[Guide]Setting up ADB and Fastboot

ayanah said:

"Setting up fastboot: Your phone must be on bootloader "
1st... what do you mean by "Your phone must be on bootloader" & how to do ??

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ayanah said:

2nd... I accessed this thread from another one concerning nabi II tablet rooting .... but I can't figure out the DIRECT importance to know that ...in regard to rooting the nabi II
.... is it essential ??

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ayanah said:

3rd.. can u please write the prompt commands in full manner ... as sometimes u use "\" or "/" eg:
"adb install C:\<directory>/file.apk
or /sdcard/<directory>/file.apk "
that's a little bit difficult ..thanks

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SimonTS said:

If you don't know that then you need to do A LOT of reading before attempting to play around with your device


I have no idea how you got here from the Nabi II forum - unless someone there felt that this was a decent guide to also use on the Nabi II


The OP is NOT going to rewrite his guide just for you after 6 months. Also, the difference between using '\' and '/' depends on whether you are using Windows or Linux - if you can't work that out then I would also suggest that you leave your device alone before you destroy it.

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kcallis said:

I have been trying to do a factory reset of the Nabi 2, and since I can't seem to access the "Mommy Mode", I thought I could do it from the recovery menu. So far I have yet to find any factor reset option available. Is there such a beast or am I out of luck?

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c.m.b said:

This is not the Nabi 2 forum...
And don't even know what the hell the "Mommy Mode" is, but with the command <adb reboot recovery> should bring you to the recovery.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

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mOh19973 said:

Definition:

ADB is the android debugging bridge that allows you to control your phone from your PC and is a bridge allowing you transfer stuff from it

Fastboot is usually used in bootloader and used a lot in unlocking your bootloader and commands in it

Setting up ADB:

1.Download the ZIP file from the attachments and extract it in C:\SDK\platform-tools (You will need to create these folders)
2. Go to command prompt by typing this word in menu search
3.Start writing

Code:

cd C:\SDK\platform-tools
adb.exe

You will see

Code:

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.29

 -d                            - directs command to the only connected USB devic
e
                                 returns an error if more than one USB device is
 present.
 -e                            - directs command to the only running emulator.
                                 returns an error if more than one emulator is r
unning.
 -s <serial number>            - directs command to the USB device or emulator w
ith
                                 the given serial number. Overrides ANDROID_SERI
AL
                                 environment variable.
 -p <product name or path>     - simple product name like 'sooner', or
                                 a relative/absolute path to a product
                                 out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.

                                 If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT

                                 environment variable is used, which must
                                 be an absolute path.
 devices                       - list all connected devices
 connect <host>[:<port>]       - connect to a device via TCP/IP
                                 Port 5555 is used by default if no port number
is specified.
 disconnect [<host>[:<port>]]  - disconnect from a TCP/IP device.
                                 Port 5555 is used by default if no port number
is specified.
                                 Using this command with no additional arguments

                                 will disconnect from all connected TCP/IP devic
es.

device commands:
  adb push <local> <remote>    - copy file/dir to device
  adb pull <remote> [<local>]  - copy file/dir from device
  adb sync [ <directory> ]     - copy host->device only if changed
                                 (-l means list but don't copy)
                                 (see 'adb help all')
  adb shell                    - run remote shell interactively
  adb shell <command>          - run remote shell command
  adb emu <command>            - run emulator console command
  adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
  adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections
                                 forward specs are one of:
                                   tcp:<port>
                                   localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
                                   localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
                                   localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
                                   dev:<character device name>
                                   jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)
  adb jdwp                     - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport

  adb install [-l] [-r] [-s] <file> - push this package file to the device and i
nstall it
                                 ('-l' means forward-lock the app)
                                 ('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data
)
                                 ('-s' means install on SD card instead of inter
nal storage)
  adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
                                 ('-k' means keep the data and cache directories
)
  adb bugreport                - return all information from the device
                                 that should be included in a bug report.

  adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|-nosy
stem] [<packages...>]
                               - write an archive of the device's data to <file>
.
                                 If no -f option is supplied then the data is wr
itten
                                 to "backup.ab" in the current directory.
                                 (-apk|-noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks
 themselves
                                    in the archive; the default is noapk.)
                                 (-shared|-noshared enable/disable backup of the
 device's
                                    shared storage / SD card contents; the defau
lt is noshared.)
                                 (-all means to back up all installed applicatio
ns)
                                 (-system|-nosystem toggles whether -all automat
ically includes
                                    system applications; the default is to inclu
de system apps)
                                 (<packages...> is the list of applications to b
e backed up.  If
                                    the -all or -shared flags are passed, then t
he package
                                    list is optional.  Applications explicitly g
iven on the
                                    command line will be included even if -nosys
tem would
                                    ordinarily cause them to be omitted.)

  adb restore <file>           - restore device contents from the <file> backup
archive

  adb help                     - show this help message
  adb version                  - show version num

scripting:
  adb wait-for-device          - block until device is online
  adb start-server             - ensure that there is a server running
  adb kill-server              - kill the server if it is running
  adb get-state                - prints: offline | bootloader | device
  adb get-serialno             - prints: <serial-number>
  adb status-window            - continuously print device status for a specifie
d device
  adb remount                  - remounts the /system partition on the device re
ad-write
  adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the boo
tloader or recovery program
  adb reboot-bootloader        - reboots the device into the bootloader
  adb root                     - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions
  adb usb                      - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB
  adb tcpip <port>             - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on th
e specified port
networking:
  adb ppp <tty> [parameters]   - Run PPP over USB.
 Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.
 <tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
 [parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns

adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
  <localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:

  - If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be u
pdated.

  - If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
    is updated.

environmental variables:
  ADB_TRACE                    - Print debug information. A comma separated list
 of the following values
                                 1 or all, adb, sockets, packets, rwx, usb, sync
, sysdeps, transport, jdwp
  ANDROID_SERIAL               - The serial number to connect to. -s takes prior
ity over this if given.
  ANDROID_LOG_TAGS             - When used with the logcat option, only these de
bug tags are printed.

Don't freak out everything will be explained

4.Connect device and make sure that USB Debugging is enabled from Settings:Applicationsevelopment(on GB)
Settingseveloper Options(on ICS and HC)

5.Write

Code:

adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
Device name

6.There are common commands used on ADB:

Code:

adb reboot 
adb reboot recovery
adb reboot bootloader
adb push C:\<directory>\file /sdcard/
adb pull /sdcard/file C:\<directory>\
adb install C:\<directory>/file.apk
              or /sdcard/<directory>/file.apk
adb remount

Push and Pull means copy form directory to another

ADB Shell for in device commands

Code:

adb shell
#mv /sdcard/file /system/app
#cp /sdcard/file /system/app
#rm /sdcard/file 
#mkdir /sdcard/yourfoldernamehere
#ls /sdcard/<directory>

Setting up fastboot: Your phone must be on bootloader

Code:

cd C:\SDK\platform-tools

Commands List:

Code:

fastboot devices – lists which devices in fastboot mode are currently attached to your computer

fastboot boot <filename> – boots a rom stored on your pc specified by the filename

fastboot flash <partition> <filename> – flashes a rom stored on your pc, partition can be one of {boot, recovery, system, userdata}
Example: fastboot flash recovery C:\<directory>\recovery.img

PS: When i wrote <directory> it means like C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\file
Or you can put the file in the the platform-tools folder you created so
write Ex:

Code:

adb push file.apk /sdcard/

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sweetpea8852 said:

When I go

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Klarkus said:

I am having major troubles trying to root my nabi 2 tablet. I tried replying on the actual thread but it wouldnt let me. If anyone can help me out please do. I've tried 2 ways which are pretty much the exact same.

1. download pdanet - install (whilst tablet is plugged in) and chose samsung and it shows up in devices as working fine
2. downloaded platform-tools and made SDK and platform-tools folder. I have the install files as well
3. Run cmd type cd C:\SDK\platform-tools. type adb.exe and it loads in.
4. Run install and chose option 1.

It goes to the option where I choose reboot kernal then it restarts and I get the green android icon with the red triangle with esclamation mark in it.

What am I doing wrong its been doing my head in for 3 days now if anyone can help it would be great. thanks

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Klarkus said:

I am having major troubles trying to root my nabi 2 tablet. I tried replying on the actual thread but it wouldnt let me. If anyone can help me out please do. I've tried 2 ways which are pretty much the exact same.

1. download pdanet - install (whilst tablet is plugged in) and chose samsung and it shows up in devices as working fine
2. downloaded platform-tools and made SDK and platform-tools folder. I have the install files as well
3. Run cmd type cd C:\SDK\platform-tools. type adb.exe and it loads in.
4. Run install and chose option 1.

It goes to the option where I choose reboot kernal then it restarts and I get the green android icon with the red triangle with esclamation mark in it.

What am I doing wrong its been doing my head in for 3 days now if anyone can help it would be great. thanks

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