In the spirit of removing stubborn pre-installed APKs from freshly unpacked Android devices, I would like to share the apps I removed using adb and the commands used to do so.
I personally do not use Office or Bing so these were my primary targets, but I also removed OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook and Edge as well.
This is step-by-step for Windows users:
1. Download platform-tools from https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
2. Extract to C:\ (or a place of your choosing)
3. Open a command prompt from your start menu by typing "cmd" in your Windows search bar.
4. You should see something like: C:\Users\YourUsername_>
5. Type "cd C:\platform-tools" and press Return/Enter
6. You should now see C:\platform-tools>
7. Plug in your device with a USB cable and ensure you have turned Developer Options on your device (search Google for how to do this if unsure)
8. Type "adb shell" and you should get an Unauthorized message in the command prompt window followed by a pop-up on your device asking if you trust the computer you are connected to.
9. Select the option to trust the computer you are connected to.
10. Type adb shell again and hit Enter/Return and you should see a unique alpha-numeric device ID show in the command prompt now.
11. Begin uninstalling the packages you wish to no longer be stuck on your Surface Duo 2 with the command below.
12. Repeat the command below for each package/app you wish to uninstall.
pm uninstall --user 0 <package name from the list below goes here>
(Below are the packages I have personally removed line by line and still have stable experience on the device. Most are evident in the package name of what was removed. I will update the list as I remove more.)
com.microsoft.amp.apps.bingnews
com.microsoft.office.officelens
com.microsoft.skydrive
com.microsoft.amp.apps.bingnews.overlay.duo2
com.microsoft.office.onenote
com.microsoft.bing
com.microsoft.office.outlook
com.microsoft.office.officehubrow
com.microsoft.surface.office.outlook.overlay.duo2
com.microsoft.surface.tips
com.microsoft.bing.overlay.duo2
com.microsoft.surface.onedrive.overlay.duo2
com.microsoft.teams
com.microsoft.todos
com.microsoft.emmx (Edge Browser)
com.microsoft.windowsintune.companyportal
Hi. Somewhat cautious of doing anything that bricks my Duo 2 - I use many of the Microsoft apps, so I'm more interested in removing the Google suite of apps. Does the above approach work for Google apps too?
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my phone was not rooted and i wanted the new gb official build so i installed it and now i want t go back to froyo how do you do this on a mac
Even though its a Mac cant you run things in a Dos like mode with c:\ prompt?
Even though its a Mac cant you run things in a Dos like mode with c:\ prompt?
Google came up with this
I looked FOREVER for these instructions. While I didn't write them, they definitely worked for me:
- Download the Android SDK for Macintosh at: Android SDK | Android Developers
- Extract it
- Download Fastboot for OSX (If not included with SDK)
- Extract fastboot and place it in your /tools folder.
- Open up a terminal window
- type: pico .bash_profile (this will create a .bash_profile)
- type the following in the new screen: export PATH=$
{PATH}:<sdkfolder>/tools
- Hit CNTRL + X
- Hit Y (for yes to save)
- It will return you to the terminal screen… type: exit
- Restart terminal.
- Then you can use your adb commands like you would on a PC. To test this, plug your device in (make sure its in debugging mode), then type "adb devices" in the new terminal window. It should show up with a number. This means you are good to go.
blueis300 said:
Even though its a Mac cant you run things in a Dos like mode with c:\ prompt?
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A better statement is he can run things like you would on linux, because osx has a bash terminal built in. Type "terminal" into finder. Sadly, most osx people have no clue that exists, which is sad because it's not a hackjob like cmd.exe.
ok i got all the way to the last step and the terminal window keeps saying: -bash: adb: command not found and -bash: sdkfolder: No such file or directory
blueis300 said:
Even though its a Mac cant you run things in a Dos like mode with c:\ prompt?
Google came up with this
I looked FOREVER for these instructions. While I didn't write them, they definitely worked for me:
- Download the Android SDK for Macintosh at: Android SDK | Android Developers
- Extract it
- Download Fastboot for OSX (If not included with SDK)
- Extract fastboot and place it in your /tools folder.
- Open up a terminal window
- type: pico .bash_profile (this will create a .bash_profile)
- type the following in the new screen: export PATH=$
{PATH}:<sdkfolder>/tools
- Hit CNTRL + X
- Hit Y (for yes to save)
- It will return you to the terminal screen… type: exit
- Restart terminal.
- Then you can use your adb commands like you would on a PC. To test this, plug your device in (make sure its in debugging mode), then type "adb devices" in the new terminal window. It should show up with a number. This means you are good to go.
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ok i got all the way to the last step and the terminal window keeps saying: -bash: adb: command not found and -bash: sdkfolder: No such file or directory
Has anybody got a Sony Tablet S being recognised by adb?
It seems to be blocked :-(
And yes, I have done all the usual enable USB debugging etc...
I can not use it for development :-(
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Managed to sort it myself
you need to cd to your .android folder (on a mac, this is ~/.android) and then type
echo 0x054c > adb_usb.ini
Where 0x054c is the vendor id for Sony (I got that by looking at the attached evices in the 'About this mac' preferences)
Now adb sees the device - woohoo
would this apply if i just wanted to use it to transfer music and such? I am not incredibly savy with coding but i tried to enable debugging and all that. I am justnot sure whats the problem.
No, the Android File Transfer program still works without this
Good to know it can be used to dev on. Anyone have any information on how to send data out using the IR blaster, I dont think there is support for it in the native android libraries from what I can see?
The following procedure has confirmed that ubuntu 11.04.
The following procedure has confirmed that ubuntu 11.04.
1. Enable debug mode for sony tablet S
2. Add line /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="054c", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
3. Change file mode
sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
4. Add line idVendor to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
0x054C
5. adb kill-server ; sudo adb start-server
6. finish!
Kaz Taguchi said:
The following procedure has confirmed that ubuntu 11.04.
1. Enable debug mode for sony tablet S
2. Add line /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="054c", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
3. Change file mode
sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
4. Add line idVendor to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
0x054C
5. adb kill-server ; sudo adb start-server
6. finish!
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I don't seem to have that file
I had done all the other steps in order to mount the tablet and copy files over (which works great).
Does anyone have issues with Sony's Music player failing to update the database? Music appears in the native Music app correctly but nothing in the Sony one
Found a way on Windows!
With the help of the vendor ID from above and the following article on generic Tegra Tablets, was able to get it to show up on Windows!
(Copied from addictivetips)
1.You must have Android SDK installed before you can proceed. If you don’t have it already, proceed to our guide on what is ADB and how to install it. Make sure you download the Google USB Driver Package as well.
2.Open the google-usb_driver folder that you will find inside your Android SDK folder.
3.Open the android_winusb.inf file in notepad or any text editor to edit it.
4.Add these lines under [Google.NTx86] or [Google.NTamd64] depending on whether you are using 32 bit or 64 bit Windows. If unsure, it is safe to add these under both these sections. ;NVIDIA Tegra
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0955&PID_7000
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0955&PID_7100&MI_01
Don’t edit or replace any other text that is already there; just add these new lines and save the file.
5.Open a command prompt window and enter this command: echo 0x054C >> "%USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini"
Note: this is where you have to use 0x054C instead of what is at the link, otherwise it wont work
Now your Android SDK drivers are configured to support any Nvidia Tegra based tablet. To be able to use ADB and other SDK tools with your device, you can proceed as follows:
1.On your tablet, go to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development and enable ‘USB Debugging’.
2.Connect your tablet to your PC via USB. You will get a notification that some drivers were not installed, which is OK for now.
3.Right-click ‘Computer’ and click ‘Manage’. Identify your device from the list, right-click it and click ‘Update Driver Software..’.
4.Choose to browse your computer for driver software and then select to pick from a list device drivers on your computer.
5.Choose to view all devices and click ‘Have Disk…’.
6.Browse to the google-usb_driver folder inside your Android SDK folder and select the android_winusb.inf file.
7.If you get any warnings prompts telling you that the driver might not be compatible, just choose to continue installing.
8.Once the drivers have been installed, you should be able to use ADB with your device.
9.To confirm that your device is recognized, launch a Command Prompt window and enter these commands: adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
Also, using BRKs Transformer's instructions found a way to boot Tablet S into recovery: has reboot, update from ZIP and factory reset options
a) Hold down power and volume UP button
b) when SONY logo appears, release power button but keep pressing volume UP button
c) should load into recovery
This also gives us the MTP device driver, which I have been unable in finding/installing
No luck so far with Automated rooting tools, working hard to crack this awesome tablet!
Bojanglez said:
I don't seem to have that file
I had done all the other steps in order to mount the tablet and copy files over (which works great).
Does anyone have issues with Sony's Music player failing to update the database? Music appears in the native Music app correctly but nothing in the Sony one
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Thanks Kaz Taguchi !!
Couldn't connect to my Sony..
It made me crazy..!
I was just forgotten the:
4. Add line idVendor to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
0x054C
So i created the file:
touch ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
and echoed the line into the file.
Works lime a charm now.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
CaptainJack87 said:
With the help of the vendor ID from above and the following article on generic Tegra Tablets, was able to get it to show up on Windows!
(Copied from addictivetips)
1.You must have Android SDK installed before you can proceed. If you don’t have it already, proceed to our guide on what is ADB and how to install it. Make sure you download the Google USB Driver Package as well.
2.Open the google-usb_driver folder that you will find inside your Android SDK folder.
3.Open the android_winusb.inf file in notepad or any text editor to edit it.
4.Add these lines under [Google.NTx86] or [Google.NTamd64] depending on whether you are using 32 bit or 64 bit Windows. If unsure, it is safe to add these under both these sections. ;NVIDIA Tegra
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0955&PID_7000
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0955&PID_7100&MI_01
Don’t edit or replace any other text that is already there; just add these new lines and save the file.
5.Open a command prompt window and enter this command: echo 0x054C >> "%USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini"
Note: this is where you have to use 0x054C instead of what is at the link, otherwise it wont work
Now your Android SDK drivers are configured to support any Nvidia Tegra based tablet. To be able to use ADB and other SDK tools with your device, you can proceed as follows:
1.On your tablet, go to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development and enable ‘USB Debugging’.
2.Connect your tablet to your PC via USB. You will get a notification that some drivers were not installed, which is OK for now.
3.Right-click ‘Computer’ and click ‘Manage’. Identify your device from the list, right-click it and click ‘Update Driver Software..’.
4.Choose to browse your computer for driver software and then select to pick from a list device drivers on your computer.
5.Choose to view all devices and click ‘Have Disk…’.
6.Browse to the google-usb_driver folder inside your Android SDK folder and select the android_winusb.inf file.
7.If you get any warnings prompts telling you that the driver might not be compatible, just choose to continue installing.
8.Once the drivers have been installed, you should be able to use ADB with your device.
9.To confirm that your device is recognized, launch a Command Prompt window and enter these commands: adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
Also, using BRKs Transformer's instructions found a way to boot Tablet S into recovery: has reboot, update from ZIP and factory reset options
a) Hold down power and volume UP button
b) when SONY logo appears, release power button but keep pressing volume UP button
c) should load into recovery
This also gives us the MTP device driver, which I have been unable in finding/installing
No luck so far with Automated rooting tools, working hard to crack this awesome tablet!
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Done loading packages.
Preparing to install archives
Downloading Google USB Driver package, revision 4
File not found: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\temp\usb_driver_r04-windows.zip (Access is denied)
Done. Nothing was installed.
I tried downloading and installing
(Can't post links)Download: Android USB Drivers - Original (Firmware 1.0)
But when I try to install the drivers for the tablet through device manager it says:
The folder you specified doesn't contain compatible software... ...Windows for x64-based systems.
Apparently this driver is only for x86. But after googling "download Google USB Driver Package" that's all I can find.
Got it...
At least I was able to "enable it" through the USB port,
thanks to this exercise in frustration.
Alas no root screen cap still didn't work.
It flashes wildly and does nothing.
Anyone happen to know the proper command line in system variables for win 7 for adb should be?
I haven't used adb in forever, and I think alot of peoples issues with adb is in the fact they cannot use it outside of the android/android-sdk/platform-tools directory. As in you can just type adb shell, adb start-server, adb kill-server from the root dir. I had it set up before, but with a new comp now, and I forgot what it was before.
whats going wrong
i cant seem to get the device driver on my adb at all. no matter what i do i cant get the usb driver sorted. this is where i get stuck"
Please add 0x54c into .android/adb_usb.ini file under HOME directory by using following command from command prompt.
echo 0x54c >> %HOMEPATH%\.android\adb_usb.ini
home directory???? every time i try this from home directory i get nothing.
this is my problem.... i dont have this file or entry. what is the entry?????? o notpad doc??,
adb_usb.ini file was missing the 0x54c entry! <<< what is this. a screen shot goes a loooong way.
Adb was simple with my x10 and sgs2 but man this is giving me the ****s.
can someone please post a few simple screenshots of what directory is supposed to be where please?
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what does this mean?
Thanks Kaz Taguchi !!
Couldn't connect to my Sony..
It made me crazy..!
I was just forgotten the:
4. Add line idVendor to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
0x054C
So i created the file:
touch ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
and echoed the line into the file
?????????
I've created an automated ADB driver installer for the Sony tablets.
No more messy, time-consuming SDK install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488822
Official Sony instructions
Looks like Sony has posted official instructions for setting up ADB with the Tablet S:
esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?info_id=878
After following their instructions I still had to go to Device Manager, choose to Update the driver for my tablet, and point it to the SDK/usb_driver folder. After that it works great.
debug
Hey guys i have installed the android sdk and the sony s drivers from the official site as dreadengineer posted. but after run the adb devices command i was unable to saw my device.
After that i tried the automated installations that BluechipJ posted, but the result was the same i cannot see the devices neither on eclipse or adb devices command.
i want to debug my application on this device but i could not access it. Can someone help me.
I have a windows 7 x64 OS. i'm able to debug on htc phone and also on the super slower emulator
TUTORIAL ON ADB AND LOGCAT : JDMC : Just doing my contribution.
This is part of TeamAscend, so if you are going to post this Tutorial on other forums please credit me, visit our website : I AM AWESOME!
Hello this is just to teach newbie users on how to install adb and get it working, I will also teach you how to use logcat to help devs with particular issues, okay lets get into it, I will try to be as formal and understandable is I can, I'm still a 15 year old so bare with my written language, not that its bad but we Kiwi's use weird slangs...
Setting up ADB
1. Okay first of all we need to enable Android debugging.
1a. To do so, head into Settings > development and check android debugging, If you're on CM10 + you will need to set Developer Options to "ON" then select Android Debugging.
2. Get a usb adapter and connect it to your pc and connect your device. Let it install drivers "If it's the first time.
3. Download "SDK Tools". and install it to your desktop for now, you can move it later when you want.
4. Now create a new folder on the desktop and copy all SDK contents into it so its neat and tidy.
5. Open "SDK Manager" and un-check everything except "Android SDK Platform-Tools" and click install packages, wait till it's done then close the window, now you should be in the folder that contains the SDK Tools etc... if you see the "platform-tools" folder you're good to go.
6. Now open the "platform-tools" folder and copy the destination output at the top.
7. Now we need to set the new destination to CMD, click the start button type "cmd".
8. When it opens type "cd" obviously without the ", now hit space and click paste now your command should look something like this...
"cd C:\Users\Your PC name\Desktop\the folder that contains the sdk tools name\platform-tools" here's mine : "cd C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\ADB\platform-tools". Now hit enter, your target folder will change.
9. Once its done type " adb devices", make sure your phone is connected! now hit enter and it'll show your device, now you know ADB Is up and running! If doesn't show your device continue to the next step, if it does continue from step "11".
10. Download the HTC drivers and install it, plug your phone again and wait for it to install all components, if MTP fails to install just ignore it. (If your storage is on MTP), now repeat the procedure from "7" again.
11. Now lets Logcat, Now there are 2 different approaches to the logcat, I will be showing you how to do both in this tutorial. Neither one is more correct than the other, it is 100% personal preference. Feel free to try both and see where you get.
LOGCAT PROCEDURE
Doing logcat from inside the CMD window.
1. Make sure your phone is plugged in and debugging is on, now repeat procedure "7" to set target folder if it isn't already done. ie : cd _____________________________ <-- your folder destination.
2. Type "adb logcat" without the " and hit enter. It will then print a list of random writing, whether you understand or not, it doesn't matter, it's not for your use .
3. To save the logcat for devs to use, once the logcat is running, please RECREATE the bug/issue you are having. so that it logs the error into it, now to stop the logcat hit "ctrl" + "C".
4. Once this is done please RIGHT CLICK choose "Select All" then press "Enter" on your keyboard this will copy the entire log to the clipboard. You can then paste it into a .txt file to upload and show to devs.
Doing logcat to text file.
1. Now repeat procedure "7" to set target folder if it isn't already done, make sure your phone is plugged in and usb debugging mode is enabled. Once this is done we are going to type the following command "adb logcat > logcat.txt" without the ", this should initiate the logcat, it will appear as though nothing is happening, this is correct!!! So don't worry.
2. Once the logcat is running, please RECREATE the bug/issue you are having. To stop the logcat on your keyboard press "ctrl" + "C".
3. Now you've done logging, note the logcat.txt file will be located in the platform-tools folder, just open it and you will see logcat.txt, upload it for the dev and he/she will investigate.
More ADB Commands for various logcats Thanks to "Tcpaulh" from Modaco.
External adb folder, just needed thanks man : Download
1. radio logcat for Wifi issues.
adb logcat -b radio > radiolog.txt
2. kernel logs.
adb shell
su
cat /proc/kmsg > /sdcard/kmsg.txt
exit
adb pull /sdcard/kmsg.txt
3. kernel message buffer (on request).
adb shell
dmesg > /sdcard/dmesg.txt
exit
adb pull /sdcard/dmesg.txt
This was a tutorial I wrote up for my old device, users found it easier to understand then most, I cleaned this one up a bit which should be suitable for the Desire X, note, I may ask allot of question like a noob on the Q & A but HTC is so confusing.
Hopefully, users start using this so we can help out our devs, our sweet sweet devs, so they can whip u some magic.
If this helped, hit the thanks meter, no need for donations.
I have a small local network:
• A router not connected to the Internet
• 20 tablets that connect to it
• a computer under linux with LAMP
• a computer under windows with WAMP
When I want to install new apps on the tablets, I have to plug them one by one into a computer and run ADB commands. Would it be possible to execute these commands over WiFi? All tablets are rooted and the network is secure because there is no internet access. So I wouldn't be afraid to use security holes to carry out adb commands over WiFi.
Example of remarkable ADB commands:
• Place files on the tablet: adb push C:/APPLICATIONS/TitaniumBackup/ /sdcard/
• Install several applications: for %f in (C:\ APPLICATIONS\*.Apk) do adb install -t -g -r "%f"
• Start an application: adb shell am start -n com.package.name/com.package.name.ActivityName
•take photos
• activate or deactivate wifi
• Re-boot the tablet: adb reboot
• etc.
I would like to be able to do this on all 20 tablets via the wifi network rather than plugging them one by one into my computer.
Thank you in advance for any ideas you can share with me.
Michael5713 said:
I have a small local network:
• A router not connected to the Internet
• 20 tablets that connect to it
• a computer under linux with LAMP
• a computer under windows with WAMP
When I want to install new apps on the tablets, I have to plug them one by one into a computer and run ADB commands. Would it be possible to execute these commands over WiFi? All tablets are rooted and the network is secure because there is no internet access. So I wouldn't be afraid to use security holes to carry out adb commands over WiFi.
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Keyword: Wireless ADB. See also here.
Michael5713 said:
I have a small local network:
• A router not connected to the Internet
• 20 tablets that connect to it
• a computer under linux with LAMP
• a computer under windows with WAMP
When I want to install new apps on the tablets, I have to plug them one by one into a computer and run ADB commands. Would it be possible to execute these commands over WiFi? All tablets are rooted and the network is secure because there is no internet access. So I wouldn't be afraid to use security holes to carry out adb commands over WiFi.
Example of remarkable ADB commands:
• Place files on the tablet: adb push C:/APPLICATIONS/TitaniumBackup/ /sdcard/
• Install several applications: for %f in (C:\ APPLICATIONS\*.Apk) do adb install -t -g -r "%f"
• Start an application: adb shell am start -n com.package.name/com.package.name.ActivityName
•take photos
• activate or deactivate wifi
• Re-boot the tablet: adb reboot
• etc.
I would like to be able to do this on all 20 tablets via the wifi network rather than plugging them one by one into my computer.
Thank you in advance for any ideas you can share with me.
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Yes, android supports ADB over WiFi.
Do a google search for:
"ADB over Wifi"
Sent from my SM-S767VL using Tapatalk
Yes, indeed, the answer was easily found on the web. I asked it because that day I split one big issue into several smaller ones to post requests on your forum. And I never imagined it would be so easy to connect 20 tablets to each other using a local wifi network and adb. The app jwoegerbauer recommended to me is just wonderful. Now I can:
- simultaneously install an application on the 20 tablets from my PC:
FOR /F "skip=1" %x IN ('adb devices') DO start adb -s %x install -r "my-apk.apk"
- uninstall an application on the 20 tablets
- place folders or files I want where I want on all the tablets (they are rooted):
FOR /F "skip=1" %x IN ('adb devices') DO start adb -s %x push C:/my-file/ /sdcard/
- take a file from each tablet or delete it
- even take a screenshot of the tablet I want:
adb -s 192.168.43.122:5555 shell screencap /sdcard/testadb/screen.png
or 20 tablets:
FOR /F "skip=1" %x IN ('adb devices') DO start adb -s %x shell screencap /sdcard/testadb/screen.png
Many thanks to jwoegerbauer for recommending the Wireless ADB application to me.
However, I would like to explore the matter further. The problem I'm looking to solve is to manage a group of tablets without internet and without having to pay an MDM (Android mobile device manager). With ADB, I can install and uninstall applications and send or receive files. Here is what remains to be done:
- I am learning how to remotely change the settings of my 20 tablets. Imagine how tedious it is to turn on the wifi on each of the tablets, then select a network and enter the password. Sometimes I need to turn off wifi or change networks on all tablets. I also have to change the default display or font size. Last week, I've had to set the time and time zone on each one because "network provided time" does not work in a local area network not connected to the Internet. I will tell you which adb formulas I have tested if anyone is interested.
- I also started an other thread on xda-developers: Remotely modify the settings of an android application. Indeed, it takes a plenty of time to manually change the preferences and datas of an application already installed on 20 tablets. If you have any ideas on this, I'd be happy to read your ideas on the forum.
AFAIK USB hubs with 20 ports exist
THIS IS ONLY TESTED IN WEAR OS 3 ON A GALAXY WATCH 4
THOUGH THIS SHOULD WORK ON ALL WATCHES AND OLDER VERSIONS OF WEAR OS
Requirements:
ADB installed on your computer
Have your wear OS device connected to the same network as you computer
A bit of patience, this works in a very weird way!
Downloading apks and installing them
Firstly enable adb and adb debugging over WiFi on your wear OS device
Then download the latest apks:
Termux
MultiVnc If you want a graphical environment on Linux
When you have the apks run these commands:
Code:
adb connect IP_OF_YOUR_WEAR_OS_DEVICE
You might be able to see your ip under the button for enabling adb debugging over wifi
Then run these commands in the downloads folder
Code:
adb -s " IP_OF_YOUR_WEAR_OS_DEVICE" install NAME_OF_THE_DOWNLOADED_TERMUX_APK_FILE
and
Code:
adb -s " IP_OF_YOUR_WEAR_OS_DEVICE" install NAME_OF_THE_DOWNLOADED_MULTI-VNC_APK_FILE
BE AWARE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RESTART THE ADB CONNECTION, SOMETIMES IT MAY FREEZE.
to do that run
Code:
adb disconnect
then
Code:
adb connect IP_OF_YOUR_WEAR_OS_DEVICE
Installing Linux in Termux
Stay awake sleepyhead!
To make everything easier enable the option in Termux to keep your watch awake, this will save you from so much trouble.
First open up Termux, then long press the black background.
Then press the three dots and choose the option "More...".
Scroll down until you see the option "Keep screen on", turn on that.
Keyboard?
I've discovered that there's a problem with Wear OS keyboards, for some reason they might not interact properly with certain android applications.
So open up Termux in your Wear OS device and see if you can write anything in Termux.
If that works, see if there's any enter button on your keyboard and see if it works.
If Termux gave any response to what you entered then skip this part and head straight for "The Linux multiverse!"
If the enter button doesn't work then you gotta install an android keyboard.
The best keyboard I've found that also works on round Wear OS devices is "Unexpected keyboard"
Download the keyboard and run:
Code:
adb -s " IP_OF_YOUR_WEAR_OS_DEVICE" install NAME_OF_THE_DOWNLOADED_KEYBOARD_APK_FILE
When the keyboard is installed change you default keyboard into the previously installed keyboard.
The Linux multiverse!
On your ANDROID PHONE install Andronix.
In there you will have a lot of options for installing Linux on Termux. You can choose whatever you want!
When you've chosen what you want, then Andronix will copy a command to your phones clipboard.
Oh no!
This is where you might only have a few options!
The problems is that you have to get the command from your phone to your Wear OS device, though your Wear OS device might not even let you copy and paste!
Though there is a way to bypass this, ANDROID APPS! The easiest way is to install messenger lite(not messenger for Wear OS).
First download Messenger lite. (source for the messenger download link)
Then In the downloads folder run:
Code:
adb -s " IP_OF_YOUR_WEAR_OS_DEVICE" install NAME_OF_THE_DOWNLOADED_MESSENGER_APK_FILE
Log into messenger on your phone and your Wear OS device.
On your phone send the command Andronix gave you, to yourself in messenger.
Then open up messenger on your Wear OS device and long press the command and select copy!
Now the biggest hassle is gone!
The long, really long awakening
Now that you've copied the command, enter Termux. Then long press the black background and press paste.
NOW DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING, so that you don't accidentally change anything in the command.
From your computer run:
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 66
Try to remember this command, or put it somewhere easy to copy. You'll need it pretty often. (this command serves as an enter button)
The installation of Linux will now begin, there will be some Y/N questions, just choose the default options by running:
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 66
After a while you might get questions about region, keyboard and such.
use
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 66
to scroll down when it says [MORE]
then use
Code:
adb shell input text "NUMBER/WORD"
(don't remove the parentheses)
then again use
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 66
as an enter button
It might also ask you for a vnc password, choose a small and easy password.
FINALLY LINUX!
You should now have Linux installed on your Wear Os device. Go do whatever you want with it.
Just remember that your Wear OS device uses arm, so if you wanna use x86 applications, then you gotta use Box64 if you have a 64-bit processor and Box86 if you have a 32-bit processor
Start Linux(Linux might automatically start after installation)
First run:
Code:
adb shell input text "ls"
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 66
This will run the ls command.
Look for a file closely name to start-SOME_LINUX_DISTRO.sh or start-andronix.sh
then run:
Code:
adb shell input text "./start-SOME_LINUX_DISTRO"
then
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 66
BOOM Linux is now running :3
What about GUI?
If you installed a Linux version with a graphical interface then you either gotta use a VNC to display anything on your watch
run
Code:
adb shell input text "vncserver-start"
then
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 66
then
Code:
adb shell input keyevent 66
The terminal will say " New 'remote-desktop' at :NUMBER on machine localhost "
remember that number
now exit Termux and start Mutli-Vnc
Scroll down to "New Connection"
in Address enter localhost
in port enter 590 and then the number. (If the number as is higher than 9, enter 59 and then the number)
Scroll down password and enter in the vnc password you chose earlier.
Then the scroll all the way down and press the big green "Connect" button!
You should now some something, maybe not a lot, but something"
You can manually set the resolution if you want, so that you're able to utilize the screen better, go here for a guide on that.
External GUI
If you actually wanna use the Linux installation, then you'll have to use an external device to view the desktop.
You can follow this guide here, as it's better at explaining then me.
You can also use this guide if you wanna use XSDL.
A tip for entering &, use the keyboard on the watch! Also the read the explanation of commands before you continue, you'll need it!
Command explanation!!
adb shell input text " " will enter any text into the connected adb device, %s is used for spaces
adb shell input keyevents will do any key event, like pressing enter, 66 is for enter
If something doesn't work, let me know. I might've missed something!