This article goes over using ADB Platform Tools and utilizing adb to uninstall packages by using these tools.
Pre-Requisites for Using ADB
Setup all of the following to use ADB
Setup Computer with ADB Platform Tools
- Windows Install with Chocolatey
choco install adb
- Linux Install with Terminal
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
- MacOS Install with Homebrew
- Homebrew install -
ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
- ADB Homebrew Install -
brew cask install android-platform-tools
- Homebrew install -
Setup Phone for ADB Debugging
- Open Settings, and select “About”.
- Tap on “Build number” seven times.
- Go back, and select “Developer options”.
- Scroll down, and check the “Android debugging” or “USB debugging” entry under “Debugging”.
- Plug your device into your computer.
- On the computer, open up a terminal/command prompt and type adb devices.
- A dialog should show on your device, asking you to allow usb debugging. Check “always allow”, and choose “OK”.
- Note: If you don’t see this prompt on you device change the usb connection to MTP or File Transfer on the device
ADB Commands - These only work when device is booted
adb devices
- shows all connected adb devicesadb shell
- launches a shell on the deviceadb shell pm list packages
- list all installed packages on the deviceadb shell pm list packages -3"|cut -f 2 -d ":
- lists all user installed packagesadb push <local> <remote>
- pushes the fileto adb pull <remote> [<local>]
- pulls the fileto . If isn’t specified, it will pull to the current folder. adb logcat
- allows you to view the device log in real-time. You can use adb logcat -b radio to view radio logs, and adb logcat -C to view logs in colouradb install <file>
- installs the given .apk file to your deviceadb uninstall com.packagename
- uninstalls package from shell pm list packages- Note: if you encounter “[DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]” type this to bypass:
adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 <appname>
- Note: if you encounter “[DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]” type this to bypass:
adb reboot
- reboots systemadb reboot bootloader
- reboots to bootloaderadb reboot recovery
- reboots into recovery modeadb reboot fastboot
- reboots into fastboot mode
Fastboot Commands - These commands work when device is in Bootloader and Fastboot Mode
fastboot devices
- shows all connected devicesfastboot reboot
- reboots device - can add bootloader, recovery, and fastbootfastboot oem device-info
- shows oem bootloader status (unlocked or locked)fastboot oem unlock
- unlocks oem phones - note: aosp and unlocked phones don’t need thisfastboot flashing unlock
- unlocks system for custom rom in pixel and other phonesfastboot flashing unlock_critical
- unlocks bootloader and system partitions - note: this isn’t generally neededfastboot format:ext4 userdata
- format userdata on device - note: this will erase your entire devicefastboot boot recovery.img
- test recovery image without flashingfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
- flash recovery image then runfastboot reboot recovery
to boot into it.fastboot flash boot boot.img
- flash boot image - this is the kernelfastboot -w
- wipes devicefastboot update </path/to/your/Rom.zip>
- flashes zip to the device
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