Getting started

ℹ️ Read the FAQ!
💾 Do a proper backup of your data! You can never be too careful!
Install ADB:
- 🐧 Linux: Install Android Platform Tools (either android-tools or adb) with your package-manager of choice
- 🍎💻 MacOS
  1. Install Homebrew
  2. Open the terminal app then run this command:
```
brew install android-platform-tools
```
- 🪟 Windows
  1. Install WinGet (alternatively, you can use Scoop or Choco, but the cmd is different)
  2. Open a terminal (such as PowerShell) then run this command (copy-paste then press ENTER):
```
winget install --id Google.PlatformTools
```
  1. Install USB drivers for your device. If there are no connection problems, then the driver is already installed.
- Manually. It'll never auto-update, and you won't get shell-completions. Steps:
  1. Download
  2. Make it available. You can either:
    - Add its installation-directory to your PATH env-var (convenient). If you use Linux/Mac, then you should do that in a login profile (see Bash and Zsh startup files).
    - Move UAD-ng to the installation-folder (lazy)
Download UAD-ng here. See compatibility info here.
For Linux & Mac, ensure the file has execution permission. You can do it via the OS GUI, or this command (assuming your shell is in the same folder as the file):

chmod +x uad-ng-*

Allow USB debug. UAD* already runs adb devices, so you can skip that. Alternatively, you can connect 🛜 wirelessly by running some adb commands; click on the relevant Android version:
- 11 or later
- 10 or older
ℹ️ Read the usage manual

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