This is a constant issue for those who like to tweak their Android devices just so – the one where you need to connect your device to ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and you have to look for a spare USB cable to be able to do that. Well, not anymore, we guess. The good guys at the XDA forums just keep making our lives easier, this time with ADB Tools – an app that allows your device to connect to ADB over wifi.
First, though – what is ADB and why would you need it? Android Debug Bridge is an agile little command line tool that most tweakers use to do multiple things, but mainly to push tweaked firmware images and apps to their devices from laptop or a desktop computer. As such, the standard operating procedure for pushing modified firmware elements to your device will always include using ADB, and so the constant need for a USB cord.
But XDA member “idragon81” has come app with this nifty little solution that allows connection to ADB over both USB and WiFi, with the standout feature being the wireless connection, of course. This is done simply by typing in “adb connect” followed by the IP address generated by the app into the CMD (command line) on your Windows PC. The developer is planning to integrate more features to the tool soon, including starting a service from wireless and the like.
If this is something that interests you, check out the official XDA thread here. To be fair, this isn’t an original idea – we’ve covered something like this before. But the idea is the same, which is to make the lives of those who like to tweak their phones easier.
SOURCE: XDA
