This guide will show you how to install the Android L Beta so that you can try out the Android L Release on your Nexus 5 or Nexus 7. Google is offering an Android L Developer Preview, which is ...

This guide will show you how to install the brand new Android 5.0 Lollipop update so that you can try out Google’s latest version of Android early on your Nexus 5 or 2013 WiFi Nexus 7. Google released ...

Windows/Mac/Linux: Google’s ADB and fastboot are incredibly powerful command line tools for customizing your Android phone. Up until now, these tiny tools have been bundled in the gigantic Android SDK ...

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 ...

Start Minimal ADB and Fastboot, and type ‘adb devices’. If you see your device, then continue. Backup Since unlocking, deletes all data on your device (Including Pictures, Videos, etc), you need to ...

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