How to use ADB & Fastboot Commands on Android

Here are the most commonly used ADB/ Fastboot Commands for all android users. In this article, we have shared a concise list of much essential ADB and fastboot commands. These commands are very useful for anyone who is going to modify or customize their android device.

Android Debugging Bridge shortly (ADB) is a set of small commands that will work for any operation if other procedures don’t work. Through ADB commands you can run your device even you have softly broken your device. However, you have to be familiar with these short ADB commands. If you are really interested then go ahead.

PRE-REQUISITES:

• Install/ setup ADB/Fastboot drivers at your PC. [Windows] – [Mac or Linux].
• install Minimal ADB and fastboot flash tool at your PC.
• Enable USB Debugging mode at Android device. go to [Settings >Developer options].
• An original USB data cable to connect the device with the PC.

ADB/ FASTBOOT COMMANDS -ULTIMATE LIST

FASTBOOT COMMANDS LIST

• fastboot devices – > Displays the connect devices.
• adb reboot bootloader – > Boot your device into bootloader or fastboot mode.
• adb reboot recovery -> Boot the device in recovery mode.
• adb reboot fastboot -> directly reboot your device in fastboot mode.
• fastboot reboot bootloader -> to reboot your device from fastboot mode to fastboot mode again.
• fastboot flash ABC.zip – > To flash a zip file via fastboot mode. [ABC= real zip file name]
• fastboot flash recovery ABC.img – > To flash a recovery image file. [ABC= real zip file name]
• fastboot flash boot ABC.img -> To flash a kernel image file. [ABC= real zip file name]
• fastboot oem unlock -> to Unlock the bootloader of your device.
• fastboot oem lock -> to relock the bootloader of the device.
• adb reboot -> to normally reboot your device.

ADB COMMANDS LIST

• adb devices –> show connected android devices with the PC.
• adb install –> to install an application .apk.
• adb pull –> to copy a file from the device to the system.
• adb push –> to copy a file from the system to the device
• adb get-serialno – > shows device serial no.
• adb logcat – > to display log file on the screen.
• adb jdwp -> shows JDWP processes at the device.
• adb get-state -> displays device’s status.
• adb wait-for-device – > displays progress time required/ delay for the next command.
• adb bugreport -> shows dump sys, dump state and logcat data at the screen.
• adb start-server – > to start ADB server process.
• adb kill-server -> to stop the ADB server.
• adb shell – > Lunch the remote shell console for commands at the device to control your device.
• adb help -> to display helps contents for ABD.

These were some of the most common ADB/ Fastboot Commands for all Android users.