What is ADB?
Most of you reading this will no doubt be aware of
the Android Debug Bridge (or ADB for short),
and have used it for one thing or another.
However, if you are still relatively new to
tweaking your device, ADB may seem almost like
some kind of intimidating and geeky black art. In
reality, it’s actually rather simple and can be an
incredibly useful tool to have at your disposal for a
variety of reasons. The ADB tool itself is
explained by developer.android.com , which is a
very handy resource, as;
” a versatile command line tool
that lets you communicate with
an emulator instance or
connected Android-powered
device.”
In laymans terms that basically means you are able
to communicate with and issue commands to your
device (or an Android emulator) via your PC.
Type a command, it happens. Simple right?
There are any number of things you can do with
ADB and any number of reasons why you might
need/want to do them. You can, for example;
Backup/restore apps/data
Push/pull files to or from the device
Generate logs for debugging/bug reporting
Many more, of which you can find a full
list here.
Making ADB (Even) Easier.
There are numerous tools out there that aim to
make the use of ADB just that little bit easier and
save you some precious time by adding a user
friendly GUI from which to issue the various
commands, a few of which we’ll look at right now.
If you don’t currently have ADB set up
whatsoever, check out this tutorial from
XDA Recognized Developer Captainkrtek , which
contains a wealth of valuable information and easy
to follow instructions on getting started.
So you’ve been through that, now what? Now,
you need to install the relevant drivers for the
devices you intend to use with ADB. That’s
where ADB Driver Installer by XDA Forum
Member drsmart might come in handy. It’s a
Windows based tool (for x86 and x64) that
detects your devices and installs the appropriate
ADB drivers. The process isn’t necessarily a
difficult task in itself, but if you deal with many
different devices, this might just prove to be a nice
little time saver.

Another capability of ADB, as we already
mentioned, is being able to backup your device.
This is particularly useful to those of you who
want to finally unlock that bootloader and root /
flash some custom ROMs, but don’t want to lose
all of your data. Note that while this might work
for other devices ADB backup can be fairly hit
and miss and is generally only reliable on Nexus
devices. Simple ADB Backup by XDA Forum
Member omegavesko is a simple interface for the
ADB backup commands that comes in handy
because, well, who remembers off the top of their
heads how to backup data but exclude system
apps?
Various backup options are placed at your disposal
and the tool is compatible with Windows or Linux.
It also does not require root access so as I
mentioned before, perfect for backing up before you
begin to tweak your device. It’s also open source so
could be modified to meet your specific needs if you
are that way inclined. One drawback to those with
older hardware is that it’s only compatible with
devices running Android 4.0 and above.

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