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

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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