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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.)
ocswing said:
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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
Howdy everyone!
Without further ado, I humbly present my gift to the community (and the #nookcolor irc channel )
This collection of scripts will automagically install:
NookColor USB ADB Drivers
The necessary adb_usb.ini file for adb to recognize the NookColor
A stripped-down copy of the Android SDK, with just the requirements for adb.exe
adb.exe is added to your %PATH% variable.
Tested on Windows 7 32/64, Windows Vista 32, Windows XP SP2/SP3
Now I realize not everyone wants the do-all end-all script, so there's two versions: one that contains the drivers AND a cut down Android SDK, or the version that only installs the ADB driver and the proper adb_usb.ini file.
Instructions for use with combo pack (please read!):
Download the combo pack
With your NookColor unplugged from your PC, run the nookcolor-easyADB.exe file and allow it to extract to c:\
Follow the on-screen instructions and wait until you see "All done!"
Plug in your NookColor, tell Windows not to use Windows Update, and let it search your computer for the proper drivers.
Once the package has finished installing, and the drivers are installed, you can just open a command prompt window and type:
Code:
adb devices
If you see your device's serial number listed, you're good to go!
Instructions for the driver-only pack:
Download the driver-only pack
Extract it somewhere on your PC (may I recommend c:\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver ?)
Run install.exe in the extracted folder and follow the onscreen prompts.
For those of you that would like, the source of the driver installer is contained in both downloads as install.au3. Driver installation is accomplished using dpinst.exe from the Windows Driver Development Kit.
Also, to avoid any confusion, I am also known as IOMonster on IRC.
Okay now for the good stuff...
DOWNLOADS:
Combo Pack (all in one!): http://legacyschool.us.to/nookdev/nookcolor-easyADB.exe
Driver only pack: http://legacyschool.us.to/nookdev/nook-usb-installer.rar
Update: 0.2 version has been released. Should fix CPU architecture errors when installing. I have also changed the download protection on my server, you should be able to use download managers now.. just keep it to a sane number of concurrent downloads by IP.
Troubleshooting:
Make sure you're rooted
Sounds dumb, but trust me, it's happened.
Make sure you haven't used ADBWireless and forgotten to disable it
Guilty here. I spent a good half hour trying to figure out why it didn't work on one of my Nooks until I realized that I had left ADBWireless on.
Check device manager for a "Nook" device, you may just have to do an "update driver" on it
Just like it says, check for any devices labeled "Nook" or "USB Composite Device" with a VID of 2080
Uninstall ALL Nook-related devices in device manager
Check device manager for any USB devices (usually USB Composite Device or USB Mass Storage) with a VID of 2080 and PID of 0002, uninstall 'em and unplug/replug your Nook.
Please note that this is a VERY initial build. It may not work for you under some circumstances, but on the few machines I've tried it on, it seemed to work for me. If you encounter any weird bugs, please let me know- I'd love to know so I can fix it.
(As a side note, I really need to standardize my nomenclature for my driver pack..)
excellent work, thank you
This is awesome! Thanks!
nice job...I had helped test it in the irc channel for ya. I def think this will be great for the community now we just need something to root and and superuser. Anyway good job
First post. Wanted to let you know it worked on my windows7 x64 machine perfectly fine. so much easier than the long way.
I'm using Windows 7 32bit. I unzipped the driver pack, clicked install.exe, then it said something about not having a correct version of windows and to get windows 7 x86 or x64, then a window popped up saying it successfully installed. Assuming that it didn't and using my extreme deduction skills, I opened DPInst.exe and it did it's thing and installed fine. Don't know what happened with install.exe but it works now. Thanks!
Strange... do you remember the exact text of the error?
My install.exe runs DPInst.exe with the /q (quiet) switch, so it shouldn't have even given an error (even if there was a legit error message thrown by DPInst.exe).
Do you think you had install.exe set for compatibility mode? (check the properties for install.exe and possibly DPInst.exe)
Thanks for the feedback! I sure hope this alleviates most of the headaches associated with installing ADB on Windows.
The links are dead, can someone post them somewhere else?
Fault when I install but it installs fine.
It installed fine even though I got this message.
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Ignore me - I missed uninstalling the USB device...
Worked perfectly THANK YOU!
Rylynmila said:
It installed fine even though I got this message.
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Are you by chance running Windows 7 32-bit?
And as for the links being dead, try disabling your download manager. I see people's download managers trying to do something like 20 concurrent downloads, and my server disallows that.
Rylynmila said:
It installed fine even though I got this message.
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Hi, I did encounter this similar error as Rylynmila.
BTW, I am running WinXP SP2.
Hm, that's strange.. this worked on my XP SP2 machine, I wonder if it's possible that some machines report the architecture differently..
I'll make a quick script that should let me figure this out easier. It's probably just an error in my script's logic for deciding which version to use.
EDIT: Newly released version has been uploaded. This should fix the CPU architecture problems.
Ah, well, just found the culprit! My AutoIT script checks the architecture of the CPU itself, not the OS you're running.
On the Windows XP machine I tried it on, the CPU itself is only a 32-bit cpu (Athlon XP 3200+), therefore it reported it right.
I should have used @OSArch rather than @CPUArch in AutoIT. Oops.
I'll make an updated version and release it later today.
cant seem to get this working on my 64 bit vista machine.
installed fine, but adb devices shows nothing
DrewLGT said:
cant seem to get this working on my 64 bit vista machine.
installed fine, but adb devices shows nothing
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When the installer came up, did it give you any errors? Check the device manager- you should have an entry for Android Phone -> Android Composite ADB Device.
If you do have that entry, try running
Code:
adb kill-server
then
adb devices
and see what you get.
thecubed said:
When the installer came up, did it give you any errors? Check the device manager- you should have an entry for Android Phone -> Android Composite ADB Device.
If you do have that entry, try running
Code:
adb kill-server
then
adb devices
and see what you get.
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my wife is using the NC right now, so i'll give that a try when shes done.
i have another question though. i already had adb installed for my phone, now i have it twice. can i combine the two?
If you just want the ADB driver, just download the driver only pack.
If you had adb installed already, this will overwrite it if it's installed to c:\android-sdk-windows.
no luck with easy adb
I have xp and followed the directions given in the first post in this thread for the combo pack. I now have a lot of files in c:\android-sdk-windows\ but when I follow these directions (from Nook Devs) I do not get the proper output...
"Start > Run > cmd > Enter
* cd\
* cd android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
* adb kill-server
* adb devices
If you get output that looks like the following you have succeeded:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
[YOUR NOOKCOLOR SN] device"
For my output, I get the first three lines but not the
[YOUR NOOKCOLOR SN] device
I looked in Device manager and do not see anything about Android in there. I am obviously an android noob - can anyone help me? Thanks
Can't wait to try this. Thanks!
I consider myself pretty proficient with electronics and computers but I could never get ADB working on my Win7 64 PC no matter which set of instructions I followed. The benefit of this is that I've learned how to use Root Explorer to accomplish a lot of things.
EDIT: This worked perfectly on my PC, although I wasn't prompted to install any drivers. Guessing I had already done so previously trying to get this to work. Thanks much!!
Thanks to a good link from Vanto to read here is the instructions as to how I got it to work,
This solved it for Winblows 7 64 bit. For others having the same problem on Winblows 7 64 bit (should be the same for 32 bit miuns the X86 Directory)
1. Go into settings on the prime and make sure USB debugging has a check in it in under SYSTEM > Developer options > USB Debugging
2. Plug your prime into your Winblows 7 laptop and let it install its drivers. Open up device manager by going to Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > and click on device manager under devices and printers. If you see at the top of device manager ASUS Android devices and when you expand it you see ASUS Android Composite ADB Interface you already have the ADB drivers installed and can skip down to #6
3. Go to ASUS website and download the USB drivers for the TF201. Download Vipermod Primetime 4.6 here for the ADB drivers http://goo.im/devs/viperboy/Prime/viperMOD_PrimeTime_v4.6.zip then extract the zip file to a normal file. You only need the drivers from the tool.
4. Plug your prime into your Winblows 7 laptop and let it install its drivers. Open up device manager by going to Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > and click on device manager under devices and printers.
5. You should see the prime listed under portable devices. Uninstall the driver then update the driver manually. Browse to the folder you created from the Vipermod primetime zip. Make sure there is a check in check sub folders. Winblows should detect the drivers and then convert the prime to a ASUS Android Device.
6. Go into settings on the prime and make sure there is no check in Launch ASUS Sync under PERSONAL > Accounts & Sync > Launch ASUS Sync
7. Press Control, Shift, Escape at the same time and make sure there are no instances of ASUS Sync or Splashtop runnung in services in Winblows 7.
8. Download and Install the latest Android SDK. I installed all the libraries and such just to be on the safe side. http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
9. DISCONNECT YOUR PRIME FROM THE USB AND REBOOT YOUR PRIME AND YOUR WINBLOWS LAPTOP. After both devices reboot plug in your tablet into your Winblows laptop.
10. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools and click on the ADB file. A command prompt will open and spool up a bunch of stuff then close. All the stuff spooling I am assuming was the ADB server starting.
11. Hold down shift then right click inside platform-tools folder and select open command prompt here. You should be in a command prompt window showing the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
12. type adb devices. You should see your primes serial number pop up.
13. make a test file in the platform-tools directory, i just used a simple text file to test then type:
adb push test.txt /sdcard/
It would be easier to just put the Rom you are going to flash in this directory so when it is time to push the rom it would be:
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/
If SDCARD not recognized try:
adb push nameofrom.zip /system/media/
14. browse to your sdcard and you should see your file there. If you are already in the sdcard folder window on your prime, leave the folder then come back and it should be there.
15. You should be able to push files now after superwiping. You may need to push to /system/media/ if /sdcard/ is not found. Make sure you have all the / in the directory structure when pushing.
16. From inside recovery select install zip from sdcard and browse to the folder you pushed it to then flash away.
If anything seems incorrect or out of order please let me know so I can correct it. If this helps you congrats but if not I'm sorry. This is how I got it to work.
As you have stated that prior to your windows re-install, everything had worked, thus I highly doubt that this could be the issue... but just to double check, you do have usb debugging enabled, right?
If you can, connect your transformer prime, and try executing {install directory}/android/platform-tools/adb.exe -devices and let us know what kind of output you get.
Lostsorrow said:
OK looking for a little help here. I am planning on doing the Super mega wipe in the dev section however ADB has not recognized my prime. I wanted to verify I could push to it a test file before I did the wipe. Under device manager it shows the whole Asus ADB interface device and that the device is "working properly" I also have a listing down in portable media devices where it states Transformer TF201. I have disabled Asus sync and do not have splashtop. When I connect my prime I can explore the internal SD and copy files back and forth over USB. I have also installed and updated the latest Android SDK. I am at a total loss here. I recently did a fresh install of windows and beforehand it used to work. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance :cyclops:
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make sure your adb files are the most updated once,
i had this problem before but thats just cause my adb was not updated
I recently battled with this and concluded that adb just doesn't work on Windows 64bit for the TFP. My advice, try to find an XP pc and do it through that. I posted in Prime_Full_Wipe thread in Dev section about this.
Wasted several hours trying to get adb to see the device. Tried so many device drivers.... Latest adb versions etc....
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tangiers said:
I recently battled with this and concluded that adb just doesn't work on Windows 64bit for the TFP. My advice, try to find an XP pc and do it through that. I posted in Prime_Full_Wipe thread in Dev section about this.
Wasted several hours trying to get adb to see the device. Tried so many device drivers.... Latest adb versions etc....
Sent from my EPAD using Tapatalk 2
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thats weird... im on window 7 64 bit and it works for me ;o
lil-devil said:
thats weird... im on window 7 64 bit and it works for me ;o
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Mine did too when I unlocked but once I had a custom rom on it, it stopped working. I think the driver gets messed up by the custom rom making the pc see the TFP as something different to an Asus TFP.....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28021373 is my post or you can try read the whole thread, it helped me a lot
Just did my Full-Wipe part on a brand new Win7 Ultimate-SP1 x64 machine
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unlocking phone from one network
hae guyz i have my htc s620 upgraded from dash have tried to generate network unlock code and for 3days of hard work and going through almst all threads nothing has been fruitful......i need someone who will help me generate unlock code...my pc is window 7 and my phones imei is 35155301530476202........i will be so greatful..email me the unlock code via [email protected]
waiting for u reply guyz
Hi guys,
EDIT: See the last posts - I have figured this out, and tried to include helpful information, if you are having this problem too.
Firstly please accept my apologies if this has been answered already. I have searched the forum, and the Internet, and cant find specific instructions, or a guide that I can follow with any success.
I stupidly deleted system files from my Kindle, but now I have purchased a fastboot cable, and I'am able to get it into fastboot mode.
I have correctly installed the ADB Drivers, and the device is now recognized by my Windows 7 Device Manager. It shows 'Android ADB Interface'.
I would guess that I need to flash the entire Kindle, but I'm unsure of how to do this, as I cannot seem to access the device at all. It currently loops when booting, giving me no time to see it as external storage via My Computer.
Please would someone more versed in this, guide me specifically through how to get myself back up and running again? I would be forever greatful.
I have SDK and JDK installed, but do not have the knowledge I need to learn how to use them properly.
Thanks so much in advance.
urbainmenace said:
Hi guys,
Firstly please accept my apologies if this has been answered already. I have searched the forum, and the Internet, and cant find specific instructions, or a guide that I can follow with any success.
I stupidly deleted system files from my Kindle, but now I have purchased a fastboot cable, and I'am able to get it into fastboot mode.
I have correctly installed the ADB Drivers, and the device is now recognized by my Windows 7 Device Manager. It shows 'Android ADB Interface'.
I would guess that I need to flash the entire Kindle, but I'm unsure of how to do this, as I cannot seem to access the device at all. It currently loops when booting, giving me no time to see it as external storage via My Computer.
Please would someone more versed in this, guide me specifically through how to get myself back up and running again? I would be forever greatful.
I have SDK and JDK installed, but do not have the knowledge I need to learn how to use them properly.
Thanks so much in advance.
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what is the fastboot cable? where can I get it? can a normal usb cable do the job?
goodayoo said:
what is the fastboot cable? where can I get it? can a normal usb cable do the job?
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You definitely need the fastboot cable to push files through the ADB Interface dude. You can buy one for dirt cheap on EBay. Then all you do is simply plug it into your PC and Kindle, and it should put the Kindle straight into Fastboot mode.
Then you need to install the ADB Drivers for the Kindle.
From there, I'm stuck I'm afraid.
urbainmenace said:
You definitely need the fastboot cable to push files through the ADB Interface dude. You can buy one for dirt cheap on EBay. Then all you do is simply plug it into your PC and Kindle, and it should put the Kindle straight into Fastboot mode.
Then you need to install the ADB Drivers for the Kindle.
From there, I'm stuck I'm afraid.
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OK，I think I'm gonna get one and give it a try. the only way to fix this brick is in the ADB Interface I'm sure. though I also don't know How to do.
I've finally figured out how to get ADB up and running, and how to start command prompt. I found this link helpful:
developer.amazon.com/public/resources/development-tools/ide-tools/tech-docs/05-setting-up-your-kindle-fire-tablet-for-testing
If anyone needs help pushing files through ADB, I recommend that link!
Do the following to detect your Kindle Fire tablet through ADB:
Open a command prompt window.
Change directory to your Android SDK platform-tools directory. - To do this, find out where SDK is installed on your PC. Copy the path.
Type cd in command prompt, then space, then paste the directory path. EG, C:\Users\Administrator\sdk\platform-tools
Hit enter, and the command line will change to read C:\Users\Administrator\sdk\platform-tools.
Run the following commands and confirm that the serial number for your Kindle Fire tablet appears in the list of devices.
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
Then follow the rest of the guide. I think all you need to to do, is push a system update through, by putting the file in the tools folder of SDK. This should make the device update, and put back any critical system files that you had previously deleted.
Now I'm just having issues with it finding the device, so I'm going to charge the Kindle for a few hours, and then try it again.
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urbainmenace said:
I've finally figured out how to get ADB up and running, and how to start command prompt. I found this link helpful:
developer.amazon.com/public/resources/development-tools/ide-tools/tech-docs/05-setting-up-your-kindle-fire-tablet-for-testing
If anyone needs help pushing files through ADB, I recommend that link!
Do the following to detect your Kindle Fire tablet through ADB:
Open a command prompt window.
Change directory to your Android SDK platform-tools directory. - To do this, find out where SDK is installed on your PC. Copy the path.
Type cd in command prompt, then space, then paste the directory path. EG, C:\Users\Administrator\sdk\platform-tools
Hit enter, and the command line will change to read C:\Users\Administrator\sdk\platform-tools.
Run the following commands and confirm that the serial number for your Kindle Fire tablet appears in the list of devices.
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
Then follow the rest of the guide. I think all you need to to do, is push a system update through, by putting the file in the tools folder of SDK. This should make the device update, and put back any critical system files that you had previously deleted.
Now I'm just having issues with it finding the device, so I'm going to charge the Kindle for a few hours, and then try it again.
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good to hear that! I hope you can tell me how to push the system folder into the fire hdx via ADB ,I got a thor-amazon-os-13.3.1.0.zip file.
goodayoo said:
good to hear that! I hope you can tell me how to push the system folder into the fire hdx via ADB ,I got a thor-amazon-os-13.3.1.0.zip file.
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In command prompt, there is an ADB push command, so I think all you do is type that, then the path of the file.
To list all the commands you can use, change command prompt to your platform-tools folder within SDK, type ADB in command prompt, and it will give you all the options.
You'll need to unzip the update file first I think.
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bootlooped, adb runs some commands
urbainmenace said:
In command prompt, there is an ADB push command, so I think all you do is type that, then the path of the file.
To list all the commands you can use, change command prompt to your platform-tools folder within SDK, type ADB in command prompt, and it will give you all the options.
You'll need to unzip the update file first I think.
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Working with the HDX 8.9.
I think I have deleted some of the system files also. I was reloading a safestrap backup and rebooted but the backup had failed to complete. I don't know what may be missing from the system files and would like to push the system files onto the device.
Right now I get a gray kindlefire screen for about 90 seconds, during which I have adb access, then it goes to the color kindlefire screen and asks if I want to Restore to Factory Defaults or reboot. I finally subjected it to the Restore to Factory Defaults, but that just wiped the cache and data partitions, I don't see where it did anything to the system files. It did not change my adb access.
In adb I can push files to some locations but others say: failed to copy ....: Read-only file system.
I cannot run shell commands
# adb shell
soinfo_link_image(linker.cpp:1617): could not load library "/vendor/lib/libNimsWrap.so" needed by "/system/bin/sh"; caused by load_library(linker.cpp:745): library "/vendor/lib/libNimsWrap.so" not foundCANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
I was working in Windows 8.1 but have switched to Suse Linux but the results are the same so far.
I have the stock system files but I am not sure how to push them to the device, if it can be done, while the device is trying to reboot.
fastboot
I can put the HDX in Fastboot mode with the adb command. But when I try to pass commands to the HDX I get:
< waiting for device >
and I have to Ctrl-c to stop the process.
Do the fastboot commands only work if you have a fastboot cable???
Since you guys are using adb checkout these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530623 Factory Reset
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636817 [Video Tutorial] GAPPS + Amazon from Cpasjuste
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2638241 How to un-boot-loop (another way)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2598577 [TUT/FIX] Fix the Boot Loop on Kindle Fire HDX 7"
This guy may also be able to help, forum member: GSLEON3 Post #16
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2580989&page=2
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
Code:
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.
Code:
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.
Code:
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:
lekofraggle said:
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.
Code:
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.
Code:
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.
.
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).