Questions tagged [adb]
Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a versatile command line tool that lets you communicate with an emulator instance or connected Android-powered device.
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Why can't I move a directory in a shell created by `adb shell`? [duplicate]
I enter a shell on Android by
sudo adb shell
Now I want to move a directory (of files) in Android into another, but why does it fail
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What is this permission problem with adb?
I would like to transfer files between a phone (Harmony 2.0.0) and a Linux laptop with USB connection between them.
I try to use adb by following https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/...
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Displays a user input pop-up on the Android screen
Currently I'm interested in Bash and also the Android phone I have...
I'm wondering if there is a way to display popup as text input on the android screen and then receive data from that user-...
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usbip does not work with USB Debugging in Android phone
I want to connect a Samsung Android phone to a remote server over usbip and then build an Android application located on the server device to the phone to do some testing. I came accross the usbip ...
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How to create ADB Gadget configuration?
I am reading the Gadget Configuration Documentation. I am also using a working Android device to reference and copy configurations in /config/usb_gadget/g1. I am now booting an initramfs and trying to ...
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How to make 'adb shell' to read /etc/profile or other configuration files?
I am working on an embedded Linux system (kernel-5.10.24), and it uses ash from busybox as /bin/sh. The system support login from serial console and adb shell from PC.
Now I found the shell started ...
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xxx.sh: : not found
I'm debugging a shell script and coming across this error. I have no idea what's going on with my script.
#!/system/bin/sh
function SetEQ(){
prefFile='/mnt/media_rw/6633-3539/tmpFiles/com.smp....
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Can't enable IPv4 forwarding via adb shell
I've got a rooted Android phone and am trying to enable IPv4 forwarding via adb shell. If I do
host$ adb shell
phone$ su -c "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"
then it works just ...
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Using grep to extract IP through adb shell
I'm trying to create a one-line, platform-independent solution for finding the local IP address of a Android device with adb shell and grep (the internal grep on my android device). I have a solution ...
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HISTTIMEFORMAT messed up adb
I set up earlier this month HISTTIMEFORMAT cause I needed to see the time on some of the commands I previously used. However, I most likely messed something up with those commands, because every time ...
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Service takes more than a minute to close
I have a Linux based device which is running certain services on boot-up, however one of them seems to be taking over a minute to close as I run adb shell shutdown -h now command.
Is there a way to ...
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Fastboot recognizes device but unable to flash (stuck with no output) on Ubuntu based systems
I'm trying to flash a custom ROM on my Android smartphone using fastboot on the Ubuntu based Pop!_OS. When trying to flash the recovery, the command does not output anything and is stuck. However I ...
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Is there any way to delete this garbled folder on a Android device?
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A few months ago, I accidentally disconnected the device during the execution of the adb push instruction and left a folder with more than 30 GB of ...
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How to scan for the Pegasus spyware with Debian/KDE & Android: getting " [mvt.android.modules.adb.base] Unable to connect to the device over USB."
On my Debian11/KDE machine I ran pip3 install mvt --user then I enabled developer options on my Android smartphone (via tapping on the build-number a few times), enabled USB debugging on it, connected ...
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./shell.sh: line 6: [: =~: binary operator expected
I'm trying to execute the following shell script, where I'm trying to keep executing a command in an infinite loop and until the output is not equal to a certain substring
checkDeviceStatus=$(adb ...
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