How to turn off Wifi via ADB?

Question

Im automating a testing procedure for wifi calling and I was wondering is there a way to turn off/on wifi via adb?

I would either like to disable/enable wifi or kill wifi calling (com.movial.wificall) and restart it.

Is it possible to do this all via adb and shell commands?

so far I have found:

android.net.wifi.WifiManager
setWifiEnabled(true/false)

Im just not sure how to put it together

https://gist.github.com/kamleshkarwande/92a2421ee3f1881ed10d59949b6a4e4d — Kamlesh, May 29 '18 at 14:49

score 108 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Using "svc" through ADB (rooted required):

Enable:

adb shell su -c 'svc wifi enable'

Disable:

adb shell su -c 'svc wifi disable'

Using Key Events through ADB:

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.wifi.WifiSettings
adb shell input keyevent 20 & adb shell input keyevent 23

The first line launch "wifi.WifiSettings" activity which open the WiFi Settings page. The second line simulate key presses.

I tested those two lines on a Droid X. But Key Events above probably need to edit in other devices because of different Settings layout.

More info about "keyevents" here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Apr 06 '12 at 02:48

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Thank you very much for the post. Its not quite the same on my phone, but since you posted the input events I figured out it is key events 19 and 23. Thanks Again. : ) – Nefariis Apr 10 '12 at 15:56
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Ok you got it? Yeah I tested that on a Droid X, I wasn't sure what phone you had :) – Jared Burrows Apr 10 '12 at 16:21
In my opinion answer by Berkk is much better (notably less hacky). – karni Apr 11 '13 at 19:44
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to use those keyevents to toggle wifi in Android 5.0 you would probably have to hit different events then in answer. I would say `adb shell input keyevent 19 & adb shell input keyevent 19 & adb shell input keyevent 23` (the first one can be 20 as well) - this is working if there is no option selected when you enter the wifi settings screen (if there is, you should skip the first event) – Bartek Lipinski Jan 22 '15 at 23:55
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I answered this over 2 years ago. It was just an example to help someone automate a task. – Jared Burrows Jan 23 '15 at 00:36
adb shell svc wifi enable/disable. Also just realised there where several comments about this in Berkk's answer, my bad. – McP Apr 13 '15 at 23:14
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svc wifi enable/disable works only for rooted devices. The other way of automating by using keyevent won't work across all androids. – Thejus Krishna Sep 04 '15 at 10:46
@ThejusKrishna See the date above. I posted this answer over 3 years ago with minor edits. If you want to make an edit you can. Please learn how to use Stack Overflow. – Jared Burrows Sep 06 '15 at 15:34
Please don't feel offended. This answer makes no sense across all the android phones. Better answer was found below and definitely feel this is outdated. – Thejus Krishna Sep 07 '15 at 05:48
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it required `su` here like @IvanMorgillo said `adb shell su -c 'svc wifi disable'` – Aquarius Power Feb 18 '16 at 02:24
i tried to disable the wifi and got: `sh: resetreason: can't execute: Permission denied` how should i get permissions? the phone wasn't locked either – ThunderWiring Apr 19 '17 at 20:45
Doesn't work on my device. I have full root. No errors, no output. Network stays connected, no change in the device settings still shows wifi on and connected. – Jeffrey Blattman Mar 04 '22 at 01:52
These commands: adb shell "su 0 svc wifi enable" / adb shell "su 0 svc wifi disable to enable/disable wifi respectively worked for me – Red M Oct 25 '22 at 15:48

score 76 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 22 '12 at 14:41

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I was searching for the same to turn bluetooth on/off, and I found this:

adb shell svc wifi enable|disable

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I've tried using this code on 6 different devices ranging from Gingerbread to JellyBean, rooted to non-rooted and I couldn't get it to work on any of them. What devices are you able to get this to work on? – Nefariis Sep 11 '12 at 21:44
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@Nefarii - for this I needed to request adb shell into the device.....then request su permission....then I was able to run these commands properly. – dell116 Oct 18 '12 at 20:47
Works on rooted Sony Ericsson Xperia and Motorola Razr – Ari Sep 20 '13 at 13:18
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Working on rooted Nexus 5, 4.4.2: adb shell su -c "svc wifi disable" – Ivan Morgillo May 20 '14 at 09:22
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this works on my Samsung S8 non-rooted, the `adb shell su -c 'svc wifi enable'` didn't (since it wasn't rooted) – trevren11 Jun 15 '18 at 16:49
Works on a non-rooted Pixel 4a with Android 11. ( Attached via USB, Developer mode on). – treesAreEverywhere Dec 16 '20 at 01:32
Works on Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra running non-rooted stock Android 11 image – CCJ May 05 '21 at 19:05
Works on a Zebra TC26 device - Android 10 (non rooted) – NourB Jan 03 '23 at 09:27

score 26 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 15 '13 at 05:26

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Simple way to switch wifi on non-rooted devices is to use simple app:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        WifiManager wfm = (WifiManager) getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
        try {
            wfm.setWifiEnabled(Boolean.parseBoolean(getIntent().getStringExtra("wifi")));
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
        System.exit(0);
    }
}

AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />

ADB commands:

$ adb shell am start -n org.mytools.config/.MainActivity -e wifi true
$ adb shell am start -n org.mytools.config/.MainActivity -e wifi false

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I tweaked this a little bit and changed the activity for a BroadcastReceiver so it can be added to any app and It won't show any GUI. – Fernando Gallego Nov 05 '12 at 15:40
@ferdy182: Can you please post the code so that others may use and evaluate it? – GodMan Nov 07 '12 at 09:46
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@GodMan find it here https://plus.google.com/110502863648146989289/posts/Ri1Dcm6cn48 – Fernando Gallego Dec 20 '12 at 09:45
This helped me very much. Thanks a lot! – Esenbek Kydyr uulu May 28 '15 at 11:56
Do we need to make any change for android N? – Thejus Krishna Jul 21 '17 at 04:45
i used below command on samsung s5 , but it has not enabled any wifi adb -s 4d0075754fdb41cd shell am start -n com.android.settings/.wifi.WifiSettings wifi True – pankaj mishra Feb 23 '18 at 11:26
You have create an apk with the above code for this. @pankajmishra – Thejus Krishna Jul 29 '19 at 06:59
@GodMan can you please post that apk again? – RDR Apr 20 '21 at 17:46

wuseman · Answer 4 · 2022-05-15T05:27:03.037

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Via cmd command on Android 11 & 12 (no-root-required)

enable Wi-Fi (turn on):

adb shell cmd -w wifi set-wifi-enabled enabled

disable Wi-Fi (turn off):

adb shell cmd -w wifi set-wifi-enabled disabled

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answered Aug 15 '21 at 19:31

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the command returns the `Invalid args for set-wifi-enabled: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Expected 'enabled' or 'disabled' as next arg but got 'disable'`/ [...] `but got 'enable'` error if running `enable` / `disable` instead of `enabled` / `disabled`. – user598527 May 14 '22 at 08:09
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Thank you for correcting this. Will fix it on my wiki immediately as well. – wuseman May 15 '22 at 05:25
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cool, works perfectly for me! (Galaxy Tab A7, Android 11) – miva2 Feb 15 '23 at 10:00

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 29 '15 at 09:06

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go to location android/android-sdk/platform-tools
shift+right click
open cmd here and type the following commands
1. adb shell
2. su
3. svc wifi enable/disable
done!!!!!

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score 5 · Answer 6 · edited Dec 10 '19 at 22:28

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I tested this command:

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.wifi.WifiSettings
adb shell input keyevent 19 && adb shell input keyevent 19 && adb shell input keyevent 23

and only works on window's prompt, maybe because of some driver

The adb shell svc wifi enable|disable solution only works with root permissions.

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This was particularly useful: my Genymotion emulators randomly start up with the wifi available but sometimes not selected. I used this: shell 'am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.wifi.WifiSettings; input keyevent 20; input keyevent 23' – android.weasel Dec 08 '16 at 15:16

score 3 · Answer 7 · edited May 14 '22 at 10:21

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It will work if you use with quotes:

adb shell "svc wifi enable"

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I still cant get this too work, Ive tried it on the Note, Note2, a rooted GS3, and an Amaze. – Nefariis Jan 28 '13 at 23:04
if you try this in a command prompt it will work.. It will not open anything.. the action will be performed in background – SanalBathery Mar 21 '14 at 11:49
im able to run this without quotes too – reidisaki Oct 19 '22 at 17:20

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 21 '17 at 18:49

I can just do:

settings put global wifi_on 0
settings put global wifi_scan_always_enabled 0

Sometimes, if done during boot (i.e. to fix bootloop such as this), it doesn't apply well and you can proceed also enabling airplane mode first:

settings put global airplane_mode_on 1
settings put global wifi_on 0
settings put global wifi_scan_always_enabled 0

Other option is to force this with:

while true; do settings put global wifi_on 0; done

Tested in Android 7 on LG G5 (SE) with (unrooted) stock mod.

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 10 '19 at 19:15

All these input keyevent combinations are SO android/hardware dependent, it's a pain.

However, I finally found the combination for my old android 4.1 device :

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.wifi.WifiSettings
adb shell "input keyevent KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT;input keyevent KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT;input keyevent KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER"

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 05 '20 at 19:33

The following method doesn't require root and should work anywhere (according to docs, even on Android Q+, if you keep targetSdkVersion = 28).

Make a blank app.

Create a ContentProvider:

class ApiProvider : ContentProvider() {

    private val wifiManager: WifiManager? by lazy(LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE) {
        requireContext().getSystemService(WIFI_SERVICE) as WifiManager?
    }

    private fun requireContext() = checkNotNull(context)

    private val matcher = UriMatcher(UriMatcher.NO_MATCH).apply {
        addURI("wifi", "enable", 0)
        addURI("wifi", "disable", 1)
    }

    override fun query(uri: Uri, projection: Array<out String>?, selection: String?, selectionArgs: Array<out String>?, sortOrder: String?): Cursor? {
        when (matcher.match(uri)) {
            0 -> {
                enforceAdb()
                withClearCallingIdentity {
                    wifiManager?.isWifiEnabled = true
                }
            }
            1 -> {
                enforceAdb()
                withClearCallingIdentity {
                    wifiManager?.isWifiEnabled = false
                }
            }
        }
        return null
    }

    private fun enforceAdb() {
        val callingUid = Binder.getCallingUid()
        if (callingUid != 2000 && callingUid != 0) {
            throw SecurityException("Only shell or root allowed.")
        }
    }

    private inline fun <T> withClearCallingIdentity(block: () -> T): T {
        val token = Binder.clearCallingIdentity()
        try {
            return block()
        } finally {
            Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(token)
        }
    }

    override fun onCreate(): Boolean = true

    override fun insert(uri: Uri, values: ContentValues?): Uri? = null

    override fun update(uri: Uri, values: ContentValues?, selection: String?, selectionArgs: Array<out String>?): Int = 0

    override fun delete(uri: Uri, selection: String?, selectionArgs: Array<out String>?): Int = 0

    override fun getType(uri: Uri): String? = null
}

Declare it in AndroidManifest.xml along with necessary permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />

<application>

    <provider
        android:name=".ApiProvider"
        android:authorities="wifi"
        android:exported="true" />
</application>

Build the app and install it.

Call from ADB:

adb shell content query --uri content://wifi/enable
adb shell content query --uri content://wifi/disable

Make a batch script/shell function/shell alias with a short name that calls these commands.

Depending on your device you may need additional permissions.

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 10 '20 at 17:06

This works as of android 7.1.1, non-rooted

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.wifi.WifiSettings && adb shell input keyevent 23 && adb shell input keyevent 23

This will launch the activity and then send the DPAD center keyevent. I added another DPAD center as an experiment to see if you can enable it in the same way.

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Sep 25 '20 at 06:11

ADB Connect to wifi with credentials :

You can use the following ADB command to connect to wifi and enter password as well :

adb wait-for-device shell am start -n com.android.settingstest/.wifi.WifiSettings -e WIFI 1 -e AccessPointName "enter_user_name" -e Password "enter_password"

score 0 · Answer 13 · edited May 14 '22 at 10:22

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In Android tests I'm doing as follows:

InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getUiAutomation().executeShellCommand("svc wifi **enable**")

InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getUiAutomation().executeShellCommand("svc wifi **disable**")

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answered Oct 22 '20 at 07:27

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How to turn off Wifi via ADB?

13 Answers13

Using "svc" through ADB (rooted required):

Using Key Events through ADB:

Via cmd command on Android 11 & 12 (no-root-required)

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