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Bootloader / Fastboot mode allows you to flash any partition on a device, be it system, boot, recovery, cache. Bootloader / Fastboot mode allows you to flash any partition on a device, be it system, boot, recovery, cache.
If you’ve ever tried to root your Android phone or flash a ROM, you may have heard about ADB and/or fastboot. These two tools are surprisingly powerful, but can be a bit overly complex to install. Here’s how to do it the easy way.
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Update: Google recently released ADB and fastboot as a standalone download. Now you don’t need to download a huge developer kit just to mod you’re phone! We’ve updated our guide below to reflect the changes and to use Google’s official download instead of third-party services.
What are ADB and Fastboot?
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These two tools allow you to send terminal commands to your phone from your computer via USB. They both serve different functions, but they can be installed with relative ease at the same time, so it’s helpful to have both. Here’s a (very) brief breakdown on what these tools do:
- Android Debug Bridge (ADB): This tool allows you to send a wide array of terminal commands—including but not limited to basic Linux shell commands, plus some specialty developer commands—to your phone at just about any time (as long as you have debugging enabled on your phone). You can send commands while the phone is turned on and booted, or even when it’s in recovery mode. While ADB is often used in conjunction with rooting or modifying your phone, you can use ADB to send terminal commands to unrooted devices as well.
- Fastboot: When you need to modify your phone’s firmware, fastboot is the tool you need. This allows you to send commands to the bootloader, which means you can flash/modify things like custom recoveries. You can’t flash whole ROMs with it, but it’s helpful for many things that ADB can’t do. Fastboot isn’t enabled for all phones, so you may have to check your specific device.
Both of these tools come with the Android SDK, however that’s an extremely large download that, frankly, most users who are interested in ADB and fastboot don’t need. Fortunately, Google recently made it easy to get these two without all the junk.
Step 1: Download the Platform Tools Package
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Google collectively refers to ADB, fastboot, and a few other utilities as the Platform Tools package. You can download the Platform Tools package from the SDK website here. There are separate packages for Windows, Mac, and Linux so download the appropriate version for your platform.
Once you’ve downloaded the Platform Tools package, extract the contents of the .zip file to a folder you can find later (like “C:Androidplatform-tools”). You don’t actually need to install ADB and fastboot to use them, but you can take an extra step to make them more convenient for you.
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By default, you’ll either have to navigate to the folder where you extracted the Platform Tools package and run any ADB or fastboot command from there, or write out the full path where ADB is every single time you want to run a command. For example, this is a simple command to see what devices are attached to your system:
adb devices
If your command prompt isn’t open to the location where you extracted the Platform Tools, however, you would have to type something like this:
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c:Androidplatform-toolsadb.exe devices
That’s a pain to go through every single time you want to tweak something on your phone. To fix this, we can modify something called the PATH variable so that you can run ADB and fastboot commands no matter which folder you’re in.
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Step 2: Edit Your PATH Variable
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The PATH variable is a master list of where to look for command line tools. By default your computer already knows where to find a few really useful tools. Here, we’ll add ADB and fastboot to that list to make it much easier to use them in the future. You’ll need to know where you extracted the Platform Tools package in the last step, so keep that folder location handy.
Windows
Depending on which version of Windows you’re using, these steps may be slightly different. To add ADB to your PATH variable, follow these steps:
- Open the Start menu and search for “advanced system settings.”
- Click “View advanced system settings.”
- Click the box that says “Environment Variables.”
- Under “System variables” click on the variable named “Path”.
- Click “Edit..”
- (Windows 7,8): Add
;[FOLDERNAME]
to the end of the “Variable value” box, replacing [FOLDERNAME] with the folder path where you extracted Platform Tools. Be sure to include the semicolon at the beginning so Windows knows you’re adding a new folder. - (Windows 10): Click “New” and paste the folder path where you extracted the Platform Tools. Hit Enter and click OK.
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Now when you want to use ADB or fastboot, simply open a command prompt from the Start Menu and enter your commands.
MacOS/Linux
Editing the macOS and Linux PATH files are a little more complicated than on Windows. However, if you’re comfortable with a command line, it’s still pretty simple. This method will automatically add the location of ADB and fastboot to your PATH every time you log into your system:
- Open up a Terminal window by navigating to Applications/Utilities or searching for it in Spotlight.
- Enter the following command to open up your Bash profile:
touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile
- The .bash_profile file should open in your default text program.
- Add this line to the end of the file: export PATH=”$HOME/[FOLDERNAME]/bin:$PATH” replacing [FOLDERNAME] with the location where you extracted ADB and fastboot.
- Save the file and press Cmd+Q to quit your text editor.
- In your terminal enter
source ~/.bash_profile
to run your Bash profile for the first time.
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From now on, any time you open a Terminal window, you can run ADB and fastboot commands from wherever you are.
Howdy Guys,
The most awaited and popular ROM from Xiaomi has released now. We have already discussed MIUI 8 Update, Features & Eligible devices. Finally, Xiaomi has managed to release the MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM for supported devices. The update is available for everyone since 25 August. A lot of users are getting this update over OTA & many users have already updated their MIUI to the latest version. Download MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM for eligible devices from the below post.
After Global Developer ROM, Global Beta ROM & China Developer ROM they have released this Stable Version. The ROM is built with hell awesome features & appearances of OS is very cool. Xiaomi has added some new features in this new build and also they have improved this ROM to user need. Most of the bugs are fixed & they are releasing daily or weekly based updates over via OTA.
Everything in the ROM Works fine for eligible devices expect “Second Space” & “Dual apps” feature is not working on Redmi 1S, Redmi 2, Redmi Note 3G, Redmi Note 4G. It is due to Hardware limitations of the device.
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Some Features of MIUI 8 By Xiaomi
Below we have mentioned some quite interesting features of MIUI 8. For more detailed info you can read this post MIUI 8 Update | All Features, Eligible Devices & Downloads.
1) Long Screenshots – You can snap a very long screenshot of your screen. This feature is most liked feature from MIUI Users.
2) Second Space – It allows a user to use your Xiaomi smartphones like dual. One for Office use & one side for Personal use.
3) Dual Apps – Now, You don’t need to download any third party app to run a dual account of any app. With this feature, you can create dual of any app.
4) Quick Ball – It is like an “Apple Assistive Touch” feature. In this ball, you can access different shortcuts. Also, these shortcuts are customizable.
5) Gallery – Now you can delete photos from both Gallery & Mi Cloud from the device.
6) New Designed Toggle Bar – In MIUI 7 there were separate pages for Notifications & Separate one for Shortcut buttons. But in this update, they have mixed these things up on the single page.
7) Smart Calculator – Xiaomi has relaunched their default calculator app with new features. apart from Maths calculation users are able to convert Temperature, Height & Currency etc.
8) New Notes App – Xiaomi has redesigned this app with various colors and options. Also, you can set passwords & fingerprint for specific notes.
9) Settings – The whole new setting app is well designed with a lot of colors also they have added search box where you can search for any setting you want.
Additionally, µ Torrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification and peer exchange. Μ Torrent was written with efficiency in mind.
10) Power Management – Much better power management & Battery optimization now.
11) Video Editing – User can filter, add music, Crop their videos using video editor.
12) Hindi T9 Support – Yes. The Hindi language is now supported for contact and dialing options.
Download MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM For Supported Devices
Device | Download MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM | |
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Xiaomi Mi 2 | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Mi 2S | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Mi 3 | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xioami Mi 4 | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Mi 4i | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Mi 5 | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Mi Max 32GB | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi 1S | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi 2 | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi 3S | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3G | Not Available | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Snapdragon) | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3(Special Edition) | Fastboot ROM | Recovery ROM |
How To Install MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM On Xiaomi Phone?
After downloading the ROM from above you can easily flash this ROM. Depend on the ROM you have downloaded either Fastboot ROM or Recovery ROM. If you have downloaded Recovery ROM & if your device currently running on MIUI then you can easily flash this through Updater app.
Check out our below guide to Install MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM on your device.
So I hope your hunt for MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM Download is over here. Also, we have provided a guide to install this on your Xiaomi device. Please do comment if you face any issue. We are always there to help you guys. Also, Don’t forget to share this post with your friends on Social Media. Thanks.