adb over WIFI

Connecting to device over WIFI is very convenient, here are the steps to achieve the same –

• Plug in your device to the PC and ensure that adb is able to detect the device –

$adb devices
List of devices attached
<device-id> device

• Ensure that the device and the PC are connected to the same network domain.
• Find out the IP address of the device. Go to Settings > Status > IP Address
• Start the adb in TCP mode.

$ adb tcip <port-number>
restarting in TCP mode port: <port-number>

• Connect to the device on its IP address via the adb command

$ adb connect <ip-address>
connected to <ip-address>:<port-number>

• Running adb devices should show that it is connected to the device over USB and IP address

$ adb devices
<device-id> device
<ip-address>:<port-number> device

• Now remove the USB cable and you should still be connected to the device

$ adb shell
device:/ $