title: Need assistance with adb shell, on non rooted device
body: <p>I'm confuse with <code>adb shell</code> device login, I'm not able to go in root mode (# mode). I can only access $ mode from <code>adb shell</code> on any non rooted devices such as, Samsung galaxy Note, Galaxy 2 and Samsung galaxy Apollo (2.1), and as well not able to use "su -" command to be super user, and therefore restricted to directories such as <code>/data/data/com.myapp.exmple</code>.</p>
  
  <p>But with root device can get root access with adb shell, and access them so my basic doubt is with non rooted devices can we get the root access with adb shell?</p>
  
  <p>If not, I'm using Andrew Hoog's book "Synergy Android Forensics" which demonstrates adb shell can give you access to root (#mode) on non rooted devices, as well there are few examples on internet and forum which states so. take this video for example.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVJ7T2oC_Zs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVJ7T2oC_Zs</a></p>
  
  <p>Which is basically demonstrating how to unlock the security pattern lock with <code>adb shell</code>, which gets the root access (# mode) on non rooted device.</p>
  
  <p>And if yes, what is the mistake I'm making? I install the latest JDK, then Android sdk in C:, then from <code>c:android-sdk/platform-tools/</code> directory tried to access the adb shell.</p>