How to set up ADB on your phone Preparing to communicate with your computer Setting up ADB requires some preparation on both the Android phone and the PC you want to use.

After you setup ADB in last week's Android customization, we figured we would put it to more use, here is how to take a screen recording using the ADB shell commands.

This quick guide will show you how to install and configure Google’s ADB tools software on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer in minutes. What is ADB used for?

However, some might prefer to use the ADB interface through a computer. The setup process involves more than the on-device wireless debugging feature introduced with Android 11.

For more info, check out our guides on how to install Android SDK on your computer and how to use ADB. Also make sure to install the appropriate USB drivers for your device on your computer.

Using the sideload command, and the newest version of adb from the Android SDK, one could update their Nexus device through stock recovery, without having to root or flash a custom recovery.