Set up wireless debugging
The built-in way to give the app privileged access. Android 11 and newer, no computer, paired once.
Why it asks
Some settings, such as the refresh rate or the frame timings of a game, can’t be reached by a normal app. Android’s own wireless debugging can reach them. The app pairs with your phone’s debugging service once, and talks only to your own phone.
Turn on Developer options
- Open Settings › About phone.
- Tap Build number seven times. Enter your PIN if asked. “You are now a developer” appears.
Pair
- Connect to Wi-Fi. Android only switches wireless debugging on while you are on a Wi-Fi network.
- In the app open Set up access and choose Wireless debugging. A notification from the app appears, waiting for a code.
- Open Settings › Developer options › Wireless debugging, switch it on, and tap Pair device with pairing code.
- Pull down the notification shade without closing that dialog, and type the six-digit code into the app’s notification.
- The app checks that the pairing really worked before it says so. Done: access shows as on.
After a restart
A restart switches Android’s debugging service off. Right after pairing the app gives itself the right to switch it back on, so it reconnects by itself where Android allows it. If it stays off, turn on Wireless debugging in Developer options again. The pairing is kept: no new code is needed.
If pairing fails
The code expires when the Android dialog closes. Keep it open while you type. A wrong code is refused and nothing is paired; tap Pair again for a new code.