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Fixed the typo's in the code, thanks to Contempt4You for pointing it out for me.
Note, i had to remove the links due to the restrictions of being a new user, but the tools can be found fairly easily, you will need the revert.zip that contains flash_image and mtd0.img, the evo-root.zip from the how to root android 2.2 on the evo 4g on this forums and all you need is the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin, and an original PB31IMG.zip from the RUU 2.1
I adapted this guide from these instructions
As always, I have no responsibility when you try this things go really foobar, and you have a nice paper weight.
I am going to copy and paste much of the instructions off of the page above, make the changes specific to the DInc, and will try to update the links for the stuff to download as I can. Everything that is needed is already hosted somewhere on the internet.
Make sure your phone is unplugged from your computer until I tell you to plug it in!
If you already have the Android SDK and HTC Sync set up on your computer, skip to Step 4 now
Step 1: Download the Android SDK here
Step 2: Extract the Android SDK zip. Move the contents of the extracted zip to C:\
Your Android tools folder path should now be C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Step 3: Download HTC Sync 2.0.40
Run the installer. Move on once installed. If reboot is required, do so and then move on.
Windows 7 Users:
Go to your start menu, then control panel. When that is open, (if you are in category view mode) click on "Uninstall a program" and then choose HTC Sync to uninstall. If you are in Icon view mode choose "Programs and Features" and then click on HTC Sync to uninstall. This will load the proper drivers needed for unrevoked3.
Other Windows Version Users:
Go to your start menu, then control panel. When that is open, select Add/Remove Programs, and then choose HTC Sync to uninstall. This will load the proper drivers needed for unrevoked3.
next download
It contains a few files necessary to root the DInc.
Unzip the contents of the zip to your android sdk tools folder.
Also download the original 2.1 PB31IMG.zip file, or is a download link to the RUU 2.1.
Put this zip in your sdk tools folder as well, as a zip, not extracted.
After unzipping the contents of revert.zip to your android sdk tools folder and placing the PC31IMG.zip move on.
Step 4: Make sure USB Debugging is ON (checked) on your EVO. Go to Settings > Applications > Development > and make sure it is checked.
Step 5: Plug your phone into the computer via USB, Make sure that the connection type in the Notification Pull-Down Bar is "Charge Only", not "Disk Drive" or else this won't work.
If your computer asks you to restart after the new drivers were installed, do that now.
Step 6: Open up a command promt from your android-sdk/tools folder.
Windows 7 users:
Open up the android sdk folder and hold shift and right click on the tools folder. You will see an option that says "Open command window here" Choose that one and you will be set. the command prompt should read something like C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>
Other Windows Version Users:
Go to the start menu, go to All Programs, then Accessories, and click on command prompt. Once open type
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Once ready, type these commands in cmd prompt from your adb tools directory. After every line press enter.
Code:
adb push unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/
adb push mtd0.img /sdcard/
adb push PB31IMG.zip /sdcard/
Note: the PB31IMG.zip will take longer than expected to transfer to the sdcard. It is a BIG file.
Now we chmod a few things. After every line press enter. It should repeat what you typed in and then return you to a blank line with an $ for everything in adb shell
Code:
adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
cd /data/local
chmod 0755 /data/local/flash_image
Ok now for the root shell.
*
(still in adb shell)
Code:
cd /data/local/tmp
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
You will now see some text on your cmd prompt screen explaining the exploit.
Wait for the adb shell to go away, and it will dump you into your windows command prompt again (no shell) should look something like this:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>
Once that dumps you out of the shell, type
Code:
adb shell
and you will see you now have a
Code:
#
instead of a
Code:
$
now type
Code:
cd /data/local
./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img
that will flash your misc partition with Toast's mtd-eng.img.
This should return you to a blank line with #.
If you get an "Out of memory error" with a huge list of weird lines, here's how to fix it.
Reboot your phone normally.
Open a command prompt and go backwards in this guide until you see the big red * and start from there.
Once it is flashed correctly, move on:
Type
Code:
reboot bootloader
Remember how you pushed that huge PB31IMG.zip to your sdcard earlier? This is where that comes in handy. Once you booted into hboot, Select "bootloader" with your volume up/down buttons and hit the power button. Let it sit for a little bit while it loads the PB31IMG.zip. This can take up to 5 minutes. When it finally asks if you want to apply this zip, choose YES. (Remember, this is the same as running an RUU, so it will delete all of your user data).
Once it is finished, select restart. You now are on the stock 2.1 build of Android.
From here you can root your phone and do unrevoked forever and what not for the people that updated to 2.2 without being s=off
Confirmed Works.
Thank You So much
I have been tyring to find a way to do this all day...works perfectly...took a little effort to find the files but overall great right up....
If someone who has enough post wants to post the links to the files, please do.
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well really all you have to do now is flash a original PB31IMG.zip in HBOOT if you have s-off which you should if you're hacking in the first place.
borgey420 said:
well really all you have to do now is flash a original PB31IMG.zip in HBOOT if you have s-off which you should if you're hacking in the first place.
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Don't you think the whole point of his post was for people who didn't do S-OFF and did the latest leaked RUU and are stuck now because they fail to read.
Yeah, that is what this guide is about is for the people who were not s-off. At the time I did the ruu update I didn't feel comfortable doing s-off and then I learned about it, felt better, but then it was too late, I already updated to froyo. This is how I solved that problem so I could s-off my phone after the update.
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nice man so this is for people who didn't do s-off before doing the 2.2 RUU and can now go back to 2.1 so essentially they could now s-off to get root for 2.2? great work, bro!
** would this work for new phones, or say a refurb that came with 2.2 already, and unrevoked hasn't come out with a new root method yet, so you could use this method to get back to 2.1, s-off, then ota to 2.2 and attain root. even better.
excellent post assuming it works
lots of people will want this if they need to root now.
In theory it should work, I don't see why it wouldn't. I don't have one that came with 2.2 so I don't know for sure.
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Confirmed this is working. Some typos in the writeup but that's easily fixed once you catch it.
zeiroe said:
Confirmed this is working. Some typos in the writeup but that's easily fixed once you catch it.
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I took a quick glance at this and stopped because right away I noticed errors and didn't wanna screw anything up. Glad to see it works, thanks.
here you go!
Android SDK
HTC Sync 2.0.40
revert.zip that contains flash_image and mtd0.img
the evo-root.zip contains rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
original PB31IMG.zip from the RUU 2.1 or if you prefer rapishare, here you go
I believe he used this guide
sorry if this is a stupid question, but to confirm, does this process downgrade the radio too? The radio is what worries me the most, and presumably because the 2.15 radio was in the RUU, this process would downgrade it back to 1.x? Is it contained in the PCI...zip file? thanks all (used the RUU and now don't have any sound from internal speaker, trying to get back)
If you will send me a PM with what typos I made, I will fix them. I am currently in AIT with the guard and don't have much time. The code should be correct, I believe the typos is where I wrote it up, and then had to remove the links because of the forums restriction of posting links when you are new.
Yes, this does downgrade the radio too. You are making your phone exactly like it came originally.
Thank you so much for posting he links.
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I'm getting permission denied errors
Code:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb push mtd0.img /sdcard/
failed to copy 'mtd0.img' to '/sdcard//mtd0.img': Permission denied
what am I doing right?
edit: nevermind....figured it out....my SD card wasn't mounted on my phone
im doing this now. i hope i do everything right. i will post
Hey smwoodward, I hope you don't mind but I posted a reiteration of your guide on my blog. I see this being needed in the future for the new DInc's that will come with flavor of 2.2 out the box.
zeiroe said:
Hey smwoodward, I hope you don't mind but I posted a reiteration of your guide on my blog. I see this being needed in the future for the new DInc's that will come with flavor of 2.2 out the box.
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No dude, 100% cool with me.
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what am I doing wrong?
I followed directions step by step and I get it all done correct, but when it comes to loading the image off of the SDcard onto the phone in HBoot, I get error message "no image or wrong image"
HELP PLEASE!!!
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.
Masacrk said:
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.
laxwillsch said:
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
This is my first mod
Tell me how you like it and don't forget to thank if you like it
**REQUIRES ROOT** I am not responsible for any damage done to your device.
Never tried it in 2.1 or DI18, probably would work but not positive. If anyone tries it tell us how it works
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(You will need SDK & ADB)
Instructions:
1. Download the twframework-res.apk
2. Move the twframework-res.apk to the tools folder in the SDK (Usually in C:/Program Files/Android/sdk...or something in that range) [Where ever your SDK is]
*If adb is in platform tools, cut and paste the 3 adb files into tools*
3. In the tools folder, make sure no files are selected and hold shift and right click, then select open command window here.
4. Enter the following 6 commands in this order (ignore # signs or $ signs):
*Your device should ask to allow something SU permissions be sure to accept*
adb push twframework-res.apk sdcard/twframework-res.apk
adb shell
su
remount rw
cat sdcard/twframework-res.apk > system/framework/twframework-res.apk
reboot
Congratulations!!! Your phone should reboot and everything will look as it did in screenshot
I like the look. Might want to put it in a flashable .zip to get more users.
I been away from stock for so long I don't see what exactly the mod is
Sent From Da Hood.
mysteryemotionz said:
I been away from stock for so long I don't see what exactly the mod is
Sent From Da Hood.
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I hear that lol. Hes got 3 mods in that pic, the short cut buttons on press, status bar background, and the bottom of the status bar
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Sweet, its short and to the point, but if you click here you can customize it a little more. Some of the wording is similar to this OP as well.
I would love this on my phone but I'm still to new to flashing and roms and tweaking. It would go great with my current layout and color theme
What, I dont get any credit? Kidding. I wanna be in the credits though, I helped. >.> <.<
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.
SrulDog said:
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.