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¶

Variable	Description
`$ADB_TRACE`	Comma-separated list of debug info to log
`$ADB_VENDOR_KEYS`	Colon-separated list of keys (files or directories)
`$ANDROID_SERIAL`	Serial number to connect to (see `-s`)
`$ANDROID_LOG_TAGS`	Tags to be used by logcat (see `logcat --help` for more)
`$ADB_LOCAL_TRANSPORT_MAX_PORT`	Max emulator scan port (default 5585, 16 emus)
`$ADB_MDNS_AUTO_CONNECT`	Comma-separated list of mdns services to allow auto-connect

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