Terminal Emulation

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I downloaded a terminal emulator (a free one first then Better Terminal Emulator Pro") just to have it and carefully familiarize with the OS on this phone.

Before I installed fresh 1.0 when I opened it a screen with a lone "$" and would appear and function just as ADB SHELL does from my PC (XP).

After fresh the initial screen displays:

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$

From this screen if I type "su" it goes to another screen titled "su request" and times out to a FC in about a minute or two.
Also in the Preferences menu the Command Line option is set to:

/system/bin/sh -#/

I can navigate into folders in "$" but no matter how deep I go "exit" closes the emulator instead of going back one level.

I am not using almquist shell, just android shell.

Any insight into what this means would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by nebenezer

I downloaded a terminal emulator (a free one first then Better Terminal Emulator Pro") just to have it and carefully familiarize with the OS on this phone.

Before I installed fresh 1.0 when I opened it a screen with a lone "$" and would appear and function just as ADB SHELL does from my PC (XP).

After fresh the initial screen displays:

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$

From this screen if I type "su" it goes to another screen titled "su request" and times out to a FC in about a minute or two.

Are you on fresh 1.0 now? I *think* the issue with the "su request" screen being blank was in an older version of the fresh ROM.

Originally Posted by nebenezer

I can navigate into folders in "$" but no matter how deep I go "exit" closes the emulator instead of going back one level.

Completely normal... "exit" will exit the current shell you're in. If you want to go back one directory, then "cd .."

Answer found

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I had USB debugging off, switched it on and terminal emulator works.

Originally Posted by x99percent

Are you on fresh 1.0 now? I *think* the issue with the "su request" screen being blank was in an older version of the fresh ROM.

Completely normal... "exit" will exit the current shell you're in. If you want to go back one directory, then "cd .."

That was quick! Thanks x99%

Yes, using 1.0.

I tried cd.. before, it did nothing. Allowing usb debugging has done the trick, works fine.

also cd.. should be cd .. has to have space between cd and the ..

Originally Posted by obelisk79

also cd.. should be cd .. has to have space between cd and the ..

did not know that, Thanks!

Originally Posted by nebenezer

I had USB debugging off, switched it on and terminal emulator works.

Ah... good catch.

Originally Posted by nebenezer

After fresh the initial screen displays:

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$

<shrug> The fresh ROM's busybox has something in its rc file. Is this a problem for some reason?

From this screen if I type "su" it goes to another screen titled "su request" and times out to a FC in about a minute or two.

Turn USB Debugging back on. Why people can't search, I'll never understand.

I can navigate into folders in "$" but no matter how deep I go "exit" closes the emulator instead of going back one level.

Uh, that's because that's what exit is supposed to do.

try "cd -" that works for me.