and shuts down after running some unknown commands. Being a noob to android coming from the iphone im at a loss. consider myself tech smart i can follow and understand most things. ive jailbroken and rooted my two previous phones so not a total noob. i just want to be able to do this one task its like a brick wall ive run into and im at a standstill!!!!! anyy help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated
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This would be better suited for Q&A that being said post the commands you are issuing and the errors you are getting. This would help someone trying to help you. Good luck

Try posting in clear concise sentences and it will help as well. Your post is like reading a teenagers tantrum and it's hard to follow.
From what I gathered, you can't get ADB to work, even though you're attempting to run it from a command prompt but the command prompt immediately closes from some unknown commands. That makes no sense.
From your computer, in windows, browse to the Android SDK folder.
Hold down the SHIFT key, and RIGHT-CLICK the tools folder and then LEFT CLICK "OPEN COMMAND WINDOW HERE."
With your phone connected via USB and debugging mode enabled type:
adb remount
and press enter.
What do you get?

First off...wrong section, this belongs in Q&A
Anyways...
1) Go to Settings -> Applications -> Development -> Enable USB debugging
2) Make sure HTC Sync is installed. Link
3) Right-click My Computer and go into Device Manager (while your phone is plugged in), if you see any yellow flags or unknown devices, remove them.
Now unplug your phone and plug it back in.
4) Place the sdk folder on your C:\ and run command prompt in Administrator mode.
Type "cd " (don't forget the trailing space), do not hit enter yet.
Now try to physically drag the tools folder into the prompt window, it will type text for you.
Hit enter.
5) Type adb and it should work.
If it doesn't work, well, you're going to need to give us more details...especially since if you follow what I wrote above correctly there is no reason it shouldn't work.

Sirchuk said:
Hold down the SHIFT key, and RIGHT-CLICK the tools folder and then LEFT CLICK "OPEN COMMAND WINDOW HERE."
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Does that work in XP? I've never heard of that shortcut and it doesn't work on my current workstation.

Neotelos_com said:
Does that work in XP?
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Oh gosh... i hope thats a work PC...
Its just a simple way to open up command window into that folder. Just Winkey+R, type 'cmd', hit enter, then navigate to the tools folder through command line. Hopefully you know command line well enough.

Neotelos_com said:
Does that work in XP? I've never heard of that shortcut and it doesn't work on my current workstation.
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Only works in vista and win 7

gx1400 said:
Oh gosh... i hope thats a work PC...
Its just a simple way to open up command window into that folder. Just Winkey+R, type 'cmd', hit enter, then navigate to the tools folder through command line. Hopefully you know command line well enough.
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Yeah like I said "workstation", I don't call any of my personal machines "workstations".
Also, I'd hope I know command line well considering I just gave advice on how to run adb through it.

thank you I've just gathered more information here than searching for days
Anywhere else.

Properly rooted?

I was trying to do the radio s off with visionary and something went wrong.
I downloaded visionary+ onto my Telus HTC Desire HD no problem, I had rooted it earlier and beleived that to be done correctly. I was getting ready to flash my radio and was going through the steps to do so when my problems began.
Now, all that happens is VISIONary+ keeps on rebooting. I have tried pulling the battery, I have tried to change my settings (re: usb debugging) but nothing seems to help.....all it does is continously shut back off and try to reboot.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Update: This issue has been resolved. I am now trying to figure out if my phone is properly rooted...go to page 2 in thread please

What is your build number in settings>about>software information? Anything higher (and including) than 1.7 will cause Visionary to fail. Then you have to downgrade first.

OK, that is my first mistake, my Build # is 1.84.61.2.
I will attempt the downgrade and report back here

I am at the downgrade prompt. When I put in the command "adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp" I get a message saying "'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
What did I do wrong?

bleagues said:
I am at the downgrade prompt. When I put in the command "adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp" I get a message saying "'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
What did I do wrong?
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download android sdk first
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
put your command to the folder .. for example if u extract to desktop with folder android, then go to command prompt, point to the folder first
e.g: "cd desktop" "cd android"
p/s: put the file inside the folder too

Thanks Hayday, this dosen't seem to help though.
I have the Android SDK in my C: drive and I have placed the "downgrade" folder inside of it. And I still get the same error of "adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" when I type the "adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp"
Any other suggestions?
I believe it still may be a driver problem. I keep getting a message from HTC Sync that says "HTC sync port of ### is not responding. Please disconnect cable and reconnect after 10 seconds"
Can I use the program terminal emulator to do this directly on the phone?

does the folder have adb.exe in it ?
if you place the android sdk folder in c for example the folder name is "android" , you just go to cmd .. then type "cd c:/android/"
and then type "adb" ..
you must use the command inside c:/android .. not c:/android/Downgrade
to be safe, just copy everything in "Downgrade" folder and paste to android sdk folder too ..
btw, here is the full thread by jkoljo himself on how to downgrade.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003&highlight=downgrade

I have done exactly as you say, I have the "downgrade" folder inside of the "AndroidSDK" folder....and still get the exact same message of "'adb' is not recognized....."

I cannot post a question in that other thread because I have fewer than 10 posts. I will as soon as I get up to 10.

Download & install htc sync, this should include all the drivers you need.
I think you need net framework 3.xx installed as well.
Then in cmd, go to where you put the downgrade file (cd blah blah) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=483902&d=1294492245 - & then the command lines should work.

arlrb said:
Download & install htc sync, this should include all the drivers you need.
I think you need net framework 3.xx installed as well.
Then in cmd, go to where you put the downgrade file (cd blah blah) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=483902&d=1294492245 - & then the command lines should work.
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oh forgot to mention. download and install htc sync for the driver.
http://www.htc.com/www/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=324&act=sd&cat=all

bleagues said:
I have done exactly as you say, I have the "downgrade" folder inside of the "AndroidSDK" folder....and still get the exact same message of "'adb' is not recognized....."
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adb.exe is found in platform-tools folder in the android-sdk folder.
Add it to your path. Eg: PATH=c:\android-sdk\platform-tools;%PATH%

Thanks arjunr, after a little bit of tinkering with some files and folders I got it!
Thanks!

Now that I have the proper build #, I want to make sure my phone is properly rooted......or do I have to re-root it?
Is there any way to check and see if my phone is properly rooted?
I had rooted it before I did the build downgrade, does this make a difference?
My phone out of the box was a HTC Desire HD by Telus. The rooting that I followed was the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954997"which is the "[GUIDE] Telus Desire HD - Rooting and Flashing" found here on this website

I am good to go, I am rooted and downgraded!

bleagues said:
I am good to go, I am rooted and downgraded!
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yeah now you can proceed with s-off, and flash new roms if you like.

Heydayat, I seem to be having some issues with anything internet related. I have started another post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012754 can you take a look at this and see if you can help me?
Thanks
Update: I have fixed the issue at the other thread, it was my APN settings.
Thanks to all for the help

Android-SDK?

Ok, long story short... I had to completely wipe/format my hard drive on my computer so I lost ever single thing I had.
I completely forgot everything I needed to install for my phone as far as things like ADB. I think it was Android-SDK but I really can't remember.
Can someone help get me going in the right direction again? Many [email protected]@!!

Yeah, you need the android sdk. If all you're after is adb, then I'm sure someone around here has posted a download link to just those files. If you can't find them, then download the sdk and use the sdk manager to download and install the platform tools. For a full install of the sdk with Eclipse and ADT, you'll need to consult Google's install docs on the android developer site.

myersn024 said:
Yeah, you need the android sdk. If all you're after is adb, then I'm sure someone around here has posted a download link to just those files. If you can't find them, then download the sdk and use the sdk manager to download and install the platform tools. For a full install of the sdk with Eclipse and ADT, you'll need to consult Google's install docs on the android developer site.
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See, I can't remember what I had.
I know it was an android-sdk folder with a few sub-folders like tools in it. I had to browse to that directory when I pushed something via ADB.
So I guess I just need to find and install the android-sdk? I'm not even sure what Eclipse and ADT is..

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Download the sdk. Adb was moved to the platform-tools folder, so you can run your adb from there, or move it to the tools folder.

Thank you!
I appreciate the help guys

Rippley05 said:
Thank you!
I appreciate the help guys
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You're welcome.

teh roxxorz said:
You're welcome.
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I hope I'm doing it right. I unzipped the folder, clicked on tools and read where it said adb was moved. Then I clicked on the android guy (sdk and avd manager) and now it is installing a messload of stuff.
After it's done, I should be able to use ADB but instead of going to c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\ like I used to do, I'll have to change the "tools" to platform-tools correct?
EDIT: I feel liek it is downloading a lot of stuff I don't need =p

Rippley05 said:
I hope I'm doing it right. I unzipped the folder, clicked on tools and read where it said adb was moved. Then I clicked on the android guy (sdk and avd manager) and now it is installing a messload of stuff.
After it's done, I should be able to use ADB but instead of going to c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\ like I used to do, I'll have to change the "tools" to platform-tools correct?
EDIT: I feel liek it is downloading a lot of stuff I don't need =p
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That is correct, and I also just rename the folder to android, cuz typing all that is a pain.
And you can do that, or copy the adb items from platform-tools into the tool folder itself; tis what I did.

Alright, Windows 7 is different and kinda irritating.
All the SDK stuff went into a folder "downloads" and I let everything install, but I can't seem to find it when I run the command prompt. It was much easier in Windows XP.

If anyone is using windows 7 , could you give me the commands you use to get to the directory. I get an invalid path no matter what I type.
Should I move the SDK folders out of my downloads folder and put them on my desktop?

I put it on the root of C. Then I run cd C:\android-sdk\platform-tools. I think you need HTC sync installed as well.

Rippley05 said:
If anyone is using windows 7 , could you give me the commands you use to get to the directory. I get an invalid path no matter what I type.
Should I move the SDK folders out of my downloads folder and put them on my desktop?
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Its easier from the desktop

OK I'll install HTC sync. That should still be on my phones SDcard right?
The problem is, I don't know what commands to enter in the command prompt to get to the different directories on my computer. If I move it to the desktop, what commands will get me there?

dglowe343 said:
I put it on the root of C. Then I run cd C:\android-sdk\platform-tools. I think you need HTC sync installed as well.
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You don't need htc sync, just the hboot drivers.

Rippley05 said:
OK I'll install HTC sync. That should still be on my phones SDcard right?
The problem is, I don't know what commands to enter in the command prompt to get to the different directories on my computer. If I move it to the desktop, what commands will get me there?
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the commands would be:
cd desktop/android/tools
1. change android to whatever you named your sdk folder
2. change tools to wherever your adb is located.
Names are case sensitive

teh roxxorz said:
the commands would be:
cd desktop/android/tools
1. change android to whatever you named your sdk folder
2. change tools to wherever your adb is located.
Names are case sensitive
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Sweet I got it!
I tried to do a ADB remount and got AdbWinApi.dll is missing from my computer. I don't have my phone hooked up tho so could that be it?

Rippley05 said:
Sweet I got it!
I tried to do a ADB remount and got AdbWinApi.dll is missing from my computer. I don't have my phone hooked up tho so could that be it?
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No prob. If you got that error, you missed it from copying the files; just double check that its there in the folder.

teh roxxorz said:
No prob. If you got that error, you missed it from copying the files; just double check that its there in the folder.
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Ahh ok, I just moved it and it started but said device not found. I assume that IS because my phone isn't connected.
One more quick question and I promise I'll leave u alone. Whenever I push something with adb I always close the box and just unhook my phone. Is that the right method? Because I see adb is still running on my pc until I end the process with my task manager.

Rippley05 said:
Ahh ok, I just moved it and it started but said device not found. I assume that IS because my phone isn't connected.
One more quick question and I promise I'll leave u alone. Whenever I push something with adb I always close the box and just unhook my phone. Is that the right method? Because I see adb is still running on my pc until I end the process with my task manager.
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Naw you're fine; yea, it;ll show device not connected if you have nothing connected. I personally leave it open in the command prompt after opening it just in case I go back to it. It'll close once you close command prompt.

Sweet. Thanks again Rox.
I've has that stuff installed since I first got my Hero... been a long time since I had to mess with it..

[Q] cmd fastboot access denied

I am trying to unlock the bootloader through HTCdev but my problem is when I open up cmd and type in the command all I get is fastboot access is denied!
I have searched and read for days but cannot find anything to help me out so I have joined up with xda in the hopes someone else out there has had a similar issue or can atleast suggest something.

mrrflagg said:
I am trying to unlock the bootloader through HTCdev but my problem is when I open up cmd and type in the command all I get is fastboot access is denied!
I have searched and read for days but cannot find anything to help me out so I have joined up with xda in the hopes someone else out there has had a similar issue or can atleast suggest something.
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Try creating a new fastboot folders and updating your HTC drivers. If the need arise, I can share with you my fastboot files

mrrflagg said:
I am trying to unlock the bootloader through HTCdev but my problem is when I open up cmd and type in the command all I get is fastboot access is denied!
I have searched and read for days but cannot find anything to help me out so I have joined up with xda in the hopes someone else out there has had a similar issue or can atleast suggest something.
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It's probably that the folder is under admin previlage protection.
Try moving fastboot folder.
Didn't work:
-Try extracting fastboot to a new directory again.
Didn't work:
-Run cmd as admin, then use cd command to navigate into fastboot folder
ex: cd c:\fastboot\

convict_moody said:
It's probably that the folder is under admin previlage protection.
Try moving fastboot folder.
Didn't work:
-Try extracting fastboot to a new directory again.
Didn't work:
-Run cmd as admin, then use cd command to navigate into fastboot folder
ex: cd c:\fastboot\
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Hi convict_moody, I have tried all that you suggested and went as far as removing all traces of my HTC drivers and
fastboot folders from my computer and tried it all from scratch and still no luck.
I recently did a HTC update to 4.2.2 and the Hboot is 1.73 with S on just if that info is of help?

Are the drivers properly installed, you see MYHTC in the windows device manager. If so that's fine.
Maybe download the android sdk bundle and open the command window in the platform tools folder.
Then put there the unlock code.bin file too and flash it
Fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin

Mr Hofs said:
Are the drivers properly installed, you see MYHTC in the windows device manager. If so that's fine.
Maybe download the android sdk bundle and open the command window in the platform tools folder.
Then put there the unlock code.bin file too and flash it
Fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin
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Drivers are up to date and I have tried with the sdk bundle, it seems to be so simple and not getting it to work is rather frustrating.
Starting to wonder if it's worth the hassle

mrrflagg said:
Drivers are up to date and I have tried with the sdk bundle, it seems to be so simple and not getting it to work is rather frustrating.
Starting to wonder if it's worth the hassle
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Sure you logged in as admin on the pc ?

I'm the only user of this computer, got me stumped.

Yeah but when it's not setup as admin you can have trouble

Just want to thank you all for your advice, I tried the process on a different PC and it worked perfectly. Was my laptop the whole time.
Again a big thanks to you all

[Q] Urgent I am stuck unlock boothloader

Dear Exprts
Kindly check this how to fix this problem
when i give a command in CMD (c:\fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, oparebale program or batch file)
please give me the procedure as soon as possible ...
i cant unlock the boothloader
Thnks
Deep

I dont get your question. What command u typed? Check if your cmd console working directory is the same as fastboot localization.
Just ctrl rght click in folder where fastboot is and click open command window.
Sent from my One V using xda app-developers app

dipusmart said:
Dear Exprts
Kindly check this how to fix this problem
when i give a command in CMD (c:\fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, oparebale program or batch file)
please give me the procedure as soon as possible ...
i cant unlock the boothloader
Thnks
Deep
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You must have fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at the same directori, where you are at the moment at console (e.g. you wrote c:\fatsboot, so you need to have fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at c:\ root to run them.)
I recommend to run fastboot and/or adb from a subdirectory from root, e.g. c:\htc\

I havehave fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at the same directori (I rote c:\fastboot....but the same result ...
I don't have any root file in c drive

i am attaching the file ...
Ken-Shi_Kun said:
You must have fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at the same directori, where you are at the moment at console (e.g. you wrote c:\fatsboot, so you need to have fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at c:\ root to run them.)
I recommend to run fastboot and/or adb from a subdirectory from root, e.g. c:\htc\
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Check this command in attach file
& told me , whats the problem in command

dipusmart said:
Check this command in attach file
& told me , whats the problem in command
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don't know what the problem here, but I had errors like this on windows 8.1 and win8, which based on the poor command-line support...
try to move to the folder itself first with cd command, then fastboot as command.

dipusmart said:
Check this command in attach file
& told me , whats the problem in command
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First, do not place files in the root (system could have some restrictions to run files from here). Place them in any folder and run from there (e.g. c:\fb\fastboot.exe)
Second, usualy you must be in the folder where the running file is. So do this:
cd c:\fb
fastboot ...
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Btw, are you really sure you want to take the risk with unlocking/rooting/flashing? If you are not quite familiar with a simple computer tasks there is a big chance you will go wrong and the phone will become unuseful. Unless you have many of them and just playing around. =)

Have you tried using the windows AIO tool?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676686
you may find it easier, but please do read all the instructions carefully especially about making a backup.

thnks guys....
now i don't have warranty ...so i want to upgrade my phone

urgents.....!!!!!
i am already done unlocking/rooting
but i have to install titanium kiss kernal i just stuck in command prompt ..its just waiting for device
what can i do ,,,

dipusmart said:
urgents.....!!!!!
i am already done unlocking/rooting
but i have to install titanium kiss kernal i just stuck in command prompt ..its just waiting for device
what can i do ,,,
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What exactly the command prompt says?
You have to start your phone in the fastboot mode to accept external commands. So I guess the command prompt is waiting until the phone will get to that mode.

kvestas said:
What exactly the command prompt says?
You have to start your phone in the fastboot mode to accept external commands. So I guess the command prompt is waiting until the phone will get to that mode.
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In command prompt with your phone connected, and USB debugging turned on in your developer options, and in the folder with your boot.img (you'll need to rename the hellboy kernel file to just boot.img)
type
<adb devices>
you should see a reply showing your phones ID if you get this go for
<adb reboot bootloader>
wait for the phone to reboot to your white bootloader screen then go for
<fastboot flash boot boot.img>
then once the kernel is in
<fastboot reboot>
Again I strongly recommend using an AIO program to make sure you haven't missed a step. Its great to learn all the ways to work with your phone, but its primary use is a phone, if it breaks it won't be able to do that.