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= ADB : Android debug bridge =
 
To assist in debugging and to gain shell access to the phone with Android, you can use
 
To assist in debugging and to gain shell access to the phone with Android, you can use
 
 
   [http://people.openmoko.org/sean_mcneil/adb adb]
 
   [http://people.openmoko.org/sean_mcneil/adb adb]
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== Installing ADB ==
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For example if you stored the Android SDK in your home directory, you will find adb and the other binaries in the subdirectory <tt>tools</tt>. Add this directory to your PATH environment variable. E.g. on MacOSX
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  export PATH=/Users/myuser/androidsdk/tools:$PATH
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or on a Linux Machine:
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  export PATH=/home/myuser/androidsdk/tools:$PATH
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Replace <tt>myuser</tt> by the name of your home directory.
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== Enabling Debug mode ==
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Due to security issues with ADB, the shell has been disabled by default in AoF. You can enable ADB again by navigating to Settings -> Application -> Development -> USB Debugging.
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See [http://code.google.com/p/android-on-freerunner/wiki/AndroidDebugBridge AndroidDebugBridge] for updated information
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== Connecting ==
  
 
You should be able to connect to the phone as long as you start it up with the USB connected to your host. I don't think it will work if you plug it in after starting. Of course, you need to setup [[USB_Networking]] (<tt>ifconfig usb0</tt> ...) on your host before connecting.
 
You should be able to connect to the phone as long as you start it up with the USB connected to your host. I don't think it will work if you plug it in after starting. Of course, you need to setup [[USB_Networking]] (<tt>ifconfig usb0</tt> ...) on your host before connecting.
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Sometimes, adb gets stuck: if you cannot to the device run "adb kill-server" before trying other commands.
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If Adb cannot find any device:
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Make sure you can ping the device. Make sure the date and timesettings are valid. Kill the background running adb-server by "adb kill-server" and start your first adb instance (which starts the background process) with "ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb devices". After that, you can run adb without ADBHOST-Variable.
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Some helpful commands are:
 
Some helpful commands are:
  
     ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb logcat          - like a tail -f of the android log
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     ./adb logcat          - like a tail -f of the android log
     ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb logcat -b radio  - same as above for the radio logs
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     ./adb logcat -b radio  - same as above for the radio logs
     ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb shell            - bring up a command shell to the phone
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     ./adb shell            - bring up a command shell to the phone
     ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb kill-server      - kill the background server on the host
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     ./adb kill-server      - kill the background server on the host
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    ./adb install app.apk  - install app.apk on the phone
  
Sometimes, adb gets stuck: if you cannot to the device run "adb kill-server" before trying other commands.
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== Fixing startup problems ==
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Startup problems (Beta2): adb shell to the device and delete /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
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= See also =
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* [[Android|Main Android page on this wiki]]
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* [[Debug Board]]
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[[Category:Android]]

Latest revision as of 06:42, 18 July 2010


Contents

Android.png

[edit] ADB : Android debug bridge

To assist in debugging and to gain shell access to the phone with Android, you can use

  adb

[edit] Installing ADB

For example if you stored the Android SDK in your home directory, you will find adb and the other binaries in the subdirectory tools. Add this directory to your PATH environment variable. E.g. on MacOSX

 export PATH=/Users/myuser/androidsdk/tools:$PATH

or on a Linux Machine:

 export PATH=/home/myuser/androidsdk/tools:$PATH

Replace myuser by the name of your home directory.

[edit] Enabling Debug mode

Due to security issues with ADB, the shell has been disabled by default in AoF. You can enable ADB again by navigating to Settings -> Application -> Development -> USB Debugging. See AndroidDebugBridge for updated information

[edit] Connecting

You should be able to connect to the phone as long as you start it up with the USB connected to your host. I don't think it will work if you plug it in after starting. Of course, you need to setup USB_Networking (ifconfig usb0 ...) on your host before connecting.

Sometimes, adb gets stuck: if you cannot to the device run "adb kill-server" before trying other commands.

If Adb cannot find any device: Make sure you can ping the device. Make sure the date and timesettings are valid. Kill the background running adb-server by "adb kill-server" and start your first adb instance (which starts the background process) with "ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb devices". After that, you can run adb without ADBHOST-Variable.


Some helpful commands are:

   ./adb logcat           - like a tail -f of the android log
   ./adb logcat -b radio  - same as above for the radio logs
   ./adb shell            - bring up a command shell to the phone
   ./adb kill-server      - kill the background server on the host
   ./adb install app.apk  - install app.apk on the phone

[edit] Fixing startup problems

Startup problems (Beta2): adb shell to the device and delete /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

[edit] See also

Personal tools

Android.png

To assist in debugging and to gain shell access to the phone with Android, you can use

  adb

You should be able to connect to the phone as long as you start it up with the USB connected to your host. I don't think it will work if you plug it in after starting. Of course, you need to setup USB_Networking (ifconfig usb0 ...) on your host before connecting.

Some helpful commands are:

   ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb logcat           - like a tail -f of the android log
   ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb logcat -b radio  - same as above for the radio logs
   ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb shell            - bring up a command shell to the phone
   ADBHOST=192.168.0.202 ./adb kill-server      - kill the background server on the host

Sometimes, adb gets stuck: if you cannot to the device run "adb kill-server" before trying other commands.