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Really strange problem

So I was messing around with some of the system files, just trying to learn more about everything and I decided to do a wipe to put everything back to where it was and after I wiped, it gave me an error message at bootup saying that the gapps process had to be closed. I went through the regular sign in and when I got to the main screen, the screen was black. I get the top bar but nothing else.
So I tried reinstalling JFRC33 Lite. Same thing. So I tried installing JFRC33 regular. Now I cant even get by the blinking android. I dont know what the heck is going on but I know all is not lost because I can still et to the bootloader. Can anyone help me out?
Thanks.

try putting one of the updates on your SD card and naming update.zip, and then access the phone via adb shell(if you can) if you can see it with adb devices then type "adb shell wipe all" it will COMPLETELY wipe your phone and allow you to reinstall your update, you cshould be good as root after that, if not then try a .nbh file

tubaking182 said:
try putting one of the updates on your SD card and naming update.zip, and then access the phone via adb shell(if you can) if you can see it with adb devices then type "adb shell wipe all" it will COMPLETELY wipe your phone and allow you to reinstall your update, you cshould be good as root after that, if not then try a .nbh file
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Thanks bro! I had no idea you could wipe through the pc.

one of the many things i found when i was trying to control the phone with my computer. i have a script that when i run it on my comp it auto starts tetherbot and hits the up key on the trackball then hits enter to start the proxy, then does the adb forward tcp command and then starts firefox with all the correct settings. i also found a very complicated way to send texts with my phone using my comp keyboard and adb

tubaking182 said:
one of the many things i found when i was trying to control the phone with my computer. i have a script that when i run it on my comp it auto starts tetherbot and hits the up key on the trackball then hits enter to start the proxy, then does the adb forward tcp command and then starts firefox with all the correct settings. i also found a very complicated way to send texts with my phone using my comp keyboard and adb
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Oh? Please share. I'm very interested in ways to control the phone from the pc.
Thanks

for the time being it is not an exact science, you need a key map(one found in my thread about the computer app to control phone) and you need to know a few commands. basically to get the phone to think you pressed a button you need to have the computer send the command: adb shell keyevent ## where ## is the number that corresponds to the key you want it to press on the phone. keys are labled 0-85 but i still have yet to figure out what 0 does and a few of the keys don't work perfectly yet but that's being worked on.
secxond you need the command "adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n (*********/*********)" where the *******/******* equals the program you want to start. for Steel you would type:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.kolbysoft.steel/com.kolbysoft.steel.Steel
that will bring up steel to your home page, after that you can type adn shell input (keyevent|text) if you do text the phone only reads one word, not sure why but i am trying to fix that as well, and if you do keyevent then you need to know what number corresponds to the key you want pressed
here is an example of a script that will start tetherbot, start the socks service, and do the tcp forwarding action
#!/bin/bash
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n graha.ms.tunnel/graha.ms.tunnel.TunnelConfig ##start new instance of tetherbot or bring current one to front
adb shell input keyevent 19 ###press up
adb shell input keyevent 66 ###press enter
sleep 3
adb forward tcp:1080 tcp:1080
all the commands i have found so far i got by running adb shell logcat and reading the output as i click on different applications. if you need some help with this then i would be more than happy to help, just make sure to let me know what program you are trying to run(if it's a paid app then you will need to run logcat and attach the output after running the app) if it's a free app i'll just install it and let you know how to start the app, then you can write scripts to get your phone to do certain things. i already have a script that wipes my phone, reapplys apps to SD and resets my settings, it's kinda messy but it works

[Q] ADB doesn't work on Mac

When I CD to the platform-tools folder and type
Code:
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:
Code:
./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:
Code:
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.android-sdk/platform-tools"
Save the file, the run this or log out/in:
Code:
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
Code:
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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Bloatware and beyond (removal)

Hello so im just making this post to inform some people who are scared to disable certain things that a lot more can be done with the disable feature then just alleviated bloatware.
So far I've disabled sense launcher and I'm currently only using launcher pro. I've also disabled everything with the word twitter in it lol.
One of my pet peeves is redundent data so I was able to disable htc sense's facebook and just download the facebook app which kicks its asssss anyway.
I've disabled the lock screen however it did not actually disable the lockscreen, no idea what that lockscreen.apk is doing but i still have it disabled.
Here is a list of my disabled packages.
package:com.htc.fm
package:com.android.browser
package:com.htc.rosiewidgets.datastrip
package:com.htc.widget3d.watch
package:com.htc.lockscreen
package:com.htc.appsharing
package:com.htc.idlescreen.stock
package:com.logmein.rescue
package:com.htc.Sync3DWidget
package:com.telenav.app.android.telenav
package:com.htc.connectedMedia
package:com.htc.streamplayer
package:com.htc.clock3dwidget
package:com.mobitv.client.tmobiletvhd
package:com.htc.android.htcsetupwizard
package:com.htc.wdm
package:com.htc.FMRadioWidget
package:com.htc.htccompressviewer
package:com.htc.widget3d.weather
package:com.omnifone.android.app.htclistenstore
package:com.htc.htcsettingwidgets
package:com.android.setupwizard
package:com.htc.android.Stock
package:com.htc.rosiewidgets.photogridwidget3d
package:com.htc.rosiewidgets.powerstrip
package:com.android.protips
package:com.htc.friendstream
package:com.htc.rosiewidgets.tip
package:com.htc.MusicWidget3D
package:com.voxmobili.sync.MobileBackup2
package:com.htc.rosiewidgets.screenbrightness
package:com.muvee.video.trimer
package:com.qiktmobile.android
package:com.tmobile.vvm.application
package:com.htc.ereader.widget3d
package:com.htc.htcmailwidgets
package:com.htc.htctwitter
package:com.westtek.jcp
package:com.sdgtl.watch.pyramid
package:com.htc.feedback
package:com.htc.android.fusion.StockWidget
package:com.htc.mysketcher
package:com.android.magicsmoke
package:com.htc.idlescreen.socialnetwork
package:com.htc.launcher
package:com.htc.cs
package:com.htc.android.teeter
package:com.slacker.radio
package:com.htc.FriendStream3DWidget
package:com.htc.recommend
package:com.nuance.nmc.sihome
package:com.htc.Trends3DWidget
package:com.htc.photowidget3d
package:com.htc.Twitter3DWidget
package:com.logmein.rescuesecurity
package:com.htc.socialnetwork.facebook
package:com.htc.socialnetwork.flickr
package:com.gameloft.android.GAND.GloftNOHP
package:com.htc.fusion.htcbookmarkwidget
package:com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion
package:com.tmobile.apppack
moral of my story, you got a lot of room to play around with. My phone runs incredible fast now and the battery life has increased but I also just bought a 1900mAh battery and popped that in.
Let me know if anyone else can add to this list. I plan on disabling the SMS client and solely using a third party in the very near future. Any words about this? Thanks!

Noob question, how exactly do you disabled that? I see some other post saying they can disable it but never really get into how they go around doing it. I'm also new to android T_T.

I had trouble at first too.
first google this: setting up android SDK for windows
Then since they probably won't tell you this, at the step where they tell you to download google usb drivers, do it anyway (can't hurt) but immediately after that- download HTC sync, and install just to get all the drivers you need for your HTC phone onto windows. At that point you want to then close HTC sync from your running applications to avoid a server out of date error in command prompt (this will get a lot easier to understand once you have the sdk tutorial infront of your face)
Once sdk is all set up and you can access your device (you will try to run adb shell in command promp in windows and you will get a $) You can go to the dev section and look at the fre3vo post.
From here you can drop the fre3vo file into C:/ and the first command in command prompt will be
adb push C:/fre3vo /data/local/tmp
- the C:\fre3vo is where the file is located on your computer and the /data/local/tmp is where your moving it onto the android device.
Next command is
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo - to my understanding this is just changing permissions so you can run the file thru our terminal set up.
Last command just runs the binary and is adb shell /data/local/tmp/fre3vo
After that you should be able to run the fre3vo exploit and it will kick you back to your original command promp something like C:\users\your name
Now comes the easy part: at this point type in adb shell and you will get a # sign which means you achieved temp root. The following commands will help and should only be ran after you see the # symbol because these are commands for android on your phone, not the ADB program we used to just place the fre3vo file onto the phone.
pm list packages - this shows all packages installed
pm disable (package name) use the package name from the list above where the brackets are but exclude the brackets
pm enable (package name) will enable the package incase your phone starts to bug
pm list packages -d -this will show you which packages are disabled and yes keep the minus sign infront of the d.
PM me if you have trouble.

alright i'll try to do this right now =) thanks a lot! c how it goes~

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ADB batch quick launch

So this isn't anything amazing, but it's a handy little shortcut I made for myself that might help someone else, too.
If you regularly find yourself needing to fire off a command from ADB, but don't want to have to go to the trouble of adding ADB to your path or remembering where it's saved, you can create a batch file so you only have to press three letters to get adb ready to go.
Using a text editor (I like Notepad++), create a new text file with this inside of it:
@echo off
cd "path to where your Android SDK installation is located\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools"
(I find it easiest to just navigate to where you have ADB installed and copy and paste the folder location.) For example, my adb.bat file says:
@ echo off
cd "C:\Users\(me)\Other\mod\tools\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools"
Once you have those two lines above in place, do a "Save As" command, and save the file as "adb.bat" (with quotes).
Once you have that batch file ready to go, assuming you're on Windows 7 (may work on other versions of Windows, I just haven't tried) put it in whatever location comes up by default whenever you open a command prompt (It's C:\Users\[my account] for me).
The next time you open a command prompt (Win-R, type cmd), just type adb into the prompt and hit enter, and you're sitting at the directory where ADB is installed, ready to fire off other commands.

thanks, awesome!! works perfectly minus my lack of adb skill...

We will be waiting for new ROM from you. No less.

How to access private mode without access to screen? Galaxy S5

So, I'm an idiot and was working too close to my phone with some heavy tools. Long story short, I ended up dropping my Dewalt drill directly on the screen. It's completely ruined and no longer has any picture on the screen. The phone itself still turns on. I'm able to unlock with fingerprint, etc. The problem is...since I can't actually see anything on the screen, I'm not sure exactly where to press and swipe to access private mode. I had some files for work stored in private mode that I need to retrieve from the phone (customer contracts)...but since I can't see anything, I don't know exactly how to get them back. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Is adb debugging enabled on your device?

Fusseldieb said:
Is adb debugging enabled on your device?
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I believe so, yes. I think I enabled it awhile ago.

mosesport said:
I believe so, yes. I think I enabled it awhile ago.
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Perfect. Now you can make a .bat script that pushes a screenshot fron your device every second.
You do it in following way:
1. Create a normal text file and write in there:
Code:
:1
adb shell screencap -p /sdcard/screen.png
adb pull /sdcard/screen.png
adb shell rm /sdcard/screen.png
goto 1
2. Rename it to Screenshot.bat
3. Run it and you will see a command prompt in loop getting screenshots from your device. Then open the newly created "screen.png". If you're using Windows 7, the image will update automatically every second and you will see a 'live feed' of your device's screen.
If your touchscreen is damged too, you will need inputting keyevents, like touch x y. If that's your case, just say me and I'll explain you.
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Fusseldieb said:
Perfect. Now you can make a .bat script that pushes a screenshot fron your device every second.
You do it in following way:
1. Create a normal text file and write in there:
Code:
:1
adb shell screencap -p /sdcard/screen.png
adb pull /sdcard/screen.png
adb shell rm /sdcard/screen.png
goto 1
2. Rename it to Screenshot.bat
3. Run it and you will see a command prompt in loop getting screenshots from your device. Then open the newly created "screen.png". If you're using Windows 7, the image will update automatically every second and you will see a 'live feed' of your device's screen.
If your touchscreen is damged too, you will need inputting keyevents, like touch x y. If that's your case, just say me and I'll explain you.
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When I try to run the script, the command prompt gives an error stating "adb is not a recognized as an internal or extermal command."

mosesport said:
When I try to run the script, the command prompt gives an error stating "adb is not a recognized as an internal or extermal command."
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Install adb on your machine, reboot and try again.
Search here on xda for "15 seconds adb and fastboot installer".
(While installing, press Y for Yes when prompting to install it system wide)
Do not forget to reboot!
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