William J. Francis recently learned you can run the Android Debug Bridge over TCP. Learn how easy it is to do. As an Android developer, I’m spoiled. I depend on my IDE, logcat, and most of all, the ...

If you’re an Evil Customs Agent or other nefarious Three Letter Agency Person, you’re probably very interesting in getting data off people’s phones. Even if the screen is locked, there’s a way around ...

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Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

Google is overhaulng wireless debugging in Android 17 with ADB Wi-Fi 2.0, fixing broken connections and pairing loops.

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UndoDB, a C/C++ Linux reversible debugger tool suite, will be integrated into ARM’s DS-5 Development Studio (version 5.16). Undo Software’s UndoDB can record everything performed by any Linux program, ...

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