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Comparing Apples and Androids

To detect your Android Dev phone on ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty, x32), do the following: 1. cd /etc/udev/rules.d/ 2.a. if you have a file named 50-android.rules, then do: mv 50-android.rules 51-android.rules 2.b. if you don't have the file, do the following: vi 51-android.rules (note: it will create a new file) In this file, add the following: UBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666" 3. Unplug and plug again your device, then type: adb devices and you should see something like: List of devices attached HT...... device For more info, check out this post on Android Google Groups: Ubuntu Jaunty and adb not playing well together

Check out this article about Android. Android in Wired

Here's how I managed to use android without a sim card: Credits goes to this person: http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/01/using-adp1-without-sim-card.html Connect the device to your computer using the USB cable. You should be able to see a listing for your device if you run adb devices . Then execute the following commands. $ adb shell $ su $ cd /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases $ sqlite3 settings.db INSERT INTO system (name, value) VALUES ('device_provisioned', 1); .exit $ reboot After reboot: $ adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings