need help getting adb on pc

[willsp28]

after typing adb devices it says adb is not recognized as an internal or external command

ok i hit the screenshot button now how do i find the screen shot

prt sc button?

 

[Brian706]

So if you use the print screen button then you have to paste the image into another program like mspaint. Then save it.

But I can already tell you from the error that you posted, you aren't running the command from the right directory.

To make it easy, right click on your platform-tools folder (or whatever folder your adb utility is in) and select "open command window here". I think you can do this in windows 7.

 

[willsp28]

cmd prompt

 

[Brian706]

Did you try what I said about right clicking the folder and choosing open command prompt here?

Your command prompt needs to start with the location of the folder that adb is in. For example, my adb is on my desktop in a folder called platform-tools. So when I use adb, my command prompt looks like this:

c:\desktop\platform-tools> adb devices

 

[willsp28]

i have lots of files called platform tools

 

[Brian706]

To make this as easy as possible can you please do the following?

Copy the zip file that you have called platform-tools_r30.0.0-windows and paste it on your desktop.

Rename the file to platform-tools

Right click on it and extract it.

Now you should have a folder called platform-tools with a bunch of files inside.

Once you are there let me know and I'll tell you what to type exactly

 

[willsp28]

ok i got a few steps done i copied the r30 then hit paste to desktop

 

[willsp28]

it then was already named platform-rools but after right clicking there isn't an extract option

 

[Brian706]

Can you post a screenshot of platform-tools on your desktop?

I'm just trying to see if it's still a zip file or if it's already extracted

 

[willsp28]

ok here it is

 

[willsp28]

heres what's in the folder

 

[Brian706]

Okay great! It looks good. Now open command prompt and type these things and press return/enter after each

cd desktop

cd platform-tools

Now your command prompt should look like
c:\desktop\platform-tools>

Now use the adb devices command

 

[willsp28]

open cmd prompt from where

 

[willsp28]

from start menu or platform tools

 

[Brian706]

Open from start menu then type the directions from my last post

 

[willsp28]

wait i got something

 

[willsp28]

inside the folder i hit shift and right click then open cmd prompt, saw someone say that earlier on YouTube

 

[willsp28]

ok this looks good

 

[Brian706]

Yes it looks good. It says unauthorized. I think you need to make sure your phone is unlocked and run the command. Then give it permission on the phone when the message pops up. But yes it's finally working

 

[Brian706]

Now that you're up and running I'm going to go for the night. If you have any other questions I bet @ocnbrze can help you if they are around for awhile.

 

[willsp28]

ok thanks soo much have a great night