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abdlockplus for android

So I was reading that adblockplus has been ported to android, but the site I read it on had the source code, but no pre-compiled binary.
I'm without regular access to a computer for the forseeable future and was wondering if anyone might be able to compile the patch into a custom jf 1.31 update (rc30 variety please.)
Anyway, the website where I read about this is here:
http://www.gotontheinter.net/content/adblock-plus-ported-webkit
Thanks in advance, cheers guys!
-- michael

aad4321 said:
This would be great it JF added this to his "rom" if thats what its called. It would also be cool if he added the auto rotate function for the browser.....
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Oh come on...swapping browsers takes all of 10 seconds!

aad4321 said:
This would be great it JF added this to his "rom" if thats what its called. It would also be cool if he added the auto rotate function for the browser.....
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I basically implemented the autorotating in a hacky fashion. When I do it "right" (by adding a menu item that gives you the option to turn it on and off), I'll ask JF to include it in his next update.

This is most excellent news. I'm expecting my ADP1 next week and I was dreading having to deal with ads once again (like in the olden days of the internets, before Adblock). Hopefully this port of Adblock will be available to us all soon.

How is one supposed to apply the .patch files? Am I supposed to apply them to the source of the Browser and then recompile?
Would that screw up my themes if I have an icon for the Browser?

Koush said:
I basically implemented the autorotating in a hacky fashion. When I do it "right" (by adding a menu item that gives you the option to turn it on and off), I'll ask JF to include it in his next update.
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You can install Droidsans, mount the file system rw, enabled auto rotate. Make the file system read only again, Reboot.
Uninstall Droidsans and you still have auto rotate with no application installed.

rsfaze said:
You can install Droidsans, mount the file system rw, enabled auto rotate. Make the file system read only again, Reboot.
Uninstall Droidsans and you still have auto rotate with no application installed.
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I'm not sure what you are trying to say. the droidsans auto rotate tool doesn't work with the browser. The browser is a special case and that's why a modified browser was released that has auto-rotate.
Are you saying that the modified browser with auto-rotate works with the droidsans auto rotate tool?
Meaning if I have the modified browser and use droidsans auto rotate tool to disable autorotate, the modified browser will have autorotate disabled?

dwang said:
I'm not sure what you are trying to say. the droidsans auto rotate tool doesn't work with the browser. The browser is a special case and that's why a modified browser was released that has auto-rotate.
Are you saying that the modified browser with auto-rotate works with the droidsans auto rotate tool?
Meaning if I have the modified browser and use droidsans auto rotate tool to disable autorotate, the modified browser will have autorotate disabled?
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as for the browser, download koush's auto rotate browser or steel....both auto rotate....
you dont need droidsans for the browser to autorotate if you have either of the above installed.

Any more news on this? I would dearly love to be able to block ads on my Dream, for several reasons. I do hate ads, but that's not the biggest problem. The problem is the small screen size and limited bandwidth on 3G. Ads are just no good on a phone browser.
There's a .patch file included in the updated blog post (http://www.gotontheinter.net/content/adblock-plus-ported-webkit) but I have no idea what to do with it, how to use it.

I really took Adblock Plus and NoScript for granted on Firefox.. I recently installed the Windows 7 Beta and the first 10 minutes were just unbelievable on the net. With every click I had two other windows popping up. Can't imagine the web without this.
Don't know about web on android. I only use it occasionally, usually Market, Maps or MSN. But it would definately be a more than welcome addition.

Has anyone figured out how to actually "apply the patch" yet?
I tried just installing it as normal but it failed.
Maybe the file has to be copied somewhere?
Phil

philje123 said:
Has anyone figured out how to actually "apply the patch" yet?
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It's a git diff. Use git-apply to apply webkit-adblockplus.patch to your local copy of Android source and compile it.

jashsu said:
It's a git diff. Use git-apply to apply webkit-adblockplus.patch to your local copy of Android source and compile it.
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Unfortunatly, some of us are on Windows and even if we have the source and apply the patches, we can't build it.
If anyone here is on OS X or Linux and can build the ssource and upload the .APK of it, I'd really appreciate it.

amgupt01 said:
If anyone here is on OS X or Linux and can build the ssource and upload the .APK of it, I'd really appreciate it.
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Me too!
Phil

amgupt01 said:
Unfortunatly, some of us are on Windows
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You can fix that easily www.kubuntu.org

joshtheitguy said:
You can fix that easily www.kubuntu.org
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And if you don't want to "take the linux plunge", www.vmware.com as well.

JesusFreke said:
And if you don't want to "take the linux plunge", www.vmware.com as well.
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Ok, so I'm on my main Xubuntu desktop (I was on a business trip with my MSI Wind running XP last post) but I had some problems with my computer so (after backing up /home) I reinstalled...
So what do I need to get from Synaptic to compile this thing? I have a copy of the Android source, but I probably need to reinstall everything that was on http://source.android.com/download#TOC-Ubuntu-Linux-i386- right?
Thanks for your help,
~amgupt01
P.S: I still think it'd be useful if someone could post a compiled build of the browser with AdBlock Plus... If I can get it working, I'll post mine.

amgupt01 said:
P.S: I still think it'd be useful if someone could post a compiled build of the browser with AdBlock Plus... If I can get it working, I'll post mine.
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Thanks.
Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Phil

amgupt01 said:
Ok, so I'm on my main Xubuntu desktop (I was on a business trip with my MSI Wind running XP last post) but I had some problems with my computer so (after backing up /home) I reinstalled...
So what do I need to get from Synaptic to compile this thing? I have a copy of the Android source, but I probably need to reinstall everything that was on http://source.android.com/download#TOC-Ubuntu-Linux-i386- right?
Thanks for your help,
~amgupt01
P.S: I still think it'd be useful if someone could post a compiled build of the browser with AdBlock Plus... If I can get it working, I'll post mine.
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Anyone? Is there a way that I can simply compile the Android browser after applying the git patch to the android source?
I'm really noobish with Linux, but I'd like to learn how to do all this stuff since I want to start Android development...
Thanks,
~amgupt01

Hi, I am the one who made this (the link in the first post just copied from my blog, http://vogue-android.blogspot.com). The patch is against cupcake's webkit, since that is what we are running on the HTC vogue. I suspect it won't apply against the pre-cupcake source, and binaries certainly won't work. Note it's not a change to the browser.apk, but rather the libwebcore.so. If you're already running cupcake on the g1 the patch should apply cleanly to the current HEAD in git. Otherwise, you'll need to wait for cupcake on the g1.

Android 2.0 Capabilities

There's a new video on the Android Developers Blog; that is essentially a walkthrough of some of the new Eclair features. Just an interesting tidbit for your consideration about the future of what's going to be on our devices
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/10/announcing-android-20-support-in-sdk.html

Thanks for this !

it also looks like Android 2.0 SDK is now available?!
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Doesnt this mean it can be compiled into a functional rom now?

how long before we can flash 2.0 on our devices?

josdehaes said:
how long before we can flash 2.0 on our devices?
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when someone pulls the imgs from the sdk and makes it into an update

hopefully not long then

Ah every minute is too long . When will we get it ?
I need those layers and other stuff on my GMaps.
And thought I will never say this ever, but that android at the start was cute

Just got Android 2.0 to boot in emulator... looks nice! digging the new icons.

dills84 said:
Just got Android 2.0 to boot in emulator... looks nice! digging the new icons.
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i thought the sdk release for this was private to the devs that won the best app crap
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nevermind i should probably get online to do more than check twitter facebook and xda
the new avd manager and layoutopt look sweet
layoutopt will help alot if i could get hero booting on it hahaha.. il lsee if this is intented to run from emulator or if i can run it while my device is running (will allow cleaning up of file heirarchies ...= less symlinks/useless files the system goes through to find the original file = faster interface less cpu load)
when i get home ill see if i can get it going on a device........

Zarboz said:
i thought the sdk release for this was private to the devs that won the best app crap
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nevermind i should probably get online to do more than check twitter facebook and xda
the new avd manager and layoutopt look sweet
layoutopt will help alot if i could get hero booting on it hahaha.. il lsee if this is intented to run from emulator or if i can run it while my device is running (will allow cleaning up of file heirarchies ...= less symlinks/useless files the system goes through to find the original file = faster interface less cpu load)
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No sir publicccc... been playing with the emulator even though it doesnt do much... still somewhat fun? Would i be crazy to try to fastboot the img? haha

Does this mean we can get the Sholes dump apps working?

dills84 said:
No sir publicccc... been playing with the emulator even though it doesnt do much... still somewhat fun? Would i be crazy to try to fastboot the img? haha
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yes
enjoy your brick
hahah jk jk i dont think itd be a good idea because of boot.img compatibility
from what im reading in this sdk stuff it has settings on your avd for multiple res differences... someone grab what our screens can handle post it and you can prolly pull the corresponding boot.img from your sdk
if anything id suggest getting into your adb via emulator and see if you cant just adb pull the system data and framework folders
or you can unyaffs the sdk's "stock" system.img and add/replace apk's for functionality "the google experience" can be added as well
i dont really recall where the SDK sticks its "stock" system.img and boot.img though
dills84 said:
Does this mean we can get the Sholes dump apps working?
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as far as sholes idk why the apps werent working i was waiting for the sdk release to play with the dump from sholes
you can prolly make an avd matching sholes specs n boot the dumped system.img from it via emulator if you REALLY wanna play with it
no promises tho there could b closed source stuff in the sholes dump that will prevent emulator from running it
i have SO much stuff to do today by the time i get to my computer someone will have prolyl posted a update.zip
if no one has ill swing by my folks house to use their t1 landline dl the sdk and try to get a update.zip for you guys

Zarboz said:
yes
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if no one has ill swing by my folks house to use their t1 landline dl the sdk and try to get a update.zip for you guys
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I happen to think you're a cool guy now.

Eskibo said:
I happen to think you're a cool guy now.
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thank you?
im cheap and downloading on tether...well....you know pretty much SUCKS A$$ if the file is over 40 megs.

Zarboz said:
thank you?
im cheap and downloading on tether...well....you know pretty much SUCKS A$$ if the file is over 40 megs.
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Same here, besides my tethering speed range is 2 - 7m/bits.
I hear its unhealthy for the phone tho.
Anywho... good luck on the work if you get to it. I wish I had the ability to do that kinda stuff.

Love the ability to sync multiple google accounts.
I hope there will be the chance to selectively enable the sync on an account basis, ie : account 1 mail sync on, account 2 mail sync off but contacts on, etc.
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There's a new video on the Android Developers Blog; that is essentially a walkthrough of some of the new Eclair features.
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[Request] Someone willing to do me a favor & modify this app?

Okay, here's my situation. I have a ton of numbers in my address book (well, Google Contacts), and I use this app called Contacts Clean-up to make sure all the formatting of all my numbers are the same and everything. Now the problem is with this application it forces you to format your numbers so they have a "+" before your number (ex. +1-555-555-5555).
I went to use Darch's Legend ROM and for some reason that format of a number isnt supported, it just wont let me call the people. Being that I have hundreds of contacts between Google Contacts & Facebook I need to have my numbers formatted WITHOUT the "+".
Long story short, the app is open source & I was wondering if someone could modify it for me to make an option to not have the "+" in the number. I know someone's gotta know how to do it...
Here's the link... http://code.google.com/p/android-contacts-cleanup/
Thanks in advance.

just take a look at the source yourself. it's pretty clearly outlined when you find
svn/trunk/res/values/strings.xml
i'd do it for you right now... but i can't check out a copy of the source since i don't use linux
but if you look in the strings.xml, you'll see the '+' sign that you want to get rid of clearly. if you're running linux, simply modify the file to delete the + sign and package it back to the apk, i'm assuming. then it should work fine

It just sucks that I'm on my mom's Mac right now.
Any ideas how to do it from here? Or anyone with Linux willing to help a fellow Android guy out?

i'm not sure if it works on a mac, but give it a try anyways!
just go to terminal and enter
Code:
svn checkout http://android-contacts-cleanup.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ android-contacts-cleanup-read-only

To do it on a mac you would first have to install macports, and then run:
Code:
sudo port install subversion
After that you would then be able to check out the source.

Damn I'm on my mom's computer right now... I can't really install anything.
Ughh. Could anyone possibly try to do this for me if its not too much trouble?

I'll see what I can do. I might have some time to do it tonight yet.
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I have made the edits that are needed. Also, it required a bit more than just editing the strings file. This is obvious to anyone who has experience with Android development since the strings are only for display. As far as getting it to do what you wanted, that was just a few quick edits to the Formatter class.
PM me for a link to the .apk to install it. (I'm a new user, so I can't post links.) Just download it OTA. You will need to enable unknown sources in order to install it.

bbene said:
I'll see what I can do. I might have some time to do it tonight yet.
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Thank you so much! You don't know how badly I need this.

this should work for you...also i put in a section so that if you had used the other one by mistake and it put the + in front of your numbers it will remove the +... USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, tested with 10 differently formatted contacts all were formatted correctly after running it

venumx said:
this should work for you...also i put in a section so that if you had used the other one by mistake and it put the + in front of your numbers it will remove the +... USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, tested with 10 differently formatted contacts all were formatted correctly after running it
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Ditto. Lol.

venumx said:
this should work for you...also i put in a section so that if you had used the other one by mistake and it put the + in front of your numbers it will remove the +... USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, tested with 10 differently formatted contacts all were formatted correctly after running it
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Thanks so much, about to try it out.

IT WORKED! Thank you so much! You dont know how much this is gonna help me.

np glad it worked

You're welcome, even though you didn't use mine lol.

bbene said:
You're welcome, even though you didn't use mine lol.
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Wow, sorry bout that. I completely missed your post.

bbene said:
You're welcome, even though you didn't use mine lol.
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haha my bad bbene didnt realize you were working on it till i went to post it! you didnt attach yours to your post

It's OK. I just know next time to post a new reply to myself rather than editing my post.

Regardless, thanks to both you guys.

glad you guys got it working. sorry i couldn't do it for ya!
isn't open source awesome, guys?

especially when its as readable as that code was...

[dev]porting Debian linux to Photon

What you think? Do you want to see linux distro on your phone? Hehe lets try it
Here is simple how to, I will try to boot Debian in our phone, if someone is interested, lets try

ok but, i dont understand what is the usage?
what do you get more than android?

-r0bin- said:
ok but, i dont understand what is the usage?
what do you get more than android?
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I think its only for the win. There is a win95 port for HD2, pretty useless for sure

-r0bin- said:
ok but, i dont understand what is the usage?
what do you get more than android?
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I will get real linux machine on my phone

you don't have time to debug camera capture but to port debian ?!

goldenorb said:
you don't have time to debug camera capture but to port debian ?!
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It's up to him how he spends his time, or are you his boss/wife?

goldenorb said:
you don't have time to debug camera capture but to port debian ?!
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Yes u are apsolute right. I got cm6, got cm7, and I want to try to get Debian because Debian for me more important and useful than the camera. And yes, I not have time to work with camera right now, on my part is enough that camera image is not backwards, I'm fixed this! Also, I see that it is not enough for you! Impatient are you? Yes I'm also! Welcome back goldenorb

I think no problem doing other OSes, it just needing time porting, also it's good .....
but right now.. maybe we should done one stable android for our htc mini first. cause the status is near final.

If you see I'm working with android! Each theme goes into ofttopic I do not know why. Friends, this is a topic related to Debian, do you understand? I agre with you but let's back to Debian, thanks!

munjeni said:
If you see I'm working with android! Each theme goes into ofttopic I do not know why. Friends, this is a topic related to Debian, do you understand? Let's back to Debian, thanks!
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do you have a video or pictures of a phone under debian?

No, I think this is only hardest problem becouse I not know if it working in background or not, will investigate

-r0bin- said:
do you have a video or pictures of a phone under debian?
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Here you find an Ubuntu ROM running on HD2 (Leo)

thanks codiak!
i answer myself:
Features
* You can get online using 3G and WiFi
* Attach all kinds of USB devices like mice, keyboards, flash drives, card readers, networking devbices, etc. to turn your HD2 into a full PC
* Use full desktop like web browser without the usual limitations found in smartphone browsers
* Use instant messaging
* Watch videos
* Handle text messages and make calls (without sound so far)
* Install thousands of programs for your internet experience, office needs, social networking fun, etc.
* Be cooler because you have something special on your phone!
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video on the link look awesome! its a real computer!
but on htc photon, i doubt the screen is big enough to enjoy it...

+1 to the screensize. But at least, its possible

As I promised but minimalist without x system...I will try to upgrade
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4339/img0721du.jpg

wauuu perl, python, gcc...etc in photon...great...installed ssh server and started but could not access device from putty, hmmm maybe android blocking access

And first config screen http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/6245/img0724y.jpg not know how to apply OK hmm

wow awesome!

I think you need to connect usb keyboard and add usb driver for it
Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App

maybe, but I got it from putty, instaled x system and other thing and tomorow will try something
We need to fix kernel console also for our port!

[Q] I'm a noob

So as you all can tell....I'm new to this forum and to the Android platform as well. I just switched from my Iphone to the Galaxy S 4g and it has been great so far! After doing a little research myself I was able to root the phone via superoneclick. As I was reading further into the certain roms that are out and things I could do to further enhance my phone, I decided to get the new gingerbread 2.3.3. I used the program called Odin 1.7 to flash rom and besides from the known "rainbow screen issue and the low wifi signal" it is running smooth. I was just curious on what these programs called adb, cwm(clockwork mods I believe), and cyanogen7? are used for and how? I apologize for my noobness for asking these questions but I just feel like a kid in a candy store with no cash to spend hahah. If someone can redirect me to some links that can get me a general idea of how the Android software and mods work that would be great!!!

I remember signing up for these forums and not actually using them 'cause I was reading and trying to catch up with the vast amount of info available here... It was overwhelming to say the least.
ADB is the Android Debug Bridge. If you've ever used the command prompt, it's essentially the same. You type in commands and they get executed on the phone. I still argue that you get more power and flexibility through text-based programs, which ADB will let you use. You can use ADB if you use your phone to go into Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging (check the box next to it) then you can hook up your phone to the computer and run the ADB server on the computer. If you have superoneclick, it should've come with the ADB server as part of the tools.
CWM is a recovery mod, it sits on top of the phone's standard recovery program and gives you more power than the default one. You can make complete and partial backups of your phone's data in case you're flashing roms constantly and something goes wrong. You won't be able to use CWM with gingerbread at this moment since there's no support for it, but if you downgrade to Froyo, you'll be able to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374
Cyanogen Mod isn't available for our phone yet, but it's a popular rom on the phones on which it is available.
Have fun!
EDIT:
You should probably bookmark the bible, lots of good references there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554

welcome to the forum! glad everything works well for you on the first time flashing gingerbread. you can read up on everything in the bible thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554
check out the guides and it should give you a pretty good feel on everything.

Welcome to XDA!
First of all, kudos to the fact that you're brand new and you've already learned to ODIN gingerbread yourself.
ADB is a way of transferring and editing files on your phone.
It's very useful for editing system files, etc.
Not really necessary for you to know right now.
CWM, or ClockWorkMod, is an easy way for you to change your phone theme, apply a ROM (a combination of themes, or modifications), or flash tweaks. Right now, Gingerbread doesn't have CWM but it should be coming in the near future.
For the basics and a few tutorials, look for the GS4G bible, and also look at my tiny little guide, here.

dan, whenever people ask for places to get info, i'm going to give the bible as well as a link to your site too, if thats cool. you have a ton of info and it saved me when i first bricked. lol. (it was like 1230 or something and search was down)

jager555 said:
dan, whenever people ask for places to get info, i'm going to give the bible as well as a link to your site too, if thats cool. you have a ton of info and it saved me when i first bricked. lol. (it was like 1230 or something and search was down)
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Alright, so I sped up my normal site; use this instead of dlevy.me
http://www.cyclopscomputers.com/gs4g
Glad to hear it helped you.

Nice! This helps a lot! Thanks again for all the help

Anytime. Again, welcome to XDA

Is there a link that shows how to set up adb. I tried on you tube but the computer still does recognize my phone. Im sure its the same for the android OS but im doin something wrong. Any help will do. Thanks

erok910 said:
Is there a link that shows how to set up adb. I tried on you tube but the computer still does recognize my phone. Im sure its the same for the android OS but im doin something wrong. Any help will do. Thanks
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You honestly don't really need ADB if you have Root Explorer, or QuickSSH'd (which I love).
If you do end up getting QuickSSH'd I'd be glad to help you use it.

danstheman7 said:
QuickSSH'd
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Lol... It's QuickSSHd, the d stands for daemon.

FBis251 said:
Lol... It's QuickSSHd, the d stands for daemon.
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lolol oops I didn't mean to put that there -_-

danstheman7 said:
You honestly don't really need ADB if you have Root Explorer, or QuickSSH'd (which I love).
If you do end up getting QuickSSH'd I'd be glad to help you use it.
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Id like to learn both. What are the ways?

erok910 said:
Id like to learn both. What are the ways?
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If you don't wanna pay for QuickSSHd you can also get SSHDroid
https://market.android.com/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid
You install the app on your phone, then you can get a program on your computer that supports SSH
Putty
WinSCP
Tunnelier
I prefer Putty for running commands and Tunnelier for transferring files. When you run SSHDroid, it'll explain to you how to use it.

You install the app on your phone, then you can get a program on your computer that supports SSH
Putty
WinSCP
Tunnelier
I prefer Putty for running commands and Tunnelier for transferring files. When you run SSHDroid, it'll explain to you how to use it.[/QUOTE]
Wowsers thanks. Just saw the reply. Im going to look into now thanks.

welcome to xda!! glad your finding everything ok