Difference between revisions of "Rock/windows adb"

Revision as of 09:39, 5 December 2013

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To get adb under Windows, the official way is to install the android SDK provided by Google. The android sdk manager needs JDK to run. Download jdk from here. Install the jdk. Download the android windows sdk from Google here. Unzip it to somewhere in your hard drive such as C:\, now we have android sdk under C:\android-sdk-windows.

Double click the SDK Manager.exe, choose "Android SDK Tools" and "Android SDK Platform" and click "Install packages" button. SDK Manager will download the adb and other tools for you. The adb tool is under C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

Install the adb usb driver

There two methods:

1. install manually

2. install by tools

Install manually

= Set the environment

Right click on My Computer -> Property -> Advanced -> Environment, click user environment, New. Add an System variables named ANDROID_SDK_HOME and it's value is where you put your android sdk. Here we set it to "C:\android-sdk-windows". Note:the environment setting will be work after reboot

Set the USB ID

Open the Windows CMD utility, type the following command.

   cd C:\android-sdk-windows            ; or where you put the android sdk
   mkdir .android                       ; create the "special" android folder

The open the C:\android-sdk-windows\.android folder in file explorer, and create a new empty file called adb_usb.ini, open adb_usb.ini and edit with notepad add the following content:

   0x2207

Save the file and exit.

Test adb working

In CMD, type

   cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
   adb kill-server
   adb devices

You should see the device like below:

   List of devices attached
   16EM8P26M8      device

Install by tools

There’s no need to connect your Rockchip device during this procedure.Download and extract RK_DriverAssitant.zip

Double click on DriverInstall.exe in RK_DriverAssitant directory to start the utility If you’ve already tried to install USB drivers for Rockchip devices, make sure to click “Uninstall Driver” first

Then click “Install Driver”, and depending on your version of Windows the Security below may show up twice during installation. Just click “Install”

Done. The drivers should be installed, and you’re ready to root your device, or install or upgrade your firmware via USB.

Note：

Windows xp has some differences ,read the readme.txt in RK_DriverAssitant directory and do in accordance with it Good Luck!

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 There two methods:
-. install menually
+. install manually
 . install by tools
-===1. Install menually===
+====Install manually====
-=== Set the environment ===
+====== Set the environment =====
 Right click on My Computer -> Property -> Advanced -> Environment, click user environment, New. Add an System variables named ANDROID_SDK_HOME and it's value is where you put your android sdk. Here we set it to "C:\android-sdk-windows". Note:the environment setting will be work after reboot
-=== Set the USB ID ===
+===== Set the USB ID =====
 Open the Windows CMD utility, type the following command.
      cd C:\android-sdk-windows            ; or where you put the android sdk
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 Save the file and exit.
-=== Test adb working ===
+=====Test adb working =====
 In CMD, type
      cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
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 [[Category:Android]]
-===2. Install by tools ===
+==== Install by tools ====
 There’s no need to connect your Rockchip device during this procedure.Download and extract [http://dl.radxa.com/rock/tools/windows/RK_DriverAssitant.zip RK_DriverAssitant.zip]