Getting Android Device Identifier From ADB and Android SDK

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I am looking for the easiest way to get a unique android device identifier from both the Android adb and the Android ADK itself.

For example, when i use the adb 'devices' command, the serial number of my connected device is outputted to the screen. I have yet to identify a method in the Android sdk to get me the same serial number.

I don't care what unique identifier is used, just something that can be easily retrieved from both the adb and android sdk. Rooting a device will not be an option.

found look into following answer. http://stackoverflow.com/a/23564966/884052 — Ajeet47, May 09 '14 at 12:49

Alex P. · Answer 1 · 2015-04-21T20:58:54.640

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You would probably want to use ANDROID_ID.

This is how you can query its value via adb shell:

settings get secure android_id

Or by querying the settings content provider:

content query --uri content://settings/secure/android_id --projection value

edited Apr 21 '15 at 20:58

answered Nov 30 '12 at 14:58

Alex P.

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Content doesn't seem to be a found by the shell? – i_am_jorf Jan 15 '13 at 19:17
Just escape the ['] chars in the end of the query to run it smoothly. – Martynas Jurkus Aug 04 '13 at 11:51
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or as a single oneliner: `adb shell 'settings get secure android_id'` – ccpizza Jun 12 '16 at 01:47

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '19 at 10:07

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Simple as that with adb

adb devices -l

answered Apr 24 '19 at 10:07

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score 13 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 27 '14 at 07:41

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Android stores all the device related info in one or the other sqlite DB. These databases can be found in /data/data/ folder. To read these databases from adb you will need root permissions.

The android id is available in /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

So for adb use this command.

adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "select value from secure where name = 'android_id'"

**you must be running adb as root in adb

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answered Oct 17 '13 at 10:16

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Author has mentioned that rooting a device is not an option – Viktor Malyi Jul 24 '15 at 20:22

score 7 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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The Android serial number can be retreived within the device with getprop :

getprop ro.serialno

From Java, you may want to execute it with Runtime.exec()

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answered Mar 29 '16 at 14:28

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serial number is **not** the same as android id. – ccpizza Jun 12 '16 at 01:48
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@ccpizza exact, but OP wanted **any** device id – McX Jun 13 '16 at 13:53

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 19:23

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I use adb. First I list the attached device ID numbers with the following command:

adb devices

And the output will look something like this:

List of devices attached
YOGAA1BBB412    device

From the previous output, you will need the device ID number (eg: YOGAA1BBB412). To get the Device ID, I use the following adb command:

adb -s YOGAA1BBB412 shell getprop | grep product.model

And the output looks like this:

[ro.product.model]: [Lenovo YT3-X90F]

answered Jan 10 '18 at 19:23

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You'd think that `adb devices` would show that by default. Thanks for this. – Joshua Pinter Jan 12 '18 at 18:01
Ah, it does. You just need to use the `-l` flag for long output. – Joshua Pinter Jan 12 '18 at 18:03

score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 30 '11 at 14:05

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Try ANDROID_ID. As documentation says "[it] is randomly generated on first boot and should remain constant for the lifetime of the device".

answered Mar 30 '11 at 14:05

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Do have any idea of how this can be accessed from adb? – user163757 Mar 30 '11 at 14:19
As far as I know most reliable way will be to create an application that copies it (ANDORID_ID) to database. Than you can access this database trough adb (use [sqlite3](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html#sqlite) command from shell). – Andrzej Duś Mar 30 '11 at 14:57
I haven't tested it myself but you may also find ANDORID_ID already stored in this places: - /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db - table secure - /data/data/com.google.android.googleapps/databases/gls.db - table meta – Andrzej Duś Mar 30 '11 at 15:05

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 06 '20 at 07:55

Please make sure your device is connected by running the below command.

adb devices -l

after that to get the android id of that device you can run the below command.

adb shell content query --uri content://settings/secure --where "name=\'android_id\'"

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 28 '20 at 12:03

adb shell settings get secure android_id

This command returns ANDROID_ID but it may not be the same as ANDROID_ID received at code level. The application can use different min API level and the value obtained from adb shell may not match

It was possible to get the ANDROID_ID from [net.hostname] prop. It worked in API level 23.

Command to get the android_id for API level 23

adb shell getprop net.hostname

In android 8.0 and above this prop returns null due to android privacy policy changes. Hence, ANDROID_ID doesn't remain to be a reliable method of unique device id comparison.

score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Nov 07 '17 at 09:17

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Try this and find the id besides Android. The command gives basically all info about the phone.

adb -s <YOUR-DEVICE-ID> shell getprop

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answered Nov 07 '17 at 08:21

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Sep 20 '18 at 03:16

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Use getprop net.hostname which has an Android unique Id followed by keyword android-<64 bit Hexadecimal String>

example:

[net.hostname]: [android-a487e0560d669e4a]

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answered Sep 20 '18 at 02:49

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score -1 · Answer 11 · edited Dec 15 '20 at 07:09

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To find everything about connected usb device on ubuntu use below command lsusb -v
See the link it will give u device id like Bus 001 Device 005: ID 18d1:4ee7 Google Inc. So use first four "18d1" to add android usb rules

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answered Dec 13 '20 at 03:24

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score -3 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 30 '11 at 13:08

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you should probably use IMEI:

    TelephonyManager m = (TelephonyManager) context
            .getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    String imei = m != null ? m.getDeviceId() : null;

answered Mar 30 '11 at 13:08

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IMEI may not be a good proxy for a unique identifier since you can't guarantee that every device your app runs on will have a cell radio. Given that you can specify a for android.hardware.telephony, I wouldn't recommend assuming the presence of telephony hardware. On the other hand, if you're happy restricting your app to only those devices with telephony hardware, then this should be useable. – RivieraKid Mar 30 '11 at 13:29

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