Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]

Re:Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video] by HDBaseT on Thursday June 04, 2026 @09:05PM (#48406772)

Apparently a message prompting users that they can enable 'adb' on their devices by navigating to "Settings > Debug > ADB Enabled" has existed for over a month although majority have been unsuccessful due to the Setting not existing! [0] [1]

[0] - https://x.com/PiunikaWeb/status/2053803917910376584 [1] - https://www.reddit.com/r/FacebookPortal/comments/1t55mee/unl...

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Re:Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video] by jenders on Thursday June 04, 2026 @09:09PM (#48406797)

I’m very interested to see if this develops until a full bootloader unlock. Picked up CIB hardware on eBay for $70. A general purpose Linux kiosk for this price is a no brainer.

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Re:Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video] by someperson on Thursday June 04, 2026 @10:44PM (#48407338)

Yep Meta Portal is very very nice industrial design

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Re:Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video] by EquallyJust on Friday June 05, 2026 @03:21AM (#48409155)

For what it's worth, I just fired up my two portal gen 2 in the closet, updated them and the adb setting just worked. The adb UI is a little jank and doesn't appear to enable but it does actually work. Got them set up as Home Assistant dashboards

I'm a Meta employee so who knows if I'm in some magic gatekeeper but ADB definitely didn't work on these even as an employee before

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Re:Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video] by avel on Friday June 05, 2026 @11:10AM (#48413573)

Cool cool cool. So to confirm, you just installed the Home Assistant APK and that worked without issues?

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