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== Features ==

[[File:Android Device Monitor.png|thumb|left|Android Device Monitor ]]

Features of adb include copying files from the host computer,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Darcey|first=Lauren|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/749852462|title=Android wireless application development|date=2012|publisher=Addison-Wesley|others=Shane Conder|isbn=978-0-321-81383-1|edition=3rd|___location=Upper Saddle River, NJ|oclc=749852462|access-date=2021-09-26|archive-date=2021-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926122121/https://www.worldcat.org/title/android-wireless-application-development/oclc/749852462|url-status=live}}</ref> installing apps, viewing logcat output, getting a [[Unix shell]], <ref>{{Cite web|title=Things You Can Do with Android's adb Command|url=https://www.dummies.com/web-design-development/mobile-apps/android-apps/things-you-can-do-with-androids-adb-command/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-09|website=[[For Dummies]]|language=en|archive-date=2018-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515143530/httphttps://www.dummies.com/web-design-development/mobile-apps/android-apps/things-you-can-do-with-androids-adb-command}}</ref> and rebooting into [[Qualcomm EDL mode]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=EASTTOM|first=CHUCK|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1250310301|title=An In-Depth Guide to Mobile Device Forensics|date=2021|publisher=CRC PRESS|isbn=0-367-63300-0|___location=[S.l.]|pages=72|oclc=1250310301|access-date=2021-09-26|archive-date=2021-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926122044/https://www.worldcat.org/title/in-depth-guide-to-mobile-device-forensics/oclc/1250310301|url-status=live}}</ref> For example, Android [[Android application package|applications]] can be saved by the command <code>[[backup]]</code> to a file.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jack Wallen|date=2015-03-06|title=How to create a full backup of your Android device without root|url=httphttps://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-create-a-full-backup-of-your-android-device-without-root/|access-date=2016-01-29|archive-date=2016-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124184710/httphttps://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-create-a-full-backup-of-your-android-device-without-root/|url-status=live}}</ref> It also includes support for the [[Java Debug Wire Protocol]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Regupathy|first=Rajaram|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880673864|title=Unboxing Android USB: a hands-on approach with real World examples|date=2014|isbn=978-1-4302-6209-1|___location=Berkeley, CA|oclc=880673864|access-date=2021-09-26|archive-date=2021-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926122019/https://www.worldcat.org/title/unboxing-android-usb-a-hands-on-approach-with-real-world-examples/oclc/880673864|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some [[Graphical user interface|graphical interfaces]] have been made available. The graphical Android Device Monitor in [[Android Studio]] can be used for retrieving information from an Android device.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Morgillo|first=Ivan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/957278992|title=Learning embedded Android N programming: create the perfectly customized system by unleashing the power of Android OS on your embedded device|date=2016|others=Stefano Viola|isbn=978-1-78528-328-4|___location=Birmingham, UK|pages=89|oclc=957278992|access-date=2021-09-26|archive-date=2021-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926122010/https://www.worldcat.org/title/learning-embedded-android-n-programming-create-the-perfectly-customized-system-by-unleashing-the-power-of-android-os-on-your-embedded-device/oclc/957278992|url-status=live}}</ref>