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Milestone ADB in recovery help

It seems as though a lot of people have had this problem for other phones but I haven't been able to find a solution to it (forgive me if its somewhere very obvious ).
After editing my framework-res.apk I am trying to push it back into my milestone through the SDK so I have tried to get my phone to show up while in recovery mode so I can push it back on.
The problem is that while in recovery my phone won't appear under "adb devices" I have tried using GOT's recovery and also the regular Openrecovery v1.37
Thanks

bump. i also need this. btw have you tried using a script to do it?

danboard said:
It seems as though a lot of people have had this problem for other phones but I haven't been able to find a solution to it (forgive me if its somewhere very obvious ).
After editing my framework-res.apk I am trying to push it back into my milestone through the SDK so I have tried to get my phone to show up while in recovery mode so I can push it back on.
The problem is that while in recovery my phone won't appear under "adb devices" I have tried using GOT's recovery and also the regular Openrecovery v1.37
Thanks
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Did you read this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698059
and especially did you install this driver?
http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bda09ec8009a0210VgnVCM1000008806b00aRCRD

I do have read the thread and I have installed that driver. While in recovery mode using GOT's or OpenRecovery I notice that under device manager it says my phone is listed as "Android Phone" and if my phone is on and I connect it to my computer with USB debugging it lists it as "ADB interface". I can't get the phone to appear under adb devices while in recovery mode.

USB-Debugging active? (Settings-->Development)

It is when the phone is on, but what I am trying to do is push a file to the phone while its "off" in recovery mode so the usb debugging is irrelevant or so i believe.

Yes, sorry, you are right.
As I can remember, I have had a similar problem a year ago...
Try to copy adb into another directory and use it from there. Sounds stupid, but helped me in the past.
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I just tried changing my directory for the sdk but doesn't seem to help. Just to make sure is there anything i need to do once inside the OpenRecovery? After loading up the update.zip i connect it to my PC and in cmd I navigate to the SDK folder. So far thats all I m doing and checking its connected with "adb devices" which always comes up empty. Just want to make sure I m not missing any steps considering I have the usb drivers installed and the sdk SHOULD be installed correctly since i can access them when the phone is on.

danboard said:
I just tried changing my directory for the sdk but doesn't seem to help. Just to make sure is there anything i need to do once inside the OpenRecovery? After loading up the update.zip i connect it to my PC and in cmd I navigate to the SDK folder. So far thats all I m doing and checking its connected with "adb devices" which always comes up empty. Just want to make sure I m not missing any steps considering I have the usb drivers installed and the sdk SHOULD be installed correctly since i can access them when the phone is on.
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I have the same problem as you described. Is it solved?
I am using windows 7 and the driver is also installed correctly. only problem is the empty device list..

micdim said:
I have the same problem as you described. Is it solved?
I am using windows 7 and the driver is also installed correctly. only problem is the empty device list..
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Seems OK now. I just reinstalled official SDK.
dl.google.com/android/installer_r08-windows.exe

Froyo Root Instructions using Superoneclick And Unrooting

ROOTING:
Since z4root, one of the easiest ways to root, is not working on Froyo in Galaxy 3, I decided to make this separate thread for instructions on how to root Froyo using Superoneclick.
First and foremost: Enable USB Debugging by going to Settings>Applications>Development. Make sure it is ticked.
Download the attached Superoneclickv1.5.zip file. Extract its contents. Make sure your phone drivers are installed on the computer (Samsung Kies). Then follow the steps:
1. From the extracted contents, run the file named Superoneclick.
2. Turn off your phone, then connect it to the computer using the USB Cable. Don't turn on the phone. Keep it off but connected to the computer.
3. In Superoneclick, click on the 'Root' button. After a few seconds, it'll say 'Waiting for device'.
4. Now turn on your phone (while it is still connected to the computer). Superoneclick will detect the phone.
5. Now the phone will be rooted, while it is starting up. When it is started, it'll be rooted.
6. After rooting, download and install busybox on your phone. It should take care of any slowing down of your phone after rooting.
That's it. The phone is now rooted, although it would be so much better if z4root worked on Froyo..
For those getting stuck at the 'pushing raceagainstthecage' step, try this method. Credits go to haree:
1. login as admin and then open the application. Or right click on Superoneclick.exe and click on 'Run as administrator'.
2. turn off ur Virus protection
3. remove all the additional external USB devices(this seems to confuse the SW)
i removed all the above mentioned
and then follow the instructions u will be successful
it worked for me now i have 2.2 and rooted
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UNROOTING INSTRUCTIONS:
Unfortunately, the method to unroot by clicking on the Unroot button in Superoneclick does not work. So follow the following steps to unroot.
1. Download rootexplorer.apk (attached) and install Root Explorer on phone.
2. Run Root Explorer. A 'Superuser Request' prompt will come up. Press Allow.
3. Now, on the top, there will be a button saying 'Mount R/W'. Press it. It should change to 'Mount R/O'. The button should say 'Mount R/O' in order for you to be able to do anything in the following steps.
4. Now scroll to the bottom, click on system. Then click on bin.
5. In the bin folder, look for a file named 'su'. Long press on this file, and select Delete to delete it.
6. Now go back to the system folder by pressing the Back button once.
7. Now enter the app folder. Scroll down and look for the file named 'superuser.apk'. Long press on this file and delete it.
8. Exit Root Explorer after this. Uninstall it if you don't want to use it.
9. That's it. Your phone will be un-rooted.
Another method to unroot:
1. Download and install Terminal Emulator (attached).
2. Run Terminal Emulator on the phone. If you don't see a keyboard to type, press Menu and press Toggle Soft Keyboard.
3. Type su and press enter. Press Allow on the 'Superuser Request' prompt. The $ sign will change to a #.
4. Now type the following line exactly as it is and press enter: mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
5. Nothing will happen visually. The pointer will shift to a new line.
6. Now type the following line and press enter: rm /system/bin/su
7. Again, type following line and press enter: rm /system/app/superuser.apk.
8. Now exit Terminal Emulator. Your phone is un-rooted.

Hehe, first i thought it makes no sense to write a howto on this since its described in the SOC thread anyway, but man the idea to do it during boot is ubercool, didn't think of that...

FadeFx said:
Hehe, first i thought it makes no sense to write a howto on this since its described in the SOC thread anyway, but man the idea to do it during boot is ubercool, didn't think of that...
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I know it's explained in the SOC thread, but many people keep asking on the "Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-i5800: root, gps fix, upgrading" thread about rooting Froyo, so I thought it's better to have one SOC thread right in the Galaxy 3's Development Section. It'll save everyone reading through a lot of pages on that thread..

addicted2088 said:
I know it's explained in the SOC thread, but many people keep asking on the "Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-i5800: root, gps fix, upgrading" thread about rooting Froyo, so I thought it's better to have one SOC thread right in the Galaxy 3's Development Section. It'll save everyone reading through a lot of pages on that thread..
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hi
when i see a few reports that this is working for our G3 ill add this link to the roll up thread very nice of you to give this info to all keep up the good work
one question will this also un root the phone

haree said:
hi
when i see a few reports that this is working for our G3 ill add this link to the roll up thread very nice of you to give this info to all keep up the good work
one question will this also un root the phone
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Can't unroot using the same procedure, but have added another procedure to do it.
This method does work for everyone. The only new step in my procedure is to do it while the phone is booting.

help! !
cant root. stuck at "waiting for device"..... tried everything.. no luck. can anyone help?

coolzarjun said:
cant root. stuck at "waiting for device"..... tried everything.. no luck. can anyone help?
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Are your phone drivers properly installed? Does your computer make a 'Hardware connected' ding sound when you turn on the phone? If not, then you'll have to install Samsung Kies and then connect the phone to the computer to install the drivers. Try rooting after that.

all drivers are installed.. i reinstalled twice.. when i connect in usb debugg.. says installing some adb stuff after fews secs.. comp says hardware might not work properly not properly installed. all other drivers wrk fine.. wat can i do to install adb drivers properly. . i have windows xp

coolzarjun said:
all drivers are installed.. i reinstalled twice.. when i connect in usb debugg.. says installing some adb stuff after fews secs.. comp says hardware might not work properly not properly installed. all other drivers wrk fine.. wat can i do to install adb drivers properly. . i have windows xp
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Connect your phone to your computer. Then open the Device Manager. Then look for the entry 'SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface' in the list. It might be under the ADB Interface tab. Right click on the 'SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface' and uninstall it.
Then reconnect your phone to the computer and see if the ADB drivers get installed properly this time.

did that also....uninstalled and connected the phone. still the same error..
hardware not properly installed.. it might not work properly
i got windows xp 32-bit
can u help ?? plz !

coolzarjun said:
did that also....uninstalled and connected the phone. still the same error..
hardware not properly installed.. it might not work properly
i got windows xp 32-bit
can u help ?? plz !
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Sorry, I'm using Windows 7, so I've no idea what to do about the drivers in Windows XP. Try updating Kies..

i also have win 7 and it doesnt work...help??

reist said:
i also have win 7 and it doesnt work...help??
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I can't help if the drivers on your computer are not installed properly. After connecting the phone while it is ON, open the Device Manager and see if the ADB driver is properly installed.
If the drivers are properly installed, this method will work..
Edit: As mentioned by mhndk14 below, enable USB Debugging in Settings>Applications>Development.

I also had the same problem with windows 7. Just make sure that the USB Debugging is enabled and then try again. It worked for me.

how to bring the phone back to factory settings
hi how can i get back my phone to the original factory settings? i rooted using z4mod and when unrooted the live wallpapers wont go... and how do i get my boot menu when restarted on my 1 5801??

nageshkaja said:
hi how can i get back my phone to the original factory settings? i rooted using z4mod and when unrooted the live wallpapers wont go... and how do i get my boot menu when restarted on my 1 5801??
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To remove the Live Wallpapers, you'll have to root your phone, and then use Root Explorer to remove the files Livewallpaperspicker.apk from system/app, and libRS.so and librs_jni.so from system/bin. Then un-root your phone. Be sure to press the 'Mount R/W' button in Root Explorer to be able to delete the files.
As for restoring your boot menu, that procedure is there somewhere in the Development section. The boot menu changes because of upgrading, not rooting.

It seems i have lost haptic feedback after rooting(jpb), anybody else experience this?
Edit: lol
It was probably sue to the "forced" reboot, but I accidently dropped my phone (batteries feel out) and now it's working

stubborn_d0nkey said:
It seems i have lost haptic feedback after rooting(jpb), anybody else experience this?
Edit: lol
It was probably sue to the "forced" reboot, but I accidently dropped my phone (batteries feel out) and now it's working
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Yeah, haptic feedback stops working sometimes on JPA and JPB after rooting. But restarting the phone corrects it. (Although your method of restarting the phone was too brutal!! )

Thanks addicted2088...worked perfectly...

successfully rooted..........
now i need to know how to install live wallpapers......
thanks

[Q] Nexus S Root-Windows requests 'Android 1.0' hardware driver (and other weirdness)

Team XDA Developers,
It's been a long frustrating evening and I write to you in a desperate plea for help. First off--YOU ARE ALL GENIUSES. That being said let my scrubby noobermcnooberstein train of thought commence.
Found a lot of help from 'drexman8244' on the Nexus S 'fastboot help?' thread and although I've made it decently far... I've hit a wall that I cannot overcome.
First--the specs. Running Windows XP SP3 32-bit. The phone is a Samsung GT-i9020 (aka Nexus S).
Second--I've successfully installed the Java SDK, the Android SDK, downloaded USB drivers from Google, downloaded/installed a copy of ADB into the '/SDK/tools' directory, configured the PATH value in the Windows System Environment variables in Control Panel 'System', and basically set things up to rock and roll.
Third--I turn on my Nexus S, enable USB debugging, and attach the device to the workstation. The system detects the device and produces the following output (which appears to install the Android ADB driver and successfully establish a connection to Nexus S). Verified this step by entering 'adb devices' in a command prompt. Working great!
Fourth--In the command prompt I enter 'adb reboot bootloader'. The device reboots... but here's where things get strange. The device enters Fastboot (bootloader) mode and the Windows workstation request an additional 'Android 1.0' hardware device driver to continue. (I've searched far and wide and can't seem to find something that resembles this driver)
Fifth--Regardless of my efforts to direct the Hardware Installation Wizard to the 'C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\google-usb_driver' location on my workstation... it just doesn't seem to accept that as a valid driver for the device in Fastboot (bootloader) mode. Blows my mind.
Sixth--??? What steps do you fellas think I should take next?! I've obviously tried uninstalling the device from the workstation, rebooting the Nexus S and the workstation, attempting to install the ADB driver before attaching the device and rebooting into Fastboot. Nothing I've tried seems to work.
Any input is especially appreciated and I hope that there's nothing left out. Warm regards--
The Kid
Edit: Posted an album on the Imgur account in case anyone wants to look at screenshots of the steps provided.

Hey man what you need to do is this.....I had the same problem with drivers. Once I figured that out things ran smooth.
PDAnet drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9861928#post9861928

webplus said:
Hey man what you need to do is this.....I had the same problem with drivers. Once I figured that out things ran smooth.
PDAnet drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9861928#post9861928
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You're a scholar and a gentleman--and absolutely right.
Looks like the default drivers from Google are borked. Downloaded the ones from PdaNet and things went smooth like butter. Thanks for making my day!!

haha no problem took me 6 hours of trying everything to figure out what I was doing wrong. Glad everything worked. If not for these forums and some great minds on these boards many of us would still be sporting a locked phone......so KUDOS to them!

bluetrevian said:
Team XDA Developers,
It's been a long frustrating evening and I write to you in a desperate plea for help. First off--YOU ARE ALL GENIUSES. That being said let my scrubby noobermcnooberstein train of thought commence.
Found a lot of help from 'drexman8244' on the Nexus S 'fastboot help?' thread and although I've made it decently far... I've hit a wall that I cannot overcome.
First--the specs. Running Windows XP SP3 32-bit. The phone is a Samsung GT-i9020 (aka Nexus S).
Second--I've successfully installed the Java SDK, the Android SDK, downloaded USB drivers from Google, downloaded/installed a copy of ADB into the '/SDK/tools' directory, configured the PATH value in the Windows System Environment variables in Control Panel 'System', and basically set things up to rock and roll.
Third--I turn on my Nexus S, enable USB debugging, and attach the device to the workstation. The system detects the device and produces the following output (which appears to install the Android ADB driver and successfully establish a connection to Nexus S). Verified this step by entering 'adb devices' in a command prompt. Working great!
Fourth--In the command prompt I enter 'adb reboot bootloader'. The device reboots... but here's where things get strange. The device enters Fastboot (bootloader) mode and the Windows workstation request an additional 'Android 1.0' hardware device driver to continue. (I've searched far and wide and can't seem to find something that resembles this driver)
Fifth--Regardless of my efforts to direct the Hardware Installation Wizard to the 'C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\google-usb_driver' location on my workstation... it just doesn't seem to accept that as a valid driver for the device in Fastboot (bootloader) mode. Blows my mind.
Sixth--??? What steps do you fellas think I should take next?! I've obviously tried uninstalling the device from the workstation, rebooting the Nexus S and the workstation, attempting to install the ADB driver before attaching the device and rebooting into Fastboot. Nothing I've tried seems to work.
Any input is especially appreciated and I hope that there's nothing left out. Warm regards--
The Kid
Edit: Posted an album on the Imgur account in case anyone wants to look at screenshots of the steps provided.
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as far as the USB driver and such, dont point it directly at the USB-driver folder point it at the SDK folder and then click the box that searches the sub folders

The drivers from Google aren't borked. You install one driver - the "normal" Android USB interface - for when the phone is plugged in and fully booted, and another - the "Fastboot" interface - for when the phone is plugged in but in recovery. For the latter, you have to pick the driver manually and do a force install, as Windows won't recognize the device.
Both drivers are available in the usb-drivers directory in the Android SDK directory, provided you loaded the SDK manager and downloaded the USB drivers.

jimmypopulous said:
The drivers from Google aren't borked. You install one driver - the "normal" Android USB interface - for when the phone is plugged in and fully booted, and another - the "Fastboot" interface - for when the phone is plugged in but in recovery. For the latter, you have to pick the driver manually and do a force install, as Windows won't recognize the device.
Both drivers are available in the usb-drivers directory in the Android SDK directory, provided you loaded the SDK manager and downloaded the USB drivers.
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This is correct. Oddly, I had no problems searching with the driver with the wizard on my win7 x64 pc, but had to manually point it for the fastboot relevant driver on my laptop, running the same OS.
Basically, as jimmypopulous says, you need to manually select the usb driver when you're in fastboot, according to my experience.

I hear what folks are saying about the Google USB drivers working fine for most installs.
That being said... No matter how many times I manually provided the path to the Google Fastboot driver location the OS refused to accept them as valid. (Seems like there are others that experienced this problem from a quick glance at the forums.)
In either case it seems as though the alternative drivers resolved the problem and I appreciate all the feedback that was given!
The Kid

I had the same issue - my Nexus One always worked fine on my laptop but even after updating the SDK & drivers I couldn't get fastboot to work with my Nexus S.
ADB worked fine but my laptop didn't recognise my phone properly via fastboot.
After installing PDANet, fastboot works as well now - thanks very much for your help, my NS is now rooted!

Hi,
This is my first post so bear with me and let me know if I'm outta line in any way.
I'm trying to root my nexus s and I am running XP. I can get ADB devices to work but when it comes to fastboot my device is not recognised. I have been trying for a couple of days and still cannot get it to work! I have installed PDAnet and and tried force installing the drivers but I can' get them to install. When I click install driver from a list and browse to the drivers it says that the specified location does not have information about your hardware. Is there something I am doing wrong here? Is there another way I can force install the driver?
Also I am a MASSIVE NOOB so please try and be specific when giving me directions.
Thank you XDA Overlords!

Uninstall all references to the drivers. your phone should show up with a bang once done properly.
Then follow the excellent guides here to root your phone properly
Sent from my Nexus S

Also make sure you have the phone connected and in fastboot mode when you install PDAnet.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

Adding these 2 lines in the android_winusb.inf file from the google "usb_driver" folder helped me.
;Nexus S
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20&REV_0100
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Detailed:
If your PC displays "Android 1.0" in Device Manager (when you try to connect the phone through fastboot), then go to Android 1.0, Properties, Details tab. Select Hardware ids.
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20&REV_0100 This part should be exactly the same with the one you add in "android_winusb.inf"

When you say uninstall all references what do you mean? Again, I am a massive noob. Do you mean uninstall the device with USBDeview from all the previous times I have tried installing it? I've tried that multiple times and still can't get it to work

matt2053 said:
Also make sure you have the phone connected and in fastboot mode when you install PDAnet.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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When I try install PDAnet with the ns in fast boot mode the installer says please connect your phone to complete the installation. Is there another way to install it where this won't happen?

lambda30 said:
Adding these 2 lines in the android_winusb.inf file from the google "usb_driver" folder helped me
Detailed:
If your PC displays "Android 1.0" in Device Manager (when you try to connect the phone through fastboot), then go to Android 1.0, Properties, Details tab. Select Hardware ids.
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20&REV_0100 This part should be exactly the same with the one you add in "android_winusb.inf"
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In fastboot the ns just comes up as unknown device with hardware id of USB\UNKNOWN.
I tried just entering that id into the .inf file but that didn't help.
Anyone got any other ideas?
Thank you for these ideas I'm not gonna give up yet!

thejug02 said:
When I try install PDAnet with the ns in fast boot mode the installer says please connect your phone to complete the installation. Is there another way to install it where this won't happen?
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Maybe the installer has changed since I did it.
Try running PDA install, put phone in fastboot, then plug in when prompted.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

matt2053 said:
Maybe the installer has changed since I did it.
Try running PDA install, put phone in fastboot, then plug in when prompted.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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Yea maybe it did change. When I run the installer it stops and requests that you connect the device and put it in debugging mode. When you connect the ns in fastboot it doesn't read it as the ns so just continues to ask you to connect the ns.
Thanks for the idea though! Keepem coming people!

I just uninstalled the drivers from my laptop and installed again using PDAnet method. It worked without a problem.
The only other thing I can think of is to boot phone and make sure USB Debugging is checked and try again.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

lambda30 said:
Adding these 2 lines in the android_winusb.inf file from the google "usb_driver" folder helped me.
Detailed:
If your PC displays "Android 1.0" in Device Manager (when you try to connect the phone through fastboot), then go to Android 1.0, Properties, Details tab. Select Hardware ids.
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20&REV_0100 This part should be exactly the same with the one you add in "android_winusb.inf"
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It helped me too! It must be added under the [Google.NTx86] box

[Q] ADB no devices

Hey guys, I followed the guide, added the lines to the inf, even downloaded the other inf and coppied over it. I can not get ADB to recognize my gTablet. I even removed the mass storage driver that was associated with the tablet
I know my adb works with my mytouch slide.
Has anyone else not been able to connect adb to the gTablet?
I followed the guide exactly.
There are no errors in my device manager.
USB debugging mode is on.
I cant think of anything else to try.

Update driver
This is the steps I took, FYI I'm running Windows 7 on my computer.
Completed the the steps in the Guide (as you did). Then had to Go to Control Panel>Device Manager; and had to manually update the drivers. In Device Manager select the G Tablet>Driver>Update Driver and navigate to your usb_driver folder in your SDK.

ShreddinPB said:
Hey guys, I followed the guide, added the lines to the inf, even downloaded the other inf and coppied over it. I can not get ADB to recognize my gTablet. I even removed the mass storage driver that was associated with the tablet
I know my adb works with my mytouch slide.
Has anyone else not been able to connect adb to the gTablet?
I followed the guide exactly.
There are no errors in my device manager.
USB debugging mode is on.
I cant think of anything else to try.
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Not sure what you are using ADB for however I have had issues with my PC retaining the driver for it as well. I use an app called ADBWireless that allows me to connect wirelessly and use ADB commands for a few simple things. It's a good workaround if your just pushing and pulling a few apps and such.

Emul8or said:
This is the steps I took, FYI I'm running Windows 7 on my computer.
Completed the the steps in the Guide (as you did). Then had to Go to Control Panel>Device Manager; and had to manually update the drivers. In Device Manager select the G Tablet>Driver>Update Driver and navigate to your usb_driver folder in your SDK.
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Thats what I figured I would do. I am also in Windows 7 but X64. I go to the device manager and I dont have a gTablet listed anywhere that I can find, but like I said there are no exclamation points in the device manager.. no devices that are not working.
I tried to update the "Portable Devices>f:" that shows up when I plug in the tablet but it wont let me.
So in your device manager.. there is a top level listing for "gTablet"?

it2steve said:
Not sure what you are using ADB for however I have had issues with my PC retaining the driver for it as well. I use an app called ADBWireless that allows me to connect wirelessly and use ADB commands for a few simple things. It's a good workaround if your just pushing and pulling a few apps and such.
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There is a fix posted for the slowdown issue after resume from sleep, and you ADB to fix it

ShreddinPB said:
Thats what I figured I would do. I am also in Windows 7 but X64. I go to the device manager and I dont have a gTablet listed anywhere that I can find, but like I said there are no exclamation points in the device manager.. no devices that are not working.
I tried to update the "Portable Devices>f:" that shows up when I plug in the tablet but it wont let me.
So in your device manager.. there is a top level listing for "gTablet"?
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Here's what dev mgr looks like on XP...
Jim

ShreddinPB said:
Thats what I figured I would do. I am also in Windows 7 but X64. I go to the device manager and I dont have a gTablet listed anywhere that I can find, but like I said there are no exclamation points in the device manager.. no devices that are not working.
I tried to update the "Portable Devices>f:" that shows up when I plug in the tablet but it wont let me.
So in your device manager.. there is a top level listing for "gTablet"?
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Is there anything under USB drivers at the bottom for android bridge, or something along those lines? If not does it list NVIDIA Harmony drives anywhere? If neither try unplugging and plugging in your device a few times to see what dissapears when you plug it in. Reply back and we can go from there.

davinci07 said:
Is there anything under USB drivers at the bottom for android bridge, or something along those lines? If not does it list NVIDIA Harmony drives anywhere? If neither try unplugging and plugging in your device a few times to see what dissapears when you plug it in. Reply back and we can go from there.
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Found it.. it was under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" and called "USB storage device" i believe.
I tried updating the driver with the andoid one, but it errored out and wouldnt load it. After that however, 2 new devices popped up.. both the Nvidia harmony drive, and another nvidia tegra one. The harmony drivers failed to load.. so I pointed at the directory in the SDK and bam it works!!
Thanks guys!
But also btw.. before I got this working, I did use ADBWireless to run the adb shell and run that camand mentioned in the main thread that is supposed to stop the slow downs.. and I think its working.

enjoy, can you point me to the post that you needed this for? Also, now that ADB works you can start making your own apps. With either Eclipse and Android SDK (more advance route, but there is alot of good books that could help you alot) or with app invnetor that just got released to the public.

[Q] Problems updating to Lollipop

Hi,
To make to perfectly clear I am not a developer and my understanding of such issues should be classed as "novice" but I have done a lot of reading up and believe I now need to post a question regarding my problem.
Here goes...
I bought a 32gb off Amazon before Christmas which arrive with 4.4.4. I assumed after a few days of running it would update itself to Lollipop but to no avail, no matter how many times I "checked for updates". I now believe this is probably due to it being a Japanese import. I suspect this as this is on the barcode sticker and the Android with the hatch open logo in recovery has Japanese text underneath.
Anyways I posted a few questions on the Google community and they have basically told me to sit tight as the update is still rolling out. Seems to me that I could be waiting forever so I started to look at doing the manually install myself, remember I'm a amateur here...
I successfully downloaded the ADK file from Google and, even though this came with the USB drivers, I downloaded these seperatly too. I've since deleted the duplicate files.
The problem I am getting is I cannot get the USB drivers to install for when the phone is in USB debugging mode. When I put the phone into both PTP and MTP mode I can direct the driver location towards the folder and everything works OK, when its debugging mode it says they cannot be installed. I think its important to note that I am using Windows XP.
I've tried removing, restarting and reinstalling but to no avail.
Suspect its an XP thing, how do I get around this?
Thanks in advance!

iainwith2is said:
Hi,
To make to perfectly clear I am not a developer and my understanding of such issues should be classed as "novice" but I have done a lot of reading up and believe I now need to post a question regarding my problem.
Here goes...
I bought a 32gb off Amazon before Christmas which arrive with 4.4.4. I assumed after a few days of running it would update itself to Lollipop but to no avail, no matter how many times I "checked for updates". I now believe this is probably due to it being a Japanese import. I suspect this as this is on the barcode sticker and the Android with the hatch open logo in recovery has Japanese text underneath.
Anyways I posted a few questions on the Google community and they have basically told me to sit tight as the update is still rolling out. Seems to me that I could be waiting forever so I started to look at doing the manually install myself, remember I'm a amateur here...
I successfully downloaded the ADK file from Google and, even though this came with the USB drivers, I downloaded these seperatly too. I've since deleted the duplicate files.
The problem I am getting is I cannot get the USB drivers to install for when the phone is in USB debugging mode. When I put the phone into both PTP and MTP mode I can direct the driver location towards the folder and everything works OK, when its debugging mode it says they cannot be installed. I think its important to note that I am using Windows XP.
I've tried removing, restarting and reinstalling but to no avail.
Suspect its an XP thing, how do I get around this?
Thanks in advance!
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Install the adb/fastboot drivers. Google is your friend

Firstly thank you for your reply.
I have tried your install but it hasn't worked. I can tell I have been following a smilar update route looking at the pictures you uploaded also, although these screen snaps were obviously from a new OS (windows 7 perhaps).
Whats interesting to note however, is that in my device manager the phone is clearly shown twice, at the top as "Android Device", with "Google Nexus ADB Interface" below it and then again further down as "Other Devices" with MTP below with the familiar yellow exclamation mark.
Significant?

You actually don't need debugging mode if you're intending to manually flash the ROM. Debugging mode is only an android setting and you flash the ROM using fastboot which is outside of android.
Also you don't need the SDK.
I would say go to general > sticky roll-up then read my adb and fastboot thread to start

Thanks for your reply.
I do indeed only want to install stock 5.0.1 Lollipop so your suggestion looks perfect.
However, I'm having problems predictably...
I've followed the adb and bootloader install instructions and this seems to have worked, I have also installed the driver suggested and it looks like this has worked to as when I look at the driver in device manager (remember I am using XP), the driver manufacturer is Clockmod (or something). However when I follow "Method 1" and execute flash.all.bat file the command window repeats the following lines until it times out:
"'fastboot' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
I have also tried opening another command window and typed in "adb devices" but the following error message appears:
'adb' is not recognised as an intern blah blah blah, you get the idea.
I guess I am still missing something and I'm sure its pretty obvious to you?
Thanks in advance.

iainwith2is said:
Thanks for your reply.
I do indeed only want to install stock 5.0.1 Lollipop so your suggestion looks perfect.
However, I'm having problems predictably...
I've followed the adb and bootloader install instructions and this seems to have worked, I have also installed the driver suggested and it looks like this has worked to as when I look at the driver in device manager (remember I am using XP), the driver manufacturer is Clockmod (or something). However when I follow "Method 1" and execute flash.all.bat file the command window repeats the following lines until it times out:
"'fastboot' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
I have also tried opening another command window and typed in "adb devices" but the following error message appears:
'adb' is not recognised as an intern blah blah blah, you get the idea.
I guess I am still missing something and I'm sure its pretty obvious to you?
Thanks in advance.
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If you used the adb and fastboot installer in my thread, did you use the "install system wide" option?
If not, do.
If you did and it did not work, read more of that section as the manual steps are also mentioned, which you'll need to follow.

iainwith2is said:
Thanks for your reply.
I do indeed only want to install stock 5.0.1 Lollipop so your suggestion looks perfect.
However, I'm having problems predictably...
I've followed the adb and bootloader install instructions and this seems to have worked, I have also installed the driver suggested and it looks like this has worked to as when I look at the driver in device manager (remember I am using XP), the driver manufacturer is Clockmod (or something). However when I follow "Method 1" and execute flash.all.bat file the command window repeats the following lines until it times out:
"'fastboot' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
I have also tried opening another command window and typed in "adb devices" but the following error message appears:
'adb' is not recognised as an intern blah blah blah, you get the idea.
I guess I am still missing something and I'm sure its pretty obvious to you?
Thanks in advance.
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You don't have adb/fastboot set up properly. Google 15 second adb install xda.
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jd1639 said:
You don't have adb/fastboot set up properly. Google 15 second adb install xda.
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He should already have it from my thread. Its just a question whether he used it correctly or whether it doesn't set up the environment variables on xp properly

Yes installed the 15 second install, Y,Y,N, then installed the Clockmod driver.
I'll go back and read it again, guess I must've missed something.

Have you rebooted? Try that. Is still no, you'll need to manually populate the environment variables.

Right, I have re-read the manual section and I can tell you I HAD edited the path before as I was following another instruction, one where it required SDK tools. So I have deleted the text I added last time (platform-tools was part of it) and copied and pasted the test in the manual area, including the colon.
Still cannot see the adb in the command window though?

iainwith2is said:
Right, I have re-read the manual section and I can tell you I HAD edited the path before as I was following another instruction, one where it required SDK tools. So I have deleted the text I added last time (platform-tools was part of it) and copied and pasted the test in the manual area, including the colon.
Still cannot see the adb in the command window though?
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Don't copy and paste it. The text is generic. You must put your text there....then reboot.

this is what I pasted:
;c:\adb_fastboot
?

iainwith2is said:
this is what I pasted:
;c:\adb_fastboot
?
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Which is generic. Is the folder your adb and fastboot executables are in called c:\adb_fastboot? If you used the installer, it is not.

Where would the installer put them? I've searched my computer for "fastboot" and its found the exe that I put in a folder on my desktop. This looks a similar address to what I changed the path to previously...

Oy vey
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jd1639 said:
Oy vey
Pardon?
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OK so my path is broken so I won't be able to run adb commands?

Did you look at the root of c:? C:\adb perhaps? Its all covered in my thread isn't it? Are you reading it or skimming it? You don't even *need* to put it in the path. Its just easier. Please read to the end of the thread
Also, you don't need to run any adb commands

Yes I've scanned c: drive.
I've read and understood what I can, I'm not an expert so I can only compute what I understand.
I have reinstalled the adb setup a few times and I have noticed that it clearly says "0 files copied" after I select the exe files and system wide options.
I have also tried to run the adb and fastboot devices commands in the command window which gives me the aforementioned error messages.
For some reason, these programs are not being installed onto my machine?