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I am having some problems with my Samsung Galaxy S2 and I want to start an fschk session on the device.

So, I installed Android SDK with platform-tools. I can access to the device when it's normally rebooted but I couldn't list and connect to the device when it's in recovery mode.

How can I connect via ADB when the device is in recovery mode?

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What OS are you running on? It sounds like the recovery is a stock recovery and therefore un-rooted hence lack of access to adb shell from there. – t0mm13b Sep 26 '12 at 15:03
I rooted the device about a year ago by following a how-to and didn't update it since then. It runs Android 2.2.3 GINGERBREAD.XWKG1. – Tim Sep 26 '12 at 15:13
I meant, are you running Windows or Linux? – t0mm13b Sep 26 '12 at 15:28
I'm not certain that this is possible. I seem to remember that when I was rooting my N7 I was unable to adb while in recovery. I believe you have to be either fully booted or with just the bootloader... booted. – SaintWacko Sep 26 '12 at 16:07
As I read, it's possible. I am on Windows and I installed the Google's USB drivers. I am trying to install a custom recovery but my phone is acting quite strange. I think I'll try the same steps on Linux. – Tim Sep 26 '12 at 16:12

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