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Is there a way to make .bat like files? Or another way to run presaved terminal commands?
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You're talking about android terminal emulators or adb shell? If so, write »#/system/bin/sh« into the first line and your commands into the following lines of a text file. Give your file execute permissions when you're done. Give it any name you like.
Then just run it from a shell prompt as you would do with any other command.
If you want do delve deeper into this, ask your favorite search engine for "shell language", "Bourne shell" or "SUSv4 shell". There are control structures, variables, functions - anything you'd expect from a full-fledged computer language.
P.S.: SD cards are often mounted with no execute permission. If your command file lives there, run it using "sh /sdcard/filename".
Thanks a lot! Very helpful!
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Trying to root 2.3.3 following the instructions in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970237
My bootloader is already unlocked, step six is the problem.
Last login: Tue Aug 4 18:24:32 on console
joshthewasters-macbook:~ joshthewasters$ ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader
joshthewasters-macbook:~ joshthewasters$ ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img'
joshthewasters-macbook:~ joshthewasters$
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I tried the steps on post 15 of that thread and got a different error
joshthewasters-macbook:~ joshthewaster$ ~/Desktop/androidsdk/tools/fastboot flash recovery
error: neither -p product specified nor ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT set
joshthewasters-macbook:~ joshthewaster$ ~/Desktop/androidsdk/tools/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.0-crespo.img
-bash: /Users/joshthewaster/Desktop/androidsdk/tools/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.0-crespo.img: Permission denied
joshthewasters-macbook:~ joshthewaster$
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Not really comfortable with the command line so specifics are appreciated if that is even the problem.
Hey man, sorry I've been out running errands with the wife...ok fine I was taking a nap. Its Saturday afternoon I saw your issues and the first issue seems to one that changing the command used might fix. Try
Code:
blah blah blah/fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
Also, you're having problems with the second line of command
Code:
~/Desktop/androidsdk/tools/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.0-crespo.img
Because you're refrencing a file, I'm assuming, isn't there: "recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.0-crespo.img".
You won't be able to run command line tools unless you add the executables path to your .bashrc file. The easy work around is to just move to the folder where the executable lives and call it from there.
Just use the "cd" command and move into your adb tools folder i.e.:
cd /where-ever/you-saved/your-adbfolder/tools/
You can use the "ls" (list files) command and you should get a list of your adb tools folder as the output. You should see the fastboot (I use an older sdk, but mine is called fastboot-mac, its case sensitive so check yours) command listed if you don't your not in the right folder.
Now just run your commands without all the path stuff.
For sometime now I have been meaning to write-up some of my notes and share some of the things I found can be done with webtop. I have a lapdock that I use it with my Atrix, I also have a HD dock connected to a monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers.
Much of the following is just documenting the linux programs that are installed on the webtop and how they can be configured. You will need to have a terminal program to do most things covered in this post (not the android terminal program, but either lxterminal or xterm) and a text editor.
I use SystemR89's webtopMod to run a full debian distribution in a chooted jail (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790), this is not necessary for most of what this post will cover but it does install lxterminal and a lightweight text editor (leafpad) into your webtop.
AWN (the menu at the bottom of the webtop screen)
awn-manager is included in webtop and it allows you add/delete programs from the menu at the bottom of the screen. Before you use awn-manager the first time you will need to type the following command at the terminal prompt:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/applications/*
Then you can just type in awn-manager and click on launchers and start changing/adding/deleting things. Alternatively you can modify the appropriate files manually.
The configuration file that has the list of menu items is:
~/.gconf/apps/avant-window-navigator/window_manager/%gconf.xml
If you make manual changes to this file you will need to reboot for the changes to take effect (if you use awn-manager all changes take effect immediately).
As you will notice the menu configuration file references “.desktop” files. I am not going to cover the structure of the desktop files, there are a lot of good references out there covering this, just take a look at what is in them, the structure it is pretty straightforward. A number of the desktop files are found here:
/usr/share/applications
but the ones created by awn-manager will be put here:
~/.config/awn/launchers
If the program or command will only be run from the awn menu this directory is probably the best place to put the desktop file. If you are going to associate the program with a file type (more on this latter) you may want to put the desktop files in the following directory:
~/.local/share/applications
any weblinks that you create by using the plus in the right hand side of the bottom awn menu bar will be put here:
~/.config/webtop-icon
and a good place to stick any custom icons that you are going to be using is here:
~/.config/awn/custom-icons
the default set of icons that awn-manager accesses are found here
/usr/share/pixmaps//usr/share/icons
to launch an android program in the mobileview window (aka aiw) you will need to use androidlauncher, here are a couple examples of how to do this:
androidlauncher --action "android.intent.action.VIEW" --uri "content://com.android.contacts/contacts"/usr/local/bin/androidlauncher --action "android.intent.action.MAIN" --cmp "uk.co.nickfines.RealCalc/.Calculator"
you can look in the desktop files found in the /usr/share/applications directory to see some examples of how to launch various android programs you can also use the android app alogcat from the market to see what command is executed when you launch an android app on your phone.
Nautilus (the file manager)
Nautilus is filemanager used by webtop, it has been significnatly modified by Motorola so don't expect all of the normal features to work. If you look at the entry for the file manager using awn-manager you will see that the following command is used to launch the program:
nautilus --no-desktop --browser /mnt/sdcard
In webtop the default preferences for nautilus are set up so that you can leave out the -no-desktop and -browser switches if you want. The /mnt/sdcard entry specifies which directory nautilus should start in. You can specify nautilus to start in the root (/) directory, but it won't have root privileges, so it is not a replacement for root explorer (or similar). If gksu was included in webtop you should have been able to run nautilus with root privileges by typing in:
gksu nautilus --no-desktop --browser /
but when I installed gksu and tried this it did not work.
If you want to have additional directories listed on the left panel in nautilius you can edit the file:
~/.gtk-bookmarks
You can add some functionallity to nautilus by creating scripts. After you create a script an option to run the script will appear under the files menu and come up when you right click. The scripts files are kept in the following directory:
~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
I have attached a couple of scripts that I use, you can also check out:
http://linux.about.com/library/gnome/blgnome6n13a.htm
http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/faq.php
You can view the preferences that are set for nautilus by using:
gconftool-2 -R /apps/nautilus/preferences
I played around with changing some of the preferences, I tried to turn on an address bar but the bread crumbs disappeared instead, I found that you can enable move-to-trash but it only works for linux filesystems (i.e. it works for your home directory but not for FAT filesystems like sdcard or sdcard-ext, although you might be able to fix this by putting appropriate entries in fstab with uid=1000 in the entry, I wrote a move to trash script instead)
It does not appear that the motorola webtop nautilus directly supports accessing network files, but if you are using a kernel with cifs support (or cifs manager from the market) you can mount network directories and then access them through nautilus.
Nautilus has saved searches built in (ctrl-f), search by name works but search by filetype does not work (you can search by file name, such as mp3, but it you tell it to find all audio files it does nothing). I guess they figured they have their smartfolders for that (Phone Music, Phone Images, Phone Video). By the way if you freeze or remove webtop connector then items will no longer be added to the smartfolders.
pcmanfm (an alternative filemanager in webtop)
There is a lightweight alternative to the nautilus file manager included in webtop called pcmanfm. To launch it with the sdcard directory showing type the following:
pcmanfm --no-desktop /mnt/sdcard
if you want to launch it with root privileges in the root directory type the following
sudo pcmanfm --no-desktop /
(I know you should be using gksu instead of sudo, but this works and gksu is not included with webtop).
Some of the nice features of pcmanfm:
It can run with root privileges (see above)
It has an address bar, so you can just type in the directory you want to instead of navigating the directory tree
It has an open terminal window here function built in (tool – open terminal)
There is a bookmarks menu where you can change the directories shown in the left pannel without having to edit ~/.gtk-bookmarks
File associations
If you want a specific application to launch when you double click on an item in the file manager you can change the entries in the following files:
~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
To have several “open with” options when you right click on a file you can put several entries on a line. The following is an example of an entry:
image/jpeg=gpicview.desktop;MobileView.desktop;firefox.desktop
This enrty is telling the file manager to use gpicview.desktop to open the file if you double click on a jpep and to offer the options “open with gpicview”, “open with Mobile View” and “open with firefox” if you were to right click on a jpeg file.
The file manager will use gpicview.desktop that is found in /usr/share/applications/ unless there is a gpicview.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/
I have attached the files that I use for
~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
You will probably have to edit these file because some of the file associations I have set up launch programs in the chrooted linux environment.
Linux applications included with webtop
Functional and useful linux programs included in webtop
nautilus: file manager
pcmanfm: file manager
firefox: web browser
awn-manager: menu editor
xarchiver: file archive manager (zip/tar)
gpicview: a simple image viewer
epdfview: pdf viewer
Gnome programs - most of the gnome programs are crippled/semi-functional, but the following two seem to work well:
gnome-dictionary: online dictionary
gnome-screenshot: screenshot/capture utility
If you look at the "exec" entry in the desktop files located in /usr/share/applications you can see what other programs are included in the webtop distribution.
Swap
I am not certain if the stock atrix kernel has swap support, I am using faux123's kernel, perhaps someone could comment on if the stock kernel's swap support.
I find that I need to set up swap space if I want to use the webtop for anything more than occasional web browsing. Before I enabled swap webtop was regularly warning me that I had low memory (and you can't close the warning message, which is really annoying).
The first thing I tried was using zram for swap (fuax123's kernel supports this). I DO NOT recommend using zram for swap.
BEWARE, ZRAM CAUSES YOUR PHONE TO CRASH REGULARLY
Next I looked into setting up a swap partition; however, after a little research I found out that the complexity of setting up a swap partition is a waste of time, you can get the same performance using a swapfile. Accordng to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging#Linux):
From a software point of view with the 2.6 Linux kernel, swap files are just as fast[14][15] as swap partitions. The kernel keeps a map of where the swap file exists, and accesses the disk directly, bypassing caching and filesystem overhead.[15] Red Hat recommends using a swap partition.[16] With a swap partition one can choose where on the disk it resides and place it where the disk throughput is highest. The administrative flexibility of swap files can outweigh the other advantages of swap partitions. For example, a swap file can be placed on any drive, can be set to any desired size, and can be added or changed as needed. A swap partition, however, requires that it be set for the entire hard drive, and once the size of a swap partition is set, it can't be changed without using tools to resize the entire drive.
To create a 512MB swapfile, type the following commands in the terminal:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard-ext/.swapfile bs=1M count=512
sudo mkswap /sdcard-ext/.swapfile
This is probably bigger than I need, I don't think I have ever used more than 100MB of swap. I use a "." as the first part of the filename, this makes the file a "hidden" file in linux and therefore the file is less likely to get accidentally deleted or moved.
Next, turn on the swap:
sudo swapon /sdcard-ext/.swapfile
and make sure it is working:
free
You will want to add the following line to the file /etc/fstab:
/sdcard-ext/.swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0
and the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.swappiness=10
(you may actually want to try a value less than 10, the lower the value the less the phone will swap)
Running full debian in a chooted jail (webtopMod)
As I mentioned in the first post I use SystemR89's webtopMod to run a full debian distribution in a chooted jail (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790)
You can install a number of very useful and fully functional linux programs in the chrooted environment and then access them from the awn menu (or if you have the file associations set up properly in defualts.list and mimeapps.list you can launch the files by double clicking on a file in the file manager).
*IMPORTANT* Some of the commands must be executed in the chrooted environment and some must be executed in the non-chrooted environment (i.e. the normal webtop environment). The following instructions tell you which environment you need to use for each command.
Once you have webtopMod installed I would recommend that the first thing you do is open an xterm window in the chrooted environment (click on the penguin and select the proper menu item for xterm) and install synaptic in the chrooted environment:
apt-get install synaptic
You can then use synaptic to install other linux programs/packages, such as lxterminal, OpenOffice, mtpaint (gimp runs but it is really slow).
I have modified the script that SytemR89 uses to launch the chrooted environment (attached), you can replace the original script by following these steps in the non-chrooted environment:
Save the attached file,
Rename it from linux.txt to linux
Copy it to /usr/sbin
Set the permissions properly (sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/linux)
If you want to launch a program in the chrooted environment you can do it by typing the following in the non-chrooted environment:
linux oocalc
where oocalc is the name of a program that you have installed in the chrooted environment.
A couple of final things, you may want to setup a symlink in the chrooted environment for /sdcard (and sdcard-ext). If I recall correctly, SytemR89 was just mounting /sdcard (and /sdcard-ext) in the chrooted environment and I changed the script to mount /mnt/sdcard instead (why? so that the chrooted directories would be set up the same as the non-chrooted environment). To make a symlink between /mnt/sdcard and /sdcard in the chrooted environment. First launch an xterm window for the chrooted environment, then type in the following commands:
sudo umount /sdcard
sudo umount /mnt/sdcard
sudo mkdir /sdcard
sudo mkdir /mnt/sdcard
sudo ln -s /mnt/sdcard /sdcard
sudo umount /sdcard-ext
sudo umount /mnt/sdcard-ext
sudo mkdir /sdcard-ext
sudo mkdir /mnt/sdcard-ext
sudo ln -s /mnt/sdcard-ext /sdcard-ext
You may get some errors telling you that something was not mounted or that a directory exists, just ignore the error(s).
Then reboot.
I also created a directory /usbdrive in the chroot'd linux environment and use the following command to mount a usb drive so that the chrooted environment can access it (run this command from the non-chooted environment)
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/block/sda1 /osh/opt/WebTopMOD/root/usbdrive
Many thanks for posting this, it's an excellent guide.
tamuin said:
I am not certain if the stock atrix kernel has swap support, I am using faux123's kernel, perhaps someone could comment on if the stock kernel's swap support.
I find that I need to set up swap space if I want to use the webtop for anything more than occasional web browsing. Before I enabled swap webtop was regularly warning me that I had low memory (and you can't close the warning message, which is really annoying).
The first thing I tried was using zram for swap (fuax123's kernel supports this). I DO NOT recommend using zram for swap.
BEWARE, ZRAM CAUSES YOUR PHONE TO CRASH REGULARLY
Next I looked into setting up a swap partition; however, after a little research I found out that the complexity of setting up a swap partition is a waste of time, you can get the same performance using a swapfile. Accordng to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging#Linux):
From a software point of view with the 2.6 Linux kernel, swap files are just as fast[14][15] as swap partitions. The kernel keeps a map of where the swap file exists, and accesses the disk directly, bypassing caching and filesystem overhead.[15] Red Hat recommends using a swap partition.[16] With a swap partition one can choose where on the disk it resides and place it where the disk throughput is highest. The administrative flexibility of swap files can outweigh the other advantages of swap partitions. For example, a swap file can be placed on any drive, can be set to any desired size, and can be added or changed as needed. A swap partition, however, requires that it be set for the entire hard drive, and once the size of a swap partition is set, it can't be changed without using tools to resize the entire drive.
To create a 512MB swapfile, type the following commands in the terminal:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard-ext/.swapfile bs=1M count=512
sudo mkswap /sdcard-ext/.swapfile
This is probably bigger than I need, I don't think I have ever used more than 100MB of swap. I use a "." as the first part of the filename, this makes the file a "hidden" file in linux and therefore the file is less likely to get accidentally deleted or moved.
Next, turn on the swap:
sudo swapon /sdcard-ext/.swapfile
and make sure it is working:
free
You will want to add the following line to the file /etc/fstab:
/sdcard-ext/.swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0
and the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.swappiness=10
(you may actually want to try a value less than 10, the lower the value the less the phone will swap)
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Thanks a lot, I was just starting to configure zram right before reading your post. :good:
Please explain just two things to me:
- Did you automated this to always enable swap? If so, how (init.d scripting)? EDIT: forget about... I didn't realize what changes in /etc/fstab will do...
- You've created the swap file in the external SDCard. Isn't better to create it on EMMC? EDIT: I've created the file on EMMC cause it's much faster and seems to be Ok!!!
Regards...
I'm making a sudo(superuser-do) binary for android.
Its still in development but the base sudo is done.
Current features:
Code:
-- Classic sudo
Pending features:
Code:
Monitor feature: Well, since su binary don't look after what commands is being executed as su, my sudo binary will look after recived command and block suspicious acts [ Includes, modifying sensitive system data ].
Permission Feature: Includes what a app/user can run commands as and what chmod actions it can perform and if it can read other apps data or manage system settings or if it can mount or remount and what commands it cannot run etc.
Allow/Deny: Just classic allow deny
Password: Performing sensitive system modifications or trying to manage sudo's settings etc would be password protected [ User has to enable ].
Hide the sudo: Just classic hiding
Note: I do not provide "su/root", Sudo binary depends on any of the "su". Therefore, this binary only works on a rooted device.
Side Note: I'm working on my own su for android, it may take a while.
Code:
Installation Tutorial:
Download latest "csral.zip"
Extract it to any desired folder
Open the folder in a terminal
Run: su -c sh install.sh
Leave the rest to the script.
You can view logs to know what happened during install
Thanks!
Download
Sorry for the ignorance but could you please explain what exactly the script does?
Thanks!
nacos said:
Sorry for the ignorance but could you please explain what exactly the script does?
Thanks!
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Sorry for late reply, I'm still learning to use XDA forums, so this script just as i said, gives a basic sudo utility as in linux.
I'm working on it to make su calls a bit more secure [ Like password, monitoring malicious commands, alert and block suspicious activities and saying the command executed successfully as a false call etc ] and more linux-like..
Hello! So I gave up a lot of time ago on having a custom launcher that was opened automatically instead of the stock launcher, but a while ago I thought about a way of using adb logcat to catch the events that launch the stock launcher and replace it with Wolf Launcher (or any other app, actually).
Disclaimer: this method requires a home server where you can run a docker instance or a bash script. It does not work directly inside FireTV.
I have not noticed any performance degradation in the firetv itself, and the latency is almost unnoticeable, to the point I can't even see a frame of the stock launcher (check video below).
I have put together a little script that will run a docker ubuntu instance, in which I then run this command:
./adb logcat '*:I' | grep --line-buffered "ActivityManager: START u0 {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=\[android.intent.category.HOME\] flg=0x10[0-9]00000 cmp=com.amazon.tv.launcher/.ui.HomeActivity_vNext" | xargs -I {} ./adb shell am start -n com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity
It will look for lines in the logcat that start the activity "com.amazon.tv.launcher/.ui.HomeActivity_vNext", which happens whenever you tap the home button or choose a firetv profile.
Then it sends a command to open the Wolf Launcher (am start -n com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity).
It can be modified to either listen to other action, or to launch any other app instead of the Wolf Launcher. Hope it's useful
The wallpaper goes to Amazon, for blocking every nice thing we find with updates
Hello @daavm , can you explain how to run that script? I mean, do i need to boot from Ubuntu and open a command window or can I run it on Windows 10?
I have a Fire Tv 4k Stick with wolf launcher, but there is no way i can delete the stock launcher and my son is always pressing the home button to find some videogames i dont want him to. The problem is that Amazon doesnt allow me to hide the recommendations so my only hope is to set the home button to launch the wolf launcher so the kid wont be able to find the %%%%% videogames.
Thank you
but there is no way i can delete the stock launcher a
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I opened the remote and affixed cello tape on the place where home button is pressed.
Viola -- I also used KODI as default launch after boot using this https[://]f-droid[.]org/packages/news.androidtv.launchonboot/
Queaven said:
Hello @daavm , can you explain how to run that script? I mean, do i need to boot from Ubuntu and open a command window or can I run it on Windows 10?
I have a Fire Tv 4k Stick with wolf launcher, but there is no way i can delete the stock launcher and my son is always pressing the home button to find some videogames i dont want him to. The problem is that Amazon doesnt allow me to hide the recommendations so my only hope is to set the home button to launch the wolf launcher so the kid wont be able to find the %%%%% videogames.
Thank you
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I guess you could adapt it for Windows, but this makes use of grep, which is a linux module, so you would need to rewrite the script... You can try Ubuntu WSL (https://ubuntu.com/wsl) and run it there I guess
alpenmmilch said:
I opened the remote and affixed cello tape on the place where home button is pressed.
Viola -- I also used KODI as default launch after boot using this https[://]f-droid[.]org/packages/news.androidtv.launchonboot/
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Hey any idea if firestick supports external control protocols? I stumbled on a Siri shortcut that allows me to control my tcl tv with siri and I’m wondering if I can do the same with the firestick, there has to be a way tho because how else would the firestick app work?
Thanks for sharing!
From your video it looks very good.
I did something with Tasker, when I click on home it shows the Amazon launcher and jumps into Wolf Launcher, but you can clearly see the delay. Takes 1-2 seconds till Wolf Launcher is on.
Why do I need a Linux server with a Docker container?
The command is an ADB command?
Can I just run Remote ADB Shell on my smartphone and connect to my FireTV and copy & paste your code?
Falcon_X said:
Thanks for sharing!
From your video it looks very good.
I did something with Tasker, when I click on home it shows the Amazon launcher and jumps into Wolf Launcher, but you can clearly see the delay. Takes 1-2 seconds till Wolf Launcher is on.
Why do I need a Linux server with a Docker container?
The command is an ADB command?
Can I just run Remote ADB Shell on my smartphone and connect to my FireTV and copy & paste your code?
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The docker container is just what I decided to use because I use Unraid on my home server. You can just do it on a linux machine without docker. It's just adb, yes.
Not sure how Tasker does it so can't help you with the delay. Haven't used Remote ADB Shell either, so I don't know. Sounds like it would work, but not sure how you would keep it in the background.
daavm said:
The docker container is just what I decided to use because I use Unraid on my home server. You can just do it on a linux machine without docker. It's just adb, yes.
Not sure how Tasker does it so can't help you with the delay. Haven't used Remote ADB Shell either, so I don't know. Sounds like it would work, but not sure how you would keep it in the background.
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doesn't work. Sadly.
With your command, I got the error, that ./adb doesn't exist. Is adb a file or a folder?
I've tried to create this folder, but as I don't have root access I can't create a folder inside root.
I changed the paths in your command to /storage/emulated/0/adb but I get the error:
/storage/emulated/0/adb: can't execute: Is a directory
/storage/emulated/0/adb: Permission denied
Tried the same with creating a file called adb inside the adb folder - but the same Permission denied
Falcon_X said:
doesn't work. Sadly.
With your command, I got the error, that ./adb doesn't exist. Is adb a file or a folder?
I've tried to create this folder, but as I don't have root access I can't create a folder inside root.
I changed the paths in your command to /storage/emulated/0/adb but I get the error:
/storage/emulated/0/adb: can't execute: Is a directory
/storage/emulated/0/adb: Permission denied
Tried the same with creating a file called adb inside the adb folder - but the same Permission denied
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? you are trying to run this in the fire tv directly, you have to run it from a linux machine. Download the platform-tools.zip for Android, unzip it, and you will have the adb file there. Again, run this in a linux machine, not inside the fire tv.
I have created a Docker container using the following command on my Synology nas:
sudo docker run -i -t --network=host ubuntu:latest /bin/bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get install -y android-tools-adb && /bin/bash"
With adb connect x.x.x.x:5555 I create a connection to the device and with adb shell I open a command line.
I have removed the ./ before the adb in the script.
But I don't know if it will work like this, I will get my Fire Cube tomorrow.
@daavm
I believe you have connected the device to the docker container via usb and are not running the script remotely.
I would have to find a way to build a Docker container that would automate this and run it remotely if it worked that way.
poyo1975 said:
I have created a Docker container using the following command on my Synology nas:
sudo docker run -i -t --network=host ubuntu:latest /bin/bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get install -y android-tools-adb && /bin/bash"
With adb connect x.x.x.x:5555 I create a connection to the device and with adb shell I open a command line.
I have removed the ./ before the adb in the script.
But I don't know if it will work like this, I will get my Fire Cube tomorrow.
@daavm
I believe you have connected the device to the docker container via usb and are not running the script remotely.
I would have to find a way to build a Docker container that would automate this and run it remotely if it worked that way.
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No, I haven't connected the device via usb. I do the 'adb connect x.x.x.x:5555' as well. But that doesn't change anything.
You don't have to open the shell. Just run the script in the container.
I've created a Docker aswell, the same way poyo1975 did. Container is running.
I can connect via ADB to my FireTV in the shell from my server, but you said the script needs to run in the container and we don't have to open the shell.
I use Portainer for my Docker containers, I copied and pasted your command in the "command field" and clicked on "deploy container".
I get the error:
failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start container process: exec: "./adb": stat ./adb: no such file or directory: unknown
Still to dumb to understand the whole thing, for me it's more like a trial and error. Hope to get another hint from you daavm
Hi Falcon_X,
I also use portainer, you can build yourself an image.
I have attached my dockerfile and 2 script files.
Just click in Portainer under image build new image and then in the web editor paste the content of the dockerfile.Under upload paste the two script files and click on build.You have to give the image a name for example ubuntu-adb.The adb-connect script file you have to edit with an editor and change the ip address of your firetv.After the image is built you can under the tab container create a new container with the name you gave when creating the image.
At every container restart a connection to the firetv is established and the script of daavm is started.
Should work, but I can only test it tomorrow.
Many thanks to daavm for his script
Falcon_X said:
I've created a Docker aswell, the same way poyo1975 did. Container is running.
I can connect via ADB to my FireTV in the shell from my server, but you said the script needs to run in the container and we don't have to open the shell.
I use Portainer for my Docker containers, I copied and pasted your command in the "command field" and clicked on "deploy container".
I get the error:
failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start container process: exec: "./adb": stat ./adb: no such file or directory: unknown
Still to dumb to understand the whole thing, for me it's more like a trial and error. Hope to get another hint from you daavm
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Again, ./adb will only work if you have downloaded platform-tools zip and unzipped it (which has adb inside). Alternatively, you can do apt install adb, and replace "./adb" by just "adb"
As an update, I now use the following script as a custom script in a linuxserver/webtop container (check linuxserver docs on how to use custom scripts):
Bash:
#!/bin/bash
echo "**** Installing ADB ****"
apt update && apt install -y adb
adb connect 192.168.0.97:5555
while true; do adb logcat | grep -G --line-buffered "ActivityManager: START u0 {act=\(com\.amazon\.tv\.action\.LAUNCH_PROFILE_PICKER\|android\.intent\.action\.MAIN cat=\[android\.intent\.category\.HOME\]\) flg=0x10\(0\|1\|2\)00000 cmp=com\.amazon\.\(tv\.launcher/\.ui\.HomeActivity_vNext\|ftv\.profilepicker/\.ui\.PickerActivity\)" | xargs -I {} adb shell am start -n com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity; done
I included the profile picker listener because I didn't want to have to select the profile every single time.
Awesome. Works flawlessly. Thank you!
Running on a old debian based raspberry pi zero.
Thanks again to daavm and poyo1875. Works!
Update: Only works until you shutdown the FireTV :-(
thanks
daavm said:
As an update, I now use the following script as a custom script in a linuxserver/webtop container (check linuxserver docs on how to use custom scripts):
Bash:
#!/bin/bash
echo "**** Installing ADB ****"
apt update && apt install -y adb
adb connect 192.168.0.97:5555
while true; do adb logcat | grep -G --line-buffered "ActivityManager: START u0 {act=\(com\.amazon\.tv\.action\.LAUNCH_PROFILE_PICKER\|android\.intent\.action\.MAIN cat=\[android\.intent\.category\.HOME\]\) flg=0x10\(0\|1\|2\)00000 cmp=com\.amazon\.\(tv\.launcher/\.ui\.HomeActivity_vNext\|ftv\.profilepicker/\.ui\.PickerActivity\)" | xargs -I {} adb shell am start -n com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity; done
I included the profile picker listener because I didn't want to have to select the profile every single time.
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thanks! it's looks worked！
i have 2 questions
1. The adb log looks like this, is it normal?
2. Oops, when i press home, I can still see the Amazon home page, it will start after about 1 second.
Code:
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity }
Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity }
Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity }
Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
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thanks
thanks! it's looks worked！
i have 2 questions
1. The adb log looks like this, is it normal?
2. Oops, when i press home, I can still see the Amazon home page, it will start after about 1 second.
Code:
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity }
Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity }
Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.wolf.firelauncher/.screens.launcher.LauncherActivity }
Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front
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The Adb log looks the same for me, too.
When I press home, I don't see the Amazon Launcher.
But when I shutdown the FireTV and my container is still running, it just shows: -- waiting for device --
When I turn the FireTV back on, it's still not recognized (IP is still the same).
Looks like I have to connect via ABD and re-run the script every time again, when I turn on the FireTV after a shutdown.
Can someone confirm this or is it just me?