General Fastboot Commands and Processes

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Fastboot General info

Platform-Tools download link: https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools

General Commands

Check platform tools version

adb --version

or

fastboot --version


Format User Data

fastboot -w

Update with fastboot zip

fastboot update 'path to zip'

Downgrade Bootloader (pixel devices)

Note: This may not work for every phone. This will work for pixel devices.

First you will need to download the stock image for the update you are looking for from here

then, boot into recovery mode and wipe data.

next follow the below commands one at a time.

fastboot flash bootloader 'path to bootloader img' --slot all
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot flash radio 'path to radio img' --slot all

you can now flash the fastboot img or other that requires the bootloader version you just flashed