Installing ADB on a Windows machine is a fairly painless but involved process. This guide will walk you from start to finish.
How to Install ADB on Windows?
It should display your device as being connected. If there is no device shown in the command prompt, you may need to download USB drivers specific to your phone from the manufacturer’s website. You should now configure your system-path so you can always run ADB commands from inside the command terminal without having to run it from the SDK tools folder. The methods are nearly the same but a little different between Windows 7, 8, and 10.
Add ADB to System Path for Windows 7, 8
Add ADB to System Path in Windows 10
Follow the steps above until 3. Instead of adding the string to a pre-existing variable string, you are simply going to click “Add New” in the environment variable box that opens. Simply add your ADB folder and press enter.
List of Useful ADB Commands
fastboot devices – ADB commands only work once your phone is fully booted, not from the bootloader. FastBoot allows you to push ADB commands to your device from the bootloader, useful for when you’re stuck in a recovery loop, for example.
