Setting Up a Wireless ADB Connection with Android over WiFi

Instead of using a USB cable, we can set up an ADB connection with Android over WiFi with the Wireless Debugging feature.
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Video Description
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Today I want to show you how to set up an ADB connection with your smartphone or tablet without having to use a USB cable at all.
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Most people will choose to connect a USB cable to their Android device when they want to do something with ADB. In some cases, this is best because most of the time it gives you a faster connection. But there are times when using a USB cable isn't possible.
Maybe your USB cable recently broke and you don't have another one laying around.
Or maybe you're having issues with a USB port on your computer.
There can also be instances when a wireless connection is just more convenient.
No matter what your reasons are, we are able to set this up on any smartphone or tablet running Android 11 or later.
To begin, we need to enable what is commonly referred to Developer Mode.
If this is something you're not familiar with, then be sure to check the video description below for links to dedicated videos that I have already done which show you all of the steps involved in this.
Once Developer Mode has been enabled, we can search for the newly revealed Developer Options menu from within the Settings application
Now, we just need to scroll down a little bit until you get to the Debugging section. This should be close to the top and shouldn't take much scrolling to find.
Usually when we want to execute ADB commands on our device, we need to enable the USB Debugging option because we're making that connection over a USB cable.
But if you plan on using wireless debugging then that toggle doesn't need to be enabled at all.
Instead, we want to enable the toggle labeled Wireless Debugging, which should appear under the usual USB Debugging option
Once this feature has been enabled, we then need to tap the name of the option so we can go into the details area.
If this is your first time using the wireless debugging feature, then you won't see anything in this Paired Devices section.
And in order to proceed, we need to pair our devices first.
So let's tap the Pair Device with Pairing Code option and this will give us some details.
Now let's turn our attention to the PC and open up a command prompt, windows powershell or a terminal window within the same folder as our ADB and Fastboot tools. If you don't have ADB & Fastboot tools installed yet, I'll include a link to a dedicated tutorial I have done in the video description below that will show you how to set it up.
We need to make note of the ip address here and the port number next to it.
In this command prompt, we're going to type out the command. . .
adb pair ip:port
When we press enter on the keyboard, it will ask us for the pairing code.
This is where we input the pairing code that is displayed on our Android smartphone or tablet.
As long as we get a Successfully Paired message here, then we have set this part up correctly.
Once we have paired our two devices together, we can then make the wireless debugging connection over WiFi.
So let's look at our phone again and again, we need to make note of the IP address and port number that we see here on this page.
With that information, let's go back to our command prompt window and establish that ADB connection over WiFi.
We do that by typing out the command. . .
adb connect ip:port
And and then press enter on the keyboard.
If we do not see any error messages here then that means the connection is successful.
When this connection has been made, we'll also get a notification about it on our device.
From here, we can drop into an ADB shell or execute any other ADB commands that we would normally do over a USB cable.
I hope this has helped anyone who has ever seen the Wireless Debugging feature and wondered how it could be used.
Mentioned Links
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ADB & Fastboot Tools - • Download and Install T...
Samsung Galaxy Developer Mode - • How to Turn On Galaxy ...
Google Pixel Developer Mode - • How to Enable Develope...
Xiaomi MIUI Developer Mode - • How to Turn On the Xia...
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[@stevenbroshar7948]

This is super. IDK why I can't connect via the Android Studio UI, but it never works for me. Your procedure works !!!

[@ExplainingAndroid]

that's awesome to hear! thanks for the comment

[@visheshgupta4990]

Thank You so much I searched alot but didn't find any good solution . Your video is crystal clear and very helpful. Thank you so much bro 🙌

[@ExplainingAndroid]

you're very welcome. thank you so much for the kind words

[@ne1711]

great video. one thing i faced - my device was not connecting because both of them were not under same wifi. so make sure both PC and phone are under the same wifi connection.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

that's a good point to make. thanks for sharing that detail

[@BenHutchinson321]

Not working for me. When I use the connect command after the pair command, it gives the response "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it". I'm on a phone with Android 13. Things may have changed since your video, when Android was updated to 13. The pairing works fine but the connecting step after doesn't work. I can't help but think that the message after pairing might be important for this next step on Android 13. It gave a GUID for the device in the response to the Pair command, and I don't see you using that GUID in any of your commands after that. Does Android 13 require additional ADB commands that actually use the GUID? Also I happened to notice that the toggle for unlocking the bootloader was switched to the on position, which means your device is rooted. Do I need to root my device to make this work?

[@ExplainingAndroid]

are both devices on the same wifi network?

[@Thalhez]

Hello, I have a problem. Every time that I execute this command in cmd command prompt : adb pair it says that "adb" is not recognized as command

[@ExplainingAndroid]

you need to execute that command FROM the same folder as your ADB/Fastboot files

[@ibrahim_almurisi]

How? ​@@ExplainingAndroid

[@lyafe1272]

Thank you! Very helpful.

[@abdelghanimoumen2524]

crazy explanation thanks

[@mrqwakgames]

When I reset my computer or device, I need to go through the whole process again. Is there a way to have it auto-reconnect or something? I thought about creating a command file to run, but the port number and connection code thing, change every time. Any thoughts? I'm on Mac by the way, but it's essentially the same process as for Windows.

[@riyanwhyte8365]

Thanks bro a million likes

[@ExplainingAndroid]

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[@rdevries48]

Thanks! That really helped me out!

[@ExplainingAndroid]

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[@raydigitalsolution7336]

I successfully pair my device and In my case to solve the error "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)" I enable the usb debugging and the port changes. then i try to connect with the new port and it successfully connected. BTW. thanks @Explaining Android for sharing this video.

[@the_null]

Thanks sir 👍👍 God bless you.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

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[@xcloudx01alt]

EDIT: Fixed it. If it gives you the "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)" error than you need to remove "-d" in the command you're trying to send.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

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[@ZaZulin]

There's no -d in the command, can you tell me where is it?

[@dshorts9604]

Bro did you get the solution if yes then help me

[@TimberWulfIsHere]

What a useless comment

[@someoneyouveneverheardof]

Thanks! Was desperately looking for this.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

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[@stereoplaces7408]

Hi, do I need to repeat this every time I turn off my computer?

[@luckychukiye8743]

Hey there I plan to grab the Pixel when it comes Would this work to install Graphine/custom rom? instead of using physical cable?

[@younlo2440]

Hi, Can i use scrcpy after i pair and connect device

[@chauhansonu104]

Thank you for the video it really helped. A question I wanna ask is that when I push a file to my Android the file is being transferred at a rate of 10 MB/s. whereas my wifi router has a higher capacity to transfer and my Android which has ufs 2.1 has a minimum of 200 MB/s of write speed. why is the file being transferred at such a low rate, and is there any way to increase that. Thank you.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

when I tried to find out if there was a confirmed speed limit for wireless debugging, I couldn't find any details about it. but this could be a limitation of Android itself let me know if you come across some documentation (or even other people) confirming this

[@chuckt5930]

AWESOMENESS connected successfully with the terminal but inside vs code the commands don't work anyway so long as i can debug. Thanks and subscribed.

[@Techie1971]

How do I remove some system apps on my galaxy s8 without using wireless or usb debugging since I don't have a computer, and wireless debugging isn't showing on android 9?

[@SyedWajeeha-l1o]

Thank you so much ,I did it finally!

[@Enjurin]

Thanks for sharing

[@ExplainingAndroid]

you're very welcome! thanks for the comment :)

[@CrisVII]

Thanks mate, good tutorial

[@ginhielkennethorteza9921]

Good day I'm new subscriber, I saw your video 1 year ago about LADB without pc. I have a problem if I turn on the wireless debugging it says because an app is obscuring a permission request, settings can't verify your response can you help me to solve that cause I've been struggling for like 5 months

[@prathameshchaudhari3800]

Bro any Virtual apks like Vphonegaga Virtual machine it's can Activation Problem Android 13

[@ercanunsalerturk6138]

would this work on quest 2 devices?

[@ExplainingAndroid]

I don't own that device. If it's running Android though, then it is likely possible (unless Facebook removed it)

[@monicemclean9346]

I have a Note 9 and it is not showing "wireless debugging ". Please help

[@شبكةالاحتراف-ر6ص]

It's compatible with only android 11 or more unfortunately

[@kundalwando7683]

Bro I use mobile data and it keeps failing saying connect to wifi. How can I fix.

[@hamedayokunle2747]

Please can you make a video on how to install and use floating windows like (miui floating windows) on custom rom like lineage.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

I don't think we can replicate that feature exactly, but I will upload a video about how to enable this type of feature in a few hours

[@hamedayokunle2747]

@@ExplainingAndroid thanks

[@ucanh8173]

i can pair but not connect , it said "not on the same net work" but they are really are in the same network ! Help !

[@mikedillan8101]

me too

[@vasea986]

Hello! Please help if someone can of course! I wanted to connect through my computer to my Samsung Galaxy Note 10 phone and it doesn’t want to work and gives an error. Maybe someone knows how to solve this problem! Thanks for understanding!

[@ExplainingAndroid]

which error are you getting?

[@vasea986]

@@ExplainingAndroid error: device unauthorized. This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set Try 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong. Otherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device.

[@samarmiled3576]

super thank u 💫

[@ExplainingAndroid]

You're very welcome

[@domellli]

If the router is dual-band (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz), it is possible that the computer and the phone are on two different Wifi networks, in which case pairing will not work !!!

[@Dragons927]

No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061) after pair change port with new

[@anhvunguyen8171]

Thank you a lot!

[@HW-eb9yq]

Gracias me sirvió !! :D

[@mazenhema8892]

I don't have the developer options

[@ExplainingAndroid]

Which phone do you have? Have you enabled developer mode?

[@riyadulislam2220]

worked thanks

[@mipad553]

How to remove paired devices

[@generalknowledge6936]

एंड्राइड से एंड्रॉयड वायरलेस डिबंगिग मोड कैसे लगा सकते है ?

[@johnwick6383]

why does mine shows sqLite......

[@narpwa]

helpful video but why are you talking so slowly

[@jameela.p6765]

Adb not discovered

[@AaryaMalik-fu2kv]

Tq❤

[@Coms_Productions]

pair command ain't available apparently

[@care-m7k]

𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

[@narasinghrao3535]

Proto fault error

[@Lazchh]

malaka ti einai afto to video xriste kai panagia o bro mou o ppaparathalis de katalabe xristo!

[@Qura_Interpretation]

Says no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. Any help???

[@xcloudx01alt]

Remove the "-d" in your command.

[@ExplainingAndroid]

did removing the -d from the command help?

[@xerathnormand2842]

@@xcloudx01alt I have the same problem but there is no -d in the command