[GUIDE] (For Noobs) SDK, ADB, and Drivers

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motoelliot

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Mine won't sync either but it still rooted no problem...

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v11lemans

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Hi,

Do you all have the latest WMDC installed in Windows 7?
Or the latest ActiveSync in XP?
These contain the drivers which enable synching.

:)
I am using Windows 7 and i thing i have the latest WMDC because it was working very well on my HTC HD2 with CoreDroid ROM.

I will try anyway to re-install WMDC and also to use XP virtual machine.

Thanks
 

Lucky Thirteen

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Thank you for that awesome How-to guide!

My hTC Sync doesn't work either, for as long as I remember, I think it's driver related. If the drivers for USB mass storage and the ones for My HTC shows up in the Printer and other hardware, there is a conflict.

I can't remember how to fix it, I will try to locate the fix for it.
 

mrg02d

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This guide got me up and running very quickly! This, along with the root tool that does all the work for you (just select 1-8 ) has me now disabling bloatware.

Thanks!
Matt
 

ringrover

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Thank you for that awesome How-to guide!

My hTC Sync doesn't work either, for as long as I remember, I think it's driver related. If the drivers for USB mass storage and the ones for My HTC shows up in the Printer and other hardware, there is a conflict.

I can't remember how to fix it, I will try to locate the fix for it.

plz ... lots of ppl here waiting for that :rolleyes:
 

ROM_Guest

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Great Tutorial! Props on the hard work! and screen images!

Can you please add command for adb push S-OFF?


;P
 

3tybagig

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If I have s off can I just do a

adb rm /system/data/app/bloatware.apk

From recovery? Are there further steps I am missing/forgetting?
 

bless306

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Hey guys! So i did all of the steps and I ended with "#". But when I tried running the Shootme app, it didn't work. It still said "failed starting server. Please check that you have ROOT access on your device and enabled...." So could someone please help me? Thank you!
 
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Ronin2009

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Great Tutorial! Been a long time since I've prepared or flashed a device, back to long reads again. Cheers for your hard work.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710a using XDA App
 

Hgaara

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Howe do I know if it worked? I used the android sdk exe instead of the zip.

Also in the final step, instead of showing a couple of lines, when I did the adb part, it showed a ton of lines.

Also, with Fre3vo... I'm having trouble installing that. I don't know what to do with these steps?

3. Push the binary via 'adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp'
4. Change the permissions via 'adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo'
5. Run the binary via 'adb shell /data/local/tmp/fre3vo'
 

Zehlek

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I am buying my sensation tomorrow and I was wondering if I should only charge it when it either dies or notifies me when low and to connect charger? Also should I calibrate the battery when I buy it? If so how?

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DrewMullen

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I am having trouble getting ADB to work on my sensation.

ADB works fine with my HD2
but when i plug in my sensation, it shows nothing under listed adb devices...

any idea what might be happening?

a device does not need SU/root to be ADB capable, correct?
 

mmxz3ro

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Great guide.

Wish I knew this when I had my nook color and I was trying to install GMarket on Honeycomb Preview. Oh well. Live and learn. Def Bookmarked.
 

DrewMullen

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You probably want to mention in the tutorial, device must have USB debugging mode on.

also, it is very helpful to sleep if you have a problem that is frustrating you :) lol
i was welcomed by a very 'DUH' moment this morning!
 

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    Hello all! Here is a guide I am going to show for you so you can get Android SDK and ADB working on your computer and learn your way around Android.


    [Note] I am doing this on a Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit computer.


    Step 1. Get Java. Download Links Here

    First what we need to do is download and install Java for your computer.
    Since mine is a 64bit I will need to download both the 64 and 32 bit versions of Java.
    If your computer is 64bit you will need to download both.
    If 32bit download only the 32bit version.

    Once you have Java installed we can move on to the next step.


    Step 2. Get Android SDK Download Link Here

    Since we have installed Java now we move on to Android SDK.

    For Windows users you have 2 options to download SDK.
    I chose the .zip file over the .exe Download to the zip
    Once finished with the download extract the .zip file.

    After zip is extracted open the folder called "android-sdk_r11-windows"

    With that open click on the folder, "android-sdk-windows", to rename it.
    Rename it AndroidSDK
    Open Computer from the Start Menu

    For me my Local Disk is C: so I am going to place the folder AndroidSDK in my Local Disk C: drive

    Now we have SDK placed in our Local Disk drive now we are going to open the folder and run the .exe called "SDK Manager"
    After it loads up it will show you a screen like this.

    Just hit Cancel
    From the next menu click "Available packages"
    Click the drop down arrow on the "Android Repository"
    Check the box "Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 5"

    At the bottom right of the windows you will see a box "Install Selected" click that and then you will be prompted to download and install the package click "Install"
    After it is downloaded you will be prompted with this.

    Click Yes, then it should say "Done. 1 Package installed."
    Click close and close out of the SDK Manager, bring back up your AndroidSDK.
    You should have a file named "platform-tools" open it and select all the files.
    Right click and select cut.

    Now we are going to go back in our SDK folder open "tools" and paste
    You will get a message saying there are already files with the same name, just tell it to replace that file.
    This is what it should look like afterwards.

    Now we are done with AndroidSDK!

    Step 3. Download HTC Sync Download Page Here

    Now we have our SDK setup we are close to having our phone ready for ADB.
    Download HTC Sync (It is a rather large file 148MB)

    This will give us our Drivers for our Sensation.
    Once downloaded run the .exe file and follow the on screen instructions.

    Once finished go to your phone and go to Settings/Applications/Development and Check USB debugging is on. Now connect your phone to your computer.

    Now that your computer has installed your drives we can now use ADB!

    Step 4. Conclusion
    So far the things we have done were to get us to use our phones for ADB to use a program like, "Fre3vo" to where we can have a temp-root.

    Now lets see if our hard work has paid off.

    Go to the Start and open command prompt (type cmd in the search and hit enter)

    Once your at this stage on the command prompt
    type
    "cd\"
    "cd androidsdk\tools\"
    "adb devices"
    (don't include the quotation marks)

    You should see your device come up like so.


    Congratulations you now have everything you need to being!
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    Just a little tip to save a few key strokes. To get to a cmd prompt and be ready to start typing commands right away, just navigate to the AndroidSDK directory and open it. Then hold the shift key + right click on Tools folder, you will see a option for opening a cmd prompt here.

    Just saves a few strokes.
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    Very good tutorial, thx.

    Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App

    I tried to add every bit of detail that is why it is so long and with many pictures for new people coming to the Sensation and don't know where or what to do. Thanks for you complement. :)
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    Very good tutorial, thx.

    Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App
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    excellent guide . very positive approach /

    now waiting for permanent root /


    Thanks for the comment! I hope this gets pinned so many new comers will know where to start. I hope we get S-OFF soon!

    Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App