In fact, does any 'shut down' command work, or do they all just cause the running Android instance to reboot? Please file a bug report Maybe the following will work? But, does it truly shut down, or does it reboot? sync & reboot -p These are similar to the usual Linux shell commands. Now you can enter Unix-like shell commands which will do things. You can connect to a running emulator by entering this command: adb shell Please leave a comment below and inform us. Now you can visit 'How I shutdown Android phone with adb command?' and try all the proposed solutions. You can get a list of running Android instances by entering this command: adb devices
Getting a list of running Android instances
