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ADB Cheatsheet: Commands & Examples

This document provides a cheatsheet of common ADB (Android Debug Bridge) commands organized into sections on device basics, logcat, file management, and remote shell. It lists commands, descriptions, and examples for tasks like listing connected devices, rebooting into bootloader mode, printing log messages, copying files between local and remote locations, running commands via a remote shell, and more.

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ADB Cheatsheet: Commands & Examples

This document provides a cheatsheet of common ADB (Android Debug Bridge) commands organized into sections on device basics, logcat, file management, and remote shell. It lists commands, descriptions, and examples for tasks like listing connected devices, rebooting into bootloader mode, printing log messages, copying files between local and remote locations, running commands via a remote shell, and more.

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adb (Android Debug Bridge) cheatsheet

Device Basics

Command Description

adb devices Lists connected devices

adb devices -l Lists connected devices and kind

adb root Restarts adbd with root permissions

adb start-server Starts the adb server

adb kill-server Kills the adb server

adb remount Remounts file system with read/write access

adb reboot Reboots the device

adb reboot bootloader Reboots the device into fastboot

adb disable-verity Reboots the device into fastboot

wait-for-device can be specified after adb to ensure that the command will run once
the device is connected.

-s can be used to send the commands to a specific device when multiple are connected.

Examples

$ adb wait-for-device devices


List of devices attached
somedevice-1234 device
someotherdevice-1234 device

$ adb -s somedevice-1234 root

Logcat

Command Description

adb logcat Starts printing log messages to stdout

adb logcat -g Displays current log buffer sizes

adb logcat -G <size> Sets the buffer size (K or M)

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Command Description

adb logcat -c Clears the log buffers

adb logcat *:V Enables ALL log messages (verbose)

adb logcat -f <filename> Dumps to specified file

Examples

$ adb logcat -G 16M


$ adb logcat *:V > output.log

File Management

Command Description

adb push <local> <remote> Copies the local to the device at remote

adb pull <remote> <local> Copies the remote from the device to local

Examples

$ echo "This is a test" > test.txt


$ adb push test.txt /sdcard/test.txt
$ adb pull /sdcard/test.txt pulledTest.txt

Remote Shell

Command Description
adb shell <command> Runs the specified command on device (most unix
commands work here)

adb shell wm size Displays the current screen resolution

adb shell wm size WxH Sets the resolution to WxH

adb shell pm list packages Lists all installed packages

adb shell pm list packages Lists all installed 3rd-party packages


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adb shell monkey -p Starts the specified package


app.package.name

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