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Is there any step by step tutorial to get my htc magic rooted
I can only find posts where they say it is like on windows but without installing files but i have no idea how to enter that prompts on terminal
it would be much appreciated any help. I know i am not the only one interested
cesardeluxe said:
Is there any step by step tutorial to get my htc magic rooted
I can only find posts where they say it is like on windows but without installing files but i have no idea how to enter that prompts on terminal
it would be much appreciated any help. I know i am not the only one interested
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The commands are the same. Just like Linux users can follow Windows directions but with some substitutions.
Download the SDK here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r3/index.html
Follow the instructions here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r3/installing.html
Once you have the SDK setup, you can follow the steps given in the rooting threads/wiki. Any time it says to enter a command you do it in your terminal (which on OSX i think is Terminal.app, use Spotlight to find it).
Hope this helps a bit.
i dont get this:
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On a Mac, look in your home directory for .bash_profile and proceed as for Linux. You can create the .bash_profile if you haven't already set one up on your machine
i don't have that .bash_profile how do i create it?
thanks
Google easy to use and always there for you.
Clinton
yeah but all tutorials are made for xp or even linux.
I have tried to create it using vi command then edited with the path o the sdk tools
but when i type adb it doesn't do anything
i am stuck there
Did you check my link for your bash_profile ? This help at all?
Clinton
cesardeluxe said:
yeah but all tutorials are made for xp or even linux.
I have tried to create it using vi command then edited with the path o the sdk tools
but when i type adb it doesn't do anything
i am stuck there
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Try reading this:
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2621/os_x_change_path_environment_variable/
Sounds like the Path variable may be in a different file. It is the same on linux, I think it can be in a few places.
Irf you want to use adb without messing with your path you can do the following:
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cd <android-sdk-location>/tools
./adb devices
This is convoluted so get that PATH working and everything should be nice and easy! Good luck.
I use a Mac, and when I was getting started I used the linux tutorials with no problem.
i can push the 2 files using commands to my sd. Adb devices shows my htc ok
but after i enter to fastboot mode the device is no longe shown
i type
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./fastboot boot recovery-new.img
but the only thing i get is
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-bash: fastboot: command not found
i am on tools directory on terminal
i think fastboot is not in the tools directory ...
i'd rather say the error is caused by that then a missing connection.
Does the phone write "FASTBOOT USB" ?
if you type "ls", can you find a file named fastboot in your directory?
cesardeluxe said:
i can push the 2 files using commands to my sd. Adb devices shows my htc ok
but after i enter to fastboot mode the device is no longe shown
i type
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./fastboot boot recovery-new.img
but the only thing i get is
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-bash: fastboot: command not found
i am on tools directory on terminal
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The files have to be executable. You can do that by running:
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chmod -R +x /path/to/tools
This makes all the files in the tools directory executable with ./
About the .bashrc or .bash_profile if you don't have one in your home directory you can safely make one. With the following command:
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echo "export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/tools/" > ~/.bashrc
or if the file exists just do:
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echo "export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/tools/" >> ~/.bashrc
Remember to restart the shell after you are done with this.
the reason adb work for you is because adb is in tools directory
fastboot does not. You have to get fastboot somewhere else
Whenever you get command not found, you can run another command to check
ls <program you ran>, and see what happened
Example
in your tools directory, where you have no problem running adb push, try doing "ls adb", without the quote
in your tools directory, where you have problem running fastboot, try doing "ls fastboot", without the quote
and you should see what's going on
BTW, this is fairly basic unix environment. If you are having trouble at this stage, you need to get yourself more familiar with unix environment, which is what osx is based on
I am sorry, but i don't really know where's good tutorial on unix
On google, i just search for "mac osx unix shell tutorial:, and come across this site
http://www.osxfaq.com/tutorials/LearningCenter/
Hope this help
Edit 1: btw, here's where you can find fastboot for MAC. Put it in your tools directory. IF you keep the filename as is, you need to type fastboot-mac whenever you see someone mention fastboot
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html
yeah you're right fastboot is not on that tools directory. in fact i have looked into the whole sdk folder and i can't find it.
thanks
hey i managed to apply the update thanks to having fastboot-mac on tools folder
but after booting i go to terminal to apply the final step and i get this
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MBdeluxe:tools cesarleon$ ./adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-new.img
error reading /sdcard/recovery-new.img header: Is a directory
what's wrong ?
thank you people
cesardeluxe said:
hey i managed to apply the update thanks to having fastboot-mac on tools folder
but after booting i go to terminal to apply the final step and i get this
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MBdeluxe:tools cesarleon$ ./adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-new.img
error reading /sdcard/recovery-new.img header: Is a directory
what's wrong ?
thank you people
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Are u sure that recovery.img got transferred properly? Maybe check the rights on it (it not read only or something). What if you mount the sdcard in OS X and copy and paste (vs push)?
If you're trying to flash the recovery image, try
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adb shell mount -a
adb push recovery-new.img /system/recovery.img
adb push recovery-new.img /sdcard/recovery-new.img
adb flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-new.img
Hope that helps
adb shell mount -a
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didn´t work i think the parameter a is not correct
well this is almost the last step! thank you all for your explanations
cesardeluxe said:
hey i managed to apply the update thanks to having fastboot-mac on tools folder
but after booting i go to terminal to apply the final step and i get this
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MBdeluxe:tools cesarleon$ ./adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-new.img
error reading /sdcard/recovery-new.img header: Is a directory
what's wrong ?
thank you people
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Very odd error message
Do this to check what your phone's sdcard looks like
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adb shell ls -l /sdcard/recovery-new.img
Next, you should grab the file from your phone to your computer. This step assume you are in your tools directory
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adb pull /sdcard/recovery-new.img recovery-new-phone.img
Finally, try to compare the file you have on your computer against the one you got from your phone, and see if they are the same. This assume you have your working recovery-new.img in tools directory
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diff recovery-new.img recovery-new-phone.img
I have not try this diff command, and I assume it'l handle binary diff
If diff can not handle binary file, do ls and check file size. both file should match
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ls -l recovery-new.img recovery-new-phone.img
If your computer and phone recovery-new.img are not the same, download to phone again
cesardeluxe said:
didn´t work i think the parameter a is not correct
well this is almost the last step! thank you all for your explanations
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You will get Failed Mounts when u run
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adb shell mount -a
You CAN ignore them.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4029461
This may not be the right way to do it but I always just downloaded the recovery to the tools directory of the android sdk. Then fire up the phone in fastboot mode and do:
./fastboot flash recovery recovery-new.img
(replacing recovery-new.img with the name of the downloaded img file.)
I'm sure there is a reason people are doing it the other way, but for myself one command to do the flash is alot easier!
Ok, I have fedora 11 installed on most of my computers, since i love this distro to death. My big thing was trying to get adb to work. This is my guide to get it to work, for now.
First things first. Navigate to /etc/udev/rules.d as root. Create a rules file called 50-android.rules (touch 50-android.rules). NOTE: You are better off looking at the contents and picking a rules number set other than what is listed. Sometimes udev is picky. For the newbies, so if any rules start with '50', then change the number by one or two, like 51 or 52. Paste this into the file:
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SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4",SYMLINK+="android_adb",MODE="0666"
Make sure you use ATTRS, not ATTR or SYSFS, since this is a newer updated udev system.
After that, run udevadm control --reload-rules to reload your rules files. Now just run ./adb devices as root to make sure it recognized your HTC dream. I am working on this fix right now so you don't need to be root, keep patient. Now you can adb shell into your device either as root OR normal user, just as long as you start the server as root. This is a permissions problem, and hopefully I can fix this and/or find a fix soon.
I wrote this because i searched high and low through google, and only found a few good parts as far as a fix. Hopefully this helps a few people out there.
Just wondering if this has helped anyone. If not, delete this thread or do whatever with it....
I have adb on my eeepc 900 with f11 I believe this method works too as well. although it says it has been tested with ubuntu, it works pretty well with f11.
http://www.talkandroid.com/android-sdk-install-guide/
Installing The Android SDK
First you will need to download the Android SDK pack .zip archive, once downloaded find a suitable installation location on your machine and extract the zipped files.
Please note: This installation location will be referred to as $SDK_ROOT from now on through this tutorial
Alternatively you can add /tools to your root path which will prevent the need to specify the full path to the tools directory along with enabling you to run Android Debug Bridge (adb) along with other command line tools.
To add /tools:
Linux
1. Edit the ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc files looking for a line that sets the PATH variable.
2. Add the full path location to your $SDK_ROOT/tools location for the PATH variable.
3. If no PATH line exists you can add the line by typing the following:
4. export PATH=${PATH}:<path to your $SDK_ROOT/tools>
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It helped me, since the creation of the file my OpenSuSE 11.0 recognizes the phone perfectly
Thanks a lot for your hint.
thanks it helped me. ill be looking forward to getting it to work without root
just use sudo instead
Just a heads up for user's using Ubuntu 9.10, this isn't needed. I connected my G1 to it and ran ADB with no adjustments to udev or anything else.
Pretty much it works out of the box.
Here is my version
download the .tgz file from googlecode
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
sudo tar -xzvf android-sdk_r3-linux.tgz
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sudo gedit ~/.bash_profile
heres my bash_profile
# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/android-sdk-linux/tools
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logout
login
connect android g1 device via usb to pc
open a terminal
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adb devices
if you cant get a device try it with superuser.
Don't you think that this is all just a little bit excessive?
To make it work in F11, just do this;
Download SDK, extract.
To use, type:
/path/to/sdk/tools/adb
Another option is to edit the /etc/profile and add
PATH=$PATH:/<Path to android-sdk>/tools
This option will allow any user to use the adb tools when logged in or if you
su -
into another user
I wrote a short guide as well for Windows and Ubuntu. Might help others.
Unfortunately, as anyone with a passing acquaintence with ADB knows, the scrolling issue can be a killer. I swear the other day I pressed "up" twice and it composed "rm /sdcard/rootfs.img /sdcard/system.ext2" and executed it. We run Android on our SD's btw.. Was not cool. Instead, I use ADB via telnet and it works beautifully. Here's how:
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adb shell telnetd &
adb forward tcp:9999 tcp:23
Now type this: "telnet localhost 9999"
Enter "root" and hit enter
Finally update PATH: "export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin:/system/xbin/bb:/data/local/bin"
Okay, so 4 lines to enter and you have a "regular, sane" shell connection to the phone and you can actually scroll through history and text without it jumbling the text and executing random code. Enjoy.
lbcoder said:
Don't you think that this is all just a little bit excessive?
To make it work in F11, just do this;
Download SDK, extract.
To use, type:
/path/to/sdk/tools/adb
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that works too as well but i would rather open up a terminal and type
sudo adb devices
sensimila said:
that works too as well but i would rather open up a terminal and type
sudo adb devices
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WHY would you want to make it *MORE COMPLICATED*??
There is NO NEED for root.
/path/to/adb ...
THATS ALL.
This is kind of funny... i wrote this because i had trouble with it, so i am just sharing my fix...
In case this is interesting to someone:
The fix mentioned in the first post has to be applied to open SuSE x86 and x64 edition to make the G1 work. The external device works without it, but not the adb device.
Thanks again!
Just wanted to come and post that this does work with OpenSUSE 11.2 x86. Did this hoping to get adb to work with my LG Ally and it does. Thanks!
(Still) works for me on 64bit SUSE 11.4.
Before adding this file, I could not access my device with adb, received permissions errors.
Added this file, and I can shell into my device.
Permissions on adb itself was not the problem, it was access to the device when udev found it.
[edit]Actually used the lines from http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html[/edit]
When I CD to the platform-tools folder and type
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adb devices
it says "adb: command not found" If anyone could help me that would be wonderful. I am on the Inspire/DesireHD running AOSP Gingerbread. Thanks!
You have two choices. You can either run the command prefixed with ./ (dot slash), which allows for executing an executable in the current directory:
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./adb devices
Or, the other choice (which will be better if you intend to use adb a lot) is to add the platform-tools folder to your path by editing or creating the file .bashrc in your home folder (~/.bashrc).
Let's suppose your platform tools folder is: ~/.android-sdk/platform-tools
Then, you would want to add something along the lines of the following to your bashrc:
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export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.android-sdk/platform-tools"
Save the file, the run this or log out/in:
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source ~/.bashrc
Et voila, you should now be able to run adb from any folder without issue.
Explanation: adding the new path (folder) to your PATH environment variable tells BASH to include that folder in its search for an executable. The reason $PATH is added at the beginning of the new string is so that your default path does not get overwritten. $HOME will simply expand to /home/your_user_name when BASH interprets it.
GENIUS! IT WORKED! Thank you! Now, one more question- how do I get superuser privileges using ADB? (device is rooted, of course)
No problem.
On my G1 you were root as soon as you adb'd in. Just tested on my Defy and '$' - shocking. So once you have run adb shell, just run 'su' (without quotes of course) and accept the permission on your phone screen as usual for root programs and you should be good to go.
Sorry to keep asking questions, but when I typed
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su
into adb, it asked for a password. No popup on device screen. I do have superuser installed on the device.
That is odd. I'm not sure why that would be. I'll see if I can think of something though. Hopefully someone else can make a suggestion.
Thanks! You have been very helpful.
Don't think I can hit the thanks button from the app, sorry
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This will setup ADB to work on Ubuntu with your Transformer Tablet.
Step 1: Download the Android SDK.
Step 2: Unzip the Android SDK to /home.
Step 3: Next we will add the SDK to your path, substitue the example will the path to the tools folder of your SDK.
Example Path:
export PATH=/home/USER/android-sdk/tools/:$PATH
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Step 4: To make 99-android.rules, run the following command.
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules
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Step 5: Add the following lines:
#Transformer
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0b05", MODE="0666", OWNER="USER"
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Step 6: Save the file.
Step 7: To restart udev, run the following command.
sudo restart udev
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Step 8: Run the following commands:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
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If device is saying 'no permissions', go to step 5 and add those lines to the other .rules files in /etc/udev/rules.d.
Great guide! You could add step three to ~/.profile or /etc/profile (no dot) to make it permanent at each login. You don't need to add it to both profiles. The /etc/profile is for every one that logs on, ~/.profile is just for your ID.
Also, if you are editing the rules files, you might as well add support for APX mode.
Code:
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0955", ATTRS{idProduct}=="7820", MODE="0666"
You probably don't need the product ID.
EDIT: Not sure why the "no permissions" problem would come up, but I suspect it is because of conflicts with other rules in /lib/udev/rules.d/ You want to make changes in /etc/udev/... The rule with the highest number takes precedence. I think specifying the product ID will prevent conflicts too.
Hi thanks for the help, finally I get my adb working with my Transformer thanks to your .rules file (alwways kept me telling i had no permissions).
Perhaps, there is something I think you should specify for newbies:
Step 3: Open terminal and run the following commands.
export PATH=/home/USER/android-sdk/tools/:$PATH
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Its important to exactly tell ubuntu where adb is.
In my case its not at TOOLS folder, its been move reciently to /android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/
sylar666 said:
Hi thanks for the help, finally I get my adb working with my Transformer thanks to your .rules file (alwways kept me telling i had no permissions).
Perhaps, there is something I think you should specify for newbies:
Its important to exactly tell ubuntu where adb is.
In my case its not at TOOLS folder, its been move reciently to /android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/
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It was an example path, you have to give the actual location of your sdk because it may vary.
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious, but doesn't the SDK download off the Google site (linked above) not include adb by default?
I've had to go into the actual program:
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cd /home/USER/[B]Android-SDK[/B]/tools/
./android
(substitute the bold for whatever your SDK directory is called)
Then via the GUI:
- click the Available packages menu option
- click the arrow on Android Repository
- choose to install Android SDK Platform-tools, revision X package
Then once the platform-tools package is installed, you can make sure it's in your path as well as "Tools" (shown in original post). I do this in my .bashrc file (in your home directory):
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export PATH=/home/USER/[B]Android-SDK[/B]/platform-tools/:$PATH
(again, the replace the bold with your SDK directory)
Depending on how you do this, the adb command should now work in a terminal by typing 'adb'. If you put the path in your .bashrc or profile, you might like to run the command 'exec bash' first then try.
Confirmed to work on Arch (get it from the AUR) and just did it tonight on Ubuntu 11.04 x86-64. And thanks for the guide, OP Took me ages to work the udev rules out when I first got my TF. Hopefully this helps someone in the same position in the future.
I am trying to replace my digitizer firmware so G01 will work in place of the 5185FC I replaced.
I was following a guide which told me to type this in:
$adb push 02-3011-4820.ekt /sdcard/
$adb push 02-3011-4820.ekt /sdcard/
$adb shell
$su
#touch_fw_update command -u /sdcard/02-3011-4820.ekt
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every time I try to push the new touch firmware I get this
"cannot stat '02-3011-4820.ekt': No such file or directory"
adb detects my device, I havea all the naked drivers, Android studio and JDK 64bit installed.... what else do I need to do?
I'm just wondering what I can do to fix this and get my touchscreen working once and for all!
Thank you so much in advance
And you are in the folder where you have put the file you want to push?
Changed the directory in the command prompt to the correct folder?
edit: ok, if it's linux, not the command prompt, but the shell...
compact_wisdom said:
And you are in the folder where you have put the file you want to push?
Changed the directory in the command prompt to the correct folder?
edit: ok, if it's linux, not the command prompt, but the shell...
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I put the file on the root if the sdcard. Or should i be putting it in the directory of minimaladb/fastboot?
How do i change the directory in the command prompt?
Im using Windows 7 by the way.
hkp2 said:
I put the file on the root if the sdcard. Or should i be putting it in the directory of minimaladb/fastboot?
How do i change the directory in the command prompt?
Im using Windows 7 by the way.
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Here is the command you are using to push
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adb push 02-3011-4820.ekt /sdcard/
Maybe try this instead .....
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adb push 02-3011-4820.ekt /sdcard
You can change directory with this
Code:
cd
and you can list files once in adb shell like this
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ls
Thx Josh
I wasn't sure what I should cd to. I also tried ls but wasn't sure what to do from there.
I did look at the tutorial for adb and pushed the file into /sdcard/ from my laptop. It seemed to be successful because this is the message I got
943 KB/s <32868 bytes in 0.034s>
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I proceed to type in the following
adb shell
su
touch_fw_update command -u /sdcard/02-3011-4820.ekt
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And that's where I'm stuck with a message
sh: touch_fw_update: not found
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It seems like I'm at least moving forward a couple steps so that's good.
hkp2 said:
I wasn't sure what I should cd to. I also tried ls but wasn't sure what to do from there.
I did look at the tutorial for adb and pushed the file into /sdcard/ from my laptop. It seemed to be successful because this is the message I got
I proceed to type in the following
And that's where I'm stuck with a message
it seems like I'm at least moving forward a couple steps so that's good.
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Where is this command coming from, a guide or somewhere like that ?
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touch_fw_update command -u
Thx Josh
This guide
snart[dotcom]/replacing-tf300t-digitizer/
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I'm getting the adb tutorial from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266638
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