Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

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 ...

This guide will explain how to easily install Google’s just released update to Android 7.1.2 Nougat for all Nexus and Pixel devices. After debuting Nougat in August of 2016 and an update in December, ...

For quite some time now, the only way to officially get Google’s Android Debug Bridge (ADB) or fastboot tools has been to download either the entire Android Software Development Kit (SDK) or Android ...

The Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a powerful command-line tool that allows you to interact with your Android device from your computer, enabling a wide range of tasks that would otherwise be difficult ...