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Cannot open ddms.bat in order to take screenshots on Nexus One

I wanted to take screenshots of my Nexus One (2.2 FRF91/T-Mobile/Stock) but I'm just a newbie so I followed the guide on andriodcentral Anrdroid 101 tips. (Sorry I can't link to it since I'm a new user on these forums
That guide led me to another guide on how to install the sdk
When I tried to pull my 3rd party apps, cmd didnt do anything it simply said "0 pulled, 0 skipped", however I was able to pull my standard apps. I'm confident the sdk was installed correctly though.
I'm using a laptop with Windows 7 64bit and an AMD processor, I'm not sure if that information is helpful or not
I've already downloaded and installed the android 2.2 sdk, java runtime environment, java development kit. I've also properly installed the ADB drivers for the Nexus One. I also downloaded Eclispe but when I tried to run it, the application won't open. I have a feeling its because I didn't install it properly.
My problem now is that the ddms.bat (Dalvik Debug Monitor) won't open when I double click on it. I tried to right click and run as administrator but that didn't work either. In both cases when I try to open it, a cmd windows opens for a fraction of a second and then closes before I can read it. So I googled it and found a website that seemed to be able to solve the problem but its geared towards linux users.
I specifically followed these directions "To fix this a replace of the bundled swt is needed. The file is located under android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3/tools/lib/. Rename swt.jar to swt_32b.jar. Next download swt for your platform. I have used swt-3.4.2-gtk-linux-x86_64.zip. Unpack the file swt.jar in the zipfile to android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3/tools/lib/ and finally start ddms" but that didnt work either. So now my android-sdk-windows/tools/lib/x86_64 is full of other files rather than just having that swt.jar file.
Can anyone please help on getting ddms.bat to open or on how to get eclipse to open?, I'm so close to being able to take screenshots.
Some notes:
1.I'm not interested in rooting (too worried about bricking my phone), so please don't recommend that I root first.
2. USB debugging was ON when I tried it

Open up a command prompt. (Start -> search "cmd")
use CD to get to the folder where you keep ddms.bat
open ddms.bat from the command prompt by simply entering "ddms.bat" then press Enter. That will keep it from closing the window.
Just to see if it gives any errors.

Thank you so much!
However the error message that cmd is now giving me is : WARNING: Java not found in your path.
Could you please tell me how I can do this? for the time being I'm searching the internet for help but the first thing I found seems super complicated

I finally got it to work, wish I could link the imgur pic, but I'm still a new user but here's the end of the imgur link code :ucBpY

TaeKwonDonkey said:
I finally got it to work, wish I could link the imgur pic, but I'm still a new user but here's the end of the imgur link code :ucBpY
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how did you fix it?

Follow this guide....it may help you click me..!! :good:
thank you,
P.007

[Q] No screen capture

I am unable to get any screen capture apps to work. They supposedly take pictures, but they are always black screens. I have tried ScreenCapture and DroCap2 locally. I also tried picme which allows you to access your pictures from a browser. All gave me completely black screenshots. I have tried various screens with no success. I have viewed the image files on another computer to make sure they were really black. Any ideas?
Thanks.

I use DDMS, which is part of the Android SDK (the same set of tools that gives you ADB). If you can get ADB to work, then DDMS should work, as well.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

What rom are you using? I couldn't get screen cap to work w/ Cyanogen b4 but it works w/ Vegan b3, this was through DDMS.

HKChad said:
What rom are you using? I couldn't get screen cap to work w/ Cyanogen b4 but it works w/ Vegan b3, this was through DDMS.
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Good question - cyanogen might not work (I believe I had heard this, before). TnT Lite and VEGAn work, and I believe zPad does as well.

I use DDMS, which is part of the Android SDK (the same set of tools that gives you ADB). If you can get ADB to work, then DDMS should work, as well.
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OK, thanks, I tried that and it worked. I guess I can uninstall all those screen capture apps since none of them seem to work.
Thanks.

Need some Andriod SDK help, please.
Curious how you got the DDMS to work from the Andriod SDK? Can you provide some direction, please?
I've got the SDK running through Eclipse. Not sure how I get the SDK to see my Gtablet. I have a AVD defined for my "gtab" but there's no where to setup the connection via USB or WiFi that I can see.
Sorry for the noob questions, my first time with the Andriod SDK.
Thanks for any direction you can give.
Gramps

Gramps said:
Curious how you got the DDMS to work from the Andriod SDK? Can you provide some direction, please?
I've got the SDK running through Eclipse. Not sure how I get the SDK to see my Gtablet. I have a AVD defined for my "gtab" but there's no where to setup the connection via USB or WiFi that I can see.
Sorry for the noob questions, my first time with the Andriod SDK.
Thanks for any direction you can give.
Gramps
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Did you do the stuff in here about setting up ADB?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827209
I guess you are on Windows? In Ubuntu 'it just works' odd I know. Now I had to go into the device manager and delete the drivers that windows assigned to the gtablet before making those mods to the inf file, there were 2 entries I had to delete but YMMV.
good luck
chad

I would love to take a screen cap without using a PC. What is the reason cap apps don't work again?
-=Sent from my VS GTablet (VEGAn b4) using Tapatalk=-

Got the DDMS working under Android SDK following the instructions referenced above and on the Android Developer's website. Had to block windows 7 from auto updating drivers when I plugged my Gtablet to the USB cable. After installing the Android USB drivers, my Gtablet was found in the Eclipse Android SDK environment and I was able to get a screen shot of the Gtablet.

[TOOL][Windows] APKquick 0.2 - Simple and easy installing of APKs over USB

APKquick
Hello XDA!
I have created a small application for Windows, that allows you to quickly install any app on your device, by simply double-clicking it in Windows Explorer. It works via adb over USB. So be sure to connect your device to your Computer.
I don't know if this is useful for you, but it sure is for me!
It simply associates .apk files with my utility, that in turn installs them on a double-click.
So you don't have to open the command line anymore to install an APK,
or put it into your dropbox and wait for it to upload.
You need to have the correct usb drivers installed for your device.
The only requirement should be the .NET Framework 2.0, which comes with Windows 7+
And of course you should have enabled Android Debugging (ADB) inside the Developer Settings screen.
Download: in Attachement, since i am not allowed to post URLs yet.
Screenshot in Attachement as well...
Bugs, features, suggestions? This is an early Alpha version, so hickups might happen.

[Oreo] Introducing Android Emulator from Google - the fast boot with snapshot

Android Studio 3.0 ships the latest version of the Android emulator, with the following major new features:
(1) Quick Boot, which allows the emulator to boot in a couple of seconds using state-of-the-art snapshot technologies. The android emulator is the first android virtual machine that supports true OpenGL snapshots.
(2) OpenGL ES 3 support, this means it supports more modern games.
(3) Android Oreo 8.0 and Google Play store support (this is an old feature)
https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2017/10/android-emulator-2620-canary-with-quick.html
Follow the following steps to install Android studio and the emulator:
(1) Download and Install Android Studio 3.0 here:
https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
(2) Make sure the Android Emulator version is 26.2+, this is the version that supports Quick Boot.
Go to Android Studio menu Tools > Android > SDK Manager , click Updates tab, and choose Canary Channel, as shown in the screenshot.
Then click Android SDK > SDK Tools, and you should see Android Emulator Update Available 26.2.1, select it and click OK to install.
(3) Create AVD
Go to Android Studio menu Tools > AVD Manager, click Create Virtual Device, you can click Show Advanced Settings to check if Quick Boot is available. If you don't see it, meaning you have an old version of the emulator.
(4) Quick Boot
To verify the Quick Boot feature, when you close the emulator (the + sign from sidebar), you should see a notification of Saving State..., and when you start the AVD, it should boot instantly, and showing Loading State...
Please refer to the attached screenshots for more details.

You can also download the preview version of Android Studio, then can download latest Android emulator directly:
https://developer.android.com/studio/preview/index.html

huisinro said:
You can also download the preview version of Android Studio, then can download latest Android emulator directly:
https://developer.android.com/studio/preview/index.html
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Is this time the Android Emulator completely separate from the Android studio?
Because you know man Google can develop the best Android Emulator available on the earth but its is not optimising it to be like the what leapdroid was on the PC
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I definitely know that how people are especially searching for the emulators over the web and you supported that development sometime ago before you join Google so please request on our behalf to the Google to like develop something like Android on desktop so that this open source operating system will have well reach even to the desktop users and not just all those Chrome OS users.

If you've got a brave soul, all direct download links are inside this public xml repository file:
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/repository2-1.xml
for example, the Mac version of the emulator link: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/repository/emulator-darwin-4266726.zip

huisinro said:
If you've got a brave soul, all direct download links are inside this public xml repository file:
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/repository2-1.xml
for example, the Mac version of the emulator link: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/repository/emulator-darwin-4266726.zip
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I didn't intend to hurt your feelings in any way but what I did was the request from the hundred of the users of the leapdroid community to request you to get the best available emulator that can be developed only by Google by the help of the excellent developers like you.
You know how much popular Leapdroid was when it was in the active development stage and people are worshiping you as the god of the emulator till now
Can you just give the link of the AVD and the emulator only from the XML file for windows so that we will just be able to run the emulator fine, because I am Noob and and I don't have any much idea about reading this XML file

Android Emulator v27 with Quick Boot is launched today:
Blog:
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/12/quick-boot-top-features-in-android.html
Social:
https://twitter.com/AndroidDev/status/942824787633635329
https://plus.google.com/+AndroidDevelopers/posts/XAWLxuc92Wa

OMG!!! The amount of downloads I have to do before I can even try the emulator is crazy. Download Android Studio, download canary. You did not tell us what to do after the canary finished downloading. Also, I can't even find the items in step 3 that you stated in the first post. You did not state that I have to start a new project before I can even find this "AVD Manager". Not everyone is familiar with Android Studio. Then, I have to wait for another download when starting the VM. 1 full hour of downloading at least 3gb of stuff and figuring out where to find stuff and make them work and I have not even managed to open the VM. Cancelled the VM download finally and wasted my time trying to figure out how to get this emulator to work. If you really want people to test your emulator, at least give proper instructions and give a warning how much downloading is needed.

Windows 10 on Surface RT working (edited thread)

Read carefully, this is about the installation of Windows 10 ARM32 on the Surface RT1. Previously tried the Elektrohax tutorial (video on youtube and also posted at Alexenferman.com) but I was unlucky on my attempts.
This is the mentioned tutorial:
How to install Windows 10 on the Surface RT - Alexenferman
www.alexenferman.com
I followed the instructions but failed twice. Now I know what was wrong. The tutorial IS FINE, it works. The thing is you have to first apply a patched version of Windows RT8.1 and run some scripts, that was fine, now the specifics:
Don't "RUN" the scripts, do not double click, this was the issue on my side. It doesn't matter if you run the script as "Administrator", I repeat, in my case this was the problem, DO NOT RUN or just double click.
INSTEAD, open a CMD window elevated to Administrator privileges. Move to the location of the scripts, this means get into the specific folder, only then run the script.
This means, if you placed the script on a folder named "whatever", right clicking with administrator rights and then execute does-NOT have the same effect as getting inside the folder as in "CD\whatever" and then "name-of-the-script".
I tried several times and I can confirm this is the thing that failed on my attempts.
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Being that said, that website has all the instructions and links. Follow the tutorial carefully step by step. Keep the files on a safe place, who knows how long those will be kept on the web.
After my failed attempts I tried the chinese tutorial posted on Youtube by cong cheng on his channel. It worked, it even has some scripts working as installer, yes it works BUT after taking a deep look it's a method that applies a set of files made for some Nokia device, while it works, it is in chinese, has some broken things and it is SLOWER than Alexen Ferman method.
In short:
- Chinese - applies an already customized W10 version, way slower
- Alexen - it is an installer, you end up with a much better version
Good luck.

So what did you follow? The forums here seem to contain loads of broken links. Love to try W10 on my Surface since it's only collecting dust in my closet.

Thread edited and updated above and below.

Regarding Windows 10 on the Surface RT (CHINESE TUTORIAL)
I have no idea what's the risk on using a chinese modified pack. This one is different to the one at Alexen Ferman website, here I didn't need to apply all those patches (extras, after finishing the install), instead it worked out of the box. It's the same release as far as I know, but it's been customized.
My experience, what works:
o Edge works, better than IE11
o MyTube works (Youtube works amazingly well on this APP)
o System not as fast as W8.1
o I just clicked "Activate Windows" the usual way and it worked
o Cameras work out of the box (front and rear), no patches needed
o Can run ported apps (Paint.net, Halite, etc).
o YES, you gain access to some other apps on the STORE but hey, read below
X Office was in chinese (preinstalled) and slower, couldn't change it
X Removed it and installed the Office package provided by Alex Ferman
¬ After reinstalling, Office now is FASTER (tested and confirmed)
X No alternative browsers (just some but it's just IE with skin)
X Was kind of tricky to remove chinese (there are still some traces)
X Store doesn't fully work, just allows installing whatever is in my library (owned)
X VLC is way slower and ugly, worked way better on W8.1RT
- XX The Brightness control is kinda broken. You have to disable automatic changes and use only manual (via button), only there you can apply diff real levels of brightness to the screen, BUT, it won't work forever, after a while it will get stuck and you would have to reboot and set it right after going to the desktop.
- XX I'm still exploring this, I don't fully like it to be honest. The touch keyboard works, yes but in my case at times stops making sounds, and also stops working. Unplug and plug again fixes this but... meh.
It wasn't that great, I was actually considering going back to Windows 8.1 RT.

Now the final install I have (Alexen method):
Everything works, you just have to follow the tutorial and you will actually install W10, it's not an out of the box ready image, it is an installer. The only broken thing so far is the brightness control as explained above (it's an issue with the release so it won't go away), and the store didn't work for me, but there is an alternate method to install apps described at Alexen website.
Other than that EVERYTHING is better, it's fast, decent. I'm keeping my RT1 with Windows 10.
Read carefully, follow each step and don't give up. That's all I can say.

I did manage to get this working on my Surface 2 myself, was an interesting experience I don't really have any need for this thing anymore, but I have been pissed about buying a locked out piece of equipment for 8 years, so more just to principal of the thing! Thanks to Alex for all the work.

How do you install office from alexenferman? I tried running setup, but it says this app cant run on your pc. Also have you found a program to un pack .7z packages?

Has anyone written a guide on how to go back to windows rt 8.1?

Kolyei said:
Has anyone written a guide on how to go back to windows rt 8.1?
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here you have
Alexenferman [OLD] - How to go back to Windows RT on the Surface RT
⚠ Warning:
old.alexenferman.com

does anyone knows if it is possible to put google chrome book on W RT?

Haven't visited the thread until today.
xnappo said:
I did manage to get this working on my Surface 2 myself, was an interesting experience I don't really have any need for this thing anymore, but I have been pissed about buying a locked out piece of equipment for 8 years, so more just to principal of the thing! Thanks to Alex for all the work.
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Great that you got it working, now that you mention that you don't have any need for the Surface anymore, consider selling it to one of the member of the team working on modifications, unless you change your mind now that your surface works differently. In case you decide to move on, consider posting here on the Discord community
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mickeyx323 said:
How do you install office from alexenferman? I tried running setup, but it says this app cant run on your pc. Also have you found a program to un pack .7z packages?
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I simply downloaded the package and ran the Office Installer on the Surface (now with Windows 10ARM), your comment makes me think perhaps, you don't actually have a Surface with Tegra processor, please check. .7z? search for 7zip, that's the program to extract the files from the compressed package .7z
Kolyei said:
Has anyone written a guide on how to go back to windows rt 8.1?
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Yup, the link was posted by another forum member above.
bikrtoursportugal said:
does anyone knows if it is possible to put google chrome book on W RT?
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Nope, impossible. They didn't create a binary (executable app) for the platform and the way it's built (the source code) seems unlikely for someone else to do it.
Anyone interested please check the Discord link posted on this message.

ricky4695 said:
here you have
Alexenferman [OLD] - How to go back to Windows RT on the Surface RT
⚠ Warning:
old.alexenferman.com
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I just got around to reading this. Thank you so much! I'm back on windows rt 8.1. One problem: Secure Boot is still disabled. Is there a way to re-enable it?

Kolyei said:
I just got around to reading this. Thank you so much! I'm back on windows rt 8.1. One problem: Secure Boot is still disabled. Is there a way to re-enable it?
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You should repart the drive using the official image downloaded from microsoft's site. If you want to come back to completely stock you have to re-install windows using the standard procedure, not the installation through wim file

im having an issue at the installing the wim using the dism. says system cant find the path specified. i verified the drive labels and all any ideas?

can some help me, after successful installed and load windows 10 on surface RT... when i want to run CMD as administrator. it gave an error "The Parameter is invalid".

Looking for some help, I got to the Win10 install stage and keep getting 0xc000000f blue screen error on Win10 boot. From the guide, it says I didn't choose to not copy system files when creating my recovery drive, but I didn't have any other options. I unchecked the only box available. Not sure what is wrong or how to fix. I can't reset, it asks me for my recovery drive, it doesn't accept the drive I created.
Edit: I ended up creating a new recovery drive from my Win10 PC, unchecked the box to copy system files, downloaded the Win RT recovery zip file from MS, copied the contents of that folder into the new recovery drive, copied the Win10 .wim from Alexen to the flash drive, and retried step 4 (I had already installed the hacked RT image and disabled secureboot, etc.). It is now booting, at least getting farther than it did before, after flashing the Win10 image.

Running into an issue right after the installing the patched image I get to the Region and Language select after the reboot and cannot select anything. After a bit the display just goes black. What can I do?