I am wondering if there is any literature online about a simple guideline or something of that nature about the adb shell and commands and all that. I have rooted my phone and used the adb, but dont really understand it just basically copying off guides that were on here. also like loading apks through the shell and taking apks off, and having to rename zips all this stuff im kinda gray on but if someone could maybe point me in the direction of a good place to understand all this i would be very grateful....i am new to this but am very addicted to xda now modifying my phone I am currently using darch's 2.1 and really want to add all the additions but need to know about using the shell thanks in advance guys...people on xda rule the world
aauussttiinn88 said:
I am wondering if there is any literature online about a simple guideline or something of that nature about the adb shell and commands and all that. I have rooted my phone and used the adb, but dont really understand it just basically copying off guides that were on here. also like loading apks through the shell and taking apks off, and having to rename zips all this stuff im kinda gray on but if someone could maybe point me in the direction of a good place to understand all this i would be very grateful....i am new to this but am very addicted to xda now modifying my phone I am currently using darch's 2.1 and really want to add all the additions but need to know about using the shell thanks in advance guys...people on xda rule the world
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Well id say if your very addicted to xda then you should know there's these things called Sticky's at the top of page very useful info could of answered your own question.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=603052
When you use the command "adb shell", that is simply dropping you into the shell of the phone. The phone runs Android, which is a version of Linux. Since almost EVERY ROM has "busybox" installed, you are able to run Linux shell commands on the phone, just as if you were on a Linux install on a computer. So just learn basic Linux commands, and you'll be fine
yea bertman in the stickies there is nothing what im asking about but thanks for your help anyway....mrhinehart so instead of running the cmd promt from my pc i can just run busy box or do i run busy box from reboot recovery?......................ohh snap i found it in the stickes thanks bertman that actually exactly what i was looking for just didnt think it would be in something that had to do with rooting....thanks a bunch man
ADB / 101 Info from Nexus One Forum
Here's some information from the Nexus One forum. Hopefully you'll find it useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619153
I seriously apreesh all the help that last post was like the icing on the cake.Roundaway i see that you have darch's 2.1 seriously a badd ace rom. i have v3 of the rom and the aosp 2.1 kernal and thats all and i have really been wanting to add the jit and fix the whitelist etc etc all that awsome stuff that people have been finding at that thread and i would real remount this or rename the zip to this and just never understood why but that clears up alotta things and connects alot of bridges for me so no on to playing with the adb thanks again everyone
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Here is basic program for your windows computer that just does basic stuff.
It can reboot your phone to wherever you want like recovery, bootloader.
It will wipe your ext2/3 from recovery if you choose and it will repair your ext2/3.
This is still beta, so far everything that is on the app works. But when I say beta I mean I still to implement alot more features so just use it and then tell me what you guys want. I am working on implementing switchrom into it.
This is just about 3 hours of work so you will see alot more in the future.
Screenshots Below!
*(For those of you wondering it is writen in a mix of C++,vb.net,python,and MS-DOS)*
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kickfliprock13
** Oh I forgot to mention you need to have adb set up for this to work if you don't have it set up than it wont work. So if you want to set up just go here: http://punk-in.com/driver_vista.html
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Changelog:
9/8/09: Added a link to tell you how to install usb drivers for your phone
Added links to our twitter's and plurk's
Fixed a few small bugs
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This is for problems and things I am changing!
Problems:
Can't get it to put arguments into adb commands, for example adb shell sh /system/sd/switchrom -s (then the name they want to name it)
I suck with ShellExecute commands so I need to get better at those
Need to learn how to add .exe's and other files into a C++ file and then run it.
Changing:
I will probably be changing the layout in the next update
I will be learning ShellExecute commands hopefully. So then it can set up adb for you and do a switchrom.sh for you
looks good dling now btw how many programming languages do you know lol
Languages
I know a couple. This program is written in C++. I have only done C++ for about a week so I am still kind of a noob. But other than that I know: html, MS-DOS,Python, I am learning java, I know some C and C#.
I am taking some visual stuff right now, like blender and game development.
After that I want to learn CSS, and learn the reset of java and C++
do you think you can make it that the program can flash the new spl and radio so the phone won't brick. Anyway awesome program
It looks like it's just issuing the non-response ADB commands. Do you have anything there to capture the commandline output from ADB? I'm trying to get the push and pull confirmations for mine. It seems the stream is immedately written as blank and then changed to the confirmation but the change is not rewritten to the stream.
Also ADB does not have to be in a specific directory in order to work. Just change the working direcory of your process to the folder where you have them stored. I bundled the files with mine so I didn't have to worry about if someone didn't have them in the right place.
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do you think you can make it that the program can flash the new spl and radio so the phone won't brick. Anyway awesome program
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Yes, we are working on making that happen very soon. It is difficult but yeah, we already figured out a way to apply new radio,spl and get to hero in about a minute now we just need to implement that into the app but I just can't figure out exactly how to include multiple files in my C++ project but once I figure that out I will tell you.
Excellent thanks very much
Hi so how is this program coming along
Very well I almost have rooting figured out
Cool would this work on uk phones and when is the estimated release time
title might sound dumb. But I am running into an issue thats more of just customizing a ROM. Ive searched high and low only running into dead ends. But someone please HOW DO I PUSH .APK's what i am trying to do is get apps such as advanced task manager, setcpu and more. I have all the roms from where they come from. i know i need .apk and i also know i need .odex. ive tried just copy and pasting these things but i run into booting issues i know it cant be done that way ive tried. so if anyone can help with information installing it through adb or is it about moving some files around making sure its all in place then reboot????? please someone HELLPPPPPPPPPPPP!
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title might sound dumb. But I am running into an issue thats more of just customizing a ROM. Ive searched high and low only running into dead ends. But someone please HOW DO I PUSH .APK's what i am trying to do is get apps such as advanced task manager, setcpu and more. I have all the roms from where they come from. i know i need .apk and i also know i need .odex. ive tried just copy and pasting these things but i run into booting issues i know it cant be done that way ive tried. so if anyone can help with information installing it through adb or is it about moving some files around making sure its all in place then reboot????? please someone HELLPPPPPPPPPPPP!
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to push an app you type
Code:
adb push app /system/sd/app
adb push app-private /system/sd/app-private
You can also use adb install <path of apk>
do my eyes deceive me or did u two just help someone
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do my eyes deceive me or did u two just help someone
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Hey I was flyin solo for awhile waitin for you jerks. In the mean time I had a nice bone.
pistol4413 said:
do my eyes deceive me or did u two just help someone
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we help people when we are feeling lonely
but sometimes we give people instructions to brick their phones too
that usually makes me less lonely
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.
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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?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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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Ok so this started out as a small project to make my day to day phone functions easier and quicker but I thought I might share it incase anyone thought my AdbTool was helpful or just nice to have.
Functions so far:
1. Check for device
2. Push or Pull a File
3. Install .apk
4. Reboot
5. Root your Droid X
6. Change bootanimation
7. Push framework (specifically for framework)
8. issue whatever adb command you need to with out the extra typing
9. Set project
10. Error log
11. Clean up folder
There are more functions to come in the future so let me know if you like this script and what you wanna see added. There is no install just unzip and open the .bat file.
This sounds great! Though I'm on Linux machine, so I don't think ill be able to use it :/
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No sorry, I should have specified. It is a Windows script... Just wait though, because Sunday I will be getting a desktop that is already running linux. If you really want I will take the time to make a script to run for linux?
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rooting the dx doesnt work for me :/
Huh... what is happening when you enter that option? Sorry for the long time for me to post I missed the email alert.
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I'm assuming this doesnt allow root for 2.3.3 ota correct?
since all I see is rageagainstthecage in the files
This looks like a really useful program! I might do some work this weekend on it and see if I can get it working for the DROID 2 and port it over to UNIX machines.
If I set it up for unix I will add an SBF option too.
Woa just realized this is a really old thread
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This looks like a really useful program! I might do some work this weekend on it and see if I can get it working for the DROID 2 and port it over to UNIX machines.
If I set it up for unix I will add an SBF option too.
Woa just realized this is a really old thread
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Yeah, this thread is quite old (almost a year) and I am sure the program/script needs to be updated to work.
It is a good idea though (if it can be updated)
D.
I'd like to make a request for a Mount and UnMount command.
fyi....you spelled Folders wrong in the main menu "Floders"
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I can make the program for yall. Yall just need something for shell or a gui for windows?
whatever's easier for you, either would be appreciated it
i have adb properly installed by doing adb devices in cmd it shows my dx
but when i use your tool it says it cannot find the path specific
Okay, I'm looking for a way to have all of my homescreens looking similar. I have been looking for some dark, smoky widgets and I found them here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731625
But, I have no idea how to install them.
-I tried using Astro. That didn't work.
-I tried an installer program. That didn't work.
-I have no idea what it means to push anything.
-Does pushing require a rooted phone, because I attempted to root, and failed.
Maybe I just suck at the android platform. Or maybe I'm just overthinking everything. Please, someone explain it to me like a five year old, because I really want to be able to customize my phone like I do my computer, but it's all so new to me.
Also, I have a MyTouch 3G Slide, if that means anything.
yo.... first.. i was in your spot once.... brand new EVO user, from a dumb reclaim~....biggest advice i "read" was to read~.......all the answers ar at your fingertips!!...
get root~... z4root.... ..do a seach.....
second, astro will only install apk files...
installer program?
push is to use ADB and do shell commands... thats how i rooted... sucked but i made it through...
pushing requires root....
its about learning... .your in XDA, so your first step was correct..... good luck man!..