I've searched the forums and the internet for a solution to my issue, but have thus far been unsuccessful in finding one that works. The problem itself has been covered online, but I can't seem to get the fix to work. I think I am missing a key step in all of this.
The problem: fastboot does not read my device, when the device is in fastboot mode.
$ ./fastboot devices
$
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If I try to run a fastboot command, it sits eternally on <waiting for device>.
I am running a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04 and have followed the instructions for getting the source build and all of that went great (after opening the git port in my firewall). So, I have the source build now and it compiled fine, after commenting a line (637) out of external/qemu/sockets.c. Also, I have the Java version of Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) and ImageMagick (current) installed.
Mainly, I want to get everything working correctly so that I can dev on the device and create custom builds, but I figured I would start small. Splash screen flashing. No joy. I got the image resized and converted correctly, but I cannot seem to get my G1 to show up in fastboot or adb. One site said I needed to tweak the UDEV, which I did, but I am not sure if I did so correctly. I think I need to reset the drivers, most likely, but I haven't a clue how to go about that. Most of the tutorials I find are for Windows/Cygwin.
Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
My sig is outdated, so here is what I am working with:
G1 with JF's ADP1 cupcake build, rooted with HSPL, busybox & Debian, JF's cupcake radio.
Ubuntu 9.04 with sun-java5-jdk, eclipse 3.4, Android source build (master manifest) [compiled], ImageMagick
make sure that you do "adb remount" as root and all other commands too. Even if you load the adb deamon as non root and use root for following commands it will still not work. You will have to kill the adb server and start again.
"su adb kill-server"
(I think that will kill the server for you)
if fastboot says waiting for device then there's no device it can recognize...
can you use adb under normal system?
I found the problem. I forgot to run the following command:
Code:
chmod a+rx /etc/udev/rules.d/50-android.rules
That is all that was holding me back the last day and a half! Sorry if I wasted anyone's time and thanks pixel-painter, who reminded me of something else I was doing wrong.
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Sorry for the extreme 'newbiness' of this question but I needs some help here. I just got a Google ION (32B) which I am currently trying to simply Root.
I have gone through all types of instructions and everyone leads to the same steps of applying the Recovery image through Fastboot, but when I do the steps listed after I put the phone in Fastboot, plugged it in, and run:
fastboot boot recovery-new.img
Nothing happens. I get no such file or directory. I check ADB and the phone reads just fine. I have tried on both a Windows machine - which I was able to install the proper drivers for, and in OSX, but neither will read: $fastboot devices.
What could I be missing or doing wrong. I have referred to the Wiki, Essential reading and Newbie resource
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529062
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Rooting
fastboot
You will have to download it seperatly.. try here:
http://android-roms.googlecode.com/files/fastboot-win32.zip
Try enable USB debugging and fastboot devices should work.
If not, your drivers may be loaded incorrectly. Installing HTC Sync usually fixes the drivers I've found.
Download recovery-new.img
Put it in the TOOLS directory of the ANDROID SDK and retry your commando.
Yeah I have actually tried all of those things. I am following the root process to a T but still no luck. Perhaps I am doing some wrong in the command line?
have you set the $PATH variable? you get this:
"I get no such file or directory."
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error-message. my best guess is that you have forgotten to added the path to where your fastboot tool is located.
try changing the directory to where your fastboot tool is located.
*Fixed*
I really appreciate the help guys, I redownloaded the fastboot.exe, and it read the phone right away. Now to start loading ROMs
Hi guys, I have been having major reboots problem with my Sensation after upgrading to the new ICS firmware. I have described my problem in this thread. The last attempt to fix my problem was flashing the firmware from this thread. I'm trying to flash other firmwares from the development section, but i keep getting the wrong model ID error. After some research, I believe I need to change my phone's CID to superCID using ADB.
And I have followed the instructions from this thread to do the superCID on my phone. Unfortunately, ADB is not detecting my phone. I installed ADB on two other Windows machines with the same result. Any help is greatly appreciated.
If you're running ADB from Linux (Ubuntu or something like it) by chance, you can run the commands as root. Put 'sudo' in front of the commands. That might fix it.
Also, try killing the server and restarting it. I don't know if this works in Windows.
Linux commands....
sudo ./adb kill-server
sudo ./adb start-server
./adb devices
Windows commands....if this even works in Windows (I've never tried using ADB in Windows so I have no idea)
Same, just take out sudo and "./"
Not sure if needed, but do you need to have HTC sync for adb to work properly?
Skipjacks said:
If you're running ADB from Linux (Ubuntu or something like it) by chance, you can run the commands as root. Put 'sudo' in front of the commands. That might fix it.
Also, try killing the server and restarting it. I don't know if this works in Windows.
Linux commands....
sudo ./adb kill-server
sudo ./adb start-server
./adb devices
Windows commands....if this even works in Windows (I've never tried using ADB in Windows so I have no idea)
Same, just take out sudo and "./"
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Thanks for the reply buddy. I don't have any machine running Linux at the moment, but I will try killing the server in Windows.
In the mean time, can anyone help me find an older/stable firmware please? My phone have been rebooting every 2 minutes. Opens camera, reboots. Opens youtube app, reboots. Makes a call, reboots. It's driving me crazy!!
i had the same problem when i tried to flash the radio for my new ics...
so what i did was to to untick and retick the usb debugging mode and suddenly my windows 7 can automatically install some drivers in my computer... i also install htc sync too... then only my phone can be detected by my computer and i was able to flash the radio...
Thank you for the help guys. It turns out i didn't install HTC Sync. I just flashed a new firmware from the dev forum. Hopefully it will solve my nightmare.
I have come to the conclusion that the latest firmware broke all the gingerbread based rom , and so far only the 4.0.3 Sense ROM works, and not even the asop based 4.0.3 rom.
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i ditched windows ages ago and i will never look back i am sick and tierd of waiting on moto uk to push ics. i use to have the dell streak and i rooted that but i was on windows then how do i root my xoom with linux mint is it possible and can any point me in the right direction please
Stand by, I will give you all the tools and options you need to do so, I could draft something tomorrow morning.
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Thank you megabiteg Still learning linux but i Love it
megabiteg said:
Stand by, I will give you all the tools and options you need to do so, I could draft something tomorrow morning.
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well, it isn't that hard since everything you really need on your computer ist fastboot and a way to push a file to an sdcard (fat formatted)...
Just go here, download and install the android sdk from there. Make sure the commands adb and fastboot are in your path. (test by issuing adb devices, shold return a list of attached android devices with usb debugging turned on)
After that, just follow these instructions. I am not sure if you need to run fastboot as root, but you'll see
Cheers for the info just by any chance do you know the commands still learning Linux
llama-power said:
well, it isn't that hard since everything you really need on your computer ist fastboot and a way to push a file to an sdcard (fat formatted)...
Just go here, download and install the android sdk from there. Make sure the commands adb and fastboot are in your path. (test by issuing adb devices, shold return a list of attached android devices with usb debugging turned on)
After that, just follow these instructions. I am not sure if you need to run fastboot as root, but you'll see
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Cheers for the info just by any chance do you know the commands still learning Linux
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thought you ditched windows ages ago?
anyhow... don't have linux set up atm, so this will from memory and might contain some errors... Also, never tried mint, I always stuck to debian or debian-derivates...
anyhow, lets try this:
first, use your package management-system to install a jre (java runtime environment.
If that is set up, install the android sdk:
Code:
$ cd ~
$ wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r17-linux.tgz
$ sudo su
[enter your su-password]
# cd /usr/local
# tar xfzv ~[yourusername]/android-sdk_r17-linux.tgz
# ./android-sdk-linux/tools/android
a window should open up and list some files available for download. Just select "Android SDK Platform-tools" and hit "Install 1 package...".
once that's finished (might take a while), close the Android SDK Manager and you should get back to your shell.
Code:
# ln -s /usr/local/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb /usr/local/bin/adb
# ln -s /usr/local/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/fastboot /usr/local/bin/fastboot
# exit
$ rm android-sdk_r17-linux.tgz
now, connect your xoom to your computer and enable usb debugging in the settings of your xoom. If you issue adb devices, you should get something like
Code:
List of devices attached
043c12343456476547 device
if you receive something like bash: adb: command not found, something went wrong somewhere. Try the same using sudo: sudo adb devices if that doesn't fix it please write another post.
Also, if you encounter an error after entering any of the comments above, please do not continue until you resolved that error. (For example ask for a solution here)
And, since you are still learning to use linux: whenever instructions contain a $ or # at the beginning of a line, DO NOT ENTER THESE. They are just there to tell you to issue that command as normal user ($) or superuser (#)
/EDIT: btw: there may be an easier way to do this if you just want to use adb/fastboot this once: you could try to simply download the adb and fastboot- binaries and put these into the folder with your recovery.img-file. Might work, not sure about that, though. Also, since I don't have linux installed on my machine atm, I can't provide you with a link to these binaries.
cheers for all your help will give this a go "Dont want to back to windows
Android SDK manger log
Error Stopping ADB server failed (code-1)
Connected the xoom and did adb devices and it listed the xoom with no errors in the terminal Thank you again ? Were do i go from here now
glad to read it's working
just follow the instructions in this thread That will help you to install a custom recovery and root your xoom. It will not, however, install a custom rom. To do that, you'd also need to download a custom rom (usually comes in a flashable .zip-file), place that on an acutal sd-card which you're gonna put into your xoom, and install that file from within the custom recovery. Just make sure you grab a rom that works with your xoom (for example, you shouldn't put a us-4g-rom onto a wifi-only-xoom and vice versa)
have i done something wrong
god-WE174AA-ABU-s5306uk god # adb reboot bootloader
god-WE174AA-ABU-s5306uk god # fastboot oem unlock
fastboot: command not found
The problem i seem to be having is when the xoom is on i type <adb reboot bootloader> The xoom reboots to the fastboot screen after that no commands work and when i do ADB devices in the terminal the device list is empty ?
elsworth1983 said:
have i done something wrong
god-WE174AA-ABU-s5306uk god # adb reboot bootloader
god-WE174AA-ABU-s5306uk god # fastboot oem unlock
fastboot: command not found
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have you done the # ln -s /usr/local/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/fastboot /usr/local/bin/fastboot? The error you're getting seems to suggest that it can't find the fastboot application? What happens if you type /usr/local/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/fastboot oem unlock?
elsworth1983 said:
The problem i seem to be having is when the xoom is on i type <adb reboot bootloader> The xoom reboots to the fastboot screen after that no commands work and when i do ADB devices in the terminal the device list is empty ?
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that is expected. adb is only available while android is booted up, fastboot is the protocol to use while in bootloader mode. As indicated before, I suspect that your computer can't find the fastboot application (on the computer).
Cheers for all the info i went back and started all from the top again only thing i am struggling with is Flashing the recovery now lol i get
god-WE174AA-ABU-s5306uk god # adb reboot bootloader
god-WE174AA-ABU-s5306uk god # fastboot flash recovery recovery-solarnz-100611-1150.img
error: cannot load 'recovery-solarnz-100611-1150.img'
I have it on a memory card which i checked which was working
elsworth1983 said:
Cheers for all the info i went back and started all from the top again only thing i am struggling with is Flashing the recovery now lol i get
god-WE174AA-ABU-s5306uk god # adb reboot bootloader
god-WE174AA-ABU-s5306uk god # fastboot flash recovery recovery-solarnz-100611-1150.img
error: cannot load 'recovery-solarnz-100611-1150.img'
I have it on a memory card which i checked which was working
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The recovery image needs to be on your pc. It doesn't matter where on your pc as long as you can access it and know where it is.
Fastboot works by sending the image over the usb cable. Once you start flashing roms, those will need to be on your sd card within the xoom.
all i can say is thank you for all the information every 1 is giving me my head is mashed lol so if i put recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img on the desktop what would the terminal code be
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The recovery image needs to be on your pc. It doesn't matter where on your pc as long as you can access it and know where it is.
Fastboot works by sending the image over the usb cable. Once you start flashing roms, those will need to be on your sd card within the xoom.
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depends on where your desktop is If it is in ~/Desktop/, then the correct command should be
Code:
fastboot flash recovery ~/Desktop/recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img
error: cannot load '/root/Desktop/recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img'
ARRRR i am really loosing the will to live ;-)
What am doing so wrong its lucky am not bold yet been trying this all day
elsworth1983 said:
error: cannot load '/root/Desktop/recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img'
ARRRR i am really loosing the will to live ;-)
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if the graphical interface, where do you see the file located?
elsworth1983 said:
error: cannot load '/root/Desktop/recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img'
ARRRR i am really loosing the will to live ;-)
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Sounds to me like you are running the commands as root. You likely have also downloaded the recovery image as a normal user. This means the '~' shortcut for the home directory is pointing you to someplace where the file is not.
Try using "fastboot flash /home/Your username/Desktop/recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img"
I have put the file on the desktop ? is that what u mean
I'm trying my hand at porting a ROM and I've gotten as far as the bootscreen, but it hangs there (with the bootanim still running). I'd like to take a look at what's happened on the device, but I can't seem to use adb with it at this point. I've made sure drivers are installed and used multiple USB ports. ADB works in recovery and fastboot works in fastboot, but adb returns Offline when I run adb devices while the phone is sitting at the bootscreen.
Does adb not work at this point in the boot process or am I doing something else wrong? If I can't use adb to check logs, what can I use to debug?
I'm pretty sure you can only communicate with Adb while the phone is fully booted or while in recovery
If that's the case, how would I go about figuring out why the phone's stuck at the bootscreen? Can I add a line in an init.d script or elsewhere to write a log to the sdcard during boot?
edit: Found this on StackExchange: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/26123/android-boot-up-messages-for-debugging
According to some of the replies, it's possible to use adb at boot, so I'm not sure why adb returns offline. I tried running adb logcat while the phone is off and letting it boot, but adb never establishes a connection to the phone. Not sure why it can't. Hopefully it's not another adb driver issue. I've already spent a ton of time getting adb working with this phone while booted/in recovery.
I have my Samsung note 3, and it will never be unlocked. So i was thinking about moving to this. Is the Verizon edition unlocked for custom roms?
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scoreboard said:
I have my Samsung note 3, and it will never be unlocked. So i was thinking about moving to this. Is the Verizon edition unlocked for custom roms?
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It doesn't come unlocked, but you can unlock it. That's why are a lot of us are on this phone. I had an S5 ordered, but decided against it, when I saw there wasn't any progress being made on it. I cancelled my order, bought my M8, and haven't looked back. Give me an unlocked bootloader, or give me death.
You can S-OFF (which unlocks bootloader) & root it immediately after getting it.
I came from a locked Galaxy S4 and have to say this phone is snappier than an iPhone & as unlockable as a door thats compatible with all keys ;D. Love love loveeee this phone and highly recommend it! Go for it!
I unlocked mine the moment I got home with it, no OTA update required as some people have said to do before unlocking it & as far as I've seen no ones had an actual "Oh no! They made it impossible to unlock like Sammysung!" moment.
Ive tried a for the last two days to root my htc m8..but i can not get it to work...tried htc unclock tried setting up adb...but the first gives me an mid error and the second does not recognize my phone...i did install the newest update before i tried to s-off....any help would be great...
Frausbite77 said:
Ive tried a for the last two days to root my htc m8..but i can not get it to work...tried htc unclock tried setting up adb...but the first gives me an mid error and the second does not recognize my phone...i did install the newest update before i tried to s-off....any help would be great...
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Have u tried the weak sauce app for root then fire water to s-off?
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holla420 said:
Have u tried the weak sauce app for root then fire water to s-off?
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I set up adb using the method from root junky. but my computer won't recognize my device. I must have tried it like 50 times, so i tried the htcdev unlock method...my computer recognizes by device but after i copy the token i get the mid 160 error.
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I set up adb using the method from root junky. but my computer won't recognize my device. I must have tried it like 50 times, so i tried the htcdev unlock method...my computer recognizes by device but after i copy the token i get the mid 160 error.
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U must not being in the right directory
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Frausbite77 said:
I set up adb using the method from root junky. but my computer won't recognize my device. I must have tried it like 50 times, so i tried the htcdev unlock method...my computer recognizes by device but after i copy the token i get the mid 160 error.
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What that guy above me said, if you using Windows make sure you right click+shift in the platform tools directly then see if it shows up with adb devices, if not check your drivers.
Frausbite77 said:
Ive tried a for the last two days to root my htc m8..but i can not get it to work...tried htc unclock tried setting up adb...but the first gives me an mid error and the second does not recognize my phone...i did install the newest update before i tried to s-off....any help would be great...
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HTCDEV unlock doesn't work for the Verizon variant. To s-off just follow this step by step guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708628
PRO TIPS: Let's say that your adb and fastboot files are located in C:\Program Files\Android. Add this directory to your system path by pressing the Windows key and typing "environment". After a few letters you'll see an option called "Edit the System Environment Variables". Click on this option. The system properties windows will open to the Advanced tab. Click the Environment Variables button. In the System Variables field you'll see a variable called Path. Click on it and choose edit. In the variable value field you'll see a list of paths separated by semi colons. We want to add the path of your adb and fastboot files to the system Path variable so that adb and fastboot commands can be executed anywhere. For the example location I used above you would add the following to the end of the list:
;C:\Program Files\Android
To test, open a command prompt and type "adb". This should launch adb with no parameters. Now you can use adb and fastboot commands anywhere. When you download the firewater script file, you can just leave it in the Downloads directory. If you use Chrome you could click the arrow next to the file and choose "show in folder". Then shift+right click an empty portion of the Downloads directory window and choose "open command window here" (you can also shift+right click on folders icons to accomplish this). Should be easy to s-off now.
NOTES:
*Once adb is setup issue the command "adb devices" to ensure your phone is recognized. The first time you will get a popup on your phone asking if you want to allow the PC adb access. Make sure you check "always allow".
*Before you issue the "su" command wait about 30 seconds to allow WeakSauce to root the phone after reboot. If you get an error saying "su not found" it's because WeakSauce has not yet rooted the phone. Wait 10 seconds and try again.
*When you issue the "su" command wake your phone's display and look for a SuperSu request. Allow it obviously.
*It's possible that the process may fail. If it does just try again. If it keeps failing try a different USB 2.0 port. Also make sure you're using the best USB cable that you have. The one that came with the phone should work.
Doc Ames said:
HTCDEV unlock doesn't work for the Verizon variant. To s-off just follow this step by step guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708628
PRO TIPS: Let's say that your adb and fastboot files are located in C:\Program Files\Android. Add this directory to your system path by pressing the Windows key and typing "environment". After a few letters you'll see an option called "Edit the System Environment Variables". Click on this option. The system properties windows will open to the Advanced tab. Click the Environment Variables button. In the System Variables field you'll see a variable called Path. Click on it and choose edit. In the variable value field you'll see a list of paths separated by semi colons. We want to add the path of your adb and fastboot files to the system Path variable so that adb and fastboot commands can be executed anywhere. For the example location I used above you would add the following to the end of the list:
;C:\Program Files\Android
To test, open a command prompt and type "adb". This should launch adb with no parameters. Now you can use adb and fastboot commands anywhere. When you download the firewater script file, you can just leave it in the Downloads directory. If you use Chrome you could click the arrow next to the file and choose "show in folder". Then shift+right click an empty portion of the Downloads directory window and choose "open command window here" (you can also shift+right click on folders icons to accomplish this). Should be easy to s-off now.
NOTES:
*Once adb is setup issue the command "adb devices" to ensure your phone is recognized. The first time you will get a popup on your phone asking if you want to allow the PC adb access. Make sure you check "always allow".
*Before you issue the "su" command wait about 30 seconds to allow WeakSauce to root the phone after reboot. If you get an error saying "su not found" it's because WeakSauce has not yet rooted the phone. Wait 10 seconds and try again.
*When you issue the "su" command wake your phone's display and look for a SuperSu request. Allow it obviously.
*It's possible that the process may fail. If it does just try again. If it keeps failing try a different USB 2.0 port. Also make sure you're using the best USB cable that you have. The one that came with the phone should work.
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Thank you for letting me know about the HTC Dev...I have a mac and set up ADB...it shows my phone off line...i get the message that says allow this computer and check always...i run adb devices and now it just returns blank...i reinstall drivers which is htc sync but the problem persists....
Frausbite77 said:
Thank you for letting me know about the HTC Dev...I have a mac and set up ADB...it shows my phone off line...i get the message that says allow this computer and check always...i run adb devices and now it just returns blank...i reinstall drivers which is htc sync but the problem persists....
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Try 'adb kill-server' then issue 'adb start-server' then try 'adb devices'. If that doesn't work, try a different USB port. If still no joy try a different USB cable. If that doesn't work try restarting the Mac, restarting the phone, spinning around in an office chair three times, and blowing into a Nintendo cartridge. If that doesn't work I don't know what else to suggest besides trying it on a different computer or maybe in Windows. I've never had an issue with ADB so if somebody else has any ideas for Frausbite77 please chime in.
Edit: I googled this Mac ADB guide. I don't know if it really matters, but it says to have ADB/fastboot in the /usr/bin directory. Check it out. There's a script file and when run it installs the Android SDK tools to the appropriate folder. Also check the comments. Somebody else has probably had the same problem as you:
http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-...-mac-os-x-send-commands-your-htc-one-0151178/
Edit 2: After reading a user's comment that the script was broken I looked at the script and it was, in fact, broken. I fixed it. Follow the guide but use this zip instead:
Doc Ames said:
Try 'adb kill-server' then issue 'adb start-server' then try 'adb devices'. If that doesn't work, try a different USB port. If still no joy try a different USB cable. If that doesn't work try restarting the Mac, restarting the phone, spinning around in an office chair three times, and blowing into a Nintendo cartridge. If that doesn't work I don't know what else to suggest besides trying it on a different computer or maybe in Windows. I've never had an issue with ADB so if somebody else has any ideas for Frausbite77 please chime in.
Edit: I googled this Mac ADB guide. I don't know if it really matters, but it says to have ADB/fastboot in the /usr/bin directory. Check it out. There's a script file and when run it installs the Android SDK tools to the appropriate folder. Also check the comments. Somebody else has probably had the same problem as you:
http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-...-mac-os-x-send-commands-your-htc-one-0151178/
Edit 2: After reading a user's comment that the script was broken I looked at the script and it was, in fact, broken. I fixed it. Follow the guide but use this zip instead:
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Ok, well so I never got adb to show my device on line....but when i typed ./adb reboot, the device actually responds to the commands...taking a risk i went ahead and pushed the firewater files and the process worked. I was able to unlock my device and install twrp...so i figured out that for and to work i have to type in ./ before i type in any commands...i don't if i messed something up along the way or what...but in the end i have gotten i was able to root and get s off....maybe i got lucky lol...thanks so much for the help!!
Frausbite77 said:
Ok, well so I never got adb to show my device on line....but when i typed ./adb reboot, the device actually responds to the commands...taking a risk i went ahead and pushed the firewater files and the process worked. I was able to unlock my device and install twrp...so i figured out that for and to work i have to type in ./ before i type in any commands...i don't if i messed something up along the way or what...but in the end i have gotten i was able to root and get s off....maybe i got lucky lol...thanks so much for the help!!
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That's the proper command line for using Adb on a Mac. It won't work without using ./ before the command.
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Frausbite77 said:
Ok, well so I never got adb to show my device on line....but when i typed ./adb reboot, the device actually responds to the commands...taking a risk i went ahead and pushed the firewater files and the process worked. I was able to unlock my device and install twrp...so i figured out that for and to work i have to type in ./ before i type in any commands...i don't if i messed something up along the way or what...but in the end i have gotten i was able to root and get s off....maybe i got lucky lol...thanks so much for the help!!
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My bad. I should have mentioned that to execute a file in a Unix-like operating system you need to enter the full or relative path if it's not in your $Path environment variable. That's why you needed to add a './' before the command. The './' indicates that the file is in the current directory. That's probably why that guide recommended putting adb and fastboot in /usr/bin. If you want to fix it so that adb and fastboot commands can be run from anywhere open a terminal, change to the directory where adb and fastboot are located, and issue the following commands:
sudo mv adb /usr/bin
sudo mv fastboot /usr/bin
That will move adb and fastboot into /usr/bin which is in your $Path so you can issue the commands anywhere without using './'. I'm glad you got your M8 s-offed and recovery installed. If you're looking into custom ROMs, I can personally recommend ViperOne as a great stock option and LiquidSmooth as an AOSP option. Try em' out. Now that you have recovery you can just restore a backup if you don't like your current ROM.
Doc Ames said:
My bad. I should have mentioned that to execute a file in a Unix-like operating system you need to enter the full or relative path if it's not in your $Path environment variable. That's why you needed to add a './' before the command. The './' indicates that the file is in the current directory. That's probably why that guide recommended putting adb and fastboot in /usr/bin. If you want to fix it so that adb and fastboot commands can be run from anywhere open a terminal, change to the directory where adb and fastboot are located, and issue the following commands:
sudo mv adb /usr/bin
sudo mv fastboot /usr/bin
That will move adb and fastboot into /usr/bin which is in your $Path so you can issue the commands anywhere without using './'. I'm glad you got your M8 s-offed and recovery installed. If you're looking into custom ROMs, I can personally recommend ViperOne as a great stock option and LiquidSmooth as an AOSP option. Try em' out. Now that you have recovery you can just restore a backup if you don't like your current ROM.
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Thanks for the advice...actually i was just going to ask about some roms...just flashed viper rom and gonna give it a go...thanks for all the help...
Frausbite77 said:
Thanks for the advice...actually i was just going to ask about some roms...just flashed viper rom and gonna give it a go...thanks for all the help...
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You'll love it. A couple thing to note though. For some reason the 1.6 download doesn't actually contain the 1.6 OTA so you'll want to go to 'About phone' and update to 1.6. Also I believe that ViperOne defaults to power saver mode. You can change this by using the toggle in the notification drawer. If you want to add power saver and extreme power saver to the settings menu follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710946
Doc Ames said:
You'll love it. A couple thing to note though. For some reason the 1.6 download doesn't actually contain the 1.6 OTA so you'll want to go to 'About phone' and update to 1.6. Also I believe that ViperOne defaults to power saver mode. You can change this by using the toggle in the notification drawer. If you want to add power saver and extreme power saver to the settings menu follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710946
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wow, man viper rom is insane, thanks for the update heads up...i wouldn't have even thought to do that...guess i have tons of reading to catch up on...thanks...