Phones

Android

adb

Usage	Explanation
devices	show connected devices that are fully booted
reboot	reboot into the normal Android operating system
reboot bootloader	reboot into the bootloader
reboot recovery	reboot into the recovery mode
reboot fastboot	reboot into the fastboot mode
push	upload a file to the device
pull	download a file from the device

Example	Explanation
push recovery.img /sdcard/	upload an image file to the internal sdcard storage of the phone

fastboot

Usage	Explanation
devices	show connected Android devices in the boot or recovery mode
boot <RECOVERY_IMAGE>.img	temporarily boot into a recovery image that is stored on the local computer
flash recovery <RECOVERY_IMAGE>.img	install a new recovery utility (such as TWRP)
flash <PARTITION> <IMAGE>.img	flash the image to a specific partition (it will only flash to A on A/B systems)
flash –slot all <PARTITION> <IMAGE>.img	flash the image to a specific A/B partition (bootloader, radio, or vendor) on Oreo and newer devices

History

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• < 2019.01.01 [https://github.com/LukeShortCloud/rootpages/commits/main/src/linux_commands/phones.rst]