[HOW TO] set up adb on UBUNTU 12.04, 11.10 and 11.04 easy way topic

If you are using Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, you will know that the HTC drivers are not compatible and you cannot get fastboot access using Windows.

So what is the next best option? Dual boot to LINUX (UBUNTU).

This guide is a step by step noob friendly guide to set up the adb and fastboot tools on UBUNTU without the hassels of downloading SDK or JDK

Step 1: Open teminal on UBUNTU

Step 2: type the following as it is one at a time

[CODE][/sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot]

Step 3: Update the adb packages by typing the following in the terminal

[CODE][/sudo apt-get install android-tools-fsutils]

Step 4: Now download the Linux Fastboot files from downloads below. Extract on Desktop

Step 5: Run termial and type the following one by one

[CODE][/ sudo adb devices]
This will start the adb server

[CODE][/ cd Desktop
cd Fastboot/ Linux]
This will get you inside the fastboot folder extracted on the desktop

[CODE][/sudo fastboot devices]
This will show the list of all the fastboot devices connected to the PC
(Remember to keep your phone in the fastboot mode by holding the "power + volume down" keys and then selcting fastboot from the bootloader menu)

Thats it!!
Congratulation you have now access to fastboot on your linux UBUNTU PC!

Attached Files

Fastboot Linux.zip - [Click for QR Code] (204.9 KB)