I have a VPS server where I’m compiling CyanogenMod and some android kernels. To compile CyanogenMod we need to pull some vendor specific “prebuilts” i.e. binaries. Connecting the server to the device connected to my laptop is actually quite trivial.

First we put adb in TCP/IP mode

adb tcpip 8001

Then, let’s forward the that same port to the laptop

adb forward tcp:8001 tcp:8001

Connect to the phone

adb connect localhost:8001

Then finally, we forward the local port to the server

ssh -R localhost:8001:localhost:8001 <server_host>

This command simply does a reverse tunnel. Back on the server we simply connect to the port on localhost again

adb connect localhost:8001

And viola! Pretty simple :D