Always the Prerequisites...

As a reminder this information is for me so if it helps you that's great, so on that note I will not be going into great detail to explain why.... because.... I know why..

Usb Driver to connect "phone-to-windows"

Technically it is known as "Android Bootloader Interface" but I heard that after "Android 11" you really no longer need OEM Specific USB Drivers. Microsoft now includes a generic driver but if you want OEM click below. The Google Driver in Android Studio works without having to disable the signature verification during the installation. Motorola and Samsung added to the collection as well.

Android SDK Platform Tools

Unless you have Android Studio already setup on your PC, then you are going to need some tools to access "ADB and Fastboot" on a device in the terminal window, luckily all you really need is the "platform-tools" folder from the SDK to get this all to work. Straight from Google.

ADB and Fastboot Commands

A simply reference page of commands that I find to work, all put in some rational order.

Android Short Code

A page of common short codes for diagnostics.

Partitions and Paths

A page of common partitions found in android devices along with some paths to file storage.