For instance, the manual method for flashing a system.img would be:įastboot flash system 'path_to_file/system.img' Definitely simple, but with the toolkit, the identical operations is performed - except I can just navigate to the file through explorer, rather than copy-pasting the path each time. I know fastboot and adb cmds pretty well, but I really like having something that interfaces seamlessly with the desktop experience. My goal has always been to design a tool that I personally would want to use. I clearly have a bias since I made this thing, but figured I would weigh-in on the manual vs. However to the standard user who doesn't want to feel like a hacker, having a simple user interface that performs all the functions they want is more straightforward. That's also great, it's incredibly useful, and sideloading is a great way of doing things quickly. If you don't have it, I highly recommend it, it's helped me do all the modifications to my phone and saved me when they've gone wrong.Įdit: Pretty much all of you are telling me that you prefer fastbooting and adb. It will save you so much time should you ever encounter a problem, you won't have to Google 'halp my nexus is broke' again. No problem, thanks to backing up through TWRP pretty recently, I was able to completely restore my phone to factory settings to get out of the brick, then restore the backup I'd made, all through the toolkit. It was stuck on the Google logo and wouldn't boot whatsoever. It performs so many functions, like rooting your device, backing everything up, flashing ROMs and kernels, and so much more.

Seriously, the Wugfresh Nexus Root Toolkit is an amazing program.

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