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Fast android file transfer between devices/phones/tablets using adb
# Mini bash script to quickly copy files between android devices using adb
# dependencies : depends on adb, install first by sudo apt install adb
# $1 : serialno of source device
# $2 : serialno of destination device
# $3 : parent directory of file/dir to be copied
# $4 : name of file/dit to be copied
# example : bash android-file-transfer <device-sn-source> <device-sn-destination> /sdcard/ DCIM
# remarks : if it shows the devices is currently offline, set the device's USB mode to MTP
# remarks : to get serialno of connected devices, used adb devices -l
# remarks : uses USB 3.0 port if aviliable
adb -s $1 pull $3$4 ./android-file-trans-tmp && adb -s $2 push ./android-file-trans-tmp/$4 $3
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