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[Q] Windows ADB USB drivers?

After enabling USB debugging on my Nexus 7, I still can't get "adb devices" to list my Nexus 7. I also tried switching its USB connection type from "media" to "camera", to no effect. I have Windows 7; I see a "Nexus" device under Other Devices in my device manager, but when I try to install the Google USB drivers from the Android SDK, Windows refuses to take it.
This is going to make development difficult Anyone know where I can find working USB drivers for Windows 7?

beandog said:
After enabling USB debugging on my Nexus 7, I still can't get "adb devices" to list my Nexus 7. I also tried switching its USB connection type from "media" to "camera", to no effect. I have Windows 7; I see a "Nexus" device under Other Devices in my device manager, but when I try to install the Google USB drivers from the Android SDK, Windows refuses to take it.
This is going to make development difficult Anyone know where I can find working USB drivers for Windows 7?
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If you have updated the drivers from the SDK, then your problem is probably coming from the cable.
PS: Try not to use an extension cable

When I have had this problem in the past I have found that installing PDA net solves it.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

download a sync software,for example,chinese use 360 mobile assistant,it will help you to connected with PC
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i got the problem too,just install 360 mobile assistant ,it worked.but i dont know ,any mobile assistant
used in your city？
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You may try to use device manager to solve the issue.:
Firstly please connect your Nexus 7 to you computer using the USB cable
included in the box.
Then on the tablet,
choose "Settings" -> "Storage" -> open the menu -> choose "USB computer connection" -> choose "MTP" or "PTP".
On your computer,
1. Control Panel -> Hardare and Sound -> View devices and printers
2. Click on Nexus.
3. Click on "Hardware" tab
4. Click on "Properties"
5. Click on "Change settings"
6. Click on "Driver" tab
7. Click on "Update drivers".
I'd suggest that you repeat these steps for both "MTP" and "PTP" connection types mentioned above.
Then on your computer, run "adb devices", the Nexus 7 would be listed in the
output of the adb command.
Enjoy.

Works with PTP mode - MTP mode doesn't
just for future reference...
By default it uses the MTP mode for USB. ADB is not working in this mode, even after i follow all the steps in above post.
Change it to use PTP (Camera mode), and ADB works !! go figure.

driving me crazy too.
First, windows did not recognize the thing in AdB mode. I managed to get around that with PDA net. But in cmd mode running "fastboot oem unlock" it just sits there saying "waiting for device". Also switched to both usb modes under "storage" as well as tried all usb ports on my pc (running Win 7 64bit). Using original cable.
Any other clues on what to do next?

bytecollektr said:
driving me crazy too.
First, windows did not recognize the thing in AdB mode. I managed to get around that with PDA net. But in cmd mode running "fastboot oem unlock" it just sits there saying "waiting for device". Also switched to both usb modes under "storage" as well as tried all usb ports on my pc (running Win 7 64bit). Using original cable.
Any other clues on what to do next?
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ADB and fastboot may have two different drivers, this is the case with most other devices.
Anywho here's a link to the all inclusive driver bundle. Drivers was one of the reasons I only use a linux distro these days.

Unlawful said:
ADB and fastboot have two different drivers.
Anywho here's a link to the all inclusive driver bundle. Drivers was one of the reasons I only use a linux distro these days.
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Still nothing. Deleted the drivers, and it obviously installed the new ones, since the name under the "device manager" changed. I go to the Android sdk and it still says waiting for device. Is there different versions of fastboot? Maybe its the wrong command? (fastboot oem unlock)

reddweb said:
just for future reference...
By default it uses the MTP mode for USB. ADB is not working in this mode, even after i follow all the steps in above post.
Change it to use PTP (Camera mode), and ADB works !! go figure.
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This is how i got my ADB drivers to actuallly work right!! listen to this guy.

Nexcellent said:
This is how i got my ADB drivers to actuallly work right!! listen to this guy.
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I have it in that mode, and it does not do anything, even with the new drivers.

bytecollektr said:
I have it in that mode, and it does not do anything, even with the new drivers.
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Oh and fastboot is not available during normal operations and it has to be booted into the bootloader to use fastboot. Try using adb reboot bootloader and then when it restarts fastboot oem unlock.

I'm in the exact same situation
I'm having the same problem. I'm not exactly sure how to use the Naked Drivers pack. Can someone advise?

Easy as ADB...
Use the step by step instructions in the Nexus Root Toolkit found here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Hope that helps,
-CC

Set it to ptp mode, install updated sdk, and you will find proper adb driver in extras/google/usb-driver directory. After those steps adb started to work in my case' no need for third party downloads.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

I've been having the same issues with all of the new android devices I've tried to use adb on my computer for. I as able to make them work by manually installing the drivers in device manager. When you choose browse for drivers manually you can look through pre installed drivers and select adb interface and manually choose the drivers for adb and fast boot. Only issue I have is that it won't give adb root access and says rot is not available in production builds. Not sue if that's related or not.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

Windows 7 - Nexus 7 ADB Recognition
For me, like others, choosing either MTP or PTP from the Nexus 7's USB computer connection options didn't solve the issue. Updated to the latest version of the Android SDK Tools within Eclipse [version 20.0.1], and even uninstalled and re-installed the Google USB Driver [Revision 6] within the Android SDK manager, but no luck.
What ended up clearing the issue for me was to go to Computer Management, find the Nexus device with the question mark next to it, update the driver by browsing a location on the computer, browse to the location on your computer where you saved the Android SDK [the one with the following directories: add-ons, docs, extras, platforms, platform-tools, etc], and choose that very folder containing those folders I mentioned. It should search for a while then ask you whether or not to install some Asus/Google driver.
After installing that driver, my N7 was recognized by the "adb devices" command.
NOTE: Turns out when I updated the driver, my N7 was in PTP mode, and when I switched it to MTP mode, it was no longer recognized under adb devices. adb kill-server then adb start-server should get it recognized again when you switch between MTP and PTP.
Hope this works for all of you out there, like me, who really didn't want to take the 3rd party software route to overcome this problem.
Cheers.

ADB driver
Try to root toolkit from Wugfresh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
There is a very complete and usable guide to install ADB driver for most version of windows (XP->win 7).
You don't have to unlock or root; just use the interactive guide for driver install.
Good luck
bytecollektr said:
Still nothing. Deleted the drivers, and it obviously installed the new ones, since the name under the "device manager" changed. I go to the Android sdk and it still says waiting for device. Is there different versions of fastboot? Maybe its the wrong command? (fastboot oem unlock)
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rootblock said:
For me, like others, choosing either MTP or PTP from the Nexus 7's USB computer connection options didn't solve the issue. Updated to the latest version of the Android SDK Tools within Eclipse [version 20.0.1], and even uninstalled and re-installed the Google USB Driver [Revision 6] within the Android SDK manager, but no luck.
What ended up clearing the issue for me was to go to Computer Management, find the Nexus device with the question mark next to it, update the driver by browsing a location on the computer, browse to the location on your computer where you saved the Android SDK [the one with the following directories: add-ons, docs, extras, platforms, platform-tools, etc], and choose that very folder containing those folders I mentioned. It should search for a while then ask you whether or not to install some Asus/Google driver.
After installing that driver, my N7 was recognized by the "adb devices" command.
NOTE: Turns out when I updated the driver, my N7 was in PTP mode, and when I switched it to MTP mode, it was no longer recognized under adb devices. adb kill-server then adb start-server should get it recognized again when you switch between MTP and PTP.
Hope this works for all of you out there, like me, who really didn't want to take the 3rd party software route to overcome this problem.
Cheers.
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i'm having the issue with the mtp not being recognized in adb. can you be more specific in the adb kill-server and adb start-server.

[Q] Windows 7 fails to install MTP driver

I recieved my N4 yesterday.
When I try to connect it to my notebook (running Windows 7 Professional), the installation of the MTP driver fails. The error message says something like "driver could not be found". ADB however works without problems. (I allready debugged some apps on the phone.)
I tried installing the drivers from the toolkit, but it didn't work.
On my brothers netbook the MTP drivers were installed successfully. But I can't get it working on my notebook.
Can anyone help me?

mseebass said:
I recieved my N4 yesterday.
When I try to connect it to my notebook (running Windows 7 Professional), the installation of the MTP driver fails. The error message says something like "driver could not be found". ADB however works without problems. (I allready debugged some apps on the phone.)
I tried installing the drivers from the toolkit, but it didn't work.
On my brothers netbook the MTP drivers were installed successfully. But I can't get it working on my notebook.
Can anyone help me?
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I was just having this problem but I fixed mine by changing the USB port. Not sure if itll help but worth a try.

bigcrav said:
I was just having this problem but I fixed mine by changing the USB port. Not sure if itll help but worth a try.
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Thanks for your help. I allready tried an other usb port. It did'nt work.

I wanted to avoid it but I reinstalled windows. Now it works. Thanks again.

Hmm, messed with this problem for ages yesterday, mtp installed fine in normal mode but refused when in 'usb debugging' mode
simple fix, find your wpdmtp.inf file in windows/inf
edit it like shown, look for the [Generic.NTx86] and [Generic.NTamd64] entries near the top of the file........
[Generic.NTx86]
%GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\MS_COMP_MTP
%GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE2&MI_00
[Generic.NTamd64]
%GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\MS_COMP_MTP
%GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE2&MI_00
...then update the driver in device manager, use automatic search
just make sure the 'VID_18D1&PID_4EE2&MI_00' matches your device id, check in device manager.. but i'm guessing all nexus 4 are the same.. usb debugging mode

I did a clean install of windows and that solved the issue for me. Thanksfor your help anyway.

I usually see what drivers do install, like adb or whatever, and then remove/uninstall them AND delete them
Then installed this pack
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998650
then connect to a different USB port and try again with the new drivers
Also, some USB hubs can be under-powered and cause problems.

meangreenie said:
just make sure the 'VID_18D1&PID_4EE2&MI_00' matches your device id, check in device manager.. but i'm guessing all nexus 4 are the same.. usb debugging mode
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Just FYI, just got a Nexus 4 from T-Mobile yesterday and the device ID is slightly different:
VID_18D1&PID_4EE2&MI_01
01 at the end instead of 00
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Fitchman said:
I usually see what drivers do install, like adb or whatever, and then remove/uninstall them AND delete them
Then installed this pack
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998650
then connect to a different USB port and try again with the new drivers
Also, some USB hubs can be under-powered and cause problems.
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How/where do you install those files/drivers? There are no instructions.

lannister80 said:
How/where do you install those files/drivers? There are no instructions.
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When Windows asks where the drivers are you point to the folder with the ones you want to use...

EddyOS said:
When Windows asks where the drivers are you point to the folder with the ones you want to use...
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It doesn't ask. I plug in the phone, and Windows says it can't install the MTP driver.
If I go into Device Manager and find the phone (with the yellow triangle and !) and select Update Driver Software, then navigate to the i386 folder from the Universal Naked Driver (on an i5 system), it tells me that "The best driver for your device is already installed" or something similar.
Of course, if I uninstall the device from device manager (and presumably the bad MTP driver as well), it disappears, so I have nothing to point to to install the drivers.

Earlier today I reinstalled the drivers for my N4 on my work PC (Vista Business) and I had to reboot before it recognised the N4 as an MTP Device - prior to that it only saw it as an 'MTP Device'. Now it sees at 'Nexus 4'

I have a similar problem I have a kindle fire
I have install the ADB driver but am having extreme difficulties getting the MTP drivers to work
I have tried everything (every solution on Google)
and nothing works
I've tried the "Media Transfer Protocol Porting Kit"
I tried to get Microsoft help they gave me the run around and confused me even more
here is the conversation
Microsoft: "Thank you for that information
Nathaniel I was checking your product key and it is blocked that is why you can not connect these devices to your computer, you may be a victim of counterfeit software so in this case since it is an OEM computer which means that the manufacture of the computer installed Windows 7 on your computer I recommend you to contact the manufacture of your computer to see if they have an option in order to resolve this issue you are having."
me: when i contact them what do I ask for?
Microsoft: You need to ask for a new product key
me: I am confused what does this mean? that the manufacturer put windows 7 OS on here illegally? but all PC's come with windows OS so every PC in the world is suspect to counterfeiting
them: No, this could be because someone still some information of your computer and use the product key to try to activate Windows until the product key got blocked
No, the name is not involved in this case it is jut the product key
what do I do?
is there an alternative to MTP drivers?

Solved
Hi, i had the same problem described in previous posts and I managed to solve thanks to what is written by meangreenie.
In practice, in the windows\inf of my Windows 7 the file wpdmtp.inf was no longer present but there is only the "compiled" version (wpdmtp.pnf).
I retrieved the file from an earlier version founded in he folder Winsys and so the LG driver are installed without further problems.

Jon McDougal said...
You might be using the wrong driver (Android ADB) instead of the MTP driver. This happened to me the other day!
If you're in Debug Mode, you've already done the first step I was going to suggest.
Here's the second step that worked for me: Open Device Manager -> Click Android Device (top of my list) which exposes "Android Composite ADB Interface" -> Right click that device -> Update Driver Software -> Browse My computer for driver software -> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer -> then choose "MTP USB Device" -> Next
Mine installed the MTP driver and then the N4 opened normally.
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That works for me with USB Debug ticked and in MTP Mode but not in PTP Mode (on CM10.2-nightly-20130817). I absolutely can't see my pics in no way... (I suppose this is a bug from Google to be fixed in further updates). ADB and FB are correctly working as tested with NexusRootToolkit 1.7.1 Drivers Test.
May it help to delete original DCIM folder and start from a new one??
edit: Shame on me... I forgot that I've formatted my SDcard, so I've no picture in DCIM folder.... Sorry! So I can say that McDougal trick totally worked for me!

try to check the device manager to check the missing drivers with ! mark

Maybe I'm not completely getting the problem, but just doing this worked fine for me:
danielms22 said:
Enable USB debbuging in your phone. Go to Settings -> about phone -> tap about 10 times on build number item until USB debbuging is unlocked.
Also, on your computer go to the device manager, look for your phone, if you find it, right click on it, then update Driver Software, browse computer, Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, USB composite device
That should do it.
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No need for additional driver download or anything...

Finally a working solution
Finally I found a solution.
Visit answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-hardware/mtp-usb-device-drivers-will-not-install-correctly/0ee71b7c-4ae7-403f-abbb-63c7ed9a79f9?rtAction=1387606800207 and search for the "Bret B"'s answer which has also been marked as the most helpful answer. It works perfectly. He simply says..
Go to the Registry Editor (Start –> Run –>type in, “regedit” (without the quotes) then click OK.
Search the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\
Go upto Edit>Find, type in or copy/paste Portable Devices
In the right hand pane you will see the (Default) value “Portable Devices” on the string
Once found, you see a string value called UpperFilters –> delete it!
Reconnect the device. Finished!

Nexus 4 ADB Connection

I am trying to connect my Nexus 4 to my PC and use the ADB commands. I have the following problems:
ADB driver is installed and "USB Debugging" turned on the Nexus 4. Device shows up on Device Manager, however "adb devices" does not list the device and unable to communicate with the attached device.
The Nexus drive, regardless of MTP or PTP disappears from Windows Explorer when "USB Debugging" is turned on, Turning off "USB Debugging" brings back the drive.
USBView shows the device with a RED light, but it appears working on Device Manager.
I do not have this problem with my other laptop and desktop.
Using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and Nexus 4 - Stock 4.2.2
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

akashi said:
I am trying to connect my Nexus 4 to my PC and use the ADB commands. I have the following problems:
ADB driver is installed and "USB Debugging" turned on the Nexus 4. Device shows up on Device Manager, however "adb devices" does not list the device and unable to communicate with the attached device.
The Nexus drive, regardless of MTP or PTP disappears from Windows Explorer when "USB Debugging" is turned on, Turning off "USB Debugging" brings back the drive.
USBView shows the device with a RED light, but it appears working on Device Manager.
I do not have this problem with my other laptop and desktop.
Using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and Nexus 4 - Stock 4.2.2
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I had sort of the same problem, try uninstalling the driver in device manager, then unplug and replug your USB. Then when you plugged in the USB go to device manager and right click on the device and click scan for hardware changes. See if that works.
I'm not sure if this is a problem caused by windows update or the new updated SDK, but it has been a big problem for me.

heat361 said:
I had sort of the same problem, try uninstalling the driver in device manager, then unplug and replug your USB. Then when you plugged in the USB go to device manager and right click on the device and click scan for hardware changes. See if that works.
I'm not sure if this is a problem caused by windows update or the new updated SDK, but it has been a big problem for me.
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I tried your suggestion but it did not solve the problem. After re-plugging the USB, Windows listed the device as "Nexus 4" and did not find any drivers for it. I manually installed the Naked Drivers (proven to work on my laptop and desktop) but still facing the same problem
I really do not want to reinstall Windows!
Thanks.

akashi said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I tried your suggestion but it did not solve the problem. After re-plugging the USB, Windows listed the device as "Nexus 4" and did not find any drivers for it. I manually installed the Naked Drivers (proven to work on my laptop and desktop) but still facing the same problem
I really do not want to reinstall Windows!
Thanks.
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OK try right clicking on the the device in device manager and choose update driver, then Browse my computer, then let me pick From a list of devices. After choose have disk on and find the file where your USB drivers are and click next. It may prompt you that windows can't verify the publisher Just click install this driver software anyway.
See if this works.

heat361 said:
OK try right clicking on the the device in device manager and choose update driver, then Browse my computer, then let me pick From a list of devices. After choose have disk on and find the file where your USB drivers are and click next. It may prompt you that windows can't verify the publisher Just click install this driver software anyway.
See if this works.
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I have tried installing the drivers from the latest SDK and also the "Naked Drivers" found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051
Still have the problem.

akashi said:
I have tried installing the drivers from the latest SDK and also the "Naked Drivers" found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051
Still have the problem.
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Try pointing the path to the Google drivers in the android-sdk in device manager and not the naked drivers.

akashi said:
I have tried installing the drivers from the latest SDK and also the "Naked Drivers" found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051
Still have the problem.
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This is what I did and waited for the PC to install the adb drivers.
I plugged the phone in and with the USB plugged in turned it off while holding the volume up and down keys. This made my nexus 4 go into download mode and the PC automatically installed the adb drivers. After I just unplugged and held the power button to restart the device hope this helped.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

akashi said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I tried your suggestion but it did not solve the problem. After re-plugging the USB, Windows listed the device as "Nexus 4" and did not find any drivers for it. I manually installed the Naked Drivers (proven to work on my laptop and desktop) but still facing the same problem
Thanks.
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When you uninstalled what's there now, you did make sure to check the box that will remove the old drivers from your PC?
Just in case, HERE is another source for the drivers.

dinhume echoes
Thanks to everyone for their help.
Just to confirm I have already tried:
Uninstalling the ADB driver via Device Manager and selecting "Delete the driver software for this device" and rebooting.
After reboot, Windows could not locate any drivers and I manually selected the drivers found inside the SDK (08/27/2012,7.0.0000)
The device shows up on Device Manager as working but does not work with adb commands. However, fastboot commands work!
I tried the above with the Naked Driver and had the exact result.
If I boot into the bootloader, I am able to run fastboot commands perfectly!
I have already ruled out my USB port as it works perfectly on VMware.
I am thinking my Windows 7 is messed up somehow and re-installation is looking like the only solution :crying:

akashi said:
Thanks to everyone for their help.
Just to confirm I have already tried:
Uninstalling the ADB driver via Device Manager and selecting "Delete the driver software for this device" and rebooting.
After reboot, Windows could not locate any drivers and I manually selected the drivers found inside the SDK (08/27/2012,7.0.0000)
The device shows up on Device Manager as working but does not work with adb commands. However, fastboot commands work!
I tried the above with the Naked Driver and had the exact result.
If I boot into the bootloader, I am able to run fastboot commands perfectly!
I have already ruled out my USB port as it works perfectly on VMware.
I am thinking my Windows 7 is messed up somehow and re-installation is looking like the only solution :crying:
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4.2.2 requires updated adb and fastboot. It looks like you have an older version.
Click on the ota help desk link in my signature. The new version is attached to the first post. Replace the old adb and fastboot files with the new ones. Then try again.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

El Daddy said:
4.2.2 requires updated adb and fastboot. It looks like you have an older version.
Click on the ota help desk link in my signature. The new version is attached to the first post. Replace the old adb and fastboot files with the new ones. Then try again.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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Thanks. I tried version 16.01 and still have this problem.
The problem is whenever I uninstall/install the ADB driver or disconnect/reconnect the USB, **ONLY** the "Nexus 4" appears on the Device Manager which I manually install the ADB drivers to. There is not a second "Nexus 4" on the Device Manager for the MTP or PTP.
On my laptop when I remove all drivers and reconnect the USB cable, I always see 2 "Nexus 4" listed on Device Manager. One for the ADB interface and the other for the MTP or PTP.
Please help!

Any ideas please?

Any Solution to ADB connection problems?
Hi was there any solution to this, as I seem to have the same issue.
I have tried different drivers and MTP & PPP modes as well as loading the PDAnet drivers and software.
Each time now I take care to remove all the drivers and also delete the drivers in all modes (Android running and Bootloader running)!
MTP & PPP load different copies of the drivers.
I can get either "Nexus 4" showing up in the device driver or "Google ADB Interface" or Android ADB interface" according to the driver loaded.
I can see the device when Android is running ie "ABD Devices" gives me the serial number and connected, then I can send an ADB command "adb Reboot-bootloader" the Nexus then reboots into the bootloader screen, the device driver changes to the bootloader driver (installs if not installed) however then I loose connection to the Nexus phone! "ADB Devices" returns none connected.:fingers-crossed:
I also tried unplugging and plugging back in the phone in bootloader mode but do not get adb to see the handset or it to react to commands.
I'm just about ready to try a toolkit to see if I can get past this roadblock!!!
Current computer is Win7-x64
This weekend I will try on a different computer.....Win8-X64
All comments appreciated

That's because you cant use adb when in boot loader. You use fastboot
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

I have same problem on my work laptop DELL when my custom desktop machine works just fine with both Nexus 4 and 7. :/

[Q] No Drivers Found Windows 7

Kind of frustrating, I can't seem to get my computer to recognize the Nexus 7. I'm running Windows 7 64bit. I do have the Android SDK installed with 4.3 updated to the latest already. Can't imagine what could be triggering this... hmmm

Use the SDK manager to download the Google USB drivers. Head to device manager on your windows, update the driver for the nexus 7 which has an exclamation mark, and select the android SDK folder to install the drivers.
Hope it works for you.. That solved it for me.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

You can get latest drivers here:
Description/Download
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Direct download
https://dl-ssl.google.com//android/repository/latest_usb_driver_windows.zip

will this drivers works under win8 (64)?

They should.

meine12 said:
will this drivers works under win8 (64)?
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It works PnP on my Win8-64
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

sWirL said:
Use the SDK manager to download the Google USB drivers. Head to device manager on your windows, update the driver for the nexus 7 which has an exclamation mark, and select the android SDK folder to install the drivers.
Hope it works for you.. That solved it for me.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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sfhub said:
You can get latest drivers here:
Description/Download
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Direct download
https://dl-ssl.google.com//android/repository/latest_usb_driver_windows.zip
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Hmmm unfortunately still nothing. When I browse either the usb_driver folder or my SDK folder (with the Google USB drivers), I still get a "Windows was unable to install your Nexus 7, Windows could not find driver software for your device." message.

So I've been scratching my head over this one. I tried USB debugging mode, reinstalling the drivers, etc. Basically with USB debugging and the SDK drivers, I can finally get something installed, I see the Android Composite ADB Interface, but MTP is still eluding me. So PTP works fine now, but MTP is so damn annoying...
Once I disable USB debugging, I'm back to square one, its no longer MTP that has the ! sign in device manager, but instead, Nexus 7 again. Searching the SDK folder yields nothing and not even PTP works once USB debugging is gone.

PharaohsVizier said:
So I've been scratching my head over this one. I tried USB debugging mode, reinstalling the drivers, etc. Basically with USB debugging and the SDK drivers, I can finally get something installed, I see the Android Composite ADB Interface, but MTP is still eluding me. So PTP works fine now, but MTP is so damn annoying...
Once I disable USB debugging, I'm back to square one, its no longer MTP that has the ! sign in device manager, but instead, Nexus 7 again. Searching the SDK folder yields nothing and not even PTP works once USB debugging is gone.
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I created the attached MTP driver inf to see if it would address your issue.
If it works let me know which OS version you are running. I think you mentioned windows 7 64-bit, but sometimes people switch machines in the efforts of trying to get things working.
You can install by telling the driver install not to search and to look for the driver in the path you downloaded and EXTRACTED this zip file.
The other way to install is to right click on the ? question mark entry in devmgmt.msc and go to the tab with the update driver option.

sfhub said:
I created the attached MTP driver inf to see if it would address your issue.
If it works let me know which OS version you are running. I think you mentioned windows 7 64-bit, but sometimes people switch machines in the efforts of trying to get things working.
You can install by telling the driver install not to search and to look for the driver in the path you downloaded and EXTRACTED this zip file.
The other way to install is to right click on the ? question mark entry in devmgmt.msc and go to the tab with the update driver option.
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Thank you! That worked fantastic, still running Windows 7 64-bit. Can I ask what you did to get this working?
EDIT: This works fine for USB Debugging Mode, but when I turn that off, the Nexus 7 will try and install this MTP driver and get a "this device cannot start" error (on Windows). Although I'm more than happy with this solution, just info for anyone browsing this thread later on.

PharaohsVizier said:
Thank you! That worked fantastic, still running Windows 7 64-bit. Can I ask what you did to get this working?
EDIT: This works fine for USB Debugging Mode, but when I turn that off, the Nexus 7 will try and install this MTP driver and get a "this device cannot start" error (on Windows). Although I'm more than happy with this solution, just info for anyone browsing this thread later on.
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If you want, you can try the version in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391236
This driver inf only affects MTP under USB debugging and will defer to windows for MTP when USB debugging is turned off.
You'll need to go to devmgmt.msc and Portable Devices, find Nexus 7, right-click, find the option to uninstall drivers, choose that, righ-click on Nexus 7, remove device, reboot.
Then specify the new path for the driver install (the one from that thread is mtp_driver, instead of mtp_driver_all in this thread)
Also you may want to post your experiences on that thread so people can find it in the future.

Yep I can confirm this one works as well. Awesome!

PharaohsVizier said:
Yep I can confirm this one works as well. Awesome!
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Do you still have the issue where it says device could not be started when you turn off usb debugging?

Not sure if I'm having the same problem or just similar.
With usb debugging mode enabled, the tablet appears as Nexus 7 with no drivers found.
Without usb debugging mode, the Nexus 7 doesn't appear at all, not even under "other devices" or as a .USB composite device.
First tried installing Google USB Driver Rev. 8 from the SDK manager, with no luck.
Trying to manually install the extracted WPDMTPNX.INF driver with "Include subfolders" checked gives "Windows was unable to install your Nexus 7" as a result.
ROM: ParanoidAndroid 3.93
Kernel version 3.4.0-g365a6e0

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Trying to manually install the extracted WPDMTPNX.INF driver with "Include subfolders" checked gives "Windows was unable to install your Nexus 7" as a result.
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I sent you a PM.

msilby said:
With usb debugging mode enabled, the tablet appears as Nexus 7 with no drivers found.
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ROM: ParanoidAndroid 3.93
Kernel version 3.4.0-g365a6e0
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I attached a modified driver inf for your setup in the referenced post. See if that works for you.
mtp_driver_usbdebug_paranoid.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44253804#post44253804
I believe your USB IDs are different from stock because of the ROM you are running.
I don't think it will fix your problem of not seeing the device properly with usb debugging disabled (I think that is possibly a rom issue), but it should theoretically get your device visible with usb debugging enabled.
Right-click on Nexus 7 in start menu->run->devmgmt.msc and choose the tab that allows you to update drivers and specify a folder where you unzip'd the zip file.

sfhub said:
Do you still have the issue where it says device could not be started when you turn off usb debugging?
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Nope, it works fantastic!

[Solved] Windows unable to install MTP driver

Hello guys!
I have already read some topics on this forum but it is my first message.
As indicated in the title, I cannot connect my Nexus 4 on my computer using MTP. This computer is running Windows 8.1 Update 1. So far I have tried every method I have seen on the web so I am a little bit desperate.
I have tried to plug my device on other computers and it was automatically detected on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 Update 1 and Ubuntu 14.04.
On my computer, as it does not auto-configure MTP I have tried to install ADB drivers, hoping it would help me. Universal ADB drivers, Naked Drivers and drivers from the SDK didn't changed anything. I also tried changing USB port.
It always recognised my phone as a "Nexus 4" in the "Other devices" section of the Device Manager (I do not have "Android Device" section), except in when MTP + debugging are activated. Then I have both "Nexus 4" and "MTP", in "Other devices" section.
It does not work in PTP mode either and I also tried uninstalling/reinstalling the Nexus Root Toolkit, even if I do not see how it can help...
One last point: I have the "connected as multimedia device" notification on my Nexus 4 when MTP is activated, even if it's not recognised by Windows.
Do you have any idea of what I can do?

Have you tried Nexus 4-specific drivers? Try following this guide.

Marvlesz said:
Have you tried Nexus 4-specific drivers? Try following this guide.
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I have already tried to follow this guide, it just helped me to install ADB drivers but I still don't have access to the content of my Nexus from my computer. I just tried it again, just in case. No changes

Bartimoot said:
I have already tried to follow this guide, it just helped me to install ADB drivers but I still don't have access to the content of my Nexus from my computer. I just tried it again, just in case. No changes
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Last time I had such an issue: I uninstalled the drivers using Device Manager, then installed the drivers from that guide, plugged in my phone and it worked..
Here is another post from another forum that has something you could try:
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still1 said:
1. make sure Settings ->Storage -> Menu[3 dots on top right] -> USB Computer Connection is MTP
2. USB debugging is disabled (if you ever enabled it)
3. make sure the drivers installed is MTP drivers rather than adb device(you do this when you unlock/root nexus)
point 3 is important. thats the reason why its not getting detected
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2. Where in setting do I check for USB debugging?
3. How do I check this? (I'm not rooted)
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2. developer option.. if you have not enabled developer option then you wouldnt have enabled USB debugging. so skip this
3. Connect your nexus to PC-->Go to Control panel-->device manager
you will see something like Android adb in device manager
Right Click and click "Update device Software"
Click "Browse your Computer for driver Software"
Click "Let me Pick from a list of device drivers on my Computer"
Click Next, for the device list shown.
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Tell us how it goes..

Thank you for spending some of your time to help me Marvlesz, I really appreciate.
Marvlesz said:
Last time I had such an issue: I uninstalled the drivers using Device Manager, then installed the drivers from that guide, plugged in my phone and it worked..
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Yes, I saw it worked for a lot of people, for what I have read, but it seems that I am not that lucky
When picking from the list, I tried from the Android Device section and it displays "Unable to find any drivers for this device". Same Results in “Mobile devices”.
When I try “Show all devices”, I have a lot of possibilities. I just tried “MTP Device” from both “Standard MTP-Compliant Device” and “Standard MTP-Compliant devices” sections, and it displayed “The install class is not present or is invalid”
Am I cursed?
I was wondering, is it possible that the problem is coming from my hardware? Or its drivers? (Those for the motherboard maybe?)
EDIT: I just found this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2493734
I will try it and I will keep you updated when it is done.
EDIT 2:
So I tried the solution... and it worked! :good:
I had the N version of Windows 8.1, mainly to avoid useless software like Windows Media Player, and it was the exact problem.
Sorry for taking a little of your time, and thank you again!

No problems, I'm glad you had it fixed.