That did it. Thanks!
On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 09:39 +0200, Benjamin Zeller wrote: > Hello, > > from your screenshot I can tell that you have not the most recent SDK > version installed. > What Ubuntu version are you running? > > You probably want to enable this ppa (for 14.04 and newer) to get > always the most recent version of the SDK : > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa > > > Benjamin > > > Am 08.05.2015 um 07:49 schrieb Louis Holbrook (for subscriptions only, > don't use): > > > Thanks Pat and Ed. > > > > With remounting and installing ssh I was able to get in. > > > > The USB is really acting up, though (I tried restarting phone and pc to > > see if it helped): > > > > - adb devices lists the device, but the ubuntu sdk only hangs on > > "detecting version" when trying to connect to it. Also, it says it has > > no network connection, although it has. > > > > - adb shell worked the first time, but now it only says "error: closed" > > every time. > > > > - I was earlier able to connect to the home directory with the file > > browser through usb, but now (after I did the adb shell) it doesn't work > > anymore: Unable to open MTP device '[usb:002,006]'. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 17:00 -0400, Pat McGowan wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > Do you have android-tools-ad installed? > > > Did you follow the instructions to enable developer mode in settings? > > > And then the phone needs to be opened using your pincode or password > > > If so adb devices should list the phone and adb shell can then access > > > it. > > > > > > > > > The filesystem is read-only by default, to make it writeable either > > > use phablet-config writeable-image or run sudo -S mount -o > > > remount,rw / on the device > > > > > > > > > Your Mint may not know the devices usb id. You can add it with the > > > file ~/.android/adb_usb.ini containing > > > the string: 0x2a47 > > > > > > > > > Pat > > > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Ed Kapitein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 05/07/15 22:06, Louis Holbrook (not read, for accounts) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I just got my first linux phone today - Aquaris E4.5 and > > > > wanted to hook it up to my laptop and start messing around > > > > through terminal. But I can't seem to be able to get in > > > > touch with it. From what I've read so far, adb should be > > > > involved somehow, but the device doesn't show up anywhere. I > > > > tried it from the Ubuntu SDK too, and it didn't list any > > > > device either. > > > > > > > > I was pointed to Ubuntu touch - remote access to device as a > > > > possible duplicate of this question, but it's not because: > > > > > > > > * The device never shows up in my SDK when I connect > > > > the USB > > > > * When I try apt-get on my device, I get "not using > > > > locking for read only lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock > > > > (which means in turn it can't write to dpkg soucres) > > > > * My linux mint (17.1 rebecca) distro's phablet-tools > > > > package doesn't even include phablet-shell > > > > > > > > Is it supposed to be as simple as just plugging the usb and > > > > then it gets detected, or are there other woodoo tricks to > > > > it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PS is there a way to search this mailing list archive by > > > > keywords in any way? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does it show up in lsusb? > > > Try: > > > lsusb | grep 2a47:0003 > > > ( on the computer/laptop, not on the phone ) > > > > > > I find it easier to start ssh: > > > sudo service ssh restart > > > ( on the phone ) > > > > > > And log in with ssh ( as the user phablet ) > > > you can copy the id_dsa* from ~/.ssh/ folder on the phone to > > > the computer/laptop and use > > > it to log in. > > > ( on the phone, cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub >> > > > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys first ) > > > > > > Hope it helps. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Ed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

