adb doesn't tell you what's going on nor does it open a new window or anything like that. the $ prompt is the shell *on the phone*.
what happens if you type "ls" at the $ prompt? >Hello Jason, >adb -d shell supposed to be opening a shell on phone deivce. >But in my case it is not happening. > >Re, >adag > >On Oct 23, 6:52 pm, Jason Proctor <[email protected]> >wrote: >> that means it's working :-) >> >> >> >> >Hello, >> >> >I am trying to use "adb -d shell" command to start a shell on device >> >(android dev 1 phone ) from my vista command line. But whenever I try >> >giving such command it does not open any shell or interaction on the >> >phone device. But instead it goes to the next line in the cmd as '$'. >> >any help would really appreciable. >> >I have installed adb_usb_windows. >> >> >Previously I used work well with the emulator. Using adb command never >> >troubled me. But now with new device, I am not able to open a shell >> >using adb -d shell command on the phone. >> >> >Thanks in Advance, >> >adag >> >> -- >> jason.vp.engineering.particle > -- jason.vp.engineering.particle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

