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Originally Posted by TheWineLover
Right, I understood the GUI vs the underpinnings. I use Linux... however, my everyday computing is done on a Mac and the shell program is also called Terminal. So, am I understanding this correctly, that the shell of the Android system can NOT be accessed by my Mac's Terminal app when connected via USB but only a ConnectBot type app installed on the phone?
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using the android sdk tools you can access the android shell through the adb shell program. with the android booted in normal mode, turn on usb debug in the settings->applications menu then connect via usb. otherwise have the android in recovery mode connected via usb.
information on the android sdk:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
and the link to download the tool for the mac here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/dow...r04-mac_86.zip