adb.md

ADB (Android Debug Bridge)

NOTE

If adb complains about no plugdev group, first make sure that the phone USB connection is set to File transfer.

Package management (pm)

List packages

$ adb shell pm list packages

Disable package for a particular user

In this example, disabled GMail package.

$ adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.gm

Enable package for a particular user

$ adb shell pm enable com.google.android.gm

Uninstall a package (root required)

WARNING

All data and cached will be removed as well. Pass -k option to keep the data and cache directories around after package removal.

One might need to pass --user X argument if uninstalling fails with the following error: Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR].

$ adb shell pm uninstall foundation.e.calendar