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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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forbid ADB install apk through a password

If you want to disable adb install from computer while enabling USB debugging, you can try XInstaller (Requires Xposed Framework). …
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ADB commands to get the adb version of mobile phone

There hasn't been great new feature introduction since very long ago so different versions of ADB client should make little difference. …
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how to ignore folder when using adb push

This sounds like an XY problem as excluding files and directories with adb push isn't what you're really intending to do. If you're syncing Git repositories, the best option is a Git client. …
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Can adb shell work in binary mode?

Yes, but: The linebreak conversion is not done by ADB, but your host system (and its console host), Windows. … Here are some of them Stack Overflow: Read binary stdout data from adb shell? …
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How can I restore /system/bin/toolbox?

You can download the stock ROM (or any ROM, but not preferred) for your device. For most brands you'll see a system/ folder in the ZIP. Now you can take the toolbox file and send it to your device. Fi …
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Possible to access Chrome Incognito session data?

No. The incognito mode is designed in a way such that no trails shall be left locally, so there should be little to no chance you can pull it from the device. Maybe you can get some information via …
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'push' and 'pull' command return "push: not found"

By your words, I suppose that you're running adb within an adb shell and that's wrong. See this answer for more details. … All you can do is adb push from your host PC. Whatever non-existent command makes shell tell you aaabbb: not found so it's not a bug. …
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My android phone is showing up in my computer just as if it's a normal hard disk

Everything just acts like a plain hard disk. adb and fastboot have no response on these phones. …
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Script to pull from directory containing spaces

/adb shell ls \""$DEVICE_DIR"\") ^ ^ . … /adb pull "$DEVICE_DIR/$file" $HOST_DIR/; ^ ^ And remove backslash escapes: DEVICE_DIR="/sdcard/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Images" …
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Get internal storage path for pulling over ADB

Depending on your Android version, there could be a few "canonical" directories: In old times sdcard and userdata are two separate partitions: /storage/sdcard0 In modern times (mostly Android 5+), …
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installing apk in /system/app with android 5.1 or higher (simple adb push doesn't work anynore)

In Android API Level 21+ (5.1+) modifications in /system/app will not be recognized by the package manager automatically. Insteadyou should try /system/priv-app. Assume your app is called Foo.apk, cre …
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ADB Shell In Recovery Mode - Error:Closed

The reboot to the new recovery and adb shell should be available at this point. …
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How to pull mmcblk0 to a windows pc?

Thus, you should run C:\adb>adb shell su root busybox cat /dev/block/mmcblk0 > C:\1.bin and everything's fine. …
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Do system apps automatically get root permissions?

Rooting may require a custom recovery and may not be easily done with only ADB. …
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Why does adb shell have higher permissions than common terminal applications?

ADB shell is designed for debugging purposes, so it has more privileges. …
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