1. WS501/WS501 RFID Product Reference Guide
  2. Application Deployment
  3. Android System Update
  4. Performing a System Update Using ADB
  • WS501/WS501 RFID 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.
  1. Connect the device to a host computer using a USB cable.
  2. Press and hold the
    Power off
     icon.
  3. Touch
    Restart
    .
  4. Press and hold the left button until the Zebra logo displays.
  5. Release the left button and the
    Recovery
     screen displays.
  6. Use the right button to navigate the menu.
  7. Press and hold the right button to select
    Apply upgrade from ADB
    .
  8. On the host computer command prompt window type
    adb sideload <file>
    .where: <file> = the path and filename of the zip file.
  9. Press
    Enter
    .
    The System Update installs (progress displays as a percentage in the Command Prompt window) and then the System Recovery screen displays on the device.
  10. Use the right button to navigate to
    Reboot system now
    .
  11. Press and hold the right button to reboot the device.
If you are not able to enter Android Recovery mode through the adb command, Go to Entering Android Recovery Manually.
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