Android: adb: Permission Denied

Question

Whatever I type after adb shell it fails with Permission denied:

D:\\android-sdk-windows\\platform-tools>adb shell find /data -na         


        

Answer 1

You might need to activate adb root from the developer settings menu. If you run adb root from the cmd line you can get:

root access is disabled by system setting - enable in settings -> development options

Once you activate the root option (ADB only or Apps and ADB) adb will restart and you will be able to use root from the cmd line.