Android
My android device is a htc desire.
useful links desire
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
s-off
http://alpharev.nl/ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805811
root
http://www.tech-exclusive.com/2010/10/17/guide-to-root-android-2-2-on-htc-desire/
shell access
access. /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb" ID_VENDOR_ID=="0bb4", MODE="0666" SUBSYSTEM=="usb" ID_VENDOR_ID=="18d1", MODE="0666" SUBSYSTEM=="usb" ID_VENDOR_ID=="05ac", MODE="0666"
start device manager
adb usb
kill device manager
adb kill-server
display devices.
adb devices
get a shell on device
adb shell
run command on device and handle output locally.
adb shell ls /system/bin | less
mount filesystem rw
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system mount -o remount,rw /dev/root /
full access to filesystem
Boot device in recovery mode.
Press volume down while pressing power on.
dropbear
Install dropbear.
adb remount adb push dropbear /system/bin/dropbear adb push dropbearkey /system/bin/dropbearkey adb push 95dropbear /system/etc/init.d/95dropbear adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/dropbear /system/bin/dropbearkey /system/etc/init.d/95dropbear
Change password dropbear
-C cleartext password.
Generate ssh keys
dropbearkey -t rsa -f /data/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key dropbearkey -t dss -f /data/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key
busybox
adb push busybox /system/xbin/busybox chmod 4755 busybox cd /system/xbin ./busybox --install -s .
flash radio
How to flash the radios:
Make sure you have the usb driver installed from the android sdk
- Turn your desire off
- Hold the back button and turn your desire on
- When you are at the white screen, make sure BOOTLOADER is selected and press the power button
- Wait a few seconds then press volume down to select RECOVERY and press the power button again
- When you are at the screen with the red triangle and the phone, plug in the usb cable
- Run the recovery-windows.bat script from modaco r5 root pack
- When the recovery menu appears select 'Flash zip from sdcard'
- Select the radio zip file and press the trackerball to confirm
- Press the trackerball over 'Reboot system now'
- When the radio image has finished being written unplug the usb cable
- The phone will reboot a couple of times and then return to a normal state with your new radio