Fedora & Android

[poma]

On 08.01.2015 18:12, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 01/08/2015 11:31 AM, poma wrote:
>> On 08.01.2015 13:03, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>>> On 01/07/2015 05:25 PM, poma wrote:
>>>> On 07.01.2015 18:35, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>>>>> On 01/07/2015 11:01 AM, poma wrote:
>>>>>> On 07.01.2015 16:35, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>>>>>>> On 01/07/2015 09:55 AM, poma wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> List of devices attached
>>>>>>>>>> 32009c90b9b96000    device
>>>>>>>>>> e9139440    offline
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> not sure what that means...
>>>>>>>> /etc/udev/rules.d/100-adb.rules 
>>>>>>>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $ su -c "udevadm trigger --action=add"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $ adb kill-server
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $ adb get-state
>>>>>>>> * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
>>>>>>>> * daemon started successfully *
>>>>>>>> device
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $ adb devices
>>>>>>>> List of devices attached 
>>>>>>>> <Serial no.>	device
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $ adb shell
>>>>>>>> shell@<Product>:/ $ uname -a                                                 
>>>>>>>> Linux localhost 3.4.67 #1 SMP PREEMPT <build date> armv7l GNU/Linux
>>>>>>> I didn't have that file, so I created it with that line...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> adb get-state
>>>>>>> unknown
>>>>>>> [root at localhost log]# adb devices
>>>>>>> List of devices attached
>>>>>>> e9139440    offline
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> yet file manager shows the phone folder and I can browse my pictures...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ADB connection differs from USB_STORAGE/MTP/PTP.
>>>>>> It's about managing devices, not just about sharing files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ref.
>>>>>> http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
>>>>>>
>>>>> so I disabled developer options, enabled it again, checked the USG
>>>>> debugging box, and tried again. I still get:
>>>>> adb: unable to connect for backup
>>>>> adb: unable to connect for backup
>>>>> adb: unable to connect for backup
>>>>>
>>>> $ adb backup -all 
>>>> Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation.
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> $ file backup.ab 
>>>> backup.ab: Android Backup, Compressed, Not-Encrypted
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What is the output of the command:
>>>> $ adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I just realized, I rebooted earlier this morning, NOW the holo backup
>>> works, as does the adb backup command...
>>> but it creates a zero byte file, no matter what I select to backup..
>>>
>> {} Android device:
>>      System settings  
>>        -> Developer options
>>          -> Desktop backup password
>>                            re-set
> ouch... it won't let me change the password, so either I keyed it in
> wrong...

Good luck with finding some method to restore/recover/reset backup password, rather than factory reset.
Before you do so at least try to copy the necessary data to the SD card i.e. to external storage.