Local Terminal enable e/OS 1.5 android 11

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In an earlier version of e/OS I was able to enable the local terminal from developer options I think around android 8-9. But in android 11 I see not terminal option.

Anyone know how to activate terminal. I have to run command to see radio information, these commands;

adb logcat -c
adb reboot
adb logcat -b radio -d > radio.log

Am I going about this the correct way of do I need to boot the phone to ADB, I tried and I get error messages.

Running e/OS 1.5-rc-3 in a Google Pixel 4a 5G.

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if you’re in a terminal local to the phone (termux or native terminal), then the commands can run without "adb " in front. That’s the “(android) debug bridge” you’d run from a (usb/wifi) tethered laptop/pc to work comfortably from a keyboard

adb is enabled via 7-version-tap → developer-options in the settings

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tcecyk,

OK that make sense about tether and drop ABD in front. Now I just need to fine the native terminal in the OS (is it still there)?

I think maybe it has been removed in latest android, if so what is a trusted third party app?

I will have a look on fdroid in the meantime.

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I think in /e/-R (Android 11) com.android.terminal isn’t packaged in the built, so the devoption settings doesn’t show up (it did in Q/10). You’d need to use the like of termux, though logcat debugging is more fun with mouse to scroll - I think

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So forgive me tcecyk. But logcat is debugging app. So like: Logcat Android Logcat without Root, in Fdroid store?

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Logcat is a command-line tool that dumps a log of system messages [1]

adb logcat is another command line tool using the Android Debug Bridge which allows logcat to be run from an adb enabled PC [2].

I found first steps in collecting a logcat fairly easy using [3].

[1] Logcat command-line tool  |  Android Developers
[2] ADB Commands - Android ADB Shell Commands Manual
[3] Create a log @/e/

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There is also a Logcat Reader app in F-Droid that I find handy.

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OK thanks all I got the logs.