[FEATURE REQUEST] Set hostname - Omni Features Development

Ability to set the network hostname of the android device.
Workaround options available (that I am aware of):
In terminal setprop net.hostname
Using busybox
However, this does not persist through reboots.

Yay...see that this is going into today's build :highfive: :victory: (2/25)
https://gerrit.omnirom.org/4732
https://gerrit.omnirom.org/4733

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[Think Tank] Cache DNS Requests on Android to speedup browsing

I was wondering if there is a method to cache DNS requests? I use CM latest and was browsing around in the system folder, when i came by /system/etc/resolv.conf. Here you find the nameservers used by android to resolve DNS.
This got me thinking, because I use a DNS cache on my Ubuntu Box. Might there be a way to do this on Android, to speed up browsing regularly visited websites? Does anyone have any idea how to use a local DNS cache to speed up browsing?
Here's the deal:
- In /system/etc/resolv.conf you find 4 nameservers (4.2.2.5 - 4.2.2.2)
- Doing a ping test (count = 1000) to those, i find big differences in latency. Average was 800 on my test on 3G (I live in the Netherlands). I found this number rather large.
- On IRC, when asking this question, they mentioned porting dnsmasq to android and change nameserver to localhost
A ported version of dnsmasq is found here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/source/browse/trunk/res/raw/dnsmasq?spec=svn120&r=120
Copied the file to /system/bin, chmod +x the file, and this one works.
Now here's the thing:
- dnsmasq --help mentions a configurationfile: /data/local/dnsmasq.conf. This one have to be made for android
- how to configure dnsmasq so it uses the DNS servers and create a cache, thus speeding up browsing (in my humble belief)
- how to start dnsmasq on booting android (and making sure it stays alive)
And finally, does it make sense to use this kind of method? Like to apply for a think tank to make this work
That does sound like a good idea. For me it isn't just 800ms to find out the DNS but on edge rather something like about 3 seconds! this would seriously speed the whole thing up! However, how are you gonna find the IP adresses for the first time?
Well dnsmasq creates a cache, using nameservers found in the config file, if i am correct. I am looking into the dnsmasq.conf examples to see what workaround i need.. Should be pretty straightforward
resolv.conf should have nameserver 127.0.0.1, and dnsmasq should use configured nameservers like 4.2.2.5 and create a cache. Therefore apps use the dnsmasq as DNS server.
Furthermore, i am trying to find out what nameservers are the fastest. 4.2.2.2-5 are Verizon, while i am in the Netherlands. OpenDNS has a datacenter in Amsterdam, so i figured changing nameservers to OpenDNS would speed things up some more..
Even better would be unbound, though the stated overhead of ~11 MB might be too much for G1/mT3G v1.
Also, do you have to do any tricks to prevent resolv.conf from being overwritten when you switch networks? I know that usually dhclient will rewrite the file, and there's a couple of workarounds, but I have no idea which ones would work on Android.
CM builds already have a dnsmasq binary in /system/bin. It's used for tethering. You could launch it with a different config file if needed (there's a dnsmasq.conf in /system/etc already for tethering). Also, the values in resolv.conf aren't really used by much anymore unless you have stuff linked with uclibc. The resolver in Bionic uses the values of the net.dns* system properties.
cyanogen said:
CM builds already have a dnsmasq binary in /system/bin. It's used for tethering. You could launch it with a different config file if needed (there's a dnsmasq.conf in /system/etc already for tethering). Also, the values in resolv.conf aren't really used by much anymore unless you have stuff linked with uclibc. The resolver in Bionic uses the values of the net.dns* system properties.
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Thanks for the reaction... You are right indeed, i found the dnsmasq.conf:
Code:
no-resolv
no-poll
server=4.2.2.2
server=4.2.2.3
interface=usb0
dhcp-authoritative
dhcp-range=192.168.77.100,192.168.77.105,12h
dhcp-leasefile=/data/misc/dnsmasq.leases
pid-file=/data/misc/dnsmasq.pid
user=dhcp
no-negcache
What you're saying is that i should create another one, but i am wondering what values i should use..
interface=?
Also, regarding your remark on DNS, how to see the values of net.dns* and how to change them? sysctl -n doesn't show these values, I must be looking in the wrong direction...
Hey,
You don't have to set an interface at all.
The interface delcaretion limit dnsmasq to listen only on a specific interface (for both DHCP and DNS requests).
As far as I know dnsmasq is caching dns by default you can limit the cache size and set not to cache negative queries but it will cache by default so no special settings is needed.
In addition, Dnsmasq is also function as dhcp server and if you don't want it to try removing all lines that declaring on dhcp settings.
True on that one, i want to use dnsmasq mainly on 3G
On my remark about the dns properties, already found out to use getprop and setprop
getprop shows different values on DNS compared to resolv.conf:
[net.dns1.195]: [84.241.226.140]
[net.dns2.195]: [84.241.226.9]
[net.dns1]: [84.241.226.140]
[net.dns2]: [84.241.226.9]
You need to be aware of one thing with regards to the resolv.conf file.
It is NOT USED BY ANDROID.
If you use the command "getprop", you will see several dns entries in there -- none of which matches the static dns servers set in resolv.conf. The resolv.conf is used by TERMINAL BINARIES.
zrubi said:
Hey,
You don't have to set an interface at all.
The interface delcaretion limit dnsmasq to listen only on a specific interface (for both DHCP and DNS requests).
As far as I know dnsmasq is caching dns by default you can limit the cache size and set not to cache negative queries but it will cache by default so no special settings is needed.
In addition, Dnsmasq is also function as dhcp server and if you don't want it to try removing all lines that declaring on dhcp settings.
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might as well restrict it to the local interface
Code:
interface=lo
you can then turn off dhcp with
Code:
no-dhcp-interface=lo
I use OpenDNS on my home network which is claimed to be better than ISP dns servers. When you signup/setup you are required to input their values for dns servers, perhaps you set these values from your phone?
Not sure if Android supports this... but the easiest and least resource intensive way to do this would be to simply add your commonly used domains to the hosts file. I believe some ad blocking software used to use this to block ads.
Aside from that... Bind can be run as a caching nameserver and would probably work in conjunction with setprop to overwrite the nameserver values android tries to use...
Another interesting idea might be to run a squid cache with data stored on the SD card... this should theoretically be faster than pulling the pages over 3G, but could be memory constrained.
FWIW I did some testing with timing page loads over 3G/2G/Wifi... and I found that the bottleneck for page loads on the G1 was not in fact the speed of the network connection(3G and WiFi were virtually identical - 12Mbps cable, 2G slightly slower), but CPU time spent in rendering(well, possibly memory related as well, but the G1 is always memory constrained so its hard to tell). The biggest speed improvement I experienced was in turning off Javascript.
I also tested Stock vs Dolphin vs Steel and found Stock & Steel to have very similar numbers, with Steel having a slight edge sometimes. Dolphin was always orders of magnitude slower.
IMHO The only real way to speed up browsing on the G1 would be to utilize an external compression proxy to reduce the amount of data being sent across the network to the G1, or to rewrite the browser/Dalvik VM/whatever to be more efficient. I tried the external proxy method but couldn't seem to get it to work.
good thought...i'll tinker w/ this some
also dot folder
@equid0x Good thoughts... I used Opera on Android, which uses a compression proxy. Runs fast. Might be an idea to look into this for the native browser and abandon the idea to cache DNS.
cyanogen said:
CM builds already have a dnsmasq binary in /system/bin. It's used for tethering. You could launch it with a different config file if needed (there's a dnsmasq.conf in /system/etc already for tethering). Also, the values in resolv.conf aren't really used by much anymore unless you have stuff linked with uclibc. The resolver in Bionic uses the values of the net.dns* system properties.
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I think I have dnsmasq playing nice w/ this config:
Code:
no-resolv
no-poll
server=4.2.2.2
server=4.2.2.3
listen-address=127.0.0.7
interface=lo
pid-file=/data/misc/dnsmasqcache.pid
user=dhcp
no-negcache
it's listening on UDP port 53 -- seems to be doing its thing..
you're right..resolv.conf doesn't affect anything I do.
but I don't see any entries like net.dns* when i
#sysctl net
What am I missing about how Bionic does things?
alapapa said:
but I don't see any entries like net.dns* when i
#sysctl net
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Use:
# getprop
Brut.all said:
Use:
# getprop
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Thanks.
i can:
# setprop net.dns1 127.0.0.1
# setprop net.dns2 127.0.0.1
and it uses dnsmasq for a while, then they change back to t-mobile's (seems like it happens when i change towers or it goes from 3g->edge or vice-versa
does net.dnschange have any ability to control this?
know where I can find any documentation on the dhcp process that populates these values?
edit: just tested again and the settings persisted all night. performance wasn't noticeably different than normal. I'll try to do some more scientific tests and report back..
was this project dropped? anything goin on here?
dnsmasq cpu problem
Hi Guys,
I've implemented the dnsmasq with my adhoc connection. My config file is:
no-resolv
no-poll
server=10.50.30.254
listen-address=127.0.0.1
interface=lo
pid-file=/data/misc/dnsmasqcache.pid
user=dhcp
no-negcache
addn-hosts=/data/misc/dnsmasq-host
cache-size=65536
local-ttl=86400
where the dnsmasq-host file is a copy of http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt to avoid advertising site.
After few minutes I run dnsmasq I get the cpu at 100% and the process sayd:
dnsmasq: Unknown cmd ''
dnsmasq: Unknown cmd ''
dnsmasq: Unknown cmd ''
I've tried only with few config options but the result is the same.
Do you know what is that?

[INFO] OpenVPN

I just got OpenVPN working and thought I would share:
Rooted
Installed tun.ko
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063656
Note: Skip this step if you are running Prime or any other ROM with the tun.ko module pre-installed.
Installed BusyBox using BusyBox Installer (Market). Installed to /system/xbin
Installed OpenVPN using OpenVPN Installer (Market) to /system/xbin
Installed OpenVPN Settings (Market)
Replaced OpenVPN binary with the one from:
http://code.google.com/p/android-openvpn-settings/issues/detail?id=26
UnBZ2'ed the file (I used 7-Zip on Windows for this)
adb remount
adb push openvpn-static-2.1.1 /system/xbin/openvpn
adb shell
chmod 555 /system/xbin/openvpn
Created /system/xbin/bb directory (requested in research I did, not sure if required)
mkdir /system/xbin/bb
Symlinked Busybox ifconfig and route /system/xbin/bb
ln -s /system/xbin/ifconfig /system/xbin/bb/ifconfig
ln -s /system/xbin/route /system/xbin/bb/route
Set up my usual OVPN config (configs must have absolute paths to certs!)
OpenVPN settings > Advanced > Load tun kernel module ON
OpenVPN settings > Advanced > TUN module settings
Load module using > insmod
Path to tun module > /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
I think this is everything I did, there was a bit of trial and error so I may have forgotten something.
Checked and the thing still boots afterward
Thanks a lot , will report back when i try it.
I get
insmod: init_module '/system/lib/modules/tun.ko' failed (Exec format error)
Assuming you have installed BusyBox, check the md5sum of your tun.ko:
# cd /system/lib/modules
# md5sum tun.ko
Response should be (or at least this is what I get):
7e09817dc4661b732f1a77fff76a10e6 tun.ko
If you don't get that response, I suggest you re-download the tun module, decompress it again and re-push it to your Transformer.
Busybox is installed. Tried both installers and both versions.
Md5sum is right.
Any other ideas?
Are you running stock? If you are running a different kernel the module probably won't work.
Thanks worked a treat
thanks works perfect
I am getting my Transformer within a week. Can't wait to get this going on the device... Thanks a ton!
It's running and connected but my IP is still showing up as my regular ISP 3G IP when I open a browser and go to www.ipchicken.com
Any idea why the traffic doesn't appear to be routing through it?
It shows as 100% connected and the key icon is white in the taskbar...
duckdown said:
Any idea why the traffic doesn't appear to be routing through it?
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The default behaviour of OpenVPN is not to install a default route pointing out of the tun interface, unless the system you're connected to has IP forwarding and NAT enabled this wouldn't work anyway.
I can't post links, so google "openvpn config" and go to the first link. Look for the section titled: "Routing all client traffic (including web-traffic) through the VPN."
Hey man, thanks for the reply.
The directions said to add this line to the config file
Code:
push "redirect-gateway def1"
But I've done that and it still doesn't seem to be doing anything.. IP is still showing up as my regular 3G network
Am I doing something wrong or omitting a step that you can notice?
Thanks again for the help
Oh, hm, on second look it wants me to add that line to the SERVER's config file.
I have no access to the servers config file -- I pay $4 a month for my VPN and do not run the OpenVPN server myself.
Is there anything I can do from the client side?
It works perfectly fine in Windows, routing all traffic through the VPN as it should..
duckdown said:
Oh, hm, on second look it wants me to add that line to the SERVER's config file.
I have no access to the servers config file -- I pay $4 a month for my VPN and do not run the OpenVPN server myself.
Is there anything I can do from the client side?
It works perfectly fine in Windows, routing all traffic through the VPN as it should..
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You might actually be able to just use the "redirect-gateway local def1" line in your own config, as I understand it the "push" directives in the server conf are just sending config to the clients which could just as easily be done client side. I might be wrong, but it's worth a go. Otherwise you can set up routes in the client config too, but you may have to remove your existing default route via some scripting or something.
duclicsic said:
You might actually be able to just use the "redirect-gateway local def1" line in your own config, as I understand it the "push" directives in the server conf are just sending config to the clients which could just as easily be done client side. I might be wrong, but it's worth a go. Otherwise you can set up routes in the client config too, but you may have to remove your existing default route via some scripting or something.
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This is correct, I have this and the exact same conf works fine on my desktop.
However on my tablet no data gets routed. Also my tray is getting spammed with "Connected".
Kevincod said:
This i correct, I have this and the exact same conf works fine on my desktop.
However on my tablet no data gets routed. Also my tray is getting spammed with "Connected".
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I forgot the part with the modified openvpn, I replaced the binary and the routing works great now, however I still get spammed with "Connected" in the tray.
Seems to be a common issue: http://code.google.com/p/android-openvpn-settings/issues/detail?id=74#c0
I can't get the traffic to go through the VPN for the life of me.. This thing is mental
Check out thread 1118465, in The general section. Found that /system/bin/ip was not setting up route/gateway correctly, and openvpn was not using the busybox ip
fix: mv /system/bin/ip /system/bin/ip.bay
This then forces use of busybox ip. Worked for me.
PowellEB said:
Check out thread 1118465, in The general section. Found that /system/bin/ip was not setting up route/gateway correctly, and openvpn was not using the busybox ip
fix: mv /system/bin/ip /system/bin/ip.bay
This then forces use of busybox ip. Worked for me.
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We had to do the same thing to get Cisco VPN working. the system IP was not routing properly, so renaming it forced using the busybox IP

[Q] Android VPN configuration, through ADB?

Hello
I would like to configure multiple (let's say 100) devices with VPN settings.
Configuring the devices one by one manually is something that I want to avoid.
I do not have any MDM software.
Devices are Android 4 and possible 2.3-3.
Questions:
- Where are the VPN settings located?
- Can I edit the settings with ADB/sqlite3
- Are root rights needed?
- Is it possible to change settings from application (if I would create VPN config app for this purpose)?
Any links to the documentation or examples are appreciated, couldn't find these with google.
from the terminal in a rooted g1.
> adb shell
# sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
sqlite> INSERT INTO system VALUES(99,’http_proxy', 'proxyort');
sqlite>.exit
wilsonj said:
from the terminal in a rooted g1.
> adb shell
# sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
sqlite> INSERT INTO system VALUES(99,’http_proxy', 'proxyort');
sqlite>.exit
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Thanks, but system table does not contain any VPN settings.
I have manually configured couple on VPN connections from settings, but cannot find those from settings.db.
Do you know which database and table contains VPN settings?
Regards,
Kimmo
I am not that much technical but what i have understood from your question is that you are willing to use your android devices instantly on 100 devices i guess! well the simple way of doing this is going through router because it will absolutely safe your time from configuring it on each device. however, you did not mention that are you willing to use from your home/office or plan to use it while travelling as well.
The best thing what i can recommend you is to go with a business vpn which will give you access to 100+ vpn accounts.
The best option will be to use router which will safe you from the hazel of setting again and again...
Thank you for you answer. You did not understand my question, which basically is:
- how to configure VPN settings using sqlite3
working

[MOD] DNS Server for Android - Notable speed increase

Hi,
This is a potential game changer, DNS server for Android, the open source, DNSMasq and some specific config files for it.
It runs on your Android device and you point your DNS queries to it instead of your remote ISP DNS server.
Using this setup will speed up your Android online experience many fold because DNS (specially over 3G) is one of the slowest blocking components of the entire browsing activity.
Features/Points to note -
- Caching, multithreaded. The replies from the cache are instantenous, hence browsing speed is enhanced significantly
- Query multiple DNS servers simultaneously. Fastest reply is used. Hence redundancy is also achieved along with speed. Currently set to Google DNS servers, Open DNS servers and your home Wifi router. Best not to use more than 5.
- Works with all versions of Android from 1.5 -4.x and all Android phones and tablets
- You can add your ISP's (both 3g and home) DNS servers to /data/local/dnsmasq.conf.
- Don't use your ISP's servers (and remove your Wifi router) if anonymity is a concern.
- Can help circumvent DNS restrictions.
- If your home router has DNS and an IP other than 192.168.1.1, you can change the entry in /data/local/dnsmasq.conf
- It may not start automatically if your ROM doesn't have init.d support. In that case and in either case, you can download SManager and set /etc/init.d/97dns to 'su' (run as root), 'boot' (run on boot) and 'net' ( run on network change)
- To make it stick all the more, you can download SetDNS and enable it and set the DNS server to 'Custom' -> 127.0.0.1 primary and 8.8.4.4 secondary ( backup Google DNS in case DNSMasq is not running for some reason). Make sure that you have Wifi and 3G options checked.
- Will significantly speed up your tethering experience if you set your DNS server to the Android phone and to use this DNS server. Currently the dhcpd option is disabled. You can either enable it or tell your tethering DHCP software to send DNS server=192.168.x.x ( or your Android phone IP) to your PC.
- Block Ads with the MVPS HOSTS file located at /data/local/dnsmasq-host
- VPN connections with and without split tunneling are supported. Check out commented sections in config files. Can use different DNS servers for different domains.
- You need to use this version of DNSMasq. Others ( eg those distributed with most ROMs) have a runaway CPU problem or don't work without the -d (debug) option. Any help resolving those issues welcome.
- You'll need root and su. busybox optional. Simply run Install.bat to install it and configure it automatically. Then make it stick with SManager and SetDNS as mentioned above.
- It's not mine, I just found the correct version and configured it.
- Enjoy! Please click the Thanks button if this helps you.
25th May - Fixed bug where Wifi DHCP wasn't working
Any idea why this breaks my native tether on an og evo 4g on team dirt cm9 port?
Is it necessary to use the install.bat from a pc to make this work or can I just add the dns script to the init.d folder?
Firstly, thank you.
I am trying to manually setup this so I can use some dns redirection (using the --server option) but when I run the install.bat file, it breaks tethering (which uses dnsmasq as well). Would you please help me out understanding what steps the script did to get it running?
Hi,
I think that this version of DNSMASQ may need some different startup options to support dhcp. I have specifically disabled dhcp in the config file.
Or it (dhcp) simply may be compiled out of the binary and it currently may not be usable for both DNS and DHCP.
YMMV. BTW the install script backs up the dnsmasq binary so you can replace it with the backup in case of any issues.
Cheers.
I will try this one if it'll bring any good to my connection. Thanks.

[adb] [Wireless debugging] [Wi-Fi] Is there an updated XDA tutorial yet on setting up adb COMPLETELY wirelessly as of Android 11+ (no USB cable!)?

Is there an updated XDA tutorial yet on setting up adb COMPLETELY wirelessly as of Android 11?
Why do I ask?
Using adb is a critical developer/hacking/user tool
As of Android 11, adb has been fundamentally changed for Wi-Fi
As of Android 12, adb was further improved for Wi-Fi
The existing XDA Developers' tutorial doesn't contain that info
I figured it out on my own (see below)...
(Which meant a LOT of new questions popped up that had to be solved that could have been answered in a tutorial)
Unfortunately, almost everything out there that I can find about adb is (wrong / inaccurate / incomplete [choose one]) in terms of how to set up a wi-fi connection as of Android 11 & 12.
The problem is there are important questions to be solved that are MISSING from that old tutorial
(These problems revolve around connection completely from the PC side only)
Where I would think EVERYONE would have the SAME questions as I do about the new setup
(And for which an updated XDA Developers' adb tutorial would be very useful!)
Mostly these new Android 11+ Developer options Wireless debugging features eliminate the USB cable.
But that then instantly brings up the non-intuitively fundamental question of ESTABLISHING the connection solely from the PC...
(which - let's never forget - is how the older, well documented USB-cable-first-then-Wi-FI adb connection had always been done)​
Hence my question of:
Is there an updated XDA tutorial yet on setting up adb COMPLETELY wirelessly as of Android 11+ & 12+?
DETAILS:
Spoiler: Short summary of steps which should be in a tutorial
Given how important adb is to Android software development and hacking, I searched for an XDA Developers writeup on how the newly added Android 11+ Developer options Wireless debugging works and which incorporates a few of the even more newly added Android 12+ Developer options Wireless debugging tiles (which are CRITICAL but it's not obvious to those who haven't done it why those new Android 12 tiles have to be used every day all day!) & Android 12's separate ability to randomize the phone's MAC address for every Wi-Fi connection for added privacy (not just for every Wi-Fi SSID as Android 11 did it) which itself has further implications for reserving IP addresses (usually erroneously referred to as "static IP addresses" in the router and on the phone) for those daily random-port connections using adb over Wi-Fi only. You can no longer connect "from" the PC until after you physically "look" (using live human eyeballs!) to locate either the random port assignment (for "adb connect") or a different random port assignment plus a random pin assignment (for the new Android 11+ encrypted "adb pair" command). Now you can connect via adb over Wi-FI from the PC. But bear in mind the catch! Frequently (upon reboot for example), the Android 12+ tile turns off, as does the Developer options:Wireless debugging toggle, as does the Wi-Fi connection (in my case for privacy, as I have Wi-Fi toggle off when I leave the range of the LAN - which then turns off Wireless-debugging in an unintended cascade) but more importantly, frequently the random port assignment changes as does the random pin assignment. So you have to perform the all-important human-eyeball LOOK frequently - which you would rather not need to do if you could help it
Whew! I said what "should" be in a tutorial so others don't have to figure all of that out on their own just to set up adb completely wirelessly (without first establishing a USB connection on the PC).
I figured it all out, of course, but that XDA Developers writeup didn't help (in fact it hurts)... because it contained completely outdated information (which is why I wrote that long paragraph above, to summarize what's completely missing).
Here's what needs to be done on the phone:
Enable Wi-Fi (mine is set up to NOT auto-reconnect, for privacy)
Establish a connection over Wi-Fi to an SSID on your LAN
Enable Developer options:Wireless debugging (Android 11+)
Enable Developer options:Wireless debugging Tile (Android 12+)
Enable random MAC address per SSID (Android 11) or per connection (Android 12+)
Enable the (so-called) static IP address of the phone
Physically eyeball the random Wireless debugging port assignment (&/or random port + random PIN)
Note all the questions are related to the fact everyone wants to eliminate that last step above!
On the PC:
Simply assure yourself that the phone is on the LAN (e.g., ping 192.168.0.2) (duh)
Remember - it's using a RANDOM MAC address so the router has to be configured for that
Then connect from the PC adb to the phone completely over Wi-Fi (encrypted or not)
Remember - there's no initial establishment via USB - which means you need to know random ports!
adb connect 192.168.0.2:12345 (or) adb pair 192.168.0.2:12345 123456
Remember - everyone's goal is to obtain those random ports 100% from the PC side of things
You may have to accept an encryption dialog on your phone if this is the first time using that PC
At this point, adb over Wi-Fi works the same as adb has always worked (over USB first, then over Wi-Fi).
Until, of course, Android randomly resets the port assignment - which it does frequently!
Then you're back to having to look at the phone for the random port assignment
Notice that most of the issues people are having (see reference list below) are related to the fact that the random port assignement, as far as we know, can ONLY be obtained from a visual inspection of the Android phone - but also notice that nobody used to need to do that in the olden days (when we connected via USB cable first!).
My observation is nobody wants to do that visual inspection of the phone every time, all day, every day, whenever Android re-randomizes the MAC address (which, for me, happens frequently but my phone is set up specifically for Wi-FI privacy).
In summary, this thread asks if there is an XDA Developers' writeup for connecting adb on the PC completely wirelessly to Android 11 and Android 12 and up.
The REASON I believe that XDA Developers' updated adb tutorial is needed by hackers/developers/users is:
a. The way adb works over Wi-Fi is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT as of Android 11 (this is why finding an updated tutorial is needed!)
b. I had to figure all this out on my own, so that means everyone else does too (unless I missed the XDA Developers' tutorial), and,
c. There are still a ton of open unanswered questions that everyone also has.
REFERENCES: (in no specific order, these are attempts to make it work the way everyone wants it to work!)
(PSA) Using the new Android 12 TILE for 'Developer options' 'Wireless debugging' to establish adb connection over Wi-Fi without USB
What's the difference between Windows/Android adb "connect" versus adb "pair" when mirroring Android 12 over Wi-Fi onto a Windows PC?
Android 12 Developer options adb "Wireless debugging" option keeps turning off
[adb,scrcpy,vysor] What ports does Android 12 randomly set when Wi-Fi connecting via Wireless debugging adb "pair" or "connect" commands?
[adb] What is the adb syntax to connect wirelessly to Android by unique serial number (instead of by Wi-Fi LAN IP address & random port assignment)?
Note that none of those threads would be needed if we could have found a comprehensive tutorial that was updated to Android 11 and 12 new connect-adb-over-Wi-Fi-without-USB functionality that answers those basic obvious questions to ask. (See illustrative screenshots below).
Is an updated XDA Developers' writeup extant for connecting adb on the PC completely wirelessly to Android?
I simply use ladb - it's an app that makes the whole process a breeze
See a big xda write up about it here ..
How to debloat your phone (and more) without connecting to a PC
LADB is an app that lets you run ADB shell commands from your phone, no root and no PC needed! Use it to debloat your phone and more!
www.xda-developers.com
CFKod said:
I simply use ladb
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Thanks for that advice to use Local ADB which "leverages Android’s built-in support for ADB over WiFi to provide a GUI for sending shell commands straight from the Android device."
The great news is that was the first XDA Developers' tutorial that I've seen that showed cognizance of the new Android 11 features of setting up adb completely wirelessly (without need for USB first).
* GitHub: LADB (A local ADB shell for Android!)
The bad news is that, at least upon initial inspection, ladb doesn't do anything you can't do inside of Termux as far as I can tell (is that correct though - maybe the ladb apk can do more privileged actions?).
Spoiler: Example of doing in Termux what would often be done in adb
1. Install F-droid <https://f-droid.org/>
<https://f-droid.org/F-Droid.apk>
2. Install F-Droid Termux <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/>
<https://f-droid.org/repo/com.termux_117.apk>
3. Add F-Droid Termux Widget <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux.widget/>
<https://f-droid.org/repo/com.termux.widget_12.apk>
4. Run the F-Droid Termux & create an alias we'll name "rad" for reset ad id.
$ rad
(This should report: No command rad found)
$ alias rad 'am start -n com.google.android.gms/.ads.settings.AdsSettingsActivity'
$ rad
(this should pop up the "Reset Advertising ID" Activity on your phone
(manually close that Activity for now - we can programmatically close it later)
$ cat ~/.bashrc
cat /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.bashrc
No such file or directory
$ alias > ~/.bashrc
$ cat !$
alias rad='am start -n com.google.android.gms/.ads.settings.AdsSettingsActivity'
$ unalias rad
$ rad
(This should report: No command rad found)
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ rad
(this should pop up the "Reset Advertising ID" Activity on your phone
(manually close that Activity for now - we can programatically close it later)
5. Run the F-Droid Termux and create two directories for the shortcut widget
$ mkdir -p $HOME/.shortcuts (we will put our shell script here)
$ mkdir -p $HOME/.shortcuts/tasks (we didn't use this directory yet)
6. Create a shell script to open up the reset ad id Activity.
$ cd $HOME/.shortcuts
$ nano ./rad.sh
Edit the result to look like this:
#!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash
am start -n com.google.android.gms/.ads.settings.AdsSettingsActivity
$ chmod +x ./rad.sh
$ ./rad.sh
(nothing will happen)
7. Modify termux to be able to execute user shell scripts on Android.
$ pkg install termux-exec
8. Test your shell script.
$ ./rad.sh
(this should pop up the "Reset Advertising ID" Activity on your phone
(manually close that Activity for now - we can programmatically close it later)
9. Add the Termux Widget to your homescreen.
Long press your Android homescreen.
Select "Widgets" & then "Termux:Widget" & place it on your Android homescreen.
It will ask: Create widget and allow access? to which you press "Yes"
Then press the "rad.sh" entry showing up in that Termux Widget.
"Termux requires "Display over other apps" permission
to start terminal sessions from background on Android >=10."
"Grants it from Settings -> Apps -> Termux -> Advanced"
10. Grant Termux permission to display over other apps:
Android11:Settings > Apps > Your apps > Termux > Appear on top = (change off to on)
11. Now press the Termux Widget entry named "rad.sh"
(this should pop up the "Reset Advertising ID" Activity on your phone
(manually close that Activity for now - we can programmatically close it later)
12. Reboot the phone & ensure everything is persistent.
Tap the new homescreen icon after rebooting
& the "reset ad id" Activity should pop up.
But worse, the LocalADB instructions clearly say to do the same manual (aurgh!) steps we've been doing all along.
That is, even with LADB, they're still NOT obtaining the random port address programatically; they're getting it manually - just like I've been doing all along without LADB.
So ladb doesn't change anything... as far as I can tell (but maybe I'm wrong?).
"Copy the 6 digit “Wi-Fi pairing code” and paste it into the “pairing code” box in LADB. Copy the 5 digit port number from the IP address (the 5 numbers after the colon) and paste it into the “Port” box in LADB."
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If I were to "guess" wildly - then that means what everyone wants is perhaps impossible to accomplish; but I'm still hoping that's not the case - but - the point is to find an updated XDA Developers' tutorial that shows an awareness of the stated problem set.
EDIT: I have an idea. I installed LADB on Android, and now I'm trying to see if I can query that LADB from the PC using adb commands where the goal is maybe the PC adb can query the Android ladb to figure out what the current random port assignment is???
GalaxyA325G said:
So ladb doesn't change anything... as far as I can tell (but maybe I'm wrong?).
If I were to "guess" wildly - then that means what everyone wants is perhaps impossible to accomplish; but I'm still hoping that's not the case - but - the point is to find an updated XDA Developers' tutorial that shows an awareness of the stated problem set.
EDIT: I have an idea. I installed LADB on Android, and now I'm trying to see if I can query that LADB from the PC using adb commands where the goal is maybe the PC adb can query the Android ladb to figure out what the current random port assignment is???
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Yes .. everything you have said is correct
I wouldn't say it has any special privileges. It just guides you through the connection process.
You end up with a blank canvas in terminal - just as you would using termux
Not sure what the app costs, I purchased pre release so cost barely a thing
either way , it cuts out some of the faff and i'd certainly recommend for a less tech savvy person...
Then again.. why wouldn't anyone with no clue, use adb?
If I can assist in any way. Feel free to give me a shout on telegram
CFKod said:
Yes .. everything you have said is correct
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I must again thank you for letting me know about local adb.
I installed ladb the instant you informed me about it.
Yesterday and today I started to test it out.
CFKod said:
It just guides you through the connection process.
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I'm hoping maybe this ladb running on the Android device "might" give it something special that the PC doesn't have in terms of access to the information of the random port assignment on Android.
There are multiple levels of this problem set, the top level being the almost complete lack of XDA Developers' tutorials that have any cognizance of what's new in Android 11 and up with respect to adb wireless connections - where - again - I thank you for finding the one and only XDA Developers' tutorial that shows that awareness.
However, the more important level of this problem set is to find a way to connect adb wirelessly to Android WITHOUT manually grepping the random port with our eyeballs.
CFKod said:
You end up with a blank canvas in terminal - just as you would using termux
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It may very well be that the Android developers made that impossible (e.g., for security reasons); but in the absence of any information or tutorial stating that as a fact, I'm not going to assume it's impossible (yet).
AFAICT, the way to solve the problem is to find a way to either:
a. Keep the port assignment static, or,
b. Set the port to a specific assignment (as we did with USB), or,
c. Determine the random port assignment programatically
It "may" be that local adb can help in that latter method... dunno yet... but I didn't even know ladb existed until you mentioned it so I'm starting from scratch without a tutorial (for this part of the problem set).
CFKod said:
I wouldn't say it has any special privileges.
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Actually, after looking it up since yesterday, I think local adb DOES have more privileges than does Termux; so I was wrong in that assumption.
The ladb developer, @tytydraco said so himself on Dec 18, 2020 when he announced the existence of the ladb APK on XDA Developers.
tytydraco said:
for those of you who have used or encountered ADB in the past, you know that you usually need a PC to shell into your phone. While yes, apps such as Termux exist, they don't have elevated privileges as ADB does.
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So we can safely assume ladb has "elevated privileges" which Termux doesn't have (which is a good thing as we may need them!).
CFKod said:
Then again.. why wouldn't anyone with no clue, use adb?
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Well.... just as "mock location" GPS spoofing is a "Developer option" that has gone mainstream, I suspect we're at an inflection point where with screen mirroring of scrcpy and vysor, that adb usb/wireless debugging has gone mainstream too!
In summary, here's the status so far (which may change over time)...
a. Unfortunately, nobody knows of an updated XDA adb tutorial
b. But there is an updated XDA ladb tutorial
c. But even that ladb tutorial REQUIRES an eyeball grep of the random port assignment (aurgh!)
Note with the brand new Android 12 tile that it's not in the least difficult to do that eyeball grep of the current random port assignment (although you have to get up from your computer to find the phone in order to do so) - but the whole point of computers is they are supposed to do that stuff for you (are they not?).
While it may be designed that way by Google, I'm hoping I can figure out a programatic way to obtain that random port assignment from the PC, where the suggestion of perhaps implementing ladb as a middleman "might" solve that problem (if I can figure out the method).
Thanks for your help and advice, as everyone has the same adb random port assignment problem who wants to mirror their phone onto the PC completely wirelessly - and for which there is no known XDA tutorial to help them (yet).
BTW, I've noticed only recently since I started testing out ladb that the serial numbers are different where I wonder if anyone can explain why there is both a long and a short serial number when using adb completely wirelessly.
Note the question matters because "maybe" we can omit the random port if we can connect via the static serial numbers...
Adb source changes a lot, with the adb wifi stuff being added in, you could probably compile a modified adb binary to use via an apk like ladb that could use a static serial number connection method.
In source, there's a lot of testing binaries you can compile, iirc in maybe 11-dev branch there was some code commented out to allow for more insecure connections.
Hey I have noticed that shizuku also uses wireless adb...
I may have time to test it later.
Surge1223 said:
you could probably compile a modified adb binary to use via an apk like ladb that could use a static serial number connection method.
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Thank you for that suggestion, because if it was easy to connect purely over Wi-Fi (sans USB) between adb on the PC and the Android 11+ phone (WITHOUT eyeballing the randomly assigned port address), it would have been documented already (since it's what EVERYONE wants to do).
So we're breaking new ground...
And, while I definitely harbor the optimism that there (almost always) is a way, I do agree that nobody on the Internet (that I can find) has found THAT way.
Still... as you suggested, ladb does have some extra "hooks" on the phone itself which may allow ladb to REPORT back to the PC over Wi-Fi what our EYEBALLS have to see for themselves today (of the random port address).
This report back to the PC (of the random port address) over Wi-FI has to be done in some OTHER protocol than adb itself, I suspect... as it's a chicken-and-the-egg scenario otherwise.
BTW, we "might" be able to use the Android serial number to good effect, but probably not as my tests using the Android serial number only work AFTER the adb connection has been prior established.
Code:
C:\> adb devices
*daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5555
*daemon started successfully
List of devices attached
C:\> adb devices
List of devices attached
C:\> adb devices
adb-YFVR80V7YFY-yF7kj8._adb-tls-connect._tcp. device
C:\> scrcpy -s adb-YFVR80V7YFY-yF7kj8._adb-tls-connect._tcp.
C:\> adb connect -s adb-YFVR80V7YFY-yF7kj8._adb-tls-connect._tcp.
C:\> adb connect -s 192.168.0.2
CFKod said:
Hey I have noticed that shizuku also uses wireless adb...
I may have time to test it later.
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Thank you for that pointer to Shizuku which, like ladb, I had never heard of until you mentioned it as a possible solution.
What's nice is Shizuku has its own updated tutorial on XDA Developers which, at least, is aware of the new Android 11+ Developer options:Wireless debugging toggle, as it says...
"On Android 11 or above, you can enable Wireless debugging and start Shizuku directly from your device, without connecting to a computer."
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By which they really mean:
"On Android 11 or above, you can enable Wireless debugging and start Shizuku directly from your device, without first needing to connect by USB to a computer."
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I'm not rooted; but, since Shizuku can be started on the Android device, maybe it can be used to tell the computer over Wi-Fi what the current random port address assignment is (or the unencrypted adb connect command) or the random port and pin assignment (for the encrypted adb connect command).
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I want to apply this program, Yasser, as much as possible
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ااريدتطبيق هذا البرنامح ياسر مايمكن
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and not google
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زين said:
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I want to apply this program, Yasser, as much as possible
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ااريدتطبيق هذا البرنامح ياسر مايمكن
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زين said:
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1. This thread is a question (mostly) about a missing XDA tutorial.
2. The NEED for the tutorial is embedded in the details
Essentially...
a. We need an updated adb TUTORIAL for Android 11+ new features
b. Specifically, how to connect COMPLETELY via Wi-Fi (no USB)
Keeping in mind...
i. The OLD USE model used adb over USB first
ii. And then, after USB connection, adb could move to Wi-Fi
What we want is...
A. The Android 11+ use model is to eliminate the need for USB
B. But STILL connect using adb over Wi-Fi from the PC
Where...
A. The OLD use model was done COMPLETELY from the PC
B. And we're simply trying to REPLICATE that old use model
However... the problem is...
1. So far, we MUST first ascertain VISUALLY the random port (& PIN)
2. Which means we can no longer connect FROM the PC
That's the problem exposed by this thread, in a nutshell...
But... I do NOT understand what the two posts above are asking us to answer...
a. "I want to apply this program, Yasser, as much as possible"
b. "And not google"
Huh?
A. Which program? (adb? ladb? shizuku?)
B. Who (or what?) is Yasser?
C. And what does "not Google" have to do with it?
D. What does that poster want as an "answer"?
I want to help the guy (just as I'd want to help anyone).
But I don't understand what the heck the guy is even asking.
Can someone translate that English translation to something that makes sense in English that can be answered in English?

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