Re: Capturing "About Phone" Info to a File?

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Marion, 2025-05-18 23:46:

> On Sun, 18 May 2025 21:23:24 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :
> 
> 
>>> Is there a way to capture the "About Phone" info to a file that I can send
>>> as eMail?  Screenshots can only get it in bits.
>> Are you sure your phone's screenshot utility doesn't have the ability to 
>> grow or shrink the captured area after the initial shot is taken?
>>
>> On mine you take the screenshot in the usual way (PWR and VOL-) then 
>> there's an icon with arrows at the bottom next to the sharing and edit 
>> icons.
> 
> It's a complete waste of my energy to answer any of the OP's questions;
> however for the others here who care to know the answers, it's easy to do.
> 
> While one can OCR for free with Irfanview on Windows it's probably easier
> to use adb to spit out the "About Phone" information to a text on Windows.
> 
>   C:\> adb shell getprop > about_phone_info.txt

In addition: that requires a working setup of ADB on the host computer
and a connection via USB. The device also has to allow "USB debugging",
otherwise you can't do anything at all using ADB.

Also see: <https://developer.android.com/tools/adb?authuser=1&hl=en>


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  Re: Capturing "About Phone" Info to a File? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-18 21:23 +0100
    Re: Capturing "About Phone" Info to a File? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-05-18 21:46 +0000
      Re: Capturing "About Phone" Info to a File? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-05-19 08:37 +0200
        Re: Capturing "About Phone" Info to a File? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-05-19 07:09 +0000

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