January 11, 2017 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you’ve ever tried to root your Android phone or flash a ROM, you may have heard about ADB and/or fastboot.

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 ...

One of the first things I do when I set up a new PC is install the Android platform tools so that I can use ADB, Fastboot and other platform tools from anywhere ...

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