C:\>adb
-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 - directs command to the USB device or emulator with the given serial number. Overrides ANDROID_SERIAL environment variable.
-p - 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.
devices - list all connected devices
connect : - connect to a device via TCP/IP
disconnect : - disconnect from a TCP/IP device
device commands:
adb push - copy file/dir to device
adb pull [] - copy file/dir from device
adb sync [ ] - copy host->device only if changed
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command></command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command></command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ ] - View device log
adb forward - forward socket connections
forward specs are one of:
tcp:
localabstract:
localreserved:
localfilesystem:
dev:
jdwp: (remote only)
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport
adb install [-l] [-r] [-s] - 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)
adb uninstall [-k] - 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 help - show this help message
adb version - show version num
DATAOPTS:
(no option) - don't touch the data partition
-w - wipe the data partition
-d - flash the data partition
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:
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 - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on the specified port
networking:
adb ppp [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.
refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
[parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns
adb sync notes: adb sync [ ]
can be interpreted in several ways:
- If is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be updated.
- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition is updated.
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