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| author | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2021-12-02 04:43:54 -0500 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2021-12-02 04:43:54 -0500 |
| commit | 2beeb4a807fe15a51d82d509f2a0f8a2b6a0134f (patch) | |
| tree | 29b3e9014d23d7b15f9ec4b7bd02fe1709f794ba /static/install | |
| parent | d8f71f37c7d7f94f84182ea8b1134033132a4cc4 (diff) | |
provide more details on Windows fastboot driver
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| -rw-r--r-- | static/install/cli.html | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | static/install/web.html | 17 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/static/install/cli.html b/static/install/cli.html index 17f026b9..52978a29 100644 --- a/static/install/cli.html +++ b/static/install/cli.html @@ -318,10 +318,19 @@ Installed as /home/username/platform-tools/fastboot</pre> <p>Connect the phone to the computer. On Linux, you'll need to do this again if you didn't have the udev rules set up when you connected it.</p> - <p>On Windows, you may need to install a driver for fastboot now: In Windows Update, - click Check for updates. After that there might be a link "View optional updates." - Download and install any driver updates. If there are no optional updates, simply - continue with the installation instructions.</p> + <p>On Windows, you need to install a driver for fastboot if you don't already have + it. No driver is needed on other operating systems. You can obtain the driver from + Windows Update which will detect it as an optional update when the device is + booted into the bootloader interface and connected to the computer. Open Windows + Update, run a check for updates and then open the "View optional updates" + interface. Install the driver for the Android bootloader interface as an optional + update.</p> + + <p>An alternative approach to obtaining the Windows fastboot driver is to obtain + the <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb">latest driver for + Pixels</a> from Google and then + <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb#InstallingDriver">manually + install it with the Windows Device Manager</a>.</p> </section> <section id="unlocking-the-bootloader"> diff --git a/static/install/web.html b/static/install/web.html index f2e14713..40ed16a7 100644 --- a/static/install/web.html +++ b/static/install/web.html @@ -205,10 +205,19 @@ <p>Connect the phone to the computer. On Linux, you'll need to do this again if you didn't have the udev rules set up when you connected it.</p> - <p>On Windows, you may need to install a driver for fastboot now: In Windows Update, - click Check for updates. After that there might be a link "View optional updates." - Download and install any driver updates. If there are no optional updates, simply - continue with the installation instructions.</p> + <p>On Windows, you need to install a driver for fastboot if you don't already have + it. No driver is needed on other operating systems. You can obtain the driver from + Windows Update which will detect it as an optional update when the device is + booted into the bootloader interface and connected to the computer. Open Windows + Update, run a check for updates and then open the "View optional updates" + interface. Install the driver for the Android bootloader interface as an optional + update.</p> + + <p>An alternative approach to obtaining the Windows fastboot driver is to obtain + the <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb">latest driver for + Pixels</a> from Google and then + <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb#InstallingDriver">manually + install it with the Windows Device Manager</a>.</p> </section> <section id="unlocking-the-bootloader"> |