How To Guide Watch4 ADB Commands - Disable/Enable/Uninstall/Restore system app, Install/pull Apps

[vrtsvas]

forget about it , i did something stupid i found my way ion how to unistall the packages , thank you

forget about it , i did something stupid i found my way ion how to unistall the packages , thank you

thank you man legend you are much appreciated

 

[Dante63]

Understood, is there any safe way to change the csc or region to unlock spay??? I know there.is a procedure for tizen based , but not sure of wear or watch 4

Currently it's testing phase and mistakes will break the watch software

 

[narendasari]

Currently it's testing phase and mistakes will break the watch software

Thanks @Dante63 , I will watch this space for further updates.

 

[stelios13ser]

Hello. Could someone export the gboard apk app for me? I have a Huawei phone and I install through ADB

 

[unique_no]

@Dante63, I have been following this topic for weeks, you are my only hope now. Any success on it? Thanks in advance

 

[oxfordmark]

Hello. Could someone export the gboard apk app for me? I have a Huawei phone and I install through ADB

It's available to install on the watch?

 

[stelios13ser]

It's available to install on the watch?

Those who have a mobile phone with Google services can download it from the play store. I have Huawei p40 pro and some applications I have installed via adb.

 

[weng_cas]

Those who have a mobile phone with Google services can download it from the play store. I have Huawei p40 pro and some applications I have installed via adb.

how do you download it from the playstore?

 

[alesscam]

I use AdbAppControll and all is very easy!

 

[Marcelocohenarg]

Hi, great guide!
Does someone know if this can be used to just push the google account information to the phone somehow (like overwrite a configuration file or something)?
Thanks!

 

[Dante63]

Hi, great guide!
Does someone know if this can be used to just push the google account information to the phone somehow (like overwrite a configuration file or something)?
Thanks!

Since the watch is android, then technically all adb commands should work unless the service/package is missing, then it will throw package not found error or something like it

 

[73sydney]

Hi, great guide!
Does someone know if this can be used to just push the google account information to the phone somehow (like overwrite a configuration file or something)?
Thanks!

Not sure why are you trying to do things backwards

Google account information is synced from the phone to the watch during watch setup, thats is the normal direction, and yes some people are having issues with this.

The watch operates as a satellite of the phone....trying to force it the other way is unlikely to work, and no known command exists

If you think about it for a second from a security standpoint you might understand why this would be a very bad idea

If youre having issues getting your accounts synced across the phone and watch, i would try the suggestions here on XDA and Samsung forums and if need be put in a ticket with Samsung...

I have had the sync error once personally, months ago, and it never occurred again...i reset the watch and it was resolved on the next setup. Trying to force things rarely ends well and will waste time. Try the simplest options first....

 

[Marcelocohenarg]

Thanks for your comments. I understand what you say. The problem is that I already tried every method suggested in the web to copy my google account to the watch, and every time it fails. So I'm looking for alternative ways to solve my problem....

 

[73sydney]

Thanks for your comments. I understand what you say. The problem is that I already tried every method suggested in the web to copy my google account to the watch, and every time it fails. So I'm looking for alternative ways to solve my problem....

The google account stuff involves databases and those entries are no doubt dependent on device id and other parameters for security, and thus not directly "copyable"

The only adb command ive ever seen about accounts was to fire the add account intent,

adb shell am start -a android.settings.ADD_ACCOUNT_SETTINGS -n com.android.settings/.accounts.AddAccountSettings

and ive already tested this on watch 4 just now and that intent is not available (and its a basic one), probably because, as already pointed out, the watch is a satellite to the phone and the account is copied from the phone, to the watch.

There is no way around this, i would put in a support request with Samsung

Not trying to be harsh, but trying to get you to the quickest resolution...if it were that simple to copy a google account to another device, then android wouldnt be very secure....

 

[Marcelocohenarg]

Many thanks for your comments. Yes I will try with a support request also.

 

[StarLordPK]

Hi @Dante63, I wanted to know if we can change csc in any way using these methods, I used *#272*imei# to change to MEA csc, Samsung Pay was enabled but OTA updates are not coming for watch, Need to get back to Original csc, any help is appreciated.

 

[Dante63]

Hi @Dante63, I wanted to know if we can change csc in any way using these methods, I used *#272*imei# to change to MEA csc, Samsung Pay was enabled but OTA updates are not coming for watch, Need to get back to Original csc, any help is appreciated.

Well, the IMEI method for watch4 was discussed in my telegram group and I have warned many that it's a one way and you lose OTAs, not even Samsung can restore your CSC because they don't have the tool and software to do so as far as I know...

So your options are:

• Take it to Samsung and act clueless, you got it like this, it's probably Samsung Fault...
• Wait god knows how many months till the OS is released to the public or someone figures out how to dump the os image...

Nothing else is there that can help (as far as I know)...

 

[StarLordPK]

Well, the IMEI method for watch4 was discussed in my telegram group and I have warned many that it's a one way and you lose OTAs, not even Samsung can restore your CSC because they don't have the tool and software to do so as far as I know...

So your options are:

• Take it to Samsung and act clueless, you got it like this, it's probably Samsung Fault...
• Wait god knows how many months till the OS is released to the public or someone figures out how to dump the os image...

Nothing else is there that can help (as far as I know)...

Did the first one, they updated the watch 2 times to latest one but csc isn't changing, I asked them what's the further course of action, service center people were clueless I asked for a replacement if nothing works. Let's see I'll update if any thing works on changing the csc or we need to change the whole watch for it to work.

 

[CKavanagh]

Hello Everyone,
I hope you all are good,
So I see some on you wondering about how to uninstall, reinstall, install, pull, enable and disable apps for the watch, so I decided to make this thread to address these different scenarios, this is based on test of users, if there is any incorrect command, let me know and I will update the thread...

Requirements: ADB (to execute adb commands)...

~~~ Enabling Watch4 ADB ~~~​

The first thing you need to do is enable the watch developer mode by going into watch settings then about and tap the version many times till it says switched on, inside developer mode enable ADB, it will enable ADB Wi-Fi, if it doesn't, enable then go to Wi-Fi and make sure that Wi-Fi is connected to the same network of the PC, head back to developer mode and you will see under ADB Wi-Fi IP address...

~~~ Running ADB & Connecting to the Watch4 ~~~​

Watch is ready for some ADB action and adventure lol, on pc start PowerShell or CMD inside ADB folder by holding down SHIFT and right clicking on empty area:
View attachment 5393231
or if you have cmd-here.exe, run it...

type the following:
adb connect <IP>
(if it's your first time, check your watch for RSA authentication and allow the PC to connect)
Now here is the list of scenarios...

~~~ Scenario 1: Installing Apps ~~~​

Place the apk in adb folder then type:
adb -s <IP> install <apk-name>.apk
once you are done disconnect:
adb disconnect

~~~ Scenario 2: Uninstalling System Apps ~~~​

Be very careful, don't uninstall vital system apps, uninstall apps that you see on the watch home screen drawer or watch widgets...
Enter Shell mode typing:
adb shell
then type:
pm list packages
Find the packages you want to remove then type for each package
pm uninstall -k --user 0 <package-name-to-uninstall>
once you are done exit and disconnect:
exit
adb disconnect

~~~ Scenario 3: Disabling/Enabling System Apps ~~~​

Enter Shell mode typing:
adb shell
then type:
pm list packages
Find the packages you want to:

• Disable then type for each package

pm disable-user --user 0 <package-name-to-disable>

• Enable then type for each package

pm enable --user 0 <package-name-to-enable>
once you are done exit and disconnect:
exit
adb disconnect

~~~ Scenario 4: Reinstalling/Restoring System Apps ~~~​

Enter Shell mode typing:
adb shell
Find the package you want to restore (thanks to @adfree)

type to restore
pm install-existing <package-name-to-reinstall>
once you are done exit and disconnect:
exit
adb disconnect

~~~ Scenario 5: Pulling Apps ~~~​

Enter Shell mode typing:
adb shell
then type
pm list packages
Find the package of interest then type
pm path <package-name>
this returns the path of the apk package location, exit shell
exit
now pull it typing:
adb pull <path-to-apk-package> <package-name>.apk
you have pulled the apk into the adb folder...

~~~ End of Scenarios ~~~​

I have one thing to say, sorry for the caps in advance, but I got to do it

TURN OFF ADB ON WATCH​

otherwise it will drain your watch battery...

~~~ Don't forget to ~~~
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Thanks Dante! I find APKs (APK Mirror, Uptodown) and save to a folder in OneDrive on my laptop. Then on the phone, I use Easy Fire Tools (downloaded from Google Play) and select a file to install to the watch.

 

[CKavanagh]

When I get my watch and see that I have it, I will pull and upload it for you...

No question is dumb and yes you can use the guide as a reference, just keep in mind that packages of phone are different than the watch, also, on the phone you can disable system apps but you can't uninstall them like the watch (as far as I know) and finally, no need to do adb install on the phone because it's a direct install...

Unless when you said use it on the phone as in execute adb commands on the phone for the watch, yes it will work too...

On your watch. When you enable adb over wifi, it'll show you your ip address. Something like 192.168.1.1:5555

IP may also start with 10. and not 192. as mentioned above. The IP address may slightly change every so often. At least mine has a couple of times. I enabled debug over Wi-Fi and last 3 numbers were different than previously. I've also had to toggle the Wi-Fi on the watch in order to get debug over Wi-Fi to change from unavailable to showing the IP address.