CHECKING FOR INSTALLED APPS IN ANDROID USING ADB COMMANDS

CHECKING FOR INSTALLED APPS IN ANDROID USING ADB COMMANDS:  There are many ways you can check for installed apps on android.  One way is through the phone settings but this route is not always the easiest for an average user and since these days the settings keeps on changing locations of different entries in different smartphones, the settings may not be the first choice for everyone. Also, there are time when apps are not seen on the smartphone but when they are actually installed.  One of the easiest way of seeing installed apps on your smartphone is by using adb commands.  I am one guy that have really liked using the adb commands and if you have not been following my blogs on adb, you can click here for full use of adb commands.

Requirements

1.  Minimal adb and Fastboot setup

Download Minimal adb and fastboot

2.  Original USB cable of the phone

3.  Smartphone USB drivers for your chipset

Download smartphone USB drivers

4.  A computer running windows

Steps

1.  Install Minimal adb and fastboot setup on your PC and then the smartphone drivers of your phone.

2.  Right click the minimal adb shortcut on your desktop and choose to run as administrator.

3.  Connect the phone to the PC via USB cable.  Make sure USB debugging is activated on your phone.  If you have issues activating USB debugging, you can click here for directions.

4.  Go back to the PC and on the Minimal adb interface enter the commands one by one

-adb devices

This command will show you whether you phone is detected.

-adb shell pm list packages

This command will display all the apps packages of installed apps on your smartphone

Conclusion:  The adb is a very useful tool to control your android smartphone.

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1.  FULL LIST OF ADB COMMANDS

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