Android - Enable ADB from recovery

Android - Enable ADB from recovery.md

Android - Enable ADB from recovery

Credits to @TheOnlyAnil-@Firelord¹

• Requirements: a) stock recovery + rooted phone b) custom recovery

• Files changed:

  • /system/build.prop
  • /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config
  • /data/misc/adb/adb_keys

Enable ADB (1/2): enable USB debugging

same as "Settings >> Developer Opcions >> USB debugging" ON

• Connect the device to Mac or PC in recovery mode.
• Now open terminal/CMD in computer and go to platform-tools/. type and enter adb devices to check if the device is connected in recovery mode.
• Now type adb shell mount data and adb shell mount system to mount the respective directories.
• Get the persist.sys.usb.config file in your system using adb pull /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config /Your directory
• Now open that file in a texteditor and edit it to mtp,adb and save.
• Now push the file back in the device; adb push /your-directory/persist.sys.usb.config /data/property
• Get the build.prop file; adb pull /system/build.prop /your-directory
• Add these lines:

persist.service.adb.enable=1                                                    
persist.service.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb

• Push build.prop back into the device; adb push /your-dir/build.prop /system/

Fast way

adb shell
mount data
echo -n 'mtp,adb' > /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config

Verify options are not present before do it: adb shell "grep 'persist.service.adb.enable' /system/build.prop"

adb shell
mount system
echo '' >> /system/build.prop
echo '# Enable ADB' >> /system/build.prop
echo 'persist.service.adb.enable=1' >> /system/build.prop 
echo 'persist.service.debuggable=1' >> /system/build.prop
echo 'persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb' >> /system/build.prop 

Enable ADB (2/2): RSA verification

For the RSA verification that you asked to bypass, I don't know whether it would work in your device, but it worked in my little experiment. In Lollipop, the ADB keys (after authorization) are saved in /data/misc/adb/adb_keys. Your private key is saved in computer. In Linux the directory location is $HOME/.android/. On Windows that usually translates to %USERPROFILE%.android, but keys might end up in C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile.android in some cases.

adb push ~/.android/adbkey.pub /data/misc/adb/adb_keys

Bibliography

Footnotes

1. http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/120394/can-i-enable-usb-debugging-using-adb ↩