Adb over wireless without usb cable at all for not rooted phones

Question

I want to debug Android APPs on my phone  LG nexus 4   I m travelling and I forgot my USB cable  When I work at home I can do it just connecting the USB cable and executing the command  adb tcpip 5555   Then I can unplug the USB cable and connect via  adb connect IP     But now I cannot execute the first command because I don t have a cable  I don t understand why I have to do it every time  since I already execute the  adb tcpip  command before    What I tried now    I installed a terminal application on my Android and tried to execute that command there  but I received a  device not found  error  Maybe he cannot see himself      I search for any reasonable option in  Android Development Options  and enabled everything seemed to have relation with Wifi  But nothing helped   I search StackOverflow  but all answers I found involving connect via USB cable before  Is there I way to do this connection without the need of a cable at all    Some info   My Nexus 4 isn t rooted   The android version is 5 1 1

User · Answer

Had same issue  however I m using Macbook Pro  2016  which has USB-c only and I forgot my adapter at home   Since unable to run adb at all on my development machine  I found a different approach   Connecting phone with USB cable to another computer  in same WiFi  and enable run adb tcpip from there      Master-machine   computer where development goes on  with only USB-C connectors      Slave-machine  another computer with USB and in same WiFi   Steps    Connect the phone to a different computer  slave-machine  Run adb usb  amp  amp  adb tcpip 5555 from there On master machine  deko   adb devices List of devices attached  deko   adb connect 10 0 20 153 5555 connected to 10 0 20 153 5555  Now Android Studio or Xamarin can install and run app on the phone        Sidenote       I also tested Bluetooth tethering from the Phone to Master-machine and successfully connected to phone  Both Android Studio and Xamarin worked well  however the upload process  from Xamarin was taking long time  But it works

User · Answer

For your question  Adb over wireless without USB cable at all for not rooted phones   You can t do it for now without USB cable   But you have an option  Note  You need put USB at least once to achieve the following  You need to connect your device to your computer via USB cable  Make sure USB debugging is working  You can check if it shows up when running adb devices  Open cmd in     AppData Local Android sdk platform-tools  Step1  Run adb devices  Ex  C  pathToSDK platform-tools gt adb devices You can check if it shows up when running adb devices   Step2  Run adb tcpip 5555  Ex  C  pathToSDK platform-tools gt adb tcpip 5555 Disconnect your device  remove the USB cable    Step3  Go to the Settings - gt  About phone - gt  Status to view the IP address of your phone      Step4  Run  adb connect   Ex  C  pathToSDK platform-tools gt adb connect 192 168 0 2  Step5  Run adb devices again  you should see your device   Now you can execute adb commands or use your favourite IDE for android development - wireless  Now you might ask  what do I have to do when I move into a different work space and change WiFi networks  You do not have to repeat steps 1 to 3  these set your phone into WiFi-debug mode   You do have to connect to your phone again by executing steps 4 to 6  Unfortunately  the android phones lose the WiFi-debug mode when restarting  Thus  if your battery died  you have to start over  Otherwise  if you keep an eye on your battery and do not restart your phone  you can live without a cable for weeks  See here for more Happy wireless coding  Ref  https   futurestud io tutorials how-to-debug-your-android-app-over-wifi-without-root UPDATE  If you set C  pathToSDK platform-tools this path in Environment variables then there is no need to repeat all steps  you can simply use only Step 4 that s it  it will connect to your device  To set path   My Computer- gt  Right click-- gt  properties - gt  Advanced system settings - gt  Environment variables - gt  edit path in System variables - gt  paste the platform-tools path in variable value - gt  ok - gt  ok - gt  ok

User · Answer

type in Windows cmd exe      cd  userprofile   android     dir     copy adbkey pub adb keys     dir   copy the file adb keys to your phone folder  data misc adb  Reboot the phone  RSA Key is now authorized   from  How to solve ADB device unauthorized in Android ADB host device   now follow the instructions for adb connect  or use any app for preparing  i prefer ADB over WIFI Widget from Mehdy Bohlool  it works without root   from  How can I connect to Android with ADB over TCP

User · Answer

If usb is not working you should checkout debugging over bluetooth  Without Rooting   http   zcourts com 2013 07 19 android-debugging-over-bluetooth-without-root  sthash hVCLtWSk dpbs

User · Answer

This might help   If the adb connection is ever lost   Make sure that your host is still connected to the same Wi-Fi network your Android device is  Reconnect by executing the  adb connect IP  step   IP is obviously different when you change location   Or if that doesn t work  reset your adb host      adb kill-server and then start over from the beginning

User · Answer

There are actually apps on the Play store to enable wifi connections automatically  You ll need root though to do it without a cable  The top choices in https   play google com store search q adb 20wireless all have root and non-root options  Without root you ll need to connect your cable as before  with root you can just enable the app  That saves you having to mess with the Bluetooth option   If you also add adb to your system path on windows it makes connecting via wifi very quick and easy  Enable the app and type one line in any terminal window and you re connected

User · Answer

Connect android phone without using USB cable except XIAOMI PHONES     MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PHONE HAS USB DEBUGGING ENABLED        IP Address series should NOT be  0  like 192 168 0 10  1  Connect your PC  Laptop  and Android phone to same wifi network   2  Go to the Android SDK folder   platform-tools and open command prompt by holding the shift key and right clicking on the folder   3  Type the command  adb tcpip 5555   and hit Enter  sometimes it gives an error but ignore it and go ahead   4  Type  adb connect  YOUR PHONE IP    example   adb connect 192 168 1 34  and hit enter  your phone will be connected to PC

User · Answer

The question is about a non rooted device but if it is rooted the simplest way would be to   From the terminal on your phone  do this   su setprop service adb tcp port 5555 stop adbd start adbd   See this answer for full details

[android] Adb over wireless without usb cable at all for not rooted phones

Steps:

Examples related to android

Examples related to remote-debugging

Examples related to android-wifi