Hi everyone,
i am very thankful for every help i get...so thanks in advance.
My problem is, that i need to install new shell commands (like another version of "sed"), but i do not know how to achieve this. Using Ubuntu you just use apt-get. But how does this work in the shell (terminal emulator or via ssh or adb) of Android-Linux.
So thanks again for any help..i m really desperate about this subject, since i want to use a few more commands than given in the shell of Android-Linux.
Greetings
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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
mrinehart93 said:
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...)
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.
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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)
I don't know how I did it. I don't even know if it's a windows 7 thing, or a adb shell thing. But...
When I open adb shell and enter the "ls" or "ls -l" command, it returns the name of the file/dir in a strange format. Instead of just the name like "sdcard" I get:
<-[1;34msdcard<-[0m
I'm pretty sure it didn't always do this, so I must have enabled a switch somewhere (or I'm misusing the "ls" command). I do not have this problem with Terminal Emulator on the Captivate itself... just when using ADB shell on a Windows 7 machine. How do I turn this off? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
dc41 said:
I don't know how I did it. I don't even know if it's a windows 7 thing, or a adb shell thing. But...
When I open adb shell and enter the "ls" or "ls -l" command, it returns the name of the file/dir in a strange format. Instead of just the name like "sdcard" I get:
<-[1;34msdcard<-[0m
I'm pretty sure it didn't always do this, so I must have enabled a switch somewhere (or I'm misusing the "ls" command). I do not have this problem with Terminal Emulator on the Captivate itself... just when using ADB shell on a Windows 7 machine. How do I turn this off? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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ugh, this isn't garbage information or a mistake. this is windows command prompt (which isn't a proper terminal emulator) not being able to deciper the color coding techniques used in *NIX shells.
all these odd numbers are are simply color coding to "prettify" the shell if you're using a *NIX shell
Kaik541 said:
ugh, this isn't garbage information or a mistake. this is windows command prompt (which isn't a proper terminal emulator) not being able to deciper the color coding techniques used in *NIX shells.
all these odd numbers are are simply color coding to "prettify" the shell if you're using a *NIX shell
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Thanks for the info! Now that I know what's going on, I should be able to find solution on the web.
Thanks!
dc41 said:
I don't know how I did it. I don't even know if it's a windows 7 thing, or a adb shell thing. But...
When I open adb shell and enter the "ls" or "ls -l" command, it returns the name of the file/dir in a strange format. Instead of just the name like "sdcard" I get:
<-[1;34msdcard<-[0m
I'm pretty sure it didn't always do this, so I must have enabled a switch somewhere (or I'm misusing the "ls" command). I do not have this problem with Terminal Emulator on the Captivate itself... just when using ADB shell on a Windows 7 machine. How do I turn this off? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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I've never had this happen when I use the adb shell on my Win7 machine. Which distro are you using? I have Home Premium x64.
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I've never had this happen when I use the adb shell on my Win7 machine. Which distro are you using? I have Home Premium x64.
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Ultimate 64, but like I said, it wasn't always like this. Some point in the lady week I must have changed a setting or something. Now I just have to figure out what I did and how to undo it.
I am guessing you switched ROMs? Seems to be the color setting in some of the ROMs on the LS command. It is not a windows bug, any terminal/shell that doesn't support colored directory/file names will give you this behavior.
See this thread for a fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7714491
I have been having this issue since I upgraded to JH3 and SRE 1.2.1a (which included a new busybox 1.17.1 and proper symbolic links). SRE 1.2.1a also remove the stock ls command. I did not start looking into fixing it until tonight. Setting an alias for every adb shell session is annoying. Android does not include any of the profile start scripts like linux does or we would be able to stick an alias in some place like a .bashrc or /etc/bashrc.
Here is a permanent solution. I normally have a permanent alias setup on my linux machines with the switches below, you can modify the switches to your liking.
create a file in notepad with the following:
"ls -alh --color=never [email protected]" do not include the quotes.
Note the switches I am using:
a = show all files including hidden (the ones that start with a "." as a prefix on the name)
l = show files in long listing format/layout
h = show file size in human readable format eg and 1k instead of 1000.
Save the file as "ll" without an extension. You can use another name if you wish.
Use adb to push the file into /sdcard then adb shell to copy it to /system/xbin or copy via root explorer.
#assuming ll is in your SDK tools folder - move to sdcard
adb push ll /sdcard
#move to xbin folder
adb shell
su
mv /sdcard/ll /system/xbin/ll
I didn't touch the permissions (its working with -rw-rwxr-x) but just in case you can set permissions on the file.
chmod 755 ll
I rebooted my phone and I was still good to go using "ll" from adb shell.
adb shell ll
or adb shell
$ll
enjoy.
Mine does the same, looks nice when I am using on Ubuntu. I had flashed JH3 + SRE 1.2.1a also.
Did you try using the "dir" command? I think it comes with busybox 1.7.1. That one outputs fine for me when I am using the cmd prompt. Only little quirk is that I have to remember not to use ls when logged on Win7.
color codes were removed in SRE 1.2.2a: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751934
tikidroid said:
I have been having this issue since I upgraded to JH3 and SRE 1.2.1a (which included a new busybox 1.17.1 and proper symbolic links). SRE
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Your fix worked perfectly for me!
Thanks!
tikidroid said:
Here is a permanent solution. I normally have a permanent alias setup on my linux machines with the switches below, you can modify the switches to your liking.
create a file in notepad with the following:
"ls -alh --color=never [email protected]" do not include the quotes.
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Ahhh.... thank you so much for this post. This has been driving me crazy for a few hours, and I almost considered putting an alias to ll in init.rc (but I much prefer this less invasive method)
Useful workaround, thanks. Still needed, some two years later!
Can anyone plz tell me how access adb shell ive tried open it from run in the computer but it only opens for like milli second then it closes. Can someone plz tell me what am doing wrong:-( thanks
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open adb with command prompt (cmd)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
try to reboot your pc maybe drivers haven't finished installing into system.
Thank you for this post
this forum is relly helpfull and usefull
for me I was waiting for more than 1 and 1/2 months to find a way to unlock my X8
this afternoon i have tried the ADB methode for unlocking Samsung galaxys
the methode on xda developper is correct and works perfectly
I was wondering to do so for my experia but no way
please help me to make it working cus I change it with my samsung galaxy fit and no I do not have Handhelp
thnx
I think If it too hard to access Adb shell (so do I) you can use Android Emulator instead
Hi
Can anyone explain to me what is the function of TERMINAL EMULATOR. If you have tutorial or link please share.
Advanced users. You can use adb and linux commands directly on your phone.
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Its linux shell console.
And.... you cant Use adb commands on shell.
You can use shell console from adb but not to other side.
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