adb help

adb help

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31 -a                            - directs adb to listen on all interfaces for a connection -d                            - directs command to the only connected USB device                                 returns an error if more than one USB device is present. -e                            - directs command to the only running emulator.                                 returns an error if more than one emulator is running. -s <specific device>          - directs command to the device or emulator with the given                                 serial number or qualifier. Overrides ANDROID_SERIAL                                 environment variable. -p <product name or path>     - simple product name like 'sooner', or a relative/absolute                                  path to a product out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.                                 If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT  environment                                  variable is used, which must be an absolute path. -H                            - Name of adb server host (default: localhost) -P                            - Port of adb server (default: 5037) devices [-l]                  - list all connected devices                                 ('-l' will also list device qualifiers) connect <host>[:<port>]       - connect to a device via TCP/IP                                 Port 5555 is used by default if no port number is specified. disconnect [<host>[:<port>]]  - disconnect from a TCP/IP device.                                 Port 5555 is used by default if no port number is specified.                                 Using this command with n o additional arguments will                                 disconnect from all connected TCP/IP devices.

device commands:

  adb push <local> <remote>    - copy file/dir to device  adb pull <remote> [<local>]  - copy file/dir from device  adb sync [ <directory> ]     - copy host->device only if changed                                 (-l means list but don't copy)                                 (see 'adb help all')  adb shell                    - run remote shell interactively  adb shell <command>          - run remote shell command  adb emu <command>            - run emulator console command  adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log  adb forward --list           - list all forward socket connections.                                 the format is a list of lines with the following format:                                    <serial> " " <local> " " <remote> "\n"  adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections                                 forward specs are one of:                                   tcp:<port>                                   localabstract:<unix domain socket name>                                   localreserved:<unix domain socket name>                                   localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>                                   dev:<character device name>                                   jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)  adb forward --no-rebind <local> <remote>                               - same as 'adb forward <local> <remote>' but fails                                 if <local> is already forwarded  adb forward --remove <local> - remove a specific forward socket connection  adb forward --remove-all     - remove all forward socket connections  adb jdwp                     - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport  adb install [-lrs]     [--algo <algorithm name> --key <hex-encoded key> --iv <hex-encoded iv>] <file>                               - push this package file to the device and install it                                 ('-l' means forward-lock the app)                                 ('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data)                                 ('-s' means install on SD card instead of internal storage)                                 ('--algo', '--key', and '--iv' mean the file is encrypted already)  adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device                                 ('-k' means keep the data and cache directories)  adb bugreport                - return all information from the device                                 that should be included in a bug report.  adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk]     [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|-nosystem] [<packages...>]                               - write an archive of the device's data to <file>.                                 If no -f option is supplied then the data is written                                 to "backup.ab" in the current directory.                                 (-apk|-noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks themselves                                    in the archive; the default is noapk.)                                 (-obb|-noobb enable/disable backup of any installed apk expansion                                    (aka .obb) files associated with each application; the default is noobb.)                                 (-shared|-noshared enable/disable backup of the device's                                    shared storage / SD card contents; the default is noshared.)                                 (-all means to back up all installed applications)                                 (-system|-nosystem toggles whether -all automatically includes                                    system applications; the default is to include system apps)                                 (<packages...> is the list of applications to be backed up.  If                                    the -all or -shared flags are passed, then the package                                    list is optional.  Applications explicitly given on the                                    command line will be included even if -nosystem would                                    ordinarily cause them to be omitted.)  adb restore <file>           - restore device contents from the <file> backup archive  adb help                     - show this help message  adb version                  - show version num

scripting:

  adb wait-for-device          - block until device is online  adb start-server             - ensure that there is a server running  adb kill-server              - kill the server if it is running  adb get-state                - prints: offline | bootloader | device  adb get-serialno             - prints: <serial-number>  adb get-devpath              - prints: <device-path>  adb status-window            - continuously print device status for a specified device  adb remount                  - remounts the /system partition on the device read-write  adb reboot [bootloader|recovery]                                - reboots the device, optionally into the bootloader                                  or recovery program  adb reboot-bootloader        - reboots the device into the bootloader  adb root                     - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions  adb usb                      - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB   adb tcpip <port>             - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on the                                  specified port

networking:

adb ppp <tty> [parameters]   - Run PPP over USB.    Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.    <tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1    [parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdnsadb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]    <localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:    - If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be u      pdated.    - If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition is updated.

environmental variables:

  ADB_TRACE                    - Print debug information. A comma separated list of the                                   following values 1 or all, adb, sockets, packets, rwx,                                 usb, sync, sysdeps, transport, jdwp  ANDROID_SERIAL               - The serial number to connect to.                                 -s takes priority over this if given.  ANDROID_LOG_TAGS             - When used with the logcat option, only these debug tags are printed.