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I come from the world of Windows Mobile and have just recetly delved into hacking my G1. While I've had no problems installing jesusfreke's images or themes...I'm struggling with how to get fastboot to work.
Perhaps someone can give me some guidance. Anyone willing to give me some simple step by step instructions. I've searched for this and i think I have everything i need, but I'm unable to get to a point where I can type in commands. when i try to run adb, it open very briefly and closes.
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks,
Jason
Go to start -> run -> type in CMD
Navigate to the folder where adb is located.
Then type in adb devices to see if it finds ur device.
If not then make sure you have it plugged in and USB debugging is turned on in the phones settings under Development.
Also download the usb drivers/or the whole SDK if you havent yet.
nosaj13 said:
when i try to run adb, it open very briefly and closes.
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If you try to execute a text mode executable in windows, it will close the terminal window as soon as the program finishes. If you run adb without any arguments, it will print the arguments out terminate. I could say the solution is to open run as and type cmd, but the true answer is to install Linux
nosaj13 said:
I come from the world of Windows Mobile and have just recetly delved into hacking my G1. While I've had no problems installing jesusfreke's images or themes...I'm struggling with how to get fastboot to work.
Perhaps someone can give me some guidance. Anyone willing to give me some simple step by step instructions. I've searched for this and i think I have everything i need, but I'm unable to get to a point where I can type in commands. when i try to run adb, it open very briefly and closes.
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks,
Jason
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1. Download this
2. Extract the contents of the fastboot directory to the root of your C drive.
3. Go Start -> Run -> type 'cmd' (no quotes) and hit enter
4. Type 'c:' (no quotes) and hit enter
5. With your phone plugged in, you should be able to type 'adb devices' and it should return your phones serial number, which is usually in HTXXXXXXXX format. If it does not, make sure debugging is enabled on your phone and you have the adb drivers installed.
6. type 'adb shell reboot bootloader' and hit enter. The screen on your phone will go blank for a second and then you should be in the SPL with the skating androids. Make sure you see "FASTBOOT" at the bottom of the screen.
7. type 'fastboot devices' and hit enter. If you see your phone's serial number again, you have successfully established a fastboot connection with the phone and can run commands such as:
fastboot erase <partition> (erases the given partition)
fastboot flash <partition> <file.img> (overwrites and flashes given partition with given file. This is how one would restore from a nandroid backup)
fastboot reboot (reboots the device into user mode)
Hope that helps. Have fun
when i type adp devices i get an error that says "adp is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file"
what am i doing wrong?
nosaj13 said:
when i type adp devices i get an error that says "adp is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file"
what am i doing wrong?
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First, the command is adb devices not adp. Second, make sure you copied the contents of the fastboot directory to the C drive. Third, make sure you that when you type 'c:' into the command line, the command prompt actually changes to "C:\>"
Datruesurfer said:
1. Download this
2. Extract the contents of the fastboot directory to the root of your C drive.
3. Go Start -> Run -> type 'cmd' (no quotes) and hit enter
4. Type 'c:' (no quotes) and hit enter
5. With your phone plugged in, you should be able to type 'adb devices' and it should return your phones serial number, which is usually in HTXXXXXXXX format. If it does not, make sure debugging is enabled on your phone and you have the adb drivers installed.
6. type 'adb shell reboot bootloader' and hit enter. The screen on your phone will go blank for a second and then you should be in the SPL with the skating androids. Make sure you see "FASTBOOT" at the bottom of the screen.
7. type 'fastboot devices' and hit enter. If you see your phone's serial number again, you have successfully established a fastboot connection with the phone and can run commands such as:
fastboot erase <partition> (erases the given partition)
fastboot flash <partition> <file.img> (overwrites and flashes given partition with given file. This is how one would restore from a nandroid backup)
fastboot reboot (reboots the device into user mode)
Hope that helps. Have fun
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i did all the above steps with no problem at all till i got to number 7. when i typed in fastboot devices it just goes to the next prompt without my phone showing up.
If i plug in my g1 in normal mode i see it at the top under adb and in the usb section as a mass storage device.
In bootloader mode with fastboot on the screen it doesnt show up anywhere in the device manager.
Also when i follow the above quoted steps and type in the "adb shell reboot bootloader" and hit enter i hear the ding you hear when you unplug a usb device, and all instances of the phone then leave the device manager.
i have also uninstalled and reinstalled all drivers for the phone and all drivers that have to do with the usb ports on my win xp machine.
Anyone have any ideas i could try?
I think you need this program. I put it on my desktop, then just ran cmd, directed to it, and type in fastboot.
I7oobie said:
I think you need this program. I put it on my desktop, then just ran cmd, directed to it, and type in fastboot.
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thats not it. i have that in the sys 32 folder and also on desktop
Fastboot mode not recognized
I'm having the same problem. I've installed all the correct drivers and in normal mode, I see the Android Composite Device (or something similar) in Device Manager.
As soon as I go into SPL mode (the 3 skateboarding androids screen), the device does not show up.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
Datruesurfer said:
First, the command is adb devices not adp. Second, make sure you copied the contents of the fastboot directory to the C drive. Third, make sure you that when you type 'c:' into the command line, the command prompt actually changes to "C:\>"
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When I'm in the Command Prompt and I type C:, the directory still reads C:\Documents and Setting\Reids. It won't change to only C:
Hi,
You have to do this to get back to c:
cd\
press enter
That should do it.
bestwebs said:
Hi,
You have to do this to get back to c:
cd\
press enter
That should do it.
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Ok, thanks a lot. Got it working now.
I need help trying to flash my cupcake images that I have stored in my fastboot folder. I attached the pictures below. I will accept any help I can get.
EDIT: Doh, I thought I was in another topic.
My bad.
Are adb & adb's dll files located inside the same folder as fastboot??? They are suppose too be.
Is your usb cord directly plugged into your system or thru a hub??
Your phone, i bet is under usb mass....to check, expand your device manager window.
Expand your USB-Mass storage list.
With your phone in fastboot mode, click on the camera key and the back key. With enough time inbetween for your system to recognize that there might be a device hooked up.
Notice any change in the list??
Anyone wanting good instructions
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/nandroid-v2-0-full-nand-backup-and-restore-tool-9336/
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this seems like the most easiest thing to do but i still cant get it to work
i have downloaded everything needed and see ADB Interface on my device manager with a yellow mark on it when i try to update the dirver it fails and i got the drivers and point them to it but seems not to work
my phone is on the fastboot screen with the android skateboards guys
i dont know whats going on if someone know what am also doing wrong can tell me please...
This is what i get
Hi there,
I have an HTC Magic and am trying to root it by following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Sapphire_Hacking#Known_Hackable_SPL_revisions
I have the Android SDK package installed, but am having troubles getting any further because I'm having troubles with the command line prompts.
For instance, I added ;C:\AndroidSDK\tools\ to the end of the Path in my Environment Variables, just like the guide said, but I don't know if I did it correctly. When I open up the command prompt, it still gives me C:\Windows\System32> as my starting directory. What should I be seeing instead?
Also, when I type in "adb devices", it doesn't recognize the command. I'm assuming that's because I'm typing it into the wrong directory, but I don't understand how to navigate to the right one.
Any suggestions?
You need to add the path to the directory that CONTAINS the adb.exe file.
If you did it correct the command "adb" should be recognized.
You may need to restart the computer after adding the path i'm not 100% sure.
Adding something to the PATH variable does not change where you start out when you open the command prompt.
Yea that's what I did. I added ;C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\ (my adb file is in the platform tools folder) but when I type adb in the command line, it doesn't recognize the command.
fast boot will not run for some reason, anyhelp to get fast boot to run would be awesome
What error does it give? Did you turn off PDANet?
ive tried everything it just doesnt come up i double click it but it pops up and goes away then some times if i go to open by right clicking it it says the .dll file is gone but i got it sitting next to it
ok fastboot is what is used in CMD. ur fastboot.exe is located in the sdk folder then in tools. so what u will need to do is navigate to ur sdk folder in command and find fastboot. then fastboot (whatever commands)
Right... Use fastboot from the command line. Go to the directory fastboot is in with windows explorer hold shift and right click. Select open command prompt here. Type fastboot.
the newest Superuser-3.0.7_mod-signed can root it
I am new to the ASUS family of tablets, and j just can't figure out how to root. I have rooted many tablets and installed custom roms before but the i cannot follow the how tos listed here. For one fastboot doesnt work on my computer. It opens and closes immediately. What i would like is a detailed step by step guide with a trouble shooting guide. I mean now i reading about downgrading, blob files and a few other things i never dealt with on my galaxy. Someone help......would love to root this thing. Email me if u want [email protected]
You need to run fastboot from the DOS Prompt
start run - cmd
then type fastboot command.
I take it you have unlocked your bootloader?
Check this thread, it has videos about rooting and whatnot, hope it helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663244
Northern-Loop said:
You need to run fastboot from the DOS Prompt
start run - cmd
then type fastboot command.
I take it you have unlocked your bootloader?
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Yes, Bootloader is unlocked. Ok, so I tried the flashboot command, so now what? I typed the command from the walkthru "fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img " but get an errorcannot load recovery.img. So what am I missing. I have the recovery image on my desktop.....
Put the recovery image in the same folder as your fastboot application and it should work.
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Put the recovery image in the same folder as your fastboot application and it should work.
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....what fastboot folder? I installed the ADK per the instructions, I downloaded the root and recovery image. I looked in the system for a fastboot folder and do not see it. Plus when I try to type in the fastboot command now, it says it is not a recognized command. I am sure this is something simple, but I am just not getting it. Is there a more detailed step by step somewhere that will actually walk you thru the steps without assuming you know what they are talking about? I can root my phone, my galaxy tab all day long and install and change ROMS, but this one has me upside down.
When you installed android SDK and ran SDK manager to install the tools, it should create a "platform tools" folder. In that folder you should see "fastboot.exe." Put the recovery image into the same platform tools folder.
Make sure when you run the command that you are in the command prompt, and that you have navigated to the same platform tools folder. It should then recognize the fastboot command and flash your recovery.
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When you installed android SDK and ran SDK manager to install the tools, it should create a "platform tools" folder. In that folder you should see "fastboot.exe." Put the recovery image into the same platform tools folder.
Make sure when you run the command that you are in the command prompt, and that you have navigated to the same platform tools folder. It should then recognize the fastboot command and flash your recovery.
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Found the folder and it did have the platform tools in it but Apparently I have forgotten how to navigate in CMD, so I moved the folder to the current location CMD was at. I typed in the command fromt the walkthrough and I get "adbwinapi.dll" is not installed. Not sure if this is progress or not.....so now what.
That file should be in your platform tools folder as well. I think it's a driver issue. Is your tablet showing up in device manager? Does it have a yellow triangle? I'm not really an expert unfortunately, hopefully someone with more knowledge can jump in.
xAshxMoneyx said:
That file should be in your platform tools folder as well. I think it's a driver issue. Is your tablet showing up in device manager? Does it have a yellow triangle? I'm not really an expert unfortunately, hopefully someone with more knowledge can jump in.
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So I think I am going to delete everything and start from scratch. This shouldn't be this difficult. Here we go......
tccc143 said:
So I think I am going to delete everything and start from scratch. This shouldn't be this difficult. Here we go......
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Ok, so reinstalled everything.....did a quick refresher on CMD directions and had it rooted with CWM in 10 minutes. I have been working in Android so long without the use of a PC that I forgot how to use the PC. Thanks for the help....now we wait for some nice roms.
Sweet, glad you got it, I've done this stuff a few times but I always have to refresh myself and take it slow on each different device.
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Found the folder and it did have the platform tools in it but Apparently I have forgotten how to navigate in CMD, so I moved the folder to the current location CMD was at. I typed in the command fromt the walkthrough and I get "adbwinapi.dll" is not installed. Not sure if this is progress or not.....so now what.
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You should not move the folder. This can cause all kinds of problems. in the cmd prompt just type
cd \folder\folder\etc.
The cd means change directory and you start off with a backslash to set the initial path to the root of your drive. if folder names include spaces then wrap the path with quotes, cd "\folder one\folder two\etc". the prompt should change from C:\windows or whatever to what you typed in.
if you've installed on a drive other than C: then first change to that drive by typing the drive letter followed by a colon, ie D:
Good old DOS will never die.
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Hi
I have a Nexus 5 currently on KitKat 4.4, and am trying to manually update to 4.4.1 but with no success
Have read and followed all stages in posts relating to updating the firmware, have downloaded the 4.4.1 file and Android SDK.
All steps work as they should, have got as far as my PC recognising my device serial number, until I get to the step where I enter, in the command prompt opened from the platform tools folder
adb sideload KitKat.zip (KitKat.zip being the name I have given the file)
I then keep getting the error message "unable to read file KitKat.zip"
I have tried with and without .zip in the command but still no luck
Help please?? I have run out of ideas to try
The command adb sideload (filename).zip has no space between side and load.
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When you type in the command prompt: adb sideload update, do not type in the .zip part in the command line
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nohcho said:
When you type in the command prompt: adb sideload update, do not type in the .zip part in the command line
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Wrong. First, rename the file to "update.zip" without the quotes. Make sure it's not "update.zip.zip." . Make sure the file is in the platform-tools folder. The command is "adb sideload update.zip" no quotes
marleyfan61 said:
Wrong. First, rename the file to "update.zip" without the quotes. Make sure it's not "update.zip.zip." . Make sure the file is in the platform-tools folder. The command is "adb sideload update.zip" no quotes
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Have tried renaming the file to update.zip as well as trying several other file names, doesn't make any difference the same error message appears
I was having the same issue. I just kept the ota name as it was when I downloaded it and added .zip to the end. It worked fine after that. Just copy and paste it in cmd
red83 said:
Have tried renaming the file to update.zip as well as trying several other file names, doesn't make any difference the same error message appears
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Maybe a corrupt download. Try downloading again. Make sure you make file extensions visible so you don't accidentally name it .zip.zip. Then try my instructions again.
Are you booting to recovery then doing the power/volume up thing then select apply update from adb?
forgive me if you did this already, does your operating system display the three letter file extension like 'update.zip, adb.exe' etc.
marleyfan61 said:
Maybe a corrupt download. Try downloading again. Make sure you make file extensions visible so you don't accidentally name it .zip.zip. Then try my instructions again.
Are you booting to recovery then doing the power/volume up thing then select apply update from adb?
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yes I put the phone into recovery mode as described in the online tutorials by holding the power button and the down arrow volume button simultaneously and from there I can select recovery mode and then into the sub menu that you popular by hold power and tapping the up volume button and it appears at the top of the screen, I then select ''update via ADB''....... by the way by default the windows drivers package doesn't have a specific ADB driver, and as a result you get an on screen prompt to verify this is the case.
When you activate usb debugging from developer options on the android desktop is when this becomes apparent, to get round this I have loaded up a couple of generic ADB drivers and tried them, they work as when you open the command prompt and specify the location of the adb.exe file it recognises the adb device when you put in ''adb devices''...its serial number/ imei can be seen from there.
Now here is the random part...when you populate the string under command prompt and then add '' adb sideload update.zip (exactly as that) you get an on screen prompt appear stating the ' cannot read update.zip '
I was thinking this file may be corrupt but I have located several now and none work at all.......basically I can run the adb.exe file from the ''platform-tools'' folder where the ''update.zip'' file has been located....regardless of what I name it or whether it is called kitkat.zip or without the .zip extension it still says it cannot read the file....what am I doing wrong??
red83 said:
yes I put the phone into recovery mode as described in the online tutorials by holding the power button and the down arrow volume button simultaneously and from there I can select recovery mode and then into the sub menu that you popular by hold power and tapping the up volume button and it appears at the top of the screen, I then select ''update via ADB''....... by the way by default the windows drivers package doesn't have a specific ADB driver, and as a result you get an on screen prompt to verify this is the case.
When you activate usb debugging from developer options on the android desktop is when this becomes apparent, to get round this I have loaded up a couple of generic ADB drivers and tried them, they work as when you open the command prompt and specify the location of the adb.exe file it recognises the adb device when you put in ''adb devices''...its serial number/ imei can be seen from there.
Now here is the random part...when you populate the string under command prompt and then add '' adb sideload update.zip (exactly as that) you get an on screen prompt appear stating the ' cannot read update.zip '
I was thinking this file may be corrupt but I have located several now and none work at all.......basically I can run the adb.exe file from the ''platform-tools'' folder where the ''update.zip'' file has been located....regardless of what I name it or whether it is called kitkat.zip or without the .zip extension it still says it cannot read the file....what am I doing wrong??
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Try my suggestion above, worked for me. I was having the same problem.
red83 said:
yes I put the phone into recovery mode as described in the online tutorials by holding the power button and the down arrow volume button simultaneously and from there I can select recovery mode and then into the sub menu that you popular by hold power and tapping the up volume button and it appears at the top of the screen, I then select ''update via ADB''....... by the way by default the windows drivers package doesn't have a specific ADB driver, and as a result you get an on screen prompt to verify this is the case.
When you activate usb debugging from developer options on the android desktop is when this becomes apparent, to get round this I have loaded up a couple of generic ADB drivers and tried them, they work as when you open the command prompt and specify the location of the adb.exe file it recognises the adb device when you put in ''adb devices''...its serial number/ imei can be seen from there.
Now here is the random part...when you populate the string under command prompt and then add '' adb sideload update.zip (exactly as that) you get an on screen prompt appear stating the ' cannot read update.zip '
I was thinking this file may be corrupt but I have located several now and none work at all.......basically I can run the adb.exe file from the ''platform-tools'' folder where the ''update.zip'' file has been located....regardless of what I name it or whether it is called kitkat.zip or without the .zip extension it still says it cannot read the file....what am I doing wrong??
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I'm not following some of what you are saying. I think it may be an adb driver issue. Have a look at this thread :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514396
Also, I don't use adb.exe. I open a command prompt and navigate to the platform-tools folder and execute the commands in the cmd window. You say you are getting into recovery by doing the button presses. You should be able to connect your phone when not in recovery and within the cmd window execute "adb reboot recovery" to get into recovery. If that's not working it's a driver problem.
Beyond that I'm not going to be much more help - not that I've been any help since you are still having the problem.
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I'm not following some of what you are saying. I think it may be an adb driver issue. Have a look at this thread :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514396
Also, I don't use adb.exe. I open a command prompt and navigate to the platform-tools folder and execute the commands in the cmd window. You say you are getting into recovery by doing the button presses. You should be able to connect your phone when not in recovery and within the cmd window execute "adb reboot recovery" to get into recovery. If that's not working it's a driver problem.
Beyond that I'm not going to be much more help - not that I've been any help since you are still having the problem.
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Yes what you said works, straight into recovery no probs by putting 'adb reboot recovery in a cmd prompt window to the specific directory that the abd file is located......(in platform tools) then if I put adb devices the serial number comes up straight away with 'sideload next to it.
So then I put adb sideload update.zip, and guess what!
cannot read update.zip....
Have you tried my suggestion?
richport29 said:
Have you tried my suggestion?
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Yes have just tried what you suggested and only added .zip to the original name of the file and still the same error message appears
marleyfan61 said:
I'm not following some of what you are saying. I think it may be an adb driver issue. Have a look at this thread :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514396
Also, I don't use adb.exe. I open a command prompt and navigate to the platform-tools folder and execute the commands in the cmd window. You say you are getting into recovery by doing the button presses. You should be able to connect your phone when not in recovery and within the cmd window execute "adb reboot recovery" to get into recovery. If that's not working it's a driver problem.
Beyond that I'm not going to be much more help - not that I've been any help since you are still having the problem.
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Should I be "de-activating/activating" anything else other than activating the developer options and selecting USB debugging....should I remove my SIM card??
Anything else I may have overlooked please?
red83 said:
Yes have just tried what you suggested and only added .zip to the original name of the file and still the same error message appears
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Try re-downloading the ota. Place it in the platform-tools folder, and try again.
7ed504f678cea49ecf0974e8cd956e2974e3f943.signed-hammerhead-KOT49E-from-KRT16M.7ed504f6.zip
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Try re-downloading the ota. Place it in the platform-tools folder, and try again.
7ed504f678cea49ecf0974e8cd956e2974e3f943.signed-hammerhead-KOT49E-from-KRT16M.7ed504f6.zip
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Have tried re-downloading the file from several locations, placing it directly into the platform-tools folder and only adding .zip to the file directory name.....still no joy
When you type adb devices, what comes up?
Unless you absolutely have to have the camera fix in this update right now, then I suggest you just wait til the OTA becomes available on your phone. The camera fix is the only significant thing in the update. I don't know what the issue is with what you are trying but I suspect there is something not being done right. Sounds like it's not worth the frustration tho.