ADB AND FASTBOOT COMMANDS FOR ANDROID - WINDOWS
ADB (Android
Debug Bridge) and Fastboot are command mode communication tool between PC and
Android Device. You can do things like modify Android system, unlock
bootloader, reflash image / partition, recover the Android device, update the
device, install third party ROMs, etc., on your Android Device using this ADB
& Fastboot from your PC.
To work with ADB and Fastboot, you should properly install ADB and Fastboot drivers on your
PC. Also enable the USB Debugging Mode in the Android Device and connect it to
the PC using original USB Cable.
And, here
you can find some most using ADB and Fastboot commands that you should know to do the above said things. Number
of users are using ADB & FASTBOOT for backup the Android device, install
the TWRP recovery, Flash ROMs and some other uses.
Fastboot commands may brick your device.
Make sure you know what you are doing!
Useful ADB Commands:
1. To check the connected Android Smartphone, type the following Command:
adb devices
2. To
restart your Android device, type the following Command:
adb reboot
3. To
boot your Android Smartphone recovery mode, type the following Command:
adb reboot recovery
4. To
boot your Android Smartphone into fastboot / download mode, type the following
Command:
adb reboot bootloader
5. To
backup your Android Smartphone, type the following Command:
adb backup -all or -shared or -apk or -system [Directory on the
Computer]
6. To
restore the backup to your Android Smartphone, type the following Command:
adb restore [Directory on the Computer]
* Note that there is a WARNING that “adb backup is deprecated and may be removed in a
future release”.
7. To
show your Android Smartphone’s real time log, type the following Command:
adb logcat
8. To
install zip file using sideload when your device is in recovery mode, type the
following Command:
adb sideload filename.zip
Useful Fastboot Commands:
fastboot devices
2. To
check the Bootloader unlock status, type the following Command:
fastboot oem device-info
* “true”
means the Android device’s Bootloader is in unlocked status.
“false” means the Bootloader is in locked
status.
3. To
know the Antiroll back version of the Android device, type the following
Command:
fastboot getvar anti
4. To
unlock the bootloader of the Android device, type the following Command:
fastboot oem unlock
or
fastboot flashing unlock
* most of
the Android Smartphone manufacturers having their own method to unlock their
devices. If applicable then follow their instructions and method.
5. To
relock the bootloader of the Android device, type the following Command:
fastboot oem lock
or
fastboot flashing lock
6. To
boot into TWRP or any Custom Recovery on Android device (download the device specific recovery image
& open the PowerShell window on the folder which contains recovery image),
type the following Command:
fastboot boot recovery.img
*
recovery.img - change it to your custom recovery file name (ex. - twrp.img)
* This
command only boots the device with custom recovery and not installing it. When
you reboot your Android Smartphone, the custom recovery will be overwritten by
previous recovery.
7. To
flash the TWRP or any Custom Recovery permanently on the Android device (download the
specific recovery image & open the PowerShell window on the folder which
contains recovery image), type the following Command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
* This
command installs the custom recovery and sometimes the stock recovery will be
overwritten when you reboot your device. To avoid this, it is recemented after
installing custom recovery by using the above command and boot the device into
recovery mode by using the following command.
fastboot reboot recovery
8. To
flash the KERNEL on the Android device (download the specific kernel boot image
& open the PowerShell window on the folder which contains recovery image),
type the following Command:
fastboot flash boot bootimage.img
9. To
wipe your Android device, type the following Command:
fastboot -w
10.
To update the Android device with some xyz.zip file (open the PowerShell window
on the folder which contains update zip file), type the following Command:
fastboot update xyz.zip
11.
To format data partition in your Android device, type the following Command:
fastboot format:ext4 userdata
*This
will erase your data
12.
To restart the Android device, type the following fastboot Command:
fastboot reboot
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