requires:android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS while running adb shell commands

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I am trying to edit the settings for back gesture scaling on my Oneplus 9 running Android 12 on OxygenOS. The stock settings don’t let me set limits for the back gesture on the left side of the screen, so I wanted to set it manually.

adb shell settings put secure back_gesture_inset_scale_left -1

This command successfully limited the gesture like I wanted on this same device in Android 10 and 11, but running it now gives me this error.

Exception occurred while executing 'put':
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission denial: writing to settings requires:android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

Not sure how to address this, I have enabled USB Debugging, Disabled Permissions Monitoring, and still nothing. The device is recognized by adb.

This started to work in OnePlus 8T after I restarted the phone once — digitalfootmark, May 13 '23 at 08:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 13 '22 at 19:54

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open the "Developer options -> Disable permission monitoring" toggle.

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edited Jul 13 '22 at 19:54

Gabriele Mariotti

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answered Jul 12 '22 at 08:37

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Please add a image description – YesThatIsMyName Jul 13 '22 at 06:49
I already did that, if you look at the bottom of the post I listed all the developer settings I configured. – Sergio Rossi Jul 13 '22 at 11:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '23 at 19:46

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I am using Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 and I needed to open "USB debugging (Security settings)" option. Here...

answered Apr 24 '23 at 19:46

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requires:android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS while running adb shell commands

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