Before using ADB, you must have debugging enabled on the device.įastboot is also a part of Android Software Development Kit (SDK). ADB can be used to send terminal commands to an Android device for changing the system level. With ADB, you can easily control your device using USB, transfer files and it runs powerful shell commands. It is basically a command line tool that does the communication between your Android device and a computer via command prompt. ADB – Android Debug BridgeĪndroid Debug Bridge or ADB is a communication tool which makes it easy to send a broad array of terminal commands that includes basic Linux shell commands along with some specialty developer commands.
Before starting the steps, first I will give you a brief introduction to ADB and Fastboot Drivers.