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ADB help

So I'll admit that I'm a newb and only have a basic grasp of all these shenannigans that go around here however thanks to all the fantastic instructions I have managed to root my Nexus One without unlocking the bootloader, flash Amon RA's recovery and made it stick and even flashed MCR21 which kicks ass BTW. Now the only thing missing for me trackball wake which for some odd reason was not included in my prebake. I have the new android.policy file but when I try to use the command adb remount it returns adb: not found. I also tried using Root Explorer to copy and paste the file from my SD card and it said the file could not be moved. Does anyone have any ideas on what my problem may be? Thanks.

do you have the android SDK installed and are you in the android directory (e.g android-sdk-windows>Tools)

ilostchild said:
do you have the android SDK installed and are you in the android directory (e.g android-sdk-windows>Tools)
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Yes I do and yes I am.

what sdk are you using windows or linux? or MAC?

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what sdk are you using windows or linux? or MAC?
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Windows. I grew a little impatient so I signed up for a Modaco plus account and baked a new ROM with trackball wake already in it. Thanks so much for your help though!!

is it rooted or not

I just rooted a new captivate (about 2 wks old) using one-click root method. All seemed to go smoothly & SU permission is installed. I still can't sideload (sirius/xm app) or uninstall any at&t apps. I downloaded androidmate, astro & even bought Root Explorer......NO LUCK!!! THE PHONE IS THE SAME, I can't install or uninstall anything. I would just like to install sirius/xm app. Are the new phones patched against rooting? any help is appreciated, thanks!

ice10 said:
I just rooted a new captivate (about 2 wks old) using one-click root method. All seemed to go smoothly & SU permission is installed. I still can't sideload (sirius/xm app) or uninstall any at&t apps. I downloaded androidmate, astro & even bought Root Explorer......NO LUCK!!! THE PHONE IS THE SAME, I can't install or uninstall anything. I would just like to install sirius/xm app. Are the new phones patched against rooting? any help is appreciated, thanks!
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need to enable sideloading first

rsx19 said:
need to enable sideloading first
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thanks for the quick response. how is that done? I rooted the phone because 'sideload wonder machine' wouldn't work. I kept getting this error - 'loader.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
is there something I'm missing. I've viewed dozens of vid tutorials & forum entries., they all said the same thing - 'use swm or root your phone and boom - start downloading apps' Obviously something is being left out. I don't know what steps I'm missing.

In the dev section, somewhere in the first couple of pages there should be a thread titled something like how to enable side loading. In the gen section stickies there is a wiki that had it too.
From a phone on an app

here's where i'm at so far:
1.tried sideload wonder machine, which failed. I kept getting this error:
'loader.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. this led me to step 2
2. used galaxy 'one-click root' to successfully root the phone, & i now have superuser permission accessible. still can't sideload apps, leading to step 3.
3. tried sideloading using andriod browser, which also doesn't work. i keep getting this error:
unable to find a version of the runtime to run this application. (running on winxp 32)
it seems as though my only other option is the adb method using command prompt, but i've avoided this method; i'm new to android and don't want to risk bricking my phone just yet.
is there any other 'simple' way to sideload on a rooted phone?????? i only want to install a few apps.
any help is appreciated, thanks!!!

What I did was go on youtube and watched a tutorial on how to enable third party apps, then searched another video for removing ATT bloatware. This helped me greatly as my captivate was my first android device. Now I have set up all kinds of cool stuff like wireless tethering and the lagfix. youtube really helps because you can watch them do it as you do it!

ice10 said:
it seems as though my only other option is the adb method using command prompt, but i've avoided this method; i'm new to android and don't want to risk bricking my phone just yet.
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adb is the only method I've ever used ... never had a problem and find it hard to believe that sideloading a known app would ever brick the phone by doing it this way.

laxwillsch said:
What I did was go on youtube and watched a tutorial on how to enable third party apps, then searched another video for removing ATT bloatware. This helped me greatly as my captivate was my first android device. Now I have set up all kinds of cool stuff like wireless tethering and the lagfix. youtube really helps because you can watch them do it as you do it!
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startngate said:
adb is the only method I've ever used ... never had a problem and find it hard to believe that sideloading a known app would ever brick the phone by doing it this way.
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thanks for the replies. i just meant i didn't want to mess up the commands & brick the phone. the directions for 'set third party app to 1' etc, seemed confusing for a noob.
laxwillsch - thanks for the info. i went back to youtube & realized i misunderstood the directions. i just had to drop the apk files into tools folder in the sdk and install from there. thanks for all your help guys
um...anyone know how to undo all this if i get rid of this phone? lol

How do you Root Froyo on the Captivate the Easiest way?

I have the one click root on my computer. I was able to root stock 2.1 but not Froyo. I cant seem to get a normal Update.zip to reinstall to root it. Can anyone help me out with this? Thank you

Have you used adb before? Its easy. Just need to get the sdk dev kit. Then go here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797397

smokestack76 said:
Have you used adb before? Its easy. Just need to get the sdk dev kit. Then go here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797397
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I never have. But Im to nervous to attempt it bud lol

Its not hard. You can PM me if you want. Its easier than all the flashing to swap Kernels i think.

smokestack76 said:
Its not hard. You can PM me if you want. Its easier than all the flashing to swap Kernels i think.
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+1 Its easier to cut and paste between windows. I also like to see how adb commands are used.

Terrigno said:
I never have. But Im to nervous to attempt it bud lol
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If you're comfortable with flashing Froyo using adb shouldn't be a problem.

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If you're comfortable with flashing Froyo using adb shouldn't be a problem.
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I sent smokestack a PM to see if he can help me out on how to do it. I just flashed the phone with Froyo following the directions here. I wasnt to sure about what I was doing but I did everything and it all eventually worked out well, with a couple scares lol. Im new to the rooting scene. I mean Im pretty savy when it comes to certain stuff and I was easy to install beta leaks and builds with BlackBerrys for 3 years. Im new to Android since the Captivate came out, so Im slowly trying to learn the tricks of the trade

Terrigno said:
I sent smokestack a PM to see if he can help me out on how to do it. I just flashed the phone with Froyo following the directions here. I wasnt to sure about what I was doing but I did everything and it all eventually worked out well, with a couple scares lol. Im new to the rooting scene. I mean Im pretty savy when it comes to certain stuff and I was easy to install beta leaks and builds with BlackBerrys for 3 years. Im new to Android since the Captivate came out, so Im slowly trying to learn the tricks of the trade
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Sent you a reply as well.

I was wondering if someone was also willing to help me, the instructions on the link are kinda of vague I think

we are working on it

Seems that adb does not like Win7. Anyone else see issues?

smokestack76 said:
Seems that adb does not like Win7. Anyone else see issues?
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nope. been working fine on mine since July....i have it on 3 machines all running win7 64bit ultimate

alme1304 said:
I was wondering if someone was also willing to help me, the instructions on the link are kinda of vague I think
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The instructions seemed clear as day to me. Put the phone in debug mode, use adb to push the files, execute a shell script, use sqlite3 to allow side loading, change permissions on the files you pushed, and reboot.
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rajendra82 said:
The instructions seemed clear as day to me. Put the phone in debug mode, use adb to push the files, execute a shell script, use sqlite3 to allow side loading, change permissions on the files you pushed, and reboot.
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you are forgetting one important step that nobody seems to want to do.
learn what all that means
its a gimme gimme gimme world....gimme now, i dont want to understand it! just do it for me!

Pirateghost said:
you are forgetting one important step that nobody seems to want to do.
learn what all that means
its a gimme gimme gimme world....gimme now, i dont want to understand it! just do it for me!
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Kinda. Seems the OP here has win7 and i cant get it to play right. I see the above poster said they have it. Please post some info

rajendra82 said:
The instructions seemed clear as day to me. Put the phone in debug mode, use adb to push the files, execute a shell script, use sqlite3 to allow side loading, change permissions on the files you pushed, and reboot.
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I think what they are looking for is where to put the files that they download. I know in the rooting tread, it was missing. I also think some people do it differently, so it may help just to let them know how you find it easiest to navigate to them, etc.
Personally, I take the files that were downloaded and extract them all. Then make sure you have downloaded the android SDK program and put it on the root of your computers hard drive such as drive C:. Then add those files you downloaded to the "Tools" file within sdk.
To navigate to them with command prompt, it would look like: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Then run the commands as listed in the tread.
Hope this helps.

Perhaps this is not the answer you are looking for, but if you are comfortable flashing roms, flash Cognition 2.2 (its already rooted).
Good luck

ronandi said:
Perhaps this is not the answer you are looking for, but if you are comfortable flashing roms, flash Cognition 2.2 (its already rooted).
Good luck
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Its funny all the n00b post. I guess i dont know what im doing

Gr8Danes said:
I think what they are looking for is where to put the files that they download. I know in the rooting tread, it was missing. I also think some people do it differently, so it may help just to let them know how you find it easiest to navigate to them, etc.
Personally, I take the files that were downloaded and extract them all. Then make sure you have downloaded the android SDK program and put it on the root of your computers hard drive such as drive C:. Then add those files you downloaded to the "Tools" file within sdk.
To navigate to them with command prompt, it would look like: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Then run the commands as listed in the tread.
Hope this helps.
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I'm running W7 and am having issues with adb. I'm a noob to android but I'm learning. Anyway, I tried your suggestion of adding the files to the tools directory but when I enter "su" the system returns "su: not found". Any help?

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having problems with rooting and android sdk file

okay im trying to root my phone i already downloaded the driver to sync to my cpu and the downloaded the rooting file change it to update and copied it to my phone. i downloaded the sdk file and extracted it to my c drive as c:/androidsdk. i did everting it ask me to opened up the command promt and entered cd first changedirectory space the entered c:/androidsdk/tools as it tells me to but says this the program cant find the path specified..can anyone tell me wat im doin wrong and y its not bein recognized thanks in advanced

Re-check your path. When I installed it looked like this:
c:\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
YMMV
PS ... note they are backslashes not forward slashed in the path

Q: still having a problem rooting my captivate
i switched it up to the backlash and it still saying no path detected...it wont enen let me root my phone saying file is not there i downloaded the root file extract it to my c drive n renamed it update i got windows 7 i then copied it to my phone...downloaded the android sdk file extracted it to my c drive.opened up the command and put in the codes and it tells me it cant find the path..am i downloading the file wrong extracting it to the wrong file??? plz help

I do it the lazy way, take the tools folder and copy it directly to C:
So it would be,
cd C:\tools
adb blah blah blah
That's an easier path to remember.

bobbylx said:
I do it the lazy way, take the tools folder and copy it directly to C:
So it would be,
cd C:\tools
adb blah blah blah
That's an easier path to remember.
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That works too ...
My point was it's clear the OP has the path wrong. Actually finding the tools folder in Windows Explorer is obviously the first step.
Also, anything he is trying to push via ADB has to be in the tools folder as well if memory serves.
Of course there is an easier way to root ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8914844&postcount=2

i tried everyting...i tried even just rooting the phone by itself and rooting it with the android sdk file and it keeps sayin cant find file or no file found..i dont know what else i can do this seems so simple fellow evry directions but my phone just doesnt want to take. i even tried the one-click root and that wont work saying cant find sdcard.. im lost and getting frustrated with this..any other suggestions and thanks again for your help

swift21 said:
i tried everyting...i tried even just rooting the phone by itself and rooting it with the android sdk file and it keeps sayin cant find file or no file found..i dont know what else i can do this seems so simple fellow evry directions but my phone just doesnt want to take. i even tried the one-click root and that wont work saying cant find sdcard.. im lost and getting frustrated with this..any other suggestions and thanks again for your help
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Don't know what to tell you. Following the instructions in the post I linked to above is the easiest way I know of how to root, and has worked every time I've tried it.
If you can get into download mode, then maybe try re-flashing to stock with Odin One Click and see if that helps any. Or re-install your drivers.

So, you cant even copy and paste from your pc to phone via usb mass storage?
Use your phone, go to dev section, find unleash the beast or super rooter extreme, download either and place the update.zip on the root of your sd card using My Files or whatever. Reboot your phone into recovery and reinstall packages. There, youre rooted. Dont forget to delete the update.zip if you plan to use CWM.
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ok great i finally after two days of trying to figure out what was wrong got it to root..i deleted all root files and my samsung kies device from my computer and started over. searched one click root and brought me here to a link with a video great vid by the way goes step by step. now that i got root on my phone any suggestings on what to do next..how do i load blocked apps to my phone now? i loaded app installer does that work? and do u got any links to loading a adobe flash player 10 app? thanks
also im gonna need the android sdk file to do any sideloading right? how can i do this since i have alredy rooted my phone? thanks again

swift21 said:
ok great i finally after two days of trying to figure out what was wrong got it to root..i deleted all root files and my samsung kies device from my computer and started over. searched one click root and brought me here to a link with a video great vid by the way goes step by step. now that i got root on my phone any suggestings on what to do next..how do i load blocked apps to my phone now? i loaded app installer does that work? and do u got any links to loading a adobe flash player 10 app? thanks
also im gonna need the android sdk file to do any sideloading right? how can i do this since i have alredy rooted my phone? thanks again
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You can use Sideload Wonder Machine or the Android SDK to sideload.
With the Android SDK, you just put whatever apk you want to load into the 'tools' folder and use the adb install filename.apk command.

Like i said, check the dev section for SRE or unleash the beast. One update.zip that does it all, root, bloatware removal, sideloading, etc.
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bobbylx said:
Like i said, check the dev section for SRE or unleash the beast. One update.zip that does it all, root, bloatware removal, sideloading, etc.
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i dont know where or what dev section on my phone is..im a newbie to the android community do u have a link or can u tell me how to do it..thanks

swift21 said:
i dont know where or what dev section on my phone is..im a newbie to the android community do u have a link or can u tell me how to do it..thanks
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There is a Captivate Android Development section right here at XDA.

swift21 said:
i dont know where or what dev section on my phone is..im a newbie to the android community do u have a link or can u tell me how to do it..thanks
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What startngate said. Here in the captivate forum there is android developement, do a search for super rooter or unleash the beast. All the steps to run it are there. Works really well if you just want a stock rom with root and some other goodies. If you want custom roms i encourage you to read through the threads before doing anything.
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I use this one to keep it simple.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
And I think it has the update.zip file in it... so if that application doesn't work.. you can just install the update.zip into your sdcard - reboot into recovery and install update.zip from there.
You don't need the SDK - just need to make sure your phone can be seen by your computer. I've used it on both an XP and Win7 64-bit machine at home and it works great.
To "side-load" applications - you can use the wonder machine... or place the *.apk file on your SDCard and use MyFiles or your favorite file explorer to browse to it and it should install just fine.
I'm testing my phone out with a stock ROM - and I'm rooted/sideload avail and even have a lagfix installed with all of my apps installed in under 15-20 minutes... it is a pretty simple process to root this thing nowdays

[Q] Run dot apk in windows

Id like to run apk(s) within windows, such like live profile. Also i know you can do it for dev modding, id like to give that a go sometime aswell. So can some one please help me out, I already have SDK installed, but no clue how to use it apart from "adb devices"

bigmadpete said:
Id like to run apk(s) within windows, such like live profile. Also i know you can do it for dev modding, id like to give that a go sometime aswell. So can some one please help me out, I already have SDK installed, but no clue how to use it apart from "adb devices"
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Start the emulator and adb install the apk.
You'll be starting a very slow emulator running android designed for developing apps. It'll be slow but it should work

Can you explain that in a step by step please.

bigmadpete said:
Can you explain that in a step by step please.
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Nope. don't have a computer with the sdk nearby. There are plenty of guides around the net telling how to set up the sdk.

bigmadpete said:
Can you explain that in a step by step please.
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http://tinyurl.com/434pdg2