how do i use the terminal emulator app to access adb shell?
adb shell is only used when you're on a computer, like when using android sdk tools. When you use the terminal emulator you use different commands try This Link for some help using the terminal emulator, they're basically the same as linux commands.
also this should be in the Q&A section
lol the terminal is the 'shell'
if you're running a terminal right on the phone, then consider yourself already @root when you're typing in commands.
foil said:
lol the terminal is the 'shell'
if you're running a terminal right on the phone, then consider yourself already @root when you're typing in commands.
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Sort of. You are a user, but not "root". To become superuser you have to use the SU command.
/ $ su
~ # |
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I'm sorry if I'm nitpicking here. Your original point remains true. You don't have to use ADB at that point to run commands. You run the command without ADB right in the terminal.
subcypher said:
Sort of. You are a user, but not "root". To become superuser you have to use the SU command.
I'm sorry if I'm nitpicking here. Your original point remains true. You don't have to use ADB at that point to run commands. You run the command without ADB right in the terminal.
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No, you're fine. I was just assuming that he was already rooted, but you're right - it's a regular user account unless you change to superuser.
in order to do what you probably want you will have to type su. It should then ask for SU permission and then you should gey
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hello everyone, idk if im in the wrong place, but im trying to connect my non rooted phone to my rooted tablet with terminal emulator.Is there a way for me to use adb because it worked with my previous phone...its not working and isn't showing any device when i input "adb devices"...Can anyone help me please, help would be greatly appreciated ?(btw usb debugging is enabled on my phone)
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Now the thing is when I am at the home screen on my G1 i push "Enter" on the keyboard and then type "telnetd" and then push enter again it doesnt do anything. When I open up telnet client on my PC it wont connect with wifi on.
So I go to Terminal Emulator on G1 and plug in"
cd system
cd bin
telnetd
And then try and connect to telnet on PC and nothing happens.
So I then go to Telnet client on my G1 and go to connect to "localhost:23" and it says "Error while connecting to server: localhost/127.0.0.1:23 - Connection refused" the thing is that my local host for my wifi is not 127.0.0.1:23
And when I "netstat" from inside Terminal Emulator there is no address with port "23"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Download the app called Terminal Emulator from the market and use that instead of pterminal.
use the "su" command before trying to start telnetd.
Also make sure your wifi is up before your start telned.
mrboyd said:
Download the app called Terminal Emulator from the market and use that instead of pterminal.
use the "su" command before trying to start telnetd.
Also make sure your wifi is up before your start telned.
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Thats what I have been using is Terminal Emulator but I dont think I can install Debian through Terminal Emulator. I would rather do it through the PC anyways.
I geta syntax error when using "su" in Term. Emu. because I believe I have installed the "su" mod to always allow.
adb shell
Presuming you're already running the proper modded RC30, you should be able to run 'adb shell' with USB debugging enabled on the phone and it connected to your machine. This should just drop you to a root shell.
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Presuming you're already running the proper modded RC30, you should be able to run 'adb shell' with USB debugging enabled on the phone and it connected to your machine. This should just drop you to a root shell.
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adb being a utility included in the android sdk (in tools/)
SplasPood said:
Presuming you're already running the proper modded RC30, you should be able to run 'adb shell' with USB debugging enabled on the phone and it connected to your machine. This should just drop you to a root shell.
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adb being a utility included in the android sdk (in tools/)
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I got all that but how do I actually use it (adb)? Every time I click on it a command window pops up and then goes away.
Ok I got adb shell to work now thanks guys
I am trying to learn how to use ADB, so I can find the cause of a problem I am having on every 2.xx Rom I have tried, and I have tried them all!
So take a look at the screen shot, and you can see it finds my phone. For some reason thats as far as I have gotten, been screwing with it for 2 days but alas I have to ask!
Thanks for any help you can be!
Roman
OK, at a quick glance....
Instead of just typing "logcat", try "adb logcat". I think you'll have better luck.
Still looking through the rest, will edit in a few minutes.
EDIT 1: Don't actually put the "#" or the "$" on your command line. Those are prompts that the shell presents to you, not something you're supposed to type.
EDIT 2: Add the sdk\tools directory to your path. It will make your life much easier. You can get away with just doing a "cd" to that directory, but in the long run things will be much easier if you just put it in your path.
EDIT 3: "Operation not permitted"????? That command should have worked. Have you rooted your phone yet?
do adb "insert command here" logcat push pull install etc...
Cool thanks for the help subliminalurge, I think I got it now!
Now to start my bluetooth headphones with 1.5 and grab a log, then load up 2.1 and grab a log and see what the HELL is wrong!
Thanks again!
One last question, is it possible to save a whole string from CMD!
Also how do you do a dalvik wipe?
These are the 2 commands I have! Not sure if either one work or not!
DALVIK WIPE:
adb remount
adb shell
# cd /system/sd/dalvik-cache
# rm *
adb reboot recovery
adb shell mount /data
adb shell rm -r /data/dalvik-cache
I havent used adb since rooting my g1, since the release of the flashrec method.
Heres my noob question
Can terminal emulator do the same things as adb?
The only thing id ever use adb for is to push/pull, and i just use root explorer for that.
Jesus, youd think i became a senior just by spamming...
Terminal Emulator can not do the same thing as ADB. ADB is Android Developer Bridge (bridge as in computer to phone connection). Terminal Emulator, if you know Linux terms, emulates a Linux terminal on the phone... so, if you do "adb shell", you'll have the same commands as you would in terminal emulator... sorry I'm confusing
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Terminal Emulator can not do the same thing as ADB. ADB is Android Developer Bridge (bridge as in computer to phone connection). Terminal Emulator, if you know Linux terms, emulates a Linux terminal on the phone... so, if you do "adb shell", you'll have the same commands as you would in terminal emulator... sorry I'm confusing
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Lol i see what you mean.
You need adb to theme, dont you?
Windows man, through and through
(oh the irony, of being such an android patron...)
All,
I follow the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719 to setup the adb. Here is my output:
D:\>cd D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows
D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows>cd platform-tools
D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
I89613ba062a device
D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell
$
Does the output look correct to you? Note that I got '$' instead of '#' prompt, is that ok?
My PC assign two drive letters for the phone's SDs. The phone is a Samsung I896(from Rogers)
I have installed the latest JDK 6 and the latest Android SDK from the respective main site.
thanks,
That looks to be correct. The $ sign means you are running the standard shell. The get to the #, you need to typ 'su' without ticks. Then make sure you allow that on your phone for superuser priviledges. Now you will be the root and you will see the # prompt.
My comptuer also gives two drive letters. One for the internal, the other for the external SD card. However in shell when you cd /sdcard, I believe it goes to the internal card.
Cappy is found by adb and yes the $ is what you should see - so looks good
trekie86 said:
... The $ sign means you are running the standard shell. The get to the #, you need to typ 'su' without ticks. Then make sure you allow that on your phone for superuser priviledges. Now you will be the root and you will see the # prompt...
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A followup question, I type the su and got the following:
su: not found
does this mean that I need to 'root' the unit first before getting the '#' prompt?
sorry for the noob question
cheve said:
A followup question, I type the su and got the following:
su: not found
does this mean that I need to 'root' the unit first before getting the '#' prompt?
sorry for the noob question
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No, that's a very good question. I'm still new to this as well. The reason you can access su is because you need to install busybox. Sorry I don't have the market place link. There are plenty of posts about it around here. So you need to install busy box, run it's utility, then you will have options like su available. The shell through adb is a very stripped down unix shell. Hope that helps.
Oh, and yes. You would have to root the unit to get su permissions. If you aren't doing anything that requires elevated permissions, you can still use adb for push/pull of data.
When i open ADB all it does is it has a lot of white writing that scrolls along and then closes, does anyone know if i set it up wrong, or if they could post step by step instructions? it would be much appreciated, Thanks.
what operating system are you using
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what operating system are you using
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I am using windows 7
um, is there a way to remount adb? im on ubuntu so i cant help out a whole lot. but maybe i can bounce some ideas that could work
smoshism said:
um, is there a way to remount adb? im on ubuntu so i cant help out a whole lot. but maybe i can bounce some ideas that could work
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im not sure, im not very familiar with ADB
I'm pretty new to this, but seems to me you are trying to open the adb that psouza includes with his tools. (If not, then just ignore me)
that's not gonna work for what you are trying to do. i think you need to download the android sdk to get adb working.
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I'm pretty new to this, but seems to me you are trying to open the adb that psouza includes with his tools. (If not, then just ignore me)
that's not gonna work for what you are trying to do. i think you need to download the android sdk to get adb working.
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i am using the one in the SDK, i have it on my c drive in the correct spot but it still closes itslef
Are you clicking it like an icon or running it from a DOS prompt? It is to be run from the command line as it is a dos/command line program..
Ie.. at the c:\android-sdk-x86\platform_tools\ prompt you type adb and what you want to do.
Adb push or adb pull or adb shell, etc. Just adb will give some command options
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d7benjamin said:
When i open ADB all it does is it has a lot of white writing that scrolls along and then closes, does anyone know if i set it up wrong, or if they could post step by step instructions? it would be much appreciated, Thanks.
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First you have to open an elevated command prompt. Do this by clicking the start icon, then typing in "cmd" (without the quotes of course) and then right clicking the only thing that pops up and choosing Run As Administrator. After doing this, you need to know where you folder that contains ADB is at. To find this easily, click Start and then click Computer and in the explorer window that just popped up, type in "adb.exe". That will show you where your adb files are at.
Continuing on, for an example, my adb stuff is in C:\root stuffz. So in the command prompt I would type in "cd c:\root stuffz" and then hit enter. After that, I can then do my adb commands, such as "adb shell", "adb push", "adb pull", etc...
Edit: Make sure you have your drivers installed for the phone. Also, make sure the phone is in debug mode and charge only. This should just about cover most of the absolute basics of getting your phone recognized by adb. I'm not too sure if I missed anything, and one of the other more experienced peeps on here can prob give you more detailed information lol.
What is it ? ADB Shell . is it CMD command on Windows or what ?
muslimbaha said:
What is it ? ADB Shell . is it CMD command on Windows or what ?
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https://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
It's Android Debug Bridge. Basically, it's a command line interface from your PC to your phone. Think of a terminal emulator that you run on the phone itself. ADB is pretty much the same, but from a PC. It is part of Android SDK. You can also find it included in many installation packages posted here on XDA, e.g. CWM recovery. There is an executable and a couple of DLLs.
P.S.: TrymHansen beat me to it...
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It's Android Debug Bridge. Basically, it's a command line interface from your PC to your phone. Think of a terminal emulator that you run on the phone itself. ADB is pretty much the same, but from a PC. It is part of Android SDK. You can also find it included in many installation packages posted here on XDA, e.g. CWM recovery. There is an executable and a couple of DLLs.
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Sorry, but i know what it is now, how do i run it though? im trying to follow the htc desire hd guide to root my phone, which everything is done up until the point i have to test that i have root in debug mode. Not sure how to do this? run abd.exe? it just showed me a cmd window which runs and then dissapears.
If you got your phone rooted or want to test it run adb.exe shell the type su and hit enter. If the prompt change from $ to # you have root access
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bitdomo said:
If you got your phone rooted or want to test it run adb.exe shell the type su and hit enter. If the prompt change from $ to # you have root access
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What is likely to be the problem if it says SU permission denied?
If you are on stock, that means that you have no root access. If you have cm10 or cm10.1 you have to enable adb root access somewhere in the settings. I am sorry but I can not tell you at the moment where to enable it because I am on stock right now.
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kt-Froggy said:
It's Android Debug Bridge. Basically, it's a command line interface from your PC to your phone. Think of a terminal emulator that you run on the phone itself. ADB is pretty much the same, but from a PC. It is part of Android SDK. You can also find it included in many installation packages posted here on XDA, e.g. CWM recovery. There is an executable and a couple of DLLs.
P.S.: TrymHansen beat me to it...
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Thanks Bro for this information