Hello friends,
I am a Mac user with no access to a real windows machine (except for boot camp)
I came across the following article which may be useful to Mac users with HTC android phones.
Since I can't post external links, open a browser and using google search for "Noob guide for Rooting and Flashing using a Mac"
The guide was not useful to me since I have a Samsung phone.
Let me know if this article helps you.
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can I root my thunderbolt using a mac computer? Also can anyone recomend a website for reading up.on how to root my device and how and where to get cuatom roms?
i find it kind of odd that you're asking such a question on xda ....
(look around, it's all right here. check out development and q&a to learn how)
Short answer - yes
Information on rooting and custom roms can be found in the "Thunderbolt Android Development" forum.
jcase has an excellent step by step thread on the rooting process titled "[ROOT] MR1/OTA PermRoot + Unlock Bootloader - Safer/Easier 5/12/2011"
You will need the Android Debug Bridge (adb) shell installed on your mac in order to use jcase's process. Google something like "how to install adb on a mac" and you will find all kinds of helpful information. Downloads and manuals are also available at developer.android.com.
DemoManMLS has a thread on thunderbolt roms and kernels titled "The Official Thunderbolt ROMs & Kernels Listing v2.0 (Updated 5/28 9:45 PM CST)".
Hope this helps get you started.
There is also a thread in Android Development for OSX (say that 10 times fast). I don't know if it's the "easier/safer" method, but I know it'll get you the platform tools you need.
I was writing this up for a friend.. figured i should put it up here for fellow noobs...
Basically: Yet another HOW-to for rooting
It uses the same method as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
This is just noob friendly version that emphases more on environment setup like adb and drivers etc...
Admin/experts/trolls/Mods/fellow XDA users; are all welcome to edit, correct and re-post a better version..
Document: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KAFWMV17
Tools that go with it: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JOFMNDD8
MD5 for Tools file: 022B724D42190B82C2AD1430C9EBD344
If you do download it and like it.. a thanks would be nice )
I've found the root guide on the cyanogenmod wiki to be the best step-by-step guide.
Any body please guide me if i want to develop android then what will i have to do i am new user of android and i flash android phones using software box
Welcome to the club!I guess there is no one simple answer since android as a whole is too much toabsorb for a newcomer such as you and I.Find what interst you the most about android(games,themes,nuts and bolts)google it or search this forum.For me it started with wanting a faster phone that led to rooting which let to themeing and so on.
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1. Java.
2. Official Docs.
3. StackOverflow.
4. Google.
Good luck!
hi,
does anyone know if there is adb type program or adb toolset that wil work on a ubuntu based distro PC, I killed my wimdows machine, completely destroyed boot loader info, no recovery will work, but i did manage to install zorin ubuntu ,. so i have this and a chromebook.,
I have a new oneplus one that i have to go to work on soon, and I have a nexus 7 and a nexus 10, the wugfresh tool may run in wine, but i guess they still need the sdk installed.
anyone has any experience of linux and adb or similar linux program i would really appreciate any advise you can offer ,
y
thanks
stuart
You can find some on Android Development and Hacking forum. I use QtADB mostly though, because has versions for linux and Windows and it's a File Manager with support of adb. Take a look here:
http://qtadb.wordpress.com/
you can
search on google and get better result
What and get a bunch of YouTube video reviews! Read the answer above, that's what a helpful forum member does. That's the point of a dedicated topic forum, did you stop to think that i may have been googling and researching for weeks and get a bit nonplussed with all the conflicting opinions and techniques, that a dedicated Dev forum would be the place to seek advice?
Really if go google it is the best you can do, why even bother replying, your not talking to a schoolkid but a fellow member of the forum.
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dancer_69 said:
You can find some on Android Development and Hacking forum. I use QtADB mostly though, because has versions for linux and Windows and it's a File Manager with support of adb. Take a look here:
http://qtadb.wordpress.com/
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Thanks very much I read up on Qtadb and it sounds like just the thing, I run xubuntu on chrome and a windows Laptop and so a dual platform for generic devices would suit me just fine
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Anyone looking for Amazon Kindle PW jailbreak can DM for resources and instructions.. for downgrading and installation of developer keys
Only for Kindle Paperwhite 10th Gen (Not Kindle Basic or any Other Kindle)
Jailbreaking
Abish4i said:
Anyone looking for Amazon Kindle PW jailbreak can DM for resources and instructions.. for downgrading and installation of developer keys
Only for Kindle Paperwhite 10th Gen (Not Kindle Basic or any Other Kindle)
Jailbreaking
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Jailbreak is an iOS thing.
The Kindle paperwhite use a Linux operating system, jailbreaking "shouldnt" be necessary. "Unlocking" the bootloader somehow or some other kind of "unlock" process may be necessary, but that does not equal the same thing as jailbreaking.
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Droidriven said:
Jailbreak is an iOS thing.
The Kindle paperwhite use a Linux operating system, jailbreaking "shouldnt" be necessary.
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Useless argument Jailbreaking or Rooting or whatever.
Kindle devices are hard to unlock:this is what counts
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fyi its linux except it's not as it, at it uses U BOOT which is different from bootloader
HENCE JAILBREAKING
Abish4i said:
Useless argument Jailbreaking or Rooting or whatever.
Kindle devices are hard to unlock:this is what counts
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fyi its linux except it's not as it, at it uses U BOOT which is different from bootloader
HENCE JAILBREAKING
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Yes, jailbreaking unlocks the device so that unapproved software can be installed and some other things can be modified, but, there are still things that can't be touched.
Rooting, however, pretty removes all restrictions and allows access to install or modify whatever you want, how you want, when you want.
Jailbreaking has more in common with unlocking the bootloader on an android device then modifying the system partition or any other partition via ADB/ADBshell/fastboot, etc.. without using root than it has in common with rooting an android device. Unlocking the bootloader on android allows the usage of unapproved software and will allow system modifications but does not allow complete access to modify whatever you want. That is quite a bit more llike jailbreaking than rooting. But that is here nor there, either way, you're unlocking the device to allow modifications that otherwise wouldn't be allowed.
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Droidriven said:
Yes, jailbreaking unlocks the device so that unapproved software can be installed and some other things can be modified, but, there are still things that can't be touched.
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Its definitely JB since you cannot access root or system from explorer (if you have KINDLE DEVICE YOU CAN CHECK)requires terminal to make modification or other reader to access directory for same.
:thanks: for your interest and insight
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There is no thread for KINDLE E READERS ....DEVICES on XDA
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Anyone looking for Amazon Kindle PW jailbreak can DM for resources and instructions.. for downgrading and installation of developer keys
Only for Kindle Paperwhite 10th Gen (Not Kindle Basic or any Other Kindle)
Jailbreaking
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@Abish4i I've edited your post.
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