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I can run adb commands on my Nexus 4 and they work fine but when my device is in the bootloader and I try to list the device with,

fastboot devices

my device is not listed. I was having problems with adb on my Windows 7 VM due to driver issues, so I switched to OSX because it does not require any drivers.

I think I may have corrupted my bootloader and recovery in my previous attempts to root my phone with a toolkit(I know I should have done it manually).

Question

Is it possible to reinstall my bootloader or a recovery using just adb i.e. without using fastboot?

makenova
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  • That might be possible if you find some images to load via the revocery's install update.zip from sdcard feature (just as a hint what you might want to look out for; I don't have a Nexus, so I'm not 100% sure). – Izzy Sep 19 '13 at 06:48
  • My recovery was corrupted too, I couldn't reach it. Anyway, the problem resolved itself. I didn't do anything different other than add the adb and fastboot commands to my bin folder. – makenova Sep 19 '13 at 19:22
  • You might want to add that as an answer (so others can see there's a solution), and accept it lateron. – Izzy Sep 19 '13 at 19:54

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The problem with my device not showing up with the fastboot devices command resolved itself. I was then able to flash a custom recovery.

The only thing I did different was, I rebooted my computer and symlinked the adb and fastboot commands in my bin folder.

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