We will show you how to do that later. Follow the instructions below for either installing the Android SDK tools or Minimal ADB and Fastboot. Download and install the Android SDK tools ...

You can get the platform tools for Windows, Linux, or Mac direct from Google's servers. You get a ZIP file containing the platform tools folder with ADB, fastboot, and a few other tools.

Now you want to click on extract to extract all the contents to C:\program files (x86)\android\android-sdk\platform-tools (if you installed the full SDK) or whatever directory ADB and Fastboot are ...

Last week, we showed you how to install ADB and fastboot on any OS. If you're not sure why you'd want to go to the (relatively minor) trouble, here are just some of the useful things you can do ...

Simply download the latest Android SDK from Google, unzip the contents of the file, and head into the Platform-tools folder where adb and fastboot should be located.

Ron Amadeo Next you'll need to put your device in "Fastboot" mode, which will allow you to wipe out the current Android install and send over a new version from a desktop computer.

On your computer, head into SDK/Platform-Tools or wherever your adb.exe and fastboot.exe files are. 6. Hold SHIFT and right click – choose “Open command window here.” 7. Type the following ...