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
smoshism said:
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.
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Hiya ppl,
I've been trying to get some apk's of my phone but no matter what I try I always get an adb: not found.
BTW: when in Fastboot its not working at all (adb) but when i start my device normally I can get into adb, and i can browse my phone
Can somebody give me some tips?
I'm using xROM 1.5r4.
YuYe said:
Hiya ppl,
I've been trying to get some apk's of my phone but no matter what I try I always get an adb: not found.
BTW: when in Fastboot its not working at all (adb) but when i start my device normally I can get into adb, and i can browse my phone
Can somebody give me some tips?
I'm using xROM 1.5r4.
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Have you ever had ADB setup?
Yeah and it worked like a charm before I always uninstall apps via adb mouting also works.
I'm at an dead end
YuYe said:
Yeah and it worked like a charm before I always uninstall apps via adb mouting also works.
I'm at an dead end
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Is your drivers still installed? I know at one time windows reverted back the old drivers on mine and had to change it.
YuYe said:
Hiya ppl,
I've been trying to get some apk's of my phone but no matter what I try I always get an adb: not found.
BTW: when in Fastboot its not working at all (adb) but when i start my device normally I can get into adb, and i can browse my phone
Can somebody give me some tips?
I'm using xROM 1.5r4.
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Yeah, so the problem I see with your screenshot is that you are already in an ADB shell trying to enter ADB shell commands.
Without further complicating matters, this is what you should do.
Close out everything.
Start - Run - CMD
cd\"your sdk folder"
DO NOT ENTER ADB SHELL
now enter your other commands as you were trying. such as:
adb pull /system/sd/app/example.apk c:\app
THANKS !!! YOU ARE THE MAN
worked like a charm, you know I've never foud anywhere that you need to do that without going in the shell.
Or I just missed it in that case sorry.
I applied the latest CM-update, and upon reboot my Facebook application was not showing, not listed in settings (manage application) or application directory. but if you attempt to install from Market it shows as installed and Open & Uninstall are grayed out. does anyone have an idea how to resolve this ???
Did you try ADBing in, removing the app, then reinstalling?
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Did you try ADBing in, removing the app, then reinstalling?
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Hmmm - ADBing (must research this and find the appropriate instructions) .. I have never attempted something like this, Just a simple flash ROM guy; but I do have a little technical experience..
Is it very complicated ???
Shouldn't be too hard. Download adb (from the tools folder from the Android SDK), first do "adb remount", then use "adb shell" once it's set up, then you should get the rest, at least if you know basic unix commands like cd and rm. I think it's in /system/app somewhere, btw. If you need any help, just ask
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Shouldn't be too hard. Download adb (from the tools folder from the Android SDK), first do "adb remount", then use "adb shell" once it's set up, then you should get the rest, at least if you know basic unix commands like cd and rm. I think it's in /system/app somewhere, btw. If you need any help, just ask
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All better now...Thanks you guys...
So I was running logcat to see what it was.. (I guess this is where I should tell you I am not a Dev and I dont know command line)
Well I did it once and things looked good. There was a lot of info, and most of it was well over what I know. Still cool.
Then I was going to do it again and I think I pushed the wrong thing..
In the command box it started to run over some stuff and that was ok.. Then it stop...
But as soon as I got a text, a lot of info started to pop up again. well I may not know command that well but I am guessing it is showing me what is going on in my phone and I would like to know how to re-do this.
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
adb remount
adb shell
(This is the line I think i typed the wrong thing in, but should of been logcat)
And a good question would be, is this what logcat should be doing?
Any help would be great!
Thanks!
You dont run logcat inside your shell. adb logcat needs to be run in the /tools folder where SDK is installed.
instead of "adb shell" type "adb logcat"
Thanks, and that will give me a live feed of what the phone is running?
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Thanks, and that will give me a live feed of what the phone is running?
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You can also use ddms (which is in the same folder as the adb) and it will allow you to view it in real time in a gui.
Type ddms and it should work.
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You can also use ddms (which is in the same folder as the adb) and it will allow you to view it in real time in a gui.
Type ddms and it should work.
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So type,
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
adb remount
ddms
ok... i am a little confused to what "adb" is and how to get "su" (superuser) via a Terminal app that i downloaded for my phone.
I type "su" and and I get "su: not found" same with "adb"
what am i not understanding?
trying to follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797397 but the commands are not working..
i am a little new to my captivate here, so help me out. I install 2.2 and i would like to root it..
thanks in advance, and forgive my ignorance.
ADB is the Android Debug Bridge. You can read what it is here Android Debug Bridge
To use this you must first install the Android Software Development Kit found here Download the Android SDK
Read up a bit on those and search the forums to find more help. Good luck.
I was / am in the same boat.
I spent 4 hours last night getting it figured out, I sure wish I could find an Android for dummies book.
Anyway, here is what cha do....
once you dowload the adb package unzip it to the root of your c drive, you may want to rename it to some thing shorter, I just called it android.
next download the root package from the root thread here and unzip the files and copy or cut them into the tools folder of the ADB folder you placed on the root of C:
navigate to the tools folder and copy adb.exe and adbwinapi.dll to the system32 directory in windows, you will need to reboot. This will allow you to use the windows cmd line.
now I am on window 7 64 so I ran the commond line as administrator to be safe. to do this click start all prograns accessorires right click cmd and select run as admin.
change directory to the tools folder, for me "cd c:\android\tools"
Connect phone be sure usb debugging is on in the phone, (settings, application, development. it will install drivers. (I manually installed the samsung 64 bit drivers I had downloaded from samsung)
from the command promt type adb devices and hope fully it will see your phone and return with the serial number and them you are good to go with following the instructions to root from there.
I hope this helps...
Cappy
the information on how to use this is really not in one place, I spent 4 hours last night searching all over to figure it out, just so I would not ask and be belittled because there is NOT good information.
I have even been searching for any books I can find on Android so I can understand how this system works, but have found no good ones yet.
I need a nice Android for dummies type thing.
I spent an hour just to figure out it still won't run right unless you change directory to the tools folder where everything is at. ( it's been like 15 years since I messed with dos).
Some where in the wiki or bibles or all the other how toos being posted we really need better information on how to use the tools and what they are.
Cheers
Jeff
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=android+for+dummies
WOOT looks like they have one now...
Quick Tip: Once you get the Android SDK installed, you can add the location of the Tools directory to the Windows path variable and be able to call the programs from anywhere on your computer.
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Cappy
the information on how to use this is really not in one place, I spent 4 hours last night searching all over to figure it out, just so I would not ask and be belittled because there is NOT good information.
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Sorry you feel I was trying to belittle you. I was trying to be helpful by pointing you to the proper information. You know the old saying, "You'll never learn by letting others do it for you."
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it's all good man I did not mean you.
I was taught along time ago that there are no dumb questions but it don't seem to hold true around here I have noticed.
Quess the new generation are not as patient or willing to help as mine was.
Ha ha ha. Guess I should have picked a better screen name.
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ugg.. I dont get it.. I finaly got it to connect to the phone, but even in windows when i type in SU I get invalid command..
uggg..
i dont get it.. please help!
go to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797397
at the bottom of the first post you will see a link to Captivate2.2rootpack.zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=411708&d=1285997559
download , unzip, copy contents to the tools folder of the sdk package.
Also this thread was a help,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
Cheers
Jeff
Masacrk said:
go to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797397
at the bottom of the first post you will see a link to Captivate2.2rootpack.zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=411708&d=1285997559
download , unzip, copy contents to the tools folder of the sdk package.
Also this thread was a help,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
Cheers
Jeff
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thanks.. i think i got that far,.. I copied the files into the tools folder and I still get
Code:
$ su,busybox,sqlite3
su,busybox,sqlite3
su,busybox,sqlite3: not found
$
i even copied the files to the android, and ran it from that folder.. still no luck
what am i doing wrong?!? gosh.. i never felt soo dumb about things like this before
eatonjb said:
thanks.. i think i got that far,.. I copied the files into the tools folder and I still get
Code:
$ su,busybox,sqlite3
su,busybox,sqlite3
su,busybox,sqlite3: not found
$
i even copied the files to the android, and ran it from that folder.. still no luck
what am i doing wrong?!? gosh.. i never felt soo dumb about things like this before
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OK. took me a little while to figure this out, too. Not sure of your level of knowledge of the terminal. If I over-simplified please forgive me.
"Extract RootPack zip file" Did you do this? I think you did from you post. Make sure you've copied the files to your "tools" subfolder in the android sdk folder.
Click the start button, click run, type "cmd", press enter.
When that window opens type "cd.." and press Enter. Keep typing "cd.." and pressing Enter until the only thing you see at the prompt is "c:\"
Now navigate to the Tools folder where ever it is you put the android sdk.
I put mine at "c:\android_sdk" so I would type "cd c:\android_sdk\tools"
Plug your phone into your computer.
Go to home screen>menu>settings>applications>development and select "USB debugging".
At the command prompt type "adb devices" and your phone should return a value (the serial number).
If that works you should be able to follow the directions below.
It's been mention that you should be able to copy the commands from the web page and right click the terminal window and select "Paste". Makes everything faster, easier and more accurate. One other thing to mention: after you perform these steps and you want to do something else through adb where you're instructed to type "su" you'll need to open the SuperUser application on your phone and press "approve" after typing "su".
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
(wait for you to get kicked from adb)
adb shell
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit
adb push su /system/bin/su
adb push busybox /system/bin/busybox
adb push sqlite3 /system/bin/sqlite3
adb push superuser.apk /system/app/superuser.apk
adb shell
cd /system/bin
chmod 4755 su
chmod 4755 busybox
chmod 4755 sqlite3
reboot
eatonjb said:
thanks.. i think i got that far,.. I copied the files into the tools folder and I still get
Code:
$ su,busybox,sqlite3
su,busybox,sqlite3
su,busybox,sqlite3: not found
$
i even copied the files to the android, and ran it from that folder.. still no luck
what am i doing wrong?!? gosh.. i never felt soo dumb about things like this before
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those arent even commands. just random words you put into the terminal....
follow the instructions exactly like PersonOfKnownOrigin has posted. it works
I too was having trouble, turns out the files were extracted and were in a sub folder in the Tools folder so I copied and pasted them directly into the tools folder one by one, that worked great for me. Also, I find it easier to open command shell and use the Android Tools by holding the shift key and right clicking on the Tools folder and choose open command window here. I hope this helps.
I have a stupid path becaue my laptop messed up when I first got it and I haven't been able to fix it because DOS is difficult to me. It works fine but I am too lazy to type such a long path and if you are off at all it dosen't work.
just copy and paste the commands so you don't get them wrong, worked for me. The command is su then hit enter then enter the next command line and hit enter, works like a charm.
ok, I got it.. I misinturpted that the first line (the 3 commands in one line) was a command that I was supposed to run..
it was not..
dohh.. thanks guys for all the help... i felt kinda dumb, but now I think I am kinda smrt. I mean Smart!! (Simpsons Humor)
thanks again for the paitence.
Eaton
I have been trying to make this whole adb think work for about twenty hours strait and I still have not gotten very far. I own a mac and no pc and updated to froyo with my buddies pc. I have followed all the directions to a T over and over using terminal on the mac and I can get to the ADB commands and even to where I can see my phone by clicking devices but I must be missing something important. ANY HELP WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED I AM ABOUT TO PULL MY FREAKING HAIR OUT!!!
Ok, so if you can see your phone through adb, then you are definitely on the right track. Unfortunately, I'm not really familiar with OS X anymore so I'm not quite sure how to do it. Just sit tight for now until someone who does use a Mac, or has more of a clue then I do can help you out.
But seriously, don't pull your hair out. It won't stay on your head forever ya know...
Edit: oops, just saw this is JI6 (Froyo) not JF6, so I can't help you, but here is a general overview:
from terminal inside Android sdk main directory:
tools/adb devices -> list all devices connected that ADB can see
tools/adb shell -> gets a normal user shell on your phone
tools/adb reboot recovery -> reboots into recovery mode, suitable for update.zip root method
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Place the root update.zip on internal sdcard.
from terminal inside Android sdk directory:
tools/adb reboot recovery
Select the update software option, and you will be done.
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I have been trying to make this whole adb think work for about twenty hours strait and I still have not gotten very far. I own a mac and no pc and updated to froyo with my buddies pc. I have followed all the directions to a T over and over using terminal on the mac and I can get to the ADB commands and even to where I can see my phone by clicking devices but I must be missing something important. ANY HELP WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED I AM ABOUT TO PULL MY FREAKING HAIR OUT!!!
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Start simple:
If you open a terminal on the mac, and go to your android SDK tools folder; what happens when you type ADB shell?
Or if you type any of the ADB push commands?
You need to give more detail around what you are seeing for us to help you.
Ok so if I am in terminal and i type in my /android-sdk-mac_x86/tools nothing happens and it just says /android-sdk-mac_x86/tools is a directory. But if I type the same but with /tools/abd it opens the abd command lines, like how to write code. Then when I try to "adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin"
it says "-bash: adb: command not found"
however when I type laxwillsch$ /android-sdk-mac_x86/tools/adb shell
it does give me the drop down $
but when I then try to write the next line of code "chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin"
it says "chmod: rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin: No such file or directory"
I am stumped I am beginning to think i need to buy a pc as I am very interested in android development and want to learn more, but it seems all the tutorials are run assuming you are on a PC
EDIT** I have downloaded the android SDK started pack, and the 2.2 root pack and they are all in my /android-sdk-mac_x86/tools folder that is directly on my Macintosh HD for simplicity
Do you know how to change directories (cd command)?
The problem is that you are trying to work in one directory, but all your tools are in another.
So change directories to the tools directory:
cd /android-sdk-mac_x86/tools/
now run your adb commands - you may have to type ./adb to tell your mac to look in the current directory for the adb command (that is what ./ means "start here")
Also, try to understand what is happening so you can more easily troubleshoot: chmod is a command to change permissions, and you are running it on the phone. If you can't push the file to the phone, then you can change it's permisssions. I guess you never got rageagainstthecage on the phone, so there is no way to chmod it.
If you can't do this on a mac, a PC is not easier. I use both, and like both, but you need to learn basic commands first - they apply to the mac terminal and the windows cmd prompt.
Getting root means moving in and out of the phone - adb shell - puts you in a terminal on the phone. So you really need to understand cd (change directory); pwd (present working directory - shows you where you are); cp (copy); and know your current path - what the ./ does.
I hope this helps, not trying to sound condescending - maybe practice a linux terminal tutorial would help
Thanks so much, I am at school right now and cant test out all that but you are really helping me understand all this! I will post tonight and let you know how it goes. again thank you
ok so i dont have my usb cable with me but I was playing around with the commands that you suggested and ureka! i finally got to a point where it says "h70-33-65-19:tools laxwillsch$" thats a first! and when i type pwd it shows "/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools" so that means I am working out of the right directory right? and from here I enable usb debugging connect my phone then just copy and paste the codes from the thread correct?
yes, it sounds like you are on the right track. But take it nice and slow when you follow the steps. It is very important that the commands are entered exactly as you see them.
Also, one step tells you to wait for something to run and kick you out of ADB - wait just like it says - takes about 45 seconds but feels like forever.
If you are in the tools directory - just by typing "adb" no quotes will give you whole page of adb commands - if you get a "command not found", then you need to add the ./ and make it ./adb
Hope this helps and again, read the commands step by step a couple times first so you understand what is happening.
In a nutsell, you push the rage file;
change its permissions, run it;
get kicked out of ADB and then open a new ADB shell;
you are now root;
remount the system partition to give you write access when it reboots;
reboot;
push over some files;
change permissions on files you pushed;
reboot;
Some things to know - SU is a command for gaining root access; when you use SU your prompt changes (in adb shell) from $ to #
If you are succesful you should see the SuperUser app listed in your apps.
Done and Done just rooted successfully couldnt have done it without you! thanks so much