adb unable to connect... - Nook Touch General

I was to B&N today, read few books in store (on nook)
Came home, tried to connect:
adb unable to connect...
run dropbear - unable to ssh
rebooted nook via terminal
adb unable to connect...
Scratched head…
rebooted nook again via terminal
adb unable to connect...
Did basic adb troubleshooting:
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
stop adbd
start adbd
adb unable to connect...
stop adbd
adbd &
adb unable to connect...
netstat
showed listening (with adbd running)
127.0.0.1:5037
0.0.0.0:5555
rebooted nook via terminal
rebooted PC…
adb unable to connect...
put noogie SD, reboot, check uRamdisk – same size & timestamp
removed noogie, off/on - connected right away!
I’m puzzled…
I saw few times, after 2-3 days of reading adb is unable to connect, but reboot fixed it always.
What was different this time?
“Cold reboot”?
I spend like 30min and feel like an idiot right now…

I was unable to connect over the usb port as well. Without too long investigation I've used adbwireless app on NT and was able to connect.
You might want to refresh server
adb kill-server
adb start-server
then connect using your NT ip address:5555 and you should be done.
In my case, I think, there are too many conflicting drivers installed and NT is not being recognized when connected.
Good luck

Adapt0r said:
I was unable to connect over the usb port as well. Without too long investigation I've used adbwireless app on NT and was able to connect.
You might want to refresh server
adb kill-server
adb start-server
then connect using your NT ip address:5555 and you should be done.
In my case, I think, there are too many conflicting drivers installed and NT is not being recognized when connected.
Good luck
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I did it as well before every adb connect, thought it not worth to mention.
Naturally, "rebooting PC" should reboot adb server too, right?
But it didn't help either...

If you see this issue again, just try toggling ADB Wireless On/Off and it should reset anything on the devices side. Also I've noticed that sometimes and completely random from what I can tell "USB Debugging" will get unchecked, which will mess with ADB access via USB.

Disabling/Enabling ADBwireless sometimes may help.
Maybe a stupid question: Do you have a firewall running on your pc?

digiflash said:
Disabling/Enabling ADBwireless sometimes may help.
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won't it be the same as below or it does more?
Code:
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
stop adbd
start adbd
digiflash said:
Maybe a stupid question: Do you have a firewall running on your pc?
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Always
I did check it too. It was nothing worth to mention.
abd attempted to connect - got nothing back (timeout)
on NST adbd was listening, I was able to access gmail.
I can ssh neither, and dropbear was listening too.
Looks, in fact, like firewall on NST was blocking all incoming connection.
That's why I wrote "Scratched head…" - which means I checked pretty much everything.
Could somebody explain, what is the major difference for NST between:
reboot (hot reboot) & shutdown/start (cold reboot)
Or more precisely for the latter:
insert noogie SD/reboot/remove noogie SD/turn off/turn on

ApokrifX said:
insert noogie SD/reboot/remove noogie SD/turn off/turn on
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Cannot connect today at all. Cold reboot doesn’t help anymore...
Did some more tests (including ADBwireless):
I cannot ping [nook IP] from my computer
I can ping [nook IP] from router.
From PC
>telnet [nook IP] 5555
Connecting To [nook IP]...Could not open connection to the host, on port 5555: Connect failed
From router:
telnet [nook IP] 5555
Connection didn’t timeout (i.e. it does connect!)
Again, looks like something on Nook blocking connections from all IP, except from default gateway (i.e. router)
Question: Does rooting process unblock connections from other IPs?
About Disabling/Enabling ADBwireless:
Before running ADBwireless
netstat
127.0.0.1:5037
0.0.0.0:5555
netstat -tapn doesn’t work
stop adbd
both above disappear from netstat
start adbd
both show up
run ADBwireless
get message: ADBwireless is off
pushed button, message changed to: adb connect [nook IP]:5555
(adb connct didn’t work)
Switch to terminal,
netstat
127.0.0.1:5037
I.e. no more: 0.0.0.0:5555
Subsequent "stop adbd"/"start adbd" changes nothing:
netstat
127.0.0.1:5037
I was wondering what ADBwireless supposed to do then?
Could somebody check from his nook what netstat shows, please?
Nook can connect to internet (gmail, market) + netstat shows all outgoing connections…
What else can I try?
I guess, I can switch to adb usb…

It might be helpful if you tell what OS you are running on your PC and what did you do with NT. If we can reproduce your case then we can troubleshoot it otherwise you will hear useless guesses and speculations.
I like NT as a reader and nothing else. Web and games are looking awful on it.

Adapt0r said:
It might be helpful if you tell what OS you are running on your PC and what did you do with NT. If we can reproduce your case then we can troubleshoot it otherwise you will hear useless guesses and speculations.
I like NT as a reader and nothing else. Web and games are looking awful on it.
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One box is XP with Outpost firewall (abd set to full trust).
Another win7 (FW policy – allow outgoing connections + few exceptions).
I’m Win developer/admin and Linux(CentOs) admin.
I’m complete noob when it comes to Linux non-shell related programming.
Router runs DD-WRT.
As of now I switched to uRamdisk_1_1_rooted_usb.
When I run dropbear, I see it listening on 22, but cannot ssh still.
That’s all I guess…
Could you do one test for me please?
If your NST runs uRamdisk_1_1_rooted_wifi:
Could you ping you NST from you box
If not - could you do same from your router/AP?

1. I don't have uRamdisk_1_1_rooted_wifi on my NT and can't test it.
2. adbWireless works on my Win 7 and Mac the same way. Both comps have firewalls running and both are on the same network. I can connect and ping NT.
Just for clarification I will describe how it works on my setup:
- I start adbWireless on NT,
- it asks for root permission if it for the first time and I grant it
- then shows fat button on the screen and says adbWireless is off
- I push the button
- it says adbWireless is on, from your computer run
adb connect 192.168.15.112:5555
At this point I can ping IP address and run adb shell.
I've rooted NT for purposes of software testing and customization. I did it twice with older and newer Nooter and did not find any noticeable differences.
Let me know if you want some other tests or info.

Adapt0r said:
I can connect and ping NT.
…
At this point I can ping IP address and run adb shell.
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To clarify (trying to get a setup as simple as possible):
We connected NST to our home wireless network and it gets IP.
We didn’t touch adbWireless yet!
Now do two tests, please:
1. From NST we ping gateway or "another device on same network", (providing it let us).
2. From "another device on same network", ping NST.
What do you get?
I thought, adbWireless just configure adbd for IP connection (as opposite for USB one) and starts it - nothing else.
If #1 works, but not #2,
and #2 starts working after you “hit adbWireless button”, than adbWireless does more then I wrote above…

Sorry, I didn't have time to do your test at home. I'll try today.
I think you are correct, adbWireless does configuration of connection by executing something like this:
Turning On:
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
stop adbd
start adbd
Turning Off wifi and start listening on usb
setprop service.adb.tcp.port -1
stop adbd
start adbd
Cheers!
Edit:
Ping NST_ip_address from PC works fine.
Since I don't have terminal installed I could not test reverse pinging.

Ouch…
Just figured out:
1: I press “big red button” in adbWireless.
2: I push back button
And it pushed adbWireless into background.
If it’s the same as turning it (adbWireless) off,
it’s possible, that adbWireless reset adbd service to use USB.
Thus there is nothing listening on 5555 when I run netstat in terminal on NST.
Who’s with me?
Should be east to test:
press “big red button” in adbWireless.
I push back button
try to connect

ApokrifX said:
Ouch…
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Updated router firmware - I can ping nook and ADB over wireless works too.
Not sure thought, if it was wireless channel problem.
I've read somewhere, some NST firmwares doesn't work on high channels or certain combined modes - like works on A+B, but not A+G
Apparently, NST firmware 1.1.2 was targeted to solve some of these issues.

PROBLEM SOLVED.
I didn't have the proper folder for the adb.exe.
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I have a similar problem: I recently rooted my nook simple touch with touchnooter 2.1.31, and all seems well but I can't connect to the adb wireless. IP is 192.168.0.6:5555 according to adb; I can ping from my Win XP computer if I use 192.168.0.6, but not if I add the 5555, but I just can't connect to the ereader. Wireless connections seem fine otherwise. I've tried shutting off and one the wireless adb.
I'm a complete beginner in this. On the reader, the screen has this:
"from your computer run: adb connect 192.168.0.6:5555"
This suggests that I can't simply use a firefox browser to connect? I tried using the windows cmd box, but windows indicates it doesn't know what 'adb' is. Then I found a website about adbwireless: http://theunlockr.com/2011/04/12/how-to-connect-to-your-android-device-through-adb-wirelessly/
and installed Adroid SDK Tools as indicated. When I use the cmd window, go to the proper sdk tools subfolder, and type 'adb connect 192.168.0.6:5555', windows still insists it doesn't recognize 'adb'
Please help!

try adb.exe

Meter 13,
Thanks for the reply. I added a pre-script to my op. I had created a bat file to move to the proper folder but had realized that the adb.exe had been moved to the platform-tools subfolder from its old location in the tools folder. Once I realized this, all worked well - connected to my nook, and used adb to install an apk file.
Bob

Just a note:
Ping isn't the usual TCP/UDP stuff, so there are no (port) numbers on the end.
ping 192.168.1.27
ADB uses TCP and a port number but it usually defaults to 5555
adb connect 192.168.1.27
adb connect 192.168.1.27:5555
You can also telnet to check if you can connect to the nook via TCP and port 5555
telnet 192.168.1.27 5555
(Note: If this works it will tell you that you are connected, but you can't do anything because ADB is a binary protocol.)

I had the same problem, turns out the correct drivers weren't installed. Ive downloaded HTC sync from HTC.com. I installed it and removed HTC sync afterwards. The drivers should stay there. Now reconnect your phone and try "adb devices" Before ADB wouldn't recognize my device but now it does. Tried to "adb backup -all" again, and it worked instantly.
Maybe this solves the problem?

You could try going back to a stock /boot partition.
I run my nstg rooted with the addition of about 8 files (su, xbin, busybox in system, adb wireless in /data plus a launcher) when I first root.
with the nstg, at least, I don't actually need the modified kernels - adb connects from my computers to the nstg, I simply don't have a root shell when I first connect.
This is fixed by doing an
su
once I'm in
Might be worth trying a restore of just partion 1 from your backup?

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Can't connect to phone using ADB

I can't for the life of me connect to my TP2 running XDANDROID via ADB.
Here's what I've tried
-Connect via Linux in a VM(Ubuntu)
-Connect via Linux (for real, also Ubuntu)
-Connect via Windows.
The problem is the connection to the phone. In Linux, the USB0 network connection does show up, but when I try to connect to it, it fails everytime without any specific error message.
On Windows, I managed to install the Android SDK USB driver, but once again ADB can't seem to connect.
The error message is the same on both platforms btw. When I try to run adb shell, it starts the Daemon and then quits saying that there is no device to be found.
The phone itself indicates it's in USB debugging mode and the USB cable is connected.
What could I be doing wrong?
Whoops, wrong subforum. Could a mod please move this to 'Software and Hacking General'?

[Q] How to Access the device using Ubuntu?

Does anyone now how I can access the internal storage of my transformer through Ubuntu? I have the transformer connected via USB but it does not auto-mount or appear to be recognised as a storage disk
thanks for any help
I'm using SSHDroid and usb tethering when tablet is connected, find out the tablet ip, then you can use the ubuntu built-in "Connect To Server" via ssh.
readonlycn said:
I'm using SSHDroid and usb tethering when tablet is connected, find out the tablet ip, then you can use the ubuntu built-in "Connect To Server" via ssh.
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Would you be able to explain the method you use a bit more thoroughly? I too am having frustrating problems getting my transformer mounted under Linux, and am sick of transferring everything via SD card
I tried over SSH, but Android automatically refuses connection. And why do we need to have it tethered via usb to SSH?
The transformer acts as an MTP device. I had some issues with it appearing properly in Ubuntu 10.04, but I believe is because I did something wrong. I have it all working now and mounted as /media/transformer - but I am also running 11.04 now.
This has been asked on the forum before and this answer assisted me in solving it[Full thread].
You also have some links in a different thread here.
poltak11 said:
I tried over SSH, but Android automatically refuses connection. And why do we need to have it tethered via usb to SSH?
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What's your SSHD application? I recommend sshdroid, you search it in the market.
You needn't tethering if pc and android are in one lan (connected to same wifi for example). Getting android ip is the only purpose of tethering, you can run 'route' command in ubuntu to find out the gateway of usb0, which is the ip of android.
I use a combination of swiftp and droidsshd to access device from ubuntu. Works well. You might need to get the programs from code.google.com, as they are not in the market.
People... they aren't looking for an SSH application, they are looking to MOUNT THE DEVICE OVER USB.
You need to install either libmtp or mtpfs. On Arch Linux, libmtp is in the repos, while mtpfs is in AUR. I use mtpfs.
After getting mtpfs, all you need to do is: sudo mkdir /media/tf && mtpfs -o allow_other /media/tf.
I do it with ADB. adb push and and pull does the job easily, unless you've a ton of different files you want to place in different places.
Using gnomad2 from repo @ Fedora 15 Gnome3
since there is no flashy mtpfs for my distro :/
(to lazy to compile)

[Q] Choosing ADB over USB or WiFi, when Rooting

After reading around, I've learnt that MinimalTouch 1.1beta5 is a reliable way to root my new Nook Simple Touch. Since I intend selecting the package version in the beta5 folder, I must choose between the "START" zips: beta5-2 XUFullTouch-PART-1-START and beta5-2 XWFullTouch-PART-1-START. I gather the first zip is ADB over USB, and the second, ADB over WiFi, but have found little documentation on either, except that ADB is a method to connect your home computer to your Nook.
The above link states that all W zips install ADB wireless Uramdisk, and all U zips install ADB USB Uramdisk + ADB widget to enable wireless adb at need. Am I right that ADB over USB is the best choice because both USB and WiFi are available after rooting? If so, would anyone select the ADB over WiFi option?
Can someone please explain how and why one chooses between the two options when rooting the Nook?
On startup the ADB daemon, adbd looks at the property service.adb.tcp.port
If it is set it uses that value as the port number over TCP (presumably over WiFi) to listen for connections.
If it is not set it tries to connect over USB.
I'm not sure how these applications that switch mode work.
They probably kill the daemon and restart it.
The only difference between the two versions of W and U is the line:
Code:
service.adb.tcp.port=5555
Renate NST said:
The only difference between the two versions of W and U is the line:
Code:
service.adb.tcp.port=5555
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Thanks for your help. I've taken a while to make sense of your post since all this is new to me - I rarely use a mobile phone.
I've just looked at contents of both the "START" zip files and noticed they're the same, except that the file uRamdisk in the folder boot of the WiFi option is marginally bigger. You have shown me the difference lies in the property service.adb.tcp.port in the Java source code, and that property determines whether the rooted Nook tries to connect by WiFi or USB. In other words, the two zips are identical except for ADB connection.
But my opening post, in ignorance, attempted to ask a more trivial question. I know whenever I wish to access any laptop computer from my desktop computer under Windows XP, I can connect the two using a network cable from the laptop to my wireless router/modem or, more simply, by activating WiFi on the laptop. Similarly, I am assuming I can connect the rooted Nook to my desktop either by cabling the Nook microUSB port to a USB port on my desktop, or by activating WiFi on the Nook. I expect to connect every few days. Since the USB "START" zip of MinimalTouch 1.1beta5 provides an ADB widget to enable wireless adb at need, what is the point - for the end user - of a separate WiFi only "START" zip file?
In other words, in routinely connecting my rooted Nook to the desktop computer every few days, why on earth would I or anyone benefit from having had the two "START" zip options available in MinimalTouch 1.1beta5?

[Q] Unauthorized ADB on Mac

I have searched extensively to no end. When I ./adb devices in terminal, it lists my phone but says 'unauthorized.'
I do not get a prompt on my phone to authorize its connection to osx.
I have rest phone to factory spec. Still nothing.
Thoughts?
lablunk said:
I have searched extensively to no end. When I ./adb devices in terminal, it lists my phone but says 'unauthorized.'
I do not get a prompt on my phone to authorize its connection to osx.
I have rest phone to factory spec. Still nothing.
Thoughts?
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I had this issue on a stock rom with ADB in Windows and in Linux. This apparently is a known "issue" with the stock rom when the USB mode is set to MTP.
The "fix" is to make sure you are in Network mode (either Internet or Modem is fine). You might have to disconnect and re-connect the USB cable a couple times (and re-select the Nework mode) before it will actually connect with ADB. If it pops up with the ADB Verify Server Fingerprint window on the phone, you have sucessfully made an ADB connection.

Recover rooted NST with broken LCD?

Just checking it there is some way to recover files. I previously rooted it and can't remember if that means there's any way to get at it via ADB or otherwise to recover files before transfering to a new device
Well, if you have ADB working you can just transfer the files.
Or you could use my AdbSync.exe (along with ADB) to backup.
Code:
C:\>mkdir whatever
C:\>adb devices
C:\>adbsync /hcsu /s /v C:\whatever sdcard
ADB doesn’t seem to be working or at least via USB… And I can’t get on it to select a Wi-Fi network. Wondered if there is some way of forcing it to boot in Adb mode or something that doesn’t rely on screen interaction
mrbryan said:
ADB doesn’t seem to be working or at least via USB… And I can’t get on it to select a Wi-Fi network. Wondered if there is some way of forcing it to boot in Adb mode or something that doesn’t rely on screen interaction
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You're the second person in a week or so that seems to have this issue and it got me curious. There's a message at the beginning of NookManager about starting WiFi if you want to directly connect with the device via SSH(?) or ADB. I've always ignored it but I just tried it to see what would happen. After you elect to start WiFi (your NST must have been known to your network beforehand, password entered, etc.), you are given the option to start either SSH or ADB (the IP address is displayed at the top of the screen).
When I chose ADB I was then able to start up ADB on my PC and connect to the IP address shown on the NST screen. Of course.....if your screen is broken........Maybe you know the IP address of your NST already or could find it by starting WiFi and then consulting your router?
Anyway, the advantage with NookManager is that everything is done with the side hardware buttons. If you can't read your screen at all I can see that even that would be a problem, though. If you have some partial display, you might be able to limp along until you have ADB connected and then handle everything from your PC. Or I could supply you with a button-push sequence to try.
To just get this working you can make a NookManager card--no need to make the updates I described elsewhere.
thanks so much for the suggestion. I'll have to think that through and whether I have my current wifi set up ( edit: in the nook already).
maybe I can hack around in the scripts for nook manager in case I can set it to go right to the ADB on boot and inject a wifi name & key too
Get an image for the old noogie and put it on an SD card.
Boot up, you should have ADB.
Or do the whole OmapLink procedure and boot from there.
Or connect to the 1.8V UART root console inside the case.

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