diff --git a/src/platforms/android/__tests__/device-input-state.test.ts b/src/platforms/android/__tests__/device-input-state.test.ts
index 01493fe4e..484cba636 100644
--- a/src/platforms/android/__tests__/device-input-state.test.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/android/__tests__/device-input-state.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   dismissAndroidKeyboard,
   getAndroidKeyboardState,
   getAndroidKeyboardStatusWithAdb,
+  writeAndroidClipboardWithAdb,
 } from '../device-input-state.ts';
 import { flushDiagnosticsToSessionFile, withDiagnosticsScope } from '../../../utils/diagnostics.ts';
 import { withScriptedAdb } from '../../../__tests__/test-utils/mocked-binaries.ts';
@@ -269,6 +270,30 @@ test('getAndroidKeyboardState treats stale input view as hidden when the IME win
   );
 });
 
+test('writeAndroidClipboardWithAdb shell-quotes text containing metacharacters', async () => {
+  const calls: string[][] = [];
+  const adb: AndroidAdbExecutor = async (args) => {
+    calls.push(args);
+    return { stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 };
+  };
+
+  await writeAndroidClipboardWithAdb(adb, 'otp; echo pwned');
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [['shell', 'cmd', 'clipboard', 'set', 'text', "'otp; echo pwned'"]]);
+});
+
+test('writeAndroidClipboardWithAdb leaves safe text unquoted', async () => {
+  const calls: string[][] = [];
+  const adb: AndroidAdbExecutor = async (args) => {
+    calls.push(args);
+    return { stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 };
+  };
+
+  await writeAndroidClipboardWithAdb(adb, 'android-otp');
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [['shell', 'cmd', 'clipboard', 'set', 'text', 'android-otp']]);
+});
+
 test('dismissAndroidKeyboard skips keyevent when keyboard is already hidden', async () => {
   await withScriptedAdb(
     'agent-device-android-keyboard-dismiss-hidden-',
diff --git a/src/platforms/android/__tests__/input-actions.test.ts b/src/platforms/android/__tests__/input-actions.test.ts
index 083d8fd26..14f7e75fc 100644
--- a/src/platforms/android/__tests__/input-actions.test.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/android/__tests__/input-actions.test.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,47 @@ test('typeAndroid sends one character at a time when delay is requested', async
   );
 });
 
+test('typeAndroid shell-quotes text containing shell metacharacters', async () => {
+  await withScriptedAdb(
+    'agent-device-android-type-shell-metacharacters-',
+    [
+      '#!/bin/sh',
+      'printf "__CMD__\\n" >> "$AGENT_DEVICE_TEST_ARGS_FILE"',
+      'printf "%s\\n" "$@" >> "$AGENT_DEVICE_TEST_ARGS_FILE"',
+      'exit 0',
+      '',
+    ].join('\n'),
+    async ({ argsLogPath, device }) => {
+      await typeAndroid(device, 'otp; echo pwned');
+      const logged = await fs.readFile(argsLogPath, 'utf8');
+      // The chunk carrying `;` is single-quoted so the device shell cannot
+      // re-tokenize it into a second command.
+      assert.match(logged, /shell\ninput\ntext\n'otp;%sech'/);
+      // The next chunk has no shell-significant characters and stays unquoted.
+      assert.match(logged, /shell\ninput\ntext\no%spwned\n/);
+    },
+  );
+});
+
+test('typeAndroid leaves safe text unquoted', async () => {
+  await withScriptedAdb(
+    'agent-device-android-type-safe-unquoted-',
+    [
+      '#!/bin/sh',
+      'printf "__CMD__\\n" >> "$AGENT_DEVICE_TEST_ARGS_FILE"',
+      'printf "%s\\n" "$@" >> "$AGENT_DEVICE_TEST_ARGS_FILE"',
+      'exit 0',
+      '',
+    ].join('\n'),
+    async ({ argsLogPath, device }) => {
+      await typeAndroid(device, 'hello');
+      const logged = await fs.readFile(argsLogPath, 'utf8');
+      assert.match(logged, /shell\ninput\ntext\nhello\n/);
+      assert.doesNotMatch(logged, /shell\ninput\ntext\n'/);
+    },
+  );
+});
+
 test('fillAndroid uses chunk-safe shell input and retries when verification still fails', async () => {
   await withScriptedAdb(
     'agent-device-android-fill-fallback-',
diff --git a/src/platforms/android/app-lifecycle.ts b/src/platforms/android/app-lifecycle.ts
index 1dc4b17ef..97a78a842 100644
--- a/src/platforms/android/app-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/android/app-lifecycle.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { sleep } from '../../utils/timeouts.ts';
 import type { AppsFilter } from '@agent-device/contracts/device';
 import type { DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
 import { isDeepLinkTarget } from '@agent-device/contracts/command';
+import { shellQuoteIfNeeded } from '../../utils/shell-quote.ts';
 import { createAppResolutionCache, type AppResolutionCacheScope } from '../app-resolution-cache.ts';
 import { waitForAndroidBoot } from './devices.ts';
 import { runAndroidAdb } from './adb.ts';
@@ -306,13 +307,8 @@ export type OpenAndroidAppOptions = {
 // characters, so they round-trip untouched. URLs and launch arguments are
 // user-supplied and may contain JSON, spaces, `#`, or `&`; each is single-quoted
 // unless it consists entirely of safe shell characters.
-function quoteAndroidShellArg(arg: string): string {
-  if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_@%+=:,./-]+$/.test(arg)) return arg;
-  return `'${arg.replace(/'/g, `'\\''`)}'`;
-}
-
 function androidLaunchArgs(options: OpenAndroidAppOptions): string[] {
-  return (options.launchArgs ?? []).map(quoteAndroidShellArg);
+  return (options.launchArgs ?? []).map(shellQuoteIfNeeded);
 }
 
 export async function openAndroidApp(
@@ -367,7 +363,7 @@ async function openAndroidDeepLink(
     '-a',
     'android.intent.action.VIEW',
     '-d',
-    quoteAndroidShellArg(target),
+    shellQuoteIfNeeded(target),
     ...androidDeepLinkPackageArgs(options.appBundleId),
     ...androidLaunchArgs(options),
   ]);
@@ -398,7 +394,7 @@ async function openAndroidAppBoundDeepLink(
     '-a',
     'android.intent.action.VIEW',
     '-d',
-    quoteAndroidShellArg(deepLinkUrl),
+    shellQuoteIfNeeded(deepLinkUrl),
     '-p',
     resolved,
     ...androidLaunchArgs(options),
diff --git a/src/platforms/android/device-input-state.ts b/src/platforms/android/device-input-state.ts
index 61d25630c..cec37ffd6 100644
--- a/src/platforms/android/device-input-state.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/android/device-input-state.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { emitDiagnostic } from '../../utils/diagnostics.ts';
 import type { DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
 import { AppError } from '@agent-device/kernel/errors';
+import { shellQuoteIfNeeded } from '../../utils/shell-quote.ts';
 import { isClipboardShellUnsupported, sleep } from './adb.ts';
 import {
   androidAdbResultError,
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ export async function writeAndroidClipboardWithAdb(
 ): Promise<void> {
   await runAndroidClipboardShellCommand(
     adb,
-    ['shell', 'cmd', 'clipboard', 'set', 'text', text],
+    ['shell', 'cmd', 'clipboard', 'set', 'text', shellQuoteIfNeeded(text)],
     'write',
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/platforms/android/input-actions.ts b/src/platforms/android/input-actions.ts
index 067ab48a2..1478ad78b 100644
--- a/src/platforms/android/input-actions.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/android/input-actions.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import type { DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
 import { AppError } from '@agent-device/kernel/errors';
 import { emitDiagnostic } from '../../utils/diagnostics.ts';
+import { shellQuoteIfNeeded } from '../../utils/shell-quote.ts';
 import {
   resolveAndroidAdbExecutor,
   resolveAndroidTextInjector,
@@ -398,7 +399,12 @@ async function typeAndroidShell(
 async function typeAndroidShellChunk(device: DeviceInfo, text: string): Promise<void> {
   if (!text) return;
   try {
-    await runAndroidAdb(device, ['shell', 'input', 'text', encodeAndroidInputText(text)]);
+    await runAndroidAdb(device, [
+      'shell',
+      'input',
+      'text',
+      shellQuoteIfNeeded(encodeAndroidInputText(text)),
+    ]);
   } catch (error) {
     if (isAndroidInputTextUnsupported(error)) {
       throw unsupportedAndroidShellTextError(text, error);
diff --git a/test/integration/provider-scenarios/android-lifecycle.test.ts b/test/integration/provider-scenarios/android-lifecycle.test.ts
index 6af601164..b7257a2b2 100644
--- a/test/integration/provider-scenarios/android-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/provider-scenarios/android-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ function assertAndroidPushAndEventContract(world: AndroidSettingsWorld): void {
     'com.example.demo',
   ]);
   assertCommandCall(adbCalls, ['shell', 'cmd', 'clipboard', 'get', 'text']);
-  assertCommandCall(adbCalls, ['shell', 'cmd', 'clipboard', 'set', 'text', 'android otp']);
+  assertCommandCall(adbCalls, ['shell', 'cmd', 'clipboard', 'set', 'text', "'android otp'"]);
   assertCommandCall(adbCalls, ['shell', 'dumpsys', 'input_method']);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/provider-scenarios/android-world.ts b/test/integration/provider-scenarios/android-world.ts
index 0113dc254..e1a87b68d 100644
--- a/test/integration/provider-scenarios/android-world.ts
+++ b/test/integration/provider-scenarios/android-world.ts
@@ -263,16 +263,33 @@ function createAndroidProviderShellState(): AndroidProviderShellState {
   return { searchText: '', clipboardText: 'hello' };
 }
 
+const ANDROID_CLIPBOARD_SET_TEXT_PREFIX = ['shell', 'cmd', 'clipboard', 'set', 'text'];
+
 function updateAndroidProviderShellState(args: string[], state: AndroidProviderShellState): void {
   if (args[0] === 'shell' && args[1] === 'input' && args[2] === 'text') {
     state.searchText = String(args[3] ?? '').replaceAll('%s', ' ');
     return;
   }
-  if (args.join(' ') === 'shell cmd clipboard set text android otp') {
-    state.clipboardText = 'android otp';
+  if (argsStartWith(args, ANDROID_CLIPBOARD_SET_TEXT_PREFIX)) {
+    state.clipboardText = unquoteAndroidShellArg(
+      String(args[ANDROID_CLIPBOARD_SET_TEXT_PREFIX.length] ?? ''),
+    );
   }
 }
 
+function argsStartWith(args: string[], prefix: string[]): boolean {
+  return prefix.every((value, index) => args[index] === value);
+}
+
+// The real device shell unwraps a single-quoted argument (and collapses the
+// `'\''` escape back to `'`) before `cmd` ever sees it, so this harness has
+// to mirror that unwrap to keep modelling what the device actually receives
+// — the inverse of the quoting in src/utils/shell-quote.ts.
+function unquoteAndroidShellArg(value: string): string {
+  if (!value.startsWith("'") || !value.endsWith("'") || value.length < 2) return value;
+  return value.slice(1, -1).replaceAll("'\\''", "'");
+}
+
 function androidDeviceStateAdbResult(
   key: string,
   args: string[],