Note: Be sure to define the udev usb rules (see #2)
Created Sat 30/4/2011
The android debug bridge (adb) is used to control operations (list devices, push/pull content to devices) against an attached android device.
Need to define udev rules for the device (or run adb server as root, which is the less preferred option) otherwise performing adb operations will result in "error: insufficient permissions for device".
Replace the idVendor values with the relevant values for the device being attached (e.g., HTC=0bb4, Motorola=22b8, see developer.android.com Gude:Device)
Create a new file in the udev rules directory (e.g., /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules)
bash # cat << EOF > /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", SYMLINK+="android_adb", MODE="0666" GROUP="mock"
EOF
Next, reload the new udev rules with:
bash # udevadm control --reload-rules
See comments by rajeevvp in forum.xda-developers.com
Note: Be sure to define the udev usb rules (see #2)
bash $ adb kill-server
bash $ adb start-server
bash $ adb devices
List of devices attached
HT136R300158 device
Sending content to the sdcard can be done with the push and pull adb commands. The sdcard is mounted to /sdcard so to write a file to the root of an sdcard
bash $ adb push some-flash.zip /sdcard/update.zip bash $ adb pull /sdcard/update.zip foo.zip
Telnet into device via a dynamically run adb shell. This provides command line editing, full-screen apps like less and vim and, on exit, everything is shut down cleanly. A version of busybox which has the telnetd applet compiled into it is required. Either install JRummy16's "BusyBox Installer" from the Market and select v1.19 (the beta version) or compile busybox from source.
bash $ adb -d forward tcp:4444 tcp:23 bash $ adb -d shell 'exec /system/xbin/telnetd -F -b 127.0.0.1 -l /system/xbin/ash' & bash $ sleep 1 bash $ telnet localhost 4444 bash $ adb kill-server
Stuart Moorfoot © 30 April 2011 foo@bund.com.au