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KeepADB

Keep Wireless Debugging active and toggle it from a tile or widget
New in version 1.8.38
• Keep-Alive backs off when Android does not confirm Wireless Debugging, preventing rapid retries.
• Trusted-network filtering is optional on fresh installs; enabling it needs location access and may limit background recovery.
• Network (Beta) adds Wi-Fi access-point tools; Privacy mode can hide addresses; connection and webhook status is clearer.
• Better endpoint discovery, reconnects, accessibility, setup guidance, and redacted diagnostics.
KeepADB helps keep Android Wireless Debugging available across device restarts, Wi-Fi reconnects, access-point changes, and idle periods.

Toggle Wireless Debugging from the main screen, a Quick Settings tile, or a home-screen widget. An optional foreground service monitors the connection and attempts recovery when Android disables it. Android may ask you to approve Wireless Debugging on a Wi-Fi network. If Android does not confirm an automatic enable, KeepADB backs off instead of retrying rapidly.

Features:
* Quick Settings tile, home-screen widget, and main app controls
* Optional Keep-Alive service across restarts and network changes
* Endpoint discovery through Android NSD/mDNS (_adb-tls-connect._tcp); timing depends on network conditions
* Optional HTTP(S) webhook, disabled by default, for verified WLAN-ADB endpoints
* Configurable status notification, endpoint display, and privacy mode to hide addresses in the app
* Network (Beta) Wi-Fi and access-point tools, plus an optional trusted-network restriction
* 19 interface languages and right-to-left layout support
* No advertising, analytics, tracking, or third-party runtime libraries

On fresh installs, trusted-network filtering is off, so Keep-Alive may use any connected Wi-Fi network. Enabling the restriction requires Android location access to identify networks. Android may mask that identity in the background, which can pause automatic recovery. KeepADB uses location access only to identify the Wi-Fi network; it does not read or store your location.

When USB debugging is connected, KeepADB can show a USB notification and associate it with an editable host profile stored on the device. It can optionally offer or perform a USB-to-WLAN handover. USB profile data is not sent through the current webhook contract.

KeepADB does not require root. Android protects Wireless Debugging with the WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission, so initial setup requires granting it once from a trusted computer with ADB:

adb shell pm grant de.hohnepeople.keepadb android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

Wireless Debugging exposes an authenticated development service on the connected network. Use Keep-Alive on networks you trust, turn Wireless Debugging off on public hotspots, and reject unexpected Android approval or pairing prompts.
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  • Version 1.8.38 (135) suggested Added on Sep 27, 2026

    This version requires Android 11 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • access approximate location only in the foreground
      This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
    • access precise location only in the foreground
      This app can get your precise location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location. This may increase battery usage.
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • view Wi-Fi connections
      Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.
    • allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception
      Allows the app to receive packets sent to all devices on a Wi-Fi network using multicast addresses, not just your phone. It uses more power than the non-multicast mode.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "connectedDevice"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "connectedDevice"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • ask to ignore battery optimizations
      Allows an app to ask for permission to ignore battery optimizations for that app.
    • android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

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