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Re: Is There A Way to Update ADB?


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:54:40AM +0800, Cilix Tay wrote:
>I am trying to use Cygwin in a particular method to recover data on my
>phone.
>
>My phone is on Android 4.4.2, and I can't seem to get adb (Cygwin) to
>connect properly, it lists my phone but it says device offline.
>
>The Android SDK's adb version is 1.0.31 and it connects to my phone
>fine.
>
>Cygwin's adb is 1.0.26.
>
>I think I read on stack overflow or xda (forgot which one) that says
>since Android 4.2, certain security changes were made, and older adb
>versions of Android sdk do not work with later Android versions.
>
>Could this be the reason why I can't connect my phone with Cygwin's
>adb?
>
>As I am not a programmer, I don't know how to update the adb for
>Cygwin.  If someone can write a detailed step-by-step guide for me, I
>think I can follow through.
>
>Or could someone help me update it and send me a patch?

adb.exe is not a Cygwin package.  You're going to have to contact the people
who provided you with it if you are having problems.

Most likely you'll be able to get help at the appropriate xda-developers.com
forum.

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