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---
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title: adb (Android Debug Bridge)
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category: CLI
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weight: -1
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authors:
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- github: ZackNeyland
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updated: 2018-03-06
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---
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### Device Basics
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| Command | Description |
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| --- | --- |
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| `adb devices` | Lists connected devices |
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| `adb devices -l` | Lists connected devices and kind |
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| --- | --- |
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| `adb root` | Restarts adbd with root permissions |
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| `adb start-server` | Starts the adb server |
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| `adb kill-server` | Kills the adb server |
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| `adb remount` | Remounts file system with read/write access |
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| `adb reboot` | Reboots the device |
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| `adb reboot bootloader` | Reboots the device into fastboot |
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| `adb disable-verity` | Reboots the device into fastboot |
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`wait-for-device` can be specified after `adb` to ensure that the command will run once the device is connected.
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`-s` can be used to send the commands to a specific device when multiple are connected.
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#### Examples
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```
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$ adb wait-for-device devices
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List of devices attached
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somedevice-1234 device
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someotherdevice-1234 device
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```
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```
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$ adb -s somedevice-1234 root
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```
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### Logcat
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| Command | Description |
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| --- | --- |
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| `adb logcat` | Starts printing log messages to stdout |
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| `adb logcat -g` | Displays current log buffer sizes |
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| `adb logcat -G <size>` | Sets the buffer size (K or M) |
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| `adb logcat -c` | Clears the log buffers |
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| `adb logcat *:V` | Enables ALL log messages (verbose) |
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| `adb logcat -f <filename>` | Dumps to specified file |
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#### Examples
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```
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$ adb logcat -G 16M
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$ adb logcat *:V > output.log
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```
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### File Management
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| Command | Description |
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| --- | --- |
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| `adb push <local> <remote>` | Copies the local to the device at remote |
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| `adb pull <remote> <local>` | Copies the remote from the device to local |
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#### Examples
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```
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$ echo "This is a test" > test.txt
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$ adb push test.txt /sdcard/test.txt
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$ adb pull /sdcard/test.txt pulledTest.txt
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```
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### Remote Shell
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| Command | Description |
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| --- | --- |
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| `adb shell <command>` | Runs the specified command on device (most unix commands work here) |
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| `adb shell wm size` | Displays the current screen resolution |
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| `adb shell wm size WxH` | Sets the resolution to WxH |
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| `adb shell pm list packages` | Lists all installed packages |
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| `adb shell pm list packages -3` | Lists all installed 3rd-party packages |
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| `adb shell monkey -p app.package.name` | Starts the specified package |
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