1. ZEC500 Product Reference Guide
  2. Application Deployment
  3. Android System Update
  4. Performing a System Update Using ADB
  • ZEC500 Product Reference Guide
Performing a System Update Using ADB

Performing a System Update Using ADB

Use ADB to perform a system update.
Go to the Zebra Support & Downloads web site at zebra.com/support and download the appropriate System Update package to a host computer.
To ensure the device performs as expected, power on the device first before connecting a USB cable from the host computer.
  1. Connect the device to a host computer using a USB cable.
  2. Go to
    Settings
    .
  3. Select
    System
     >
    Developer options
    .
  4. Toggle the USB debugging switch to the
    ON
     position.
  5. Select
    USB Debugging
    . A check mark appears in the check box. The
    Allow USB debugging?
     dialog box appears.
  6. Select
    OK
    .
  7. On the host computer, navigate to the platform-tools folder and open a command prompt window.
  8. Type
    adb devices
    .
    The following displays: 
    List of devices attached XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX device
    Where XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the device number.
    If the device number does not appear, ensure that the ADB drivers are installed properly.
  9. Type
    adb reboot recovery
    .
  10. Press
    Enter
    .
    The System Recovery screen appears on the device.
  11. Press the programmable button to navigate to
    Apply upgrade from ADB
    .
  12. Press the power button.
  13. On the host computer command prompt window type
    adb sideload file
    where: <file> = the path and filename of the zip file.
  14. Press
    Enter
    .
    The Enterprise Reset package installs and then the System Recovery screen appears on the device.
  15. Navigate to
    Reboot system now
     and press the power button to reboot the device.
  16. Disconnect the USB cable from the device.