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ADB(1) MAN PAGE

VERSION

1.0.41

NAME

adb     CLI Client for ADB (Android Debug Bridge) Server.

SYNOPSIS

adb [GLOBAL_OPTIONS] command [COMMAND_OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Connects to the ADB Server via its smart socket interface. Allows sending requests, receives responses and manages lifecycle of the adb server.

Tasks are performed via commands. Some commands are fulfilled directly by the server while others are "forwarded over to the adbd(ADB daemon) running on the device.

GLOBAL OPTIONS:

-a     Listen on all network interfaces, not just localhost.

-d     Use USB device (error if multiple devices connected).

-e     Use TCP/IP device (error if multiple TCP/IP devices available).

-s SERIAL     Use device with given SERIAL (overrides $ANDROID_SERIAL).

-t ID     Use device with given transport ID.

-H     Name of adb server host [default=localhost].

-P **PORT*     Smart socket PORT of adb server [default=5037].

-L SOCKET     Listen on given socket for adb server [default=tcp:localhost:5037].

--one-device SERIAL|USB     Server will only connect to one USB device, specified by a SERIAL number or USB device address (only with `start-server' or `server nodaemon').

--exit-on-write-error     Exit if stdout is closed.

GENERAL COMMANDS:

devices [-l]     List connected devices.

-l     Use long output.

help     Show this help message.

version     Show version number.

NETWORKING

connect HOST[:PORT]     Connect to a device via TCP/IP [default PORT=5555].

disconnect [HOST[:PORT]]     Disconnect from given TCP/IP device [default PORT=5555], or all.

pair HOST[:PORT] [PAIRING_CODE]     Pair with a device for secure TCP/IP communication.

forward --list | [–no-rebind] LOCAL_REMOTE | --remove LOCAL | --remove-all

--list     List all forward socket connections.

[–no-rebind] LOCAL_REMOTE     Forward socket connection using one of the followings.

    tcp:PORT (local may be “tcp:0” to pick any open port.     localreserved:UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET_NAME.     localfilesystem:UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET_NAME.     jdwp:PROCESS PID (remote only).     vsock:CID:PORT (remote only).     acceptfd:FD (listen only).     dev:DEVICE_NAME.     dev-raw:DEVICE_NAME. (open device in raw mode)**.

--remove LOCAL     Remove specific forward socket connection.

--remove-all     Remove all forward socket connections.

reverse --list | [--no-rebind] REMOTE LOCAL | --remove REMOTE | --remove-all

--list     List all reverse socket connections from device.

[--no-rebind] REMOTE LOCAL     Reverse socket connection using one of the following.

    tcp:PORT (REMOTE may be “tcp:0” to pick any open port).     localabstract:UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET_NAME.     localreserved:UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET_NAME.     localfilesystem:UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET_NAME.

--remove REMOTE     Remove specific reverse socket connection.

--remove-all     Remove all reverse socket connections from device.

mdns check | services     Perform mDNS subcommands.

check     Check if mdns discovery is available.

services     List all discovered services.

FILE TRANSFER:

push [–sync] [-z ALGORITHM] [-Z] LOCAL... REMOTE     Copy local files/directories to device.

–sync     Only push files that are newer on the host than the device.

-n     Dry run, push files to device without storing to the filesystem.

-z     enable compression with a specified algorithm (any/none/brotli/lz4/zstd).

-Z     Disable compression.

pull [-a] [-z ALGORITHM] [-Z] REMOTE... LOCAL     Copy files/dirs from device

-a     preserve file timestamp and mode.

-z     enable compression with a specified algorithm (any/none/brotli/lz4/zstd)

-Z     disable compression

sync [-l] [-z ALGORITHM] [-Z] [all|data|odm|oem|product|system|system_ext|vendor]     Sync a local build from $ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT to the device (default all)

-n     Dry run. Push files to device without storing to the filesystem.

-l     List files that would be copied, but don’t copy them.

-z Enable compression with a specified algorithm (any/none/brotli/lz4/zstd)

-Z Disable compression.

SHELL:

shell [-e ESCAPE] [-n] [-Tt] [-x] [COMMAND...]     Run remote shell command (interactive shell if no command given).

-e     Choose escape character, or “none”; default `~'.

-n     Don’t read from stdin.

-T:     Disable pty allocation.

-t:     Allocate a pty if on a tty (-tt: force pty allocation).

-x     Disable remote exit codes and stdout/stderr separation.

emu COMMAND     Run emulator console COMMAND

APP INSTALLATION

(see also adb shell cmd package help):

install [-lrtsdg] [–instant] PACKAGE     Push a single package to the device and install it

install-multiple [-lrtsdpg] [–instant] PACKAGE...     Push multiple APKs to the device for a single package and install them

install-multi-package [-lrtsdpg] [–instant] PACKAGE...     Push one or more packages to the device and install them atomically

-r:     Replace existing application.

-t     Allow test packages.

-d     Allow version code downgrade (debuggable packages only).

-p     Partial application install (install-multiple only).

-g     Grant all runtime permissions.

--abi ABI     Override platform’s default ABI.

--instant     Cause the app to be installed as an ephemeral install app.

--no-streaming     Always push APK to device and invoke Package Manager as separate steps.

--streaming     Force streaming APK directly into Package Manager.

--fastdeploy     Use fast deploy.

-no-fastdeploy     Prevent use of fast deploy.

-force-agent     Force update of deployment agent when using fast deploy.

-date-check-agent     Update deployment agent when local version is newer and using fast deploy.

--version-check-agent     Update deployment agent when local version has different version code and using fast deploy.

--local-agent     Locate agent files from local source build (instead of SDK location). See also adb shell pm help for more options.

uninstall [-k] APPLICATION_ID     Remove this APPLICATION_ID from the device.

-k     Keep the data and cache directories.

DEBUGGING:

bugreport [PATH]     Write bugreport to given PATH [default=bugreport.zip]; if PATH is a directory, the bug report is saved in that directory. devices that don’t support zipped bug reports output to stdout.

jdwp     List pids of processes hosting a JDWP transport.

logcat     Show device log (logcat –help for more).

server-status Display server configuration (USB backend, mDNS backend, log location, binary path. See adb_host.proto (AdbServerStatus) for details.

SECURITY:

disable-verity     Disable dm-verity checking on userdebug builds.

enable-verity     Re-enable dm-verity checking on userdebug builds.

keygen FILE     Generate adb public/private key; private key stored in FILE.

SCRIPTING:

wait-for [-TRANSPORT] -STATE...      Wait for device to be in a given state.

    STATE: device, recovery, rescue, sideload, bootloader, or disconnect.     TRANSPORT: usb, local, or any [default=any].

get-state     Print offline | bootloader | device.

get-serialno     Print SERIAL_NUMBER.

get-devpath     Print DEVICE_PATH.

remount [-R]     Remount partitions read-write.

-R     Automatically reboot the device.

reboot [bootloader|recovery|sideload|sideload-auto-reboot]     Reboot the device; defaults to booting system image but supports bootloader and recovery too.

sideload     Reboots into recovery and automatically starts sideload mode.

sideload-auto-reboot     Same as sideload but reboots after sideloading.

sideload OTAPACKAGE     Sideload the given full OTA package OTAPACKAGE.

root     Restart adbd with root permissions.

unroot     Restart adbd without root permissions.

usb     Restart adbd listening on USB.

tcpip PORT     Restart adbd listening on TCP on PORT.

INTERNAL DEBUGGING:

start-server     Ensure that there is a server running.

kill-server     Kill the server if it is running.

reconnect     Close connection from host side to force reconnect.

reconnect device     Close connection from device side to force reconnect.

reconnect offline     Reset offline/unauthorized devices to force reconnect.

USB:

Only valid when running with libusb backend.

attach SERIAL     Attach a detached USB device identified by its SERIAL number.

detach SERIAL     Detach from a USB device identified by its SERIAL to allow use by other processes.

Features:

host-features

    list features supported by adb server.

features

    list features supported by both adb server and device.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

$ADB_TRACE     Comma (or space) separated list of debug info to log: all,adb,sockets,packets,rwx,usb,sync,sysdeps,transport,jdwp,services,auth,fdevent,shell,incremental, mdns.

$ADB_VENDOR_KEYS     Colon-separated list of keys (files or directories).

$ANDROID_SERIAL     Serial number to connect to (see -s).

$ANDROID_LOG_TAGS     Tags to be used by logcat (see logcat –help).

$ADB_LOCAL_TRANSPORT_MAX_PORT     Max emulator scan port (default 5585, 16 emulators).

$ADB_MDNS_AUTO_CONNECT     Comma-separated list of mdns services to allow auto-connect (default adb-tls-connect).

$ADB_MDNS_OPENSCREEN     The default mDNS-SD backend is Bonjour (mdnsResponder). For machines where Bonjour is not installed, adb can spawn its own, embedded, mDNS-SD back end, openscreen. If set to “1”, this env variable forces mDNS backend to openscreen.

$ADB_LIBUSB     ADB has its own USB backend implementation but can also employ libusb. use adb devices -l (usb: prefix is omitted for libusb) or adb host-features (look for libusb in the output list) to identify which is in use. To override the default for your OS, set ADB_LIBUSB to “1” to enable libusb, or “0” to enable the ADB backend implementation.

BUGS

See Issue Tracker: here (https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192795&template=1310483).

AUTHORS

See OWNERS file in ADB AOSP repo.