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If you want to upload an APK file to the Android device without installing it

The directories seen on the Android device are not the actual file structure. For example, if you try to upload to '/LL-Android-011/Internal storage/Download', it will not work. To find out the actual directory, run 'adb shell' while connected to the Android device. Now you can traverse the Android file system. Your objective now is to find the 'Download' folder (or wherever you want to upload to).

This is how I found it on my device:

• Run ls. A list of folders will appear, one of them is "storage".
• Run cd storage, then ls again. Inside is a folder called "self".
• Run cd self, then ls. Inside is a folder called "primary". Inside this folder is "Download".

The directory you need to enter in your command is "/storage/self/primary/Download".

The full command to upload your APK is:

droid -f (name of apk).apk -loc /storage/self/primary/Download

Author: @paul86400