You can do Adb shell While your emulator is running and you should get a linux # command line where you can do simple commands like ls to prove that your emulator is even running. It sounds like it is not. Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Florian-achtige Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 4:42 AM To: programmingblind Subject: some android issues, need help Hi, I thought let's play with the android SDK. I was bored so installed it and grabbed some packages, probably way more then I actually need. Then, I created an AVD (android virtual device) and launched it. I couldn't use it yet , but I knew that beforehand . I'd read about the adb command though, and that it can install packages using the commandline. So I decided to make sure talkback is installed and grabbed the latest off googleCode. But I am running into a problem. When I issue adb -e install talkback.apk I first get: ADB: protocol fault (no status) And when i try again: Error: device not found. While the emulator is at least opened. I can't tell you if it is running for obvious reasons. Apparently on Linux this can be fixed by running adb as root ...but what does one do on windows? Thanks a lot, Florian __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind