Last Update: 03.05.2026/bs
ASUS_I006D:/data/local/tmp # ./android_explorer.sh -h
[04.05.2026 14:56] ### android_explorer.sh started at 04.05.2026
14:56:16 (The PID of this process is 4787)
Usage: android_explorer.sh [-h|--help]
[-v|--verbose] [-v:fn|--verbose:fn] [-q|--quiet] [-f|--force]
[-o|--overwrite] [-y|--yes] [-n|--no]
[-l|--logfile [filename[:n]|:n]
[-d{:dryrun_prefix}|--dryrun{:dryrun_prefix}] [-D|--debugshell]
[-t fn|--tracefunc fn] [-L]
[-T|--tee] [-V|--version] [--var name=value] [--appendlog]
[--nologrotate] [--noSTDOUTlog] [--print_runtime_vars]
[--nocleanup] [--nobackups] [--disable_tty_check] [--noroot]
[-I|--include includefile]
[-x|--disable module] [-i|--enable module] [-O|--outputfile
outputfile] [-w|--workdir workdir] [--keep] [--list] [module1 ...
module#]
Use the parameter "--help" to print the detailed help
message; use the parameter "--help -v" to also print the list of
supported environment variables
The known modules are: anr bugreport certificates dumpsys
general list_packages logs magisk microg network pm privapps
properties rcfiles settings storage tombstones update
Current environment: ksh version: 88 | change function code
supported: yes | tracing feature using $0 supported: yes
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[04.05.2026 14:56] ### The start time was 04.05.2026 14:56:16, the
script runtime is (day:hour:minute:seconds) 0:00:00:01 (= 1
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[04.05.2026 14:56] ### android_explorer.sh ended at 04.05.2026
14:56:17 (The PID of this process is 4787; the RC is 0)
ASUS_I006D:/data/local/tmp #
| Module |
Description |
Comment |
| anr |
collects infos in the directory /data/anr. | |
| bugreport | executes the Android executable bugreportz and adds the ZIP file created by this command to the tar file | |
| certificates | collects infos about the installed certificates | this module needs the openssl executable (see below) |
| dumpsys | collects the output of the command dumpsys | |
| general |
collects all OS related general infos | |
| list_packages |
list the directory for each installed app |
|
| logs |
collects some important log files | |
| magisk |
collects Magisk related logs and the Magisk
configuration |
the module uses these scripts if they exist
(see below): lmm (see How to list all installed modules in adb session) list_magisk_root_permissions.sh |
| microg |
collects MicroG related logs and
configuration infos |
the module uses the binary aapt (or aapt2) if it exists (see below) |
| network |
collects the network related infos | |
| pm |
collects the output of the command pm | |
| privapps | collects infos about the installed privileged apps | |
| properties |
collects the output of the command getprop |
|
| rcfiles | collects .rc files | |
| settings | collects the output of the command settings | |
| storage |
collects all storage related infos |
the module uses the scripts list_logical_device_backends.sh list_logical_device_usage.sh if they exist (see below) (see How to create logical devices using the device mapper from Android) |
| tombstones | collects infos in the directory /data/tombstones. | |
| update |
collects OS update related infos and logs |