Run frida-server in the emulator or device
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First, let's test to make sure that we have working connectivity over ADB (Android Debug Bridge).
1. Open a command line and type adb devices
Make sure you have exactly the same frida version on device and on the PC. If not, you will get many errors.
3. Push it to /data/local/tmp with adb push frida-server-XX.Y.ZZ-android-ARCH /data/local/tmp
4. Obtain root with adb root, then connect to your device with adb shell. Navigate to the /data/local/tmp directory with cd /data/local/tmp .
5. At this point it's preferred to rename frida-server-XX.Y.ZZ-android-ARCHto something a little less annoying to type: mv frida-server-XX.Y.ZZ-android-ARCH frida-server
6. Make the server executable with chmod 777 frida-server
7. Start the server with nohup ./frida-server &
The reason we are using nohup is to keep the process running even if we close our ADB terminal. You can absolutely just run ./frida-server but then you must be mindful not to close the window.
2. In order for frida to work, you need it's companion frida-server, to be running on the device. You can download it from the frida .
Make sure you get the one corresponding with your device architecture. It could be "android-x86", "android-arm", etc. To see how to get the architecture, please refer to
Download frida from and then:
