If you are advanced Android user then probably have “played” with your device and moved in parts of the system that should not. We are talking about the customization of power that allows you to change the bootloader to have full control over the device, and may install a ROM AOSP or even a port made another smartphone. There are several ways to do this, but they all require you to have a PC available to access the bootloader and can perform commands via ADB fastboot. But this situation is about to change.
According to information found at Android Police, Google will add support for Wi-Fi for Android bootloader. What this would mean in practice? You no longer have to connect your phone via PC using a USB cable to send commands via ADB for the device. All this can be done via Wi-Fi, since the phone can stay connected on your home network even when you are outside the system.
in this way, you can install ROMs, updates on patches or even perform root the device without connecting it directly to the PC. For this, all it takes is to restart your smartphone or tablet to the fastboot mode and plug it into the network of your choice. You will send the ADB commands from the PC using the TCP protocol. Images were captured in a test version of Moto G 2015 has this feature enabled. In addition, Google added support for TCP via fastboot in system support code, which may indicate that this will be one of the new features of Android N.
This novelty can also be interesting to carry out repairs, when your PC does not recognize the USB port connected to the device. The Moto G with modified bootloader has been able to connect to other smartphones, with the name ‘SoftAP’ for a direct hotspot configuration. Another need would be a connection between devices that does not contain a USB port. Anyway, nothing confirms that this feature will come in Android N. Google may just be testing the possibilities.
(updated on March 7, 2016 at 12:22)
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