my situation....please help

[dh4645]

rooted via ubuntu and have recovery

i tried doing stuff in windows, but it wont install the drivers properly.

SO I NEED HELP!

what do i do to get this to work?

i want to be able to install 3rd party apps and get rid of att bloatware.

i have no idea where to start.

HELP!!!!!!!!!

thanx

ubuntu or windows...

 

[xdafly]

download the Android SDK for Windows

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

install and download ONLY THE USB DRIVERS

open cmd window, connect usb cable, navigate to the <folder>\tools where you installed, ie. c:\android\tools

paste the following into a small batch file, call it anything you want dot bat,
ie. c:\android\tools\yourname.bat

---cut here--
cd\android\tools
adb remount
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
echo update secure set value = 1 where name = 'install_non_market_apps';|sqlite3 settings.db
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
pause 1
adb reboot
-- cut here--

 

[dh4645]

ok i'll try right now

 

[dh4645]

still must be missing something

what setting is my phone on when i plug it in? recovery? or just regular charge only or hard disk mode?

how do i get the usb drivers to work? when i try to install them is says "windows was unable to install your adb". is there something else i need on my pc?

when i run that .bat file it says a bunch of things, but basically says device not found.

 

[dh4645]

please start from step #0.

there is no one place that has every single step we need to do.

it makes it next to impossible to get this to work.

 

[ocswing]

how do i get the usb drivers to work? when i try to install them is says "windows was unable to install your adb". is there something else i need on my pc?

I'm not sure I've ever seen this error come up before by anyone. Saying this is impossible isn't really true since several people have gotten it working, and the information is on these forums. The best thing to do would be to go to the IRC channel and get stepped through it. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria

I'm not quite sure what's up with your ADB install, but you should download HTC Sync from the HTC site, because it includes a driver install. http://www.htc.com/us/support/aria-att/downloads/. Then go through the process in the post above. Your phone should be in the "Charge Only" mode when connected to the computer.

 

[dh4645]

I'm not sure I've ever seen this error come up before by anyone. Saying this is impossible isn't really true since several people have gotten it working, and the information is on these forums. The best thing to do would be to go to the IRC channel and get stepped through it. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria

I'm not quite sure what's up with your ADB install, but you should download HTC Sync from the HTC site, because it includes a driver install. http://www.htc.com/us/support/aria-att/downloads/. Then go through the process in the post above. Your phone should be in the "Charge Only" mode when connected to the computer.

i know it's not impossible, it's just that usually when the people explaining the steps to accomplish this leave out steps that they think is common knowledge/sense, but is not to total noobs.

it would be nice to have a definitive step-by-step guide:

step 1 - root your phone (this was actually really easy with the ubuntu cd)
step 2 - go back to windows and download/install these specific programs . . . (i did not know i needed htc sync, the steps i saw said just to use the sdk and the usb drivers in there to set up my phone)
step 3 - enable debugging on phone, plug your phone into pc and use charge only. (don't we use recovery for anything, i've seen steps about having this open and using the mount /system to do stuff)
step 4 - get the adb usb drivers to install properly (i guess this is my main issue at the moment...is that what is causing the device not found error when i run the .bat file?)
step 5 - copy and paste code into notepad an save as a .bat file.
step 6 - run the .bat file (within cmd? double click on the file? does it matter?)
step 7 - ????

alternate step 2 through whatever - use the ubuntu cd to do everything... (???)

 

[Shad0wguy]

i know it's not impossible, it's just that usually when the people explaining the steps to accomplish this leave out steps that they think is common knowledge/sense, but is not to total noobs.

it would be nice to have a definitive step-by-step guide:

step 1 - root your phone (this was actually really easy with the ubuntu cd)
step 2 - go back to windows and download/install these specific programs . . . (i did not know i needed htc sync, the steps i saw said just to use the sdk and the usb drivers in there to set up my phone)
step 3 - enable debugging on phone, plug your phone into pc and use charge only. (don't we use recovery for anything, i've seen steps about having this open and using the mount /system to do stuff)
step 4 - get the adb usb drivers to install properly (i guess this is my main issue at the moment...is that what is causing the device not found error when i run the .bat file?)
step 5 - copy and paste code into notepad an save as a .bat file.
step 6 - run the .bat file (within cmd? double click on the file? does it matter?)
step 7 - ????

alternate step 2 through whatever - use the ubuntu cd to do everything... (???)

Run the bat file in the cmd window. Once the bat has successfully run you can unplug the phone and you'll be good to go.

 

[dh4645]

Run the bat file in the cmd window. Once the bat has successfully run you can unplug the phone and you'll be good to go.

so what is the point of the sdk...other than to have the tools folder to run that .bat? so i'm the only one that can't get the sdk usb drivers to work?

and by good to go, u mean i can install 3rd party apps?

how do i get rid of the the at&t bloatware?

 

[craig.cabrey]

There are other threads explaining how to install third party apps and remove ATT bloatware.

Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App

 

[ocswing]

The problem with trying to do a step-by-step guide is that things like rooting, removing bloatware, and sideloading apps are all separate processes that require different steps and can be done in multiple ways. Some stuff requires you to be in recovery, some stuff doesn't, and other methods may require additional software. That's why there are specific separate threads that discuss them.

You've rooted your phone already, yay! Now you decide what you want to do next. Remove the bloatware? It's important that you don't lump everything together when trying to figure out what you need to do.

It seems like the first step you need to do is get ADB working and recognizing your phone when it's plugged in. ADB is necessary because it provides all the tools/commands necessary for us to interact with the phone through the command line. Windows is notoriously bad about the USB drivers. That's why the Ubuntu method was streamlined for people so they wouldn't have to deal with it. (Linux and Mac have no such usb driver issues.)

 

[dh4645]

....

It seems like the first step you need to do is get ADB working and recognizing your phone when it's plugged in. ADB is necessary because it provides all the tools/commands necessary for us to interact with the phone through the command line. Windows is notoriously bad about the USB drivers. That's why the Ubuntu method was streamlined for people so they wouldn't have to deal with it. (Linux and Mac have no such usb driver issues.)

thanks for the reply.

yeah i rooted via the ubuntu disc, but then all the other steps people were telling me were using the sdk, getting the drivers, htc sync, yada yada. via windows. so thats the method i've been trying.

is there a step-by-step guide on how to allow 3rd party apps using the ubuntu disc? or... removing bloatware?

is it the same steps, but you just dont have to worry about the drivers?

 

[ocswing]

The steps listed once you're in the SDK are actually the same regardless of what OS you're using.

So for Ubuntu install the SDK. Steps should be the same, just make sure you download the Linux version. Then you'd open a Terminal window (should be called Terminal in Ubuntu.) Then you should be able to use the same commands/steps you find in the other threads.

Since you've been having trouble getting your phone to connect the first thing to do is make sure SDK can actually see your phone. You should be able to open up your Terminal window, navigate to the SDK folder, connect your phone and then type 'adb devices' in the terminal window. It should then list out your phone as HTXXXXXXXX. X being some numbers and letters. If it does show that then you're on your way.

After that I'd go with removing bloatware and the steps listed in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735255

 

[dh4645]

The steps listed once you're in the SDK are actually the same regardless of what OS you're using.

So for Ubuntu install the SDK. Steps should be the same, just make sure you download the Linux version. Then you'd open a Terminal window (should be called Terminal in Ubuntu.) Then you should be able to use the same commands/steps you find in the other threads.

Since you've been having trouble getting your phone to connect the first thing to do is make sure SDK can actually see your phone. You should be able to open up your Terminal window, navigate to the SDK folder, connect your phone and then type 'adb devices' in the terminal window. It should then list out your phone as HTXXXXXXXX. X being some numbers and letters. If it does show that then you're on your way.

After that I'd go with removing bloatware and the steps listed in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735255

ok cool thanks a lot!

i didn't even think to go back to linux to try this stuff until today at work.

i'll check it out later tonight after i mow the lawn and eat dinner....priorities...

 

[dh4645]

i tried in windows one last time. it actually found the htc sync drivers (i in/uninstalled htc snyc earlier...i guess thats what did it)

adb devices command finds my phone, but when i try and run that .bat file, it goes through a bunch of things, but basically says:

remount failed: operation not permitted
failed to copy...
permission denied

all those types of things. then it says to hit enter and then it restarts my phone

???

 

[b_atman]

did u try installing HTC sync connect phone to htc sync, then unistall the htc sync software usb drivers should stay behind

 

[dh4645]

did u try installing HTC sync connect phone to htc sync, then unistall the htc sync software usb drivers should stay behind

i said i did that above...that was the only way i got the usb drivers to work/recognize my phone...the sdk ones didnt work)

my phone is recognized when i run adb devices command

i'm having issues when i run the .bat file as i said in my last post

 

[b_atman]

my bad
maybe i missed it, after you did the mount command did you do the read/writes permissions change?

 

[dh4645]

my bad
maybe i missed it, after you did the mount command did you do the read/writes permissions change?

uuu, no, whats that?

i thought i just had to open cmd and run the .bat file

so what did i miss now? ha

thanks for your help!

 

[dh4645]

i ran this .bat file

cd\android\tools
adb remount
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
echo update secure set value = 1 where name = 'install_non_market_apps';|sqlite3 settings.db
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
pause 1
adb reboot