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THIS IS STRICTLY A GUIDE TO PRE-PARE YOU ON HOW TO SET-UP ANDROID SDK AND ADB DEVICES(DRIVERS), IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT SET-UP YOU CAN SKIP TO EUGENE'S POST ON HOW TO ROOT MYTOUCH SLIDE.
Last Updated:6/29/2010 at 11:36PM
Any other issues to deal with the actual process to root your mytouch slide should be directed toward his thread. Thank you for reading.
Okay so after about 4 hours of reading and asking questions I finally got my device rooted. My biggest problem doing this was that the guide in this forum was basically showing you how to root the phone if you had previous experience with androids and android SDK which I did not.
Note: If you have SDK installed already on your pc please delete your SDK folder and start from scratch for best results with my guide.
1. download Android SDK.(You will not have to use Android SDK physically but you will need it installed on your pc to root your phone) Save it to your PC where you can find it.
2.Extact the .zip file, do not rename just yet for the sake of my guide you also may delete the .zip file of it to keep clean.
3a. Move android-sdk-windows* out of the android-sdk_r06-windows folder onto the root of your C:/ drive.
*=the name of the folder may be different if you use a different operating system but since I do not own the other systems I cannot really tell you what the folders name.
3b.Now that you have the folder in the correct place you can rename the folder from "SDK-Anroid-Windows" to something easier such as "SDK" "Android" or something else which you will remember has to do with SDK.
This next part is not required, if you do not feel comfortable doing this, then don't, there is other ways around this.
3c.You also have the option to change your the path of your directory on your system. To do this, follow the instrustion here on step 2.( I would like to thank fermunky for his input)
My directory was pointed to the C:/Program files so I switched it to C:/android/tools , for those who do not know what this does it simply makes it so you do not have to change directory in step 7 (CD), you will only have to open your command prompt and then your ready to enter "ADB devices" .
4.Install the correct ADB drivers from pdanet . Select the proper download based on your OS if you do not know what bit you are using click start, right click computer, click properties, the system type will show you the proper file to download. and save it to your computer where you can find it.
5.Start the installation process for the ABD drivers, Follow the on-screen directions to install the drivers ( make sure your phone is not plugged into the pc at this time)
6.Check to see if you did this correctly, plug in your phone and open your comand prompt on your computer and type:
cd C:\android\tools**
**=your file directory might be different than this, it depends what you renamed your folder
then type:
adb devices ( this will now show all the devices connected to an adb devices)
Check to see if your device is listed and connected properly.***
***=If it is correctly connected you will see a device listed and under attached it should say device.
After you have this all set up you are ready to root your phone via the guide from Eugene.****Remember you need to add the contents from his root.zip file into the tools of your SDK folder in order to root your phone.
****=Eugene's guide has changed since I wrote this but you still are ready to follow his steps. I plan on rooting someones slide soon based off his steps and will edit here if I need to add anything)
Thanks for reading.
One thing I did that makes a lot of this a whole lot easier, is to add the directory to your Tools folder to your system's PATH variable, as explained in Step 2 here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
What this allows you to do is run the commands with Tools (ADB, fastboot etc) from anywhere within the command prompt, without having to cd to your c:\android-sdk-windows\tools folder. This way, you can put any other update files, into any directory you want.
For example, let say i have update.zip directly on the C drive. I can simply go to command prompt, and just type "cd" and get to the root of the C drive, and then can just run "adb push update.zip /sd/card/". No need to store everything into the tools folder.
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One thing I did that makes a lot of this a whole lot easier, is to add the directory to your Tools folder to your system's PATH variable, as explained in Step 2 here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
What this allows you to do is run the commands with Tools (ADB, fastboot etc) from anywhere within the command prompt, without having to cd to your c:\android-sdk-windows\tools folder. This way, you can put any other update files, into any directory you want.
For example, let say i have update.zip directly on the C drive. I can simply go to command prompt, and just type "cd" and get to the root of the C drive, and then can just run "adb push update.zip /sd/card/". No need to store everything into the tools folder.
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the other guide mentions to create a new variable such as:
For Variable Name type: adb
For Variable Value type: C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
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so would i follow this? or list that directory under the already-enabled PATH variable?
Yeah just use the existing PATH variable, and only need the path, no need to include variable names.
I think this is a very valuable how-to for the noobs out there and im going to pass this up the chain to get sticky'd. I also posted this in the slide bible. Good job, OP
For the uninitiated, and yes it's common sense
When I was using Windows (as I'm using Ubuntu now), and reading all the adb guides, for ease of use and to prevent people from getting confused, they name the sdk as "android-sdk-windows", which is fine for a newcomer (it's the same for Ubuntu except the "windows" part and the slash direction \ vs. /). However, you can name it whatever you want. You just need to make sure to have the same name in your path. For example, I'm lazy and my typing skills aren't that great. I don't want to type 19 characters (yes, I counted). So I just named it simply "android". 7 characters from 19. Its way more efficient for me. I've contemplated naming it "andy" or something to shorten it further. But, again, you don't even need to name it anything android related. You can choose to name it r2d2 (see what I did there?) if you want! Just my 2 cents. Thanks!
Yeah I could of renamed it something different but I didn't think about that til after it was written, I will fix it as soon as I am on an actual pc. I will also include how to do it via mac and ubuanta(sorry if I miss spelled)
kingofyo1 said:
I think this is a very valuable how-to for the noobs out there and im going to pass this up the chain to get sticky'd. I also posted this in the slide bible. Good job, OP
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Thanks kingofyo. Glad I could give back to this forum after all it has done for me. And if I find any other helpful tips to help make rooting easier I'll be sure to include it.
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fermunky said:
One thing I did that makes a lot of this a whole lot easier, is to add the directory to your Tools folder to your system's PATH variable, as explained in Step 2 here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
What this allows you to do is run the commands with Tools (ADB, fastboot etc) from anywhere within the command prompt, without having to cd to your c:\android-sdk-windows\tools folder. This way, you can put any other update files, into any directory you want.
For example, let say i have update.zip directly on the C drive. I can simply go to command prompt, and just type "cd" and get to the root of the C drive, and then can just run "adb push update.zip /sd/card/". No need to store everything into the tools folder.
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I will leave that as an option for others to pick if they want to do that, as some might not want to change their directory to follow that path.
oo, this cleared up a few things for me! thanks!
eff0rtless said:
oo, this cleared up a few things for me! thanks!
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ah what pat of seattle do you live in? I live up in mukilteo.
rlacsamana1989 said:
7.Check to see if you did this correctly, plug in your phone and open your comand prompt on your computer and type:
cd C:\android\tools (your file directory might be different than this, it depends what you renamed your folder)
then type:
adb devices ( this will now show all the devices connected to an adb devices)
Check to see if your device is listed and connected properly.
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when typing in 'adb devices', i get this message:
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adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
however, it does continue to list my device as attached.
the full message is:
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adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HTxxxxxxxx device
*the x's do represent a valid serial number
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is this a problem? and will i run into any problems trying to successfully root?
note: i have done a search on this and the results returned as the program DroidExplorer being the culprit, however, i do not have that program installed.
Do you have the most updated Android SDK? And try searching that topic on google and see if you can find people with the same issue.
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rlacsamana1989 said:
Do you have the most updated Android SDK? And try searching that topic on google and see if you can find people with the same issue.
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I believe so. I actually installed of the available packages as per the initial guides instructions. If I needed to uninstall & reinstall the sdk, how would I do that?
As yes I have done a thorough search. I mentioned the results in my original comment.
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I believe so. I actually installed of the available packages as per the initial guides instructions. If I needed to uninstall & reinstall the sdk, how would I do that?
As yes I have done a thorough search. I mentioned the results in my original comment.
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You should be able to just delete the folder it downloaded. and make sure you empty your trash. I will look at what the issues can be. and let you know if I find anything. I'm pretty good at that
Edit: Have you seen this post? I'd start from the first thing they say which is going to task manager and ending adb.exe and if that doesn't work go to the next thing they stated to do. If none of those work come back and I will try and figure it out.
Ok so I just got my slide and want root. Im coming from a rooted g1 which has a completely different root process and so I have no experience with sdk and adb sadly. Im running windows 7 and I have followed this guide step-by-step but every time I get to the point where I type "loop" in eugenes guide it says it does not recognize the command... I saw somewhere sdk components are not supported by windows 7. Is this true? And is there a way around it? I also saw somewhere that it could be that I dont have my enviroment variables set correctly. Im not sure by what it means to add the full path to the tools\ directory to the Path variable value. When I double click Path default displays:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\
Where do I add it?
My tools directory is set in the root of my C drive as
C:\SDK\tools (most people typed android, renamed mine to just SDK, seemed faster)
This is what im trying to figure out at this point. Sorry if it very noobish.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
cdt82002 said:
Ok so I just got my slide and want root. Im coming from a rooted g1 which has a completely different root process and so I have no experience with sdk and adb sadly. Im running windows 7 and I have followed this guide step-by-step but every time I get to the point where I type "loop" in eugenes guide it says it does not recognize the command... I saw somewhere sdk components are not supported by windows 7. Is this true? And is there a way around it? I also saw somewhere that it could be that I dont have my enviroment variables set correctly. Im not sure by what it means to add the full path to the tools\ directory to the Path variable value. When I double click Path default displays:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\
Where do I add it?
My tools directory is set in the root of my C drive as
C:\SDK\tools (most people typed android, renamed mine to just SDK, seemed faster)
This is what im trying to figure out at this point. Sorry if it very noobish.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Okay my guide is to set you up to root, you need to download slideroot.zip from eugene's how to guide. It will download a folder so you need to save it somewhere you will find it. Once you have it saved extract the files and the files within that folder you need to put in the tools of the sdk directory. Do not just drop the folder as that would change the directory even more to another folder. A file in that folder is what actually makes the loop feature work and there are other things you will need from that folder to root.
And to this. %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\
you just need to delete "Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\"
and then replace it with your directory to your C:/
rlacsamana1989 said:
You should be able to just delete the folder it downloaded. and make sure you empty your trash. I will look at what the issues can be. and let you know if I find anything. I'm pretty good at that
Edit: Have you seen this post? I'd start from the first thing they say which is going to task manager and ending adb.exe and if that doesn't work go to the next thing they stated to do. If none of those work come back and I will try and figure it out.
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a successful uninstall & reinstall of the sdk worked for me. i no longer get the 'adb server is out of date' message when trying to list devices.
when reinstalling all of the packages in sdk, i did note this message:
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'Downloading Usb Driver package, revision 3
Installing Usb Driver package, revision 3
Installed Usb Driver package, revision 3
Updated ADB to support the USB devices declared in the SDK add-ons.
'adb kill-server' succeeded.
ADB: * daemon not running. starting it now *
ADB: * daemon started successfully *
'adb start-server' succeeded.
but its a good thing =]
another note:
when i have sdk all setup, HTC Sync no longer seems to work or recognize my device as connected, even after ending adb.exe in my task manager.
poetik517 said:
another note:
when i have sdk all setup, HTC Sync no longer seems to work or recognize my device as connected, even after ending adb.exe in my task manager.
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Have you tried re-installing the pdanet drivers again. And make sure you aren't clicking the box that pops up on the bottom of the screen. And if that doesn't work I know there is a program I have installed on my pc that let's me delete drivers I just can't remember the program so ill post it once I get home from work.
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usbdeview
rlacsamana1989 said:
Have you tried re-installing the pdanet drivers again. And make sure you aren't clicking the box that pops up on the bottom of the screen. And if that doesn't work I know there is a program I have installed on my pc that let's me delete drivers I just can't remember the program so ill post it once I get home from work.
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I think the program you're trying to remember may be "usbdeview"? This program allows you to disconnect or uninstall drivers.
rooted via ubuntu and have recovery
i tried doing stuff in windows, but it wont install the drivers properly.
SO I NEED HELP!
what do i do to get this to work?
i want to be able to install 3rd party apps and get rid of att bloatware.
i have no idea where to start.
HELP!!!!!!!!!
thanx
ubuntu or windows...
download the Android SDK for Windows
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
install and download ONLY THE USB DRIVERS
open cmd window, connect usb cable, navigate to the <folder>\tools where you installed, ie. c:\android\tools
paste the following into a small batch file, call it anything you want dot bat,
ie. c:\android\tools\yourname.bat
---cut here--
cd\android\tools
adb remount
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
echo update secure set value = 1 where name = 'install_non_market_apps';|sqlite3 settings.db
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
pause 1
adb reboot
-- cut here--
ok i'll try right now
still must be missing something
what setting is my phone on when i plug it in? recovery? or just regular charge only or hard disk mode?
how do i get the usb drivers to work? when i try to install them is says "windows was unable to install your adb". is there something else i need on my pc?
when i run that .bat file it says a bunch of things, but basically says device not found.
please start from step #0.
there is no one place that has every single step we need to do.
it makes it next to impossible to get this to work.
dh4645 said:
how do i get the usb drivers to work? when i try to install them is says "windows was unable to install your adb". is there something else i need on my pc?
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I'm not sure I've ever seen this error come up before by anyone. Saying this is impossible isn't really true since several people have gotten it working, and the information is on these forums. The best thing to do would be to go to the IRC channel and get stepped through it. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
I'm not quite sure what's up with your ADB install, but you should download HTC Sync from the HTC site, because it includes a driver install. http://www.htc.com/us/support/aria-att/downloads/. Then go through the process in the post above. Your phone should be in the "Charge Only" mode when connected to the computer.
ocswing said:
I'm not sure I've ever seen this error come up before by anyone. Saying this is impossible isn't really true since several people have gotten it working, and the information is on these forums. The best thing to do would be to go to the IRC channel and get stepped through it. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
I'm not quite sure what's up with your ADB install, but you should download HTC Sync from the HTC site, because it includes a driver install. http://www.htc.com/us/support/aria-att/downloads/. Then go through the process in the post above. Your phone should be in the "Charge Only" mode when connected to the computer.
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i know it's not impossible, it's just that usually when the people explaining the steps to accomplish this leave out steps that they think is common knowledge/sense, but is not to total noobs.
it would be nice to have a definitive step-by-step guide:
step 1 - root your phone (this was actually really easy with the ubuntu cd)
step 2 - go back to windows and download/install these specific programs . . . (i did not know i needed htc sync, the steps i saw said just to use the sdk and the usb drivers in there to set up my phone)
step 3 - enable debugging on phone, plug your phone into pc and use charge only. (don't we use recovery for anything, i've seen steps about having this open and using the mount /system to do stuff)
step 4 - get the adb usb drivers to install properly (i guess this is my main issue at the moment...is that what is causing the device not found error when i run the .bat file?)
step 5 - copy and paste code into notepad an save as a .bat file.
step 6 - run the .bat file (within cmd? double click on the file? does it matter?)
step 7 - ????
alternate step 2 through whatever - use the ubuntu cd to do everything... (???)
dh4645 said:
i know it's not impossible, it's just that usually when the people explaining the steps to accomplish this leave out steps that they think is common knowledge/sense, but is not to total noobs.
it would be nice to have a definitive step-by-step guide:
step 1 - root your phone (this was actually really easy with the ubuntu cd)
step 2 - go back to windows and download/install these specific programs . . . (i did not know i needed htc sync, the steps i saw said just to use the sdk and the usb drivers in there to set up my phone)
step 3 - enable debugging on phone, plug your phone into pc and use charge only. (don't we use recovery for anything, i've seen steps about having this open and using the mount /system to do stuff)
step 4 - get the adb usb drivers to install properly (i guess this is my main issue at the moment...is that what is causing the device not found error when i run the .bat file?)
step 5 - copy and paste code into notepad an save as a .bat file.
step 6 - run the .bat file (within cmd? double click on the file? does it matter?)
step 7 - ????
alternate step 2 through whatever - use the ubuntu cd to do everything... (???)
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Run the bat file in the cmd window. Once the bat has successfully run you can unplug the phone and you'll be good to go.
Shad0wguy said:
Run the bat file in the cmd window. Once the bat has successfully run you can unplug the phone and you'll be good to go.
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so what is the point of the sdk...other than to have the tools folder to run that .bat? so i'm the only one that can't get the sdk usb drivers to work?
and by good to go, u mean i can install 3rd party apps?
how do i get rid of the the at&t bloatware?
There are other threads explaining how to install third party apps and remove ATT bloatware.
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The problem with trying to do a step-by-step guide is that things like rooting, removing bloatware, and sideloading apps are all separate processes that require different steps and can be done in multiple ways. Some stuff requires you to be in recovery, some stuff doesn't, and other methods may require additional software. That's why there are specific separate threads that discuss them.
You've rooted your phone already, yay! Now you decide what you want to do next. Remove the bloatware? It's important that you don't lump everything together when trying to figure out what you need to do.
It seems like the first step you need to do is get ADB working and recognizing your phone when it's plugged in. ADB is necessary because it provides all the tools/commands necessary for us to interact with the phone through the command line. Windows is notoriously bad about the USB drivers. That's why the Ubuntu method was streamlined for people so they wouldn't have to deal with it. (Linux and Mac have no such usb driver issues.)
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It seems like the first step you need to do is get ADB working and recognizing your phone when it's plugged in. ADB is necessary because it provides all the tools/commands necessary for us to interact with the phone through the command line. Windows is notoriously bad about the USB drivers. That's why the Ubuntu method was streamlined for people so they wouldn't have to deal with it. (Linux and Mac have no such usb driver issues.)
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thanks for the reply.
yeah i rooted via the ubuntu disc, but then all the other steps people were telling me were using the sdk, getting the drivers, htc sync, yada yada. via windows. so thats the method i've been trying.
is there a step-by-step guide on how to allow 3rd party apps using the ubuntu disc? or... removing bloatware?
is it the same steps, but you just dont have to worry about the drivers?
The steps listed once you're in the SDK are actually the same regardless of what OS you're using.
So for Ubuntu install the SDK. Steps should be the same, just make sure you download the Linux version. Then you'd open a Terminal window (should be called Terminal in Ubuntu.) Then you should be able to use the same commands/steps you find in the other threads.
Since you've been having trouble getting your phone to connect the first thing to do is make sure SDK can actually see your phone. You should be able to open up your Terminal window, navigate to the SDK folder, connect your phone and then type 'adb devices' in the terminal window. It should then list out your phone as HTXXXXXXXX. X being some numbers and letters. If it does show that then you're on your way.
After that I'd go with removing bloatware and the steps listed in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735255
ocswing said:
The steps listed once you're in the SDK are actually the same regardless of what OS you're using.
So for Ubuntu install the SDK. Steps should be the same, just make sure you download the Linux version. Then you'd open a Terminal window (should be called Terminal in Ubuntu.) Then you should be able to use the same commands/steps you find in the other threads.
Since you've been having trouble getting your phone to connect the first thing to do is make sure SDK can actually see your phone. You should be able to open up your Terminal window, navigate to the SDK folder, connect your phone and then type 'adb devices' in the terminal window. It should then list out your phone as HTXXXXXXXX. X being some numbers and letters. If it does show that then you're on your way.
After that I'd go with removing bloatware and the steps listed in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735255
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ok cool thanks a lot!
i didn't even think to go back to linux to try this stuff until today at work.
i'll check it out later tonight after i mow the lawn and eat dinner....priorities...
i tried in windows one last time. it actually found the htc sync drivers (i in/uninstalled htc snyc earlier...i guess thats what did it)
adb devices command finds my phone, but when i try and run that .bat file, it goes through a bunch of things, but basically says:
remount failed: operation not permitted
failed to copy...
permission denied
all those types of things. then it says to hit enter and then it restarts my phone
???
did u try installing HTC sync connect phone to htc sync, then unistall the htc sync software usb drivers should stay behind
b_atman said:
did u try installing HTC sync connect phone to htc sync, then unistall the htc sync software usb drivers should stay behind
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i said i did that above...that was the only way i got the usb drivers to work/recognize my phone...the sdk ones didnt work)
my phone is recognized when i run adb devices command
i'm having issues when i run the .bat file as i said in my last post
my bad
maybe i missed it, after you did the mount command did you do the read/writes permissions change?
b_atman said:
my bad
maybe i missed it, after you did the mount command did you do the read/writes permissions change?
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uuu, no, whats that?
i thought i just had to open cmd and run the .bat file
so what did i miss now? ha
thanks for your help!
i ran this .bat file
cd\android\tools
adb remount
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
echo update secure set value = 1 where name = 'install_non_market_apps';|sqlite3 settings.db
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
pause 1
adb reboot
this is regarding captainkreks root method. i couldnt even get past the first path input, i entered C:\sdk\platform-tools and C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk. and i just says please make sure you entered the right path. i was wondering why its saying this
Probably because you don't have adb set up properly. Download something called adb for dummies it will correctly set up adb and then install your drivers. I suggest using the easyroot method if your not experienced with adb.
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That's most likely not the path of your sdk. Its probably more like C:/ Program files (x86)/android/android-sdk/.....(x86) if your a 64 bit computer if your 32 bit then there is no (x86)
It all depends on where you put your sdk and what its called....
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i installed adb for dummies and i now have the correct path but in the easy root when it checks for the firmware version it says device not found and doesnt display the current firmware version on the phone. I have yet to downgrade the RUU but since the app cant find the phone im assuming i dont have the drivers installed yet, but im having trouble figuring out how to install the drivers. i know the adb file came with the google usb driver but i dont know what to do with it
Applications>Development> Enable USB Debugging make sure that is checked
it was enabled before. but i disabled it and unplugged and tried again and im having the same problem. ?
kingbenjamin said:
it was enabled before. but i disabled it and unplugged and tried again and im having the same problem. ?
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download the usb drivers from here http://www.mediafire.com/?s4wamt44hlfaqa3
Unzip that and place it in your sdk folder for safe keeping.
In your device manager you will prob see an exclamation mark. install the driver.
Nothing is appearing in my device manager. I have looked around and havnt really been able to find anything that can explain how to find a device on the manager. I just need a link to a good guide around adb
If adb for dummies worked then your good to go. You need to place the phone when you hook into the computer in charge only mode. Try this and report back adb I don't think is your problem but phone driver in assuming its not showing up in Your device manager so do the formentioned step of placing in charge only.
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magneticzero said:
Applications>Development> Enable USB Debugging make sure that is checked
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I know when I was rooting my phone I had to enable/disable USB Debugging to get the root to work. I don't know if it was something specific to my own TB, or if it's something that is unique to rooting the TB is general.
I don't know about all that script stuff, I was going to go that route and downloaded htc sync, adb, and all the drivers but chickened out before going through with it.
But last night I followed through with all the step by step instructions the long way that is detailed out on Android Central. Not because it was easier, but because it was step by step and was easy to understand and had all the correct files to download and rename etc..
in actuality it was easy, just a little time consuming with big files to download, the actual work was easy.
Justin
this is what my the root app says after the first step when i pasted the sdk path into it
SDK Directory found
Checking build.prop ro.product.version
error: device not found
if the number above ends in 605.6 or 605.9 then you can root,
IF NOT THAN YOU CANNOT ROOT USING THIS METHOD!!!
do you wish to begin
i dont see any number because when it attempts to check the product version my device is not found. i have adb for dummies installed and the correct google usb drivers the phone is set to usb debugging and to charge only usb connection so im not really sure what the problem is. i have downloaded the RUU listed on rom.galaxysense and renamed it to PG05IMG.zip but im not sure how to actually downgrade the RUU and even if i can manage to get that done the device is not showing up sooooooo... i apologize for the massive amount of text and the slight retardation expressed in the post i just hit a block at the 2nd step lol
I have debugging on , disc drive, installed sdk manager, htc drivers , download the fr3vo file and try to run and get this ,,,, What am i missing
Arnezie said:
I have debugging on , disc drive, installed sdk manager, htc drivers , download the fr3vo file and try to run and get this ,,,, What am i missing
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Instead of disk drive put it in USB charge only. Also if it still doesn't work, restart the phone and try again. Let me know if your still having problems
Oh also, I just looked at your picture, your adb service is not running. Open command prompt and change your directory to where adb is. Typically something like C:/android/android-sdk/platform-tools.
Then type adb devices or any other command and that should start up adb. Once again let me know if you have any questions
Isn't this right?
It very well could be. Mine is set up slightly different. But go into the sub folders and you should find one named tools or platform tools and one will contain adb. So you just need to find adb.
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It very well could be. Mine is set up slightly different. But go into the sub folders and you should find one named tools or platform tools and one will contain adb. So you just need to find adb.
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? I am not sure adb is installed right, how do I know
By going into the sub folders of your android sdk going into tools or platform tools and it will be there. It's named adb.ext. ext being extension , I don't remember what the extension is. If you can't find it I would uninstall android sdk, go to the site http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html , download the recommended package, install it and when it asks where you want to install it use C:/Android/android-sdk.......
It could also be in your program files. I would just reinstall if you don't find it easily...
Re downloading now
Make sure you uninstall and delete everything so It's not sloppy...
Is it suposed to take forever once you get to the installing archives part?
Ya there are a few things that take a while. I don't know exactly what parts because I usually just leave it for a while and come back when It's done. Did you install it to the right location like I said earlier?
Yes i installed it where you said, it is still installing.........
ok re installed , tried 4 more times , somthing just isnt right and I don't know what it is?????
Dude just use the post thats Easy Frevo w/ overclock and bloat remover..u plug in phone to computer in charge mode with usb debugging on and make sure phone screen is not on(but phone is) and hit like 2 buttons to root and 2 buttons to overclock..so much easier
EDIT>> Heres the one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158400
irishgreen said:
Dude just use the post thats Easy Frevo w/ overclock and bloat remover..u plug in phone to computer in charge mode with usb debugging on and make sure phone screen is not on(but phone is) and hit like 2 buttons to root and 2 buttons to overclock..so much easier
EDIT>> Heres the one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158400
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You still need adb for that method , that is where i think somthing isn't right.
What is it saying? Have you got adb started? You need to be able to get into the command prompt and run adb commands. Once you can do that if it doesn't work there are a few workarounds you can try but you have to have adb working.
this is what it is saying
Adb still isn't running. Have you found where adb is located yet?
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk
U shouldn't
i dont think you really need to root your phone if you can't even set up adb .... for one you are not even in the correct directory ... u have to cd C:/android/android-sdk/platform-tools then type adb devices
Ok, I'm just going to ask it...
How do I set up SDK and ADB on my 3rd generation HDX 8.9. I find quite a few sets of instructions from 2011 but nothing seems up to date. And android studio is installing the driver in amazon.com which seems weird.
This is the latest I tried--here
I've searched and searched--I've tried several of these with no luck getting the pc to recognize the kindle.
Please no hateful replies--I've been at this for 2 days and I or really wouldn't ask.
Links would be really useful.
Thank you
Unless you are developing, you do not need android studio, jdk, or anything else. All you need to to do is download the sdk.
From here I am going to assume you are on Windows. Probably win 8 or 8.1?
Extract the sdk to a folder where you have write access.
Now find the folder called platform-tools in the sdk folder.
Now, in the Windows explorer bar, select all the text and type cmd
If you do this right, it will open a command window in the platform- tools folder.
If that is confusing, you can go to the sdk folder and then open the command prompt from the start window. Then type cd and drag the platform-tools folder to the command window.
Right now, all the devs are crying, because these are lazy shortcuts, but they work and save you from adding this folder to your path which is better programmatically, but a bit more involved.
Anyway, now you are where you need to be so, type
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adb devices
And you should see your device, but, you probably won't. Stay tuned...
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You don't need to install the whole Android Studio suite — just the SDK Tools will suffice.
As for the Kindle Fire drivers...
https://developer.amazon.com/appsan...ing-up-the-ADB-Driver-for-Kindle-Fire-Devices
So, hopefully you got either a printout of your device, or you got a blank line like...
Code:
List of devices attached...
This is because you do not have the driver installed. If you get another error, either you are in the wrong folder, or you did not enable and on your device.
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To enable adb on your device, click on the serial number in settings>device options 5 times and it will give you the developer options. Enable adb is a toggle there.
Alright, now we need the driver. Go to device manager in your computer and delete anything that looks android or kindle in nature. Unhook your tablet and reboot.
Download the HDX toolkit from the developers error forum and try the install drivers tool in it.
Reboot.
Now, making sure you have enabled adb on your device, open up a command prompt in platform-tools, and try the command again.
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Adb devices
You should see your serial number.
If you have any issues, report back. I may have skipped a step or two as I am giving these directions from memory.
Good luck.
~Leko
Whew! Thank you! Doing this now.
Will update
Did I say thank you?!!!!
Update...After extracting the sdk zip file, platform tools is not showing up.
Downloading the installer file now...
Update2...found platform tools
Oh, my bad, I'm on windows 7...
Update--
The kindle died..thanks for all the input! Greatly appreciated:good:
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So, hopefully you got either a printout of your device, or you got a blank line like...
Code:
List of devices attached...
This is because you do not have the driver installed. If you get another error, either you are in the wrong folder, or you did not enable and on your device.
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To enable adb on your device, click on the serial number in settings>device options 5 times and it will give you the developer options. Enable adb is a toggle there.
Alright, now we need the driver. Go to device manager in your computer and delete anything that looks android or kindle in nature. Unhook your tablet and reboot.
Download the HDX toolkit from the developers error forum and try the install drivers tool in it.
Reboot.
Now, making sure you have enabled adb on your device, open up a command prompt in platform-tools, and try the command again.
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Adb devices
You should see your serial number.
If you have any issues, report back. I may have skipped a step or two as I am giving these directions from memory.
Good luck.
~Leko
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So I am stuck adb devices--the line is blank
--ADB is enabled
--USB debugging is checked
--kindle driver installed
--portable device deleted in device manager
--SDK is set up C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
The driver installed in a separate file in program files as amazon.com which looks odd to me.
Maybe my path is wrong?
Update I've tried the method found here but after 2 tries with reboots, I'm still getting MTP device and portable device->fire. Each time i see the last one I delete it, reboot plug in again and portable device appears.
I've also tried Amazon instructions here
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
It sounds like you are on the right track.
Unplug your kindle, delete the devices again, and try this file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665683
Use it just to install the drivers. (That is all it can do for you).
Then open a command prompt.
And plug your device in.
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If the drivers are installed correctly, the path only matters to get adb to work (which the blank line tells you it is).
Also, there is a chance the devices will show up the same after the correct drivers are used. Mtp is able to run aside adb, but on Win 8 anyway, not fastboot (don't worry about fastboot).