archibate Wireless ADB Setup
Connect to an Android phone via ADB over Wi-Fi, eliminating the need for a USB cable after initial setup.
Goal
Establish a working wireless ADB connection. Success: adb devices shows a connection with an IP:port entry.
Steps
1. Check existing connections
Run adb devices and inspect the output:
- If a wireless connection (IP:port) is already listed → inform the user nothing needs to be done, skill is complete.
- If a USB device is listed → proceed to step 2.
- If no device is listed → ask the user to plug in a USB cable. Wireless setup requires an initial USB connection.
2. Query the phone's IP address
Run:
adb shell sh -c "ip a | grep 192.168"
Parse the output to extract the phone's IP (e.g. 192.168.71.6 from inet 192.168.71.6/24 ...).
Artifacts: The phone's Wi-Fi IP address.
3. Enable TCP/IP mode and connect
Run these two commands:
adb tcpip 5555
adb connect <phone_ip>
Replace <phone_ip> with the IP from step 2.
4. Verify and inform
Run adb devices to confirm the wireless connection appears. Tell the user they can now disconnect the USB cable and use adb shell to connect over Wi-Fi.