Some useful ADB commands and one-liners for changing permissions

While setting up a new Galaxy S21 I made some ADB one liners to perform a few useful functions.


All commands are to be executed in an ADB shell. If you don't know how to get one you probably should not be messing with ADB. If used incorrectly ADB can break essential device processes.

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# Some useful commands:

List enabled packages:

pm list packages -e

List all packages:

pm list packages -a

Print a large amount of info for a package:

dumpsys package <package>

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