Launch adb from your computer by pressing shift + right click in the same folder containing
your adb files, then choosing to «open command prompt here» if you're on Windows.
Download the ZIP file for your platform and unzip it wherever you want to store
the ADB files — they're portable, so you can put them anywhere you want.
The first one teaches you how to manually boot Recovery, the second one uses
ADB files and the last one uses a small tool that works only with a rooted device.
Not exact matches
First thing that you need to do is to setup the Android SDK for your computer, so that you will manage to send new
files to your tablet via «
adb sideload» commands.
Note that it isn't necessary for your computer to have the
ADB or the Android SKD installed on it, as all the
files you need are listed in the tutorial below.
Then use WinRAR or 7 - zip to extract the
files to the same folder that contains the Android
ADB and Fastboot tools.
It needs
ADB commands (Android SDK), a single
file download and an advanced Android user to apply all the changes necessary for the device to offer its users root access.
If you have modified your Nexus 6 OS in any way, then you won't be able to flash the new firmware update using
ADB Sideload method, and you will be forced to flash the Nougat 7.0 Factory Image
file.
To fix this: — use
ADB, then the command «pull» the build.prop
file, edit it on your computer and set another value or back to stock 120.
Without this setup you will not be able to
adb sideload any new firmware
files.
Move the image
file over to wherever your
adb and fastboot
files are set up in your computer.
First thing that you need to do is to setup the Android SDK on your computer, as it will help it detect the phone and
adb sideload new Marshmallow updating
files to your Nexus 6.
This is a guide that uses the «
adb sideload» method in order to push new Lollipop firmware
files to your smartphone.
If your
file is in a different directory, you may be able to type something like «
adb push c: \ cmfire \ stockrecovery.img / sbin /» and have th same results, but that didn't work for me.
I found the easiest way to do this was simply to copy it to the same directory as
adb on my computer, which was the / program
files / android - sdk - windows / platform - tools directory.
In a nutshell, you need to download the Android Software Developer Kit from Google, enable
adb access for the Kindle Fire by modifying a few
files from the SDK, and then use a utility called SuperOneClick to root the tablet.
On a Windows machine,
ADB might be located on C: android - sdk - windowstools, or maybe C: Program
Files (x86) Androidandroid-sdk-windowsplatform-toolsadb.exe.
I tried Astro
file manager and could not and
adb failed.
If you don't have
adb set up in your system PATH, copy the boot.img
file and place it in your
adb folder — C: \ Android \ platform - tools in this case.
If have have
adb set up in your system PATH, Shift + Right Click in the folder where you unzipped all the factory image
files and select «Open a command window here.»
If you're having trouble, double - check the driver for the
ADB interface on your computer; it's different from the standard driver for accessing
files on your Android device, something that often trips up new users.
Copy the system image
files into the same folder as
ADB.
If you hook your phone up to your PC, you can use Android Debug Bridge (or
ADB, for short) to modify deeper settings, or send
files from your computer to your Android device, among other things.
We're also told that MTP does not work at this time, but you can still use
ADB to push and pull
files.
Make sure you have
ADB and Fastboot installed, then transfer the twrp.img
file to the platform - tools folder inside of your
ADB installation directory.
With Nougat,
ADB got a massive update, so now you can push and pull
files up to four times faster than you could before.
The first thing that you need to do is to setup the Android
ADB and Platform - Tools drivers, as these
files will help your PC detect the Nexus 6P when connected via usb cable.
Platform - tools and the
adb drivers will allow you to manually install the new Android 8.1 Oreo developer preview
files on your device.
The platform - tools folder is significant because it houses a pair of
files (
adb.exe and fastboot.exe) that the Windows command prompt needs to reference before it can send any
ADB or Fastboot commands.
These commands range from copying
files to backing up apps and altering display resolutions, so
ADB is definitely one of the most powerful tools for Android.
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File Transfer mode, MTP,
ADB or Fastboot mode.
With the option to flash, the
files are distributed immediately and can be put into the PH - 1 through
ADB.
For the following process, all you will need is the
adb and fastboot
files which are located in the Platform Tools folder.
It is easiest to then uncompress the
file in the Platform Tools folder where the
adb and fastboot
files are so that you don't have to type the path to the different
files when flashing the firmware.
To start with that, simply download the Minimal
ADB and Fastboot executable, then launch the
file and follow the prompts for installation.
With Minimal
ADB and Fastboot, that will be the C: \ Program
Files (x86) \ Minimal
ADB and Fastboot folder — so just copy the ota.zip
file from your Downloads folder, then paste it right in here.
From here, transfer the ota.zip
file to your
ADB installation directory.
Note that it isn't necessary for your computer to have the
ADB or the Android SKD installed on it, as all the
files you need are listed in the tutorial below.
All the
files that you are about to flash via «
adb sideload» will have to be placed under the «platform - tools» folder, it can be found under the Android SDK directory.
zip
file, and move them to folder with fastboot and
adb.
Download the BIN
file emailed to you and transfer it to the platform - tools folder inside of your
ADB installation directory.
To do that, Windows users will need to open the platform - tools folder inside of their
ADB installation directory, which can usually be found at C: \ Program
Files (x86) \ Android \ android - sdk \.
At the CMD prompt and in the C: program
files (x86) androidandroid - sdkplatform - tools directory (if you installed the full SDK) or wherever
ADB and fastboot reside.
img
files (from Zip
file) and the ones that were already extracted are in the same directory as
ADB and fastboot.
Inside the Platform Tools folder, you will need the
adb and fastboot
files to boot into your bootloader and go into fastboot mode.
As a workaround, you can navigate to the folder with the
adb and fastboot executable
files and work from there.
Since you've come from the KitKat installation guide, then we can safely say that your PC has the Android SDK with
adb and fastboot
files present.
Without this setup you will not be able to
adb sideload any new firmware
files.
Now run the command «
adb sideload < name of the OTA
file >».
The new firmware zip
file can be installed using the «
adb sideload» process.