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Hey all.
Have been doing Android dev for a short time, but Windows dev for a while.
I wrote myself two little .bat (batch) files for making a couple things quicker for me. These are crude little batches, nothing complicated here.
The first is LogcatBat, which is a little batch file for viewing logcat on your PC using the ADB binaries.
The second is ShellBat, which opens up an Android shell terminal on your PC connected to your phone through ADB as well.
Now, as stated before, THESE FILES ARE CRUDE. There isn't any support for them, and if you use them you do so at your OWN RISK. This is pretty simple stuff, but it can be used for HARM IF YOU'RE STUPID...
...So, don't be.
Now, you have to right click and save these files as .bat files - just clicking the links will generate the text of the batch commands. Also keep in mind these two files assume that your android directory is at C:\android-sdk-windows\tools. If they are not, email me, and tell me the location of your ADB folder so I can remake the file for you. Or, you can edit them yourself (this is Open Source, of course :wink:.
LogcatBat
ShellBat
My email: [email protected]

Well I guess that it will help a handful of noobs out there.
Most of the script (I'd say about 98%) is ascii art.

LOL I had to throw in a little "sumpin' sumpin'" more than what I used it for daily.
And it's TARGETED towards noobs, because I am one myself.
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Also, those who download this PLEASE comment/reply to this to let me know how you like, dislike, or just what's up!

You might include instructions for customizing the directory structure, ex mine is c:\android and I have modded my path var to include the location of adb and fastboot.
Sorry, I should have continued reading. Still instructions and maybe how to set up path might be useful.

Cool to see more batch scripts, i love em as u can tell from my signature. They're so simple yet so powerful. Heres a tip to improve em, u can use errorlevel's to check if adb is in the $path. If its not in the path u cud perhaps ask for user-input to the directory where his/her sdk directory is and "cd" to that before executing commands.
Let me know if u need any help, im no pro but ive been working with them for a while now. Refer to my apk manager script, the top few lines are where i check if java/adb are installed on ur system.

Daneshm90 said:
Let me know if u need any help, im no pro but ive been working with them for a while now. Refer to my apk manager script, the top few lines are where i check if java/adb are installed on ur system.
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Would you possibly wanna work with me on these? I mean, for my own end I don't care how they are, but if we could provide an actually nice work product that would be really cool!

mooch777 said:
Would you possibly wanna work with me on these? I mean, for my own end I don't care how they are, but if we could provide an actually nice work product that would be really cool!
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Well i already include anything i can think of to apk manager. But if u propose an awesome idea that doesnt already exist, then yea for sure. Otherwise my help offer still exists.

Daneshm90 said:
Well i already include anything i can think of to apk manager. But if u propose an awesome idea that doesnt already exist, then yea for sure. Otherwise my help offer still exists.
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Actually I used your script and found that I don't have Java installed. But when I installed the latest 1.6 JDK, they still can't detect it! May I know why?

JokerAce said:
Actually I used your script and found that I don't have Java installed. But when I installed the latest 1.6 JDK, they still can't detect it! May I know why?
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If u can go to command prompt and type
java -version
if u see command not found, then java is not in ur path. If u do find it however, im intrigued as to why apk manager is complaining, in any case ignore the complaint.
Fyi, redirect any issues to its thread on the g1 forums, i dont wanna hijack this thread/easier to manage 1 thread instead of 2.

Sideloading Samsung Captivate

How to sideload for samsung captivate?
1. Download Terminal Emulator from android market (or any terminal).
2. Go to this post on your samsung captivate.
3. Copy this Below
su cd /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings
sqlite3 settings.db
update secure set value = "1" where name = "install_non_market_apps";
.quit
reboot
4. Your phone will reboot and you can sideload. try to download an app from pandaapp.com.
5. Success!!!!!!!!!! Made very easy compared to using Android SDK.
-I dont claim to find this. But i havent seen this on youtube or any where else-
Hope You Luck!
-Jordan5555

Thanks for the info!
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It's explained Tip: Enable Non Market App Installs on the Samsung Captivate]here[/url, I used a little variation on that method:
Can I suggest an even easier way of editing and manipulating the settings.db file? I used a combination of Root Explorer, SQLite Editor and Dropbox, modified from this link. You zip and copy settings.db from your Captivate to Dropbox, then you can edit it in Firefox, zip it, copy it back, and manipulate it from there - or I found I could copy the file to another folder I created (modified market), edit the file in there with SQLite, save the file and then copy it back to the original folder following their directions. The one thing you have to be careful of is making sure you're mounted R/W instead of R/O in Root Explorer or you'll get errors, something like 'permission denied'.
The Sideload Wonder Machine is nice, but I'm not always at my computer when I find something I want to try, this method made sideloading totally contained on the Captivate. Works a charm
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i tried the first method by copying the code and i got "Permission Denied" so then i just typed in the first line. got the same "Permission Denied"
is there a step i need to do first?
sorry if there is something obvious i should do first, i'm a bit of a noob

gisxer said:
i tried the first method by copying the code and i got "Permission Denied" so then i just typed in the first line. got the same "Permission Denied"
is there a step i need to do first?
sorry if there is something obvious i should do first, i'm a bit of a noob
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What are you using, Root Explorer? You have to click the r/w at the top of the screen to enable writing. If it's r/o, that means read only.

Root Explorer? no, just Terminal Emulator and pasted the code into the Terminal window. i take it that's not what it meant

gisxer said:
Root Explorer? no, just Terminal Emulator and pasted the code into the Terminal window. i take it that's not what it meant
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Ah, no, I see, you're referring to the first method. I dunno, I used what I posted, and it worked well.

nevermind lol

sorry should have mentioned that. the method posted by jordan5555 got the error

Permission denied (Jordans mthd)
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While the process described here isn't technically sideloading, it is enabling installation of non-market applications without being attached to a computer, a.k.a. De-crippling . I have already simplified this process into one click, with no need for running any console commands or downloading the android SDK. Check out One Click De-Cripple for Captivate here.
BTW, your phone will need to be rooted before this process will be successful.

rafter109 said:
While the process described here isn't technically sideloading, it is enabling installation of non-market applications without being attached to a computer, a.k.a. De-crippling . I have already simplified this process into one click, with no need for running any console commands or downloading the android SDK. Check out One Click De-Cripple for Captivate here.
BTW, your phone will need to be rooted before this process will be successful.
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Having to be rooted is why I went wit the method I posted above - because at the time I wasn't ready to root. What that method did do is force me to learn a bit about Android file structure and how to 'fiddle around' with the innards of the system. Eventually, of course, I got brave, rooted, and it's been all customizing from then on.
Of course, once you've rooted and gone to a custom ROM you never have to worry about all this again

Cant you just use the sideload wonder machine? Worked for me when I didn't have the "install_non_market_apps" file changed.

yentlequible said:
Cant you just use the sideload wonder machine? Worked for me when I didn't have the "install_non_market_apps" file changed.
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Sure, but then I have to be at my computer to load anything. I far prefer what I did, so it's just plain done. Plus I don't want the constant reminder that AT&T has crippled my phone - a phone I'm paying way too much for monthly.

reinbeau said:
Sure, but then I have to be at my computer to load anything. I far prefer what I did, so it's just plain done. Plus I don't want the constant reminder that AT&T has crippled my phone - a phone I'm paying way too much for monthly.
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Good point... The only reason I used the sideload wonder machine in the first place was to get root explorer on my phone since the market was not working. After that I just modified the database file.

[Backtrack5]Evo Guide (Sense)

Since msullivan's guide is generalized for all devices I thought I would tailor one specific for our Evo's.
I take no credit for any of this except for what is my own personal experience. 99% of the following has been taken from the original thread HERE
I have not tested this on an AOSP rom nor gingerbread for that matter. If anyone has confirmed it working I will add to the list. Supposedly CM7 cannot find the image file, if that's the case the resolve should be: In Android the "real" location is often /mnt/sdcard, and then the /sdcard mountpoint is added for simplicity. So yeah, my guess would be that Cyanogen doesn't have the /sdcard mount. You can fix your issue by opening the file "bt" in a Unix-compatible text editor (such as Notepad++, or an editor on the phone itself), and replace all instances of "/sdcard" with "/mnt/sdcard".
Working so far:
Froyo Sense (MynsWarmTPTRls5)
Evo Deck (gingerbread) 1.2f
CM7 (gingerbread) Thanks DoManOfFuture
WARNING: THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
UPDATE: My goal was to create a version of BackTrack 5 for ARM that was easy to use and install. As of this time, that IS NOT the case! The versions posted here are **probably not** going to work straight out of the box. If you know what you are doing in a Linux environment, you'll probably be able to get it working.
Because of this, the project is currently completely unsupported. You are free to dive in, but you are doing so with no support for me, and I'm not liable for any damage that might be done to your device's ROM.
I encourage you to pass this up unless you know what you are getting yourself into!
If you were referred here from the XDA-Developers.com article...
Hi there! Let's get one thing on the record here... this is *not* a native client! This is the chroot + VNC method that we'd been using to get Ubuntu running with Android for a while. The article makes it sound like that's the case, but sadly it's not. However, with the chroot + VNC method we can really run BackTrack 5 on an Android device, and it really does work. This takes some technical skills, and isn't for the non-Linux experienced user.
Requires a rooted device!
BackTrack 5 installation guides are making their way around this forum. I've tried to synthesize it all, but I've also added my own touches to help with usability and features, along with a workaround for the "ioctl LOOP_SET_FD failed" error message some people have been getting.
In theory this build is nearly universal, so if you have an Android device it should work. I've put it all in one zip file that you can download directly from my website, no hassles or wait timers.
If you are interested have a look, feel free to re-post. Credit goes to the BackTrack team and xda member anantshri (he's got skills, give him props guys), who built the base image file.
If you like what you see help me out, hosting is expensive!
http://www.mattslifebytes.com/donate
(alternatively, you can show interest in the products and services featured on my website, if you know what I mean )
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Instructions:
BusyBox-
First things first you'll want some of the prerequisites one being Busybox. I'm currently running Myn's Rls5 Rom. All I had to do was go to the market and install "BusyBox Installer." Open that and install the latest version
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If you do not have one go to the market and install "Android Terminal Emulator"
VNC-
You'll also need a VNC client. Go to the market and find a suitable VNC Client. "android-vnc-viewer" is a good one.
Starting Backtrack5-
After you have the zip downloaded you'll want to unzip it and place the "bt5" folder on the root of your SD Card.
-Next open your terminal emulator and type “su” <enter>, “cd /sdcard/bt5″ <enter>
-Now enter “sh bt” <enter> (in the future to start BT5 skip the line above and come straight to this command)
-enter "y" when it asks you if you want to start with VNCserver.
Note: I had already ran this before which is why your screen may look different
-Now all you need to do is open your VNC client and connect with the following info:
127.0.0.1:5901 pw: root
When you are finished go back to terminal emulator and type "exit"
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DOWNLOAD:
Direct HTTP Links:
http://brilldoctor.co.cc/Files/BackTrack5ForARM-MattsLifeBytesEditionv2.zip
http://www.shenye.co.uk/files/BackTrack5ForARM-MattsLifeBytesEditionv2.zip
Mirrors:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M6YCKZLR
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Thanks
I'm running CM7, and am a very competent linux user so I'll give this a shot. I'll post back with the results. Doesn't seem complicated, well getting it running at least, maybe the build process was, but I'll get back with the results none the less.
Update: Works like a charm.

Updated compatibility list. If anyone is running a different rom and these instructions worked for you let me know so I can add it in. Thanks!

Just thought I'd mention, using your guide, this is running perfectly on my Nexus S running 2.3.4 (rooted, deodexed and zipaligned). I have the UI up in the VNC viewer and also can SSH in from my mac too.

Running BT5 on a Nexus S (9023i) with CM7 nightly 88 no problem. It is not very quick, but hey, it works.
Install was not to difficult at all, just download, unzip, run "sh bt", and connect with VNC

so i got it to work on ava-z3 but when in backtrack i tried to run console commands and it didn't work maybe i did something wrong or its just not supported for the phone may be someone can help if they can i was trying to crack my own wep and i have done it many times on my computer but when i tried it on the phone it didn't even recognized basic commands i get it you can run backtrack 5 but what are you able to do with your phone can annyone explain and advice me ?

*rubbing hands together* downloading now. Hope it works on the n1
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Just so you guys know you cannot crack WEP with this. This method CANNOT have direct access to your wifi card therefore it cannot support a lot of the methods used to crack, etc..
This is backtrack5 running on top of your android rom.
Just thought I'd make that clear to those thinking they have a mobile cracking OS That's what netbooks are for lol!

[MOD] ROOT [ACS] Skyrocket Easy Root - Windows/Mac/Linux

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Easy Root 1.0​
This software is licensed under the WTFPL
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what this means is simple, you can do whatever you want with this software
Instructions are simple, this uses revolutionary's awesome zergrush exploit its just a slightly modified script from my transform-ultra AIO. anyways yall might be wondering why a sprint guy is here giving yall this, well its cuz my good buddy k0nane (the one currently working on removing ciq for yall) asked me to stop by the irc channel last night. we got some of the partitions mapped out and he told me that you guys can use zergRush so here ya have it
set usb debugging on (settings > applications > development > USB debugging)
Install teh drivers
plug in your phone and let teh drivers FULLY INSTALL
extract the entire root zip file (dont just pull what you want out of it, it doesnt work like that)
run the included batch file/sh file depending on your os
linux users i know youve got it handled but for you mac users that dont understand how to do anything more then dump money in apples pockets there is a readme in there
DOWNLOAD​
also to make things easier for editing i have included a nice lil script
in shell or terminal use this command
# remount rw
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it will allow r/w access to /system
enjoy
version 2.0 will flash cwm for ya, just need to figure out a safe way to do it

Cool. Reserved.

fixed - was a permissions issue on my end.

fixed - was a permissions issue on my end.

please try re-running it again, if it says zerglings didnt leave anything interesting thats teh exploit failing

fixed - was a permissions issue on my end.

no adb is finding your phone, otherwise the exploit wouldnt run. its just odd that they arent leaving anything interesting. not sure why its not running the way it should, other people on this forum have said they used zergrush just fine, the reason why i posted this is so that you can have it done via script and have busybox and a remount script thrown in there.
here i had originally posted teh file with my old copy of zergrush, i had since updated teh zip with the latest from revolutionary. i reverted back to the old one try downloading it again and see where that gets ya

I ran it as administrator this time and it looks different, but I still get message about SU not found, even after rebooting phone.

ok well that time is because you didnt run it with adb.exe in teh folder

Hmm will def try this later tonight

Well, I'm sure I may be doing something wrong.
But I simply set my phone to usb-debugging and plugged in the usb cable.
Then extracted your zipped up folder and then right-click-run-as-administrator on root.bat.
ADB.exe is definitely in the same folder structure as root.bat.

hm well join the irc channel when youu get a chance we can work on this as bit more

If you are running windows vista or windows 7 and you are just right-clicking on the bat and running as administrator you are not running the adb.exe as an administrator. You should right-click on cmd.exe in the start menu, select run as administrator then navigate to the folder extracted. For instance if you saved the file in your users downloads folder then navigate to: x:\users\[user name]\downloads\Skyrocket-Easy-Root and then type root.bat and press enter. This will allow the root.bat to call adb.exe properly and will execute the process.
Hope this helps.

PlagueBoy said:
If you are running windows vista or windows 7 and you are just right-clicking on the bat and running as administrator you are not running the adb.exe as an administrator. You should right-click on cmd.exe in the start menu, select run as administrator then navigate to the folder extracted. For instance if you saved the file in your users downloads folder then navigate to: x:\users\[user name]\downloads\Skyrocket-Easy-Root and then type root.bat and press enter. This will allow the root.bat to call adb.exe properly and will execute the process.
Hope this helps.
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Windows 7.
That did the trick, it worked great and I'm rooted. Thanks to both of you!
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Plague Boy... one post in four years and it got a "Thank You".
You're batting 100%!

Glad I could help. One post in four years yes, I signed up for this site a long time ago and then promptly joined the dark side by purchasing an iPhone about a week after that. After all these years I have wandered back and can hopefully be more of more use as I learn the Android OS.

Worked perfectly for me. Quick the lengthy root process (err rather how long it takes, its just 1 click lol), but mint!

cant get it to work says something about boomsh being denied

kornklown69 said:
cant get it to work says something about boomsh being denied
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That's left over from when I was working with you, come by IRC later and I'll get you cleaned up.

k0nane said:
That's left over from when I was working with you, come by IRC later and I'll get you cleaned up.
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Superoneclick root worked thanx k0nane
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[Q] Is there no way to root from OSX 10.7?

I tried to root my phone using the method outlined in this thread. This was the result:
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It clearly says success, but superuser was not present on my phone and Titanium Backup still doesn't have root access.
Any ideas on how I can fix this?

Yes install a real operating system oh yeah and this says it works but infact does not if your phone is on 2.3.6 KK1

silver03wrx said:
Yes install a real operating system oh yeah and this says it works but infact does not if your phone is on 2.3.6 KK1
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I would definitely do that except I only have 9GB free on my SSD. When I get a hard drive to replace the optical drive on this one I'm getting Win7 for a dual boot setup, but when you only have 80GB.... Gotta have room for music and porn, ya know? lol
I'm assuming you mean Gingerbread 2.3.6? Cause under About Phone it shows 2.3.5....

Yes gingerbread 2.3.5 should have worked on that. There was a 2.3.6 update which is also gingerbread that wont work with the acs easy root. There is a program called heimdall which is like odin but for osx read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265....
And go here for the files to flash on heimdall. Once u have it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265 and lastly for futre refrence please post questions in the q&a section

Thanks for your help. I'm trying the ODIN method outline in this thread but using Heimdall instead. When I try to browse for the Recovery.tar to flash, Heimdall tells me that I need a firmware.xml file that is missing from Recovery.tar.
Do you know what I need to get this .xml file, or does someone have a Recovery.tar with the proper .xml in it already?

Actually you use heimdall to flash individual files not the entire tar so go here watch this its a how to use heimdal video http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=US#/watch?v=6TgyaUbjcm4

I posted a solution in another thread about rooting from a Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20440129#post20440129
Basically you need to modify the Linux-Mac.sh shell script in the Skyrocket Easy Root package.
You need to add a line to the script, "$adb wait-for-device". It goes after the "echo 'Wait for phone to reconnect...'" line, inserting as follows:
Code:
echo "Wait for phone to reconnect..."
$adb wait-for-device
$adb remount
It worked fine for me, but I don't take any responsibility for it.

silver03wrx said:
Yes install a real operating system oh yeah and this says it works but infact does not if your phone is on 2.3.6 KK1
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OSX is an excellent OS. I use it all the time, also have a dual boot Win7/Ubuntu machine. But I prefer OSX as my daily machine.

silver03wrx said:
Yes install a real operating system oh yeah and this says it works but infact does not if your phone is on 2.3.6 KK1
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In my opinion, you should acknowledge that some people have different preferences and even needs.
Call me when I can run Logic on Windows.

Lol relax. It was a joke

10char

Im sure osx, and linux, ubuntu are all good operating systems. I have never used any of them only windows. So it what im used to. Also did a program from penn foster institute. For computer service and repair technician. Lol and it was only based on windows. And hardware. Didnt learn anything about linux or osx. Obviously linx is awesome thats what android isbbased on right? . Althought i do think my next pc will be a linux machine. I want to learn my way around it, and develop

Me too love OSX Lion.
Mortem Tuam said:
OSX is an excellent OS. I use it all the time, also have a dual boot Win7/Ubuntu machine. But I prefer OSX as my daily machine.
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well I have a mac with dual boot win7 and I have to say that mac's terminal is pretty much like a linux. you have to use the sudo command to get the admin rights lol
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goteks21 said:
well I have a mac with dual boot win7 and I have to say that mac's terminal is pretty much like a linux. you have to use the sudo command to get the admin rights lol
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macs are very much like Linux. Not totally but they are both Unix based.
Sent from my SGS2 SkyRocket powered by Mortem Tuam.