[Android-tools-devel] Bug#814056: android-tools-fastboot: fastboot fails to detect Intel device (Asus ZenPad S 8 Z580CA)

[Alberto Marmodoro]

Package: android-tools-fastboot
Version: 4.2.2+git20130529-5.1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,
The version of 'fastboot' provided within this Debian package fails to detect a tablet powered by an Intel Z3560 Atom SoC.

Having enabled 'Developer mode' and 'USB debugging' on the device, 'lsusb' shows it correctly and 'adb' also operates without problems.
In particular, it can reboot it into 'bootloader mode' via:

# adb reboot bootloader

....but after the device has rebooted into DroidBoot, 'lsusb' continues to see it; but 

# fastboot devices

....returns nothing.

Please consider the relevant discussion i.e. here:
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/102897/fastboot-devices-returns-nothing
or:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096

This does not appear to be a permissions issue. Upon recompiling the 'fastboot' binary as discussed here:
https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/android-applications-on-intel-architecture/topic/494961
(scroll down to T K. post, Wed, 11/12/2014 - 17:27), the confirmed working solution across a variety of Intel devices (http://forum.xda-developers.com/dell-venue/general/linux-tethered-cwm-recovery-version-t2963104)
appears to be a recompiled 'fastboot' binary, as provided i.e. by XDA senior developer Vampirefo (http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2472806). The community has made available a mirror copy here,

http://www.mediafire.com/download/pbr4b2x2ig9b2m5/fastboot

Thanks for your work,
--
Alberto.

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages android-tools-fastboot depends on:
ii  libc6        2.19-18+deb8u2
ii  libselinux1  2.3-2
ii  zlib1g       1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

android-tools-fastboot recommends no packages.

android-tools-fastboot suggests no packages.

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