betteradbcopy - Multi-threaded SCP to/from Android device over USB/WiFi with Termux

betteradbcopy

#!/bin/bash
# Make sure to have OpenSSH setup in Termux as well as setting a password with `passwd` 
# Requires https://github.com/upa/mscp and adb platform tools on your local machine

init_sshd() {
        adb shell -t "run-as com.termux files/usr/bin/bash -lic 'export PATH=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin:$PATH; export LD_PRELOAD=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/libtermux-exec.so; sshd'"
        adb forward tcp:8022 tcp:8022; 
}
stop_sshd() {
        adb shell -t "run-as com.termux files/usr/bin/bash -lic 'export PATH=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin:$PATH; export LD_PRELOAD=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/libtermux-exec.so; killall sshd'"
        adb forward --remove tcp:8022;
}

pull_path="$2"
case "$1" in
        pull)
                init_sshd
                mscp -P 8022 parker@127.0.0.1:"$pull_path" .
                stop_sshd
                ;;
        push)
                push_path="$3"
                init_sshd
                mscp -P 8022 "$pull_path" parker@127.0.0.1:"$push_path"
                stop_sshd
                ;;
        *)
                echo "Invalid option"
                ;;
esac

Transferred 50 gigabytes of fairly small files from the phone in just shy of 14 minutes. I plan on implementing push as well, eventually.

(deck@steamdeck 3DLiveScanner)$ ~/Downloads/Packages/mscp.linux.x86_64.static -P 8022 parker@127.0.0.1:/storage/3139-3238/Documents/.Old/ .
Password: 
[====================================================================================] 100% 31.0GB/31.0GB   59.2MB/s  09:23 

(deck@steamdeck 3DLiveScanner)$ ~/Downloads/Packages/mscp.linux.x86_64.static -P 8022 parker@127.0.0.1:/sdcard/Documents/ .
Password: 
[====================================================================================] 100% 19.6GB/19.6GB   74.4MB/s  04:43    

EDIT: Updated with push

ohhhhhh thanksies will sure find use for that sometime

Comparison with adb push/pull with the same data set

(deck@steamdeck speed_test)$ time betteradbcopy push . /sdcard/speed_test/
8022
Password: 
[====================================================================================] 100% 10.0GB/10.0GB   24.9MB/s  07:12    

real    7m14.266s
user    1m26.889s
sys     1m4.384s
(deck@steamdeck speed_test)$ time adb push . /sdcard/speed_test/
./: 21757 files pushed, 0 skipped. 9.9 MB/s (10749811472 bytes in 1040.715s)

real    17m20.734s
user    0m44.581s
sys     0m10.049s
(deck@steamdeck speed_test)$ rm -rf *
(deck@steamdeck speed_test)$ time betteradbcopy pull /sdcard/speed_test/
8022
Password: 
[====================================================================================] 100% 10.0GB/10.0GB   58.3MB/s  03:04    

real    3m7.590s
user    1m16.308s
sys     1m21.279s
(deck@steamdeck speed_test)$ rm -rf *
(deck@steamdeck speed_test)$ time adb pull /sdcard/speed_test/
/sdcard/speed_test/: 21757 files pulled, 0 skipped. 14.1 MB/s (10749811472 bytes in 726.675s)

real    12m6.696s
user    0m1.944s
sys     0m21.217s