What is ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and How To Setup ADB on Windows [USB Driver v3]
Written By Sam on 22 July 2010
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If you are an Android developer then you must have heard about ADB. But if you are a novice user and are looking to mod your Android mobile then you must have come across ADB. ADB stands for Android Debug Bridge and it is a versatile tool that lets you manage the state of an emulator instance or Android-powered device. It is basically a client-server program that includes three components:
- A client, which runs on your development machine. You can invoke a client from a shell by issuing an adb command. Other Android tools such as the ADT plugin and DDMS also create adb clients.
- A server, which runs as a background process on your development machine. The server manages communication between the client and the adb daemon running on an emulator or device.
- A daemon, which runs as a background process on each emulator or device instance.
ADB provides a terminal for interacting with your Android mobile file system. ADB basically works as a bridge between your computer and mobile and helps you in modding your device.
How to Setup ADB on Windows
- Download ADBDriver_v3.zip and extract it to some folder say C:\ADBDrivers_v3
- Plug your Android mobile via USB. Now Windows will either install few drivers and you wont be prompted or you will be prompted for the location of the ADB driver.
- If you don’t see any messages then open device manager and look for devices with a yellow exclamation mark.
- Now right-click the device and then click “Update Driver”
- Click “Browse my computer …”, then select “Let me pick from …”, then click “Have Disk…” and finally click “Browse…”
- Browse to the folder where you extracted the drivers, click “Open” and then “OK”.
- From the list select “Android Composite ADB Interface” and then click “Next”
- You might get a dialog saying “Installing this device driver is not recommended…”. If so, click Yes.
- If everything went well you should see “Windows has successfully updated your driver software”
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