Bypassing registration on a Mac

[jaydeejj]

OK! I had to reset my G1 because for some strange reason it kept getting stuck at the android screen.

I don't have a data plan, and I've looked around and I found the thread that tells you haw to get around the registration without it. But one thing said to put something on the SD card and I can't mount the SD card on my Mac because I haven't registered the phone yet.

Also all the commands say PC. I thought by resetting it, I could register over wifi. If is really that much different to root this thing with a mac than it is with a PC?

[crazythunder]

you don't have a card reader? what needs to be placed on the sdcard? if you have another phone that takes microsd, you can place the file on it that way.

[mari]

You must have adb installed in your Mac.
Then just connect the G1 cable to your Mac (you don't have to mount it) and run adb.

Follow this part from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316

"In an adb shell session, type the following command:

am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

This doesn't have to have root access to work. It works fine with the "shell" user that adb on non-modded phones runs as.
That command will bring up the settings page on your phone. From there, you can enable wifi and connect to your wifi network, and then proceed with registration as per normal "

Good luck!

[jaydeejj]

Originally Posted by mari

You must have adb installed in your Mac.
Then just connect the G1 cable to your Mac (you don't have to mount it) and run adb.

Follow this part from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316

"In an adb shell session, type the following command:

am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

This doesn't have to have root access to work. It works fine with the "shell" user that adb on non-modded phones runs as.
That command will bring up the settings page on your phone. From there, you can enable wifi and connect to your wifi network, and then proceed with registration as per normal "

Good luck!

Thanks but that's the part I don't get. What is an adb shell session. Their is a file called adb but when I click on it, it opens the terminal. I don't know what to do from there. I can't type anything. I'm lost there.

[jaydeejj]

You have to connect to your phone with adb shell and get root access, and then type the following command:
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO system (name, value) VALUES ('device_provisioned', 1);"

The page says to do this but I have zero idea how to connect my phone with adb shell.

[ickyfehmleh]

adb is a command-line utility that interfaces with Android phones.

Open up Terminal.app. Find the "adb" file and drag it into the Terminal.app window, it should produce something like:

"/Applications/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r1/tools/adb"

After "adb", type a space, then "shell". You should now have a shell on your phone -- the prompt will change to simply "$" if you do.

Example:

howie @ macpro:[~]
10:28:11 (120) /Applications/java/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r1/tools/adb shell
$

[jaydeejj]

Originally Posted by ickyfehmleh

adb is a command-line utility that interfaces with Android phones.

Open up Terminal.app. Find the "adb" file and drag it into the Terminal.app window, it should produce something like:

"/Applications/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r1/tools/adb"

After "adb", type a space, then "shell". You should now have a shell on your phone -- the prompt will change to simply "$" if you do.

Example:

howie @ macpro:[~]
10:28:11 (120) /Applications/java/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r1/tools/adb shell
$

Thanks for this but I found out why I'm stuck. My terminal won't work it just shows me

login: illegal option -- -
usage: login [-pq] [-h hostname] [username]
login -f [-lpq] [-h hostname] [username [prog [arg ...]]]

[Process completed]

I gotta figure this out before I can do anything else. :/

[ickyfehmleh]

Originally Posted by jaydeejj

Thanks for this but I found out why I'm stuck. My terminal won't work it just shows me

login: illegal option -- -
usage: login [-pq] [-h hostname] [username]
login -f [-lpq] [-h hostname] [username [prog [arg ...]]]

[Process completed]

I gotta figure this out before I can do anything else. :/

Open Terminal.app, go to Terminal -> Preferences in the menu. The first tab should be 'Startup'. Look for the second grouping of options, 'shells open with', and select the second option, "command (complete path)". Type in "/bin/bash". Now open up another Terminal window.