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#417266 14-Dec-2010 21:08

ArtooDetoo:

Hey, you're only 551 posts from uber geekness. Go Neets...
Yaaaayyyyy...

You keeping an eye on me? Hadn't noticed. Well it's taken 3 months to get to (almost) half way. So by the end of the financial year I *might* have posted enough to shunt me up the list. But I wouldn't go as far as to say that proves any recognisable skill other than the ability to yabber ;-)

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ArtooDetoo

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#417288 14-Dec-2010 21:32

Neets:
ArtooDetoo:

Hey, you're only 551 posts from uber geekness. Go Neets...
Yaaaayyyyy...

You keeping an eye on me? Hadn't noticed. Well it's taken 3 months to get to (almost) half way. So by the end of the financial year I *might* have posted enough to shunt me up the list. But I wouldn't go as far as to say that proves any recognisable skill other than the ability to yabber ;-)

I must be your first cyber-stalker then.

Crikey...

And I do believe you made a passing reference to hokey pokey? Seems to be the old pot and kettle contest again.

Oh I think you're being a little hard on yourself skill-wise. In you I detect the the heart of a true geek. Your apparent fascination for solving tech issues is a clue. This being especially true, given your gender.

So yes, you are an uber geek, formal acquisition of the title notwithstanding.

And there are more than a couple of us who are chuffed you have the skills you seemingly deny.

But I best not go on or there'll be cries of "Get a room" and such.

So you had a formal touch-typing background. That's interesting Neets.

Cheers,
R2D2

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Wipeout

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#417297 14-Dec-2010 21:41

Update: So far I nearly threw my phone against the wall few times. I've downloaded the SDK files, added ADB to tools folder. However, my laptop is not installing drivers for the phone with USB debuging mode on. It did when I tried first time, now nothing happens... :( Any suggestions?

ArtooDetoo

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#417301 14-Dec-2010 21:47

Wipeout: Update: So far I nearly threw my phone against the wall few times. I've downloaded the SDK files, added ADB to tools folder. However, my laptop is not installing drivers for the phone with USB debuging mode on. It did when I tried first time, now nothing happens... :( Any suggestions?

Are you developing?

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#417304 14-Dec-2010 21:56

lol! Awww.. thanks, it made me smile! :>

No, actually I'm trying to get my 3 button combo enabled. For that I needed SDK files + ADB. I'm following the guide Neets gave me.

But it mentioned that I need to go into download mode via ADB method. Started to look up what ADB was, how it works etc. I had no SDK files either, so downloaded those, added ADB to the tools folder, as per instructions here: http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/

Once that was all done, I had to check if everything is set up correctly (Basically step 1 of those instructions). But once I put my phone into debugging mode on and plugged it into laptop, it no longer loads drivers, like instructions suggested. However, it did before, when I was marking around with it, before I've installed SDK and ADB.

Now I'm stuck and can not run any commands in cmd because my phone is not being recognized by a laptop.

YodAboY

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#417309 14-Dec-2010 22:03

Wipeout: lol! Awww.. thanks, it made me smile! :>

No, actually I'm trying to get my 3 button combo enabled. For that I needed SDK files + ADB. I'm following the guide Neets gave me.

But it mentioned that I need to go into download mode via ADB method. Started to look up what ADB was, how it works etc. I had no SDK files either, so downloaded those, added ADB to the tools folder, as per instructions here: http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/

Once that was all done, I had to check if everything is set up correctly (Basically step 1 of those instructions). But once I put my phone into debugging mode on and plugged it into laptop, it no longer loads drivers, like instructions suggested. However, it did before, when I was marking around with it, before I've installed SDK and ADB.

Now I'm stuck and can not run any commands in cmd because my phone is not being recognized by a laptop.

Are you able to connect via Kies? ADB worked fine for me using just the drivers that Kies installs.

Wipeout

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#417312 14-Dec-2010 22:07

I can connect to Kies fine, yes.

But the method specifically mentions killing all the Kies before attempting and use Odin to fix the 3 button combo... Besides, I can't go into usb debugging mode and connect to the Kies at the same time, or can I? Am I confused about something?

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Wipeout

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#417325 14-Dec-2010 22:22

Urgh, I give up for tonight and need to start fresh tomorrow. I never worked with command lines/linux before, so finding it a little challenging. I can't seem to get to the folder where adb is located. I have no idea why or how... The path I'm typing in seems correct. I should have just gotten one of my mates over who works with linux on the daily basis.

nofam

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#417333 14-Dec-2010 22:36

Wipeout: Urgh, I give up for tonight and need to start fresh tomorrow. I never worked with command lines/linux before, so finding it a little challenging. I can't seem to get to the folder where adb is located. I have no idea why or how... The path I'm typing in seems correct. I should have just gotten one of my mates over who works with linux on the daily basis.

I wouldn't mind betting it's something as simple as a <space> where there should or shouldn't be one; Linux is very unforgiving syntactically when it comes to commands with arguments. . . .

kiwijunglist

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#417336 14-Dec-2010 22:40

Wipeout: I can connect to Kies fine, yes.

But the method specifically mentions killing all the Kies before attempting and use Odin to fix the 3 button combo... Besides, I can't go into usb debugging mode and connect to the Kies at the same time, or can I? Am I confused about something?

if phone can connect with kies then you already have enough drivers installed to use chainfire method of getting the 3 button combo. just close kies + kies tray agent prior to doing the chain fire installation.

HTPC / Home automation (home assistant) enthusiast.

nofam

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#417339 14-Dec-2010 22:46

Can you kind folks please advise whether SuperOneClick is a viable option to root my Official (henceforth known as Fish Offal, due to it's stinking lag. . .) JP3?

I've given up on getting z4root to work (hangs, crashes the phone pretty much), so if I can't find a way to get root access so I can apply unsigned zips and get backups working again, I'm heading back away from the light towards Doc's dingy diner and his greasy fried-up ROMs.

Wipeout

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#417342 14-Dec-2010 22:51

nofam, you probably right! hahhaa..

KJ, what's a chainfire method? I've searched XDA, but got 11 pages of threads! :(

kiwijunglist

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#417345 14-Dec-2010 22:54

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=chainfire+root ; it's the first result

make sure you read and follow all instructions

HTPC / Home automation (home assistant) enthusiast.

Damager

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#417351 14-Dec-2010 23:03

Wipeout: Urgh, I give up for tonight and need to start fresh tomorrow. I never worked with command lines/linux before, so finding it a little challenging. I can't seem to get to the folder where adb is located. I have no idea why or how... The path I'm typing in seems correct. I should have just gotten one of my mates over who works with linux on the daily basis.

never tried adb until 10 minutes ago and got it working in terms of detecting my captivate. no linux expert either. perhaps you didnt quite add the variable to the environment correctly?

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#417358 14-Dec-2010 23:17

nofam: Can you kind folks please advise whether SuperOneClick is a viable option to root my Official (henceforth known as Fish Offal, due to it's stinking lag. . .) JP3?

I've given up on getting z4root to work (hangs, crashes the phone pretty much), so if I can't find a way to get root access so I can apply unsigned zips and get backups working again, I'm heading back away from the light towards Doc's dingy diner and his greasy fried-up ROMs.

Yes. Be prepared for the debug on, debug off dance, but it gets there in the end. However, there are 'proper' root routes to go down which give you CWM 2e and stuff which seems like a better way to go. Having said that but, I used SOC root and all is going swimmingly following a shaky start. Sorry to hear you have lag back again. I can recommend RyanZA's OCLF. I can't recommend Voodoo. I think it killed my wifi.

Others are diametrically opposed to my thinking on this, so feel free to ignore my advice, I would.

Cheers,
R2D2

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owner. Galaxy S3 has gone to its new owner. Now using Galaxy Note 3. Skipping Note 4 I think...

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