alt Hacker NewsI use `adb shell` very often on my Android phone. What are your use cases for SSH where adb does not suffice?
Not arguing, just curious.
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Not OP but personally
- Always available over my network/wireguard without touching the phone or a cable. Wireless ADB over a tcp socket technically works but requires a USB cable to bootstrap when you use the phone as a hotspot like I do, nor would I dare open it up to the internet.
- Any number of SFTP clients rather than the limited ADB options
- Higher throughput than wired ADB (at least on my Pixel 6A over USB)
- I want ssh access to my termux environment anyway so may as well use it for file transfers too.
I only really use adb for app development, maybe the odd nslookup or android package management with `pm`
No wireless ADB in older phones.
It's mostly rsync for me. I love rsync.
And also: I don't want to connect my phone over the cable to my PC very often. I just want to quickly transfer sometimes (over WiFi).