How To: Setting Up ADB on Mac OSX for your Droid X

[physeetcosmo]

Awesome, thanks. I know the Nix side but what the tool flow was to get my phone to "hook up" to the SDK was killing me as well.

Oh, as a side note, just typing "$ cd" will return the user to their default folder, and it might be easier to just add the folder to the path. So just enter "$ export PATH=${PATH}:/path/to/android/sdk/tools/folder".

Great write up!!!

[scbeck2]

Can anyone help? I must be doing something wrong. The path for the tools folder is /Users/scbeck2/Desktop/androidsdk/tools (when you hit more info) and this is what I have in my text editor

export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/scbeck2/Desktop/androidsdk/tools

Yet I still get No such file or directory when I type . .bashrc


I appreciate any help!

[physeetcosmo]

After you type that in your text editor, you have to save that new file as bashrc. However, i would just type that command at the terminal:

$ export PATH=${PATH}:/pathtothetoolsfolder

and hit enter. This only changes the PATH variable for that terminal session. Meaning, after you close that terminal window the PATH variable will loose that location you specified.

Now just skip to running:

$ adb shell

Enjoy your root!

[pjo1966]

I have ADB running on my Mac, but it's not seeing the Thunderbolt. I have it set for Charge Only. When I enter adb devices I get:

-bash: adb: command not found

When I enter ./adb devices I get:

-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory

I am a novice when it comes to Terminal. I've rooted various phones in the past, but still do not feel comfortable. Can anyone see any glaring mistakes I'm making? Any assistance would be appreciated.

[pjo1966]

I'm still struggling to get this to work. I've been Googling various sites for tips on how to install adb on a Mac, but still am not having any luck.

[pjo1966]

I can now see my phone listed in the Terminal window. I followed the instructions and had better luck.

[scottux]

The SDK has moved adb to /platform-tools - they left a note:

The adb tool has moved to platform-tools/


If you don't see this directory in your SDK,
launch the SDK and AVD Manager (execute the android tool)
and install "Android SDK Platform-tools"


Please also update your PATH environment variable to
include the platform-tools/ directory, so you can
execute adb from any location.

Once I did this, I was able to run adb. Also, I have no .bashrc, i updated the .bash_profile and ran '. .bash_profile' with bash in login mode 'bash --login'. May have been overkill, but if it helps anyone else out I can now run adb from anywhere and my phone is rooted. I figured better safe than sorry.

Good luck