Overview

ADB stands for Android Debug Bridge, a command-line tool developed by Google for communicating with and debugging Android devices. Although designed for Android devices, ADB can also be used for debugging and log viewing in some Linux kernel-based systems.

For example, in the Debian12 system, although serial and SSH are primarily used for debugging and management, the system includes ADB service, so you can also use ADB for debugging.

Installing ADB Tools

Official Download

The official ADB tools can be downloaded from the Android Developer Official Website🌐 and extracted to the location you want.

Network Disk Download

Use our provided ADB tool package, the download link is in the Network Disk🚀 under Development Tools/ADB Tools/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip.

Extract it to my own E:\adb\platform-tools directory:

Next, we need to add the platform-tools directory to the system's PATH environment variable:

1. Right-click This PC → Properties

2. Click Advanced System Settings

3. Click Environment Variables

4. Find Path in System Variables, click Edit

5. Click New, and add the platform-tools directory

Finally, click OK all the way to save the settings.

Testing

Press Win + R to open the Run window, enter cmd and press Enter to open the command line window:

Then enter the following command to test if ADB is installed successfully:

adb version

Using ADB Shell

Connect the board's OTG Type-C interface to the computer using a data cable for ADB debugging:

After the board's system is fully started, you can see the related device in the Device Manager:

Enter the following command in the command line window to enter ADB Shell mode:

adb shell