Download SDK for Android and install ADB and fastboot on Windows

Download SDK for Android and install ADB and fastboot Drivers. A computer operating system is not able to recognize an Android device in ADB mode. For that, it is necessary to install ADB and fastboot drivers on the computer. To install ADB and fastboot Drivers, you need to download Android SDK because “ADB” is part of the tools platform in Android Software Development Kit (SDK).

Simple guide to Install ADB and fastboot without SDK

Download SDK for Android and install ADB and fastboot Drivers

Download SDK for Android

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Important. If you don’t want to download the big Android SDK package, downloading ADB and fastboot Drivers alone is enough.

Steps to install ADB and fastboot Drivers in Windows Xp / 7/8/10

Step 1: Download SDK for Android or just ADB and fastboot Drivers.

Step 2:

1a) If you have downloaded Android SDK steps to follow:

  • Extract the file to the desktop.
  • Go to adt-Bundle -> SDK, from here copy (Ctrl + C) the folder “platform-tools” and rename it “Android”.
  • Paste (Ctrl + V) that folder in the directory «C: Drive» (C: Android)

1 B) If you have downloaded ADB and fastboot Drivers, steps to follow:

  • Extract the file wherever you want and copy the extracted folder in: “C: Drive” (C: Android).

Step 3: Then press the “Win + R” keys together to open the “Run Dialog Box”.

Step 4: In the Run box, we type: sysdm.cpl and press Enter.

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He passed 5: Next, a “System Properties” window will open and from the upper navigation tab, we have to click on Advanced Options-> System variables, as it appears in the photo.

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Step 6: In the window «System variables», we have to find «Path» which is under System variables and click on the «Edit» button, as it appears in the photo.

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He passed 7: A small dialog box will pop up with an editable field “Variable name and variable value”.

Step 8: We leave the “Name of the variable” unchanged and in the “Value of variable”, we have to add “; C: Android »(without quotes) at the end.

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He passed 9: Then we click “Ok” three times in the windows. Ready.

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