adbLink v6.1

pennywisetrading · Dec 9, 2016

jocala said:
adbLink 2.07 Released

Changelog:

Windows: If installing on top of an existing installation, preexisting
database and log files will be erased.

Select multiple apk files for installation to Android device

Select multiple files for push to Android device

Start/Stop Android apps on connected device

Logs menu item added: view adbLink/Kodi logs

Download SPMC file menu function added

Double-print of port in logfile corrected

Parallel adb processes functionality restored

ADB Port is not reset when switching OS in preferences: fixed

Root menu removed

http://www.jocala.com

Excellent work Jocala! Can't wait to go home and test it out!

A question regarding 2.05 when connecting to multiple devices, when I click Connect sometimes it doesn't connect/appear in the connected devices straight away and I have to close adblink and reopen it and try again, and it then it usually works. This doesn't always happen but it does sometimes so was wondering if you had any ideas why? do I need to give it a few seconds before I click Connect once I select a different device?

Edit: the first device always connects first time, its the devices after the first that sometimes don't appear straight away

jocala · Dec 9, 2016

pennywisetrading said:
Excellent work Jocala! Can't wait to go home and test it out!

A question regarding 2.05 when connecting to multiple devices, when I click Connect sometimes it doesn't connect/appear in the connected devices straight away and I have to close adblink and reopen it and try again, and it then it usually works. This doesn't always happen but it does sometimes so was wondering if you had any ideas why? do I need to give it a few seconds before I click Connect once I select a different device?

Edit: the first device always connects first time, its the devices after the first that sometimes don't appear straight away

That's odd, check your log for clues if it happens again. BTW, next time you see lag, try pressing the Refresh ADB button.

christoophat · Dec 10, 2016

Installed 2.07 yesterday & used it to:
update SPMC to 16.5, and also to move my data files over to the SD card. Very cool! We watched movies using it last night , everything was fine.
This morning however, now when I try to use SPMC, it won't boot. Have tried restarting AFTV2 several times, but am seeing the same results. I'm kind of lost here on what else it could be, since I didn't change anything , and it worked yesterday. The only difference was using AdbLink. If I wanted to wipe everything & start over, will adblink uninstall SPMC AND also remove the data folder for me? thanks

jocala · Dec 10, 2016

christoophat said:
Installed 2.07 yesterday & used it to:
update SPMC to 16.5, and also to move my data files over to the SD card. Very cool! We watched movies using it last night , everything was fine.
This morning however, now when I try to use SPMC, it won't boot. Have tried restarting AFTV2 several times, but am seeing the same results. I'm kind of lost here on what else it could be, since I didn't change anything , and it worked yesterday. The only difference was using AdbLink. If I wanted to wipe everything & start over, will adblink uninstall SPMC AND also remove the data folder for me? thanks

You can un-install SPMC with adbLink or the AFTV launcher, however, you'll need to
wipe your external sdcard clean manually and delete the /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties file, or
use adbLink to move your data back prior to SPMC deletion.

adbLink uses the Android "pm uninstall" command to uninstall apps and while it
will delete the default SPMC data area, it doesn't know about the redirect that
the xbmc_env.properties file creates, telling SPMC that its data is located
elsewhere.

christoophat · Dec 10, 2016

jocala said:
You can un-install SPMC with adbLink or the AFTV launcher, however, you'll need to
wipe your external sdcard clean manually and delete the /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties file, or
use adbLink to move your data back prior to SPMC deletion.

adbLink uses the Android "pm uninstall" command to uninstall apps and while it
will delete the default SPMC data area, it doesn't know about the redirect that
the xbmc_env.properties file creates, telling SPMC that its data is located
elsewhere.

Figuring I needed to just wipe & start over, I first tried uninstalling it via adblink, but it couldn't seem to find it in the list of installed .apks for me to attempt it, so ended up doing it thru AFTV. During the process, it noted that all data related to the app would also be removed, and I notice the SD now is showing about 2GB more available that when SPMC was installed, so...did it also take out the data folders too (which were about 2.1 GB when I moved them?
Just confused as to why it was working fine last night, but not today...oh well.
Update: I pulled the SD card & looked at it in my PC, and indeed it appears that AFTV does also remove the linked data files from SPMC. All I saw on the card were the normal Android folders

jocala · Dec 10, 2016

christoophat said:
Figuring I needed to just wipe & start over, I first tried uninstalling it via adblink, but it couldn't seem to find it in the list of installed .apks for me to attempt it, so ended up doing it thru AFTV. During the process, it noted that all data related to the app would also be removed, and I notice the SD now is showing about 2GB more available that when SPMC was installed, so...did it also take out the data folders too (which were about 2.1 GB when I moved them?
Just confused as to why it was working fine last night, but not today...oh well.

Unfortunately, the search filter for uninstalls is broken (working on a fix for 2.08). However, scrolling through the list and selecting com.semperpax.spmc will delete SPMC. It's easy to miss a package name when browsing through the list, though.

In my tests, deleting Kodi/SPMC when data has been moved to external locations, does not delete the moved data. It must be done manually. Also, as I mentioned, the /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties file is also left behind. This file will cause problems for a new install if it's not deleted.

adbLiink is mainly just a front-end for Android SDK's adb. No software is bug-free, but I haven't encountered any issues with moving Kodi/SPMC data via adbLink vs doing the same thing manually using the Android SDK.

christoophat · Dec 10, 2016

jocala said:
Unfortunately, the search filter for uninstalls is broken (working on a fix for 2.08). However, scrolling through the list and selecting com.semperpax.spmc will delete SPMC. It's easy to miss a package name when browsing through the list, though.

In my tests, deleting Kodi/SPMC when data has been moved to external locations, does not delete the moved data. It must be done manually. Also, as I mentioned, the /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties file is also left behind. This file will cause problems for a new install if it's not deleted.

adbLiink is mainly just a front-end for Android SDK's adb. No software is bug-free, but I haven't encountered any issues with moving Kodi/SPMC data via adbLink vs doing the same thing manually using the Android SDK.

Yes, I'm sure I missed it (kept looking for "spmc" versus semperpax). Anyways, I reformatted the SD card & have reinstalled SPMC using adblink & am rebuilding Movies database, then will move data folder to SD, then continue to rescan TV Shows & Music files. Was time for a refresh anyways, as I've moved my files to a dedicated NAS box & wanted to rescan from the new locaiton.

irokutwo · Dec 10, 2016

jocala said:
No idea, sorry.

I can confirm that the Mi Box does not allow for Network Debugging. Utilizing Minimal ADB and Fast Boot with USB Debugging turned on in the Mi Box while connected to a PC via male to male USB cable did the trick. It's a bit of a PIA but I really enjoy having SPMC Launcher over the stock Leanback Launcher.

jocala · Dec 10, 2016

irokutwo said:
I can confirm that the Mi Box does not allow for Network Debugging. Utilizing Minimal ADB and Fast Boot with USB Debugging turned on in the Mi Box while connected to a PC via male to male USB cable did the trick. It's a bit of a PIA but I really enjoy having SPMC Launcher over the stock Leanback Launcher.

Thank you for the report. Using adbLink with the male->male USB cable will work as well.

christoophat · Dec 10, 2016

Man, I don't know what is going on here, again SPMC refuses to open after a fresh install using ablink, scanning Movies, set up skin. Then tried to exit, screen froze, had to pull power. Rebooted, and now have same issue, only shows grey screen. Even updated to the latest apk (16.5.1) whack! I posted issue on Github.
One thing I noticed is that after I'd scanned my movies to build up a data file & went into adblink to try & move it to SD card, abdlink said it already existed?

jocala · Dec 10, 2016

Video: adbLink Backup and Restore

New video:

Backup and Restore Kodi using adbLink.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ0ELD_iQpY

jocala · Dec 10, 2016

christoophat said:
Man, I don't know what is going on here, again SPMC refuses to open after a fresh install using ablink, scanning Movies, set up skin. Then tried to exit, screen froze, had to pull power. Rebooted, and now have same issue, only shows grey screen. Even updated to the latest apk (16.5.1) whack! I posted issue on Github.
One thing I noticed is that after I'd scanned my movies to build up a data file & went into adblink to try & move it to SD card, abdlink said it already existed?

Sorry to hear that. It will be interesting to hear what Koying has to say.

christoophat · Dec 10, 2016

jocala said:
Sorry to hear that. It will be interesting to hear what Koying has to say.

May try reinstalling 16.4 again , just to see what happens.
I was wondering why I couldn't move the data file, or rather why adblink said that /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties already existed? If SPMC/Kodi is installed or moved to the SD card right afterwards (before and media scanning is done), will the data file automatically reside on the SD card? I know when I used it yesterday to move data, it worked, moving over 2GB to SD.

jocala · Dec 10, 2016

christoophat said:
May try reinstalling 16.4 again , just to see what happens.
I was wondering why I couldn't move the data file, or rather why adblink said that /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties already existed? If SPMC/Kodi is installed or moved to the SD card right afterwards (before and media scanning is done), will the data file automatically reside on the SD card? I know when I used it yesterday to move data, it worked, moving over 2GB to SD.

adbLink checks for /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties before it does a move. If it exists, it thinks the move has already been done.

In my tests, moving Kodi to SD via AFTV settings does not move data. Settings warns that some apps display this behavior.

christoophat · Dec 11, 2016

jocala said:
adbLink checks for /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties before it does a move. If it exists, it thinks the move has already been done.

In my tests, moving Kodi to SD via AFTV settings does not move data. Settings warns that some apps display this behavior.

So would you say the best process would be to install SPMC/Kodi, then scan media, then move SPMC/Kodi to SD card via AFTV, and finally move datafiles to SD card via abdlink?
Currently have 16.4.2 installed on AFTV via ESExplorer and am scanning media now. I closed it & reopened it & it worked, so ...fingers crossed.

jocala · Dec 11, 2016

christoophat said:
So would you say the best process would be to install SPMC/Kodi, then scan media, then move SPMC/Kodi to SD card via AFTV, and finally move datafiles to SD card via abdlink?
Currently have 16.4.2 installed on AFTV via ESExplorer and am scanning media now. I closed it & reopened it & it worked, so ...fingers crossed.

Personally, I don't see the point of moving the Kodi app to sd. You only save a whopping 120Mb or so.

christoophat · Dec 11, 2016

jocala said:
Personally, I don't see the point of moving the Kodi app to sd. You only save a whopping 120Mb or so.

hmm...excellent point.

christoophat · Dec 11, 2016

Still confused

OK, so I want to move just the SPMC data over to SD card. I opened adblink, connect, click move Kodi Data, but then all I see it the attached. What does that mean?

jocala · Dec 11, 2016

christoophat said:
OK, so I want to move just the SPMC data over to SD card. I opened adblink, connect, click move Kodi Data, but then all I see it the attached. What does that mean?

adbLink checks for /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties before it does a move. If it exists, it thinks the move has already been done. You need to delete it, before you move your data again.

You can use the delete button after selecting sdcard or you can use the ADB Shell button and paste the following into the console

Code:

rm  /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties

jocala · Dec 11, 2016

Two new videos

Two new videos:

Installing Kodi with adbLink
https://youtu.be/7sghLZLVgKc

Installing SPMC with adbLink
https://youtu.be/rrCCIc2crPc

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