We will show you how to do that later. Follow the instructions below for either installing the Android SDK tools or Minimal ADB and Fastboot. Download and install the Android SDK tools ...

Now you want to click on extract to extract all the contents to C:\program files (x86)\android\android-sdk\platform-tools (if you installed the full SDK) or whatever directory ADB and Fastboot are ...

Step 2: Extract the Fastboot.zip file using winrar, 7zip or winzip and then copy its contents to the android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory on computer.

Nexus 6 (aka Motorola Shamu) users, who are running the Android 5.0 Lollipop update can now unlock their device's bootloader manually, in just a few minutes time with Android SDK and fastboot ...

Having ADB and fastboot available outside of the other two main downloads, first of all, saves space. Android SDK takes up 292 MB of space.

Ron Amadeo Next you'll need to put your device in "Fastboot" mode, which will allow you to wipe out the current Android install and send over a new version from a desktop computer.

Simply download the latest Android SDK from Google, unzip the contents of the file, and head into the Platform-tools folder where adb and fastboot should be located.

A Nexus device along with a USB cable to connect it to your computer. The Android SDK installed on your machine with ADB and Fastboot command successfully working. Here’s a tutorial on how to do ...

You can get the platform tools for Windows, Linux, or Mac direct from Google's servers. You get a ZIP file containing the platform tools folder with ADB, fastboot, and a few other tools.