I want to check after starting a phone call what the status of the call is via a connected PC, if possible with the ADB. I\'m starting a call by entering a phone number with
To call TelephonyManager.getCallState() from adb shell use:
adb shell
adb shell service call phone 30
For proper parsing of the service call command output on the device side and without external dependencies see my answer here
service call
Also read Calling Android services from ADB shell for more details.