ADB No such file or directory

[Zuccers]

Hello. So i have an android phone and i want to rewrite/change it's ROM. So i tried using "ADB" but everytime i would type "adb sideload <filename>" It would give me an error saying "No such file or directory" when the file clrearly exists in the "platform-tools" folder. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

[KarathKasun]

You have to be in that folder in the CLI.

 

So you will run CMD or powershell, go to where the executable file is, then run that command.

[rabiet]

You can also include the path to platform-tools in your Windows path variable (I'm guessing you are on windows).

This way you don't have to search for that folder every time and "adb" will work from anywhere on the computer.

[Zuccers]

I have the path and everything, but when i tipe the name of the rom i want to inport i get an error saying "no such file or directory"

C:\Users\LENOVO\Desktop\tools\platform-tools>cmd
Microsoft Windows
(c) „Microsoft Corporation“

C:\Users\LENOVO\Desktop\tools\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
CQLN7LSCSSMRLJO7        sideload

C:\Users\LENOVO\Desktop\tools\platform-tools>adb sideload 2018062921-s21v57c2k-jk-tee-ota.zip
adb: failed to stat file 2018062921-s21v57c2k-jk-tee-ota.zip: No such file or directory

C:\Users\LENOVO\Desktop\tools\platform-tools>

[paddy-stone]

rename the file to something simpler to type in for one thing... then try again.

[Zuccers]

@paddy-stone I changed it to "update" gueass what... It didn't work

[KarathKasun]

1 minute ago, Zuccers said:

@paddy-stone I changed it to "update" gueass what... It didn't work

Is the update file in the current directory?  If not, you need the FULL PATH to it.

[Zuccers]

yes it is

C:\Users\LENOVO\Desktop\tools\platform-tools>adb sideload update.zip
adb: failed to stat file update.zip: No such file or directory

C:\Users\LENOVO\Desktop\tools\platform-tools>adb sideload update
adb: failed to open file update: No such file or directory
 

[RollinLower]

3 minutes ago, Zuccers said:

@paddy-stone I changed it to "update" gueass what... It didn't work

i had this problem with my Essential PH1 aswell. try putting the update.zip into a different folder and flash it from there. that worked for me. 

to this day i still have no idea why it didn't detect it in the ADB folder..

[Zuccers]

Well i dont know how to flash it so i'm kinda lost here. but thanks 

[Zuccers]

How do you flash a phone?

[Nikado7]

I think I figured out the problem after going through this myself.  Don't name the file "filename.zip"...just name it "filename".  Seems like putting .zip on it makes it think the filename of the file is filename.zip and being a zip folder it ends up seeing it as filename.zip.zip so try doing it without the .zip when you name the folder so name the folder OTA, then in adb put OTA.zip and it should work.  :D

[Mike1Mike]

I have the same problem

Just wanted to clarify in what mode is this supposed to work

Is this during the TWRP recovery mode or is this supposed to work independently ?

 

Does the phone have to be rooted for this to work ?

 

The phone is booted into the system and when I type adb devices I get the serial number and unauthorized next to it

Should it say sideload next to it instead or does that make no difference ?

[Escolta]

i had tha same problem while trying to install LineageOS on my tablet, but apparently i had fucked up a previos step that made adb commands avalible, i used this guide here to fix it: (you can ignore the first step about installing java)

https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/fix-error-adb-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command.html

[GsxStrx]

Hey guys I had this exact problem for the past 20 min.

The "solution" din't work for me, not at first.

Before I came on this forum I've already tried everything but when moving the file, I moved it from Downloads to Documents and Desktop 
yeah so all of those are in One Drive

What solved it was moving the file to an other partition where OneDrive had no power and then lo and behold THE ANTIVIRUS ASKED FOR PERMISSION

I guess when in OneDrive folders the antivirus didn't want to bother or something

I made this account only for this ))

[Krzeszny]

Hey, I have another solution. In my case the error was caused by hidden extensions and Opera browser's shenanigans.

 

I used Opera browser to download a ROM and it was saved as ROM.zip.opdownload because for some reason it wasn't downloaded in 100%.

When trying to sideload ROM.zip or ROM, Windows couldn't see the file and the file name wasn't showing the second extension. I thought I solved it by disabling "Hide extensions for known file types" in Folder Options and removing the .opdownload extension but the file was corrupted. By the way, I realized why cmd wouldn't see the file by using this command in CMD, which showed me the actual file name.

dir "C:\the actual path to the folder with the ROM file"

In the end, I just had to redownload the file. Then it saved as .zip without .opdownload.

[Dr.Hartman]

On 1/12/2023 at 3:41 PM, Krzeszny said:

Hey, I have another solution. In my case the error was caused by hidden extensions and Opera browser's shenanigans.

 

I used Opera browser to download a ROM and it was saved as ROM.zip.opdownload because for some reason it wasn't downloaded in 100%.

When trying to sideload ROM.zip or ROM, Windows couldn't see the file and the file name wasn't showing the second extension. I thought I solved it by disabling "Hide extensions for known file types" in Folder Options and removing the .opdownload extension but the file was corrupted. By the way, I realized why cmd wouldn't see the file by using this command in CMD, which showed me the actual file name.

dir "C:\the actual path to the folder with the ROM file"

In the end, I just had to redownload the file. Then it saved as .zip without .opdownload.

Was same problem. Opera not guily. Its happend cose u didnt coplate download. Just test ur ROM (open .zip and try to extract).

PS sry for my eng

[sweethardcoder]

In my case Windows Defender just quarantined the apk file. So, need to disable Windows Defender. 

How to disable Windows Defender: