No, Android Isn't Getting Rid of ADB: What Google's Changes Really Mean

Android is not removing standard ADB. Samsung, Google and Android researchers are making separate changes to recovery, ...
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Your phone can run ADB on itself with no PC, and it's how I finally killed the bloatware I couldn't uninstall

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Lifehacker

Simple ADB Backup Backs Up Your Android Phone from the Desktop, No Root Required

Windows/Linux/Android (4.0+): Most Android backup tools require root, or run from your phone and save your data to your SD card. Simple ADB Backup is different. The app runs from and backs up your ...
Droid Life

Guide: How to Use “adb sideload” to Update a Nexus Without Root or Custom Recovery

Back in the early releases of Jelly Bean, Google introduced a new command to adb called “sideload.” Using the sideload command, and the newest version of adb from the Android SDK, one could update ...