Use Docker to run the Android Fastboot tool.

1. Clone this repository:

    git clone --recursive https://github.com/mparker17/docker-fastboot.git
    cd docker-fastboot/
   

2. Build an image:

    docker build -t fastboot .
   

1. Run fastboot. Replace $subcommand with the fastboot sub-command you want to run.

    docker run --rm -ti --privileged -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -v $PWD:/fastboot fastboot $subcommand
   

   For example, to list connected devices:

    docker run --rm -ti --privileged -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -v $PWD:/fastboot fastboot devices
   

   You can leave out $subcommand to run fastboot help:

    docker run --rm -ti --privileged -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -v $PWD:/fastboot fastboot
   

   Passing -v $PWD:/fastboot maps the current directory to /fastboot in the container, so you can access files in the current directory. Note the working directory is /fastboot by default, so you can refer to files in the current directory using relative paths:

    docker run --rm -ti --privileged -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -v $PWD:/fastboot fastboot update ./update.img
   

If you run into problems, you can run a shell in the container with:

    docker run --rm -ti --privileged -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -v $PWD:/fastboot --entrypoint /bin/bash fastboot

To run a root shell, add -u root:

    docker run --rm -ti --privileged -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -v $PWD:/fastboot --entrypoint /bin/bash -u root fastboot

For more information, see the Docker run reference.

This has only been tested on a Linux system. If you're using something like boot2docker, your USB devices might not be properly mapped.