How to Set Up ADB and Fastboot with Android SDK on Windows 7 & Windows 8 [PART 3]

III – INSTALLING AND SETTING UP FASTBOOT & DRIVERS

ADB is now installed and can be used anytime you want to install tweaks or perform ADB commands. We can proceed on setting up Fastboot for my Galaxy Nexus. In this part, we will tell you how to use the downloaded USB drivers to set up Fastboot.

NOTE: Fastboot USB drivers may be different for other Android phones. Bootloader should be unlocked. If you are unsure, Google this up for your phone.

Step 26 - Disconnect your Android phone from the USB cable and turn it OFF.

Step 27 - Go to Bootloader / Fastboot mode now. How? Press and hold these buttons together: Volume Up + Volume Down + Power. Hold them till you see the Bootloader / Fastboot mode.

Step 28 - Connect your Android phone to the computer now and wait till your PC installs all the drivers it could.

Step 29 - Then, go to Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager. In the list, you will see Android 1.0.

Step 30 - Right-click on it, and select Update Driver Software…

Step 31 - Select the second option from the following screen.

Step 32 - Again, select the second option from the next screen as shown below.

Step 33 - Select Show All Devices and click Next.

Step 34 - Click the “Have Disk” button. Now browse to D:android-sdk-windowsextrasgoogleusb_driver directory and select android_winusb.inf. Click Open. Then click on OK.

Step 35 - You will be show a list of Android drivers. Select Android Bootloader Interface and click Next.

Step 36 - Click Yes to the warning message.

Step 37 - Now wait till driver installation gets over. Click the ‘Install’ button if you see the following warning message.

Step 38 - Do you see the following screen now? Congratulations! Bootloader / Fastboot drivers are now successfully installed on your computer!

Step 39 - Now to verify Fastboot is working fine, go to the platform-tools directory (D:android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools).

Step 40 - Open Command Prompt. Hold Shift key + right-click anywhere in the folder and select Open command prompt here.

Step 41 - Type “fastboot devices” (without quotes) in the Command Prompt window and press Enter.

Step 42 - If you see the screen as in the screenshot above, you have successfully set up Fastboot mode on your computer for your Android phone.

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