How to Install ADB and Fastboot on PC – Guide

Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a small tool that lets you send terminal commands from your Windows computer to your Android phone by USB. ADB commands can be used to root your phone, unlock it, flash new ROMs, install the latest update and more. Fastboot is also an important tool for Android devices. With the help of this tool, you can easily change Android file system from a computer. This will send commands to the bootloader, which means you can update/modify things like custom recovery, unlock the bootloader, change the bootloader, install custom recovery, and everything in between. Fastboot is an advanced set of features which does not require your device to be booted into the Android OS. Instead, they have their own quickboot menus or boot loader. ..

To enable USB debugging on your Android device, you need to install the Android SDK Platform tool. Once installed, open the CMD or PowerShell window and run the desired Fastboot commands.

How to use ADB and fastboot without configuring up anything

To install the latest platform tools on your Android device, you can download them from Google here. ..

In the ‘platform tools’ folder you will find files like adb.exe and fastboot.exe.

Copy the necessary files to this folder. If no files are needed, simply skip this step. ..

Open PowerShell window or command window by using shift + right mouse click trick.

How to to define up ADB and Fastboot

Install the latest versions manually

  1. Open a command prompt and type “adb”
  2. Type “fastboot” and press enter
  3. The command will start the adb daemon and take a few minutes to complete. Once it’s done, type “fastboot devices” to see the list of devices that were successfully connected.

ADB and fastboot drivers are needed to connect to your Android device.

Extract the contents of the file. You will get a folder called ‘Windows tools’. ..

To make it easier to access your platform tools, move the folder to your computer’s C drive. ..

To use ADB and Fastboot commands from this folder, you must open the command window or a PowerShell window from the Platform Tools folder. Open the Platform Tools folder, type cmd in the address bar and press Enter.

To get the ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC, you can use the following steps:

  1. Open a command prompt and type “adb” into it.
  2. Then, type “fastboot” into the command prompt.
  3. The two commands will start talking to each other and you’ll be able to see the results in a text window.

If you’re not using the Android SDK, you can also use ADB and Fastboot from the platform tools folder on your computer. These tools are available in the Android SDK, but you can also find them in the platform tools folder on your computer. See another guide at the bottom of this article for more information. ..

Copy the path (address) of the ‘platform tools’ folder on your computer. You can shift + right click to get the option called ‘Copy as path’, using which will copy the path to your PC clipboard. mine is on C drive and here is the path: “C:platform-tools”

  1. Open the Control Panel by searching for it in Windows search.
  2. Locate and open the Environment Variables window by clicking on the Environment Variables button under the System Tools category.
  3. In the Environment Variables window, click on the Open button to locate and open the Windows Registry Editor.
  4. In the Windows Registry Editor, locate and open the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
  5. In the Winlogon key, locate and double-click on ShellExecuteHooks to open its subkey.
  6. In ShellExecuteHooks subkey, locate and double-click on Add Value to add a new DWORD value named DisableShellExecution to its right pane.
  7. Enter 1 (one) as its value data and click on OK to save your changes in Winlogon key registry setting. ..

Select “Properties.” Under “System Properties,” click on the “Advanced” tab. In the “System Configuration” section, click on the “Advanced Options” button. In the “System Parameters” section, click on the “Environment Variables” button. In the “Computer Configuration” section, under the “System Properties,” click on the “Advanced Options” button. Under the System Parameters section, click on thebutton.

In the System Properties dialog box, click on the Advanced tab. Under the Performance section, click on the Settings button. In the Settings dialog box, under the Memory section, click on the Change button. In the Change Memory dialog box, type in a new value for Maximum Physical Memory (in MB). Click OK to close the dialog box. ..

In the window that appears, click Advanced.

In the ‘System variables’ section, click on the Path option to select it. Path is a system variable that stores the location of a file or directory. ..

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SteamVR\tools The ‘platform tools’ folder contains the following:

In Windows 10, click the Start button and type “platform tools” in the search bar. The platform tools folder is located at: C:\Windows\System32\PlatformTools. ..

Copy the path after the current paths are added to Windows. The paths are separated by the use of a semicolon, so make sure there is a semicolon before and after the path of the ‘platform tools’ folder.

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Open a command window or PowerShell window and type adb and press Enter key, you will get a list of adb commands. That is, adb is working from anywhere on your Windows PC. Try the same with fastboot.

Final note

This guide will show you how to install ADB and Fastboot on your PC, so that you can use them to sideload Android apps and firmware updates. ..