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Auto-Sign APP for MAC users!

With the help of red_menace over at the apple support forum, I present Mac users with an application that will sign their .apk and .zip files.
It is a droplet application, meaning you just have to drag the file you want signed onto the application itself. A new file will be created with -signed at the end of the file name.
For this to work you need to have testsign.jar in your root directory. The root directory is the first place you come to when you click on the mac hard drive.
If anyone wants to use or edit the script that's fine with me, I really didn't do much, just asked the right people for help.
Android-sign.zip Download
Android-sign.zip has both the testsign.jar and android-sign application.
EDIT: Sorry about the mixup. Testsign.jar is now linked above.

thank you sir! will try tonight

Exception in thread "main"
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: testsign
I cant find the testsign.jar its not in the tool directory of my SDK that I downloaded from Androids website
Where can I get this testsign.jar?
*EDIT*
I found the testsign.jar in the forums. You can get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538020
But I still get the same error I've placed the program and the testsign.jar file in the same directory.
I have some cool skins in the making! I just need to know how to sign these files! I'm on a mac.
Why am I getting the error?

wow i need this bad...now lets c if i know how to get it 2 work....

MurderDeathKill said:
But I still get the same error I've placed the program and the testsign.jar file in the same directory.
I have some cool skins in the making! I just need to know how to sign these files! I'm on a mac.
Why am I getting the error?
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are you putting the testsign.jar in your ROOT dir? aka where adb is

same error
Okay, so I'm getting the same error. And yes, my testsign.jar/Android-sign.app are both in my sdk/tools dir.
Not sure what the problem is.
Hope I can get this to work

jaaronmoody said:
are you putting the testsign.jar in your ROOT dir? aka where adb is
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What file is the adb? I understand what adb means and what it does, but I don't know how to identify it.

Ok so since im new to this can someone can make a really dumb guide for me from dowloading the app to putting the test.jar file please.

im getting the same error, this is a huge step though when u figure out whats going on with the rest of our Auto-sign, repost thanks nd thumbs up

nice...thx for sharing this. will come in handy

oops, still getting used to all this. haha

ffff00 said:
Okay, so I'm getting the same error. And yes, my testsign.jar/Android-sign.app are both in my sdk/tools dir.
Not sure what the problem is.
Hope I can get this to work
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the testsign.jar needs to be in the root directory of your computer. The app can be placed anywhere you would like. Where ever you put the app, the new signed file will be also.

guys so lets say i put meltus audio hack in cyanogen 4.9999 and i want to sign the whole build back up how would i do that.
thank you

jessetbenton said:
the testsign.jar needs to be in the root directory of your computer. The app can be placed anywhere you would like. Where ever you put the app, the new signed file will be also.
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Oh okay, thanks.
You said to put it in the same folder as adb is why I was confused.
I'll try this out in a few.

ffff00 said:
Oh okay, thanks.
You said to put it in the same folder as adb is why I was confused.
I'll try this out in a few.
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no i said that, and it is where adb is.... at least for me... in the root dir, if you move the adb file there you don't have to enter the path every time you enter adb commands in the terminal

ffff00 said:
Oh okay, thanks.
You said to put it in the same folder as adb is why I was confused.
I'll try this out in a few.
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i think what jaaronmoody was talking about is just putting your adb file into the root directory instead of adding to the bin. but im pretty new to the whole terminal and coding stuff, so i just know what i've picked up since having my g1.

guys does anybody know about signing folders again to make them flashable?

G1_Lucky said:
guys so lets say i put meltus audio hack in cyanogen 4.9999 and i want to sign the whole build back up how would i do that.
thank you
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well if the file is good. you just have to drag the cm 4.9999.zip file onto the app and it will spit out the new signed version.
What I think is more complicated is actually modifying those files. I use virtualbox to run windows and do everything with 7zip.
Anyone know of a zip program similar to 7zip to edit the apk and zip files?

Dude! Thanks! Alright guys get ready now that I have everything in place ADB, and signing my .zip files expect Luck's turn at android development lol. Im hecka grateful for everybody but now im ready haha thanks guys

Thanks for the help.
Works like a charm.
Awesome droplet.

[Q] adb is not recognized as......

I rooted my hero on 2.1 before on a different computer a while back so im fairly familiar with this process. But i when i type in the file path for the C:\android-sdk-windows\tools and hit enter then type adb devices i get an error message that says
'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
I tried all the troubleshooting i can think of like
making sure its the right path to the tools final
making sure debugging is on
deleting the drivers
reinstalling htc sync
I dont know is this info is relevant but ill share it any way.
Im running windows xp
its an old work pc so idk if i have Admin rights(How do i check??)
If any of you can help thatd be much appreciated

Did u add tools directory to the PATH?
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Hey bird, I had the same problem a few days ago. solution for me was, that adb is not located in the tools folder anymore. its located in another folder.I'm not in front of my pc right now.just check where in the windows sdk folder the adb.exe is located now.
Hope that helps you too.
Greetz ricola
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if its the updated sdk you will have to update it. close and restart,and then reopen your run command and type in \platform\tools\. they changed the file path when they updated the new tools.

ricola7 said:
Hey bird, I had the same problem a few days ago. solution for me was, that adb is not located in the tools folder anymore. its located in another folder.I'm not in front of my pc right now.just check where in the windows sdk folder the adb.exe is located now.
Hope that helps you too.
Greetz ricola
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
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Thank you very much i searched for adb.exe and found it in the platforms-tools folder thank you.

If any of you can help thatd be much appreciated
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I'm too tired to read the whole thread right now, so someone has probably answered this, but here goes..
Previous versions of the Android SDK, adb was located in the tools folder, ie: if you installed the android SDK at C:\android-sdk-win, it would be c:\android-sdk-win\tools
The new release of the android sdk, adb has been moved, and is now located in the \platform-tools folder , ie; c:\android-sdk-win\platform-tools
much like the forums, file search is your friend sometimes
take care

[Q] xoom wifi root missing file

Hello, First post and first Android device.
I am in the middle of rooting my xoom and have come to nearly the last step. The file "adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su" returns a " No such file or directory " error. I have gone through the sdk tool folder as well as searched every folder on my C drive, and no such file exists. I have also downloaded the xoomwifiroot zip more than once to make sure the one I had wasnt corrupted. After searching xda forum and the net for several hours I can not find any answers. I have also not only typed it in many times, but have also copy/pasted it from xda as well as other forums.
I would appreciate any help that can fix this so I can enter the last couple lines and finish this.
Thanks

anyone able to help?

Is there anyone that can help with this?

Having trouble downgrading

I'm finally getting around to rooting my phone and running Cyanogenmod, but I've hit a little snag. Following the guide on the Cyanogenmod wiki, when I open up the command prompt and try to push the files (starting with fre3vo), it tells me either the file doesn't exist (which is simply not true), or the directory doesn't exist. Looking around my phone's files, I can't find the /data/local/tmp folder. Upon doing some internet research, apparently that directory isn't accessible unless the phone is rooted.
So... how am I supposed to root my phone using a method that requires copying files to a directory the access to which is prohibited without the phone being rooted? Am I just being a noob? Does it have something to do with HTC changing things around to make this impossible in one of their updates? Please help.

You placed the exploit files in the adb folder?
/data is where user data goes. It doesn't require root to push a file there.

Yeah, they're all in the /platform-tools folder. Looking at it with Astro on my phone, the /data folder is there but it doesn't contain anything (let alone the /local/tmp directory that is mentioned in the guide). I tried simply pushing the files to /data but it is still telling me there is no such directory.

Link me to the guide.

I'm not allowed to post links yet apparently, but if you go to the cyanogenmod website, look for the htc glacier and click on "wiki" it will take you to the guide. I'm on the "downgrading to 1.17.531.2" part.

Man I swear the guides cyanogenmod writes up are the hardest. Good luck!
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Are you copy/pasting the commands? Typing them is asking for trouble.

I tried that but to no avail.

Reboot your phone and machine and try again. It could be an adb issue.

No luck

Have you tried a different guide? Maybe that one left out a crucial piece of info. I used this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912

Haha, wow. I forgot to do cd and switch to the platform-tools directory from which I am supposed to be running the commands.
/facepalm
Thanks for the help. While that wasn't mentioned in the guide I was using, it probably shouldn't have to be.

Phew!

[Q] apktool hates me :c

ok so.... i cant for the life of me get apktool to work its magic ... i have set my cmd directory to c:\apktool where i have my apktool files extracted but everytime i try to run any comman involving the frase "apktool" it gives me an error message saying that "apktool could not be recognized as an command" (i have norwegian os, so i dont really know exactly what the norwegian error message translates to)
i run windows btw....
all i want is to watch hbonordic on my rooted device this makes me so sad and frustrated .... i hate it when i dont understand something how do i make this work???
thank you guys i appreciate your insights

SOLVED

What did you do? Others may have the same problem.
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CASz said:
What did you do? Others may have the same problem.
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right! sorry .
well i basicly just found an youtubevid with a guy using the application, and downloaded the same applications he used (the link in description)
youtube url:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLQynXg8noM
seems to me that the tool works or not is completely random :/ even tthough i downloaded it from official website it would not work wieerd ****

Try different version of apktool and smali. When I download from official site apktool, it decompile every apk file but build apk dont work always was errores.