dumpsys Command Examples

Get information about Android system services. This command can only be used through adb shell. More information: https://developer.android.com/tools/dumpsys.

• Get diagnostic output for all system services:

dumpsys

• Get diagnostic output for a specific system service:

dumpsys {{service}}

• List all services dumpsys can give information about:

dumpsys -l

• List service-specific arguments for a service:

dumpsys {{service}} -h

• Exclude a specific service from the diagnostic output:

dumpsys --skip {{service}}

• Specify a [t]imeout period in seconds (defaults to 10s):

dumpsys -t {{8}}