ADB cheatsheet

Logcat dump

Select device 43d075de, filter selected tags with DEBUG level, SILENT other tags, colorful, show with timestamp & PID

adb -s 43d075de logcat dupa0:D dupa1:D dupa2:D dupa3:D dupa4:D *:S -v time -v color

Short messages only:

adb -s 43d075de logcat dupa0:D dupa1:D dupa2:D dupa3:D dupa4:D *:S -v raw -v color
adb -s F5AZB702J659 logcat dupa0:D dupa1:D dupa2:D dupa3:D dupa4:D *:S -v raw -v color
./adb logcat songbook0:D songbook1:D songbook2:D songbook3:D songbook4:D '*:S' -v raw -v color

Print last 10000 lines (-T 10000) with errors (*:E) only (-s) and exit (-d). Show time, tag & message (-v time):

adb logcat -d -T 10000 -s *:E -v color -v time -b main

Print logs of a package (by tag):

adb logcat -d -T 10000 -s songbook0:D songbook1:D songbook2:d songbook3:D songbook4:D -v color -v time -b main
adb logcat -d -s dupa0:D dupa1:D dupa2:D dupa3:D -v color -v time -b main

Print debug logs of one process (by PID):

adb logcat -d '*:D' -v color -v time -b main --pid=30280

Backup application data (/data/data)

# Backup app data only
adb backup -noapk igrek.songbook
# Extract
( printf "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" ; tail -c +25 backup.ab ) |  tar xfvz -

# Backup app data and apk
adb backup -apk com.azure.authenticator -f appdata.bak
# Restore
adb restore appdata.bak

# Backup app data only
adb backup com.azure.authenticator -f appdata.bak
PACKAGE=com.azure.authenticator && adb backup $PACKAGE -f $PACKAGE.bak

Simulate key input

adb shell input text ---text---
adb shell input keyevent 66 # enter
adb shell input text text3
adb shell input keyevent 66 # enter
adb shell input text ---text---

Click the home button

adb shell input keyevent 3

Wireless debugging over WiFi connection

Enable Wireless debugging:

cd /mnt/data/ext/opt/android-sdk/platform-tools
adb devices
adb shell setprop service.adb.tcp.port 4448
adb tcpip 4448
adb shell ip addr show dev wlan0
adb connect 192.168.0.250:4448

Disable:

adb shell setprop service.adb.tcp.port -1
adb disconnect 192.168.0.250:4448
adb kill-server

List installed packages

pm list packages

Uninstall bloatware packages (Xiaomi)

pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.msa.global
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.xiaomi.mipicks
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.services
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.system
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.xiaomi.simactivate.service
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.videoplayer
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.micloudsync
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.cloudservice
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.cloudbackup
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.yellowpage
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.xiaomi.joyose
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.analytics
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.xiaomi.payment
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.xiaomi.mi_connect_service

Install preinstalled package back:

cmd package install-existing com.miui.miwallpaper

Uninstall bloatware packages (Motorola)

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.services
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.system
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.katana

Hide annoying NFC icon

Enable "USB Debuging" in first place.

adb shell settings put secure icon_blacklist nfc

Hide VoLTE icon

adb shell settings put secure icon_blacklist rotate,ims

List Settings

adb shell settings list system
adb shell settings list global
adb shell settings list secure

Look up Android version

Android version:

getprop ro.build.version.release

API level:

getprop ro.build.version.sdk

Access data dir through shell

adb shell
> run-as igrek.songbook
> cd /data/data/igrek.songbook