If you prefer to use this shortcut, you’re fine. This shortcut will actually only open a command prompt in the folder where you installed ADB and fastboot. The program will ask you if you want to create a shortcut in your Start Menu or on the desktop. Follow the wizard’s instructions and you’re done. This will automatically install ADB and fastboot. For that, we’ll use the Minimal ADB and Fastboot tool. If you’re only interested in ADB, you can use this 15-second ADB Installer, however we’re going to go ahead and kill two birds with one stone and get fastboot while we’re at it (which is handy for unlocking those lovely Nexus devices). Fortunately, some enterprising XDA users have done the legwork to make the process much easier, and you don’t even need to download the full Android SDK to do it. Windows is one of the most notoriously difficult operating systems to get ADB and fastboot working on because, unlike the other UNIX-based OSes we’ll get to, it has driver issues that can cause headaches. If you just want to root your phone, flash some ROMs, and mess around in the terminal without having to muck about with complex button combinations, skip the SDK. Fastboot isn’t enabled for all phones, so you may have to check your specific device.īoth of these tools come with the Android SDK, however this is an extremely large download that, frankly, most users who are interested in ADB and fastboot don’t need. You can’t flash whole ROMs with it, but it’s helpful for many things that ADB can’t do. This allows you to send commands to the bootloader, which means you can flash or modify custom recoveries. Fastboot: When you need to modify your phone’s firmware, fastboot is the tool you need.While ADB is often used in conjunction with rooting or modifying your phone, you can use ADB to send terminal commands to unrooted devices as well.
You can send commands while the phone is turned on and booted, or even when it’s in recovery mode. Android Debug Bridge (ADB): This tool allows you to send a wide array of terminal commands - including but not limited to basic Linux shell commands, plus some specialty developer commands - to your phone at just about any time (as long as you have debugging enabled on your phone).Here’s a (very) brief breakdown on what these tools do: They both serve different functions, but they can be installed with relative ease at the same time, so it’s helpful to have both. These two tools allow you to send terminal commands to your phone from your computer via USB. These two tools are surprisingly powerful, but can be a bit overly complex to install. If you’ve ever tried to root your Android phone or flash a ROM, you may have heard about ADB or fastboot.
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