I've tried to figure out how to set up OpenVpn on my incredible, but all the posts are too complicated - talking about adb shells and .conf files (as if we're supposed to know what that is).
All I want is a simple app to use OpenVpn or very specific instructions on how to get OpenVPN on the phone (please explain what adb, .conf, tun.ko is).
Can anyone help?
For adb, check the sticky section. There's already a guide there. Learn to walk before running.
PonsAsinorem said:
For adb, check the sticky section. There's already a guide there. Learn to walk before running.
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Even getting over the ADB hurdle, there are still a litany of terms I don't understand. If OpenVPN is in such demand, why can't someone just make an app for android that accomplishes this. It would make a fortune.
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I am trying to install the new Hero OS, and can gain adb mount, but when the file I want to upload is on my desktop, adb wont see it. I have also tried adding it to the tools folder of the sdk itself, and it still doesnt see it.
Can anyone help me out a bit? I have even tried writing the full path to the file, but i dont think i have that correct either. So far i have tried these:
adb push app_s /system/sd/app_s
"cannot stat "app_s": No such file or directory"
I also have tried various forms of this, but still get the above responce.
adb push C:\users\username\app_s /system/sd/app_s
Is this a problem with not see ing the file, or am i maybe trying to push it to a non-existant directory on my sd. I dunno, i have searched on here for anything adb, but when you search, nothing comes up.
I have been listening to the stupid htc jingle for over an hour simply trying to figure out how to push a file, so please help me keep my sanity..
you did install the SDK right?
http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r2/index.html
if so, you need to add it to your path or give the full path to where you installed it every time you execute the command
you're even not very smart, or completely lost.
lolz, i'm j/k
i'm a mac user too, pm me you ichat i'll help you out.
i looked at my PATH,
(/Users/tslate/Desktop/fastboot:Users/tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools:
/Users/tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools:/Users/tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools/adb:
tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools/adb:/tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools/adb:
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin)
and added the folder to the tools folder and the fastboot folder, but this still doesnt work for me. Still getting Cannot stat 'app_s': No such file or directory exists.
Any ideas?
need mac adb help
I dont understand but my thread was moved to general for some reason so here it is again.
I cannot make adb find local files to push to my g1. I can and do have adb mount though. My PATH is:
/Users/tslate/Desktop/fastboot:Users/tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools:/Users/tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools:/Users/tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools/adb:tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools/adb:/tslate/Desktop/SDK/tools/adb:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin
I have tried adding the local file to both the tools folder of the sdk itself, and to the "fastboot" folder mentioned in the PATH, but i get the following error:
cannot stat 'localfile': No such file or directory
Anyone have an idea?
It was moved to general, because it is a general android (poorly worded) question.
Please don't make duplicate threads.
I'm sorry, but I guess I didnt really know there was any other way to ask. I and prob many others here are trying to learn what you guys already seem to know. If I'm going to be called stupid, I would at least like to know the proper procedure is for asking.
I didn't see anyone call you stupid, except one person who said "you're even not very smart, or completely lost." but was just kidding.
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I didn't see anyone call you stupid, except one person who said "you're even not very smart, or completely lost." but was just kidding.
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Ok, so not stupid, but unable to write a question correctly. So what's the correct way for me to ask this? Im not trying to be a smartass, but when things like this happen, and people don't understand what they did to receive such treatment, it reflects poorly on the xda dev community, and makes it hard to appease the powers that be and get my question answered. So how can i reword the aforementioned poorly written question differently?
For that I point you to some threads, which are all stickied by the way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479704
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=519523
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480521
how did you setup your variable?
i can adb just fine on my windows computer. i have no idea how to set up the adb on my mac. how do i set the variable?
neoobs said:
For that I point you to some threads, which are all stickied by the way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479704
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=519523
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480521
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I actually did do a search through both those adb threads, as well as a search through the general developer forum, which returns 0 results for the term "adb". My question isnt answered in either of those threads which are mostly windows based from what i have seen.
Since no one can really give me an answer on how to make the question better or more to the point so I dont get locked/moved/etc. I'm going to assume there isnt one.
Thanks to those that actually tried to help.
Thread locked. Don't create another one until you learn to read.
I was just wondering if there is a app for the linux find command so I can search for files, if there isn't one out there could someone please make one.
MURALEYPILLAI said:
I was just wondering if there is a app for the linux find command so I can search for files, if there isn't one out there could someone please make one.
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Sure. Its called *open the terminal and use the find command*.
lbcoder said:
Sure. Its called *open the terminal and use the find command*.
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While this does work it is not user friendly . It requires every android user to have terminal installed and understand linux. To clarify I would like a graphical .apk that all users can use something that shows options like search by size or extension and browse for a specific folder to search in.
Wrong forum, moving this.
And although it might be useful... it really won't be. The only reason you should be searching through the linux install for files is if you understand what you're doing, and in which case, you'd know how to use find (or at least read the man page for it).
SU File Manager & Terminal has a find gui. I don't use it much because it also has a terminal It's a payed app ($1.99) but well worth it for me.
Here's the thread in this forum: SUFBS
look for me
I posted a script like this here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4247181
I have a terminal and a rooted droid 2, but I can not find a "find" command. I can find all the normal suspects in sys. Find would be very useful. Anyone know were this command hides on a droid 2 or do I need to download a special apk for this command?
Try busybox
After rooted, you can find "find" in busybox. Busybox is found in android market, and you can find how to be rooted in this forum.
Thanks.
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.
cappysw10 said:
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
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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
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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.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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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.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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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
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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.
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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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where should a beginer look to learn how to use this.. I used auto nooter to root so this is a bit new to me. I want to over clock and try some of the other cool stuff everyone keeps talking about but it all seems to use adb
ADB – Easy Tutorial
and
[HOW-TO] ADB for Dummies(How-To Learner's Guide)
sasigns said:
where should a beginer look to learn how to use this.. I used auto nooter to root so this is a bit new to me. I want to over clock and try some of the other cool stuff everyone keeps talking about but it all seems to use adb
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This link is hands-down the best guide you'll ever find on the internet:
ADB User's Guide
I guarantee you will not find a better source for information.
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