Honeycomb installed on SD, booted, now what?
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I tried this but it is grayed out. It seems like most of the options are gray and I cannot click them, even though it says there is data stored for the market.
Im so frustrated! Should I give up on HC and try froyo? I want the market to work
Im so frustrated! Should I give up on HC and try froyo? I want the market to work
It's sounds a lot harder than it is. Trust me, I know! Essentially, it's just cut and paste and adb. This is what I did to get my files loaded onto the sd card for both Froyo and HC:
1. If you are just loading a few files, you can do them one at a time. If you have quite a few, use a zip program to make as many zip files as you think necessary.
2. Locate the file(s) in your Windows Explorer wherever it is that you have them stored. (I don't know how to work Mac systems.)
3. Select the file(s) you want to put on the NC a(highlight or checkmark them). Then right click on it or any one of the selected files, being sure that your selections remained highlighted or checkmarked.
4. From the menu that pops up, find and click on Copy. Then navigate to C:\android\platform-tools. Open this folder. You should see the file adb.exe. (Some people call this folder just 'tools' in their instructions.)
5. Right-click anywhere inside the window showing the contents of the 'tools' folder and then click on paste in the menu that comes up.
6. Your files should copy into the 'tools' folder.
7. Connect the NC to your computer.
8. At the top of the screen on the NC you should see the USB icon/symbol in the notification bar. Pull the notification bar down and tap on "USB connected Select to copy files to/from your computer".
9. At the bottom of the screen that now appears on the NC you should see the notification to "Turn on USB storage". Tap the notification to enable communication between the computer and the NC.
10. On the computer, navigate to the C:\android\platform-tools and highlight/check the folder name. Holding down the shift key, right click the folder name to open up the menu.
11. Click on "Open command window here." A DOS command window will open. (Don't be afraid when you see this window; it is going to make things all better!) You should see this: C:\android\platform-tools as your C prompt.
12. Now, at the C prompt, type the following command exactly as seen here:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
(note that these are all regular slashes as opposed to the ones in the folder name). You should see a blinking cursor and then C:\android\platform-tools will appear again.
13. You can check to make sure that your device is communicating with the computer. Type: adb devices. You should then see your NC serial number. If so, all is going well.
14. You can now start pushing files to the device. To do so, type the command adb push followed only by the exact file name, a space and then /sdcard/. For instance, if you want to push a file with the name media.zip, type:
adb push media.zip /sdcard/
15. You should see a blinking cursor and possibly nothing else for up to several minutes, depending on how long the actual transfer takes. I usually go browsing in the forums to pass the time, checking every so often to see if the file transfer has finished.
16. If all has gone well, when you return to the command window, right under the command you typed you should see a report like this:
2072 KB/s (178515665 bytes in 84.126s)
Below this report, you should see the C prompt, ready for you to type your next command.
17. Repeat the adb push <file name> /sdcard/ command as often as needed to get all your files onto the NC.**
18. Your file(s) has/have now been stored on the sd card and you can work with it/them: unzip it (if it is a zip file and you will need a file manager program like Androzip to see the files as well as unzip them), move it, open it, email it, whatever you like.
If anyone sees a mistake I made in what I hope are very detailed and easy to understand instructions, please let me know. I have used this process many times now and finally have all my files transferred to the NC, so I think it should be pretty accurate.
**If you disconnect the NC to check for your files and then go back to work moving files again, be sure and start from the beginning in typing the adb commands. This was a big help to me when I finally figured it out and it has been smooth transferring ever since.
HTH!
1. If you are just loading a few files, you can do them one at a time. If you have quite a few, use a zip program to make as many zip files as you think necessary.
2. Locate the file(s) in your Windows Explorer wherever it is that you have them stored. (I don't know how to work Mac systems.)
3. Select the file(s) you want to put on the NC a(highlight or checkmark them). Then right click on it or any one of the selected files, being sure that your selections remained highlighted or checkmarked.
4. From the menu that pops up, find and click on Copy. Then navigate to C:\android\platform-tools. Open this folder. You should see the file adb.exe. (Some people call this folder just 'tools' in their instructions.)
5. Right-click anywhere inside the window showing the contents of the 'tools' folder and then click on paste in the menu that comes up.
6. Your files should copy into the 'tools' folder.
7. Connect the NC to your computer.
8. At the top of the screen on the NC you should see the USB icon/symbol in the notification bar. Pull the notification bar down and tap on "USB connected Select to copy files to/from your computer".
9. At the bottom of the screen that now appears on the NC you should see the notification to "Turn on USB storage". Tap the notification to enable communication between the computer and the NC.
10. On the computer, navigate to the C:\android\platform-tools and highlight/check the folder name. Holding down the shift key, right click the folder name to open up the menu.
11. Click on "Open command window here." A DOS command window will open. (Don't be afraid when you see this window; it is going to make things all better!) You should see this: C:\android\platform-tools as your C prompt.
12. Now, at the C prompt, type the following command exactly as seen here:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
(note that these are all regular slashes as opposed to the ones in the folder name). You should see a blinking cursor and then C:\android\platform-tools will appear again.
13. You can check to make sure that your device is communicating with the computer. Type: adb devices. You should then see your NC serial number. If so, all is going well.
14. You can now start pushing files to the device. To do so, type the command adb push followed only by the exact file name, a space and then /sdcard/. For instance, if you want to push a file with the name media.zip, type:
adb push media.zip /sdcard/
15. You should see a blinking cursor and possibly nothing else for up to several minutes, depending on how long the actual transfer takes. I usually go browsing in the forums to pass the time, checking every so often to see if the file transfer has finished.
16. If all has gone well, when you return to the command window, right under the command you typed you should see a report like this:
2072 KB/s (178515665 bytes in 84.126s)
Below this report, you should see the C prompt, ready for you to type your next command.
17. Repeat the adb push <file name> /sdcard/ command as often as needed to get all your files onto the NC.**
18. Your file(s) has/have now been stored on the sd card and you can work with it/them: unzip it (if it is a zip file and you will need a file manager program like Androzip to see the files as well as unzip them), move it, open it, email it, whatever you like.
If anyone sees a mistake I made in what I hope are very detailed and easy to understand instructions, please let me know. I have used this process many times now and finally have all my files transferred to the NC, so I think it should be pretty accurate.
**If you disconnect the NC to check for your files and then go back to work moving files again, be sure and start from the beginning in typing the adb commands. This was a big help to me when I finally figured it out and it has been smooth transferring ever since.
HTH!
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