Help with setting up sdk for screenshot

[Stevez48]

I don't know what I am doing wrong and getting completely frustrated... Please help :-D


I installed Java SDk java_ee_sdk-6u1-jdk-windows-x64 to be exact...
I Installed the Android SDK... ran the SDK manager and updated and downloaded everything.
I enabled Debugging mode.
I updated the ADB driver for the phone.

I followed to a T both: http://www.androidcentral.com/sdk-driver-root-oh-my and http://www.androidcentral.com/taking-screenshots-without-root

How ever when I double click on ddms.bat It just flashes up a console screen for 1/2 a sec and closes. I can't read what it says or anything. No other Window pops up as shown here:
http://www.androidcentral.com/sites...icleimage/Jerry Hildenbrand/2010/04/step2.png

I am running Windows 7 64bit. Any ideas?? I am not rooted, and am nervous to do that if I can't even get this going.

When I run the directions as the test here on the "SDKs, Drivers and roots - Oh, My" First test: Back up your apps - I get nothing. It runs and says 0 files...

:-( please help.

 

[nickbike]

Hmm. I just did this the other night and had the same thing happen. I don't remember exactly what I did to make it work. Try restarting the computer and replugging the phone into the USB.

 

[Phil Nickinson]

Don't double-click ddms. Instead, fire up the command line, navigate to the sdk/tools folder, and then run ddms.bat. Mine, for example, looks like this:

c:\asdk\tools\ddms
​

(Actually, because the only thing I use the command line for is the SDK, I set my command line to start in the tools folder. Then all I have to do is type "ddms" and it fires up.")

And don't forget to enable usb debugging on yor phone, or this is all moot.

 

[Stevez48]

Well that was super helpful, it at least kept up the command window, and it couldn't find Java. So I am re-insalling it to eh director it is lookng in versus where it is installed.

Fingers crossed! Thanks!!

Edit - How do I change the default of where cmd opens?

 

[Stevez48]

Got it working!! Thank you!

 

[krelvinaz]

If you are rooted using something like shootme or drocap2 is a lot easier to use. Don't need to even get your computer involved.

Attached is a capture of me typing this message.

This was captured using drocap2 using jpg format.

 

[Stevez48]

Still a bit scared to root. If it took me this long to figure out the simple task of taking a screen shot, then I need to learn more about what I am doing. Lol.

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