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Anyone know of an idiots guide?

I've just about given up. I downloaded all these programs, drivers, other stuff. I thought I had all the required software. I tried to run adb.exe and it just opens a command prompt and closes right away. I've tried searching and all the guides says download this....this..and this..once you have it all. And it starts from there.
The problem is i downloaded everything and I don't know if its working properly to start adb.
I hate this.
I've even thought about downloaded a whole other OS and running it from my USB drive to see if it's easier.
Anyone know of a good how to video?
I know that's what i'll be making as soon as I get this up and running.

Are you actually running adb through a command prompt or just double clicking the exe?
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CMP
take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rTOy5oN0GM

use cmd to run it

Start -> Run -> Type cmd -> Enter
cd whatever/directory/adb.exe/is/in
adb

you should just add the android tools directory to your PATH makes life much easier.
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Yep editing the path got it to work for me.
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They are aren't they? The vid shows them in there.
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if you are having that much issue setting the correct path, just go to your system 32 and copy over the CMD.EXE to the folder you are working in with Android. And then launch CMD from there.
Or just type into command prompt
PATH = %PATH%;C:/Android/Folder/Youre/Working/With/
EDIT:
I just watched your video. You have some problems in there
First, you aren't setting a new path, you are (attempting) to change your working directory in that video, however you are not doing it right.
You have to use the 'cd' command
C:\Current\Work\Space > cd C:\Change\to\this\space
C:\Change\to\this\space > adb devices
bleh bleh bleh bleh
But it would be better to just do the above method.

In most cases, the instructions are pretty clear. If you read the instructions on installing the SDK, it tells you how to set the path.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
If you follow instructions, then you should be good to go.
If not, then you should be able to do something like a google query for "set path variable windows < whatever kind of windows you're running >"
If you're having a problem getting that stuff done, then maybe you should rethink rooting your phone. I don't know that anyone has bricked a G2 yet, but LOTS of folks bricked G1s. I think it's only a matter of time before someone figures out how to thoroughly break a G2.

"Just to add, if you take adb.exe and adbwinapi.dll and copy or move them to the \windows\system32 directory you can run adb from any dos directory prompt."
Also, add the "ADB" directory path as a system variable in windows...
To do this right-click on "My Computer" and select Properties. Next select the Advanced tab(Advanced Settings in Vista) then select Environment Variables.
Click "New" under System Variables and add the following:
Variable: adb
Value: C:\android\tools
If you happen to upgrade to Win7 you can easily open the CMD by shift right-click inside the window itself.....applying the path automatically for you.
You will also have too use these drivers located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=802316
or
Use notepad++ to edit that file and add the following lines to the "google.ntxhe "" and the "google.ntamd64" sections:
Code:
;T-Mobile G2 %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C91 %CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C91&MI_01 ;
Save the file, reinstall drivers, and done...
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smasraum said:
In most cases, the instructions are pretty clear. If you read the instructions on installing the SDK, it tells you how to set the path.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
If you follow instructions, then you should be good to go.
If not, then you should be able to do something like a google query for "set path variable windows < whatever kind of windows you're running >"
If you're having a problem getting that stuff done, then maybe you should rethink rooting your phone. I don't know that anyone has bricked a G2 yet, but LOTS of folks bricked G1s. I think it's only a matter of time before someone figures out how to thoroughly break a G2.
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Thanks, looks like I'll be waiting it out. I didn't think it took this much know how to get sdk and adb running properly. I was able to change the path but ran into another brick wall. I type in abd devices to see if it was recognized and nothing. Like i said, I'll be waiting it out until a more permanent route can be found, and more support for rooting is available. Besides I don't think anyone wants to hold my hand and walk me thought the whole thing. It gets annoying, believe me I know. I'll be doing a how to video once I learn to get it all working and when a permanent root is available. I'll learn on XP and make the video using my Win 7.

ddgarcia05 said:
Thanks, looks like I'll be waiting it out. I didn't think it took this much know how to get sdk and adb running properly. I was able to change the path but ran into another brick wall. I type in abd devices to see if it was recognized and nothing. Like i said, I'll be waiting it out until a more permanent route can be found, and more support for rooting is available. Besides I don't think anyone wants to hold my hand and walk me thought the whole thing. It gets annoying, believe me I know. I'll be doing a how to video once I learn to get it all working and when a permanent root is available. I'll learn on XP and make the video using my Win 7.
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The G2 isn't included in the current adb drivers that you download separately/with the SDK. You have to edit the inf file to have the G2 recognized. There has been at least 1, maybe a few threads with the lines to add here. I think there's a thread titled something like "I can't get adb to work with my phone" or something like that.

looks like i was doing it right. I was typing "abd" instead of 'adb" it founy device.
Now I guess the have to start sending the files over....
I typed "adb devices" and it picked up my device. with my phone's id number.

I am also about to give up. Some of us are new to Android.. we don't understand SDK and ADB and all these other programs. I do plenty enough reading.. but for some reason can't get these programs to run on Windows 7 x64.
I mean is their a newbs guide for the G2.. for rooting and such?

Yeah there is but you have to read like three guides and watch two videos to fnd everything you need. Ill try to make a quick how to after I finish up mine. I just have to push the apps/install the apps. Did you find the java jdk version. And do the commands on your computers cmp?
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I always used this guide:
[GUIDE] ADB, Fastboot, and Nandroid for Noobs
Hope it helps
Use the drivers in post 11 in this thread
Unless you rooted your G2.........adb shell will NOT work.
ADB shell needs root access

Thanks, I have already rooted my phone. Unfortunately my wifi tethering doesn't work. It always says no network access so I'm just going to leave the phone as is until the update comes in.
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ddgarcia05 said:
Thanks, I have already rooted my phone. Unfortunately my wifi tethering doesn't work. It always says no network access so I'm just going to leave the phone as is until the update comes in.
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why not use VISIONary app to root the phone for you?

konoplya said:
why not use VISIONary app to root the phone for you?
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At the time it wasn't available, but I'm using it now.

3 hours and no go, please help!

My nexus cannot be rooted because the adb drivers WON'T install.
I downloaded the sdk and installed the google usb drivers.
But, when my PC finds NEW hardware I point to the google usb drivers and I get the error CANNOT INSTALL HARDWARE. Running VISTA.
I have been reading and trying everything but I just cannot figure it out.
I finally said I will just have to post and HOPE you guys can give me a hand here.
Thanks.

My nexus cannot be rooted because the adb drivers WON'T install.
I downloaded the sdk and installed the google usb drivers.
But, when my PC finds NEW hardware I point to the google usb drivers and I get the error CANNOT INSTALL HARDWARE. Running VISTA.
I have been reading and trying everything but I just cannot figure it out.
I finally said I will just have to post and HOPE you guys can give me a hand here.
Thanks.

BTW, Im on 2.1.3. Is that why perhaps I'm having issues?

JasjarMan said:
My nexus cannot be rooted because the adb drivers WON'T install.
I downloaded the sdk and installed the google usb drivers.
But, when my PC finds NEW hardware I point to the google usb drivers and I get the error CANNOT INSTALL HARDWARE. Running VISTA.
I have been reading and trying everything but I just cannot figure it out.
I finally said I will just have to post and HOPE you guys can give me a hand here.
Thanks.
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JasjarMan said:
BTW, Im on 2.1.3. Is that why perhaps I'm having issues?
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try installing the drivers this way, i havent seen this not work for any android phone. install the free pdanet software from their site onto your computer http://junefabrics.com/android/ follow the instructions that they give you. it will install the proper drivers in a few minutes. btw, pdanet is a tethering program that works side by side with a android app, but you dont need it. you are just using it so that itll install the driver. good luck!
btw, you can get the answer here too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12657095&postcount=2

i answered you in your other thread with the same title
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12657038&postcount=3

simms22 said:
i answered you in your other thread with the same title
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12657038&postcount=3
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THANKS, GOT IT! Now when I type adb shell it works, BUT than I type SU and I get PERMISSION DENIED?
I just want some SIMPLE instruction and I don't find anything.

Btw, I cant get SUPERSUSER installed. I did go to the market and installed it that way and I can see it in the app drawer but now what?

You have to flash superuser.zip in recovery (install zip from sdcard then choose zip from sdcard and you have to choose your superuser.zip on your internal memory). BEFORE you have to mount /system in recovery.
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I don't want to look rude, but I think both of these threads will be cleaned in less than a few hours...

JasjarMan said:
THANKS, GOT IT! Now when I type adb shell it works, BUT than I type SU and I get PERMISSION DENIED?
I just want some SIMPLE instruction and I don't find anything.
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I don't want to be rude. But
Why for ****s sake are you so damn desperate.
It seems like you demand something.
And just flash a custom rom and you will have superuser
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Apparently i'm retarded..

Searched everywhere. I don't know if i need to be running windows 7 or what but i can't seem to find the drivers to install onto my computer from the device manager. the phone is plugged in, i search for the C:\android-sdk-windows and can't find it ANYWHERE.
yes, i've used the search feature. on many different website.
can someone PLEASE point me in the right direction.... i'm ready to pull out all my hair and break my computer in half.

Sync w/drivers
http://member.america.htc.com/download/Driver/DROID_INCREDIBLE_Verizon/HTC_Sync_2.0.33.exe
The non-sync drivers which you'd use with unrevoked
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
First line is the link and it shows how to install drivers

i can't find the drivers to begin with when i go to update drivers from the manage devices folder. there is no C:\android-sdk-windows ANYWHERE in ANY of the files when the phone is plugged in.

This would be more suited for q and a but anyways are you talking about the drivers needed to root the device
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Go to this site:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
The very first billet point is:
Download the unrEVOked modified USB driver and expand it somewhere you will remember. Click in the "unrEVOked modified USB driver" link and download the driver. it's zipped so you will need to uncompress it, probably to your desktop. It won't be called "android-sdk-windows", it will be called "Android USB Driver".

AHHHH THANK YOUUU! will be trying this today hopefully(if i can get my friend's phone from him) and report back.
Thank you guys for your time and help, this is why i love XDA.

Adb not founding device?

hey guys i just got a mytouch 4g about half an hour ago and i went quick to root it.. but when i try adb shell it says device not found.... i got my sdk and tried a adb fastboot file i found in the development section but stills saying device not found... im comming from a samsung vibrant and i rarely used adb...
so if anyone can help me with this ill really appreciate.. i wanna start doing my roms today if posible... so help me out so i can root this today... thanks guys

tried cyanogen method but still says device not found....

given you are using a Window's based computer....
Well you need HTC's drivers for this. You can either use PDA Net's drivers. Which can be obtained from June Fabrics dot com. or from HTC's site directly.
The Official HTC drivers can be found on your SD card post mounting the card to the computer. or here http://www.htc.com/us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-4g/downloads/
If that doesn't work try using True-Blue's EZ-ADB. Link in my signature.
if you are using a Linux computer you need to kill then start the ./adb server in ROOT then exit out and try adb devices again.

neidlinger said:
given you are using a Window's based computer....
Well you need HTC's drivers for this. You can either use PDA Net's drivers. Which can be obtained from June Fabrics dot com. or from HTC's site directly.
The Official HTC drivers can be found on your SD card post mounting the card to the computer. or here http://www.htc.com/us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-4g/downloads/
If that doesn't work try using True-Blue's EZ-ADB. Link in my signature.
if you are using a Linux computer you need to kill then start the ./adb server in ROOT then exit out and try adb devices again.
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alright man thanks for the support... ill try

There is also a few lines to past into a usb driver folder inf file I found this on a TMO forum.
[HOW TO] Get ADB to recognize your myTouch 4G
Options
I'll past the important stuff here.
11-08-2010 01:56 PM
Rather than reinvent the wheel, just going to "borrow" zapote21's excellent guide for setting up ADB, this time for the myTouch4G (if you're weird like me and immediately swapped out SDcards or just prefer not running exe files):
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I am going to assume that you have the SDK installed and that you have a clue as to what I am about to say...
If you dont understand this language, then you probably dont need to be trying to use ADB... lol
Go to the "usb_driver" folder in your SDK and find the *.inf file...
Use notepad++ to edit that file and add the following lines to the "[Google.NTx86]" and the "[Google.NTamd64]" sections:
;T-Mobile myTouch4G
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C96
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C96&MI_01
;
Save the file, reinstall drivers, and done..
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possible driver issue

My guess is that the OP just forgot the most basic step - to turn on Settings / Applications / Development / USB Debugging.

Yeah, turn on USB Debugging. Plug the phone in and run the HTCDriver.exe file from the SD card. Unplug and then plug in again, then try adb devices.

Beeing a rom dev im going to forget about debugging ??
It was that i didnt have htc driver so when i downloaded it worked... im running sense rom
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bosina said:
Beeing a rom dev im going to forget about debugging ??
It was that i didnt have htc driver so when i downloaded it worked... im running sense rom
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NICE ! ! ! i'm glad it was that simple.
i saw your post count and thought " im sure this guy has ADB debugging turned on "

neidlinger said:
NICE ! ! ! i'm glad it was that simple.
i saw your post count and thought " im sure this guy has ADB debugging turned on "
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Yeah man....i just needed the htc driver...kind of dumb think...after that I just had to repeat the gfree method and use the version 2 cuss I thought version 4 wasnt working for me and was that I didnt temp root....but I had it working after somw minutes woking on it... What I dont see is much development movement.....on vibrants u see sharing and alot of roms....lots of things and u see all the stuff going on.....but anyways im on a sense rom...gorilla something and works good...i experience phone getting hot when oc high.....
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Need help rooting on ubuntu

Hi, I've been having all sorts of problems trying to root/unlock with my windows7 PC. Another xda user even remoted into my computer and was unable to install the correct drivers.
I was able to unlock using a 13 year old xp PC, but when trying to unlock, the computer would freeze up every time.
Anyway, I've set up a dual boot system on my PC with win7 and unbuntu. I was hoping someone would be able to point me in the right direction to show me how to install the correct drivers in unbuntu (I'm a complete noob at it). Thanks in advance.
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Austin Ag06 said:
Hi, I've been having all sorts of problems trying to root/unlock with my windows7 PC. Another xda user even remoted into my computer and was unable to install the correct drivers.
I was able to unlock using a 13 year old xp PC, but when trying to unlock, the computer would freeze up every time.
Anyway, I've set up a dual boot system on my PC with win7 and unbuntu. I was hoping someone would be able to point me in the right direction to show me how to install the correct drivers in unbuntu (I'm a complete noob at it). Thanks in advance.
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Do you have the android sdk installed? If you have no idea what that is then it is a no. If you don't then you will need to install it first.

Root
I upladed a package for you that that will automate the install process. You will have to put in the password you use to login and at one point.
To run the package, unzip the attachment to you desktop and open a terminal.
run:
Code:
cd ~/Desktop/root/
chmod a+x install_sdk.sh
chmod a+x root_nexus4.sh
./install_sdk.sh
You will have to choose which packages to install for the android sdk. A screen will popup in the middle of the install and give you options to select the packages. Check to "Tools" folder and continue. This link might help.
When this is finished run
Code:
./root_nexus4.sh

Thanks for the replies. I don't have the SDK installed. Do I need it to install the required drivers?
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Austin Ag06 said:
Thanks for the replies. I don't have the SDK installed. Do I need it to install the required drivers?
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There are no drivers to install like windows.
Post #62 in the thread below is a walk through for getting everything setup on Ubuntu 12.10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19446284
Note: The java files have changed to version 7 so the commands in the walkthrough need to be changed to reflect this. ADB does not work without java installed. You also have to manually enter the Nexus 4 into the list of devices which is covered under the editing udev section of the post.
If your not familiar with Linux this isn't easy to get setup, Linux isn't windows that's for sure. You might be better served trying to use one of the toolkits to root your phone. I've used mskips toolkit without any problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
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Austin Ag06 said:
Hi, I've been having all sorts of problems trying to root/unlock with my windows7 PC. Another xda user even remoted into my computer and was unable to install the correct drivers.
I was able to unlock using a 13 year old xp PC, but when trying to unlock, the computer would freeze up every time.
Anyway, I've set up a dual boot system on my PC with win7 and unbuntu. I was hoping someone would be able to point me in the right direction to show me how to install the correct drivers in unbuntu (I'm a complete noob at it). Thanks in advance.
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Do you have java installed properly in windows 7 and did you use the sdk manager to download and install the proper packages including the drivers?
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html

Austin Ag06 said:
Thanks for the replies. I don't have the SDK installed. Do I need it to install the required drivers?
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In Ubuntu you do not need drivers. I attached a file that will automate the sdk install process. However, I did not include a java jdk installation. You will need that installed on ubuntu in order for the sdk to work. In the SDK there is a tool called "adb", and another called "fastboot". These two tools are what you will use to root your phone using ubuntu. If you absolutely need help installing the java jdk then let me know. Otherwise a google search "install java jdk ubuntu 12.04" should lead you to some good guides. NOTE: I am assuming you are using Ubuntu 12.04. Check which version you actually have.

Thanks for the links. I'll do some reading and try to get this set up tonight.

Austin Ag06 said:
Thanks for the links. I'll do some reading and try to get this set up tonight.
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I just built an Ubuntu 12.10 box a couple weeks ago and followed the instructions in the link and it worked with no problems. Hardest part is setting up java as I had the instructions up on my windows pc and couldn't cut and paste the commands, the syntax has to be 100% correct or the command won't run and it was hard to judge where I needed to use spaces or not. This is the one thing I hate about Linux and that's having no executables to easily install things like java like there are in windows.