For quite some time now, the only way to officially get Google’s Android Debug Bridge (ADB) or fastboot tools has been to download either the entire Android Software Development Kit (SDK) or Android ...

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Android Debug Bridge (ADB) provides a terminal/command line based interface that helps users to interact between their PC and Linux-based Android gadget. ADB is required if a user wants to make any ...

The pre-requisite step in any guide to sideloading an OTA or flashing a factory image is installing the Android Device Bridge. Previously, the official way to get adb or fastboot was by downloading ...

While rooting the OnePlus 3 is an easy process, before you do it you need to do perform a few other important steps: install ADB and fastboot, creating a backup, flash custom recovery, and unlock the ...

This guide will show you how to install the brand new Android 5.1 Lollipop update so that you can try out Google’s latest version of Android right now on your Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and other Nexus devices ...

Google states this is the first big maintenance release (MR) for Oreo, loaded with new features, bug fixes and other changes. Coming from Android 8.0 to 8.1 you’ll notice changes like the Pixel Visual ...

The Android Debug Bridge (adb) no longer works when users are working on the bootloader. As such Android users that find themselves not booted in to their devices with the debugging tools not active ...