Open a Shell

[Guest]

Does that mean "run the terminal emulator" or CAN that mean that?

I'm pretty sure that it does, having had an epiphany.

[Guest pulser]

Does that mean "run the terminal emulator" or CAN that mean that?

I'm pretty sure that it does, having had an epiphany.

Personally, I think it means either run a terminal emulator, or (less commonly) use

adb shell

Either way, it makes little difference in terms of function, so long as you end up with a command prompt that executes linux commands on your phone.

You could even connect to the phone using SSH if you were that way inclined. (Dropbear included in recent Modaco. Password in About screen.

Edited January 6, 2010 by pulser

[Guest]

Argh. Too many words and acronyms after the first line!

EDIT: Thankyou though.

Edited January 6, 2010 by Guest

[Guest kendon]

Argh. Too many words and acronyms after the first line!

EDIT: Thankyou though.

lol, hardly any at all, find out what adb is, if you don't know what ssh is don't care for the moment, you can come back to that later if you need to. not meant condescending, it's better to take it step by step.

[Guest]

lol, hardly any at all, find out what adb is, if you don't know what ssh is don't care for the moment, you can come back to that later if you need to. not meant condescending, it's better to take it step by step.

Indeed, that's what I'm trying to do. I think I can understand the syntax of the commands and knowing that I can use a terminal to enter them is enough for me right now.

That is right, isn't it...!?

I don't want to get bogged down in ADB or Busy anything or SSH. I can understand "run terminal emulator" and "enter this command" just fine and for now, that'll be enough for me, all I want to do is remove a few things (footprints for example).

Again, I appreciate your reply though. :)

[Guest kendon]

Indeed, that's what I'm trying to do. I think I can understand the syntax of the commands and knowing that I can use a terminal to enter them is enough for me right now.

That is right, isn't it...!?

I don't want to get bogged down in ADB or Busy anything or SSH. I can understand "run terminal emulator" and "enter this command" just fine and for now, that'll be enough for me, all I want to do is remove a few things (footprints for example).

Again, I appreciate your reply though. :)

up to there you are right. i like the adb way, since i find it more comfortable to type on my laptop than on my phone, especially when it comes to terminal commands with a lot of / and other symbols in it. i also use several scripts from my pc, for example to check if the sdcard is unmounted (i tend to forget it lol) and then reboot the hero to recovery or something... but that's up to you, if you are fine with a terminal emulator then stick with it.