ADB Concepts : How to Check, Enable & Disable ‘Airplane Mode’ Using “ADB Commands”

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Brief description on “adb shell cmd connectivity airplane-mode" command

Command:

This command adb shell cmd connectivity airplane-mode is used with Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to control or query the device's airplane mode status directly from a connected computer.

Syntax:

adb shell cmd connectivity airplane-mode [enable|disable|get]

To Check/Get Current status of “airplane mode”

Command:

This command shows whether airplane mode is currently enabled or disabled.

adb shell cmd connectivity airplane-mode

Example:

Enable “airplane-mode”:

Command:

This command enables ‘airplane mode’ on the device, if it is in disabled mode.

adb shell cmd connectivity airplane-mode enable

Example:

Before running the command:

Observe that ‘airplane mode’ is disabled.

After running the command:

Observe that ‘airplane mode’’ is enabled.

Disable “airplane-mode”:

Command:

This command disables ‘airplane mode’ on the device, if it is already enabled mode.

adb shell cmd connectivity airplane-mode disable

Example:

Before running the command:

Observe that ‘airplane mode’ is available/enabled.

After running the command:

Observe that ‘airplane mode’ is disabled, after running the above command.

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