hi, i just tried to open a nexus one image to extract all the png files, but failed. does anyone know how or where to get all these files, like banners, battery meters etc.?
thanks in advance!
They are in /system/framework/framework-res.apk. If you adb pull that file onto your PC you should be able to unzip it to get the pngs.
alright, thanks. i'll try this at home - i just dl adb but dont know how to use it. when i doubleclick adb.exe the windows opens and shuts very quickly, probably because i dont have admin rights here.
Alternatively, you could install a file manager like Astro that lets you browse the system folders and just email it to yourself from there. I've done that with a few of the files just because it's convenient and I don't have to dig out the USB cable.
woelv said:
alright, thanks. i'll try this at home - i just dl adb but dont know how to use it. when i doubleclick adb.exe the windows opens and shuts very quickly, probably because i dont have admin rights here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
adb is a command line app. Anyway Mike's suggestion of using Astro is an easier way.
my problem is the adb window wont stay open, so i have no chance to write a command line. i need all the files for themeing, so Astro seems inappropriate to me.
The Astro method should work. If you browse to /system/framework with it you should see the framework-res.apk. Long press on it and tap send. It should attach it to a new email which you can send to yourself. You can then unzip it with a program like 7-zip.
This will be easier than using adb as you will need to install the adb usb drivers, connect the phone to your PC and use a DOS prompt.
go start menu for xp and click run and type CMD and you'll get your command line. vista or 7 go to start and right above it type CMD. theres a little more to but that will get you your command line
woelv said:
my problem is the adb window wont stay open, so i have no chance to write a command line. i need all the files for themeing, so Astro seems inappropriate to me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So run it like every other command line app. From the command line. (terminal, console, cmd, etc...)
craz6r said:
go start menu for xp and click run and type CMD and you'll get your command line. vista or 7 go to start and right above it type CMD. theres a little more to but that will get you your command line
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Clarkster said:
So run it like every other command line app. From the command line. (terminal, console, cmd, etc...)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So I am pretty sure if the OP hasn't figured this out over six months later, they have either given up, or figured it out.
Good job bringing things back from the dead.
Related
Hi all,
I just did a cyanogenmod update, and obviously it has removed my custom AZERTY keyboard layout.
not that it is difficult to redo, but it is just something like twelve/fifteen lines of command to type...
is there any way of doing a batch file that would do the copy i am looking for?
thanks for your help,
Allan.
DJ_Spray said:
Hi all,
I just did a cyanogenmod update, and obviously it has removed my custom AZERTY keyboard layout.
not that it is difficult to redo, but it is just something like twelve/fifteen lines of command to type...
is there any way of doing a batch file that would do the copy i am looking for?
thanks for your help,
Allan.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes. Google is the answer to all of your questions.
DJ_Spray said:
is there any way of doing a batch file that would do the copy i am looking for?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Type everything you would normally type at the cmd prompt into a text file and rename it with a .bat extension? I'm not sure if that's what you want, but that's the basic gist of it.
Note: bat files can't interact with the adb interactive shell, so you'll have to preface every command you do in adb with "adb shell "
Oh and use notepad++, trust me it helps alot
thanks for the google search proposal.......
what you tell me is using my computer, but the whole idea is to do it directly on the phone. I'm not really sure if .bat files will work under android....
adb shell is the same thing as running it on your phone. if you don't have adb then use gscripts and make one for it
david1171 said:
adb shell is the same thing as running it on your phone. if you don't have adb then use gscripts and make one for it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know adb shell is the same...
anyway, found out that typing from a terminal bash mybatch.bat would run what's in it, sounds like exactly what I was asking for......
DJ_Spray said:
I know adb shell is the same...
anyway, found out that typing from a terminal bash mybatch.bat would run what's in it, sounds like exactly what I was asking for......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sorry i really didn't interpret your previous comment the right way. glad you got it to work though
I am trying to get DDMS working so I can send cmd line code to my phone via the desktop pc. I installed Eclipse IDE and added Android SDK. Someone in another thread said you get a DDMS tab with an icon. I dont see this. I also tried running the DDMS.bat in the "Tools" folder in SDK dir and get this message.
'java' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
SWT folder '' does not exist.
Please set ANDROID_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platfo
rm.
androidmonkey said:
I am trying to get DDMS working so I can send cmd line code to my phone via the desktop pc. I installed Eclipse IDE and added Android SDK. Someone in another thread said you get a DDMS tab with an icon. I dont see this. I also tried running the DDMS.bat in the "Tools" folder in SDK dir and get this message.
'java' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
SWT folder '' does not exist.
Please set ANDROID_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platfo
rm.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well for starters, do you have either the java idk or ire (forget which one you need)
but once you have java installed then just open up command prompt and then
1. if you already have the folder where you're tools are located set up in Environment Variables you can just type ddms
2. otherwise cd to the folder where ddms is located and then once you're there, type ddms
xidominicanoix said:
well for starters, do you have either the java idk or ire (forget which one you need)
but once you have java installed then just open up command prompt and then
1. if you already have the folder where you're tools are located set up in Environment Variables you can just type ddms
2. otherwise cd to the folder where ddms is located and then once you're there, type ddms
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, my Environment Variables wasnt setup. Any ideas why the install didnt do this? Weird...
androidmonkey said:
Thanks, my Environment Variables wasnt setup. Any ideas why the install didnt do this? Weird...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the install never did this afaik ... does ddms work now though?
xidominicanoix said:
the install never did this afaik ... does ddms work now though?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ddms loads just fine now but my phone doesnt show up. My phone is connected with "USB debugging connected" enabled.
Any ideas?
did you mount your sd card?
Got it working, the windows driver wasnt installed.
I didnt realize I just needed to use the cmd line to install Navigation, not ddms. Thanks for the help
all you need is the command line to run ddms. Just put it where you have adb, go there via command line, and type"
ddms
Tada. eidt: it's not perfect, but it's mostly there.
Cannot mount SD card in terminal / console
delete ......
Seems that something is wrong with my wife's N1/SDcard. I don't have an adapter just yet so can't go that route.
I'm just trying to copy all the pictures that she took to the PC. Seems that when I try to copy the folder to the PC, I get a speed of 0 bytes/second transfer speed. Basically it's not doing anything.
I adb commands work...because I rooted her phone the other day. Is there a command I can use to pull those pictures off the card?
SiNJiN76 said:
Seems that something is wrong with my wife's N1/SDcard. I don't have an adapter just yet so can't go that route.
I'm just trying to copy all the pictures that she took to the PC. Seems that when I try to copy the folder to the PC, I get a speed of 0 bytes/second transfer speed. Basically it's not doing anything.
I adb commands work...because I rooted her phone the other day. Is there a command I can use to pull those pictures off the card?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Adb pull /sdcard/DCIM "directory where you want to put it in)[ simpy way is to drag a folder in the cmd prompt window/terminal]
ilostchild said:
Adb pull /sdcard/DCIM "directory where you want to put it in)[ simpy way is to drag a folder in the cmd prompt window/terminal]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks...I'll try that tonight when I get home.
C:\Users\Android>adb pull /sdcard/DCIM C:\Users\Android\Pictures
perfect example.. i did it on mine right now..
if you dont have the adb command in enviroment vaiable, then you will have to be in the sdk directory
so should be in
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb pull /sdcard/DCIM C:\Users\Android\Pictures
and there ya go and should pull all the folders and files in the DCIM folder
Sweet! thanks it worked! Also thanks for the tip on draggin the 'to' folder into the cmd window. That made it a lot easier!
welcome and no problem lol
Sweet! thanks it worked! Also thanks for the tip on draggin the 'to' folder into the cmd window. That made it a lot easier!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey,
this seems to work but it says
pull: building file list...
and has been like that for over 5mins.
Is there a rate at which the data transfers? Is it a slow transfer?
How long did it take to transfer all your photos from DCIM?
Edit: It seems to be working now. I'm trying to copy the entire sdcard (only around 3 gig worth of stuff). Hopefully this copies all of the folders/files.
Will this pull take away all of my files, or will it just back it all up on my PC?
Will I need to push all of the files back afterwards? (If what I'm really trying to get at )
Edit 2: Never mind. ADB says that it copies only. Not removes.
Thanks for this! SO helpful! My sdcard got stuffed up or something and I needed to get everything off it so I could wipe and format it again
I have been tryng to set up adb for my N1. I have all the files downloaded and have gone as far as to see if the computer recognizes my phone. I go into device manager and the phone and files are there but when I go to the next step to see if the computer recognizes the phone, I type in certain commands I got from XDA and I got all the way till the last command before the computer pushes out the id #'s to my phone, I type "adb devices" and I get this response "adb is not recognized as a internal or external command, operable program or batch file".
I have studied these commands and I know I have typed in the right ones, I want to learn this process and unlock my bootloader and other things.
any help would be welcomed.
Thank You
Open a terminal in the folder where you have ADB file at.
IE
I have the sdk from froyo still so i navigate my way to the android-sdk-windows folder, go into the tools folder, SHIFT right click and click on open command prompt window here.
Download this, place in the same folder as your adb on the pc, and double click...
http://db.tt/aVW40cy
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
danger-rat said:
Download this, place in the same folder as your adb on the pc, and double click...
http://db.tt/aVW40cy
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dl file and opened the command prompt, worked fine but still having problem with finding my device, I noticed the adb file was hazed out and it said under it that it had moved, wonder if this is my problem??? I know I'm very close but just getting frustrated. I think I need to reinstall the adb file, I think??????
the problem is that the froyo sdk and the gingerbread sdk have different directory structures. Make sure you are in the right directory. Be it tools or platform-tools. In order to run adb (or fasboot) you need to be in the same directory as the executable (unless you've added the directories to the windows path).
Sent from my Nexus One
efrant said:
the problem is that the froyo sdk and the gingerbread sdk have different directory structures. Make sure you are in the right directory. Be it tools or platform-tools. In order to run adb (or fasboot) you need to be in the same directory as the executable (unless you've added the directories to the windows path).
Sent from my Nexus One
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am running gingerbread, I was in the tools folder, what folder should I be in?
If you get stuck, just take a look at this thread. It places all the files you need in one location. Much easier than the sdk...
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/...mple-sdk-setup-manual-root-guide-windows.html
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
vinnyjr said:
I am running gingerbread, I was in the tools folder, what folder should I be in?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
With the Gingerbread SDK, you should be in /platform-tools.
Can someone please point me to a place that explains how to push files via adb? I have Android SDK installed and I know how to do a screen shot using Dalvik Debug Monitor using the ddms.bat file. But other than that, I don't know what I am doing. lol Also, I am not rooted.
I know it can't be that difficult, any help is appreciated! Thanks!
Holy crap, apparently I pushed a new bootanimation via adb and really had no idea what I was doing. lol
So I guess my question is different now.
First, I put the bootanimation.zip file in the platform-tools folder.
Then I launched a CMD prompt and then I went into my Android/Android-SDK\platform-tools\
then I typed in "adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local" and I wasn't even sure it did anything.
So my question now is what made it push the bootanimation file to my xoom? Did it have something to do with the file being in the platform-tools folder, along with the adb.exe file?
I don't really get the question... It pushed the file to the Xoom because you told it to. A better question might be why it did not push the file during your previous attempts, but I cannot answer that without knowing what you tried. Anyways, I just wanted to chime in that since you are already familiar with DDMS, right under the screenshot option is a file explorer that you can use to push files.
edit: actually, I think it may not be possible to push to subfolders in /data using ddms since it cannot see them
sangreal06 said:
I don't really get the question... It pushed the file to the Xoom because you told it to. A better question might be why it did not push the file during your previous attempts, but I cannot answer that without knowing what you tried. Anyways, I just wanted to chime in that since you are already familiar with DDMS, right under the screenshot option is a file explorer that you can use to push files.
edit: actually, I think it may not be possible to push to subfolders in /data using ddms since it cannot see them
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea, I didn't do it in ddms because I did not see the local folder. I did it through the CMD prompt. But my question is how does it know where to push the files by just typing "adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local"? No where in that does it say push it to the xoom. When using adb, does it automatically try to push the file to whatever Android is plugged up? How does it know where and what to push it on? That was my question.
Best place I've found to start is http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html which gives an overview along with some good details on some of the subcommands. Beyond that, use your favorite search engine.
To answer your question more directly, though, if only one Android device is connected, ADB can figure out how to talk with it. With two or more you'll need to specify the device (which you can get from "adb devices").
HTH
short/y said:
Best place I've found to start is http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html which gives an overview along with some good details on some of the subcommands. Beyond that, use your favorite search engine.
To answer your question more directly, though, if only one Android device is connected, ADB can figure out how to talk with it. With two or more you'll need to specify the device (which you can get from "adb devices").
HTH
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ahh.. cool. I did google it to see what came up and learned a little but nothing ever explained how adb knew what or where to push the file.
But just knowing that it does know, then the rest is pretty easy to figure out. I can follow and type commands well... even though I might not know what they do (which is scary, huh?). lol
Edit: Thanks for the link also.
I got this from XDA somewhere so credit to them:
A:android-sdk-windows installed
B: (on your phone) go to menu>settings>applications>developement and make sure usb debugging is checked.
C: the file you are pushing must be placed in the tools folder of adb so if you are pushing file "build.prop.txt" this needs to be downloaded/copy and pasted in C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
1: go to run and type cmd (or just open your command prompt)
2: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
3: adb remount
4: adb devices *if everything is set up right this should output a serial number*
5: adb push FFFFFFF.FFF /#####/###### *i hope my notes help here you need to put the file name in for the F(s) and in the pound signs you put the destination on the devices example adb push build.prop.txt /system/bin
6. repeat step 3 for multiple files
7. adb reboot this is how you finish