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dereksurfs · 02-22-2011, 11:42 AM

The biggest annoyance was trying to use the ADB Shell from the NC. Android's ADB Shell is weak. It doesn't even have the cp command which is a basic unix shell command. And using the limited keyboard doesn't help. I was seriously considering installing bash shell which has many more standard features. But I'm not sure how much trouble it would be. I've seen some threads where others have discussed using bash on Android. I think they had to install and configure it. If I was going to do Android development I would switch shells for sure.

BTW, I'm sure using tools such as root explorer would help simplify this process. However having familiarity with shell commands when needed is helpful as well.

Derek

02-22-2011, 11:42 AM	#4
dereksurfs Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: nook	The biggest annoyance was trying to use the ADB Shell from the NC. Android's ADB Shell is weak. It doesn't even have the cp command which is a basic unix shell command. And using the limited keyboard doesn't help. I was seriously considering installing bash shell which has many more standard features. But I'm not sure how much trouble it would be. I've seen some threads where others have discussed using bash on Android. I think they had to install and configure it. If I was going to do Android development I would switch shells for sure. BTW, I'm sure using tools such as root explorer would help simplify this process. However having familiarity with shell commands when needed is helpful as well. Derek Last edited by dereksurfs; 02-22-2011 at 12:08 PM.