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All Uses For ADB For NON-ROOTED Eris

I jumped the gun installed the original and the latest 2.1 leaks, so I am not rooted. I just recently learned how to use the ADB push feature in the tools of the Android SDK to install a custom boot animation and I'm stoked at how awesome it works.
I was wondering what all you can use the ADB push feature for on a NON-rooted Eris. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks devs for all your hard work!

Adding custom boot images.

Thanks jcase! I was seriously hoping that there was there would be other things that I could use it for. Oh well, guess I'll just wait until the Official OTA 2.1 is released, then wait until you genius devs crack it open and get it rooted. Thanks again!

You can make a script to quickly install apps in mass.
#!/bin/sh
echo "Installing apps..."
./adb install apps/app1.apk
echo "app1 Installed."
./adb install apps/app2.apk
echo "app2 Installed."
./adb install apps/app3.apk
echo "app3 Installed."
./adb install apps/app4.apk
echo "app4 Installed."
./adb install apps/app5.apk
echo "app5 Installed."
echo "done"

how do i install ADB on my computer. I downloaded SDk and in the tools when i click or ADB or Emulator it opens and instantly disappears. im running windows 7.

interscion said:
how do i install ADB on my computer. I downloaded SDk and in the tools when i click or ADB or Emulator it opens and instantly disappears. im running windows 7.
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EDIT: check your inbox interscion, I sent you a message in order to keep this thread uncluttered and on subject.

Android22 said:
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EDIT: check your inbox interscion, I sent you a message in order to keep this thread uncluttered and on subject.
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would you send me one too i have sdk setup and when i click adb a screen pops up and disapears ,,, help!! please please
trhanks

PM
Jimmie's 2.1 Eris said:
would you send me one too i have sdk setup and when i click adb a screen pops up and disapears ,,, help!! please please
trhanks
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Sent, check your inbox...

I know this is an old thread, but I just got a replacement eris and i'm trying to avoid signing into the market before I root (for a completely clean install, probably doesn't matter, I'm just funny like that), in which case, I want to install 1-click root before I do anything. So, if someone could point me in the right direction to do an adb install on an un-rooted eris, that would be great.

demmo86rt said:
I know this is an old thread, but I just got a replacement eris and i'm trying to avoid signing into the market before I root (for a completely clean install, probably doesn't matter, I'm just funny like that), in which case, I want to install 1-click root before I do anything. So, if someone could point me in the right direction to do an adb install on an un-rooted eris, that would be great.
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No need to bypass activation, skip account setup, Settings->Applications->Unknown sources, Settings->Applications->Development->USB Debugging.
Then this plus this:
Code:
adb install erisone010.apk
You are making unnecessary work for yourself - if you want a Nandroid backup of the factory ROM in a near virginal state, root the phone with OneClick (so that a custom recovery gets installed) - NOT including insallation of the engtools (or rootme, whatever it is called), and then perform a factory reset afterwards. (That will clear accounts & account data from the phone, and you can then boot to the recovery to make a backup of the virginal ROM).

bftb0 said:
No need to bypass activation, skip account setup, Settings->Applications->Unknown sources, Settings->Applications->Development->USB Debugging.
Then this plus this:
Code:
adb install erisone010.apk
You are making unnecessary work for yourself - if you want a Nandroid backup of the factory ROM in a near virginal state, root the phone with OneClick (so that a custom recovery gets installed) - NOT including insallation of the engtools (or rootme, whatever it is called), and then perform a factory reset afterwards. (That will clear accounts & account data from the phone, and you can then boot to the recovery to make a backup of the virginal ROM).
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That's basically what I ended up doing (got impatient and didn't wait for a reply), except I did sign in to the market and picked up 1-click that way. Thanks for your reply though, to my question asked in an attempt to feed my OCD tendencies.
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Rooting Droid x?

I've been Reading up on the Rooting my New Droid X. Before I try I want to make sure I'm following the correct directions.
Is this what I need to do?
http://alldroid.org/Default.aspx?tabid=40&g=posts&t=493&p=14
or this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=597175
or this?
http://tipsneeded.com/how-to-root-droid-x/
my phone is currently running
Kernel
2.6.32.9-ga42712e
[email protected]#1
Build
VZW
I just want one set of directions that will allow me to get this done. There seem to be different ones, and there not all the same, also many of them are from Jun/July. I dont feel comfortable just testing one after another till I break my phone or Root it.

camero6989 said:
I've been Reading up on the Rooting my New Droid X. Before I try I want to make sure I'm following the correct directions.
Is this what I need to do?
http://alldroid.org/Default.aspx?tabid=40&g=posts&t=493&p=14
or this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=597175
or this?
http://tipsneeded.com/how-to-root-droid-x/
my phone is currently running
Kernel
2.6.32.9-ga42712e
[email protected]#1
Build
VZW
I just want one set of directions that will allow me to get this done. There seem to be different ones, and there not all the same, also many of them are from Jun/July. I dont feel comfortable just testing one after another till I break my phone or Root it.
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Neither.. use z4root. It's faster and you don't need a computer.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/z4root/com.z4mod.z4root
y'welcome!

Thanks that seems to have worked, but I wonder if it worked? I tried removing some of the bloat according to instructions found on droidx.com, but when I try to use the cmd after "su" in abd shell it tells me access denied. It seems to me that if it was rooted I wouldn't have that problem?
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More details
Following Guide found here
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...ta-3-ways-super-easy-safe-safe-easy-free.html
What is not working
C:\>SDK\tools\adb shell
$ su
su
Permission denied
$ mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
mount: Operation not permitted
$
Why?
maybe I should not be messing with things I don't fully understand.... but well that how we learn

I've had my Droid X 2.2 for about two months now and had it customized as far as I could unrooted. All the while, I was compiling a list of features that I'd like that required root.
But still, I didn't have the time to go through the process and possibly debug and/or retest all my apps. (I had jailbroken an iPT3 and an iPad earlier this year and remembered the time required to address fallout).
But then yesterday, while reading tweets, I saw z4root mentioned. I immediately got interested, came to this forum and did a little reading.
I said what the heck, root. So I installed z4root from the App Market and 15 minutes later I had root. (It wouldve been 3-5mins but the 1st attempt was blocked by Lookout. Once i killed Lookout, the 2nd attempt was nearly immediate).
I've installed the apps from my "requires root" list and tested all.
Now I know why they say "A rooted Droid X is a happy Droid X".

@ Camero-
Easiest way to verify root is to download a simple droid x root app and see if it works. No need, really, to use adb shell for simple tasks like this. You can program using Terminal Emulator. I just freeze or rename apps using titanium backup pro. Good luck.

Using z4mod will Droid X stay rooted after reboot/battery pull, or do you have to root it again? Also can this root be un done?
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Works for me, I reboot my phone once a day

vudugan said:
Works for me, I reboot my phone once a day
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Do you have Clockwork Recovery Mod installed (icon showing in the apps folder) and if so when you reboot your phone does it just boot up or does it boot in Recovery mode?
On my short lived D2G every time I turned it on I it would show the moto boot logo then launch Boot Strap Recovery, if I rebooted same thing. I just don't wan to turn it on and then have to reboot just to get past the bootstrap recovery unless I choose to invoke it.

Just used that app on my buddies droid x and confirmed it worked.

[Gingerbread Root] Pete's Motorola Root Tools

This does not work with Droid X System Version .621.
(Information on this post was taken from Pete's website: http://www.psouza4.com/Bionic/)
NOTE: If you were rooted on the original OTA and took the update to .602 and lost root, read the 'Droid X' notes under the how-to.
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How to: One Click Root for Windows 7/Vista
1. Your phone must be connected via USB data cable to your computer and be recognized.
2. If your phone is connected, but not recognized, you may need to install one of these software drivers:
-Windows universal 32-bit Motorola drivers version 5.2.0
-Windows universal 64-bit Motorola drivers version 5.2.0
3. Download this one-click root package: PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.08.zip
4. Extract the contents of the one-click root package to a new folder on your computer.
5. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on your device. This should be under Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging.
6. From the new folder on your computer, double-click on Pete's_Motrola_Root_Tools.exe to begin the root process.
7. Click 'Root My Phone'.
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Droid X Note:
Droid X Notes
Your phone may need to be in either charging mode or PC mode or you may need to toggle it a number of times for the device to recognized correctly.
If you are trying to root from the OTA Gingerbread update and you were previously rooted, you will probably experience problems with this root method because of the pre-existence of busybox and superuser.apk. For that reason, you may need to attempt both the script method (for Windows XP users) and program executable method (Windows Vista/7 users). If you are still having problems, please follow these instructions:
Open a Command Prompt in the folder where you extracted the one-click root package (see instructions for rooting). If you are using Windows 7, you can just use Shift+Right-Click on the folder you extracted the package and choose to "Open a command prompt here". For other operating systems or versions of Windows, you may require some DOS experience or need to Google how to change directories.
In the command prompt, type the following command:
adb shell
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If you receive any kind of error, then you may not be in the folder where you extracted ADB.exe or you may need to reboot your computer, your phone, or check the connection. You should receive an ADB prompt ending with either a # or a $.
If the line ends with a $, then run the one-click exploit for Windows XP (even if you have Windows Vista or 7) and only complete step 1.
When you have adb shell ending with a #, type the following commands:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system
rm /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
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Ignore any messages that warn you about the file not being found/missing. We're removing old copies of su/superuser which are causing this one-click root method to fail.
(credit: KevlarGibs)
Additionally, during the parts of the one-click root that reboot your phone, your phone will most likely reboot into recovery instead of into the standard Android lock screen. If this is the case, simply unplug the cable and reboot the phone manually. When you are finished rebooting, plug the phone back in again. Some people have had to reboot their PC too.
Finally, some users have mentioned that the root isn't taking affect right away for all apps. Eventually, after several reboots, the phone finally takes root. We're not sure why this is (I don't have a Droid X -- I'm just re-posting this information for brevity).
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Please try the Windows Vista/7 method first! It will work better for most Windows XP users.
Only use this method if the other has not worked yet.
http://www.mediafire.com/?pj5lk8u2s0zhqo8
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Nothing you see here is my work. All credit goes to Pete and everyone he's credited. I simply created this thread on XDA using Pete's information.

Reserved for future information.

Awesome
Great tool, thanks so much!

Confirmed OTA
Works fine!!!

Awesome! Works perfectly!

Nice, I may give it a go (may sbf to 602 for a clean start)
D.

I SBF'd to .602 on my DX and the root was successful but I can't get my phone to boot into CWM Recovery. I tried following the special DX instructions but can't get the ADB Shell to show anything but a $.
Whats next for me to try to get this working?

Hi I'm trying to unroot my x2 and it keeps saying Error: you are missing adb.exe, which was packaged with this program. The adb.exe is in the same folder as all of the other files i extracted to my restore folder. Any ideas?

I will try this at thanksgiving for my dad's X
It was rooted froyo and got the ota GB and wont root. Hopefully this works

choonami said:
I SBF'd to .602 on my DX and the root was successful but I can't get my phone to boot into CWM Recovery. I tried following the special DX instructions but can't get the ADB Shell to show anything but a $.
Whats next for me to try to get this working?
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Your preinstall is full. With Root Explorer go to preinstall/app/ and delete something (NFS). Reflash Clockwork mod. Then try again.
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I have just updated from 602 to 605 ota official.
Did run the process as guided above, but nothing seemed to happen on my droidX, and I cant see any super user. and did try to instal CWM to my device, its said the device has not rooted.
Any one got the same issue?

Greatdane said:
I have just updated from 602 to 605 ota official.
Did run the process as guided above, but nothing seemed to happen on my droidX, and I cant see any super user. and did try to instal CWM to my device, its said the device has not rooted.
Any one got the same issue?
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Were you previously rooted on .602? If so, you may need to follow the Droid X notes.
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This worked perfectly on my Droid X....thanks for making it so easy!!

Finally worked up the cajones to use Pete's Tools and rooted my DX. *whew*
Doing a complete TiBu right now. Couple quick questions.......
1. Is CWM installed? If so, how does one access. If not, ROM Manager perhaps?
2. Renamed blurupdater_VZW.apk to .bak to block updates
3. Any "landmines" I should NOT uninstall?
Sorry if I sound noobish but this is my only phone number and am proceeding cautiously.
Thanks

skeeterpro said:
Finally worked up the cajones to use Pete's Tools and rooted my DX. *whew*
Doing a complete TiBu right now. Couple quick questions.......
1. Is CWM installed? If so, how does one access. If not, ROM Manager perhaps?
2. Renamed blurupdater_VZW.apk to .bak to block updates
3. Any "landmines" I should NOT uninstall?
Sorry if I sound noobish but this is my only phone number and am proceeding cautiously.
Thanks
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First of all, let me reassure you that anything you do to your phone can be reversed with a simple SBF. ^_^
Install ClockworkMod Recovery through Droid 2 Bootstrapper, then use ROM Manager to update it to the latest version.
There is plenty of things that you can remove that will cause issues =P It's pretty much trial and error, there are lists you can look up that will tell you what can and can't be removed, but regardless, always make a backup in CWM.
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Thanks again.
Droid 2 Bootstrapper via Android Market will do it, one presumes?

skeeterpro said:
Thanks again.
Droid 2 Bootstrapper via Android Market will do it, one presumes?
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You are correct.
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I amaze myself sometimes. lol
Has anyone flashed working CWM via ROM Manager?
Can't say I have interest in flashing ROMs. Just want CWM for nandroid system backups actually.

STRANGE!
DroidX, 2.3.3, original Moto ROM, LauncherPro+
First time I did Pete's it worked perfectly.
After .605 OTA it had a problem, so I re-Peted.
Each time Pete tried to reboot the phone, I had to pull the battery. Eventually, the process finished and I had a rooted Droid. It's fast, stable, has fine battery life. TitaniumPro, QuickBoot, and other root-only tools work properly. Various things ask for Superuser permission, and I give it, and they work properly.
But the SUPERUSER app has disappeared. When I go to Market, it says "Installed". It doesn't appear on my app list, and was never frozen. It's there, but invisible.
Everything else works, so should I just leave it alone?

noguru said:
DroidX, 2.3.3, original Moto ROM, LauncherPro+
First time I did Pete's it worked perfectly.
After .605 OTA it had a problem, so I re-Peted.
Each time Pete tried to reboot the phone, I had to pull the battery. Eventually, the process finished and I had a rooted Droid. It's fast, stable, has fine battery life. TitaniumPro, QuickBoot, and other root-only tools work properly. Various things ask for Superuser permission, and I give it, and they work properly.
But the SUPERUSER app has disappeared. When I go to Market, it says "Installed". It doesn't appear on my app list, and was never frozen. It's there, but invisible.
Everything else works, so should I just leave it alone?
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You should be able to find Superuser by using the search key. It's not really important to have, it just manages the superuser permissions. I think of it as a background app.
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rooting A7+

I want to root my A7+ WITHOUT installing someone elses custom rom. I just want it rooted long enough that I can push GAPPS onto it. Is there any special trick with Elocity A7+ ??
Will I only be able to do this with earlier versions from Elocity?
The reason I want to do it this way is twofold.
1) I want EVERTHING to keep working.
2) I don't want Superuser snoops.
I can work with ./adb shell on this Linux or it would be even better for someone to show me how to COMPILE the newly released source from Elocity.
Thank you all !!
Dan

as shown in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431967 you could use Z4root.apk
It allows for temporary root
Cheers !

Yes Thanks . I did Z4Root PERMANENT. Did my thing and then turned off root .
I remembered just before coming back to post here. I never used ./adb shell push this time. Couldn't get RW with ./adb so I just copied from GAPPS folder to /system/app/ using Root Explorer.
First time I copied TOO MUCH AND IT WAS IN ENDLESS LOOP.
I repaired and then copied the important stuff...Installed Gmail and then rebooted.
All is well after reboot. But I had to go through Wizard again. Now running everything !!
Dan

another thing that i find funny about this new setup is that bluetooth and foursquare only run when while im rooted????
if i turn off root they dont work

So as I said in my last post, BLUETOOTH only works while rooted. (after having rooted once) So, I wanted to use BLUETOOTH with a new keyboard. I removed Z4root, but left Superuser running in the background. Well , once again, everything seemed to run great for a week, but then things went south. I was getting a reboot loop type thing, about 5 times before it would finally boot up.
I'm not sure, but is suspect this leaves you wide open to a virus or other malicious garbage. So now I'm back to factory with no Gmail or Youtube but I'm finding workarounds.
Dan

[Android Box] How to remove invalid su files or get kingo root back to normal? Need help

This is an Android TV box, equipped with a deeply modified android 4.4 system, while the device is shielded from usb interface adb debugging, the only way to adb is to use root privileges to actively start adb wifi from the device.
I tried kingo root yesterday, and it's the only root tool I've found so far that still works with one click.
Seemed to have good luck as it worked once, but after I rebooted it today, kingo superuser tells me the device is not rooted yet.
I noticed that the location /system/bin/su still has a valid binary file (about 70KB in size).
I even installed a terminal emulator to actively execute the su command, but the result should also be as you guessed, no errors reported and no log output, and again, my permissions did not change from $ to #.
I've tried Google, but haven't found anything useful.
Is there anything I can try to solve this problem? I've tried sending a tweet to kingo root and sending feedback to the official website, but the last tweet on its Twitter feed was sent in 2018 and I think it's unlikely that anyone from the official team will be able to see my feedback.
So I'm trying to ask for help on the XDA forums, this is my first post here and I hope I'm not sending it to the wrong partition.
Thank you all.
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Finally, I'd like to add a bit of information.
Since kingo root thinks the device is rooted, there is no way for me to get it to perform the root steps all over again.
Also, although kingo superuser provides the ability to remove root, there is no way for me to use it to remove this su file and kingo superuser since it suggests the device is not rooted, which seems to be stuck in a dead end loop
Even because it's a box, I don't even seem to have a way to get into fastboot
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这是一台安卓的电视盒子，搭载的是经过深度修改的android 4.4系统，同时设备从usb接口上屏蔽了adb调试，想要进行adb的唯一办法就是使用root权限从设备上主动启动adb wifi。
我昨天尝试了kingo root，这是我目前找到唯一的一个还能够运行一键的root工具了。
看起来运气不错，因为一次就成功了，但是我今天重启了它之后，kingo superuser告诉我设备尚未root。
我注意到/system/bin/su这个位置依然存在着有效的二进制文件（大约70KB大小）。
甚至我还安装了一个终端模拟器，主动去执行su命令，但是结果也应该正如你所猜测的那样，没有报错，也没有输出log，同样的，我的权限也没有从$变成#。
我尝试过谷歌，但是没有查到过什么有用的东西。
请问我有什么可以尝试的办法去解决这个问题吗？我已经尝试向kingo root发送推特和向官网上发送反馈，但是它的推特上最后一条推文是在2018年发送的，我认为官方团队不大可能能够有人看到我的反馈。
所以我尝试在XDA论坛上寻求大家的帮助，这是我第一次在这里发帖，希望我没有将帖子发送到错误的分区。
谢谢大家
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最后，我想补充一点信息。
因为kingo root认为设备已经root了，所以我也没有办法让它重新执行一遍root的步骤。
另外，虽然kingo superuser提供了移除root的功能，但是由于它提示设备无root权限，我也没有办法用它把这个su文件和kingo superuser移除掉，这看起来似乎陷入了一个死循环
甚至因为它是一个盒子，我似乎连进入fastboot的办法都没有