Thanks so much! I read a post in the viper 4 thread that said we couldn't do that but I think they may have been talking about firmware or something I dunno. I'm gonna give these a try!
I would still like to get fastboot working though
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Welp, I ended up having to find a workaround. After many attempts to get fastboot working with windows 8.1 and failing, I threw in the towel and called in Linux.
I made a bootable USB disk using a 4gb flash drive, Linux Mint Cinnamon x64 & Lili USB Creator:
http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/download
Once booted into Linux Mint, I used the post from
@bashar from here:
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/motorola-xoom-development/6513-ubuntu-fastboot.html
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"•First, remove any rules you already set up for your Android Device (If any), they'll be very obvious if you look in /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo ls /etc/udev/rules.d/
•Now, open an editor for the rules at /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules:
gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules
•Now, paste all of the rules below:
#Acer
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0502", MODE="0666"
#Dell
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", MODE="0666"
#Foxconn
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0489", MODE="0666"
#Garmin-Asus
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="091E", MODE="0666"
#Google
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"
#HTC
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"
#Huawei
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1", MODE="0666"
#Kyocera
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0482", MODE="0666"
#LG
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1004", MODE="0666"
#Motorola
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="22b8", MODE="0666"
#Nvidia
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0955", MODE="0666"
#Pantech
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="10A9", MODE="0666"
#Samsung
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666"
#Sharp
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04dd", MODE="0666"
#Sony Ericsson
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", MODE="0666"
#ZTE
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="19D2", MODE="0666"
•Save and close the file.
•Change the file permissions:
sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules
• Now, unplug all Android Devices...
• Restart the uDev service:
sudo service udev restart
• Kill and restart adb:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
•Done... you should now be able to work with a device from almost any manufacturer. Plug your phone in to test. "
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BUT when I went to run adb, it said I did not have it installed and gave me a command to install adb (can't remember exactly what it was). I installed adb and also fastboot.
Then I plugged my phone & comp into usb and VIOLA - fastboot works!
For the heck of it, I ran through the Lili setup again and added persistant storage. Then I went through all this again and put the 4gb flash disk away somewhere safe - so that if I ever need fastboot again, it's ready to go
-Note: If you run into issues with fastboot command, type 'sudo ' before the command (no quotes).
Linux will also need to recognize any network connection you have on the physical machine - and you will need to connect to the internet to get adb & fastboot libs installed initially.
