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 Radxa Zero >  Development >>  Using ADB 

Description

Radxa Zero supports adb function.

One USB Type-C charging data cable can meet both power supply and adb requirement.

Here we use Type-C to Type-A USB cable with one port connected to the Type-C socket of Radxa Zero. And the other port connected to the Type-A socket of the PC.

Hardware support

Support hardware platform:

• All Radxa Zero

Software

• Kernel package version: >= 5.10.69-6-amlogic
• amlogic-adbd package version: >=0.1

You'd better follow the installation steps.

Installation

Windows

Refer Windows ADB

Linux

Refer Linux ADB

ADB Usage

When you have adb driver installed on PC, below are some common used adb commands:

Check adb devices

radxa@x86-64:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached 
0123456789ABCDEF	device

Login/Shell

radxa@x86-64:~$ adb shell
# 

And type '/bin/bash' followed by Enter key to switch to bash shell.

radxa@x86-64:~$ adb shell
# /bin/bash
root@zero:/# 

Transmit files from PC to Radxa Zero

$ adb push <local path> <remote path>

Example:

On PC, input the following in Terminal

radxa@x86-64:~$ adb push /tmp/meet-radxa-zero.md /home/rock
/tmp/meet-radxa-zero.md: 1 file pushed. 0.0 MB/s (27 bytes in 0.001s)

Check on Radxa Zero

root@zero:/# cat /home/rock/meet-radxa-zero.md 
How do you do! Radxa Zero!

Transmit files from Radxa Zero to PC

$ adb pull <remote path> <local path>

Example:

radxa@x86-64:~$ adb pull /home/rock/meet-pc.md /tmp
/home/rock/meet-pc.md: 1 file pulled. 0.0 MB/s (24 bytes in 0.001s)
radxa@x86-64:~$ cat /tmp/meet-pc.md 
How do you do! Host PC!

Usage of amlogic-adbd service

Start amlogic-adbd service

$ sudo systemctl start amlogic-adbd

Stop amlogic-adbd service

$ sudo systemctl stop amlogic-adbd

Reload amlogic-adbd service

$ sudo systemctl reload amlogic-adbd
or
$ sudo systemctl restart amlogic-adbd

If you still have issue with adb, start a new post on the forum. https://forum.radxa.com/c/zero.