ADB (Android Debug Bridge) Commands

Discover a comprehensive collection of ADB commands for Android debugging and development. Learn how to manage variables, execute general commands, control network settings, and utilize miscellaneous functions with ADB.

Variables

General Commands

Create bugreport.zip in /sdcard path

adb bugreport /sdcard

List pids of processes hosting a JDWP transport

adb jdwp

Show device log

adb logcat

Sideload the given full OTA package

adb sideload OTAPACKAGE

Restart adbd with root permissions

adb root

Restart adbd without root permissions

adb unroot

Restart adbd listening on USB

adb usb

Restart adbd listening on TCP on PORT

adb tcpip <port>

Restart userspace

adb reboot userspace

Start adb server

adb start-server

Kill adb server

adb kill-server

Stop adb server

adb stop-server

Kick connection from host side to force reconnect

adb reconnect

Kick connection from device side to force reconnect

adb reconnect device

Reset offline/unauthorized devices to force reconnect

adb reconnect offline

Attach a detached USB device

adb attach

Detach from a USB device to allow use by other

adb detach

Enter device shell

adb shell

Choose escape character, or "none"; default '~'

adb shell -e

Don't read from stdin

adb shell -n

Disable pty allocation

adb shell -T

Allocate a pty if on a tty

adb shell -t

Force allocate a pty if on a tty

adb shell -tt

Disable remote exit codes and stdout/stderr separation

adb shell -x

Run emulator console command

adb shell emu COMMAND

Enter device shell when there is more than one device connected

Enter the device shell when there is more than one device connected.

• USB connected:

adb -s <serial> shell

• Network connected:

adb -s <ip:port> shell

Print connection status

adb devices -l

Print current adb version installed

adb version

Network Commands

Connect to a device via TCP/IP

• Default port: 5555

adb connect <ip:port>

Disconnect all connected devices

adb disconnect all

Disconnect from the given TCP/IP device

adb disconnect <ip:port>

Pair with a device for secure TCP/IP communication

adb pair <ip:port> <pairing code>

List all forward socket connections

adb forward --list

Forward socket connection

• Port 0 = Any port

adb forward tcp:8080 tcp:8080

adb forward localabstract:<socket name>

adb forward localreserved:<socket name>

adb forward localfilesystem:<socket name>

adb forward jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)

adb forward vsock:<CID>:<port> (remote only)

adb forward acceptfd:<fd> (listen only)

Remove a specific forward socket connection

adb forward --remove 'local/remote'

Remove all forward socket connections

adb forward --remove-all

Run PPP over USB

adb ppp TTY <parameter>

List all reverse socket connections

adb reverse --list

Reverse socket connection using

adb reverse tcp:<port>

adb reverse localabstract:<socket name>

adb reverse localreserved:<socket name>

adb reverse localfilesystem:<socket name>

Remove a specific reverse socket connection

adb reverse --remove 'LOCAL/REMOTE'

Remove all reverse socket connections

adb reverse --remove-all

Check if mdns discovery is available

adb mdns check

List all discovered services

adb mdns services

Miscellaneous Commands

Disable dm-verity checking on userdebug builds

adb disable-verity

Re-enable dm-verity checking on userdebug builds

adb enable-verity

Generate adb public/private key

adb keygen <filename>

Print device state

adb get-state

Print device serial number

adb get-serialno

Print the device path

adb get-devpath

Remount partitions read-write

adb remount -R