Android via Commandline

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    Settings

    list all system settings:

    settings list system

    list all secure settings:

    settings list secure

    list global (all) settings:

    settings list global

    Get system param setting (e.g. screen_brightness):

    settings get system screen_brightness

    Set System Param Setting:

    settings put system Param Value

    Set Display Timeout (60sec)

    settings put system screen_off_timeout 60000

    Set Display Brightness 0-255

    settings put system screen_brightness 100 /* Non-Linear !!!! */

    Navbar

    If Navar should not be shown, please set property in /oem/init.oem.rc:

    setprop qemu.hw.mainkeys 1

    or configure Navbar keys during runtime:

    e.g. keys recent home back

    settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "recent;home;back,space,space"

    keys only back

    settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "space;back;space"

    or No keys active:

    settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "space;space;space;space;space"

    Set custom Navbar with own Icons

    settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "space,key(4:file:///storage/emulated/0/NavIcons/back.png);key(3:file:///storage/emulated/0/NavIcons/home.png);key(187:file:///storage/emulated/0/NavIcons/recents.png),space"

    Enable/Disable ADB Debug connection

    settings put global adb_enabled 1 /* (1=on) (0=off) */

    Set Language/Region (FR)

    https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/multilingual-support

    Call Settings Applet:

    am start -a android.settings.LOCALE_SETTINGS

    These following calls are recommended only, if only one Language ist selected in the settings Menu

    Deutsch/DE

    setprop persist.sys.locale de-DE settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME setprop ctl.restart zygote

    Englisch/US

    setprop persist.sys.locale en-US settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME setprop ctl.restart zygote

    Englisch/Great Britain

    setprop persist.sys.locale en-GB settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME setprop ctl.restart zygote

    Französisch

    setprop persist.sys.locale fr-CA settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME setprop ctl.restart zygote

    Spanisch

    setprop persist.sys.locale es-ES settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME setprop ctl.restart zygote

    Italienisch/Italien

    setprop persist.sys.locale it-IT settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME setprop ctl.restart zygote

    Nederlands/Holland

    setprop persist.sys.locale nl-NL settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME setprop ctl.restart zygote

    Tschechisch

    setprop persist.sys.locale cs-CZ settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME setprop ctl.restart zygote

    Clear actual input method

    settings put secure enabled_input_methods com.google.android.inputmethod.latin/com.android.inputmethod.latin.LatinIME

    Set Pincode

    locksettings set-pattern --old 0815 1234 Pattern set to '1234'

    Get/Set Timezone

    Automatic Setting:

    settings put global auto_time 1 am broadcast -a android.intent.action.TIMEZONE_CHANGED

    Get Timezone:

    settings get global time_zone

    Set Timezone (Berlin):

    settings put global time_zone Europe/Berlin am broadcast -a android.intent.action.TIMEZONE_CHANGED

    Set Timezone with Property instead settings

    setprop persist.sys.timezone "America/Chicago" am broadcast -a android.intent.action.TIMEZONE_CHANGED

    Set Date Time

    With busybox:

    date -s [YYYY.]MM.DD-hh:mm[:ss]

    For: Thu Nov 12 19:44:00 GMT 2020

    busybox date -s 2020.11.12-19:44 am broadcast -a android.intent.action.TIME_SET

    Note:for telnet connection, busybox is used and busybox call can be removed

    Or with /system/bin/sh:

    date "MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]" SET

    For: Nov 12 2020 18:49 <

    /system/bin/sh date 1112184920 SET am broadcast -a android.intent.action.TIME_SET

    Note:for adb or console /system/bin/sh is used and /system/bin/sh call can be removed

    Read Build Date

    grep "ro.build.date" /system/build.prop

    or

    getprop ro.build.date

    Grant Permissions

    Example for Package com.user.package:

    grant WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
    grant CHANGE_CONFIGURATION

    pm grant com.user.package android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS pm grant com.user.package android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION