Android Studio - Android Device Monitor's File explorer not working

Question

I have just learnt using preferences in Android. For debugging purpose I need to access the preferences files. I googled and found the default location of the p

Answer 1

Root your device and open adb shell and change the permissions as:

$ adb shell
$ su
1|root@android:/ # chmod -R 777 data/

Answer 2

Finally I found how to make it work.

goto run -> location where your adb is

Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

type adb root , Enter (Your phone must have root)

If this doesn't work, install this app on your phone: [root] adbd Insecure or its free alternative here (update: link broken now).

Get more info at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687590

Answer 3

You will need either to use the emulator or to have a rooted phone to use all functionalities.