{"slug": "adb", "name": "ADB", "category": "terminal", "category_name": "Terminal and shell", "description": "", "recommenders": 8, "commenters": 26, "warners": 3, "score": 8.593, "rising": 1.36, "first": "2025-11-02", "latest": "2026-10-16", "why": "I use adb to uninstall all of the system apps like facebook, youtube, web browser, etc.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 8, "neutral": 15, "compare": 0, "warn": 3}, "spark": [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I use adb to uninstall all of the system apps like facebook, youtube, web browser, etc.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "googlesource.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://developer.android.com/tools/adb", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["ADB", "adb"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 797458608, "item_id": 49841163, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49841163", "by": "hurfdurf", "date": "2026-09-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pushing it with ADB isn't subject to the limitation", "excerpt": "Pushing it with ADB isn't subject to the limitation: Will Android Debug Bridge (ADB) install work without registration? https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/faq", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "F-Droid 2.0"}, {"id": 792647248, "item_id": 49540453, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49540453", "by": "LoganDark", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "`adb disable-user` still works without root and it works on anything", "excerpt": "the trick I use is that `adb disable-user` still works without root and it works on anything, including even the most privileged system-level apps. some phones detect this and actually brick themselves (looking at you Samsung Knox), but a lot of phones don't notice at all. Downside of course is that if you use multiple users, you'll have to repeat it for each user.", "context": "", "use_case": "debloating Android phones", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to debloat your Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root access"}, {"id": 787409600, "item_id": 49213100, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213100", "by": "tstactplsignore", "date": "2026-08-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "this has worked for me on several different samsung phones", "excerpt": "Hmm, this has worked for me on several different samsung phones? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12949609/adb-shell-command-to-make-android-package-uninstall-dialog-appear https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17556750/how-to-uninstall-an-android-app-from-command-line-on-the-device This is true uninstalling, is it not?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "On non-rooted Android 17, ADB uninstall of system apps fails"}, {"id": 787136432, "item_id": 49196027, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49196027", "by": "tstactplsignore", "date": "2026-08-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use adb to uninstall all of the system apps like facebook, youtube, web browser, etc.", "excerpt": "This sucks. I use adb to uninstall all of the system apps like facebook, youtube, web browser, etc. to give myself a minimalist, distraction-free phone that still has niche apps, maps, and communication apps. Might have to look into the expensive light phones as an alternative now if this update hits my phone.", "context": "", "use_case": "removing Android system apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "On non-rooted Android 17, ADB uninstall of system apps fails"}, {"id": 776280096, "item_id": 48517506, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517506", "by": "gruez", "date": "2026-06-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "or no wait at all if you use adb", "excerpt": ">given that they made their phone platform specifically to not let you install your own operating system. ??? You can still install alternate OSes (eg. grapheneos) on their latest phones. >And now, they're making it illegal to install custom apps too: https://keepandroidopen.org/ Besides the questionable use of \"illegal\" (what are they going to do, send you to jail?), that's not even accurate. You can still install a", "context": "", "use_case": "Sideloading apps on Android", "switched_from": "", "story": "A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 784740320, "item_id": 49046270, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046270", "by": "dns_snek", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "warn", "quote": "there is a possible bypass of wireless ADB mutual authentication", "excerpt": "This is not one of them. This is \"the lock accepts any key\" type of CVE. > In adbd_tls_verify_cert of auth.cpp, there is a possible bypass of wireless ADB mutual authentication due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution as the shell user with no additional execution privileges needed. Patch: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/adb/+/842d331f9e", "context": "", "use_case": "Android device debugging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"}, {"id": 784736832, "item_id": 49046052, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046052", "by": "gnfargbl", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "warn", "quote": "That's a real CVE: logic error leading to auth bypass.", "excerpt": "You, and may of the people in the thread here are at cross purposes, I think. The CVE mentioned in the article is https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0073. That's a real CVE: logic error leading to auth bypass. Fix can be seen at https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/adb/+/842d331f9e5fb10770a09379e19240daea057dba%5E%21/#F0. Separately, a number of people here are attempting to argue that th", "context": "", "use_case": "Android device debugging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"}, {"id": 756335427, "item_id": 47270964, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47270964", "by": "sillystuff", "date": "2026-03-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "ADB backup works with even fewer (deprecated by Google)", "excerpt": "I believe LOS still does userdebug builds, so you get root over adb by default. It is pretty much impossible to create a usable local backup on official no-root Graphene builds with the recommended re-locked bootloader. I switched to Graphene with my new phone. It includes SeedVault which is unable to backup most of my apps and ADB backup works with even fewer (deprecated by Google). So only things I could sort of ba", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to Install and Start Using LineageOS on Your Phone"}]}], "who": [{"by": "kitsumed", "context": "Android app developer", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053644", "date": "2026-07-25"}, {"by": "wolvoleo", "context": "de-Googles Android devices", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958466", "date": "2026-07-18"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["android device debugging", "copying files to android phone", "debloating android phones", "removing android system apps", "installing and debugging android builds", "automating display settings scheduling"], "compared": [{"slug": "termux", "name": "Termux", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "f-droid", "name": "F-Droid", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "lineageos", "name": "LineageOS", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "grapheneos", "name": "GrapheneOS", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "debian", "name": "Debian", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045159", "title": "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB", "mentions": 5}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49193173", "title": "On non-rooted Android 17, ADB uninstall of system apps fails", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47576317", "title": "Take Better Notes, by Hand", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50068203", "title": "Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to dissipate heat", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831968", "title": "F-Droid 2.0", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538745", "title": "How to debloat your Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root access", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 2}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"warn": 1, "neutral": 3, "recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 4, "warn": 2, "recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 801971697, "item_id": 50123231, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50123231", "by": "mahboi", "date": "2026-10-16", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Had to use ADB to copy files in", "excerpt": "It's older than Tahoe. You can search a word and it'll find pictures containing that object. Not LLM, just vision. Music could be a lot worse. I learned what it's like playing local music on a Samsung phone recently. Had to use ADB to copy files in because Android File Transfer is deprecated. The phone has no Music equivalent, so I use VLC, which everyone swears is perfect for this but it's actually super clunky. Mea", "context": "", "use_case": "copying files to Android phone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to dissipate heat"}, {"id": 797458608, "item_id": 49841163, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49841163", "by": "hurfdurf", "date": "2026-09-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pushing it with ADB isn't subject to the limitation", "excerpt": "Pushing it with ADB isn't subject to the limitation: Will Android Debug Bridge (ADB) install work without registration? https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/faq", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "F-Droid 2.0"}, {"id": 792647248, "item_id": 49540453, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49540453", "by": "LoganDark", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "`adb disable-user` still works without root and it works on anything", "excerpt": "the trick I use is that `adb disable-user` still works without root and it works on anything, including even the most privileged system-level apps. some phones detect this and actually brick themselves (looking at you Samsung Knox), but a lot of phones don't notice at all. Downside of course is that if you use multiple users, you'll have to repeat it for each user.", "context": "", "use_case": "debloating Android phones", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to debloat your Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root access"}, {"id": 788939538, "item_id": 49308721, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49308721", "by": "jeffnash", "date": "2026-08-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "interact via ADB", "excerpt": "I didn't end up needing to go full scrcpy because my use case just runs Android in an emulator (Waydroid) for my Hermes agent to run apps. If I need vision or (x,y) coordinate interaction, I can just screenshot the emulator window and interact via ADB. However, I ended up using the accessibility tree to create a semantic, ephemeral ref API as the preferred mechanism for interaction. Basically more 'Playwright for And", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "AI Driven Testing"}, {"id": 787409600, "item_id": 49213100, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213100", "by": "tstactplsignore", "date": "2026-08-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "this has worked for me on several different samsung phones", "excerpt": "Hmm, this has worked for me on several different samsung phones? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12949609/adb-shell-command-to-make-android-package-uninstall-dialog-appear https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17556750/how-to-uninstall-an-android-app-from-command-line-on-the-device This is true uninstalling, is it not?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "On non-rooted Android 17, ADB uninstall of system apps fails"}, {"id": 787136432, "item_id": 49196027, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49196027", "by": "tstactplsignore", "date": "2026-08-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use adb to uninstall all of the system apps like facebook, youtube, web browser, etc.", "excerpt": "This sucks. I use adb to uninstall all of the system apps like facebook, youtube, web browser, etc. to give myself a minimalist, distraction-free phone that still has niche apps, maps, and communication apps. Might have to look into the expensive light phones as an alternative now if this update hits my phone.", "context": "", "use_case": "removing Android system apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "On non-rooted Android 17, ADB uninstall of system apps fails"}, {"id": 784858305, "item_id": 49053644, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053644", "by": "kitsumed", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "The person who made that suggestion (sa...@google.com) is presumed to be the one of the main maintainer of ADB as their name (Fabien Sanglard) showed up in non-redacted in the history and CC here (https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/4118073) after it was linked in the original Google IssueTracker. We can confirm they are a Google employee as per their @google.com top domain nam", "context": "Android app developer", "use_case": "Installing and debugging Android builds", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"}, {"id": 784764704, "item_id": 49047794, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047794", "by": "duskdozer", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use loopback ADB daily to automate scheduling eye care display settings using settings", "excerpt": ">>I use loopback ADB daily to automate scheduling eye care display settings using settings since my OEM does not provide advanced scheduling routines. >Which OEM do not provide this feature? This hardly quality as a legitimate usecase but rather as a shortcoming of the OEM. I find this kind of attitude maddening. Although I assume they overlooked \"advanced\" because as soon as I read that, I knew this wasn't going to ", "context": "", "use_case": "automating display settings scheduling", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"}, {"id": 784740320, "item_id": 49046270, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046270", "by": "dns_snek", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "warn", "quote": "there is a possible bypass of wireless ADB mutual authentication", "excerpt": "This is not one of them. This is \"the lock accepts any key\" type of CVE. > In adbd_tls_verify_cert of auth.cpp, there is a possible bypass of wireless ADB mutual authentication due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution as the shell user with no additional execution privileges needed. Patch: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/adb/+/842d331f9e", "context": "", "use_case": "Android device debugging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"}, {"id": 784736832, "item_id": 49046052, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046052", "by": "gnfargbl", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "warn", "quote": "That's a real CVE: logic error leading to auth bypass.", "excerpt": "You, and may of the people in the thread here are at cross purposes, I think. The CVE mentioned in the article is https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0073. That's a real CVE: logic error leading to auth bypass. Fix can be seen at https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/adb/+/842d331f9e5fb10770a09379e19240daea057dba%5E%21/#F0. Separately, a number of people here are attempting to argue that th", "context": "", "use_case": "Android device debugging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"}, {"id": 784735552, "item_id": 49045972, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045972", "by": "jeroenhd", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "That doesn't mean the adb team shouldn't do a little security hardening", "excerpt": "The moment an article like this hits HN or Reddit or any other such forum, any hope of changing anyone's mind is lost. The same happens to Github issues too. I haven't checked the isue myself, but seeing it here means it's probably already too late at this point, it'll probably get flooded. Google does take feedback from app developers every now and then, but obviously their own teams' feelings on the subject are mor", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"}, {"id": 783335458, "item_id": 48958466, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958466", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-07-18", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use ADB to get rid of most of the google stuff.", "excerpt": "It's similar to what I do yes. I buy normal Android devices but I use ADB to get rid of most of the google stuff. In Google Play Services I just don't sign in and I disable all the data collection. It's not ideal but the problem is I really need the push service for work. And my devices are not supported by AOSP distros. I install my apps using Aurora and F-Droid.", "context": "de-Googles Android devices", "use_case": "removing Google apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Reynard: A real Firefox web browser for iOS 13 or later"}, {"id": 782264753, "item_id": 48891547, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48891547", "by": "bana-io", "date": "2026-07-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "once I have `adb` installed and running", "excerpt": "So I took the risk and ran it on a Samsung S26 Ultra - I will confirm the full details once I have `adb` installed and running. The exploit/POC (call it what you want) ran or appeared to have executed because: 1. I saw output on the Firefox tab when I navigated to <https://rootme.nebusec.io/b9e3f1a4-7c82-4d6e-9a51-2f8c4b3e0d17>. 2. I saw some output from the execution of the POC. However, after I went to <https://roo", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in ALL Linux distributions for 15 years"}, {"id": 776706945, "item_id": 48544184, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48544184", "by": "theturtletalks", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used ADB to disable core services", "excerpt": "Look into the TiVo Stream 4K. It\u2019s an Android box but has been very reliable for me. Tivo does force some quirks so I used ADB to disable core services and the default launcher has ads so I switched to Projectivy launcher.", "context": "", "use_case": "disabling services on TiVo Stream", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal"}, {"id": 776280096, "item_id": 48517506, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517506", "by": "gruez", "date": "2026-06-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "or no wait at all if you use adb", "excerpt": ">given that they made their phone platform specifically to not let you install your own operating system. ??? You can still install alternate OSes (eg. grapheneos) on their latest phones. >And now, they're making it illegal to install custom apps too: https://keepandroidopen.org/ Besides the questionable use of \"illegal\" (what are they going to do, send you to jail?), that's not even accurate. You can still install a", "context": "", "use_case": "Sideloading apps on Android", "switched_from": "", "story": "A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones"}, {"id": 772415408, "item_id": 48275963, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275963", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-05-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Use ADB to remove the built in browser", "excerpt": "I didn't use an article, I just followed the principles and had an LLM do the android debug bridge commands. Here is an article I found later which did the same thing as me. (https://jordanherzstein.neocities.org/posts/adb_vanadium/) For Android basically: Live in user profile, keep owner profile with appstores. Push apps that are distractions free into user profile. Use ADB to remove the built in browser because you", "context": "", "use_case": "removing system apps on Android", "switched_from": "", "story": "Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds"}, {"id": 770801298, "item_id": 48175081, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48175081", "by": "mewse-hn", "date": "2026-05-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "installed adb and fastbook with my package manager", "excerpt": "I have claude code hooked up to deepseek, I hooked up my spare cheapo android tablet, installed adb and fastbook with my package manager and asked the AI to jailbreak the tablet. It discovered the tablet was running a unisoc t606, found a CVE from a couple years ago, and unlocked the bootloader for me. I was the meat puppet holding the \"volume up\" button and plugging in the usb cable a bunch of times. Like most of my", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation"}, {"id": 761243217, "item_id": 47577701, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577701", "by": "dotancohen", "date": "2026-03-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I can copy everything to my Debian machine via ADB", "excerpt": "I just commented on another post, so this is a copy-paste of my of other comment: I use a Boox E-Ink tablet with the built-in handwriting notes app. It exports to PDF and I can copy everything to my Debian machine via ADB. I absolutely love it. E-Ink is close enough to paper for me, and the EMR (Wacom) stylus is close enough to a pen for me. The device was worth every penny, even before considering the other uses for", "context": "", "use_case": "Copying files off tablet", "switched_from": "", "story": "Take Better Notes, by Hand"}, {"id": 761242705, "item_id": 47577669, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577669", "by": "dotancohen", "date": "2026-03-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "copy everything to my Debian machine via ADB", "excerpt": "I use a Boox E-Ink tablet with the built-in handwriting notes app. It exports to PDF and I can copy everything to my Debian machine via ADB. I absolutely love it. E-Ink is close enough to paper for me, and the EMR (Wacom) stylus is close enough to a pen for me.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Take Better Notes, by Hand"}, {"id": 760962275, "item_id": 47560142, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47560142", "by": "opan", "date": "2026-03-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "adb works as well, not sure why someone was saying it doesn't.", "excerpt": "I do (re-)root my phone (after each update I have to flash the Magisk-modified boot.img again), but FWIW almost nothing needs root on Android, it lets you do way more by default than iOS. I think some people equate jailbreaking and rooting when there's not really a jail to begin with. You can install a custom ROM without having root and I think that's what most people really want to do. Cleaner base system, maybe som", "context": "", "use_case": "Android device control", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google just gave Android power users a sideloading win"}, {"id": 759252657, "item_id": 47453291, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47453291", "by": "NotPractical", "date": "2026-03-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "How do you know this? It's been confirmed that you can use adb to temporarily bypass verification on a per-app basis, yes, but from what I can see, there's no indication that sideloading one app over adb will also skip the 1-day period. This matters if you're sideloading an app store like F-Droid, because sideloaded app stores still have to go through PackageInstaller [1], which probably still enforces verification c", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android: Balancing Openness and Choice with Safety"}, {"id": 758905681, "item_id": 47431605, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431605", "by": "aceazzameen", "date": "2026-03-18", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "uninstall all the junk via adb", "excerpt": "Same here. I use Firefox for everything, and uninstall all the junk via adb. Also low power mode not only for battery efficiency, but to prevent most background services from running.", "context": "", "use_case": "Uninstalling Android apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms"}, {"id": 756335427, "item_id": 47270964, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47270964", "by": "sillystuff", "date": "2026-03-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "ADB backup works with even fewer (deprecated by Google)", "excerpt": "I believe LOS still does userdebug builds, so you get root over adb by default. It is pretty much impossible to create a usable local backup on official no-root Graphene builds with the recommended re-locked bootloader. I switched to Graphene with my new phone. It includes SeedVault which is unable to backup most of my apps and ADB backup works with even fewer (deprecated by Google). So only things I could sort of ba", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to Install and Start Using LineageOS on Your Phone"}, {"id": 746252225, "item_id": 46640764, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46640764", "by": "fittingopposite", "date": "2026-01-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Checked it with adb", "excerpt": "Went into a rabbit hole and found this: https://github.com/notune/android_transcribe_app Solid app that uses Parakeet V3. With these random apps on the internet I am always a bit sceptical. Checked it with adb and it is really fully local. I now have a voice keyboard that is a lot better than Google's and has local multilanguage support. I am stoked :)", "context": "", "use_case": "verify network activity", "switched_from": "", "story": "Handy \u2013 free open source speech-to-text app"}, {"id": 745586545, "item_id": 46599159, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599159", "by": "dustypotato", "date": "2026-01-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "using ADB and switched to F-Launcher", "excerpt": "I uninstalled google launcher and shitty Xiaomi apps in my Mi TV stick using ADB and switched to F-Launcher. Can't be happier with the performance.", "context": "", "use_case": "Removing apps on TV", "switched_from": "", "story": "Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids"}, {"id": 739243888, "item_id": 46202743, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46202743", "by": "gucci-on-fleek", "date": "2025-12-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "You need to use \"adb\" from the command-line", "excerpt": "There are instructions at the top of the link. You need to use \"adb\" from the command-line on a computer, but it won't wipe any of your data, so it shouldn't cause any data loss. If you don't want to use \"adb\", you might be able to use [0], but I haven't tested it myself. [0]: https://flash.android.com/welcome", "context": "", "use_case": "Android device flashing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most Samsung users"}, {"id": 734569489, "item_id": 45910593, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45910593", "by": "nromiun", "date": "2025-11-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "You don't need two phones to use ADB with Termux.", "excerpt": "You don't need two phones to use ADB with Termux. Just put the ADB settings app on a split screen and it will work just fine. I used it several months ago.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android developer verification: Early access starts"}, {"id": 732670817, "item_id": 45791926, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45791926", "by": "marcprux", "date": "2025-11-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "using adb (or Shizuku) might also be a workaround for tech-savvy users", "excerpt": "This is a neat hack, and I don't want to diminish the effort. But I fear that any such loader apk would be marked as malware by Google and nuked by Play Protect Services. And as others mention, using adb (or Shizuku) might also be a workaround for tech-savvy users (for the time being). We list some other potential temporary workarounds at https://keepandroidopen.org. But none of it is viable for the other 99%. There'", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "A theoretical way to circumvent Android developer verification"}]}