adb (Android Debug Bridge) cheatsheet

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.

$ adb wait-for-device devices
 List of devices attached
 somedevice-1234 device
 someotherdevice-1234 device

$ adb -s somedevice-1234 root

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)
`adb logcat -c`	Clears the log buffers
`adb logcat *:V`	Enables ALL log messages (verbose)
`adb logcat -f <filename>`	Dumps to specified file

$ adb logcat -G 16M
$ adb logcat *:V > output.log

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

$ echo "This is a test" > test.txt
$ adb push  test.txt /sdcard/test.txt
$ adb pull /sdcard/test.txt pulledTest.txt

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 -3`	Lists all installed 3rd-party packages
`adb shell monkey -p app.package.name`	Starts the specified package