Google Nexus 5 – configuring the physical device

Configuring the physical device is the same as emulators. However, the challenge is to have the device drivers for the physical device installed and make the workstation find your device. The following screenshot shows Google Nexus 5 running the latest Android version and being successfully detected by adb:

Google Nexus 5 – configuring the physical device

Running the adb command to list down the devices, all the preceding adb commands can be used in the real device once rooted.

Google Nexus 5 – configuring the physical device

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