So there are a lot of tutorials out there for windows and cmd prompt. Not one out there for Mac users, though. I did you all one better. I made a tutorial for you all. I recorded a video tutorial, but the screen capture software I used came out crappy, so I'd rather not even post it.
So what is ADB? ADB stands for Android Debugging Bridge and it allows you to gain access to your device. It is an essential part of rooting (if you don't do the flash rec method). It will also allow you to customize a ROM once installed (remove apps and what not). Basically, the code is the same as the windows tutorials, so you can keep those handy. But there are differences.
Good thing:
Takes a lot less time to install the Mac SDK than the Windows one and you don't need to download the Java developer kit as its built in to Mac. So literally you just download the SDK and you are done with setup. Just unzip it and for the basics of the tutorial, place it in your home folder
No drivers to install
So whats different?
1. You will use terminal instead of command prompt, but they work very similar. Terminal is located in Utilities (applications--> utilities --> terminal)
2. Well, you may notice in the Windows tutorials, when you are talking about the phone, there are [/] when you are talking about the windows machine, there are [\], thats because linux is Unix based. Mac's are also Unix based, and therefore, will also have [/] when talking about files on the machine.
3. Since it is Unix based, file sites are placed differently. Paths are /users/username/folder/so on.
With a Windows machine, files are c:\ where [c:\] is the drive
4. So lets put it together and add the third point.
Windows: cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools
mac: cd /users/username/android-sdk-mac_86/tools
You will see terminal navigate to that folder now from:
to:
Where windows users just type:
Mac users must type:
From here, you would just follow the steps in the windows tutorials but editing the code to fit Mac (file locations and the ./adb)
Notes:
once you have gotten a little familiar, you can remove some bloatware, but you need to know where they are installed and what their names are. I'm not a nascar fan, so here's my example.
1. mount the phone so you can edit files *WARNING, this could screw up your phone if you aren't careful, so please read all steps first before you just start typing*
2. Use a file explorer to find out the APK you don't want. The sprint ones are pretty obvious, but others aren't so don't just delete files you don't know. These files are located in the /system/app/ folder.
You should see a # sign. This means you are entering commands on the phone level
3.
rm stands for remove and the next code is the path and file name of the Nascar app.
4. Reboot the phone. This closes off the read/write capabilities so you don't accidently screw up vital files.
Enjoy
So what is ADB? ADB stands for Android Debugging Bridge and it allows you to gain access to your device. It is an essential part of rooting (if you don't do the flash rec method). It will also allow you to customize a ROM once installed (remove apps and what not). Basically, the code is the same as the windows tutorials, so you can keep those handy. But there are differences.
Good thing:
Takes a lot less time to install the Mac SDK than the Windows one and you don't need to download the Java developer kit as its built in to Mac. So literally you just download the SDK and you are done with setup. Just unzip it and for the basics of the tutorial, place it in your home folder
No drivers to install
So whats different?
1. You will use terminal instead of command prompt, but they work very similar. Terminal is located in Utilities (applications--> utilities --> terminal)
2. Well, you may notice in the Windows tutorials, when you are talking about the phone, there are [/] when you are talking about the windows machine, there are [\], thats because linux is Unix based. Mac's are also Unix based, and therefore, will also have [/] when talking about files on the machine.
3. Since it is Unix based, file sites are placed differently. Paths are /users/username/folder/so on.
With a Windows machine, files are c:\ where [c:\] is the drive
4. So lets put it together and add the third point.
Windows: cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools
mac: cd /users/username/android-sdk-mac_86/tools
You will see terminal navigate to that folder now from:
Code:
YOURNAME's-macbook:~ USERNAME$
Code:
YOURNAME-macbook:tools USERNAME$Where windows users just type:
Code:
adb devices
Code:
./adb devicesFrom here, you would just follow the steps in the windows tutorials but editing the code to fit Mac (file locations and the ./adb)
Notes:
once you have gotten a little familiar, you can remove some bloatware, but you need to know where they are installed and what their names are. I'm not a nascar fan, so here's my example.
1. mount the phone so you can edit files *WARNING, this could screw up your phone if you aren't careful, so please read all steps first before you just start typing*
Code:
cd android-sdk-mac_86/tools
./adb remount
Code:
./adb shell3.
Code:
rm /system/app/Sprint_Nscar.apk4. Reboot the phone. This closes off the read/write capabilities so you don't accidently screw up vital files.
Enjoy
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