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Re:Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA by homebrewer on Saturday June 21, 2025 @08:02PM (#44341647)
Have you tried 'sudo adb start-server' before running any adb commands?
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Re:Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA by johnisgood on Saturday June 21, 2025 @08:40PM (#44341913)
No. Do I have to?
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Re:Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA by homebrewer on Saturday June 21, 2025 @10:00PM (#44342607)
Using adb directly runs it under your user, which will probably be unable to access the necessary USB device.

Starting the server manually under a privileged user is the easiest way to circumvent those restrictions if you don't want to fiddle with udev rules, which is the recommended solution, but is more work.

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Re:Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA by johnisgood on Sunday June 22, 2025 @08:13AM (#44346248)
Thank you! Will keep it in mind! I have higher hopes now.
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