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I recently rooted my Eris and I'm unable to flash a custom recovery because I can't get the USB drivers to update with those found in the SDK files. When I try to update the drivers Windows tells me that I have the most up to date drivers installed. It's because of this I cannot see my phone in the command prompt and can't get the custom recovery to work.
Has anyone tried putting the recovery files on their SD and using a terminal emulator?
Any ideas on updating the USB drivers?
If I flashed a custom Rom (as risky as that is without a recovery) could I then use nandroid or some other recovery? Or would I still need to use SDK?
joshw0000 said:
I recently rooted my Eris and I'm unable to flash a custom recovery because I can't get the USB drivers to update with those found in the SDK files. When I try to update the drivers Windows tells me that I have the most up to date drivers installed. It's because of this I cannot see my phone in the command prompt and can't get the custom recovery to work.
Has anyone tried putting the recovery files on their SD and using a terminal emulator?
Any ideas on updating the USB drivers?
If I flashed a custom Rom (as risky as that is without a recovery) could I then use nandroid or some other recovery? Or would I still need to use SDK?
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download htc sync that should fix ur problem , it did for me
Yes HTC sync updated mine as soon as your phone is acknowledged by HTC sync it should update your usb drivers
FYI HTC sync did NOT work for me on Windows 7. I had to do some pretty annoying stuff to stop windows from installing the regular drivers automatically. If HTC sync doesn't work I can try to help.
If HTC Sync doesn't help, try the following steps.
1. Unplug your Eris from the PC
2. Open Device Manager and delete the Android device
3. Reboot your PC
4. Once in Windows, connect your Eris
5. The drivers should load automatically, if not point it to the SDK drivers folder
Good luck!
Any more ideas
First I tried downloading HTC Sync on my laptop (running Vista) and that didn't do it. Then I deleted the drivers and tried to manually download them back with the ones in the USB folder of SDK and still it wouldn't work.
So I started over and downloaded SDK and Java to my pc (Windows 7) and tried to update the drivers with the ones found in SDK and it wouldn't let me. So I deleted the drivers, unplugged my phone, and plugged it back up. Before I could attempt to direct it to download the intended USB drivers, Windows 7 had already updated with the drivers of it's choice. I can't win for losing.
If you don't mind using one of those "Live" Linux CDs, you could install the recovery using fastboot.
No need to install anything on the PC, and no drivers are needed for Linux, no SDK, no Java, no adb; just make sure to run fastboot as root.
The downloads of fastboot and the Amon_RA recovery are small, so they will easily fit in /tmp.
bftb0
I've never used Linux but I'm willing to try. Please tell me more. Are there "how tos" for this?
When you have your phone plugges in do you have it set to "charge" or "sync"? I know all the how to's say yo have it set to charge only but the inly way my computer ever finds my phone is if it us set to sync.
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I set it to charge. I was finally able to install the correct driver. I selected a Google driver from the list it gave me (which my computer did not like) then went back and updated the drivers with those found in the tools usb folder of SDK. IT FINALLY LET ME!
Now I have a new problem. I'm using the command prompt and trying to create a custom recovery. I set it to the tools directory in SDK (where the flash and recovery images are) and I'm entering the commands exactly like the "how to" instructions have them. I keep getting "adb: not found" errors.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
joshw0000 said:
I've never used Linux but I'm willing to try. Please tell me more. Are there "how tos" for this?
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Well, in the long run it is probably a good idea to resolve the driver install problems you are having on your PC, because it is very useful to have "adb" around, even if you are already rooted and have the ROM of your choice installed.
But, if you would like to do this, here's an outline below. Note that the point of the "Live" CDs is that you are not installing Linux on your machine, you are just booting it directly from the CD - the OS and hard drive on your PC are untouched.
1) Download an ".iso" file from your favorite Linux distro [ 3 ] for their "live" CD. (BIG download, usually 600+ MB)
2) Burn the .iso file to a CD as a bootable CD. (Most decent CD/DVD burner programs know what an .ISO file is, but might refer to them as a disk image).
3) Boot your PC off it! (You might need to hit a key on your PC right after you power it on to go into a boot menu, or the BIOS setup to change the boot order so your PC will try to boot from the CD/DVD before it tries the hard drive).
4) Copy the fastboot [ 1 ] executable for Linux and the Amon_RA recovery image [ 2 ] to /tmp "somehow" - you could just download it using the Linux browser if your network come up automatically (wired ethernet), or you could put them onto a USB key beforehand, and plug that in after Linux has booted; it should mount automatically.
5) Then, open up a terminal window and become root. (Type either "su" or "sudo /bin/bash" - depends on the Linux distro)
6) Attach your (well-charged) phone to the phone via USB, and power it up in fastboot mode (Send+End simultaneously)
cd /tmp
chmod 755 fastboot
md5sum recovery.img (check file sig)
./fastboot devices (check to see you are connected)
./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Obviously, if you need to look something up on the internet, it is useful to be networked, so you can use a web browser. The Linux boot will try to autoconfigure network interfaces automatically, but this is going to be most straightforward with a wired connection (Ethernet). Alternatively, if you have another PC or laptop nearby, you could use that.
Good luck.
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[ 1 ] Find Linux version of fastboot from HTC midway down this page - md5sum 9851bb6ad29cd4b60c9ba9d011ba9efd
[ 2 ] Amon_RA's recovery is located on this XDA page - md5sum e3932991f097993602af3c7a4b61a4f8
[ 3 ] Ubuntu's Current (x32) CD for v10.04 this page
NOTE: This CD is both a "Live" CD and an Install CD. You DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL ANYTHING; you are using the "Live" CD function - see the "show me how" link under Item #3 ("Try It!") on the above linked page
[ 4 ] Various OpenSuSe 11.2 Live CDs
Thanks for the info. I was able to get my drivers installed and run a nandroid recovery. Then I think I bricked my phone:
I just ran a nandroid backup for my Eris which was at stock 2.1 w/ root. I first partitioned the sd to swap - 3072 MB, ext2 swap 3072 MB, and fat32 - remainder. Realizing this was stupid, I went back and changed the partition to swap - 0, ext2 - 512 MB, fat32 - remainder 7680 MB or 7.5 GB. I moved ext2 to ext3 and booted the phone. All my sd was cleared so I copied everything back on (I saved all sd contents to my computer prior to this). I went back to recovery and flashed Eris Lightning 3.02. Everything went successful and when it rebooted, I saw the droid guys, then the "quietly brilliant", then "Verizon" screens. It then began running the "quietly brilliant" and "verizon" screens over and over. I pulled the battery and powered up again but it's still running those two screens over and over. I booted into recovery and attached my phone to the computer. I opened command prompt, entered " sd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" and then entered "adb devices". It reads "List of devices attached" but there are none. I attempted to add the driver back to my device but when I go to device manager and click "update driver" and point it to the tools directory in SDK, it says that "Windows could not find driver software for your device".
If I can't communicate with my phone via usb and it wont boot, how can I get it to recover?
Any suggestions would help, I'm scratching my head here. I really don't want to have to buy another phone.
joshw0000 said:
Thanks for the info. I was able to get my drivers installed and run a nandroid recovery. Then I think I bricked my phone:
I just ran a nandroid backup for my Eris which was at stock 2.1 w/ root. I first partitioned the sd to swap - 3072 MB, ext2 swap 3072 MB, and fat32 - remainder. Realizing this was stupid, I went back and changed the partition to swap - 0, ext2 - 512 MB, fat32 - remainder 7680 MB or 7.5 GB. I moved ext2 to ext3 and booted the phone. All my sd was cleared so I copied everything back on (I saved all sd contents to my computer prior to this). I went back to recovery and flashed Eris Lightning 3.02. Everything went successful and when it rebooted, I saw the droid guys, then the "quietly brilliant", then "Verizon" screens. It then began running the "quietly brilliant" and "verizon" screens over and over. I pulled the battery and powered up again but it's still running those two screens over and over. I booted into recovery and attached my phone to the computer. I opened command prompt, entered " sd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" and then entered "adb devices". It reads "List of devices attached" but there are none. I attempted to add the driver back to my device but when I go to device manager and click "update driver" and point it to the tools directory in SDK, it says that "Windows could not find driver software for your device".
If I can't communicate with my phone via usb and it wont boot, how can I get it to recover?
Any suggestions would help, I'm scratching my head here. I really don't want to have to buy another phone.
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First, relax and take a deep breath; everything's going to be fine.
In the recovery main menu, there is an Item called something like "MS-USB toggle" or something like that. It does not use the adb driver, it uses a standard "Mass Storage Device" USB driver already on the PC. The purpose of this function is to make the SD Card mount on the PC when the Amon_RA recovery is running.
Try that - it should work.
Then, download a conservative ROM such as Ivanmmj's Official 1.0 alpha, or Jcase's "Plain Jane", and copy it to your SD card.
After you have done that, make sure to check the MD5 sum of that .zip file on the SD card. (You should be doing this already).
Then, cleanly dismount the USB drive from the PC with the "Safely Remove Hardware" thingamabob, and toggle "off" the MS-USB toggle on the phone. Return to the main menu, wipe /data, and then flash the "conservative" ROM.
Then boot the conservative ROM just to verify everything is OK.
Next, Backup anything from the SD card that you don't already have (this step might be optional), and boot into recovery, and unpartition your SD card so that the only thing that is there is the VFAT partition.
For the moment, I'll give you some advice: f*ck A2SD. You need to gain some familarity with how the various versions of a2sd work before you start using it..
Very likely you were just stuck in a boot loop created by the re-partitioning you performed after initial configuration of a ROM that uses a2sd. Frankly, it is easy to create conditions for this, especially if you switch between ROMs that use different versions of a2sd, and/or don't understand that certain versions are not correctly backed up with Nandroid at the moment (e.g CLB).
bftb0
Go in to the start menu of your computer or laptop right click on computer and go down to properties and open it up look to the right and you will see something that says advanced system settings click that and it will open up another window for system properties.. Okay look at the bottom of that small window you will see something that says environmental variables, click that. Now you want to scroll through the system variables and find the one that says "path" you want to change that to you ";C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" and save it.. That is where your adb file or app is in your sdk tools folder, so when you open up a command prompt type in adb devices it may say something about killing daemon starting successful.. Don't worry just type it in again you should get your phones serial number thats when you know your good and you can start talking to your phone.. You can try a simple command like adb reboot and it will reboot your phone.. All else fails and you do this and your phone is responding but you can get anything to run in the command prompt type with 1 space cd then another space and then copy and paste "C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" that.. So it will look something like this
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools.. That should def do the trick.. Or absolute worst case scenario and you want to make it real easy and not have the fun of doing all the hard but fun work just use the "all in one root script" it will root your phone and it will also install "amon RA recoveryv1.6.2"... Hope this helps you out. LoL I know its long but yo dude I went through the same hell and I finally got everything where I want it!!!!!! Also make sure your HBOOT is under 1.49, if you have 1.49 you cant root... For example 1.46 your good...
Go in to the start menu of your computer or laptop right click on computer and go down to properties and open it up look to the right and you will see something that says advanced system settings click that and it will open up another window for system properties.. Okay look at the bottom of that small window you will see something that says environmental variables, click that. Now you want to scroll through the system variables and find the one that says "path" you want to change that to you ";C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" and save it.. That is where your adb file or app is in your sdk tools folder, so when you open up a command prompt type in adb devices it may say something about killing daemon starting successful.. Don't worry just type it in again you should get your phones serial number thats when you know your good and you can start talking to your phone.. You can try a simple command like adb reboot and it will reboot your phone.. All else fails and you do this and your phone is responding but you can get anything to run in the command prompt type with 1 space cd then another space and then copy and paste "C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" that.. So it will look something like this
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools.. That should def do the trick.. Or absolute worst case scenario and you want to make it real easy and not have the fun of doing all the hard but fun work just use the "all in one root script" it will root your phone and it will also install "amon RA recoveryv1.6.2"... Hope this helps you out. LoL I know its long but yo dude I went through the same hell and I finally got everything where I want it!!!!!! Also make sure your HBOOT is under 1.49, if you have 1.49 you cant root... For example 1.46 your good...
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.
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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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.
poetik517 said:
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.
I'm using CM7 ALpha2, so i use 1-click CWM to recover stock recovery, and i reboot it! After that i receive endless bootloop! So i try to 8 times factory reset but it doesn't work! However it can boot into CWM from sdcard, and i flash another rom , but it still have bootloop! I try all roms i have but it still bootloop ! So Please help me !
Anyone help me please? I tried my best!
Check the checksum of the CM7_NT_Alpha12_Public1.zip on your uSD to see if it matches. Many time, the fault lies in corrupted file getting flashed. Cheap uSD reader from China can corrupt your file during transfer. I've had this experience and heard of it. Use a good uSD reader and always check the checksum.
You can shutdown your NT by holding the power button until it shut of. Re-download CM7_NT_Alpha12_Public1.zip and re-flash.
succulent said:
Check the checksum of the CM7_NT_Alpha12_Public1.zip on your uSD to see if it matches. Many time, the fault lies in corrupted file getting flashed. Cheap uSD reader from China can corrupt your file during transfer. I've had this experience and heard of it. Use a good uSD reader and always check the checksum.
You can shutdown your NT by holding the power button until it shut of. Re-download CM7_NT_Alpha12_Public1.zip and re-flash.
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Not only CM7 Alpha2, i tried all rom in forum, none of them worked !
From recovery, do a complete data wipe (-wipe data/factory reset)
then wipe your cache (-wipe cache partition)
Install an md5 verified zip of CM7.
Wipe cache partition again. Reboot
See if that works.
During CM7 testing, the only time we encountered boot loops was from not doing a cache wipe. If you have installed numerous files, chances are stuff is getting corrupted.
Know-Fear said:
From recovery, do a complete data wipe (-wipe data/factory reset)
then wipe your cache (-wipe cache partition)
Install an md5 verified zip of CM7.
Wipe cache partition again. Reboot
See if that works.
During CM7 testing, the only time we encountered boot loops was from not doing a cache wipe. If you have installed numerous files, chances are stuff is getting corrupted.
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It still not work , it still bootloop ! !
blackhat007 said:
It still not work , it still bootloop ! !
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Try the cwm fix by indirect to push cwm image again back in place , you may want to do all the wipes data, cache, advanced> dalvik cache and system partition just in case but DO NOT format any other partition or you'll mess your device even more.
~ Veronica
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lavero.burgos said:
Try the cwm fix by indirect to push cwm image again back in place , you may want to do all the wipes data, cache, advanced> dalvik cache and system partition just in case but DO NOT format any other partition or you'll mess your device even more.
~ Veronica
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Yesterday when I tried to fixed this problem, perhaps I formated the /system and the /bootdata partition! Is this cause my problem
When you boot into CWM recovery, go to advanced and show log. Do you have any errors listed there?
failed to open /sys/class/android_usb/android0/state: no such file or directory
Sometimes if i unplug cable and press power button, the N screen appear one time and turn off after that, but if i plug into computer, it will become bootloop !
Is there any ideas, i dont want to send back for warranty because i'm in Viet Nam !
If you don't have ADB set up, go download Indirect's nook&zergy file. It has ADB included in it, and you will need to grab the drivers from that same post. Located here
Then you will need to follow the instructions Here
Once you have working ADB, and you copy the parted file to your sdcard do this: (not listed as such in Celtic's post)
adb devices (make sure you are detected)
adb shell (this will return a # prompt)
cd /sdcard
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
answer yes and fix as many times as necessary. Eventually it will return a partition break down.
From there, clear cache again to be safe, then reboot
I was in the situation where my Nook would boot, showed the "cardboard box", and then blackness. I just took it to the B&N store hoping for a reformat. Instead they gave me a whole new NT. YMMV of course. Good luck!
Dobabobalina said:
I was in the situation where my Nook would bot, shoe the "cardboard box", and then blackness. I just took it to the B&N store hoping for a reformat. Instead they gave me a whole new NT. YMMV of course. Good luck!
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I don't think he would have the same experience being in Vietnam.
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If you don't have ADB set up, go download Indirect's nook&zergy file. It has ADB included in it, and you will need to grab the drivers from that same post. Located here
Then you will need to follow the instructions Here
Once you have working ADB, and you copy the parted file to your sdcard do this: (not listed as such in Celtic's post)
adb devices (make sure you are detected)
adb shell (this will return a # prompt)
cd /sdcard
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
answer yes and fix as many times as necessary. Eventually it will return a partition break down.
From there, clear cache again to be safe, then reboot
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I do following the instruction but i don't understand how to :
"ADB into your device and run the binary with the following command (you'll need it to be the accesible path or you can just be in the directory where it is)"
I double click on adb.exe but nothing happend !
you must have adb set up and working on your computer. Plug your NT USB cable in to the PC. If you have this:
Open a command window from the folder your adb.exe is located. (assuming you are running windows, linux would have a totally different set up that you would need to research). If in windows, navigate to the folder your adb is in (if you followed the guide in Indirect's thread, it would be in your c:\NTROOT folder. Either way, once you are in that folder, hold down your shift key and right click and select the 'open a command window here option from the menu.
Once you have a command window open, type the following:
adb devices (again, to make sure you are being detected)
adb shell
cd /sdcard
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
answer the prompts with yes and fix as directed.
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you must have adb set up and working on your computer. Plug your NT USB cable in to the PC. If you have this:
Open a command window from the folder your adb.exe is located. (assuming you are running windows, linux would have a totally different set up that you would need to research). If in windows, navigate to the folder your adb is in (if you followed the guide in Indirect's thread, it would be in your c:\NTROOT folder. Either way, once you are in that folder, hold down your shift key and right click and select the 'open a command window here option from the menu.
Once you have a command window open, type the following:
adb devices (again, to make sure you are being detected)
adb shell
cd /sdcard
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
answer the prompts with yes and fix as directed.
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I'm using win7 ultimate 64bit , i open but nothing happened! I open task manager and see process adb.exe ! I tried it in winxp sp3 so it didn't work too !
adb is ran from a command window. its not a GUI based program. Follow the instructions I have given you and you should be good to go.
This same error happened to me earlier this afternoon and was easily recovered from.
blackhat007 said:
I'm using win7 ultimate 64bit , i open but nothing happened! I open task manager and see process adb.exe ! I tried it in winxp sp3 so it didn't work too !
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[HOW-TO] Use ADB tool | Android Debug Bridge
you cant just type adb devices and expect it to work unless you add adb to windows PATH, first you have to "cd" to the path where adb files are located, most likely C:\ntoot or wherever you have placed them, more specific info is in the tutorial i posted.
~ Veronica
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adb is ran from a command window. its not a GUI based program. Follow the instructions I have given you and you should be good to go.
This same error happened to me earlier this afternoon and was easily recovered from.
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I understand and i run the command but it didn't recognize my devices !
List of devices attached
blackhat007 said:
I understand and i run the command but it didn't recognize my devices !
List of devices attached
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if you never rooted using a pc but the sdcard method then you need to run the runmefirst.bat that will create a .Android folder with adb_usb.ini containing nook vendor's id needed by adb to recognize your device.
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I managed to accidentally flash the BLADE boot.img for CM10.1 to my phone before I transferred the ROM across to my SD card.
Didn't think this was a problem.. went into recovery to Mount USB Storage. Didn't work, so I flashed TWRP to see if it worked on there. No luck.
Tried performing a restore of the full working stock sense and wiped caches so I could try to transfer it over the OS. again no luck.
I've even tried pushing the .zip file to the sdcard using adb (run cmd as admin and use 'adb push ROM.zip /sdcard/ROM/') with no luck. It just tells me the device isn't connected. The drivers are definitely installed (fastboot is working).
I'm all out of ideas. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd be grateful. Thank you!
Mounting usb storage does not work with MTP devices.
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AndroHero said:
Mounting usb storage does not work with MTP devices.
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Is there another way of accessing the SD Card through recovery?
No except adb, but that only works with twrp. Why not flash a stock rom, and copy the rom to the SD Card while booted into android.
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You might not be able to directly access your sd card, but you can most likely use adb sideload to load the CM10.1 ROM onto your device and regain functionality. Check this out for more information: http://teamw.in/ADBSideload
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You might not be able to directly access your sd card, but you can most likely use adb sideload to load the CM10.1 ROM onto your device and regain functionality. Check this out for more information: http://teamw.in/ADBSideload
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Yeah while I was waiting for replies. I did a lot of research into adb sideloading and I pretty much get it now.. Only problem is that I'm running Windows 8 which has a whole bunch load of problems with adb... can't get it to recognise my device even with the correct drivers installed. Followed a few guides on the internet, but to no avail.
Does anyone know of anything that works? Or do I have to install it all on a W7 PC?
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Yeah while I was waiting for replies. I did a lot of research into adb sideloading and I pretty much get it now.. Only problem is that I'm running Windows 8 which has a whole bunch load of problems with adb... can't get it to recognise my device even with the correct drivers installed. Followed a few guides on the internet, but to no avail.
Does anyone know of anything that works? Or do I have to install it all on a W7 PC?
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Do you have the latest SDK downloaded from google? I can confirm on windows 8 sideload through command prompt works fine in the platform tools folder. This is through CWM in my experience. i have not messed with TWRP
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Do you have the latest SDK downloaded from google? I can confirm on windows 8 sideload through command prompt works fine in the platform tools folder. This is through CWM in my experience. i have not messed with TWRP
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I downloaded and installed it today.
I'll go through exactly what I've done..
- Installed Java SDK
- Installed Android SDK
- Installed platform tools and usb driver
- Installed HTC Sync
- Opened hasoon's toolkit for the One X+
- Booted into TWRP and selected Advanced > Side Load
- Used the side load button on the toolkit.
I've also tried pushing files using the command line directly and cd-ing to the platform tools folder. This is what brings up the error connecting to device message. I've also started getting messages about starting daemon? No clue what that means.
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I downloaded and installed it today.
I'll go through exactly what I've done..
- Installed Java SDK
- Installed Android SDK
- Installed platform tools and usb driver
- Installed HTC Sync
- Opened hasoon's toolkit for the One X+
- Booted into TWRP and selected Advanced > Side Load
- Used the side load button on the toolkit.
I've also tried pushing files using the command line directly and cd-ing to the platform tools folder. This is what brings up the error connecting to device message. I've also started getting messages about starting daemon? No clue what that means.
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Ignore the toolkit. That thing is less than stellar. Open the platform tools folder in the android SDK directory (default should be C: Android) Place the ZIP file of the rom you wish to flash in this directory. Hold shift and right click in blank space in the android sdk folder. Select "open command window here" (or something along those lines, not at my desk). type "adb kill-server" and then type the command "adb sideload romname.zip"
I recommend using CWM as I know this works on that. I do not use TWRP. You are welcome to try it with TWRP though.
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Ignore the toolkit. That thing is less than stellar. Open the platform tools folder in the android SDK directory (default should be C: Android) Place the ZIP file of the rom you wish to flash in this directory. Hold shift and right click in blank space in the android sdk folder. Select "open command window here" (or something along those lines, not at my desk). type the command "adb sideload romname.zip"
I recommend using CWM as I know this works on that. I do not use TWRP. You are welcome to try it with TWRP though.
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I have tried this method before too. It brought up the error message. I'll try it again in a minute and let you know. I'll also try it on CWM, but I read somewhere that CWM didn't support it? TWRP 100% does. It has an option for it in GUI.
EDIT: my android sdk in burried in Users/x/AppData/Local/Android/ .. Should I re-install in C:\Android ?
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I have tried this method before too. It brought up the error message. I'll try it again in a minute and let you know. I'll also try it on CWM, but I read somewhere that CWM didn't support it? TWRP 100% does. It has an option for it in GUI.
EDIT: my android sdk in burried in Users/x/AppData/Local/Android/ .. Should I re-install in C:\Android ?
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That sounds like it is in the wrong place. That is usually a temporary folder. Check your c drive, it may also be labeled adt bundle and may be in program files. Sideload is an option in CWM by lloir by default which can be found in the original development section.
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Alternatively after rereading your OP. If you have not wiped anything you could just flash your old boot.img
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That sounds like it is in the wrong place. That is usually a temporary folder. Check your c drive, it may also be labeled adt bundle and may be in program files. Sideload is an option in CWM by lloir by default which can be found in the original development section.
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Alternatively after rereading your OP. If you have not wiped anything you could just flash your old boot.img
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About to reinstall the Android SDK (uninstalled and rebooted PC). I should install it to C:\Android ? (This folder doesn't exist currently)
I've also never set the environment variables as the Android SDK installed fine. Should I set these?
Also tried that.. it just hangs
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About to reinstall the Android SDK (uninstalled and rebooted PC). I should install it to C:\Android ? (This folder doesn't exist currently)
I've also never set the environment variables as the Android SDK installed fine. Should I set these?
Also tried that.. it just hangs
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Download the android SDK bundle from google and install to C: Android, if it does not exist let it create it (i would still bet it is somewhere in your C drive but ok). I do not know what comes stock but i typically launch the SDK (NOT ECLIPSE) and allow it download all of the files associated with android (probably not needed). There should be an sdk folder inside the c android folder. in that is the platform tools folder. This is where you will open your command window and run the previously mentioned commands.
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Download the android SDK bundle from google and install to C: Android, if it does not exist let it create it (i would still bet it is somewhere in your C drive but ok). I do not know what comes stock but i typically launch the SDK (NOT ECLIPSE) and allow it download all of the files associated with android (probably not needed). There should be an sdk folder inside the c android folder. in that is the platform tools folder. This is where you will open your command window and run the previously mentioned commands.
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Trying the sideload now
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Trying the sideload now
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If it is CWM give it a few minutes (literally like 5). Never used TWRP but it could take some time as well.
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If it is CWM give it a few minutes (literally like 5). Never used TWRP but it could take some time as well.
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Nothing came up for the kill-server command but it did pause.. so I'm guessing it did something.
The rest ran pretty quick but the phone hasn't received anything and is just sitting there (using CWM to keep my battery charged)
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Nothing came up for the kill-server command but it did pause.. so I'm guessing it did something.
The rest ran pretty quick but the phone hasn't received anything and is just sitting there (using CWM to keep my battery charged)
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You could flash the stock recovery and run the RUU
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You could flash the stock recovery and run the RUU
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Very quick guide? I knew this was a possibility, but I've never had to do it until now. Thank you so much for the help btw
Although this still doesn't solve my problems with adb
petedavison93 said:
Very quick guide? I knew this was a possibility, but I've never had to do it until now. Thank you so much for the help btw
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Flash the stock recovery (I do not have this as you appear to be on the international variant). Download your RUU (search the forums, I know it is here somehwere but the usual htcruu.com is now down....) boot into your boot loader and run the command "fastboot oem lock" Hit the power button to select hboot from the list and then just run the executable.
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Flash the stock recovery (I do not have this as you appear to be on the international variant). Download your RUU (search the forums, I know it is here somehwere but the usual htcruu.com is now down....) boot into your boot loader and run the command "fastboot oem lock" Hit the power button to select hboot from the list and then just run the executable.
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Can't relock the bootloader without working drivers.. this is beyond annoying now ¬.¬
EDIT: Relocked but not enough battery to flash RUU. Do I just run the RUU from the computer while the phone is at the home menu in the bootloader?
I'm using a batch file to charge the device over night. Will try again tomorrow.
Hello Everyone,
New to the rooting Droids, but have an understanding of them. I have jailbroken all Apple products which i got tired of. Now i finally got myself the New DNA phone with verizon. my dilemma is i dont know how to get the bootloader unlocked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109862 i read through this link on how to do so. but it just gives u the link to download the apk file but no idea on what to do next with it? which also ive been reading off this site how to root my phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000896
I need of a bit of help if anyone has a min to help me that would be great.
what i dont understand off the first link what to do with the apk file do i put the zip file right on my DNA drive? or run it off the pc?? if so what programs do i need on my computer to unlock my bootloader.
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What you need:
1.) a Droid DNA
2.) this attached APK
Instructions:
1.) Download apk (attached, cid.apk)
2.) run it (in your app drawer titled HTC DNA SuperCID
3.) reboot to bootloader and confirm you have SuperCID:
a.) fastboot oem readcid
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that is all the post contains on how to get the supercid?
thanks again!
1. Access XDA from your phone and download the app. (It will show up in your downloads)
2. Install the app by opening it
3. Here's where I believe your main issue/question is. You need Android SDK, if you don't have it installed you can get it Here
4. Follow the instructions and set that up
5. Hold your power button and down on the volume rocker till your phone goes into the bootloader.
6. Plug your phone into your computer
7. While in CMD Prompt type Fastboot oem readcid and hit enter.
8. if you get a response along the lines of 111111 you're good to go.
9. Head over to HTCDev.com and follow the steps they give you
10. After following those steps your bootloader will be Unlocked
11. Flash CWM or TWRP (recoveries) [There are instructions in those threads on how to do that]
12. You should then be good to go and flash ROM's, etc.
access the XDA from the first link? i posted?? on myphone?
ok downloaded to my phone and installed the Apk file
Yes. From your phone go to the link with the apk. Click on the download for that apk, and it will show up on your phone.
ok i now i have it installed and booted to the bootloader screen, which i selected fastboot, and now i have the CMD open but the command you told me to input doesnt work just error message saying "fastboot" is not recongnized. i also have the adt extracted on my desktop.
xd4v3x said:
ok i now i have it installed and booted to the bootloader screen, which i selected fastboot, and now i have the CMD open but the command you told me to input doesnt work just error message saying "fastboot" is not recongnized. i also have the adt extracted on my desktop.
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Fastboot is an ADB command. Did you install the android SDK to your computer, and follow the guide on how to set it up?
Edit:
Here's a guide on how to setup the SDK Guide
yes it completly installed for the APK software, so i used the "abd" command instead of the word fastboot?
xd4v3x said:
yes it completly installed for the APK software, so i used the "abd" command instead of the word fastboot?
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Did you set the platform-tools folder to the root of your C: Drive? ADB (my bad, not ABD) uses commands. Fastboot is one of the commands it uses to talk to the phone. If you don't set it up correctly the command: Fastboot will not be recognizable. Double check with the guide I posted, that you have everything correctly setup.
yes i have it in C:\android-sdk-windows
but all i see in the folder is .metadata....
xd4v3x said:
yes i have it in C:\android-sdk-windows
but all i see in the folder is .metadata....
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Ok, a couple questions...
1. Did you install HTC Sync? That installs the HTC drivers to your computer.
2. What version of Windowns (if you're on windows) are you running?
Yes i install the htc sync and i am running windows 7 x64.
xd4v3x said:
Yes i install the htc sync and i am running windows 7 x64.
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Ok, go into the sdk folders. There should be a little android icon that says Android SDK or something along those lines. Open that up and it should ask you if you want to install some drivers. You need to install those. Once you do that everything should work.
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Ok, go into the sdk folders. There should be a little android icon that says Android SDK or something along those lines. Open that up and it should ask you if you want to install some drivers. You need to install those. Once you do that everything should work.
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I have thanked a couple of your posts because the OP hasn't and you have gone out of your way
ok so far what I have setup:
installed phone drivers on the wndows 7 - htc sync.
installed the CID.apk file on my phone.
installed the sdk software on my windows 7 64bit.
I reboot the phone to the bootloader screen.
but cant get the command prompt to work by using the "fast oem readcid"
what am I missing? I keep getting an error when running that command.
thanks again for everyone help so far.
You have to be in a folder that has the fastboot.exe file. Or you need to update your windows path so it recognizes the android sdk folders.
Your best bet is to create a new folder in C:\. For example C:\HTCbootloader. Then copy fastboot.exe, adb.exe, and AdbWinApi.dll into it. Then when you run 'cmd', type 'cd HTCbootloader'. From that point you should be able to type 'fastboot oem readcid'.
thanks I try that when I get home.
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You have to be in a folder that has the fastboot.exe file. Or you need to update your windows path so it recognizes the android sdk folders.
Your best bet is to create a new folder in C:\. For example C:\HTCbootloader. Then copy fastboot.exe, adb.exe, and AdbWinApi.dll into it. Then when you run 'cmd', type 'cd HTCbootloader'. From that point you should be able to type 'fastboot oem readcid'.
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This is correct. Also to setup a set path that you can access anywhere.
1. Right click on "Computer"
2. Go to properties
3. Click on Advanced System Settings
4. Click on Environmental Variables
5. In System Variables, Scroll to PATH
6. Select it and hit Edit
7. Do not change anything, in the current string, instead go to the very end
8. No spaces from where it ends. ;C:\(whatever you named the file with fastboot.exe, adb.exe, and AdbWinApi.dll)
9. Click ok, and you have a path setup, so no matter where you access cmd prompt from you can use adb commands.
I apologize by attempting to hijack this thread but the advice in here is superb... Alright gentleman I could use some help, I got my code from HTC and have followed the instructions with the utmost precision including the verification of my paths (using the same folder from the previous CMD during the unlock process) but no matter what I do I get the error...
"cannot load *** bin unknown error". Any ideas?
ok so i finally got the fastboot oem readcid, and it read 11111111 so im in a good spot so far.. but now i dont see any where, on whats the command to get the token. on this forum page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000896
thanks again!
xd4v3x said:
ok so i finally got the fastboot oem readcid, and it read 11111111 so im in a good spot so far.. but now i dont see any where, on whats the command to get the token. on this forum page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000896
thanks again!
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Ok, Now that you have it reading 11111111 head over to HTCdev.com and follow the steps there. You're going to go to unlock bootloader and select other supported devices. It will guide you on how to get the token as well as how to unlock the bootloader.