[Q] Adb shell for a tester - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am not a developer. I do testing only. Recently I had a problem with a nightly in CM7 sansung galaxy s. I needed to run adb shell.
What is the minimalistic way of installing and running adb shell?
When I installed Android SDK after JDK Java in Win 7, sdk manager and avd manager giving me lot of trouble. I don`t need the emulators, sdk platform for 1.6, 1.8, samples of sdk etc...
I mainly uses custom ROMs, sometimes in betas, rc, or rarely nightlies. So I need a cover for any potential problems..
Cheers.

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[Q] How can I run CM ROM in a virtual machine?

I found there is some kind of method make Android running on VM in PC: http://www.android-x86.org/
However it seems not a CM ROM, i wish i can test run the nightly CM ROM below I really flash it into my N1, can I do this?
Perhaps you can load it in the SDK emulator.
Didn't try it myself, though.
The Android-x86 project is for running Android natively on your computer, not emulated.
If you want to run CM in the SDK emulator you have to set up a build environment, download the source and compile it for the emulator using the 'lunch' command.

[Q] {HELP} My captivate not connect to my laptop by USB

I've install [ROM][2.3.5][10/14/11] MIUI Development 1.10.14 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1066885.
But when my captivate not connect to laptop by USB.
I try hidden code: *#7284# but it not work in my phone.
Help me
Reinstall drivers
Install Android sdk because your computer probably sees it as a nexus s
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
To install sdk, you need to install (or already have) Java JDK installed.
mrhaley30705 said:
To install sdk, you need to install (or already have) Java JDK installed.
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from the Android SDK page:
If you downloaded the Windows installer (.exe file), run it now and it will check whether the proper Java SE Development Kit (JDK) is installed (installing it, if necessary), then install the SDK Tools into a default location (which you can modify).
its not a requirement to install it on your own any more, apparently
Yep, that's new to me.
mrhaley30705 said:
Yep, that's new to me.
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it would appear that with each new release of sdk, that they make it more and more noob friendly. thank god for that
now all they need to do is make the installer include adb in the environment path automatically (or by choice, via installation selection)
explaining to a noob to:
install java jdk
download android sdk > unzip it in a location you can find easily
add adb to environment path OR cd c:\path\to\sdk\folder
hell, with most of the noobs you lose them at install java jdk....

ubuntu 12.10 android tools (ADB and fastboot)

Hello, first post ever so sorry if Ihave posted this in the wrong section.
I just thought I would share this info with fellow Ubuntu users who may be interested in unlocking and rooting their devices.
You can download and install ADB and Fastboot in ubuntu 12.10 through the synaptic package manager (which itself can be installed from the software center).
The package is known as Android-tools. This will ensure you have the tools to carry out ADB and fastboot requests. I think the android SDK will still be required though so still download that.
This should work on linux mint and other ubuntu based distros.
Also, you can download these repos on other versions of ubuntu too using the terminal.
Just follow http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/install-adb-and-fastboot-android-tools.html guide.
No offense to "Web Upd8", but adding some random blog's PPA to your system to do something that Google has made completely trivial on Ubuntu is pretty dumb to say the least

[Q] How to root an XPeria Z..? in Linux ??

Good morning Gents and Ladies
This is my first post in xda-developers.
I am planning to buy a smartphone for pen-testing besides of other normal smartphone usage sutff.
My choices have bioled down to the Sony Xperia Z, and the Samsung Galaxy S4...
Only problem is tha i do not know how to root these devices.... by what i have seen so far, it requires flashing the ROM, of them, but i have no access to Windows computers... i only have an Ubuntu 12.04 installation in my laptop, but all the tutorials i have seen so far, involve using some sort of win applications....
I need to root the device in order to get Kali linux, or backtrack linux, or BackBuntu to run in a chroot in an SD card... as well as to install ANTI, and dSploit...
Any hints of how to do this using Linux..??
and more.. the kernel images used in the rooting process are no longer hosted in the websites, where can i get them..?
best regards
Alex
You don't need Windows to root the device. I've successfully rooted the device with locked and unlocked bootloader under linux. You can just run the needed adb commands under linux if you have the android sdk installed.
Downloading Android SDK now... Installed Eclipse already...
djselbeck said:
You don't need Windows to root the device. I've successfully rooted the device with locked and unlocked bootloader under linux. You can just run the needed adb commands under linux if you have the android sdk installed.
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Hi, thanks for the answer, is the source code of ADB packed in the SDK, and i just need to build an executable, ? or is it just a stand-alone binary..?
BRGDS
Alex
All you need is the platform-tools folder from the sdk. The binary for adb will be present for your platform. I rooted on a mac.
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[Q] TWRP ADB not working on windows?

I've noticed that I can't use ADB while in recovery mode on windows yet it works fine on linux. I'm assuming it's a driver issue being that with windows you have to install motorola's driver and on linux, like with everything, it just kinda works. My question is is there a way to get ADB within recovery working on windows. It would be helpful to not be limited to only being able to use it and mount as a storage device while inside userland. I do have a linux machine but whenever I'm on my gaming rig it would be nice to be able to use ADB and USB storage in recovery. Thanks!
I'm currently running Windows 7 SP1, Android 4.4.4 Kitkat, Linux Mint 17, and TWRP 2.8.0.1(I just noticed there was a 2.8.1.0 update although I doubt any difference will be made)
Have you updated the Android SDK?

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