A Fastboot firmware flasher tool, often part of the Android SDK, allows users to update or modify firmware on Android devices by directly interacting with the device's bootloader via USB. It's a ...

You can create a release to package software, along with release notes and links to binary files, for other people to use. Learn more about releases in our docs.

The pre-requisite step in any guide to sideloading an OTA or flashing a factory image is installing the Android Device Bridge. Previously, the official way to get adb or fastboot was by downloading ...

HTC users can easily unlock the bootloader as well as flash partitions using a new tool, FastADB, thanks to sandix, an XDA senior member on xda-developers forum. According to a post on the forum, ...

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Android users are in for some great news, as the new Fastboot update ported into the preview release of Android M patches up the "missing system.img" error that ...

It’s great to see Android Q beta 4 with so many new features, but it’s also great to see the beta open up to non-Pixel phones. Here’s how to get Android Q beta 4 for compatible non-Pixel phones.