Sending a SMS on Android through ADB

fixit_fiona

I would like to be able to send a SMS from my Android phone while it's connected to my computer using the following ADB commands adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.SENDTO -d sms:CCXXXXXXXXXX --es sms_body "SMS BODY GOES HERE" --ez exit_on_sent true adb shell input keyevent 22 adb shell input keyevent 66 I've got this working however on the phone this will pop up a text message to the recipient with the body filled in and then click the...

Originally asked by user790995 on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Short version : Android 5 and older (here android 4): adb shell service call isms 5 s16 "com.android.mms" s16 "+01234567890" s16 "+01SMSCNUMBER" s16 "Hello world !" i32 0 i32 0 Android 5 and later (here android 9): adb shell service call isms 7 i32 0 s16 "com.android.mms.service" s16 "+1234567890" s16 "null" s16 "Hey\ you\ !" s16 "null" s16 "null" Isms method number (5 and 7 above) may change with the android version . Read full explanation to understand it. Full explanation for all android version : Yes it exists ! but not with this command, because these input events are blocked in sleep mode. This solution depends on your android version, so I'm going to explain you for almost all...

Full answer by Taknok: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/30224091 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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