These instructions use command-line tools. On Windows, use PowerShell rather than the legacy Command Prompt. Open up a single terminal and use it for the whole installation process.
- -You need an updated copy of the fastboot tool and the
- directory containing it needs to be included in the PATH
- environment variable. You can run fastboot --version to determine
- the current version. It must be at least 29.0.6. You can use a
- distribution package for this, but most of them mistakenly package development
- snapshots of fastboot, clobber the standard version scheme for platform-tools
- (adb, fastboot, etc.) with their own scheme and don't keep it up-to-date
- despite that being crucial.
List of distribution packages:
- -android-tools provides fastboot and other useful
- tools not required for installation such as adb. Skip the section
- below on using the standalone platform-tools releases.If your operating system doesn't include a usable version of fastboot, - you can use the official standalone releases of platform-tools. This is - our recommendation for most users. The flashing process won't work unless - you follow these instructions including setting up PATH.
- -To download, verify and extract the standalone platform-tools on Linux:
- -curl -O https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r30.0.5-linux.zip -echo 'd6d72d006c03bd55d49b6cef9f00295db02f0a31da10e121427e1f4cb43e7cb9 platform-tools_r30.0.5-linux.zip' | sha256sum -c -unzip platform-tools_r30.0.5-linux.zip- -
To download, verify and extract the standalone platform-tools on macOS:
- -curl -O https://dl.google.com/android/repository/eabcd8b4b7ab518c6af9c941af8494072f17ec4b.platform-tools_r30.0.5-darwin.zip -echo 'SHA256 (eabcd8b4b7ab518c6af9c941af8494072f17ec4b.platform-tools_r30.0.5-darwin.zip) = e5780bad71a53cf9d693e1053a0748f49e4a67cc1f71d16a94ab4c943af3345f' | shasum -c -tar xvf eabcd8b4b7ab518c6af9c941af8494072f17ec4b.platform-tools_r30.0.5-darwin.zip- -
To download, verify and extract the standalone platform-tools on Windows:
- -curl.exe -O https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows.zip -(Get-FileHash platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows.zip).hash -eq "549ba2bdc31f335eb8a504f005f77606a479cc216d6b64a3e8b64c780003661f" -tar xvf platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows.zip- -
Next, add the tools to your PATH in the current shell so they can be
- used without referencing them by file path, enabling usage by the flashing script.
On Linux and macOS:
- -export PATH="$PWD/platform-tools:$PATH"- -
On Windows:
- -$env:Path = "$pwd\platform-tools;$env:Path"- -
This only changes PATH for the current shell and will need
- to be done again if you open a new terminal.
Check the output of fastboot --version before continuing.
Example of the output after following the instructions above for the - standalone platform-tools:
- -fastboot version 30.0.5-6877874 -Installed as /home/username/platform-tools/fastboot-
You need an updated copy of the fastboot tool and the
+ directory containing it needs to be included in the PATH
+ environment variable. You can run fastboot --version to determine
+ the current version. It must be at least 29.0.6. You can use a
+ distribution package for this, but most of them mistakenly package development
+ snapshots of fastboot, clobber the standard version scheme for platform-tools
+ (adb, fastboot, etc.) with their own scheme and don't keep it up-to-date
+ despite that being crucial.
List of distribution packages:
+ +android-tools provides fastboot and other useful
+ tools not required for installation such as adb. Skip the section
+ below on using the standalone platform-tools releases.If your operating system doesn't include a usable version of fastboot, + you can use the official standalone releases of platform-tools. This is + our recommendation for most users. The flashing process won't work unless + you follow these instructions including setting up PATH.
+ +To download, verify and extract the standalone platform-tools on Linux:
+ +curl -O https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r30.0.5-linux.zip +echo 'd6d72d006c03bd55d49b6cef9f00295db02f0a31da10e121427e1f4cb43e7cb9 platform-tools_r30.0.5-linux.zip' | sha256sum -c +unzip platform-tools_r30.0.5-linux.zip+ +
To download, verify and extract the standalone platform-tools on macOS:
+ +curl -O https://dl.google.com/android/repository/eabcd8b4b7ab518c6af9c941af8494072f17ec4b.platform-tools_r30.0.5-darwin.zip +echo 'SHA256 (eabcd8b4b7ab518c6af9c941af8494072f17ec4b.platform-tools_r30.0.5-darwin.zip) = e5780bad71a53cf9d693e1053a0748f49e4a67cc1f71d16a94ab4c943af3345f' | shasum -c +tar xvf eabcd8b4b7ab518c6af9c941af8494072f17ec4b.platform-tools_r30.0.5-darwin.zip+ +
To download, verify and extract the standalone platform-tools on Windows:
+ +curl.exe -O https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows.zip +(Get-FileHash platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows.zip).hash -eq "549ba2bdc31f335eb8a504f005f77606a479cc216d6b64a3e8b64c780003661f" +tar xvf platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows.zip+ +
Next, add the tools to your PATH in the current shell so they can be
+ used without referencing them by file path, enabling usage by the flashing script.
On Linux and macOS:
+ +export PATH="$PWD/platform-tools:$PATH"+ +
On Windows:
+ +$env:Path = "$pwd\platform-tools;$env:Path"+ +
This only changes PATH for the current shell and will need
+ to be done again if you open a new terminal.
Check the output of fastboot --version before continuing.
Example of the output after following the instructions above for the + standalone platform-tools:
+ +fastboot version 30.0.5-6877874 +Installed as /home/username/platform-tools/fastboot+