When u run the adb devices command in a computer’s terminal, the following steps occur:
- The ADB client (CLI) sends the
adb devicescommand to the ADB server via TCP port 5037. - If the ADB server isn’t already running, the ADB client starts the ADB server.
- The ADB server communicates with adbd (the daemon running on the Android device) via USB or TCP/IP (for network connections).
- adbd processes the command and returns a list of connected devices to the ADB server.
- The ADB server formats this information and sends it back to the ADB client.
- The ADB client displays the list of connected devices in the terminal.
However, when I run the adb devices command in Termux on the Android device itself, no devices are listed.
I believe this happens because the ADB server doesn’t detect a USB connection when running on the same device (step 3).
I don’t want to use ADB over Wi-Fi; I’m looking for a way to make it work over USB or at least bypass the USB check. Is there some way to fake the USB connection or a loopback method that can help?
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