Goodbye to third-party services!įor those who don’t know, fastboot and ADB allow users to send terminal commands to their phones from any computer via USB. One thing that makes it even easier: Google has released fastboot and ADB as a standalone download, so downloading a big developer kit is no longer necessary. But until now they’ve been too complex for the most average user to install. E.g., when booting in TWRP using the command ‘./fastboot boot twrp_recovery.img’, you must have the ‘twrp_recovery.img’ file in the ‘android_tq’ folder, otherwise the process will fail.A lot of people have never heard of ADB and/or fastboot, but if you’ve tried to flash a ROM or root your Android phone, you probably know about these powerful tools. One key thing to note here is that every-time you have to send a file/boot from a recovery img, you’ll have to copy the file to the ‘android_tq’ folder. E.g., for checking ADB Devices connected to your device, you use the command ‘adb devices’, now, you’ll have to use the command ‘.From now on, every ADB or Fastboot command you use, you will have to add ‘./’ before the command.You’ll notice that the directory has changed to android_tq.

Now type-in, cd (change directory), and drag and drop the folder you just extracted to the Terminal window.Open Terminal (on macOS and Linux) or Command Prompt on Windows (Win + X, and then press C).Now that everything’s done (almost), follow this procedure every-time you have to use ADB/Fastboot:

After extraction, you must have a folder by the name ‘android_tq’.

In my case, I have saved the folder on my Desktop.

Extract it and save it to a location that is easily accessible to you (Desktop or Documents folder).First things first, go ahead and download this zip file.Install ADB on Mac, Windows 10, and Linux Guide to Install ADB Well, if you’re reading this, then you pretty much have an idea of how the Android world is full of customization, and you just want a simple way to install ADB on your device and get started with Custom ROMs and Rooting, right? Here’s a ‘unified’ method of installing ADB on your device, regardless of it being a Mac, Windows, or even a Linux device.

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