Does anybody know how to root a gtablet using a mac computer.
I have searched through several websites and gone through the instructions, and
now am stuck in clockworkmod.
I next tried to nvflash, but get stuck at the stage where you go into apx mode and can't do this instruction:
Click on computer icon-->Properties --->Device Manager -->right click APX and choose update driver.
Is it just a matter of finding the mac equivalent instruction and if so, what is it?
I have thought about turning my mac into a windows machine and then going through the instructions, but this requires partitioning my computer into part windows and part mac- which i want to avoid because it involves decreasing the mac memory portion. Another option is just borrowing a friend's PC to root my computer.
Any other suggestions? Thank you!
There is no Mac native nvflash. I use Ubuntu Linux running in VirtualBox. It doesn't require partitioning your Mac just set up a virtual drive for it and it has the added benefit of not needing special drivers for APX mode.
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Hey, I was wondering if anyone had a link to download the HTC Bootloader drivers. It fails when I try and load "something" in Windows.
Thanks.
p.s: This will lead to good things...
The only drivers that I am aware of are the ones that are in the Android SDK Toolbox and in the HTC Sync program. Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as I know, they aren't specific drivers ie "bootloader" drivers. They are just drivers to get your comp to recognize the phone when its attached.
I'm assuming this is something you're expirementing with to get root via the adb in recovery, if so, good luck.
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Hi crax0r,
The folks at Android (aka Google) provide these instructions for installing the drivers. It involves installing their SDK first, and installing Java for that, and an IDE called eclipse.... UGH.
The HTC "Sync" Application that hoovnick is referring to can be found here.
It has been so long ago that I installed drivers (on a WinXp x32 laptop) that I can't remember what order I did things in, whether or not the driver used by HTC sync is sufficient for fastboot but not adb (or vice versa), whether I did the SDK install first, etc etc etc. As a matter of fact, it's been so long ago that the computer that I did it on is now dead, and here I am using a Linux machine.
For all I know, the order you do things in affects the outcome - it sure seems like a lot of folks with Windows 7 complained about driver troubles.
One thing is for sure, though - setting up the entire Android SDK (+ Java + Eclipse + ...) in order to install a device driver has to be the worlds most roundabout way of doing a driver install.
If you are considering using the "fastboot" method to install Amon_RA's recovery boot, you might try just installing HTC Sync first, and see if that is sufficient for getting fastboot talking to the phone. That install is way, way easier than setting up the SDK to get a driver installed.
The other thing which is an option, if you are a little bit Linux-savvy, is to boot one of those "Live CDs" (Ubuntu, SuSe, etc) on your PC - there are no drivers to install in the case of Linux, you just need to be running as "root" on the Live (linux) CD to get fastboot to talk to the phone. The downloads (fastboot for Linux and the Amon_RA recovery image) are small, and they will both easily fit in the /tmp folder of the Linux (Live CD) boot on the PC.
Once you have Amon_RA on the phone, you won't need the SDK any longer, unless you want to start doing dev-like things; that's why a one-time boot into Linux would also work.
bftb0
I <3 Ubuntu. It's amazing!
bftb0, I am trying to install only the driver from the SDK tools, but when I follow the instructions for a fresh install, and point windows to the folder with the driver in it, windows says it can't find a driver there. What am I doing wrong here?
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It's OK. I'm running Ubuntu now.
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Excellent. Just remember to always run fastboot as root, and if using adb, then the first time after you boot (the PC), run adb as root.
The reason is that by default, Ubuntu won't let an unprivileged user access the USB.
Since I have adb and fastboot in my Ubuntu (regular user) PATH, I usually just do a
$ sudo `which adb` blah-blah-blah
or
$ sudo `which fastboot` blah-blah-blah
bftb0
hoovnick said:
bftb0, I am trying to install only the driver from the SDK tools, but when I follow the instructions for a fresh install, and point windows to the folder with the driver in it, windows says it can't find a driver there. What am I doing wrong here?
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I don't know - I've already forgotten everything I did with the driver install in Windows, and I don't currently have a working Windows machine. Sorry I can't be of more help. As I said, the troubles people have been having seem to depend on which version of Windows (Xp/Vista/7), whether its x32 or x64, phase of the moon, etc. Seems like people run into snags on Win7 or x64 versions of Windows more than Xp-32, but I don't know why that is.
Keep plugging away at it. If you are looking for resources to help resolve the problem, I would go look at docs relating to Windows driver install troubleshooting - the driver install problem seems to be a Windows issue, not really anything to do with the SDK.
bftb0
hoovnick said:
bftb0, I am trying to install only the driver from the SDK tools, but when I follow the instructions for a fresh install, and point windows to the folder with the driver in it, windows says it can't find a driver there. What am I doing wrong here?
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Sounds like what happened to me. i had to hit the icon at the top of my phone that showed the usb cable.. i had to switch charge only to disk drive "mount as disk drive"... folder popped right up on my windows machine asking how i wanted to open the file
I have the SDK running and my phone being recognized on my computer with Vista but I have another one running XP 32 bit and windows will NOT recognize the .inf? Any ideas? I deleted all previous HTC drivers and tried that approach but nothing seems to be working.
I have a Gtablet in which I was able to install and use NVFlash. I used the recommended driver for this process and it works perfectly. Now here is my new problem / challenge. I am trying to learn SDK ADB. As parts of the procedures, I have to install the Google USB driver to have the device recognized as an android device (Or something in that line as per the instructions). Here are the problems:
1.) My Gtab show on the device manager as a storage device and a portable device with the same drive letter as the storage device
2.) I'vr tried removing the NVflash USB driver, but it does not uninstall. Every time I re-connect the device it re-install the driver and goes back to problem 1.)
3.) I used (USBdeview) to try and remove the device and the driver from my win 7 x64 but it just don't uninstall or stop the decive or anything.
4.) I tried updating the driver of the gtab (As in problem 1.)) and it says that the current driver is the most appropriate for the device. And goes back to problem 1.)
In other words..... I am tied up with the NVFlash driver (Tegra I beleive, which is the one described on the NVFlash How to). I am trying to SDK ADB, but it will not allow me to connect cause the Gtab is not recognized as an Android device, but as a storage device or nvidia tegra when in APX mode (I beleive it called).
which step am I missing or doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
Please excuse my lack of technical lingo.....
Did you read the sticky message: adb for your gtab (windows) in the general section?
I had the same problem, except I'm using windows XP. The storage device is not the driver to uninstall. Device manager never showed me any other drivers relating to the gTab.
Using USBDeview I was able to see a different driver (can remember was it was called exactly), uninstalled then reinstalled using the usb driver I downloaded from google and everything was fine.
Hi,
Im trying to use the flashtool on a windows XP VM using VirtualBox on my Mac.
At the moment the flashtool doesn't notice when my mini pro is in 'flash mode'
Ive tried adding the sdcard folder to the shared folders on my VM but this doesn't appear when the phone is off or in flash mode.
I'd appreciate any help,
Thanks.
FlashTool needs direct USB access to your phone, mounting and sharing /sdcard/ on your Mac will not help.
I haven't used Virtualbox in a while but in VMware Fusion (and I think in Parallels too) every time I plug in a USB device I need to select whether I want to connect it to the host (my Mac) or to the virtual machine. If I select VM, the USB device is invisible to the Mac host and is connected to the VM instead. This way FlashTool works fine.
I imagine that for Virtualbox you need to perform a similar operation. The manual (h t t p ://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html) has a section relating to USB, you might find more information there.
Sorry I can't give you step by step instructions... it's been too long. Anyhow I hope this helps you in the right direction.
thanks for the reply. i managed to get windows xp on virtualbox to recognise the mini pro but still nothing happened when i put it in flash mode. any ideas why?
So I have been trying to install the snowball mod on my root. The problem is that no matter what I do each computer I plug the nook into it automatically installs the drivers so I cannot load the usbdrivers. I have tried on 3 different computers. 2 win 7 (64bit) and one Vista (32bit). One of the 7's was a fresh install with no updates. Do I need to use a specific version of windows or something? Is there any way to do this under Linux?
Have you read the sticky by lavero.burgos on NT Tips and Tricks? It got a FAQ and step by step guide link there to make things work under driver issue.
Step by Step guide to enabling ADB Connection on your stuborn Nook Tablet
jhall1990 said:
Is there any way to do this under Linux?
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Snowball-mod comes with all the scripts also available in BASH for easy use in Linux and other GNU operating systems.
You just have to get the drivers to work, but after that it's just "sh ./snowball.sh" instead of "snowball.bat".
this may be the answer I'm looking for
I simply run snowball.sh instead of .bat if I already have a working, rooted NT, is that correct?
It simply adds/fixes all the stuff zergy doesn't, correct?
I'm working on installing Ubuntu to my prime using the thread i linked below, but for part of that i need to go into my prime via desktop Ubuntu command line. The issue i'm having is that when i plug into my desktop using the USB cable, Ubuntu won't recognize my Prime and i can't move files back and forth.
The thread says to install the naked drivers (which i downloaded), but the instructions were only for windows machines. From what I can tell Ubuntu doesn't have a "Device Manager" where I could use to manually install drivers.
I've done Google searches, and searched XDA for the past week or so and I haven't come across anyone having this similar issue while using Ubuntu. If anyone can shed some light on my situation I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
How to install Ubuntu on transformer prime: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603921
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I'm working on installing Ubuntu to my prime using the thread i linked below, but for part of that i need to go into my prime via desktop Ubuntu command line. The issue i'm having is that when i plug into my desktop using the USB cable, Ubuntu won't recognize my Prime and i can't move files back and forth.
The thread says to install the naked drivers (which i downloaded), but the instructions were only for windows machines. From what I can tell Ubuntu doesn't have a "Device Manager" where I could use to manually install drivers.
I've done Google searches, and searched XDA for the past week or so and I haven't come across anyone having this similar issue while using Ubuntu. If anyone can shed some light on my situation I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
How to install Ubuntu on transformer prime: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603921
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Try uninstalling the drivers from your machine then reinstalling the basic Asus drivers by plugging the Prime in. If that doesn't do it then I'll have to load up my Ubuntu parition and see if I can debug with you that way.
RailsRanger said:
I'm working on installing Ubuntu to my prime using the thread i linked below, but for part of that i need to go into my prime via desktop Ubuntu command line. The issue i'm having is that when i plug into my desktop using the USB cable, Ubuntu won't recognize my Prime and i can't move files back and forth.
The thread says to install the naked drivers (which i downloaded), but the instructions were only for windows machines. From what I can tell Ubuntu doesn't have a "Device Manager" where I could use to manually install drivers.
I've done Google searches, and searched XDA for the past week or so and I haven't come across anyone having this similar issue while using Ubuntu. If anyone can shed some light on my situation I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
How to install Ubuntu on transformer prime: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603921
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In my experience, you do not need to download any drivers to access your Prime from an Ubuntu PC -- the naked drivers are strictly a Windows thing from what I remember. You need to set up the 51-android.rules file in the /etc/udev/rules folder. And, you may or may not need to make an entry in adb_usb.ini (I believe this file is in a hidden folder) -- try it without first. If you do a little research on 51-android.rules, you will see that this is quite easy. And, the vendor and device numbers you need to plug into 51-android.rules can be obtained by typing lsusb at the terminal command line, with your Prime plugged into the PC. You also need to have debugging turn on under Developer Options in Settings. After you change the 51-android.rules file, you need to log off and log back on, so it gets run (there is another way to run it, but I do not remember how). I am away from my Prime and Ubuntu machine, but can get you further details later, if you cannot figure it out from the above information.
(P.S.) Giving you the path and file names from my memory. They are probably correct ... at least they are very close to being correct.
So, I wrote the 51-android.rules file like you suggested but I still can't access most files on my prime. When I tell it to connect as a camera i can view picutres, but when it connects as MTP I still get nothing.I looked in the /dev directory to see if i could find my SD card to continue on with the Ubuntu installation, but no luck there either.Your suggestions have been helping though, i'm getting closer. Thanks to both of you who replied so far.
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So, I wrote the 51-android.rules file like you suggested but I still can't access most files on my prime. When I tell it to connect as a camera i can view pictures, but when it connects as MTP I still get nothing.I looked in the /dev directory to see if i could find my SD card to continue on with the Ubuntu installation, but no luck there either.Your suggestions have been helping though, i'm getting closer. Thanks to both of you who replied so far.
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51-android.rules is really for giving you access to your TFP with adb and other Linux commands in Terminal (Android Debugging must be enabled under Developer Options for this to work). 51-android.rules has nothing to do with PTP (camera) or MTP, as far as I know. I really do not know what you are trying to do, or at least how you are trying to do it, so it is difficult to suggest anything. If you are just trying to copy files to the TFP, you may have better luck with Windows than Linux. I'm pretty sure that most of the TFP's file system does not show up in the Linux File Browser, when plugged in to a USB port (only PTP & MTP work, as far as I know ... both are limited).
There are many users on this site who can help you, if you explain exactly what you are trying to do.