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---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:17 PM, <c...@comcast.net> wrote: > Thank you very much for your response. > > I will try your suggestions. > > > > Making sure I have an up-to-date version of adb and all of the other tools > is a good idea. > > Can you please tell me how to go about doing that? > > > > -Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Indicator Veritatis" <mej1...@yahoo.com> > To: "Android Beginners" <android-beginners@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:48:42 PM > Subject: [android-beginners] Re: "adb shell" command gives very > inconsistent results > > This sounds somewhat different from the problems I have seen with adb. > So I am not sure how helpful my advice will be, but what I would do > is: before ever even entering the shell of adb, make sure that adb can > see the emulator with "adb devices". > > Yes, unlike the distinction between emulator and device for the -e and > -d options, "adb devices" will list both real hardware devices (of > which you have none) and emulator instances (all of them). > > If you don't see the emulator instance even after launching the > emulator and seeing the home screen, then try "adb kill-server" > followed by "adb restart". If that gets adb to see the emulator > instance, then go on to "adb shell". > > The one other suggestion I have is to make sure that you are using an > uptodate version of adb -- and for that matter, of all the tools. > > On Jul 8, 5:55 am, Chris <c...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I do not own an Android phone and am working exclusively in the > > Eclipse/emulator environment on my laptop. > > > > When I type in the "adb shell" cmd from the tools directory I get very > > inconsistent results. > > Sometimes it says "error: device not found". > > Sometimes it says "error: device offline". > > If I start a small application and continue to type in the "adb shell" > > command until the emulator starts I get the 2 errors I just mentioned > > in that order and then the "adb shell" command actually works and I > > can see the "#" prompt, and type in commands such as "ls -l" and see > > the results. > > Then as I'm working in the shell it suddenly ends and I'm back at the > > Windows prompt. > > I am running on Windows XP Pro Version 2002 Service Pack 3. > > > > Thank You in advance to anyone who would like to offer some help with > > this situation. > > > > -Chris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
