Android ADB commands to get the device properties

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Android Problem Overview


I am trying to get the device properties from ADB commands. I can how ever get those values by running sample android application. How ever I wish to get using adb shell command itself to make my life easier. Here is the way I will get through sample application but I want corresponding adb commands for

  1. device manufacturer
  2. device hardware
  3. device model
  4. Os version(integer value)
  5. Kernel version

*** Please note my device is not rooted and I have no idea of rooting the device to get these values :-) ***

## Code snippet
import android.os.Build;
manufacturer = Build.MANUFACTURER;
hardware = Build.HARDWARE;
model = Build.MODEL;
oSVersion = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
kernelVersion = System.getProperty("os.version");

However I can able to get the os version. But then I want SDK version in integer. I want 18 in place of 4.2.2

C:\>adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release
4.2.2

Android Solutions


Solution 1 - Android

adb shell getprop ro.build.version.sdk

If you want to see the whole list of parameters just type:

adb shell getprop

Solution 2 - Android

From Linux Terminal:

adb shell getprop | grep "model\|version.sdk\|manufacturer\|hardware\|platform\|revision\|serialno\|product.name\|brand"

From Windows PowerShell:

adb shell 
getprop | grep -e 'model' -e 'version.sdk' -e 'manufacturer' -e 'hardware' -e 'platform' -e 'revision' -e 'serialno' -e 'product.name' -e 'brand'

Sample output for Samsung:

[gsm.version.baseband]: [G900VVRU2BOE1]
[gsm.version.ril-impl]: [Samsung RIL v3.0]
[net.knoxscep.version]: [2.0.1]
[net.knoxsso.version]: [2.1.1]
[net.knoxvpn.version]: [2.2.0]
[persist.service.bdroid.version]: [4.1]
[ro.board.platform]: [msm8974]
[ro.boot.hardware]: [qcom]
[ro.boot.serialno]: [xxxxxx]
[ro.build.version.all_codenames]: [REL]
[ro.build.version.codename]: [REL]
[ro.build.version.incremental]: [G900VVRU2BOE1]
[ro.build.version.release]: [5.0]
[ro.build.version.sdk]: [21]
[ro.build.version.sdl]: [2101]
[ro.com.google.gmsversion]: [5.0_r2]
[ro.config.timaversion]: [3.0]
[ro.hardware]: [qcom]
[ro.opengles.version]: [196108]
[ro.product.brand]: [Verizon]
[ro.product.manufacturer]: [samsung]
[ro.product.model]: [SM-G900V]
[ro.product.name]: [kltevzw]
[ro.revision]: [14]
[ro.serialno]: [e5ce97c7]

Solution 3 - Android

You should use adb shell getprop command and grep specific info about your current device, For additional information you can read documentation: Android Debug Bridge documentation

I added some examples below:

  1. language - adb shell getprop | grep language

    > [persist.sys.language]: [en] > > [ro.product.locale.language]: [en]

  2. boot complete ( device ready after reset) - adb shell getprop | grep boot_completed

    > [sys.boot_completed]: [1]

  3. device model - adb shell getprop | grep model

    > [ro.product.model]: [Nexus 4]

  4. sdk version - adb shell getprop | grep sdk

    > [ro.build.version.sdk]: [22]

  5. time zone - adb shell getprop | grep timezone

    > [persist.sys.timezone]: [Asia/China]

  6. serial number - adb shell getprop | grep serialno

    > [ro.boot.serialno]: [1234567]

Solution 4 - Android

For Power-Shell

./adb shell getprop | Select-String -Pattern '(model)|(version.sdk)|(manufacturer)|(platform)|(serialno)|(product.name)|(brand)'

For Linux (burrowing answer from @0x8BADF00D)

adb shell getprop | grep "model\|version.sdk\|manufacturer\|hardware\|platform\|revision\|serialno\|product.name\|brand"

For single string find in power shell

./adb shell getprop | Select-String -Pattern 'model'

or

./adb shell getprop | Select-String -Pattern '(model)'

For multiple

./adb shell getprop | Select-String -Pattern '(a|b|c|d)'

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