Android

Overview and links

Fastboot - part of ADK that allows you to interact with partitions with no ROM installed
- Windows Drivers
- or see here
Nexus Root Toolkit
ADK - Android Open Accessory Development Kit (part of SDK)
ADB - Android Debug Bridge (part of SDK)
TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) to flash recovery partition
SON/SOFF - security feature that stops any partition other than /data and /cache being written to. Custom ROM: writes to /boot and /system, possibly requires /data and /cache to be cleared.
Open GApps - pico for minimal Google Play install
Mounts2SD - allows internal partitions to be redirected to SD card storage
Magisk Manager
Enter Developer Mode: 7 clicks on build number

Check device is visible:

fastboot devices

Unlock device:

fastboot oem unlock

Boot into recovery without flashing:

fastboot boot twrp-flo.img

Flash recovery:

fastboot flash recovery twrp-flo.img

Reboot:

fastboot reboot

Reboot into bootloader:

fastboot reboot bootloader

Wipe user data:

fastboot -w

To get a shell prompt:

 adb shell

Some useful things:

 adb reboot
 adb reboot recovery
 adb push c:\somerom.\zip /data
 adb pull /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/somepic.jpg c:\
 adb logcat

Set default install location to SD Card (0 -> internal)

 adb pm set-install-location 2

Format ext

 mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

In recovery mode, mount SD card then:

 adb push c:\somerom.zip /sdcard/somerom.zip

Unlock/Lock bootoader:

Stock firmware:

Use Nexus Root Toolkit to root device and install custom bootloader
Root/unlock device
Flash recovery: TWRP or Lineage Recovery
Re-partition
- Later Lineage OS (15+) need a larger system partition for OS and GApps
- Can steal some space from cache partition to increase system from 827 MB to > 1 GB
- Use syspart.zip from here (Further info on partitions)
XDA Developer page
Custom ROMs:
- Official Lineage OS 18.1 (11)
Install OpenGApps at same time as ROM, before reboot

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