The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. It's about time. After years of bundling ADB and Fastboot binaries with the Android SDK, Google is finally allowing users ...

Answering the pleas of many Android users, Google has finally made ADB and Fastboot available as separate downloads. Previously only available as part of the large and intimidating Android SDK or ...

Want to mess around with your Android phone? Chances are you will have to install ADB or fastboot first. For example, when you try to flash a factory image on your Android device, unlock bootloader or ...

Google has made ADB, fastboot, and other Android developer tools available as a standalone download. Previously, accessing these tools necessitated that users download Android Studio or the Android ...

Windows/Mac/Linux: Google’s ADB and fastboot are incredibly powerful command line tools for customizing your Android phone. Up until now, these tiny tools have been bundled in the gigantic Android SDK ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

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