HOW TO INSTALL ADB AND FASTBOOT DRIVERS

HOW TO INSTALL ADB AND FASTBOOT DRIVERS

If you are an Android user and want to root your phone and flash some ROM with the help of Windows PC, then you need an ADB and Fastboot Drivers. With these drivers, you can easily connect your phone to the desktop and send terminal commands to an Android device from a PC command line. Or in simple way we can say that to run ADB commands you need these drivers and fastboot files. The tool helps in sending basic Linux commands and a variety Android specific commands from PC to connected Android devices. But most of the user don’t know how to setup these drivers on the PC for their android devices. Setting up ADB and Fastboot can be very tricky on a Windows machine. But thanks to XDA member Snoop05 who has developed a small program to quickly install both ADB and Fastboot files on your PC

So here in this guide we’ll show you how to install these devices on your windows machine and the process will take a few minutes to complete the task. Check out the downloads and installation instructions below.

How to Install ADB and Fastboot: Method 1

To quickly and easily install ADB and Fastboot on your Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8/8.1 computer (32-bit and 64-bit), do the following:

Download the latest ADB Installer file (adb-setup-1.4.2.exe).
Right-click the file adb-setup-1.3.exe and choose “Run as Administrator“.
Type “Y” and press Enter to install ADB and Fastboot, and set the environment variables. Enter “N” if you don’t want to do the same and want to just install the drivers.
In the next step, enter “Y” to install the drivers for your device. Enter “N” to skip this step.
Wait till the driver installation finishes up. That would take only some seconds.

To verify that you have successfully setup ADB and fastboot, open up a command prompt (press Windows key + R -> type in cmd -> OK) and enter “adb version” (without quotes). If it returns something like “Android Debug Bridge version x.x.xx“, then your ADB and Fastboot are all-ready.
Congrats! You are ready to rock!