Timeline for How can I access multiple user spaces from adb?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:18 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 16, 2015 at 4:49 | vote | accept | lofidevops | ||
| Dec 4, 2014 at 13:56 | comment | added | Izzy |
When you adb shell, you're the user shell. Almost all users on Android correspond to some app, root being an exception – so you can think of it as being in the realms of the "shell" app. Switching to a different user might be restricted to root again (I have to admit I never tried, so I cannot be sure about that). But yes, having root makes many things a lot easier :)
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| Dec 4, 2014 at 13:53 | comment | added | lofidevops |
thanks re rooting :) just to check I'm not being dumb: when I adb shell I am not picking a user (like when you ssh user@host) - I did try running am pick-user 10 once on the shell, but that had no noticeable effect - but it sounds like rooting solves all problems :)
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| Dec 4, 2014 at 13:50 | comment | added | Izzy |
When logged in with the secondary user, emulated/ should point to the secondary user's data. No way to access all without root. And correct, there's no official process to root your device; you might want to check our rooting tag-wiki and rooting index to check for generals and for your device. If not listed, be welcome to ask a new question for this.
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| Dec 4, 2014 at 13:46 | comment | added | lofidevops | but I can confirm this: reboot device, don't log in as owner, log in as secondary, hook up usb, access via MTP: can see secondary user folder, access via adb shell: can see /storage/emulated/legacy as owner user (not secondary user) - no other folders appear under /storage/emulated | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 13:45 | comment | added | lofidevops | it isn't (a bit scared to, seems like there is no reliable process?) | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 13:37 | comment | added | Izzy | As I wrote: "you might need to be root" (which explains the "permission denied"). Is your device rooted? | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 12:18 | comment | added | lofidevops | this helps me understand what I should see, but what I actually see is just /storage/emulated/legacy (no numeric folders) and I don't have access to /data/media (permission denied) - I'm going to try restarting and never logging in as owner | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 12:03 | history | answered | Izzy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |