{"id":29302,"date":"2017-10-25T18:34:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T13:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=29302"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:49:13","slug":"download-and-install-adb-fastboot-tools-on-windows-macos-and-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/download-and-install-adb-fastboot-tools-on-windows-macos-and-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Download and Install ADB\/Fastboot Tools on windows, macOS and Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking to \u00a0install ADB\/Fastboot Tools on your Mac, Windows or Linux computer? To conenct your Android Phone? Here is a quick guide to install ABD and Fastboot Tools on your computer. ADB stands for Android Debug Bridge, it is a command line utility which comes with Google\u2019s Android SDK. You can control your device over USB from a computer using ADB. Files can be copied to or from the phone through ADB. ADB is very helpful or maybe very important when you are doing a root of your Android device.<\/p>\n

Download and Install ADB\/Fastboot Tools<\/h2>\n

Setting up the Android Debug Bridge (Install ADB)<\/h4>\n
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  1. Go to settings in your Android Phone.<\/li>\n
  2. Scroll down you will find About Phone<\/em> at the bottom of the list (in the Google\u2019s latest Android Oreo<\/a> version it is hidden behind System <\/em>option)<\/li>\n
  3. Tap the Build Number <\/em>option 7 times to enable Developer Mode. A toast will appear once it’s done.<\/li>\n
  4. Go back to the main Settings <\/em>screen and a new Developer Options menu will appear.<\/li>\n
  5. Then tap that and enable USB Debugging<\/em> mode option<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Once you are done setting up your phone, you need to follow the below steps as required by the respective OS.<\/p>\n

    Install ADB\/Fastboot Tools on Microsoft Windows<\/h3>\n
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    1. Download ADB ZIP file for Windows.<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Extract the contents of this ZIP file into an easily accessible folder (such as C:adb)<\/li>\n
    3. Browse to the folder where you extracted the ZIP file using Windows Explorer.<\/li>\n
    4. You can open up a Command Prompt from the same directory as this ADB binary. This can be done by holding Shift and Right-clicking within the folder then click the \u201copen command prompt here\u201d option. (Some Windows 10 users may see \u201cPowerShell\u201d instead of \u201ccommand prompt\u201d.)\"install