Android Studio pm install aborted

Question

Im trying to run an application on my GS5 from android studio and Im getting this:

Waiting for device.
Target device: samsung-sm_g900v-f3af9744
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Answer 1

The reason that Android Studio fails on Galaxy S5 is because the adbd (ADB service on the phone not your PC), on rooted version of this phone does not run as root, which is a security measure. You can verify this by manually trying to execute the Android Studio apk and execute commands on the device and finding out that they are failing to execute, but retrying them using "su ..." and see that the app installs and starts on the device. There are three options to resolve this and unblock Android Studio:

Options:

1. Flash a ROM that includes the modification - not desired as from my understanding you would like to stay on the stock image; also a good security measure not to have adbd running as root all the time. Older roms fall in this category as well, but then you are missing Stock Rom updates and security patches.
2. Create a custom boot.img and flash it to your phone - this is basically a custom kernel and not desired for a similar reasons than above option 1.
3. Restart adbd on your device with root privileges when doing app development - preferred and achievable fairly easy thru various methods including:

Preferred Solution:

a. Restart adbd with root privileges (insecure mode) by killing the service on the phone and using a terminal app or so to restart it using "su". After you are done with your app development, restart your phone and adbd will be back in secure mode, restoring the security measures.

b. Use Chainfire's ADB insecure app, which is free on XDA (download/link below) or pay for it on Google Play to support his work. You can toggle the mode in the app. In the app, you also have an option to auto re-enable the insecure mode on reboots.

References:

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/5884/is-there-a-way-for-me-to-run-adb-shell-as-root-without-typing-in-su

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687590 (includes free download link)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.adbd (for supporting Chainfire's work)