Before I spend more time I just wanted to see if it would be usefull for the path I took to get ADB working on Win7 64.
The problem is getting Windows 7 to allow a chance to install the USB driver unlike Vista, which just see's the new hardware.
I searched everywhere for a proper way to get this working and nothing was found so I made this thread. It takes time to do and I am busy but would be more than happy if people thought it would be usefull.
If not we can always delete this thread...
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Hello All,
I recently bought my first smartphone here in Beijing. It's a dopod D805; I hope to upload media to it from my Vista-loaded PC.
The problem is Vista doesn't seem to recognize the device. I downloaded Windows Mobile Center (sorry if I've got the name wrong) but it doesn't seem to do anything. The CD that came with the device doesn't work (it keeps telling me to install Flash 8.0, which seems to imply the software on the disc was designed for pre-Vista systems).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Update:
The phone seems simply not to work on Vista. I am now dual-booting XP alongside Vista, and have had much more success using XP and Activesync.
A new newbie question:
I cannot copy files (music, PDFs) from my PC's HDD to the phone's drive. Each time I try I am told there is not enough free space on the drive. This is absurd, as there is nothing on the drive other than what came on it, and the files I'm trying to copy are quite small. What gives?
ouyanghai said:
Hello All,
I recently bought my first smartphone here in Beijing. It's a dopod D805; I hope to upload media to it from my Vista-loaded PC.
The problem is Vista doesn't seem to recognize the device. I downloaded Windows Mobile Center (sorry if I've got the name wrong) but it doesn't seem to do anything. The CD that came with the device doesn't work (it keeps telling me to install Flash 8.0, which seems to imply the software on the disc was designed for pre-Vista systems).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Welcome to the forum
Have a look in the Wiki here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Love
Hope it helps,
Thanks for the response.
I checked that page before posting, but it doesn't seem to have much beyond the specs for my model.
All I want to do is install Pleco, and upload some MP3s/PDFs. When I plug the device in, I get the "bing bong" sound, but no new HD appears in My Computer. Since I'm running Vista, I can't use the bundled Activesync software.
Help?
i dont know if this will help but i cant sync my phone with xp unless i set my firewall to allow all.
if you go to my computer and look at your drives, does it not show you phone there as F: or whatever?
Right, it doesn't show a new drive. Note that I'm running Vista, not XP. I'm in the process of getting a dual-boot setup going, but I'm not there yet. Very frustrating.
Update and New Question
Update:
The phone seems simply not to work on Vista. I am now dual-booting XP alongside Vista, and have had much more success using XP and Activesync.
A new newbie question:
I cannot copy files (music, PDFs) from my PC's HDD to the phone's drive. Each time I try I am told there is not enough free space on the drive. This is absurd, as there is nothing on the drive other than what came on it, and the files I'm trying to copy are quite small. What gives?
Hi, I was wondering if there was a virtual machine app out so I could say run xp on a tablet and use rsd lite off my tablet to flash my phone. I've been searching all over but I'm not really finding anything
Alright, I haven't done this, this is just what a bit of google magic turned up.
Assuming its an Android Tablet, you may be able to get Ubuntu Linux to run on it.
(some quick searching and it seems you execute the commands through ADB, meaning you need to at least have access to a PC to install and get that stage up and running)
Then, I'm not even sure how functional it is, support for usb and all, may be more work than you are prepared/capable of.
If you manage to get Ubuntu up and running, use sbf_flash.
I'm kinda just spit balling ideas here, if you are uncomfortable with this, might be best to just borrow a friends PC to flash; this response was more proof of concept.
I have no access to a pc.... That's the whole reason why I'm looking into this
OK.... Ive been an HTC Desire owner for a year and regularly flash ROMs but ive managed to be able to distance myself from the whole adb 'thing' thanks to Unrevoked (ie a 1-click-root).
Being an owner of a Transformer now Id love to be able to root the beast and carry on with Flashing and tweaking but the whole rooting thing now scares me a little
ive done a fair amount of googling and I believe it requires install of software and drivers but most guides are for Android 2.1/2.2 etc and I know 3.0 is a different ballgame ..... Im also running windows 7 64 bit which seems to make things more complex. I fo have a dual boot to ubuntu but ive only really been using that to play around - im no Linux expert !!
Anyone know if there is likely to be a one-click-root developed for Honeycomb ?
adb - or the initial setup of adb - scares me
ADB setup isn't that hard, there are loads of guides on the internet already. I'm running W7 x64 and I didn't really run into any problems getting ADB up and running.
ADB isnt as hard as it sounds, its worth it to learn since there so much you can do with it. its just a matter of knowing what code to use and most of the time its posted and you just have to copy and paste. i prefer to use ADB sometimes instead to scripts that way you know exactly whats going on.
but im sure there will be easier ways to root if you just wait, there's still a huge shortage and im sure lots of people that want to develop for the TF are still waiting to get their hands on one.
ADB isn't all that daunting and besides, learning new things is enjoyable My hesitancy to root rests in some of the issues that folks are having. My screen wouldn't wake up once, I had to reboot to get my TF going again. I'm waiting now
to make sure the unit is solid and stable running the stock configuration. I don't want to root only to have the thing decide to become a paperweight 3 days later.
Using ADB should not be beyond anyone who has rooted and installed bits before. I think it is the lack of GUI and reassuring responses and prompts that people miss and are used to.
if you are following this guide and ADB is responding well, you can even cut and paste the commands into your command window (on PC you can) and this helps prevents missing spaces and syntax problems.
Bottom line though - if you are not comfortable doing it, don't risk it.
lol.... OK.... ive had a go ..... and i think it has worked
didnt help that my 'installing archives' in the Android SDK Manager is now hanging due to the washing machine in the garage catching fire and blowing the fuses therefore causing my connection to the web to break halfway through downloading
... and now im having problems downloading blob5 as it says im running concurrent downloads ....
Its always the unexpected stuff that causes problems
I love the smell of an electrical washing machine fire in the morning
Yep, had problem getting blob5 too. Didn't like my IP address? Got it from work instead - Don't tell the 'IT Police' (Although I am sure their logs will grass me up)
can anyone provide an alternative link to blob5? won't let me download
You could try resetting your ADSL modem to obtain a new IP address - that might work. As I mentioned above the site decided I had abused my download limit (at my first attempt!) and blocked my current IP.
Assuming you are not on a static address?
I'm on static
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can anyone provide an alternative link to blob5? won't let me download
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Try this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3387763/CWM_BLOB_V5
cheers
that's done the trick
You're welcome.
I've just ordered myself a Transformer and will no doubt want to root it after a while, if there any particular ROM that's considered the 'best so far'?
from what I gather most of the roms are still very early days. at this point I'm after root for nandroid and some of the root apps.
ok... very noob question
the root guide says to copy the blob/files to your 'adb directory' ... which directory is that ? the android-sdk directory ? or a sub folder of that ???
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ok... very noob question
the root guide says to copy the blob/files to your 'adb directory' ... which directory is that ? the android-sdk directory ? or a sub folder of that ???
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copy it to platform-tools
android-sdk-windows/platform-tools/blob (all files + blob should be here)
also you can hold shift + right click platform-tools and choose open cmd window here.
I realize this is an android forum but I have found so much help on these boards for my mobile needs I thought I'd ask my pc question too. Hopefully someone can help me or direct me where to go. I have a sony vaio running windows 7. I am trying to delete alot of windows programs that I never use. Things like windows silverlight,windows live essentials,windows messenger,etc. Whenever I try to delete it I get a message telling me it's a system file & cant be deleted. The reason I am asking her is because I have been able to root my android devices & delete programs I dont want so I was hoping there was a way to do the same thing for my laptop. Any help is greatly appreciated.
optimgr said:
I realize this is an android forum but I have found so much help on these boards for my mobile needs I thought I'd ask my pc question too. Hopefully someone can help me or direct me where to go. I have a sony vaio running windows 7. I am trying to delete alot of windows programs that I never use. Things like windows silverlight,windows live essentials,windows messenger,etc. Whenever I try to delete it I get a message telling me it's a system file & cant be deleted. The reason I am asking her is because I have been able to root my android devices & delete programs I dont want so I was hoping there was a way to do the same thing for my laptop. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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There's no such thing as rooting on a Windows PC. You already have full access to all root folders like "Windows" and lower.
I'm glad you've found XDA so useful for your mobile needs, but unfortunately I have to close this as it's outside our scope of discussion. You're more than welcome to try asking in the computer support thread in Off-topic. Good luck.
Hey I had some problems yesterday with adv not recognizing my m8. I was on Windows 8. If you guys are also having this problem I found a tut which fixes it.
/watch?v=afrvSGiMAtk
I can't post links, but it's on Youtube
Hope this helps some people out there
I can post links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afrvSGiMAtk
I have Windows 10 and neither ADB nor Fastboot recognize my phone. IDGAF though, I just do it at work. I have a portable hard drive running PortableApps and loaded with cool stuff, not the least of which is my adb/fastboot folder. Works great on their Win7 boxes. Which run i5 3570K processors for checking email, but that's a gripe for another day (and why Handbrake is in my toolbox as well).