For issues specific to the Android Debug Bridge (adb), a command-line tool to interact with Android devices and Emulator instances. See the full tag wiki for details and hints.
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Is there a minimal installation of ADB?
When it comes to troubleshooting, I often read recommendations like "Use adb logcat to find some more details". Looking for a good way to backup all my apps including their data, Full Backup of ...
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Broken screen while debug mode was disabled. How can I re-enable adb?
The screen of my phone is physically broken, so it doesn't display anything, but the touch aspect does seem to be working, as I can unlock my phone, and get haptic feedback.
Before I go to get it ...
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Where in the file system are applications installed?
I have installed a few Android applications both with the adb install MyApplication.apk command and via a webserver (like an alternative to Android Market).
But where in the Android file system on my ...
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Why is “insufficient storage” wrongly reported when installing an .apk via adb?
I have an HTC Desire running Froyo. It is not rooted, nor have I installed any custom ROM.
I get an "Insufficient Storage" error when I'm trying to install an app via adb/eclipse. The .apk is only ...
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Is there a way to look inside and modify an adb backup created file?
I created a backup of my Galaxy Nexus with adb backup. The resulting file is named backup.db and it's somehow encrypted.
I wanted to restore the backup, but it stops when it comes to restoring ...
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How do you extract an App's data from a full backup made through “adb backup”?
I have been backing up my Nexus 7 with adb backup to back up all files into an encrypted backup. I see that you can restore from a backup with adb restore, but that would wipe all my existing data on ...
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What options exist when the vendor does not supply an ADB driver for an Android device?
I bought an Android phone and the vendor does not offer any drivers whatsoever. The Android SDK and the drivers that come with it don't seem to work with the device, but the device itself reports as ...
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What's ADB and why is it used for? How do I install it on my device?
There are mentions about ADB on various questions and answers on this site. I'm not exactly sure what ADB is, what it does, how it works and where I can get it: there's little information on the tag ...
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How to solve: “Failed to push selection: Out of memory”
I Create an article in Stack overflow. But as I found this site, I decide to ask the same question here, because I still need your help.
I have made the following steps:
Launch Eclipse
Go To: ...
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Why can't the su binary simply be copied (techical response please)
I have rooted several Samsung devices and the underlying "goal" so to speak seems to be to get the su binary in /system/xbinand install Superuser.apk.
My question is why does one have to jump through ...
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How to find app based on package name?
I've installed a malicious app that is posting ads over my notification bar, but can't find it. I know the java package name for it: com.letang.game103.en using the command: adb shell dumpsys ...
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Broken Screen + Using adb shell to run vnc server
I have an HTC HD2 with a completely busted screen, I tried repairing it with a replacement screen but broke the ribbon cable to the screen (oops) sad day,
I've got two of these and I've been running ...
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is it possible to know the names of the files without root?
I'm saving my games data that I have on my Samsung Galaxy S2 using the adb program and I'm having problems finding out locations and names of files, where are they saved in?
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Configuring ADB for Nexus 4 on Ubuntu 11.10
I'm trying to deploy and test an Android app on my Nexus 4 from my Ubuntu 11.10 computer, but ADB doesn't recognize it. I think I need the Google USB drivers, but I cannot find instructions on how to ...
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How do I know when “adb backup” is finished?
I have a non-rooted Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and I wanted to try the "adb backup" feature. Possibly in preparation for rooting, but that's not really relevant to the question.
I want to back up ...
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Is it possible to write to a device's clipboard using ADB?
I am interested in learning how to write to (and if possible, read from) a rooted Android device's clipboard.
I hope to do so using ADB over USB and I am not interested in installing any apps to help ...
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Restoring an ADB backup onto a different phone of the same model?
We have several Android 4.0 phones of the same model, from the same manufacturer, purchased at the same time, from the same factory batch. We have created a backup of one of the phones using ADB.
Can ...
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Can I change some Android settings from the command line?
I would like to activate "USB tethering" from within a bash script, so is there any possibility to run a command line with adb shell to change some Android settings ?
Edit1:
The following command ...
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Can apps be controlled through adb?
Can an installed application be completely controlled via adb?
For example:
Consider I need to to export my Contacts to SD Card. So here there are basically 5 Steps involved
1)Open Contacts ...
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How to take backup of all installed APKs from Phone to PC?
How do I take backup of all installed apks from my sgs2 to PC using android sdk/ 3rd party tool etc? My phone is not rooted. I can install/uninstall apks using adb, but is there any similar command ...
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How do I configure ADB for the Samsung Galaxy Y?
How do I configure ADB to recognize my Samsung Galaxy Y? I have installed the USB driver. but when I run adb devices it does not list anything. Following are the steps I followed.
Declare your ...
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Can't access my old files after switching ROM from AOKP to CM, even though they're still there
Initially I thought this was a problem with Google Play / Apollo, but I realize now that when I plug in my phone via USB, I can't see any of the many, many folders and files present on /sdcard that I ...
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How to copy all photos in gallery to linux desktop machine?
I have a bunch of photos on my Samsung Galaxy Tab running 3.2 which I'd like to copy over USB to my main machine running Linux so I can work on them with GIMP and other power tools. Despite this ...
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Substitute Win7 USB drivers for ADB mode
Under Mac OSX there is no need for a USB driver for ADB mode. Under windows, apparently, there is.
I'd like to be able to adb shell to my android tablet from my Win7 PC.
This table gives a list of ...
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How to get my tablet listed by adt
When I run adb devices from my Windows XP machine there is nothing listed. The tablet's Vendor ID is 18D1 and the Product ID is DEED. It gets enumerated as a USB device with a name MID. When I enable ...
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Rooting failed htc one x : adb server is out of date
Tried to root my mobile HTC One X AT&T Build number 1.73.502.1 710RD ATT US edition referring the following link.
Root HTC One X
Restarted twice but the phone was not rooted.
adb server is ...
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Trying to install ADB USB Drivers, but Nexus is never appearing in Device Manager
I'm trying to install the google-adb-drivers.zip file (obtained here) on a Windows 7 64-bit system. The phone is the Nexus S 9020T. USB connectivity works correctly for file transfer mode. When I ...
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USB drivers for using ADB with Samsung Galaxy S on CyanogenMod 7.1?
I recently installed CyanogenMod 7.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and I have some problems now to get ADB on my Windows 7 64-bit computer to recognize the device.
Currently, adb devices returns no ...
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Problem with attaching Archos device on Ubuntu
On my laptop I have Ubuntu 12.04.
1) mounting the tablet
$ sudo mkdir /media/tb
$ sudo chmod 777 /media/tb
$ sudo mount /dev/sdc /media/tb
2) downloading and updating Android SDK
$ cd ~
$ wget ...
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ADB driver MK808 installed but ADB is not working
I wish to setup ADB for MK808
I used Moborobo and it installed ADB driver.
When I connect MK808 I see "ADB Interface - ADB Device" in Device Manager
(instead of unknown device MK808B)
I added ...
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Adb Push doesn't push MyROM.zip /sdcard/ though it says it copied the file (Samsung Galaxy Mini)
I want to install latest stable CyanogenMod to Galaxy Mini aka. tass: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_tass
I installed the Google USB drivers as per ...
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How to create a soft link between root partition and ext3 partition(on SD)
I am trying to create symbolic links of /data/sdext2/app/* on /data/app.
This is what I did in adb shell
ln -sf /data/sdext2/app/* /data/app/
But it is telling "link failed No such file or directory".
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