ADB Shell Woes - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I am trying to make a tool to use with the LG Ally for root and recovery, kind of like Unrevoked. All commands necessary can be done via ADB, all resources including adb can be placed in a resource folder.
I am having very frustrating issues as the Ally doesn't have Root on auto via adb, and adb root doesnt work properly. So I started using a batch file and fan into problems where when I issue adb shell su the script gets "stuck" in the shell and wont accept any input until the su shell terminates. If I adb shell su then close the window, the su permissions are NOT preserved.
I have moved on to visual basic, so I have a little more control, but I cannot for the life of me find out how to successfully pass commands to the shell the best I can do is open new shells for each command which is no good.
I know Im missing something and I know its something simple I just cant for the life of me figure it out

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ok so I made a media player which is written in c# and it passes commands to adb...I can show you how to talk to shell via c# if you want.
Ok s how are you writing to shell one by one? Are you using a stream writer to a process?

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At this point the commands are issued one by one.
I just installed vb 2k8, I think my problems lye in the deprecation of vb6 commands

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Code:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Shell("C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe shell su")
SendKeys.Send("ls")
SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}")
End Sub
End Class
Im trying to keep it simple for now. This code will open up 2 cmd windows for some reason. and it doesnt pass the SendKeys.Send keys, I just end up with 2 cmd windows sitting at the #.
If I Shell("CMD.EXE") and try running adb commands with sendkeys, the keys sent will be jarbled, it moves around my keys (I would imagine because / is an escape char?)
I havent mucked about with vb in a few years so sorry for my noobism, Im good at bash scripting but this is very counter-intuitive

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ok that is a bad way of doing it...no offense
Anyway, here's the proper way of sending shell commands one by one and getting back output...
objProcess = New System.Diagnostics.Process()
objProcess.StartInfo.FileName = ProcessPath
objProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
objProcess.Start()
and you set processpath to be "cmd"
and you say objprocess.standardinput.writeline("whatever command you want")
and you say objprocess.standardoutput.readline() to return a string which you can display in a messagebox by saying "msgbox(string)"
-Hope this helps

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None taken, my VB is weak like the ukraine, Im just trying to make a copy of my tool for windows, since most people use it. Thatsnks for the tips Im on the right track now, I think.
It is however giving me some trouble with objProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine...
Code:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objProcess = New System.Diagnostics.Process()
objProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd"
objProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
objProcess.Start()
objProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine("echo TEST")
End Sub
End Class
its still super simple in testing mode. This when ran gives me the error "StandardIn has not been redirected." Thanks for the help im currently researching to see if I can figure it out. If you have any more ideals let me know

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Got it, thanks
heres is the working code for a test I did
Code:
Public Class Form1
Private WithEvents objProcess As Process
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
objProcess = New Process
objProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd"
objProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
objProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = True
objProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
objProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
objProcess.Start()
objProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine("C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe kill-server")
objProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine("C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe start-server")
objProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine("C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe shell su")
objProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine("C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe shell mkdir /sdcard/TEST")
End Sub
End Class

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If it's useful, I have a technique to start an app, then to call the app again from the command line.
If the app is still running, it will process the command line. If it's not running, it simply launches a new instance and then processes the command line.
Let me know if you can use it.
Cheers

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You Guys should look at the AndroidLib.dll it has adb/fastboot and device libraries already so you can just package 1 exe in your distro without the need to include or reference Adb and fastboot directly. Here is an example of a Form Button to reboot in to the bootloader.
Code:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
AdbCommand adbrebootCmd = Adb.FormAdbCommand(device, "reboot bootloader");
Adb.ExecuteAdbCommand(adbrebootCmd);
android.Dispose();
}
The library also allows you to send AdbShell commands with Root access.
Really useful.