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Root All Things ODIN and ADB

bearsfan85

bearsfan85

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I just compiled this to clean up stickies and do not take credit for these.

Flashing Using Odin
Thank you BH_Man

1. Open up Odin Multi Download
2. Under Select OPS, choose Behold2_partition.ops
3. Click PDA, choose the PDA File you are Trying to Flash Rather it Be BH_MAN Rom / or Stock
4. Power Off Phone
5. Make sure you have it connected via USB
6. Hold and Press Volume Down, OK, Power (the red end button)
7. Phone will say Download Mode
8. Click Start on Odin Multi Downloader.
9. Wait a couple of minutes
10. Stock Touchwiz phone working again!

1.6 Odin and Stuff

Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7
- Samsung Behold 2 USB Drivers for ODIN & ADB.

How to Thread for ADB Shell
Thanks Again BH_Man
BH_MAN said:
Due to the Over whelming Question Regarding how-to do things in Android system regarding ADB, I've Decided to make a thread regarding this Issue..

If you Have to ask a Question, be very clear so we can Keep this thread Clean.. Wiki Located here > ADB - Android Wiki

To Fix ADB in Linux, Visit this Thread > http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-behold-2/60949-adb-linux-replacement-fix-file.html

To start us Off.....

If you would Like to Pull a File / App. First we would do this....

Now we should have a Huge amount of App's in front of us, now we locate the name of the App we wish to pull Once we Find it, we do the Following.. ( In this example I'll be Pulling the alarmclock.apk )

Next, If still in Command Prompt.
running exit will drop you back into Command prompt shell, From there we Running the Following Commands in Blue...
adb pull /system/app/AlarmClock.apk C:\AlarmClock.apk

Now we should have the alram clock app in our Root Directory in C:\

Now to Push the alarm clock app after we made changes to it...

adb push C:\AlarmClock.apk /system/app/AlarmClock.apk

Now we have Pull & Push a File into the system/app Directory.

Now.... Lets say we want to remove an App from the /system/app Directory ( Be careful when doing this, Can cause phone Not to Boot... )

In this example I'll be Removing the AlarmClock.apk from adb shell..
Now, if the System uses .odex file, do the same regarding those file's as well.... The Command would look like this for .odex removal...
More Example..

Through ADB
A2SD Commands
If using any A2SD you would run these Commands as well to locate, Remove, Pull or Push.

Pull apps off phone onto computer
Push apps back to phone from the computer
Delete existing apps on SD
Please Post your How-to,

Thanks,
~BH_MAN
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Understanding Android file permissions
Again Thanks to BH_Man

BH_MAN said:
Overview Of Permissions via ADB SHELL
Example = drwxrwxrwx

To Check Permission at anytime in ADB just Type:
 ls -l

The First character defines the Directory, Link, Binary.
Below are some examples
 Example = d---------
 d = Directory
l = Link
b = Binary


The next 9 characters define the file permissions. These permissions are
given in groups of 3 each.

The first 3 characters are the permissions for the owner of the file or directory.
 Example = -rwx------

 The next 3 are permissions for the group that the file is owned by.
Example = ----rwx---

 The final 3 characters define the access permissions for everyone not part of the group.
 Example = -------rwx

There are 3 possible attributes that make up file access permissions.

 r - Read permission. Whether the file may be read. In the case of a
directory, this would mean the ability to list the contents of the
directory.

 w - Write permission. Whether the file may be written to or modified. For
a directory, this defines whether you can make any changes to the contents
of the directory. If write permission is not set then you will not be able
to delete, rename or create a file.

 x - Execute permission. Whether the file may be executed. In the case of a
directory, this attribute decides whether you have permission to enter,
run a search through that directory or execute some program from that
directory

In addition to the file permission, you can also modify the owner and
group of the file. The chown program is used here and its syntax is very
simple. You need to be the owner of a file or root to do this.

 Understanding Owner Permissions:
The first command is for owner ID, the Second Command is for Group ID.
exp. root.root ( First Root is owner, Second Root is Group ).

Chmod 644 some file, Like Build.prop For testing & then Veiw the Resulted Changes!
Refer to the table below as a quick reference.

Command Line for Both would look like this

 chmod 644 build.prop = -rw-r--r--
 \/
Chmod Guide
 0 - ---
 1 - --x
 2 - -w-
 3 - -wx
4 - r--
 5 - r-x
 6 - rw-
 7 - rwx

 Behold 2 SH Chown Guide
\/
chown root.root build.prop
 root.root = Root
 root.shell = Shell

 Busybox SH Chown Guide
\/
 chown 0.0 build.prop
 0.0 = Root
 0.2000 = Shell

I'll update the chmod with more with More Complex Commands Later

 Side Note:Always set owner ( chown ) before Setting Permissions ( Chmod )!

Hope this Clears up things & is Helpful to everyone
~BH_MAN
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bearsfan85 said:
I just compiled this to clean up stickies and do not take credit for these.

Flashing Using Odin
Thank you BH_Man

1. Open up Odin Multi Download
2. Under Select OPS, choose Behold2_partition.ops
3. Click PDA, choose the PDA File you are Trying to Flash Rather it Be BH_MAN Rom / or Stock
4. Power Off Phone
5. Make sure you have it connected via USB
6. Hold and Press Volume Down, OK, Power (the red end button)
7. Phone will say Download Mode
8. Click Start on Odin Multi Downloader.
9. Wait a couple of minutes
10. Stock Touchwiz phone working again!

The ODIN Files and orignal Android 1.5 firmware can be downloaded from the following link: http://shrunk.me/uvij6.zip
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I have a friend that has a Behold 2 and I'm attempting to mod it for her. With that said I'm a noob to the whole Behold 2 process of flashing ROMs. To my understanding I will need to use ODIN to get the ROM flashed. Now my problem is that I am having a hard time finding ODIN. The link "http://shrunk.me/uvij6.zip" appears to be broken :o

Any help would be much appreciated!

Just found this http://androidforums.com/behold-2-a...n-images-available-latest-t-mobile-stock.html I think it is what I'm looking for.
 
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OK guys,i`m freakin out.......now I dont get it so please help me, sometimes it work sometimes it dont,sometimes i get the yellow exclamation on ADB interface,sometimes on the SAMSUNG COMPOSITE DEVICE, Sometimes ADB sais DEVICE, Sometimes OFFLINE..... Of course,when i need it it sais OFFLINE, And btw,when i connect/disconnect the phone everytime the status of the phone in DEVMGR changes, And sometimes it doesnt sais like ADB interface,So please help me i`m totally freaking out of that Shit!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
have you tried googling it? all it means is that your computer is having an issue communicating with your phone, could be the cable, port, or phone itself.

As a side note, good grammar also makes it easier to read
 
Sorry about the grammar,well i`m not american and sometimes i`m lazy writing (like now)Drive enforcement is off,and i dont know what to do,and i`m leaving the fact that i cant get more then 7 hours batt life :(:(:(:(:( please help me
 
try using odin and go back to stock, also make sure that adb is enabled on your phone, it should be otherwise the device wouldnt show up
 
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