The Android Debug Bridge (adb) no longer works when users are working on the bootloader. As such Android users that find themselves not booted in to their devices with the debugging tools not active ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. As a reminder, unlocking the bootloader of your phone allows you the opportunity to do things like flash a ROM ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Part of the beauty of owning a Nexus device comes through the regular availability of factory images that can ...

The biggest disadvantage to picking up the smaller Pixel 2 on Verizon's network is the locked bootloader. Big Red dictates that the phones it sells have to be locked down tight. That's a problem if ...

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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 ...