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Android screen mirroring tool scrcpy’s latest update brings keyboard and mouse passthrough without USB debugging

Android screen mirroring tool scrcpy’s latest update brings keyboard and mouse passthrough without USB debugging

February 2, 2022
The scrcpy (short for “screen copy“) tool allows you to mirror your Android device’s screen to a PC or Mac. The popular open source project has been steadily gaining new features and functionalities over the past months. Back in July last year, the app brought support for Android 12, introduced the ability to use the...
ADB Tips & Tricks: ADB commands that every power user should know about!

ADB Tips & Tricks: ADB commands that every power user should know about!

September 25, 2021
Android has a neat tool available to developers called the Android Debug Bridge, or ADB for short. It's used in Android Studio and manually by Android developers to install and test apps on Android smartphones and emulated Android devices. But there's a lot ADB can do, and most of it isn't only useful to developers. Even...
Nexus Tools 5 is a super-quick ADB and Fastboot installer for Windows, Linux, Mac, and Chrome OS

Nexus Tools 5 is a super-quick ADB and Fastboot installer for Windows, Linux, Mac, and Chrome OS

September 6, 2021
ADB and Fastboot are two of the most important utilities when it comes to Android development or modding. It used to be a pain to install them without downloading the entire Android SDK, but ever since Google started publishing the SDK Platform Tools package separately, it's not too difficult to install ADB and related utilities...
How to Uninstall Carrier/OEM Bloatware without Root Access

How to Uninstall Carrier/OEM Bloatware without Root Access

August 25, 2021
If you've bought a new Android phone, chances are it came pre-installed with some apps that may not be useful to you. OEMs often partner with other brands and companies to pre-install their apps on their devices. These apps can be anything ranging from streaming services to music players. If your phone is locked to...
Download Android USB Drivers for popular OEMs

Download Android USB Drivers for popular OEMs

August 4, 2021
So you've got an Android device and want to dive deep into the world of modding? Be it rooting or installing a custom ROM like LineageOS, most of the aftermarket modding requires you to connect your Android smartphone to a computer using a USB cable so you can use tools like the Android Debug Bridge...
How to Install ADB on Windows, macOS, and Linux

How to Install ADB on Windows, macOS, and Linux

July 28, 2021
Several features of the Android platform can be accessed only through paths and methods that are hidden away from the average user. These have generally been done with the help of some command line Android Debug Bridge (ADB) commands, a tool that Google offers for developers to debug various parts of their applications or the...
How to take system logcats, kernel logs, and dmesg on Android

How to take system logcats, kernel logs, and dmesg on Android

July 23, 2021
Logs are very useful when a developer is diagnosing an error with a piece of software. So, as a user, when you complain to a developer about a problem with their Android app or an aftermarket firmware (custom ROM), they'll ask you to submit a log to help them troubleshoot the issue. Android includes a...
Phone-to-PC screen mirroring tool ‘scrcpy’ now supports devices running Android 12

Phone-to-PC screen mirroring tool ‘scrcpy’ now supports devices running Android 12

June 21, 2021
The Android Debug Bridge, or ADB for short, is an immensely useful tool for developers that want to read system logs, change settings, or automate actions on their device. Google intended to only provide a command line interface when they made ADB, but in early March of 2018, a developer built a tool on top...
How to Boot into Recovery mode using button combos, ADB, and root apps

How to Boot into Recovery mode using button combos, ADB, and root apps

June 10, 2021
Every smartphone, regardless of what OS it's running on (yes, even an iPhone), has a built-in recovery mode. On Android, the recovery on your smartphone can be used to perform tasks like clearing cache, factory resetting the phone, or even installing update packages directly from the phone’s storage or sideloading from a computer via ADB....
How to debloat your phone (and more) without connecting to a PC

How to debloat your phone (and more) without connecting to a PC

May 1, 2021
The Android Debug Bridge, or ADB for short, is a nifty development tool to interface with your phone for debugging and testing. Through ADB, developers can access Android's built-in Linux command line shell with greater privileges than user-installed apps. This gives developers the ability to install or uninstall apps, grant or deny permissions, change system...
WebADB lets you run ADB right from your web browser

WebADB lets you run ADB right from your web browser

November 30, 2020
The Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a command-line tool that allows users to communicate with an Android device. With the developer tool, you can perform a number of actions, including installing and debugging apps, and also run nifty shell commands. Instead of installing ADB on your computer, XDA Forum Member SteelToe has released a new website...
How to remove Facebook bloatware from the OnePlus 8 series and OnePlus Nord

How to remove Facebook bloatware from the OnePlus 8 series and OnePlus Nord

August 7, 2020
Android and bloatware are two spheres that have co-existed since the very beginning of the OS's existence. The story started off with carriers bundling a variety of useless or functionally-duplicate-yet-inferior apps onto smartphones sold under their network. From there, the story expanded to OEMs themselves bundling duplicate apps, and even to apps from Facebook and...