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[Nook Color Android Development] magicwands:
basic adb question

quick silly question since its been over a year since I used adb. i have the c:android-sdk-windows setup and I am able to see the device using syntax adb devices. What directory should I put the download it on my pc in order to run these commands correctly? I have been putting it in c:android-sdk-windows\platform tools but that does not seem to be helping. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Nook Color Android Development] Colornookuser:
Thank You

It worked for me . It will connect to my windows pda to allow me to connect while on my train commute.
[Nook Color Android Development] EpicFail236:
yes this is because you have more than one device. what you need to do is first type in adb devices, which will list all devices connected via adb. Find the serial number of the one you are attempting to work with, then preface any adb command with -s [serial number] like so:

adb -s 1234567890ABCDE shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system

or, alternatively, you turn off debug on your Hero while working with the nook. either way works.
[Nook Color Android Development] EpicFail236:
So, where you place them isn't really the issue here. What you want to do is to add whatever directory you added it to to the PATH envrionment variable to ensure you can run adb from any directory. Dont know what OS you're on, but on XP, you can go to system properties, the advanced tab, then click on the environment variables button. In the system variables box, look for the Path Variable, and edit it to include the path to the platform tools folder. then you should be set to use ADB wherever.
[Nook Color Android Development] ucpro:
has anyone tried doing this in root explorer. what would i have to set my permissions to
[Nook Color Android Development] ucpro:
for the permissions, i checked all the boxes, then rebooted and adhoc is working great so far!!

sorry for the double post
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
Seemed to work great till the NC went sleep, then I would have to go to settings and turn off WiFI then turn it back on to get a connection (adhoc and normal)

I replaced the file wit the original and everything is working...

Did anyone else have this issue or did I do something incorrectly?
[Nook Color Android Development] fwdixon:
NM, rebooted again and it worked. Sweet!

Oh, Oldman, yes that's normal. There is a program called setting profiles in hte market that you can use to work around that issue.
[Nook Color Android Development] sn33kyp3t3:
Does this work with eInk version of the Nook?

I'm planning on doing this to my Nook (eInk -WiFi only), so I can get books/periodicals whilst traveling.

My question is: Does the wpa-supplicant differ for the standard Nook?

I will be rooting it in the next few days and can find an answer to my own question, but hoped that somebody else had some info on this before I go down that rabbit hole.

Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color Android Development] tekchip:
Switcher app

Good folks. I posted this on two other similar threads and it appears to have been over looked. I wrote the majority of an app to make switching between the two supplicant files a single button experience.

The idea being an app with an Infrastructure and an Adhoc button. Hitting the button cycles the wifi off, copies the file or runs the script to copy the files and then turns the wifi back on. I threw the app down in the Android App Builder that Google provides. I found some documentation that references how to run scripts from an apk app.

I never figured out how to get it to cycle the wifi.

If a real Android dev could pick this up and finish it out we'd all be grateful I'm sure. Details are contained in the readme file in the attached zip.
[Nook Color Android Development] KitF:
I'm working on a switcher widget, I'm just having trouble getting it to execute a script.
[Nook Color Android Development] tekchip:
Pull down my code. There were some lines provided for doing just that via the app builder site which should be included in my code. May be you can use that?
[Nook Color Android Development] wjohnson1186:
Is there a way to just use Astro to get to the necessary location? Im not very familiar at all with Adb... I have done some searching but never saw a reply... let me know please...
[Nook Color Android Development] tekchip:
The problem isn't getting to the files. I could be wrong but the issue is getting read/write access to the directories the files reside in. For the little bit of trouble to setup the Android SDK and Java ADB really is the easiest, most accurate and most reliable way to do this. Plus once you have it working and get comfortable with it there are a million other things you can do to your device via that interface.
[Nook Color Android Development] KitF:
Thanks, but I'm using the actual SDK to write it and it seems the code isn't compatible.
[Nook Color Android Development] tekchip:
The app builder will let you dump to native code, as far as I could tell from what the dialogs said. What I provided should be Java source and as such compatible. I could be wrong. Did you actually take a look at it?
[Nook Color Android Development] fwdixon:
Moved the file via root explorer, fixed permissions, reboot and viola
[Nook Color Android Development] KitF:
I took a look at the files themselves.. Didn't look like java source, but I could be looking at the wrong files. Didn't try importing it into the App Inventor. I'll take another look at it, though.

http://code.google.com/p/nookhoc/

I made a project at Google Code for what little of the widget I have.
[Nook Color Android Development] zerf:
does anyone have a backup of your original file that I could have? I lost my copy when my comp crashed the other day. Thanks in advance!
[Nook Color Android Development] Omega Ra:
I really want to do this, but I can't get ADB working :(
[Nook Color Android Development] fwdixon:
Don't need it. Put the file on your SD card (or media folder on the NC), move to /system/bin using root explorer, rename the original file to wpa_supplicant.bak and the new file to wpa_supplicant, set permissions to 755 (user get's read, write, and execute, the other two get read and execute only), reboot and you're good to go.
[Nook Color Android Development] NuroSlam:
After 2 and a half weeks, asurion replaced my phone Evo 4G Shift, rooted and installed wireless tether for root 2.0.6 from the market, bone stock nook was able to register without adhoc support, going to try it on my g1 next
[Nook Color Android Development] fwdixon:
afaik, the evo line supports infrastructure.
[Nook Color Android Development] hvuong2:
Thanks! This is a great app... and simple to use!!! Why ADB when I can just copy onto SD, then install through Astro FM... ;)
[Nook Color Android Development] Omega Ra:
Cool i can do this with a filemanager then i will try it. Can i do it with the free astro?
[Nook Color Android Development] Colornookuser:
wi-fi does reconnect on sleep

Has anyone fixed the issue of wi-fi reconnecting after going to sleep?
[Nook Color Android Development] fwdixon:
Honestly the setting profiles tip mentioned earlier has worked so well that I haven't even bothered to look at the issue.
[Nook Color Android Development] Omega Ra:
Woo-HOO!!! got it working! figured out ADB enough to get the root explorer apk into \system\app and then it was easy :)
[Nook Color Android Development] Omega Ra:
I downloaded the lite verson...bu not sure how to set it up right
[Nook Color Android Development] fwdixon:
I'm not sure you can do it with 1 profile. I have two, one for screen sleep and one for screen wake. The sleep profile turns off the wifi, the wake turns it back on. Connection is automatic.

I'll try to set it up with one and see if I can get it to work.
[Nook Color Android Development] njdevils28:
tyvm!!!

-nj
[Nook Color Android Development] detonate:
I can't get my NC to find the WIFI network on created on my rooted T-Mobile G1. My laptop can find the G1 network, so I know its there.

I did the two script method using ADB Wireless and the scripts work. When I switch to ADHOC in terminal, the NC will lose wireless when it falls asleep. On Infrastructure, WIFI stays on.

Is there some incompatibility with my G1? I can't get ADB to work with Windows 7 so that's why I had to use ADB Wireless. Does Wireless on the NC have to be off for the adb install to work?
[Nook Color Android Development] NuroSlam:
On the nook turn wifi off and back on
[Nook Color Android Development] msgnyc:
To be honest, I'm a little confused.

I was able to tether my NC to my android phone from the day I picked it up and have had no issues with it since.

Not when it was stock 1.00, upgraded to 1.10 nor after rooting. No issues when I tried any of the custom Froyo Roms or even Honeycomb.

Was it not supposed to work? lol
[Nook Color Android Development] greenmky:
Asked before in the thread.

Older devices generate ad-hoc networking. Newer devices on newer Android, for example, generate infrastructure networks intead.

So some phones work fine. My new LG Optimus V on Virgin generates infrastructure for $25/mo. Great companion to the NC.
[Nook Color Android Development] Dahsar:
If root explorer is stuck in read only mode when trying to replace the file is there an solution
[Nook Color Android Development] msgnyc:
Ahh gotcha. Thanks for that.
[Nook Color Android Development] fwdixon:
not necessarily. It's largely up to the hw manufacturer whether or not they want to add infrastructure network support to their devices. A brand-new device may run ad-hoc only whereas a 2 year old device may have an update to support infrastructure.
[Nook Color Android Development] chowpay:
Regular Nook

not sure how to search for an answer to this so I hope It wasnt answered too many times but

I just want to be able to do this with my regular nook NON-color will this work?

Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] jmoch2:
Work Around Using Juice Defender

Just letting everyone know a work around to the needing to disable/enable wifi every time the nook sleeps with adhoc.

I'm using Juice Defender Ultimate (yes, it cost ~2.00, but well worth it). It has a tablet mode where it will disable the wireless every time you turn the screen off and then re-enables it when you unlock the nook. It only takes a second to aquire wifi and works great.

Just letting everyone know. The whole unlocking the nook then needing disable and then re-enable wifi was killing me. However, using my phone as a tether is a must!

Hope this helps someone.
[Nook Color Android Development] nebke:
Thank you, works well when used with 'wireless tether and htc hero cdma'
[Nook Color Android Development] mlepore:
WPA-Enterprise and Ad-Hoc wpasupplicant

Seems like the new wpasupplicant doesn't properly support WPA-Enterprise though. I can put the new one on, and tether to my iPhone running MyWi, but then I can't connect to my corporate network.

As soon as I put the old one back on, it works fine.

Seems like there are some errors and wpasupplicant quits with WPA-Enterprise.
[Nook Color Android Development] funnycreature:
Is there a similar option for the Xoom?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King Mustard:
Will putting Android 2.2 on a U.S. Cellular HTC Desire void the warranty?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jones23:
Hi,

I would like to use transproxy with the archos, but the archos lacks the iptables binaries ?

is there a way to install them?

thanks

jones
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrulri:
since CONFIG_NETFILTER isn't set in kernel config, you have to replace the kernel which is currently impossible.

source:

http://www.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial/iptables-tutorial.html#KERNELSETUP

and

hopefully we'll be able to replace the kernel soon..

have a look: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9718931&postcount=21 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865394&page=3
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jones23:
thanks for your explanation!!

will watch the development.
[Droid Pro General] @Class:
Hey,

I seem to experiencing poor signal strength when on 3G UMTS. 2G GSM seems to achieve much better signal strength for some reason.

I have never seen 4 bars of signal that I once got with my HTC Desire. On the Droid Pro its always flirting with 1-2 bars.

Signal strength in Status reveals around 75-90dB and never better... The area I am in is completely saturated with towers (downtown Toronto).

Is this a software issue or should I take my phone back to the store for warranty / exchange?
[Droid Pro General] ni68ana:
Same problem

Hi,

I'm having the exact same problem - have tried it in two countries now, with two different sim cards, and had the same issue. GSM gets 4 bars - UMTS gets 1 or 2 max, or simply none. At the moment I have zero bars and over 100 dbm. Currently on E-Plus network in Germany.

Any help would be most appreciated... many thanks in advance.
[Droid Pro General] Khachikyan:
The same in different countries :( tried all ROMs starting from 2.x.x to 2.3.3 - no difference.
[Droid Pro General] chaihg:
Change from global to gsm mode
[Droid Pro General] Khachikyan:
From the first day it is in gsm mode.
[Epic 4G General] purgatorygates:
i updated to the 2.2 when it leaked ( of course before reading any of the posts in the thread ) and ive noticed my battery seems to last less then before and my gps isnt working ( also a bit of lag when switching screens )... so bassically what i want to know is what is the easiest and most pain free way of flashing back ( would a hard reset work ?) ive seen some program called odin but the download links ive found dont seems to work......
[Epic 4G General] MojoSwag:
Theres a zip in the development section that will flash both the rom and modem back to stock
[Epic 4G General] purgatorygates:
i cant seem to find it..... could you post a link.....thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Megacamz:
Hi everyone. Purchased myself a rebel sim card programmer to update my current rebel sim to newest version.

Received the compact programmer and it didn't come with drivers because windows update is supposed to find them.

It installs one driver and then has to install another which fails.

I am running W7 64bit. I tried manually installing the driver packages but it searches my system for the packaged drivers and says it cannot install. I tried forcing it to install the drivers but none of them work.

Can someone please assist me?
[Galaxy Tab General] Suleeto:
Is there anything different with the included AT&T SIM card that came with my Tab, or can it be assigned to any AT&T account and phone?

Also, the Tab keeps asking me if I want to "activate" this SIM, what will that do?
[Galaxy Tab General] Technomancer:
It seems like a normal AT&T 3G SIM card to me. You can probably activate it for any plan and use in any store. I just put mine in the box and used my old SIM card with existing voice+data plan.
[Galaxy Tab General] Ice dream angel:
Nah, they are just incase you want to activate it instead of buying a new one from the carrier. Im with bell and thats what the person said.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Efroh:
Hi everyone,

Asking for a relative who is interested in the G2:

Is it possible to sync the e-mail client on the G2 with Novell Groupwise? Her workplace uses Groupwise for e-mail, calendering, contact functions and to my knowledge, there's only one non-Novell app on the market that will allow Groupwise to sync calendar/contacts (but not e-mail) with the G2: Companionlink. Unfortunately that's pretty pricey at $69.99. And it doesn't include e-mail.

I know Novell makes the Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack, but that needs to be implemented on the server side, so I was hoping there was something else out there that might sync Groupwise e-mail with the G2's e-mail client.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] vader3313:
Was playing my system file and somehow manage to delete the twlaucher. Luckily i had launcher pro install. With that said can anyone please post the APK. THANKS
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] difo:
Would needd the same. Latest Euro firmware JM6 has a bug with TWlauncher.

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] appelflap:
From the latest JMA firmware:
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] difo:
Thanks man. Works like a charm now. Good job.
[Android Apps and Games] robotico23:
Hi, i have a samsung galaxy s and i can't see these app in the android market, please if somebody have a link with the app and sharing it

thanks you !
[Android Apps and Games] waibenglam:
youtube 2.1 apk

Me too. Google apps doesn't seem to appear outside USA until much later.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
greetings, nookies :)

i just threw together this app for the NookColor. it gives you access to hidden system settings, and allows you to select soft keyboards that are installed.

it's super basic and ugly right now, but i hope it will come in handy. i plan to expand and refine it as time goes on.

when you click the All Settings button, you'll see a list of all the available preference panels. note that some of them don't work. not sure why.

some highlights:

- Development > Auto Mount - turn off usb auto mount

- Development > Manage Applications - uninstall apps, clear defaults

- Battery Use

- SD Card and Phone Storage - shows available space in internal storage

- Testing > Battery Info - status, voltage, temp, etc

- Testing > Battery History

- Testing > Usage statistics

if you find yourself on a screen without a back button, remember that you can swipe left over the notification bar at the bottom, if it's showing.

for info on installing other keyboards, see this thread. basically, you need to copy your keyboard's apk to /system/app and reboot. if you haven't done this before, here's a howto.

new! to enable the non-market apps checkbox, you need to copy this apk to /system/app. if you have 0.1 installed, uninstall it first, then copy 0.2 to /system/app and reboot. this is necessary for the app to have the right permissions to modify secure system settings. the app will still work if you install it the normal way, but you won't be able to use the non-market apps checkbox.

as usual, i accept no responsibility if this messes up your device. use at your own risk.

changelog:

0.2 - added install non-market apps option. apk must be in /system/app to enable this feature. filtered some unusable settings screens out. added some descriptions for the buttons.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] clockcycle:
I prefer to be reffered to as Nooker thanks, lol

Nice, I'll give'r a try..

-CC

EDIT: OOh nice, development settings access, usb debug mode, usb auto mounting galore..
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] dtkav:
Thanks!

Hey, thanks a bunch :)

keep up the good work!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Mastiff:
Thank you very much! Unfortunately it didn't help my keyboard problem because the only keyboard that showed up was "To enable it (the Scandinavian keyboard) go to Settings - Language & keyboard. There you need to check Scandinavian keyboard if it's not checked". So I'm guessin that it's not checked and that the specific settings file (I guess it's like a control panel app in Windows) isn't even there on a Nook. Or is it just not activated that easily?

If I try to launch the keyboard i get "Activity not found". Any idea if there is another setting to activate the keyboard for use?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] devis:
Very nice work.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
see this thread. you have to copy your keyboard apk to /system/app and reboot for it to show up as an option.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Mastiff:
Thanks! I actually tried something like that, but couldn't get it copied because of the settings. Gonna try again tomorrow (getting late her in Norway). :)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
new version. read the OP for important instructions.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gormly:
Very nice... is it possible to release the source for this?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Malk3rs:
This looks great! Thanks for sharing!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
yeah, i'm willing to release the source. when i have time on monday, i'll throw it up on google code.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
hold off on installing this app by copying it to /system/app. it seems this might cause your NC to do a factory reset when using any of the bn apps like the library. more info to come when i get a chance to investigate. until then, you can install 0.2 as a normal app.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] feisty_noodle:
Ben74, this app is excellent!

Also, I noticed that when NC freaks out and wipes to factory settings, it does not wipe /system. Does this mean that, in principle, your app will allow to keep root (with the Development menu settings)?

Thanks again!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
are you saying that you also got a factory reset after installing NookColor Tools to /system/app? after the reset, did you still have root? i did a full reflash of /system and /data after that happened to me, so i don't know.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] feisty_noodle:
No, I am not saying that at all.

I am saying that in my unrelated tinkering, I have had wipes that always end up keeping the /system intact. (I suppose they were not of the full-reset-"factory.zip" variety.)

I was simply guessing that if that were the case and your apk survived the "soft" wipe (as I have seen with other apks), then following the ordeal, the NC would still be rooted ... Maybe ...

That would be a cool possibility, no? Not having to go through the initial rooting procedure.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] feisty_noodle:
Aha, after reading this post, I understand the context of your question better.

Here is my case: I had done a bunch of work and had NookColor Tools installed as a regular app. After performing some action that involved invoking the NC Home app, I got a message that the Nook encountered some error and will now undergo a factory reset. After the reset, I had to reroot, of course.

The bottomline, in my case, with respect to this discussion, is that the wipe-causing problem occurred while NookColor Tools was not in /system/app folder.

At the moment, I reinstalled everything and this time I put NookColor Tools in /system/app.

Will keep an eye out for interesting developments ...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
I see. The factory reset that happened on my NC was the type that only wipes /data. I'm not sure if root would be retained or not. I'm also not certain that the reset I got was related to my app. Has anyone else who installed it to /system/app experienced a reset?

Sent from my NookColor using the XDA app
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
Ok, thanks for the info. So it seems possible that the reset was due to something else. Has anyone else experienced a reset?

Sent from my NookColor using the XDA app
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Wordsmith9091:
I've experienced one of these, but before I'd ever installed your app. It was right after I had tried to install the Market/Gmail fix as described by Mister Muffin. Something about an authentication problem, and then, we're going to reset ... no yes/no option, just went ahead and did it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Ben74:
ok, it looks like the reset i had was probably caused by something else. i have installed NookColor Tools to my /system/app, and haven't gotten another reset so far. please let me know if anyone has any problems when installing NookColor Tools to /system/app.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ross237:
i think i need a back up odin file?

My ATT Captivate gets to the ATT world phone page and stays there...

I can get to download mode but i cant get to recovery mode...please help

I made a newb mistake and didnt flash back to 2.1 before switching roms
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkamikaze:
Mmmm I recommend posting in the Q&A Section.. because you're asking for something.. therefore.. it's a Q&A type..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverslotcar:
So flash back to stock again. No big deal. Open odin one click from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989 then get your phone into download mode before you connect it to the pc. Its explained thoroughly in that thread.