Changing default port (i.e. 5037) on which adb server runs - android

I am a budding android developer and if there is no easy way of configuring the adb server to run on another port then the inflexibility of the tools will force me to quit android app development.
A web search did not return any solutions.
I also searched for '5037' in all files in android sdk directory but did not find a setting there.

Use the environment variable ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT to select the port.
The following works under bash:
$ export ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT=12345
$ adb start-server
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 12345 *
* daemon started successfully *
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
TA2070M5O6 device
$ ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT=6789 adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 6789 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
In another terminal I ran:
$ ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT=6789 emulator ...
Back to original terminal:
$ ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT=6789 adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 device
$ adb devices # ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT was exported as 12345
List of devices attached
TA2070M5O6 device
I found this via the Jenkins Android Emulator Plugin as I noticed it was running adb on a different port.

With the latest adb version,
Use option -P (Note: Caps P)to start adb server in a specific port.
For Example, Try
$adb -P 5038 start-server
It will list the devices attached to this specific adb server. If the adb server is not running then it will start a new adb server with the given port number.
Hope it helps someone reading this post.
Thanks.

In Windows, go to Environment Variables – Add a new one called ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT
and set it to whatever you want, I've set to 5038.
Should look like this:
Solved it for me.

There is another variable that supports this for connecting to a different machine's adb:
ADB_SERVER_SOCKET=tcp:some.other.host:1234 adb devices
To use it, you need to start adb on the other host with -a and probably background it too:
( adb -a -P 1234 nodaemon server & ) &

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android - adb more than one device/emulator

I genymotion emulator and my phone connected , I want to run and debug my application over wifi , I found the instruction to do so but I get this error when I enter this code :
adb tcpip 5555
I get this error :
error: more than one device/emulator
How can I make my device as default or something like that to solve this problem ?
You can send commands to a specific device, according to docs:
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 device
emulator-5555 device
$ adb -s emulator-5555 do_your_command
Also, if only one is emulator or a real device you can just attach -e or -d and send the command to it:
If you have multiple devices available, but only one is an emulator, use the -e option to send commands to the emulator. Likewise, if there are multiple devices but only one hardware device attached, use the -d option to send commands to the hardware device.
Do following thing which will help you,
You getting the message just because you are connected more than one device.
Run commands
adb devices
after the fire above command, you get the list of the device, From the list select your device id which not emulator
and fire following command
adb -s f725aa8b7ce4(deviceId) tcpip 5555
and after this fire
adb connect yourIp 5555
I was struggling with same issue since months, later while testing in postman I got know that "Appium inspector" is the main reason for this issue. As it creates new session Id and interrupt the running framework server.
Hence, adb kill-server adb start-server resolves the issue as it actually kill the session ID created by Appium inspector and starts new server.

Eclipse - How to add a specific driver (.ko file) as a module in Android

I'm runnig Eclipse Android v3.8 with Ubuntu, and I need to add a specific driver in the emulated system.
The driver is cp210x.ko, to connect an Arduino.
I have seen this post (for USB device), but the device is not reconize yet.
I have already builded this module with this source of Android (it works in a real system), but I don't know how to add it in Eclipse.
How can I do this?
Edit:
I don't know if it's possible. I have try the command lsmod to see what driver was already runnig:
~$ adb start-server
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 device
~$ adb shell
root#generic:/ # lsmod
/proc/modules: No such file or directory
So it's not the good method...

Adb install apk failure

my problem is about android and the adb commands. I'm working on a Nexus 5 and i want to install and apk with adb commands. So i start with adb devices, my mobile is detected by the computer so i go to the repertory where the apk is located and i launch adb install name.apk
It returns :
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5038 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
- waiting for device -
The Nexus 5 is rooted, and usb debug is activated
adb devices give me some sort of serial number of the mobile
If adb devices gives you a list of devices, then you could try to take serial number of your device and call adb -s <serialNumber> install name.apk. Here is more options you could try.
If you are using Ubuntu try restarting the adb server by giving sudo permission.cd > adb location and do sudo ./adb kill-server and sudo ./adb start-server.

How do you connect your terminal with the Android emulator

I have tried the navigate to the android tool folder and entering the "adb shell" command but it doesn't seem to work. My terminal seems only to recognize the adb part of the command and gives me an error message. What am I doing wrong???
List all connected devices by typing adb devices
Check, if there are any devices listed. If not you may want to check that your device is connected and/or your emulator is running.
If it works and you have for example your emulator running and your usb-device connected use:
adb shell if you only have device connected.
adb -d shell to connect to an USB-Device.
adb -e shell to connect to an emulated device.
If you have more than one emulator or usb devices you might want to use:
adb -s <DEVICE> shell
Note:
Make sure that the path to the android-sdk is properly set-up in your environment. To quickcheck, fire up a shell and type adb version. If that command succeeds, you're set up. If not, add /path/to/android-sdk/tools and /path/to/android/platform-tools to your $PATH env variable. On windows the android sdk is typically located in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk.

Adb won't start

Running Vista, tried starting adb from shell as admin get daemon not running starting it now
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
Any help for this?
This problem has annoyed me for a long time. In addition to the above answer, use these tips:
Create a bat file with the following and run it. This bat file will solve most of your adb problems.
tskill adb
cd \tools\
adb kill-server
adb start-server
ddms
Use the command netstat to monitor the state of connections (adb uses 5037)
If the bat file doesn't work try: disconnect-reboot phone-connect. (hint: use `adb reboot' if adb is responding at all, if not do it the old fashioned way)
Sometimes Windows can be funny. Reboot the machine.
Turn on USB Debugging Mode
Download the Android SDK and unzip
Uninstall all "Android *" from Device Manager
Do an "Add Hardware" from Control Panel, choosing "Install the hardware...
(Advanced)"
Select "Android USB Devices" and click "Next"
Click "Have Disk" and enter the path where the SDK was unzipped
Still not working ? Factory reset the phone.
MTP detection delays ADB. Sometimes you if need boot time logs you may have to disable the MTP driver in Device Manager (Windows)
This is a brilliant patch for adb when you get the error :
Adb connection Error:An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote "
I was unable to use adb. I got the following error, both on the command line and in eclipse.
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
ADB server didn't ACK<br>
* failed to start daemon *
That is, adb start-server failed even after rebooting. To diagnose the problem, I found that you can run adb with the following arguments:
adb nodaemon server
And it will print out the reason that it cannot run. In my case, it was a blank line in the adb_usb.ini file.
You may have a stuck copy of the adb daemon in memory. Try removing it with Task Manager, or reboot, and see if that helps.
For whoever is using Android Studio and MAC. This is what worked for me:
In Android Studio: Tools -> Android -> Uncheck "Enable ADB Integration"
In terminal: "adb kill-server"
In Android Studio: Tools -> Android -> Check "Enable ADB Integration"
In terminal: "adb start-server"
The top answer is Windows-specific but this has a decent amount of Google visibility, so if you're running a *nix-like machine (I'm on a Mac), the steps are similar:
$ killall adb
$ cd <PATH_TO_SDK>/platform-tools/
$ adb kill-server
$ adb start-server
Or, if you're like me and just want to access adb no matter your current directory, add
export PATH=${PATH}:<PATH_TO_SDK>/platform-tools/
to your ~/.bash_profile.
> killall adb
> adb start-server
Restart Eclipse.
Basically adb is running on another process on your box, and you need to kill it, and start up the daemon again, since they're both trying to bind to the same port (:5037). In my case, I had another window open to :5037, and forgot about it. Wondered why I couldn't stop and start as usual. By going "killall" you make sure you're terminating all processes. You can also go into the CPU's processes and force quit.
adb nodaemon server
helps. In my case, I had edited ~/.android/adb_usb.ini, and added 0x1949 at the end to enable debugging on the Kindle Fire. Sadly, it could not handle the newline(s) I put in after the 0x1949
1.$ apt-get remove android-tools-adb
2.$ cd $PATH_TO_SDK/platform-tools/
3.$ ./adb devices
You will see like this:
daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * cannot bind 'tcp:5037' ADB server didn't ACK * failed to start daemon *
That show what errors.
Now you reset you PC, it will well.
Or
# lsof -i:5037
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
wineserve 3609 root 268u IPv4 20118 0t0 TCP localhost:5037 (LISTEN)
#
You will know which software use the port.
To avoid this simply change the following values in your host_config.xml:
<!-- Number of tests executed between reboots. A value <= 0 disables reboots. -->
<IntValue name="maxTestCount" value="10000" />
<!-- Max size [tests] for a package to be run in batch mode. -->
<IntValue name="maxTestsInBatchMode" value="100000" />
<!-- Max time [ms] between test status updates. -->
<IntValue name="testStatusTimeoutMs" value="600000" />
I had the same problem. I had improperly edited my adb_usb.ini file (I had two carriage returns at the end of the file...yes this was hard to find.)
This file is located somewhere similar to /Users/{user-name}/.android/adb_usb.ini
(replace {user-name} with your own user name)
Make sure the file reads EXTACTLY (No spaces/carriage returns/line breaks before or after):
'# ANDROID 3RD PARTY USB VENDOR ID LIST -- DO NOT EDIT."
'# USE 'android update adb' TO GENERATE."
'# 1 USB VENDOR ID PER LINE."
(IMPORTANT!!! There are no ' (apostrophes) in the actual file, this was the only way for me to post this without it interpreting the # for BOLD).
Hope that helps someone
If you're using Android Studio, if
you have the "Device chooser" dialog open
you try to run "adb devices" from your command line
it leads every single time to the following error
adb server is out of date. killing...
cannot bind 'tcp:5037'
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:
SOLUTION (easy and quick)
Close the "Device chooser" dialog. My guess is that it tries to take over the adb connection in a.. very intensive way.
I'm facing this issue with Genymotion, so I've replaced it's adb with my current adb. For reference:
cd $GENYMOTION_HOME\tools
mv adb adb-old
ln -s $ANDROID_SDK\platform-tools\adb adb
There is yet another possibility. If you have installed any permission managers, like Advanced android permission manager , the adb may fail.It was my case. Uninstalled the app and then no issues.
It seem are the same,
but sometime, the command adb kill-server have no effect (at least is in my case).
So, i have tried other way.
You can check this way: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34627522/5597864
In a console, try:
taskkill /F /T /IM adb.exe
Do this many times, until it says ERROR: The process "adb.exe" not found.
Then
adb devices
The adb server is not running. you can open the command line window in Windows to check which process is using the 5037 port, remember the process number.
netstat -ano |findstr "5037"
Then use the Ctrl+alt+delete to open the process manager to kill the process which is possessing the 5037 port. You maybe need to try this several times until the 5037 port is free to use.
Open Command
Navigate your adb.exe file where is located
Reach into the file on command
adb kill-server
adb start-server
When it additionally says that adb server is out of date. killing... it kills it for you.
The problem is it restarts as soon as was killed.
So you should consider finding the adb.exe wherever it could be.
The simplest way to do that is opening a Task Manager, finding an adb.exe process -> RMB -> Open file location -> delete it from there. Unless it's not needed, in this case you should update it.
In my case it was in C:\Windows\ and came with their Visual Studio.
If you are getting the error cannot bind 'tcp:5037' and you are using any Linux distribution such as Ubuntu,
Kill old ADB process:
fuser -n tcp -k 5037
This will kill the adb process at port 5037 and then,
Start ADB:
adb start-server
Usually the answers given here worked for me, but today they didn't. My problem was fixed by updating the emulator and SDK to the latest versions from the SDK manager.
On A Mac or Unix
For those of you coming here with on Mac or Unix, the following worked for me:
adb kill-server
adb server

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