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| − | In order to do anything with a Nexus phone, the first thing you'll need is a working [[Android | android development framework]]. | + | In order to do anything with a Nexus phone, the first thing you'll need is a working [[Android | android development framework]]. This guide is the only one I've found geared toward doing this in a Linux environment, which seems sort of ridiculous, since Android is a linux based platform. |
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| + | The first step is to enable the developer options on your Nexus. Go into your phone settings, and choose "Developer Options". If you don't see this option, go into "About Phone" and tap on "Build Number" until the option appears. Once you've entered the Developer Options, enable Android Debugging. | ||
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| + | Connect your Nexus to the PC using a USB cable. To ensure connectivity | ||
| + | $ sudo lsusb | ||
| + | You should see a device in the list as follows: | ||
| + | ... | ||
| + | Bus 001 Device 055: ID 18d1:4ee1 Google Inc. | ||
| + | ... | ||
Revision as of 23:13, 10 January 2013
In order to do anything with a Nexus phone, the first thing you'll need is a working android development framework. This guide is the only one I've found geared toward doing this in a Linux environment, which seems sort of ridiculous, since Android is a linux based platform.
<r>
The first step is to enable the developer options on your Nexus. Go into your phone settings, and choose "Developer Options". If you don't see this option, go into "About Phone" and tap on "Build Number" until the option appears. Once you've entered the Developer Options, enable Android Debugging.
<r>
Connect your Nexus to the PC using a USB cable. To ensure connectivity
$ sudo lsusb
You should see a device in the list as follows:
... Bus 001 Device 055: ID 18d1:4ee1 Google Inc. ...