Mac - Root/Sideload help

[maidmarian4]

UPDATED: Mac - Root/Sideload help

I'm pretty new to this, so baby steps are best in your explanations, please. I have "rooted" my Samsung Captivate using your directions here.

I'm moving on to the sideload section... I have Android SDK and Busybox (from my understanding, drivers are not needed on a Mac). I then connect the USB to my phone, mount it and have USB Debugging ON. Last, I go into "Terminal" (AKA on PC as "Command Prompt"). Here's how things look:

Last login: Tue Jul 6 16:16:07 on console
holland-familys-macbook:~ Family$ cd ./droid/tools
holland-familys-macbook:tools Family$ ./adb shell
$ su
# cp /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /sdcard/settings.db
# cp /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /sdcard/settings.db.backup
# exit
$ exit
holland-familys-macbook:tools Family$ ./adb pull /sdcard/settings.db %userprofile%\desktop
1781 KB/s (52224 bytes in 0.028s)
holland-familys-macbook:tools Family$ ./adb push %userprofile%\desktop\settings.db /sdcard
cannot stat '%userprofile%desktopsettings.db': No such file or directory
holland-familys-macbook:tools Family$

What do I do next?

Also, is using SQLite Manager Plugin for Firefox the key thing to do if I want to download 3rd party apps?

HELP! TIA

 

[maidmarian4]

Ok figured it out - if anyone else has this problem, here's more instructions that make things more clear for us that don't know as much about this kind of stuff! The bolded info is what really helped me out!

Connect to Mac/PC, and Eject/Safely Remove the SD card, and "Turn off USB Storage" on the phone.

Open Terminal to enter info. Make sure on your Mac to use ./ here "cd ./droid/tools (droid is the name of my file, you may have a different name) and here ./adb shell . All the other codes do NOT need the ./ in front of it, just copy/paste it.

Here's what my Terminal codes/entries look like:

*As I said, make sure you connect to Mac/PC, and Eject/Safely Remove the SD card, and "Turn off USB Storage" on the phone.

Last login: Tue Jul 6 16:16:07 on console
holland-familys-macbook:~ Family$ cd ./droid/tools
holland-familys-macbook:tools Family$ ./adb shell
$ su
# cp /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /sdcard/settings.db
# cp /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /sdcard/settings.db.backup
# exit
$ exit
holland-familys-macbook:tools Family$ ./adb pull /sdcard/settings.db %userprofile%\desktop
1781 KB/s (52224 bytes in 0.028s)

Follow instructions for SQLite Manager Plugin for Firefox, but *make sure to mount the SD cards to the pc, "USB Connected select to... "

Before the last step, eject the drive, safely remove, etc.
"Turn off USB storage" etc, to mount it back to the phone

Then, move on to this (it's not like what's posted on androidcentral.com - but it is similar. I'm not sure if I need to say I'm not accountable for any problems or bricking of your phone or not - but I'll warn anyway! Be careful - no guarantees this is safe for your phone)

holland-familys-macbook:tools Family$ ./adb shell
$ su
# cp /sdcard/settings.db /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db
# chmod 660 /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db
# chown system.system /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db
# exit