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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.
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App

[Q] I need help with Ice cream Sandwich loop

I updated my new kindle fire, then rootet it successfully.
After that i installed the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 and made it the default launcher.
But this failed, when i now start the kindle fire i get caught into the loop of this error:
! Sorry
The application Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (process androd.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. [Button: force close]
Which i can press, and then the loop starts again.
I am a noob, so please how do i get rid of this launcher ? I could need a reset or factory default or whatever, but the normal ways dont work, because i cant reach them anymore. Any Ideas how to fix this ?
/edit: I have access to my device with adb shell. so i think i can somehow change the default launcher, if someone tells me which file to change because i have no idea which is the right.

You need to figure out what the package name is "adb shell pm list packages" without quotes. Once you figure out what the package name is you can "adb uninstall name.of.package"

Hard reset it with power button.
Guide - How to hard reset Kindle Fire?

Fyi.....I just tried the hold power for 20 seconds hard reset, and it doesn't work......
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I've had this problem with a different launcher and posted my solution here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361138
... don't worry... you can fix it... all you need to do is install another launcher or uninstall the ICS launcher... and you may be wondering how you can do that if you can't get to a usable screen.
You can still install/uninstall apps using the adb service you used while rooting. FoxDog66 mentioned how to do this if you know the package name. In my case, I could not find out the package name of the offending package, so what I did was install another launcher via the same method I installed my google apps to the sys/apps folder. with another launcher installed, I get a choice again which launcher should run when turning on.
I suggest you try foxdog's suggestion first, but if you can not find the package name then get another launcher.apk install file like GOlauncher or ADW Launcher and push or install that app the way you see google apps being pushed via the following method:
Download GOlauncher http://61.145.124.93/soft/3GHeart/golauncher/v2.68/go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk
now make it a system app:
adb remount
adb push c:\androidApps\go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk /system/app/go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk
adb reboot
After reboot you should be able to choose your launcher of choice. Don't make anything default until you know you like it!!!
Now that GO Launcher just installed via my method makes it a system app. You can't uninstall system apps in the normal way, so use a program like Titanium Backup to make that pushed launcher app a NON-system app (moves it and makes it easy to uninstall the way other apps do). Titanium Backup is just a great program to have if rooted.
Good Luck.

how to uninstall buggy launcher which is set to default
Thanks for helping me.
Yes thats exactly my problem and i am now trying to follow your instructions.
The hardware reset works, but it will not get rid of the launcher.
So i try to find out the right application name to uninstall it. But *blush* i have not idea which is the right name and i dont want to uninstall something randomly.
I have some very basic skills with linux which i uses 10 years ago or so, so i am able to make a list which i attached here.
OK, i am now trying to do this:
adb remount
adb push c:\androidApps\go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk /system/app/go_launcher_ex_v2.68.apk
adb reboot
but "adb remount" gives me back a
remount failed: Operation not permitted
I need to look closer how to install and uninstall packages now.
/edit: what i can do is:
adb shell
$
su
#
so this looks like to me that i am superuser. I also see the file system, and i can do some stuff with this shell, but its very limited because this shell is different from the shells i knew long time ago.
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ok, found something:
i am in the file system in
/data/app
here i have 3 apk:
net.adisasta.androxplorer-1.apk
mobi.SyndicateApps.ICSv2-1.apk
mobi.SyndicateApps.ICS-1.apk
and i think this is the package i installed.
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OK folks. SUCCESS..
I just did adb uninstall mobi.SyndicateApps.ICSv2 and i immidiatly got success and got rid of the fail launcher.
VERY NICE and a warm THANK YOU for helping me.
I think i will try more now -- hehe.
Just tasted some blood now. Probably i will be soon here with the next problem. But i really appriciate your help. Hopefull soon i will be more into it and be able to help other noobs, too.
Also if someone needs german help because of language barrier, i can help translating.
Best Regards
Usurpine

Glad you got it fixed
A few tips.... adb remount just remount's the system partition read-write which isn't needed unless the app is installed to /system/app (it also does not work. It does work with doomlord's kernel, i think because of the insecure ramdisk)
The "./" part of your command just means to run in the current directory, if you have fastboot or adb in path then you don't need that part and you can also run the commands from any directory. if you don't have them in path then you would need to have what you wanted to flash, boot, whatever in the same directory as fastboot/adb. To check if something is in path (let's say fastboot) you can type "which fastboot" and it will either tell you where it is (something like ~/Android-sdk/platform-tools/fastboot) or it will say, couldn't find fastboot and it will list out a bunch of directories.
One last thing, you can chain commands together with "&&" so say i want to "fastboot boot newboot.img" i would plug my kindle in, press the disconnect button that pops up on the kindle then type in terminal "adb reboot && fastboot boot newboot.img" if/when the first command runs successfully then it will run the second command. If it does not run successful, it won't run the second command. Also, for me, adb reboot takes a few seconds to work and fastboot waits for the device for a few seconds also.
Hope this is useful, I'm not always good at explaining things. I'm also not a Linux pro lol these are just a few things i have learned that are pretty useful

Well, this is useful. Basically you are talking about how to work with linux. Once i understood that inside my kindle there is just a typical linux i can take one of my old linux books and use any command (like the && and other stuff).
I am not a pro with linux (forgot almost everything) but now i know how to look after it and be able (limited) to use it after some testing.
That said, i now was able to do a lot of funny stuff with my kindle, i installed tons of applications just to look how it works (and it works great) and uninstalled them after that.
Now i can watch movies, listen music, play games and can do almost everything what you normally cannot do with a kindle due to amazons restrictions.
What i want to know is how i can extend the linux inside my kindle so it is using a shell which can do even more stuff, like a ksh (korn shell) or something. A shell with commands like i can find in a "normal" linux installation. Is that possible ?
And how about installing a more linux like grafical userinterface ? Or use the kindle as a normal linux pc, just for fun ?

Ummm..... Have you looked at busybox? It is possible to port command line tools to Android. I've seen things like cURL and lynx that worked. Porting and compiling is a little out of my league (wish it wasn't lol, I'd like a updated cURL binary with https support) i know bash scripts work, I've written a few and "run-parts" (part of busybox) will run a directory of scripts.
You should get into (or look into) custom Android development and/or kernel development. There is a lot that can be done

Help, im a real newbie
usurpine said:
I updated my new kindle fire, then rootet it successfully.
After that i installed the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 and made it the default launcher.
But this failed, when i now start the kindle fire i get caught into the loop of this error:
! Sorry
The application Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (process androd.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. [Button: force close]
Which i can press, and then the loop starts again.
I am a noob, so please how do i get rid of this launcher ? I could need a reset or factory default or whatever, but the normal ways dont work, because i cant reach them anymore. Any Ideas how to fix this ?
/edit: I have access to my device with adb shell. so i think i can somehow change the default launcher, if someone tells me which file to change because i have no idea which is the right.
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Please help me, I really have no experience and I followed a link that made it look very easy to install the ICS Launcher. Now I keep getting that same page and it's driving me up the wall.
I have tried the adb so I can uninstall the faulty apk myself but my mac wont detect it even though it still mounts.
Iv done the adb devices but the list is empty.
Please help me in a very easy way to understand.

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

[Q] VZW Galaxy S5- Android 5.0- Root question

it has become brutally obvious Towelroot will not work on my device (Galaxy s5 Android 5.0 Verizon )
I have successfully rooted a few Android devices but sadly no longer have access to a windows machine.
is it possible to root one Android device using another? i.e. using an Asus Transformer tablet to root S5 manually?
obviously Android devices cannot run .exe files - this is where I have a problem. Assuming this is impossible, is there anyway to utilize Terminal alone to gain SU access, or is this simply NOT a stand-alone process?
all I want is to enter "$ ls /sbin" and see the magical "#" appear =) - rather than the scathing "permission denied."
hopefully I won't get deleted, almost everything on rooting the s5 on google is completely outdated for older android versions. I know there is a way to backdoor with an older software version (before the OTA rendered Towelroot useless) and somehow move from there.... this seems like a ton of work just to get root...
thanks!

[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