How-To Full Root of Evo 4G on Mac

[Khaos1518]

Does anybody know why when I type "./adb devices" into terminal, it saysno file or directory found?

 

[zacst]

I always get the following message when trying to copy the PC36IMG.zip file to the sdcard:

zachery-stevenss-macbook:tools zacst$ ./adb push PC36IMG.zip /sdcard
failed to copy 'PC36IMG.zip' to '/sdcard': Is a directory
zachery-stevenss-macbook:tools zacst$

any ideas on how to help?

 

[zacst]

@khaos1518 your adb file is probably not in the tools folder of your android-sdk

 

[mhespenh]

I always get the following message when trying to copy the PC36IMG.zip file to the sdcard:

zachery-stevenss-macbook:tools zacst$ ./adb push PC36IMG.zip /sdcard
failed to copy 'PC36IMG.zip' to '/sdcard': Is a directory
zachery-stevenss-macbook:tools zacst$

any ideas on how to help?

You need another backslash; the shell thinks you're trying to copy PC36IMG.zip as a FILE named sdcard, when in fact you are trying to copy PC36IMG.zip to a FOLDER called sdcard

Either of these should work:

./adb push PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/

or

./adb push PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip

 

[rumber01]

i cant even pass the part where it says to input the ./adb devices command. what am I doing wrong?? I get this message: -bash: ./adb: No such file or directory

 

[mhespenh]

i cant even pass the part where it says to input the ./adb devices command. what am I doing wrong?? I get this message: -bash: ./adb: No such file or directory

That means you're not in the correct directory (ie you're not in the sdk/tools/ directory where adb is).
You need to 'cd' to the correct directory.

If the folder android-sdk-mac_86 is in your home directory you need to execute

cd ~/android-sdk-mac_86/tools/

before you can use adb
if the folder is on your desktop it would be

cd ~/Desktop/android-sdk-mac_86/tools/

Then adb should work fine.

*EDIT*
OR, if you'd like to be able to run adb from anywhere (without always having to 'cd' to the sdk folder) you can simply run this command in terminal

echo "export PATH=${PATH}:/[B]REPLACE_THIS_WITH_THE_FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR_SDK[/B]/tools" >> ~/.bash_profile

for the >2.2 SDK
or this for the 2.3+ SDK:

echo "export PATH=${PATH}:/[B]REPLACE_THIS_WITH_THE_FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR_SDK[/B]/platform-tools" >> ~/.bash_profile

Then quit terminal and restart it. From then on you can use adb (now without the ./ before it) from any directory!

 

[mist]

I have been experiencing this same issue on a Mac and on Windows. I know a lot of other users have been experiencing this too, but for some reason I have been unable to resolve the issue. I am pretty confident I am running the "./adb devices" command in the correct directory.

PLEASE HELP!

 

[mhespenh]

I have been experiencing this same issue on a Mac and on Windows. I know a lot of other users have been experiencing this too, but for some reason I have been unable to resolve the issue. I am pretty confident I am running the "./adb devices" command in the correct directory.

PLEASE HELP!

How recently did you download the SDK? It seems on newer versions (ones including the Gingerbread APIs+) Google has moved adb to the 'platform-tools' folder (instead of just 'tools').

Try executing ./adb from ~/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools and lemme know if that works.

 

[moya.evo.gio]

no such file or directory message, in part one step one

 

[moya.evo.gio]

ok got past part 1 step one now when i type "./adb devices" it says no such file or directory again! sorry im a nube

 

[mrmatt2009]

cant download second PC36IMG.zip...help!

"Part 2
Different PC36IMG.zip from: http://www.joeyconway.com/sdx/evo/troot/eng-PC36IMG.zip
(wait until part 2 to download and rename to PC36IMG.zip)"

the web page isnt opening!

 

[copeland]

Is there any update on the command to list the device as I too am receiving the error.

 

[bobbyfresh]

DAMNIT! I cant get passed step 2!! so frustrating!!!!

 

[SurrenderonDemand]

@ Rufflez thank you for the walkthrough. I am running into a problem in step three during the phone steps. I get the error that PC36IMG.zip failed because main version is older.
Could you help me solve this problem? What should I do?

I am running android ver 2.2

Thanks

 

[LeGItTech01]

my terminal is just keeps saying no file or directory ... eekkk

 

[burzlurker]

is this a way to root the evo using a PPC mac?

 

[ja2ride0rdie]

I'm getting an error everytime in ./adb

j-dot-s-macbook:~ ja2ride0rdie$ cd android-sdk-mac_x86
j-dot-s-macbook:android-sdk-mac_x86 ja2ride0rdie$ ./adb devices
-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
j-dot-s-macbook:android-sdk-mac_x86 ja2ride0rdie$ ./adb devices
-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
j-dot-s-macbook:android-sdk-mac_x86 ja2ride0rdie$ screencapture
screencapture: no file specified
j-dot-s-macbook:android-sdk-mac_x86 ja2ride0rdie$

 

[tenoreprimo]

I already rooted my EVO, but I used unrEVOked, and I was advised that I could have problems. So I would like to re-do it using the method in this thread. However, I'm not sure how to get back to step 1. Any advice?

 

[BEJEALOUSMOFO]

Is there anyway to get this tweaked. It's saying that .adb has been moved...

 

[maxhenke]

j-dot-s-macbook:~ ja2ride0rdie$ cd android-sdk-mac_x86
j-dot-s-macbook:android-sdk-mac_x86 ja2ride0rdie$ ./adb devices
-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
j-dot-s-macbook:android-sdk-mac_x86 ja2ride0rdie$ ./adb devices
-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
j-dot-s-macbook:android-sdk-mac_x86 ja2ride0rdie$ screencapture
screencapture: no file specified
j-dot-s-macbook:android-sdk-mac_x86 ja2ride0rdie$

I am having the same issue w/ my mac not finding my phone as a device. I'm going to install the platform tools. and keep you posted on what I figure out. I read a post that said the directory is now in platform tools, witch dosent come already in your SDK file from android.