Android ADB commands to get the device properties

Question

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

Answer 1

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]

Answer 2

adb shell getprop ro.build.version.sdk

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

adb shell getprop

Answer 3

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]