[TOOL]ADB + Fastboot v1.0.31 for OS X/4.3 [NOW Includes ADB & Fastboot][08-17-2013]

[wad3g]

[TOOL]ADB + Fastboot v1.0.31 for OS X/4.3 [NOW Includes ADB & Fastboot][08-17-2013]

ADB & FASTBOOT FOR OS X​

There has been some confusion since I discuss using Fastboot in this post, but the zip only contained ADB. This is completely my fault and I apologize. Either way I've updated the .zip to include ADB & Fastboot.​

UPDATED: 08/17/2013 - Added Fastboot to adb-1.0.31-mac.zip​

I've seen several people having issues on OS X trying to use ADB since the release of Android 4.3. In my case ADB recognized my device, but each time I ran adb devices my device would be reported as offline. I downloaded the SDK from Google several times and always ended up with ADB v1.0.29 (4.2.2).

This will should solve your OS X & ADB issues if you're running Android 4.3. This ONLY includes the ADB & Fastboot executable files and is for Mac OS X ONLY. I, like many others, do not need the full SDK. If you're not an app developer, like myself, this is all you need to have ADB working on your machine.

For any new OS X users I'll add a how to just so you don't have to go search for it else where:

How to setup ADB + Fastboot on OS X
Note: This is for not for developers. This only includes ADB & Fastboot and is not the full Android SDK

Step 1: Download the ZIP containing ADB & Fastboot

Step 2: Extract the ZIP to the directory of your choice

Step 3: Optional Create an environment variable
1. Open Terminal
2. Type cd to take you to your home directory.

cd

3. Type touch .profile to create a hidden file in your home directory named .profile

touch .profile

4. Type open -e .profile to open the file you just created in TextEdit

open -e .profile

5. In the file, add the following:

export PATH=${PATH}:/PathToDirectoryWhereYouExtractedTheZIP

6. Save the file and close TextEdit, quit Terminal, and relaunch the Terminal


Step 4: In Terminal type adb devices, you should see your phone's corresponding serial number Ex: HXM1005HNF012345 device

adb devices

Note: If you choose not to create an environment variable from Step 3 it effects two things:
1. You will need to cd to the directory containing ADB each time you want to run ADB.
2. When executing ADB commands you will need to add ./ in front of ADB. Ex: ./adb devices

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[matthew0776]

I've used a mac with with all three of me nexus devices so ime pretty familiar but..is anyone else having probs with fastboot trying to flash a system.img ...I kept getting a error everytime. Boot.img would go through but not system img...? Any help would be great. If not no worries...adb seems to work fine if u need to push something ... But this is the first device I couldn't use fastboot flash system with...??

Candy Painted

 

[wad3g]

I've used a mac with with all three of me nexus devices so ime pretty familiar but..is anyone else having probs with fastboot trying to flash a system.img ...I kept getting a error everytime. Boot.img would go through but not system img...? Any help would be great. If not no worries...adb seems to work fine if u need to push something ... But this is the first device I couldn't use fastboot flash system with...??

Candy Painted

Did you have ADB previously installed before download this .zip? This is not the full Android SDK, but the updated version of ADB and doesn't include fastboot.

 

[Chatperdu]

...and doesn't include fastboot.

Perhaps all references to fastboot should be deleted, right now this thread still says "adb + fastboot...". Thanks for providing it all the same. Save me the 400mb download

 

[wad3g]

Perhaps all references to fastboot should be deleted, right now this thread still says "adb + fastboot...". Thanks for providing it all the same. Save me the 400mb download

You're right. I can't believe that never crossed my mind, I guess I was assuming everyone previously had ADB on their machine.

Anyway, I've updated the download links and attachments so now everything includes ADB & Fastboot files. Hopefully this will clear up any confusing in the future and I apologize to all of you who had issues due to this.

 

[Chatperdu]

You're right. I can't believe that never crossed my mind, I guess I was assuming everyone previously had ADB on their machine.

I have a previous installation. I am assuming fastboot doesn't have to match the adb version. Will try it out soon. My previous solution is to boot into bootloader, than adb will find the device, an inefficient work around.

 

[wad3g]

I have a previous installation. I am assuming fastboot doesn't have to match the adb version. Will try it out soon. My previous solution is to boot into bootloader, than adb will find the device, an inefficient work around.

Yes a previous version of fastboot should work fine. I don't believe fastboot was updated. I still use the the fastboot version that came with 1.0.29.

 

[crackmulah]

i followed these instructions, including creating .profile, but still neither my nexus 4 or new nexus 7 running 4.3 are recognized. Nothing is listed when I do adb devices, just an emtpy list