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ABD for MAC users PLEASE HELP

Hello everyone im a noob here but im slowley learning. i have searched and searched including the ABD for dummies they all make mention of ABD for mac but then move right along into windows how tos. im sorry if this is the wrong place for this post but can anyone point me to a place that actually explains ABD usage for mac i know nothing about terminal and i think thats what it want me to use. i really mean it ive been looking for a good mac tuterial for days!!!!!! thanks

You mean adb, right?
The commands for adb are pretty much the same ones used on windows

Not development...post in general.
Anyways,
do you have the sdk set up as per these instructions? You dont need to worry about the eclipse stuff. The most important thing is getting the sdk downloaded, extracted and the /tools dir added to your path. From there, the command are exactly the same. eg:
Code:
adb push
adb pull
adb shell
adb shell reboot recovery
...

LostinThesauce said:
Hello everyone im a noob here but im slowley learning. i have searched and searched including the ABD for dummies they all make mention of ABD for mac but then move right along into windows how tos. im sorry if this is the wrong place for this post but can anyone point me to a place that actually explains ABD usage for mac i know nothing about terminal and i think thats what it want me to use. i really mean it ive been looking for a good mac tuterial for days!!!!!! thanks
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to use ADB and FASTBOOT you need to mount your SDK foldert (you "need" tools folder) and then use all commands starting with ./
for example ./fastboot reboot
PS if you want to use fastboot, you have to download it separate from HTC site.

hr00st said:
to use ADB and FASTBOOT you need to mount your SDK foldert (you "need" tools folder) and then use all commands starting with ./
for example ./fastboot reboot
PS if you want to use fastboot, you have to download it separate from HTC site.
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You dont have to mount the folder. It may be easier but in the long run adding it to path will teach you more. Just do a google search on edit path osx and you will find how to create or edit the bash_profile to add the tols folder to your path. from there you just open terminal and adb away

u are the 1st person i know whom uses and mac and didnt get the iphone... but got android instead..

farbird said:
u are the 1st person i know whom uses and mac and didnt get the iphone... but got android instead..
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add me as #2 who never went iphone. i stayed winmo until i could get a canadian spphire shipped to usa to run the htc sensui. btw...i use mac for me and pc at work and my macbook runs a virtual machine so i fire up xppro os in a dedicated "spaces" desktop so i do use sdk and copilot's nav interface in windows.
i guess i'm "bi". actually "tri" now

Good to go
got it running this is fun

LostinThesauce said:
got it running this is fun
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cool. think you might be motivated to write a simple guide for the rest of us mac users? not too noobish. maybe more targeted to average+ users.

lpasq said:
cool. think you might be motivated to write a simple guide for the rest of us mac users? not too noobish. maybe more targeted to average+ users.
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There is no need in this. Everyone can find all information on GOOGLE. It is easer then "Easy Button"
MAC+ANDROID=FRIENDS FOREVER!

Setting up ABD for OSX, Hackintosh, mac newbies like myself.
First make sure you have downloaded the latest SDK from google.
In finder go to your home folder and extract the sdk into a folder named Android.
If you only plan on using ADB you can just extract the tools folder contents there.
Now open up Terminal...Applications/system utilities
Type in the following
echo $shell
ls -a
If you see a file named .bash_profile in the list you are ok if not we have a few things to do.
To create a .bash_profile, in terminal do the following
touch .bash_profile
This will create a blank file if there is none. Then,
open -e .bash_profile
This will open it in TextEdit. Add the following line:
export PATH=${PATH}:*<your_sdk_dir>*/tools
Where <your_sdk_dir> is the full path to the android sdk folder (type
carefully, remove < > brackets).
For example, if the android folder is in the eclipse folder on your Desktop,
it would be:
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/David/Desktop/eclipse/
android-sdk-mac_x86-1.0_r1/tools
Save and quit.
then all you have to do from there is adb away.
If you need more info please follow this link where I copied the info from.
http://groups.google.com/group/andr...0460fb16ea06c/dd175d8675f33827?lnk=raot&pli=1
Surprising what you can find in the google android groups.

Johnny Blaze said:
First make sure you have downloaded the latest SDK from google.
In finder go to your home folder and extract the sdk into a folder named Android.
If you only plan on using ADB you can just extract the tools folder contents there.
Now open up Terminal...Applications/system utilities
Type in the following
echo $shell
ls -a
If you see a file named .bash_profile in the list you are ok if not we have a few things to do.
To create a .bash_profile, in terminal do the following
touch .bash_profile
This will create a blank file if there is none. Then,
open -e .bash_profile
This will open it in TextEdit. Add the following line:
export PATH=${PATH}:*<your_sdk_dir>*/tools
Where <your_sdk_dir> is the full path to the android sdk folder (type
carefully, remove < > brackets).
For example, if the android folder is in the eclipse folder on your Desktop,
it would be:
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/David/Desktop/eclipse/
android-sdk-mac_x86-1.0_r1/tools
Save and quit.
then all you have to do from there is adb away.
If you need more info please follow this link where I copied the info from.
http://groups.google.com/group/andr...0460fb16ea06c/dd175d8675f33827?lnk=raot&pli=1
Surprising what you can find in the google android groups.
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thank you very much. i really appreciate those who don't waste their effort flaming a request for info. "that was easy"

farbird said:
u are the 1st person i know whom uses and mac and didnt get the iphone... but got android instead..
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really??i know of many people lol..macs are just better and less of a pain in the ass to use..and if you watch the google confrences..theyre using macs lol

farbird said:
u are the 1st person i know whom uses and mac and didnt get the iphone... but got android instead..
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i use a mac and love android. hate the iphone

lpasq said:
thank you very much. i really appreciate those who don't waste their effort flaming a request for info. "that was easy"
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If my words offended you, i apologize for that. I thought it was just unfair, when i was searching for INFO, i was sent to google and thats why i did the same thing.
Let's respect each other.

hr00st said:
If my words offended you, i apologize for that. I thought it was just unfair, when i was searching for INFO, i was sent to google and thats why i did the same thing.
Let's respect each other.
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thank you. yes, respect and support

Need Beta testers for a Mac SBF Flasher

Hi, guys. I am a new member here at XDA and would like some people to test a version of Darkonion's Dosbf script modified for Macs. I have tested this this with my Mac, and a Droid X, and everything has gone wonderfully. I need to verify that it actually works with other Macs, so if anyone would like to help me out here, I would be very grateful.
Remember to wipe data/cache after SBF to be safe.
If you've gotten the message "error: no sbf_flash program" then you'll need to restart terminal and run the command "./sbf_flash droid2.sbf" after you cd to the SBF_Flasher_1.4 directory.
Update: SBF_Flasher_1.4
MAJOR UPDATE: Using the right sbf_flash finally. If for some reason this zip doesn't work, go here:
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...-solution-your-windows-rsd-lite-problems.html

If anyone needs support, PM me and I can help.

stuck trying to flash
I keep getting this message when in terminal
Press any number or letter key, then enter to continue.
l
Error: No sbf_flash program
Exiting

bigoz71 said:
I keep getting this message when in terminal
Press any number or letter key, then enter to continue.
l
Error: No sbf_flash program
Exiting
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If that happens, it basically means that the sbf_flash file is not an executable. Try this.
In terminal, type "chmod +x" and leave a space, then open the SBF_Flasher_1.3 folder and drag sbf_flash into terminal. Here's how it should look.
chmod +x /location of folder/SBF_Flasher_1.3/sbf_flash"
you don't have to put the SBF file on your sdcard, you just copy it to the SBF_Flasher folder on your computer and rename it droid2.sbf

i get to the point when it says "Press any number or letter key, then enter to continue" when i press a number or letter it gives me an error saying "Error: No sbf_flash program" any insight on what i may be doing wrong?
Edit:
tried the above instructions, and still not working. my phone has been stuck in bootload all day :-(

RockTheRed52 said:
i get to the point when it says "Press any number or letter key, then enter to continue" when i press a number or letter it gives me an error saying "Error: No sbf_flash program" any insight on what i may be doing wrong?
Edit:
tried the above instructions, and still not working. my phone has been stuck in bootload all day :-(
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Make sure you pull the battery in between trying, otherwise you'll have to find another battery.
What phone and software version are you running? Did you get the correct SBF file?

G7man said:
Make sure you pull the battery in between trying, otherwise you'll have to find another battery.
What phone and software version are you running? Did you get the correct SBF file?
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im using a D2 with the gingerbread leak, i was installing apex2.0 however me being careless downloaded the DX version by accident. then all hell broke lose lol.
im pretty sure i downloaded the correct SBF file. however if you have you prefer i would like to know

double post. my fault.

RockTheRed52 said:
im using a D2 with the gingerbread leak, i was installing apex2.0 however me being careless downloaded the DX version by accident. then all hell broke lose lol.
im pretty sure i downloaded the correct SBF file. however if you have you prefer i would like to know
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Well, I don't own a D2, so here is all I can say.
1. Make sure you chmod +x both the sbf_flash and the SBF_Flasher.sh files
2. Download the 2.3.20 SBF, or whatever the most current one is and copy it to the SBF_Flasher folder. Rename the sbf "droid2.sbf" case-sensetive and without quotes
3. Run SBF_Flasher.sh and tell me at what point it errors, and what it says.

G7man said:
Well, I don't own a D2, so here is all I can say.
1. Make sure you chmod +x both the sbf_flash and the SBF_Flasher.sh files
2. Download the 2.3.20 SBF, or whatever the most current one is and copy it to the SBF_Flasher folder. Rename the sbf "droid2.sbf" case-sensetive and without quotes
3. Run SBF_Flasher.sh and tell me at what point it errors, and what it says.
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this is where i am getting stuck at
Press any number or letter key, then enter to continue.
chmod +x /Users/alkap16/Desktop/SBF_Flasher_1.3/sbf_flash 1
Error: No sbf_flash program
Exiting
although i am not sure if i am "chmod +x" the SBF_Flasher.sh file correctly.
sorry for all this this is my first time doing anything like this on my phone or computer.

RockTheRed52 said:
this is where i am getting stuck at
Press any number or letter key, then enter to continue.
chmod +x /Users/alkap16/Desktop/SBF_Flasher_1.3/sbf_flash 1
Error: No sbf_flash program
Exiting
although i am not sure if i am "chmod +x" the SBF_Flasher.sh file correctly.
sorry for all this this is my first time doing anything like this on my phone or computer.
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Ok, you need to chmod both files before running the SBF_Flasher.sh file. Also, it should look like "chmod +x /users/alkap16/Desktop/SBF_Flasher_1.3/sbf_flash". make sure the file name is sbf_flash, not sbf_flash 1.
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finally got everything to work. but when the sbf is done flasing im still stuck in the bootloader with no no way of getting into recovery mode.

RockTheRed52 said:
finally got everything to work. but when the sbf is done flasing im still stuck in the bootloader with no no way of getting into recovery mode.
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Well, if it hasn't worked, and you don't have a windows pc, you should definitely try 1KDS's live disk, or this link.
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-rs-guides/12015-complete-droid-x-sbf-flashing-guide.html

I've been trying it, and I'm getting the same error for no sbf_flash program. I've tried chmod +x on both sbf_flash and SBF_FLASHER.sh
any ideas?
The other one you posted last is still a no go, as my mac can't burn disks.

craig_s said:
I've been trying it, and I'm getting the same error for no sbf_flash program. I've tried chmod +x on both sbf_flash and SBF_FLASHER.sh
any ideas?
The other one you posted last is still a no go, as my mac can't burn disks.
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You should definitely download sbf_flash from blog.opticaldelusion.org and see if that works. It's probably an issue with you not doing "chmod +x" right. I would try typing "chmod +x" leaving a space, and dragging sbf_flash into terminal. If all else fails, get your hands on a Windows machine, or use a VM, but I've never had success with VM's. Let me know what happens.
-G7man

Giving it a second go (I had my brother fix it last time, he doesn't want to do it this time). Should I replace sbf_flash that I downloaded with the old one?
Edit: still doesn't work!!! You wouldn't happen to know how to put 1kdStaz's liveboot onto an external hdd, or how to partition my hdd to boot off of that?

craig_s said:
Giving it a second go (I had my brother fix it last time, he doesn't want to do it this time). Should I replace sbf_flash that I downloaded with the old one?
Edit: still doesn't work!!! You wouldn't happen to know how to put 1kdStaz's liveboot onto an external hdd, or how to partition my hdd to boot off of that?
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I know you can boot off of a usb drive, but I'm not the person to talk to for that kind of thing. I'd recommend talking to 1KDS, he's really nice.
- G7man

Try chmod 777 on the sbf_flash file, that worked for me...
Although, I have another question, does the sbf_flash file require an Intel based system? I'm using a PowerMac G5 with PPC processors and I get
./sbf_flash: line 3: /tmp/sbf_flash_754_746/Darwin: Bad CPU type in executable
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I just broke webtop

Can someone who has webtop tar up thier osh and post a place I can grab it.
I have been working to get a full version of ubuntu going in webtop, and I was working on reverse engineering the way they did it with the bionic and that did not work well
I will buy a beer or coffee for anyone who can do this for me.
Thanks,
Jim

just got home. give me a few minutes
what file format you want?

You rock, does not matter much, a tar or zip or 7zip or bz2... whatever you put it in I can take it and put it back in place from there.
Thanks,
Jim

lol. while it was pulling, i was messing around with my phone and crashed it..
re-pulling
OSH.IMG.TGZ
dd if=/dev/block/webtop of=/mnt/sdcard/osh.img

did you get it?

Yes, I did. I also gave a donation to you.
THANK YOU!
Jim

I was able to get my webtop working again, by whacking tomoyo, that is the Linux FACL that they are using for webtop.
Thanks again for your help.
Jim

I just broke webtop and I was hoping you could explain to me how to restore it using this .img.tar.gz file. I don't have a clue what to do with it. Please help! I messed up my osh file pretty miserably.

matthewsteross said:
I just broke webtop and I was hoping you could explain to me how to restore it using this .img.tar.gz file. I don't have a clue what to do with it. Please help! I messed up my osh file pretty miserably.
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it think it's a dd image, so just do the reverse;
dd if=osh.img of=/dev/block/webtop

I'm sorry. I'm oblivious as to what you're talking about... I'm am sorry for my ignorance, is that a command prompt thing for windows or is that something I would use adb for? Also, how do I thank you for replying?

matthewsteross said:
I'm sorry. I'm oblivious as to what you're talking about... I'm am sorry for my ignorance, is that a command prompt thing for windows or is that something I would use adb for? Also, how do I thank you for replying?
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This thread was from before we had the FXZ files to flash from fastboot.
I believe the proper way to restore webtop would be to grab the 55.11.16 release FXZ. Extract it and extract moto-fastboot to the same directory. Run a cmd and cd to the directory.
Put your phone into fastboot mode by holding volume down while you power it on, hook it up via usb, and
(or you can use the two button salute and choose it from the boot menu)
Code:
moto-fastboot.exe flash webtop grfs.img
You can then use motorola's faux-55.13.26 update to reapply the patches to update the webtop partition to the 55.13.25 version.
This tar.gz file would still work, you'd need to decompress it, adb shell into the phone, run su (to get root) and then run the commands from the directory where the img is stored. I don't think you need busybox to run dd... could be wrong
Flashing with fastboot is the more elegant solution.
(note it's probably not a good idea to write the img files from the fxz directly with dd.)DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!

I got it to work by flashing in fastboot, thanks for all your help! All is well again and I even have Linux unlocked and running the XFCE-4 desktop environment. Thanks for all your help!

superCID problem! Please help.

Hello everyone,
I'm new here so i couldn't post on the development section and i'm forced to post this here!
So i'm following the guide for changing the CID here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674202
But now i'm stuck!
Ragazzi aiuto sono bloccato!
So, after editing the mmcblk0p4 file with an hex editor, i went back to the cmd and wrote this:
adb push mmcblk0p4MOD /sdcard/mmcblk0p4MOD
but then i get this error: adb push mmcblk0p4MOD /sdcard/mmcblk0p4MOD cannot stat mmcblk0p4MOD : No such file or directory .
What can i do? The only thing i noticed is that when i "create" the mmcblk0p4 file i left the usb in debug mode eand charge only otherwise i couldn't run anything, then to edit mmcblk0p4 i was forced to switch the usb to hard disk. Then i switched again to "charger" mode but i get the error above and i don't know what to do.
Please help me with some suggestions! Thanks in advance!

Good thing that you couldn't post in development since this is the correct forum for this type of question
Can't stat means it can't find the source file when you try to copy it back to the sdcard. Check that you're in the correct directory when trying to do this and also I don't think you can rename the partition that way (adding "MOD")

Nevermind my comment about renaming it to MOD, I just checked the guide and I see now why it's done.

frdd said:
Good thing that you couldn't post in development since this is the correct forum for this type of question
Can't stat means it can't find the source file when you try to copy it back to the sdcard. Check that you're in the correct directory when trying to do this and also I don't think you can rename the partition that way (adding "MOD")
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Thanks for the reply frdd, i'm just following the guide strictly! It isn't that well written and maybe that's why i'm having problems. How can i check if i'm in the right directory? I left the files in the root of the sdcard.
Here is a screenshot of what i did:
ht tp://i50.tinypic.c om/nz0wzo.png

addsfsds said:
Thanks for the reply frdd, i'm just following the guide strictly! It isn't that well written and maybe that's why i'm having problems. How can i check if i'm in the right directory? I left the files in the root of the sdcard.
Here is a screenshot of what i did:
ht tp://i50.tinypic.c om/nz0wzo.png
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Did you really save your file in hexeditor as mmcblk0p4MOD? Maybe you forgot and the file is still named mmcblk0p4. You can check what is in your directory with the command dir in cmd.

Your phone is in Disk-drive change to Charge only when you adb push back

Mr Troop said:
Your phone is in Disk-drive change to Charge only when you adb push back
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Thanks, but that doesn't work either already tried 3 times!

It did take me about 3 attempts keep trying

frdd said:
Did you really save your file in hexeditor as mmcblk0p4MOD? Maybe you forgot and the file is still named mmcblk0p4. You can check what is in your directory with the command dir in cmd.
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Double checked that too! Still blocked

Follow the whole process even if (No such file or directory)is shown

Or mount as usb storage and check for the MOD file, if it's not there drag and drop the file to sdcard, then continue with the guide. Also make sure if you do this that the file is alright and not 0 in size or something.
One thought, what's up with the first time you used dd in the screenshot? What did you do to fix it? Maybe adb push can't write to the sdcard for some reason.

Mr Troop said:
Follow the whole process even if (No such file or directory)is shown
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Hell yes!!! It worked!! Just tested the readcid command and it shows the HTC__001 one! I think the guide should be updated now!
Now i test to update the RUU

HTC__001 is Generic unbranded not superCID
SuperCID is 11111111

Mr Troop said:
HTC__001 is Generic unbranded not superCID
SuperCID is 11111111
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You're absolutely right, sorry! I just needed the generic unbrand to get the latest RUU as wifi and radio problems were unsustainable!
The command, for some weird reasons, wasn't working but continuing as Mr Troop suggested fixed the whole thing.
Thanks for everyone who helped!!

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!