I have a question on Droid Explorer. When I try and install it, it want's the path to the SDK, more specifically, the adb.exe file. I try and point it to the "New location" for it which is "Platform-Tools" but it still says it's not a valid SDK directory.
Now I know this is an issue with Droid Explorer and I found a thread awhile back that tells us how to perform a work around, and it requires using FSUTIL to create a hard link to the adb.exe file and other files droid explorer uses, I copied and pasted it into a notepad so I could bring it back with me to afghanistan since I know internet here really sucks. I thought it was going to be straight forward and for some it might be, but I am confused. So here is a copy and paste of the directions;
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C:\AndroidSDK\tools\adb.exe <<===>> C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\adb.exe
C:\AndroidSDK\tools\AdbWinApi.dll <<===>> C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\AdbWinApi.dll
C:\AndroidSDK\tools\AdbWinUsbApi.dll <<===>> C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\AdbWinUsbApi.dll
C:\AndroidSDK\tools\aapt.exe <<===>> C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\aapt.exe
C:\AndroidSDK\tools\dx.bat <<===>> C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\dx.bat
C:\AndroidSDK\tools\aidl.exe <<===>> C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\aidl.exe
C:\AndroidSDK\tools\dexdump.exe <<===>> C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\dexdump.exe
C:\AndroidSDK\tools\lib\dx.jar <<===>> C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\lib\dx.jar
An example of using fsutil is:
fsutil hardlink create C:\AndroidSDK\tools\adb.exe C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\adb.exe
(must be run from a command prompt using administrator privileges)
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Now the only thing that these directions dont tell me, is the order it needs to be done...For example;
1. Install Droid Explorer
2. Create the hard links
3. Ect.....
So if someone can tell me the order in which this has to be done, that would be great. What I am wondering is do I do the FSUTIL before droid Explorer is installed? If so...do I need to be in the directory where I have my SDK installed at? You know, those types of things. Any step-by-step someone could give me, would be greatly appreciated.
-Neo
So no one has the answer to this? At all?
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Hi, if you use the ADB Setup that Moosefist posted you can use this method to shortcut the way you copy apks to your backflip. My method just uses a shortcut that you modify and put in the SendTo folder. Once you do that you can just right click on the file you want to upload and select Send to > Android.
Here are the instructions.
To make things easier you can just create a "Send to Android" option that you can right click on the file you want to send.
First create a shortcut for adb.exe then edit it and add install right after the file name. Rename the shortcut to something like Android or Backflip.
You can find a ss here http : / /cyberpods.net /android /shortcut.png
Then copy the shortcut to the "send to" folder. In windows 7 its in
C:\Users\%userdir%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
another easy easy way to find the sendto folder is to type shell:sendto at the windows 7/vista run prompt.
once you have the new shortcut in the sendto folder you should be able to just rightclick >sendto > android to copy the .apk file to your backflip
I hope this helps some of you.. It sure made my life easier
Have not had a chance to try this yet, but great post, thank you
Backflip DEAD. HELP
Can somebody help me.
I accidentally flashed a wrong ROM for my Motorola backflip.
The Rom was supposed to be flashed in a AT&T backflip.
And now, I can't turn on my phone, even the white motorola screen was not available. But the three buttons below was able to produce vibration when pressed but no light.
What can I do?
A friend of mine told me that I can use adb to fix it, but I don't know.
contact me please
[email protected]
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
Hello, I own an HTC Evo 4G and recently have purchased an application and downloaded it. When I located it within my Android phone I noticed it was under the extension .ipa which as I have come to find out is for Apple. Can someone inform me as to what is going on. I just wanted to pull the APK off my phone. I know how to do that, but why is it an IPA file? This also makes me question, how am I running a .ipa file?
Also, I used phsorx APK batch location and renaming tool. I copied the whole directory out from under my Android drive and it didn't locate and APK with a file name similar to that of what I was looking for.
Bottomline:
Where is the APK and how can I find it? Any help appreciated. Thanks.
I have never seen an .ipa file on my device. I think you have mistaken, maybe you have downloaded that file earlier or something like that.
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Where is the APK and how can I find it? Any help appreciated. Thanks.
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Generally system apps are in /system/app/ and user apps in /data/app/. Apps installed to sdcard (using Froyo implementation) are hidden/encrypted and they're mounted to /mnt/asec* or something like that. You could check exact locations by executing "pm list packages -f" command on a device (terminal emulator) or "adb shell pm list packages -f" on a PC with SDK installed.
Awesome. Thanks Brut.All. Great APK tool by the way. I guess you're right. Somehow I must have just placed a .ipa file on my phone. My kudos to you.
Hi:
I've recently started to develop my own comic reader. The problem I've come up with is cbr files, which are esentially rar files. Now I know there are comic readers out there (all of them, I think) that support cbr files. So there is a way of doing this, I just can't find how.
In the rarlabs official page (search google rar addons and it's the first page) there are several options. I would like to know if I download the commandline arm unrar how I could install it on Android (I have a motorola Xoom, it would be for Honeycomb), assuming that is correct.
If this is not an option is there a command line unrar application that I could call from my own? and How would the code be (to call an external application, that is)?
If the above is not possible, what is the way to get to unrar something in android?
The only real option I've seen would be to use junrar (hosted on github)
But it seems complicated and I'm not sure it works very well as I've seen a lot of conflicting reports.
Thanks for any help!
Try http://www.all-freeware.com/results/rar/for/android to unpack rar on Android.
Success,
Senax
Hi:
I'm not exactly sure what you wanted me to try. There is nothing in that page that would allow me to uncompress a rar file on android. Only a bunch of unrar utitilities and some android things but they are not related, that is, there is nothing that says unrar that also works on android.
thanks anyway.
Unrar
great app available here: androidzoom (dot) com/android_applications/tools/unrar_dhpu.html
Cheers,
Romuloxiii
Hi:
It's seems that I didn't make myself clear.
I want to develop an android application that needs to unrar files. Is there a way to call the unrar application from my own code?
If so, can you tell me how?
Otherwise, I appreciate the effort, but I can't use that.
Thank you very much!
You can bring the unrar binary along in the /asset of your app,
on first launch copy it to your apps /file directory, chmod +x it, and use exec("sh") to unrar the files from shell.
oh, I see. I think I get the the idea but I don't understand all the instructions.
What did you mean by importing thebinary on my asset?
If I do the step above why do I need to copy the binary on first launch?
Don't I need root privileges too chmod it? And how do I do it from my source code?
And finally where can I find the command line use of the application? Or is it the same as the Linux version?
I know there are a lot of questions, but please keep in mind that I'm very new at doing this.
Thanks for all the help!
You need to put it as asset to bring it along.
You need to copy it because asset files are not directly accessable.
You don't need root to chmod the file in your own directory.
You do it by using a shell from your code i.e. Process.exec("sh")
And finally you want to program the app not me,
so don't be lazy and invest some time.
Google google google google...
If there are still questions left after that, you may ask again .
Ok, I'll try it and get back to you!
Thanks!
Sorry for my lazyness, but I've been Googling for a good half hour without finding a simple 'unrar' binary executable compiled to run from terminal on rooted ARMx32 device. I don't want bloated GUI APK's or libraries for development implementation, but just the plain command line interface executable. Anyone, please? It's a pity they haven't baked it into Busybox as an applet, IMO.
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!