starkraving
Android Expert
Hey guys and gals,
Just thought I'd do a quick right up about and adb shell and some basic commands along with some reference links.
I know everyone is a "noob" at some point and with all the one click root methods, apk root methods automated install scripts and scripts and apps for this and that and everything... Well I think its a disservice to the community to a degree. People need to understand some basics to better understand what it is to be rooted.
Here's a great reference link for adb shell from the gurus of Google.
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
Here's a little guide basic adb commands.
Firstly make sure you have USB debugging enabled on your device, have SDK and associate tools installed and if necessary have a environmental path set for adb. This if you have to fix the dreaded **ADB is not recognized in the CMD**
Navigate to & Left_Click on Start >
Right_Click on Computer >
Left_Click on Advance System Settings >
Left_Click on Environment Variables >
Left_Click on New ( User Variables ) >
Variables Name: ADB ( Or anything you want )
Variables Value: ;C:\SDK\tools ( Just like this, This is the Path of my adb.exe )
You must put a ; in front of ;C:\ ( adb Path goes here / Variables Value: )
SDK link here...
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?hl=sk
Basic adb commands...
adb push (sends files to your phone) -- adb push c:\example.apk /sdcard/example.apk
adb pull (Receives files from your phone) -- adb pull /system/app/example.apk c:\example.apk
adb install (installs application) -- adb install c:\example.apk
adb shell (Begins shell connection with phone)
adb reboot (reboots phone)
adb reboot recovery (reboots phone into recovery)
adb reboot bootloader (reboots the phone into bootloader/the white screen)
adb remount (remounts the system)
Shell Commands to run while in ADB Shell
cd (changes directories) -- cd /system/app
ls (lists all files in the directory) -- cd /system/app
rm (removes files) -- rm /system/app/example.apk
cp (copies files) similar to cat -- cp /system/app/example.apk /sdcard/example.apk
cat (copies files) -- cat /system/app/example.apk > /sdcard/example.apk
exit (exits shell) -- exit
Nice chmod tutorial here...
http://modmymobile.com/forums/402-general-motorola-android/561136-guide-what-chmod.html
Nice Terminal Emulator tutorial here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884616
Hope you guys find this useful.
Just thought I'd do a quick right up about and adb shell and some basic commands along with some reference links.
I know everyone is a "noob" at some point and with all the one click root methods, apk root methods automated install scripts and scripts and apps for this and that and everything... Well I think its a disservice to the community to a degree. People need to understand some basics to better understand what it is to be rooted.
Here's a great reference link for adb shell from the gurus of Google.
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
Here's a little guide basic adb commands.
Firstly make sure you have USB debugging enabled on your device, have SDK and associate tools installed and if necessary have a environmental path set for adb. This if you have to fix the dreaded **ADB is not recognized in the CMD**
Navigate to & Left_Click on Start >
Right_Click on Computer >
Left_Click on Advance System Settings >
Left_Click on Environment Variables >
Left_Click on New ( User Variables ) >
Variables Name: ADB ( Or anything you want )
Variables Value: ;C:\SDK\tools ( Just like this, This is the Path of my adb.exe )
You must put a ; in front of ;C:\ ( adb Path goes here / Variables Value: )
SDK link here...
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?hl=sk
Basic adb commands...
adb push (sends files to your phone) -- adb push c:\example.apk /sdcard/example.apk
adb pull (Receives files from your phone) -- adb pull /system/app/example.apk c:\example.apk
adb install (installs application) -- adb install c:\example.apk
adb shell (Begins shell connection with phone)
adb reboot (reboots phone)
adb reboot recovery (reboots phone into recovery)
adb reboot bootloader (reboots the phone into bootloader/the white screen)
adb remount (remounts the system)
Shell Commands to run while in ADB Shell
cd (changes directories) -- cd /system/app
ls (lists all files in the directory) -- cd /system/app
rm (removes files) -- rm /system/app/example.apk
cp (copies files) similar to cat -- cp /system/app/example.apk /sdcard/example.apk
cat (copies files) -- cat /system/app/example.apk > /sdcard/example.apk
exit (exits shell) -- exit
Nice chmod tutorial here...
http://modmymobile.com/forums/402-general-motorola-android/561136-guide-what-chmod.html
Nice Terminal Emulator tutorial here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884616
Hope you guys find this useful.
