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Root "adb shell" and garbled text

vix

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Apr 5, 2010
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Hi!
Every time i try to access adb shell on my galaxo 1.6.3.2 i get the strange garbled text:
Code:
c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
  ____       _
 / ___| __ _| | __ ___  ___   _
| |  _ / _` | |/ _` \ \/ / | | |
| |_| | (_| | | (_| |>  <| |_| |
 \____|\__,_|_|\__,_/_/\_\\__, |
                          |___/ ..... by drakaz

&#8592;[01;32m[root@galaxy&#8592;[01;31m:&#8592;[01;34m/]&#8592;[00mls
ls
&#8592;[1;34mcache&#8592;[0m                 &#8592;[1;32minit&#8592;[0m                  &#8592;[1;34msbin&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[1;34mdata&#8592;[0m                  &#8592;[1;32minit.goldfish.rc&#8592;[0m      &#8592;[1;34msdcard&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[1;34mdbdata&#8592;[0m                &#8592;[1;32minit.rc&#8592;[0m               &#8592;[1;34msqlite_stmt_journals&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[0;0mdefault.prop&#8592;[0m          &#8592;[0;0mlogo.rle&#8592;[0m              &#8592;[1;34msys&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[1;34mdev&#8592;[0m                   &#8592;[1;34mproc&#8592;[0m                  &#8592;[1;34msystem&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[1;36metc&#8592;[0m                   &#8592;[1;34mroot&#8592;[0m                  &#8592;[1;34muserdata&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[01;32m[root@galaxy&#8592;[01;31m:&#8592;[01;34m/]&#8592;[00m
&#8592;[01;32m[root@galaxy&#8592;[01;31m:&#8592;[01;34m/]&#8592;[00m

I typed adb shell, and then run ls command. Can anybody reproduce the problem?
 
Hi!
Every time i try to access adb shell on my galaxo 1.6.3.2 i get the strange garbled text:
Code:
c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
  ____       _
 / ___| __ _| | __ ___  ___   _
| |  _ / _` | |/ _` \ \/ / | | |
| |_| | (_| | | (_| |>  <| |_| |
 \____|\__,_|_|\__,_/_/\_\\__, |
                          |___/ ..... by drakaz

&#8592;[01;32m[root@galaxy&#8592;[01;31m:&#8592;[01;34m/]&#8592;[00mls
ls
&#8592;[1;34mcache&#8592;[0m                 &#8592;[1;32minit&#8592;[0m                  &#8592;[1;34msbin&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[1;34mdata&#8592;[0m                  &#8592;[1;32minit.goldfish.rc&#8592;[0m      &#8592;[1;34msdcard&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[1;34mdbdata&#8592;[0m                &#8592;[1;32minit.rc&#8592;[0m               &#8592;[1;34msqlite_stmt_journals&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[0;0mdefault.prop&#8592;[0m          &#8592;[0;0mlogo.rle&#8592;[0m              &#8592;[1;34msys&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[1;34mdev&#8592;[0m                   &#8592;[1;34mproc&#8592;[0m                  &#8592;[1;34msystem&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[1;36metc&#8592;[0m                   &#8592;[1;34mroot&#8592;[0m                  &#8592;[1;34muserdata&#8592;[0m
&#8592;[01;32m[root@galaxy&#8592;[01;31m:&#8592;[01;34m/]&#8592;[00m
&#8592;[01;32m[root@galaxy&#8592;[01;31m:&#8592;[01;34m/]&#8592;[00m
I typed adb shell, and then run ls command. Can anybody reproduce the problem?
its because you are running galax0. its a custom shell with colours.
it will look a mess if you use cmd but if you use a a linux terminal or use droidexplorer this info is displayed correctly.
also if you use a terminal emulator on the device its displayed correctly
 
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