Hi guys, I need a little help.

I've read many tutorials and used them to use ADB on my Mac, however I am having problems pulling the browser data files.

When using adb shell I am able to get superuser access and have been able to view all files in all folders on my phone. Now when I try to cd back to tools and exit adb shell it says i can't change directory.

I tried opening another terminal window to work straight from tools using ./adb pull /data/data/com.android.browser

but when I do that I get a message saying permission denied. I also tried:
./adb pull /data/data

and that brought up this: pull: building file list... 0 files pulled. 0 files skipped.

In the /android/tools directory without going in to shell I've tried the command
./adb root

and I get the message: adbd cannot run as root in production builds

I've read that other users have been able to pull /data/data files and I was able to pull all apk's from a system folder but I believe that is because it doesn't require superuser access... Then again I could be wrong.

I'm sure my phone is rooted but I'm obviously missing something here.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

I'm not expert and like you I use a Mac. Here are a few links that may help:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/hacking-help/33641-help-adb-mac.html

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/39977-adb-help.html#post426432

I attached a Word doc that had some set up steps. I'm told the last sentence (Every command must begin ./) is very important for Mac users. Sorry, I can not verify.
Hope this helps

Wow thanks for the info. I'm going to read through it all and see if I can get the problem solved.

*fingers crossed* lol


**Well gave the above advice a try where applicable and still no dice. I still get the message: adbd cannot run as root in production builds and 0 files are pulled. Im beginning tothink my phone may not be rooted properly...

I know I can't help much with the mac part, but as far as your 'root', have you tried using a terminal program on your phone and then type "su" and see if your prompt changes from $ to #? Also, I 'think' when I ran adb shell on my pc and typed "su" I had to look to the phone to allow superuser access, but it's been a while so not sure about this one.

good luck