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Re: How-To: Root your Droid

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Originally Posted by quadjacks View Post
Ok thank you but still where am i typing all the commands, on the phone or pc. As previously stated, i am using Eclipse, or should i use ADB? Which ever i use, how do i get to the area where i type stuff in?
Don't use Eclipse. That's only if you want to write apps. You'll need to use the command prompt from Windows to run adb. Before doing that you'll want to add adb to your system path (that makes it so you can run adb from any subfolder on your computer, otherwise you would have to navigate to the Android SDK folder every time you wanted to use adb) following these instructions:

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Windows users:

(XP and earlier): Right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > Environment Variables. Look for the one that says PATH, and double click on it. Add this to the end (after the last semi-colon):

C:\path\to\android\sdk\tools;
(Change the folder to the actual location, obviously. You need to add it another semi-colon afterwards). Click OK, then OK again.

(Vista and 7): Start > Control Panel > In the search box in the upper right of the window, type “system path”, then click on “Edit the system environmental variables.” Click on the button that says "Environment Variables...". Scroll down the list on the bottom and look for the one that says PATH, and double click on it. Add this to the end (after the last semi-colon):

C:\path\to\android\sdk\tools;
(Change the folder to the actual location, obviously. You need the semi-colon afterwards). Click OK, then OK again.

Enable USB Debugging:

Settings > Applications > Development > Check “USB Debugging” then tap “OK”.
Once you've done that you can open command prompt and type in the adb commands shown above. Your phone will have to be connected and USB debugging will need to be enabled as mentioned above.

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