Install Android Debug Bridge (ADB) on Windows

Now that you've enabled USB debugging, it's time to download and install ADB on your
Windows machine.

Open a web browser and visit the following link.

When prompted, click "OK" to download the zip file.

Once the file is finished downloading, open the folder your browser saves downloaded files.

Locate the zip file inside your downloads folder and copy it to the clipboard.

With the zip file copied, paste it to another folder.

For our example, we created a directory on the desktop.

When the zip file is pasted into your new folder, right-click it and extract its contents.

Connect your device to your PC with the USB data/charging cable.

While in the same folder you just extracted the zip file, hold the Shift key + right-click, and
click "Open command window here".

On your phone or tablet you'll see a message box asking to allow USB debugging for your PC.

Click "OK", and "always allow from this computer" if you will be using it again in the future.

Go to the command window that you just opened and type:

"adb devices" (without the quotations marks) and hit the Enter key.

If everything worked correctly, you would see your phone or tablet's serial number under the
list of devices attached.

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Your PC is not set up to communicate with your device via the ADB tool.

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10. If you don't see your phone or tablet's serial number under the list of devices attached,
you're probably missing the right driver.

Continue with the following steps to install/update the ADB interface driver.

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Go back to your browser and visit this link.

Click "OK" to download the zip file to your downloads folder.

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You'll want to extract the zip file to another folder on your PC.

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12. Next, go to the Start menu and search for, "device manager".

When the link populates near the top, click it to continue.

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Inside the Device manager, locate and expand "Other devices", then right-click on ADB
interface and select "Update Driver Software...".

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In the next window click "Browse my computer for driver software".

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Now, browse to the location that you extracted the USB driver zip file contents in step 11,
then click "Next".

Your PC will now install the USB driver, and you'll see a message saying the installation was
successful once it's complete.

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Go back to step 6 and try again.

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