new to android! help!!! - Android Software Development

so im new to the android phone scene i have had blackberry for 5 years noe and decided to try out the new HTC Evo. but im sooo lost with thing, help!!! please
first off my phone is running the newest software 1.47.651.1
im trying to root the phone but to do so all instructions ive found require using adb. what is this adb? and what is adb shell?
when i plug my phone to my computer it says the adb is not set up and it ask for the driver disk, phone didnt come with this.
also im running vista 32 on my laptop if it makes a difference.
any help with getting this done or where to find info would be great!!

adb is apart of the android SDK package which is required for transfer from computer to phone. google "android SDK" and download + install
you need it in order to transfer the files required for rooting to your phone so i suggest reading the instructions so you know what your doing

Need SDK
Android SDK can be downloaded at the following address:
http://developer.android.com/sdk / index.html
Once downloaded extract the folder to one of the PATH for example E: \ android_sdk_windows
i have tried in win xp and 7.
how to install SDK

wolf13 said:
so im new to the android phone scene i have had blackberry for 5 years noe and decided to try out the new HTC Evo. but im sooo lost with thing, help!!! please
first off my phone is running the newest software 1.47.651.1
im trying to root the phone but to do so all instructions ive found require using adb. what is this adb? and what is adb shell?
when i plug my phone to my computer it says the adb is not set up and it ask for the driver disk, phone didnt come with this.
also im running vista 32 on my laptop if it makes a difference.
any help with getting this done or where to find info would be great!!
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I would suggesting following any of the threads on rooting the evo that tell you exactly what to do.
Simpleroot method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706411
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720565
Rooting the EVO for noobs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721055
Both of these are simple and tell you everything you need to do.

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adb "error: device not found" with Haykuro builds

I tried installing the latest builds of Haykuro into my G1, they install fine however I lose adb I keep getting "error: device not found" when I revert to the latest JesusFreak build it starts working again just fine, any ideas why? Thank you in advance.
Sometimes adb.exe stay open in windows process close it reboot your phone and plug it again all is good.
did this fix it?
If not i updated to the new spl and got the new drivers and now adb works fine.
I am using Windows 7 64bit... I could get ADB working one time, and two mins later not at all.
I found this "tip" in a prior thread and I cannot remember who to credit (sorry).... but this worked for me last night without a problem....
When you reboot... hit F8, and scroll all the way down and disable Digital Driver Signing.
After I booted ADB was working great.
Thank you all
Thank you for all your responses I will try them tonight =]
Do0zman said:
did this fix it?
If not i updated to the new spl and got the new drivers and now adb works fine.
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quick question can u point me in da right direction for the new adb driver....ive searched cant find it
im still getting the problem ive tryed disable driver signing uninstalling reinstall drivers reboot after reboot process kills. And stil cant mount adb. Vista Ultamite 32 bit with update drivers from haykuro
jmotyka said:
im still getting the problem ive tryed disable driver signing uninstalling reinstall drivers reboot after reboot process kills. And stil cant mount adb. Vista Ultamite 32 bit with update drivers from haykuro
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I'm trying to get this to work also. I have Vista Ultimate 32 bit, where is this new driver that i've read about?
I7oobie said:
I'm trying to get this to work also. I have Vista Ultimate 32 bit, where is this new driver that i've read about?
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Its in the driver package, just unzip it to C:\ then plug in your phone, go to device manager and look for Android Device, then install the driver from that folder on C:\
works for me and im on XP Laptop and an Vista Ultimate X64 Machine
Dantehman said:
Its in the driver package, just unzip it to C:\ then plug in your phone, go to device manager and look for Android Device, then install the driver from that folder on C:\
works for me and im on XP Laptop and an Vista Ultimate X64 Machine
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Thanks for the response. I could've swore I've done that, but maybe I'll try it again.

Google Maps, Facebook and ADB

Hello All.
I've had my UK, T-Mobile G1 for quite a while now. I have rooted it and it is running the latest CyanogenMod recovery image and ROM. I also have Apps2SD set up on my 8GB SD card, on a 512MB ext partition. This was all working fine until the problems below occurred...
I'm having some problems with several apps and ADB.
My PC runs Windows 7, 64 bit, and I can't seem to find a driver for the G1's ADB. I'm probably being incredibly stupid, but I just can't find one. I have used one before on Vista, where I had to set some boot options, but I'm not too sure / happy about doing that on my nicely functioning Windows 7. And as my friend once said; "You mess around with windows, then windows will mess around with you"...
But, anyway, I can't seem to get ADB working, if someone could either send me a link to the drivers or guide me through it, I'd be grateful...
Also, it may be due to me running CyanogenMod, but if I try to update the Facebook app, it downloads the app, and then when it tries to install, gives me the error "Installation Unsuccessful - Incompatible Update".
And with the Google Maps app, it says "Installation unsuccessful - Package file was not signed correctly". This may be due to me trying to get the hacked version of the app to get the Google Maps Navigation working in the UK, but I couldn't get that to work, so I uninstalled it and Nav Launcher, and now when I try to update from the Market it gives me that error.
I've seen a guide online with ADB commands, but as I have no access to ADB, I'm a tad screwed. I've tried runnign the commands in the Terminal Emulator in the phone, which does approximately nothing whatsoever.
So, can anyone give me any guidance on any of my Android problems?
Thanks in advance - Ethan
To the best of my knowledge no one has successfully used ADB with Windows 7/64bit
jamesrdorn said:
To the best of my knowledge no one has successfully used ADB with Windows 7/64bit
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Ah. Looks like I'll be reinstalling Ubuntu then for the ADB. Thank you for such a fast response.
- Ethan
jamesrdorn said:
To the best of my knowledge no one has successfully used ADB with Windows 7/64bit
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Lies, I'm running windows 7 64bit and ADB works fine.
chris4500uk said:
Lies, I'm running windows 7 64bit and ADB works fine.
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In that case, do you remember where you obtained the driver from? I would love a link, or a zip file or something...
I'm on Vista x64 SP2 and I can use ADB just fine. You just need to download the SDK and then get the USB driver through there. It used to come included, but now you need to use the ADV and SDK manager and download the drivers as an SDK Component through there.
After that, make sure your phone is set to USB Debugging mode and plug it in then point windows to the new drivers. If it doesn't want to install the new drivers, you might need to remove the old ones first. I had to use USB Deview (DL link at bottom of page) and removed all installed HTC drivers. After that I plugged my G1 back in, pointed it at the newly downloaded drivers and all was well.
I'm running adb/fastboot/android sdk on win7 64b ultimate. The drivers are included in the sdk download. Once you download the sdk, make sure you have java installed. (I had to install JRE and JDK to get it to work properly, not sure if this was needed) Anyhow, when you have the sdk downloaded, run the sdk setup program. Go to settings and check the box for force update (unsure of the exact terminology used there) then go to available updates and your drivers are the last option on the list.

Insane!!!

I'm trying to install adb drivers on my computer(running xp) since 2 weeks and I can't do it. I have htc sync installed on it and it works great. I've downloaded sdk for windows, launched it and downloaded usb drivers package. I tried MANY TIMES to get those stupid drivers work but NOTHING. I need the adb to root my phone and I still stuck on that STUPID DRIVERS INSTALLATIONS. I read so many instructions, tutorial but nothing. I'm not a newbie on getting drivers work but THIS IS INSANE !!! Help please!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757233
Fixed!
You don't need adb drivers since the new HTC Sync
I'm downloading the latest htc sync (me again) and I will give feedback. Thanks.
But the way, changing environment variables won't affect my system stability?
How would you expect it to change your stability?
The answer is no. I can't imagine any way in which they would affect stability.

Unrevoked doesn't see aria - Ubuntu 10.04

Hi there,
It's probably something simple, but most things are easy when you know how!
Unrevoked does not see my Aria.
Running Unrevoked 3.32 under Ubuntu 10.04.
The USB debugging is ON in the phone.
I have tried to run reflash from the terminal using 'sudo reflash' but it will not run that way, doesn't even start.
Any ideas?
(the last time I was here, I was getting the windows 6 hack for my Audiovox Starcom 6700! I still have it by the way and it still works as a pocket PC just fine.)
Ted
One more thing.
I upgraded the rom to 1.25.502.12 tonight, hope that didn't kill this method.
Oh, it's 32 bit Ubuntu.
First of all, I ran it on the wife's windows (yecch) machine and everything worked great!
Whooo Hoooo!
Second, I kept looking and found this on the unrevoked page:
I'm running Linux and it won't detect my device!
Either run the program with root permissions, or add appropriate udev rules to the file /etc/rules.d/51-android.rules. Instructions are available at the Android Developers website.
So, I probably would have figured it all out anyhow...
Maybe this will help someone else.
mellowdude88 said:
First of all, I ran it on the wife's windows (yecch) machine and everything worked great!
Whooo Hoooo!
Second, I kept looking and found this on the unrevoked page:
I'm running Linux and it won't detect my device!
Either run the program with root permissions, or add appropriate udev rules to the file /etc/rules.d/51-android.rules. Instructions are available at the Android Developers website.
So, I probably would have figured it all out anyhow...
Maybe this will help someone else.
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Good information. Thanks for sharing! I'm sure it will help some other newbie down the road.

[Q] Can't install ADB driver on wildfire

i need to install ADB driver for my PC and i have a wildfire phone so i did try with windows XP SP and Windows 7 64bit both can't detect my ADB driver files....
(I set the path of drivers) how do i fix this
and i have a another question i unlocked my phone using a unlock code so my current version is 2.1 if upgrade or root my phone is that possible to get it lock back again
Help me
All you need is complete and calm reading of stickie " complete wildfire index",
But sure i can give you a fast anz. The simplest way is to get android sdk, or htc sync from corresponding sites. They will help you with drivers. Or google for android adb drivers, you will get it. There are different drivers for an android phone, such as fastboot drivers( the one installed when you enter fastboot on your phone) and normal adb driver( when you connect phone in debugging mode) so determine and explain your need, so that we can help more accurately.
Also you can root with out any problem, actually you can even put custom rom too.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
thanks for your reply showlyshah i figure it out and thanks again you save me

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