I have done dozens of searches and come across hundreds of people having the same issue as me and not one solution that actually works...
The software: HTC Sync, version: 2.0.18
The OS: Windows 7
The device: HTC Magic (Stock Rogers version)
The issue: HTC sync installed fine, all drivers installed fine, when I connect my Magic to my PC my phone notification area gives me the option to "HTC Sync" when I select that and it searches for a minute or so it says:
"The phone cannot detect HTC Sync at your PC. Please make sure that HTC Sync is installed and opened on your computer."
Tried rebooting my PC and tried rebooting my Magic (as a few different posts suggested). Tried installing different versions of HTC Sync, but 2.0.18 should be the right one as HTC says that it is for Windows 7:
"This release of HTC Sync for Windows 7 allows for users to sync their Android phones”
It seems Many people are having the same issue as me and yet no one has a solution?!?
Any help, pointers or advice would be Very much appreciated.
I've found that it is easiest to just avoid htc sync on windows 7 altogether. Tried to get it working for like 8 hours yesterday. You may be able to make it work if u use windows 7's xp virtualization mode (Google it) and install the program in an xp environment.
But honestly, i say avoid it until HTC makes it work properly
PurpleFries said:
I've found that it is easiest to just avoid htc sync on windows 7 altogether. Tried to get it working for like 8 hours yesterday. You may be able to make it work if u use windows 7's xp virtualization mode (Google it) and install the program in an xp environment.
But honestly, i say avoid it until HTC makes it work properly
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Well even if I wanted to just give up on syncing it, if I can't get my Magic/PC to recognize each other then I can't ever root/upgrade my phone, so giving up is not an option.
Ok I have managed to finally find a solution that works (for me).
1. Install HTC Sync
2. Download these drivers: http://depositfiles.com/files/yd61xorii and then Unzip them
3. connect your Magic to your PC
4. on your PC select: Start>Control Panel>Device Manager>ADB Interface>Rightclick>Update driver software>Browse My Computer For Driver Software>Browse to the location you unziped the drivers to>Let Me Pick From A List(Don't let it pick or it will pick the wrong ones!)>Click on "My HTC">Click Next.
Done.
you can root and upgrade w/o htc sync.
I did it yesterday. you just have to use the goldcard method to flash the proper spl, then you can put anything on the sd card. Windows recognizes the phone as a flash drive regardless of wether or not it works with sync
PurpleFries said:
you can root and upgrade w/o htc sync.
I did it yesterday. you just have to use the goldcard method to flash the proper spl, then you can put anything on the sd card. Windows recognizes the phone as a flash drive regardless of wether or not it works with sync
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You can flash your SPL without connecting your phone to your PC? (I just got my Magic to I have never done anything to it yet)
But anyways I also want the ability to use my carrier upgrades and for that I Need my phone to recognize my PC.
And most importantly I need a seamless way to keep all my different phones in sync with Outlook and HTC Sync is the only way to do that. So I'm glad I got it figures out.
HTC Sync here shows it works with Windows 7 now:
http://87.106.248.77/download/Driver//HTC Tattoo/HTC Sync 2.0.18/HTCSync.exe
yeah you can flash a new spl w/o connecting to computer.
but by all means, if you got it working, more power to you
Ive tried all the above idea to get HTC Sync to work on my PC (with Win 7) nothing works......
Chillin said:
Ok I have managed to finally find a solution that works (for me).
1. Install HTC Sync
2. Download these drivers: http://depositfiles.com/files/yd61xorii and then Unzip them
3. connect your Magic to your PC
4. on your PC select: Start>Control Panel>Device Manager>ADB Interface>Rightclick>Update driver software>Browse My Computer For Driver Software>Browse to the location you unziped the drivers to>Let Me Pick From A List(Don't let it pick or it will pick the wrong ones!)>Click on "My HTC">Click Next.
Done.
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It works for my HTC Magic!!!! thx
paunopulos said:
It works for my HTC Magic!!!! thx
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Have you got your Magic rooted and customized the ROM?
I was able to connect few days ago, after I upgraded to 1.6 and lately 2.1, I was unable to do so...
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Hello,
I've been googling around for a workaround but I cannot seem to find one that actually works. The problem is, when I try to connect my phone to the PC and, for example, want to flash it with an official rom - it simply cannot find it. It can find the SD card when I mount it.
When I put it in, Windows attempts to install a few drivers but fails at the ADB. According to several sites, I can just use the one from HTC Sync or from the Android SDK. It installs fine but it still doesn't seem to be able to contact my phone. I cannot sync it either.
Anyone got an idea? I seem to be on my last nerve.
I dont have any problems here. What windows beta release do you use?
Final version. Released today. It's Windows 7 Professional.
First, set the phone to debugg mode...
Ok here we go (at least it works for me)...
1.- Remove the drivers actuaslly installed (it might get tricky, as I don't know exactly how to remove the registry keys)
2.- Once you have cleaned windows from the drivers, connect the phone to the computer and let it recognize everything (Probably it would not recognize the ADB drviers, so far we are good)
3.- After the drivers are installed, go and check in control panel/Devices Administration (or something like that... I have Windows in spanish so I don't know exactly how is called on english... By the way, sorry if my english sound a little bit weird =P..)
4.- Here you should see probably a device as "not recognized" or what ever is called... Here is the part where you need to select the driver manually.
5.- Check the phone driver folder (you should have it, if you don't get them)
6.- When you see the different options, select the one called HTC Dream Composite ADB Interface
7.- You are done =D...
I hope I made it clear enough for you...
If you have any doubt, add me to MSN xnofrostx - hotmail.com (I don't put the @ because I hate spam xD so you should add only the xnofrostx =P...
Hope you can get it to work...
I couldn't, for the life of me, get it to work so I put Windows XP on a vmware and flashed it through there. Works wonders.
Sorry for not being able to help.
I run Windows 7 Evaluation copy. I have had no problems. In fact there was nothing for me to set up, it just saw it on first attempt.
trillex said:
Hello,
I've been googling around for a workaround but I cannot seem to find one that actually works. The problem is, when I try to connect my phone to the PC and, for example, want to flash it with an official rom - it simply cannot find it. It can find the SD card when I mount it.
When I put it in, Windows attempts to install a few drivers but fails at the ADB. According to several sites, I can just use the one from HTC Sync or from the Android SDK. It installs fine but it still doesn't seem to be able to contact my phone. I cannot sync it either.
Anyone got an idea? I seem to be on my last nerve.
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I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate. Driver from AndroidSDK and HTC Sync works perfectly for me. I can access everything except cannot sync with HTC Sync.
Rogers Magic
Rooted
CyanogenMod 4.1.9999
I cannot sync either, when installing the sync program it gives an error but continues installation, then my phone says it cannot detect htc sync on my computer, but im gonna try this link http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/24/workaround-for-htc-hero-sync-problem-in-windows-7/
trillex said:
I couldn't, for the life of me, get it to work so I put Windows XP on a vmware and flashed it through there. Works wonders.
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I'm glad you decided to upgrade back to XP!
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I'm glad you decided to upgrade back to XP!
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LOL, Windows 7 is a damn nice release and a lot faster than both xp and vista compared to the hardware available at the moment off release.
i am also using windows 7 beta and final
no issues at all. and i also think, that win7 is really good piece of software. far superious to win xp
Hey guys,
I am sure this is a topic that has come up in the past, so bear with me.
i recently got a sprint HTC hero(converted by a friend from an iphone)
i hooked it up to my pc and i can't get HTC sync or windows to recognize my phone due to the drivers bug. Windows will only recognize it as a storage device.
I am currently running Windows 7 64 home edition.
i tried the solution posted on the unlocker but have had no luck.
(new user won't let me post link lol)
any help would be great
Thanks!
After posting the above post, i decided to rework everything...
it took me a few hours but i discovered a work around for the work around that wasn't working for me lol
thanks to everyone who read the post
sorry for the waste of space :-/
and you're going to share it with us, right?
Basket_case said:
After posting the above post, i decided to rework everything...
it took me a few hours but i discovered a work around for the work around that wasn't working for me lol
thanks to everyone who read the post
sorry for the waste of space :-/
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airoff said:
and you're going to share it with us, right?
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Indeed,... Let others know how to solve the issue.
Hey guys sorry it took so long for the reply, I was dealing with a family crisis and hadn't had much time to do anything.
you will have to find your sources for Sync and the drivers because i can't post links in the forum.
This is how I solved my problem:
1.Download latest specialized sync tool from HTC, namely HTC Sync 2.04 from HTC
2. Install the downloaded program on the computer. At this moment, your computer still won't recognize the HTC Hero.
3. Manually update the HTC drivers from Windows 7, using the Windows Vista drivers
by installing HTC Sync software on a machine running Windows Vista and then copying the drivers (namely androidusb.cat, androidusb.inf, androidusb.sys, htcrndis.cat, htcrndis.inf and WdfCoInstaller01007.dll in HTC Drivers folder) over to the Windows 7 machine. or you can manually download the drivers from someplace like theunlockr.
4.Extract the driver into a folder. For example, %SystemDrive%:\Program Files (x86)\HTC\HTC Driver\Driver Files\Vista_x64 (for the Windows 7 64-bit) or %SystemDrive%:\Program Files (x86)\HTC\HTC Driver\Driver Files\Vista_x86 (for the Windows 7 32-bit) accordingly.
5.open devices and printers
6. right click your android phone and choose 'properties'
7. go to the "hardware" tab and again select "Properties"
8.on the general tab click"Change Settings"
9. Go to "driver" tab
10. Click "update Driver"
11. The window that pops up will ask how you want to find the driver. Be sure to select the option that allows you to browse your computer for the driver.
12. Navigate to where you saved and unzipped the driver.
13. reconnect phone
now if everything went well HTC sync should recognize your phone.
now if this doesn't work msg me and i will try and help you to the best of my abilities
I know this is a rather old post...but I have recently just switched back to the Hero after taking a trip to webOS land...I have followed these instructions to the letter, but my phone still does not show up in Devices and Printers...Do I need to be using exactly the version of HTC Sync mentioned here, or should newer versions work as well?
Also, in other places I have read, it mentions that the Hero should pop-up a notification asking to allow a connection to the computer or something...I haven't seen this...is there somewhere in an app setting that I may need to change a default value?
I recived a HTC Legend from Italy [Fast Web], unlocked, but the problem is I can't access to the phone with the HTC sync, the phone is hardly recognized by the computers (tried win7 x64, win 7 x86 and for XP x86 not working at all) windows say "can't recognize usb device" but with some tutorial here in the forum windows reconized the device as Android phone and that all, HTC sync still don't work and either if I use the phone as a flash disk, windows can't access to the MicroSD card, but the card work well if I put it directly to the computer!
What this problem? what can I do? If i debrand the phone it will resolve the problem?
Help plz!!!
xedma said:
I recived a HTC Legend from Italy [Fast Web], unlocked, but the problem is I can't access to the phone with the HTC sync, the phone is hardly recognized by the computers (tried win7 x64, win 7 x86 and for XP x86 not working at all) windows say "can't recognize usb device" but with some tutorial here in the forum windows reconized the device as Android phone and that all, HTC sync still don't work and either if I use the phone as a flash disk, windows can't access to the MicroSD card, but the card work well if I put it directly to the computer!
What this problem? what can I do? If i debrand the phone it will resolve the problem?
Help plz!!!
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HTC sync is also a bit bugy for me, but it usualy works if I first connect the phone, start the program and only after this I choose how it should connect to the computer.
However, it should always work as a flash drive (if you choose it) without any problems.
I think you should first make a hard reset and if it's still not working then take it back and get a new one.
download the latest version of HTC Sync and use it.
Thanks for your answer so quick! The HTC sync is updated for legend v2.0.33. but still the same problem, may be the USB is bricked?
Hi,
Was trying to setup HTC Sync on my PC for the new Wildfire.. The previous HTC Touch was running fine thru Active Sync on my Win 2003 server.. but HTC Sync installed with two failures Windows 11 Media format and HTC Drivers could not be installed.. Later I copied HTC Drivers from supplied sd card and tried to install them separately but it says "Can be installed only on XP/Vista".. is there any ways I can use HT Sync on Windows 2003 Server.. Also will the same problem persists on Windows 2008 server.. I can connect phone and use as Storage but not HT Sync, while HTC Touch is running fine.. any other way to transfer all the contacts/notes from HTC Touch (Win 6.1) to Wildfire(Android 2.1) with just one common sim..
thanks
Windows 2003 Drivers
Hey, Download the file attached to this post. Install the newest HTC Sync 3.0.5481, run the installer, you will have two failiures, the Windows Media Runtime, and the USb drivers. Ignore them and continue with install.
After your done, connect the phone, it will say found new hardware ADB, do not let windows search for it, it will never find it. Instead point to the folder you downloaded, might ask you if you should install unsigned drivers, say yes and viola drivers installed, and htc sync ready to go
Sometimes the drivers need to be forced to install, the Windows hardware installer isnt the sharpest tool in the shed at times
Enjoy.
Hi I've just bought this phone HTC HD2 and Win7 was installed on it.
However, I just can't connect it to my Windows XP computer .
Is there something I've missed to do? I have Activesync 4.5 installed and it just doesn't see my phone.
I'm new with this so any help will be highly appreciated.
I'd like to install Android Gingerbread on it but the first step (a connection to my pc) is already a burden
With windows phone 7, you don't sync like previous windows phones... Activsync is no more...
You sync media (music, videos, pics etc) with zune...
You can sync contacts and calender with hotmail/gmail/livemail...
joris donders said:
Hi I've just bought this phone HTC HD2 and Win7 was installed on it.
However, I just can't connect it to my Windows XP computer .
Is there something I've missed to do? I have Activesync 4.5 installed and it just doesn't see my phone.
I'm new with this so any help will be highly appreciated.
I'd like to install Android Gingerbread on it but the first step (a connection to my pc) is already a burden
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You can sync using the bootloader.
Turn off your phone, then boot while holding volume down. Then connect the USB and flash what you want .
P.S. : (Your device may not show up on Active Sync, but as long as all the drivers are installed then your device is connected.)
kawazaki said:
You can sync using the bootloader.
Turn off your phone, then boot while holding volume down. Then connect the USB and flash what you want .
P.S. : (Your device may not show up on Active Sync, but as long as all the drivers are installed then your device is connected.)
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bootloader will not helpyou sync anything, it is used to flash other ROMS, you need zune installed to sync with Windows Phone 7