I finally decided I'm going to root my nexus. Everything seems very simple, except one small problem. I don't have the USB drivers installed. No biggie, I downloaded the 2.1 SDK that supposedly had the USB drivers in it. But for the life of me I can't freaking find them.
As I understand it they should be located at :
C:\AndroidSDK\USB driver\
Unfortunately, inside AndroidSDK there is no USB Driver folder. In fact, no where in the subfolders is there one either. Now perhaps I'm just a total idiot and am missing something, but I've been trying to figure this out for the last 40 minutes and cannot find the damn drivers.
Can anyone tell me how dumb I am? Please?
The USB drivers are a separate download. It's way down the list of things you tick when choosing what to install.
Heh... as above, run the SDK setup and tick the USB drivers.
Then they'll be in \SDK\USB driver\
worth noting if you're on windows 7 x64 you'll need to dl both 32 and 64 bit versions of java jdk to get the actual sdk to run to download the drivers.
then make sure usb debugging is on, and you're away from there
Best way to get the ADB drivers installed correctly is to just install the PDAnet client for your computer. It'll install the correct drivers per your OS.
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php
Thanks guys, you're awesome!
I just downloaded DroidExplorer, and it installed everything I needed for the SDK/ADB. Saved me alot of precious time..
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Hello All.
I've had my UK, T-Mobile G1 for quite a while now. I have rooted it and it is running the latest CyanogenMod recovery image and ROM. I also have Apps2SD set up on my 8GB SD card, on a 512MB ext partition. This was all working fine until the problems below occurred...
I'm having some problems with several apps and ADB.
My PC runs Windows 7, 64 bit, and I can't seem to find a driver for the G1's ADB. I'm probably being incredibly stupid, but I just can't find one. I have used one before on Vista, where I had to set some boot options, but I'm not too sure / happy about doing that on my nicely functioning Windows 7. And as my friend once said; "You mess around with windows, then windows will mess around with you"...
But, anyway, I can't seem to get ADB working, if someone could either send me a link to the drivers or guide me through it, I'd be grateful...
Also, it may be due to me running CyanogenMod, but if I try to update the Facebook app, it downloads the app, and then when it tries to install, gives me the error "Installation Unsuccessful - Incompatible Update".
And with the Google Maps app, it says "Installation unsuccessful - Package file was not signed correctly". This may be due to me trying to get the hacked version of the app to get the Google Maps Navigation working in the UK, but I couldn't get that to work, so I uninstalled it and Nav Launcher, and now when I try to update from the Market it gives me that error.
I've seen a guide online with ADB commands, but as I have no access to ADB, I'm a tad screwed. I've tried runnign the commands in the Terminal Emulator in the phone, which does approximately nothing whatsoever.
So, can anyone give me any guidance on any of my Android problems?
Thanks in advance - Ethan
To the best of my knowledge no one has successfully used ADB with Windows 7/64bit
jamesrdorn said:
To the best of my knowledge no one has successfully used ADB with Windows 7/64bit
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Ah. Looks like I'll be reinstalling Ubuntu then for the ADB. Thank you for such a fast response.
- Ethan
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To the best of my knowledge no one has successfully used ADB with Windows 7/64bit
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Lies, I'm running windows 7 64bit and ADB works fine.
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Lies, I'm running windows 7 64bit and ADB works fine.
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In that case, do you remember where you obtained the driver from? I would love a link, or a zip file or something...
I'm on Vista x64 SP2 and I can use ADB just fine. You just need to download the SDK and then get the USB driver through there. It used to come included, but now you need to use the ADV and SDK manager and download the drivers as an SDK Component through there.
After that, make sure your phone is set to USB Debugging mode and plug it in then point windows to the new drivers. If it doesn't want to install the new drivers, you might need to remove the old ones first. I had to use USB Deview (DL link at bottom of page) and removed all installed HTC drivers. After that I plugged my G1 back in, pointed it at the newly downloaded drivers and all was well.
I'm running adb/fastboot/android sdk on win7 64b ultimate. The drivers are included in the sdk download. Once you download the sdk, make sure you have java installed. (I had to install JRE and JDK to get it to work properly, not sure if this was needed) Anyhow, when you have the sdk downloaded, run the sdk setup program. Go to settings and check the box for force update (unsure of the exact terminology used there) then go to available updates and your drivers are the last option on the list.
I have the SDK for windows installed and have the drivers downloaded but they can not install. Even with my phone plugged in, i have tried all 3 different usb settings and currently have debugging turned on.
NOTE: The driver im trying to install is the adb driver.
Also this may be my first android phone but i do know my way inside and out on a computer
farquep,
I'm an Android newbie myself, but I don't think you need those SDK drivers. I tried installing them, and they weren't working for me, either.
I'm not sure if you're trying to root/enable sideloading on your phone, but I found that the drivers included with HTC Sync seemed to get me where I needed to be as far as THAT effort goes.
If you're just trying to hook up your phone to your PC, and expecting to be able to access it like a removable drive, I'm pretty sure you'll be unable to do that until you go through the rooting/sideload enabling process. I never had any luck with it UNTIL I rooted my phone, and I'm pretty sure that's by AT&T's design.
Regards,
Corporate Dog
You need to modify the .inf file for the driver to include your device/vendor code manually or just do what I did which is easier and install HTC sync won't hurt anything you don't have to use it. It will modify the file for you. Or you could have someone upload there modified file. At any rate the problem is the USB plug and play system that does not recognize your device. It only recognizes a handful of devices and the ARIA is not one of them. Good Luck.
first of all, i solute all u fine chaps for doing amazing work on hd2 android.
i have a questino about adb usb drivers. i have nexus1 android on my hd2and it seems perfect apart from the fact that everything installs on internal mem and not my sd card. i read a thread about how to go around it by downloading android dev sdk and usb drivers and use some commands to change default install location. keeping it simple, i have installed the sdk but usb drivers have made me pull my hair out all night. i have tried forcing drivers, reinstalled usb mass storage drivers, plugged in - out usb countless times, u name it but the error windows give me is failed because adb composite service is either disabled or not running plus when i do adb devices, it starts the demon but doesnt give device id. in device manager it shows yellow triangle on adb.
i have win vista 32bit.
plz someone help me or i will be a bald man soon getting stressed out...
thanks chaps...
Anyone,,,,?
Still unable to do it, spent 5 hours last night but no results. Feels like ADB USB drivers have something against me..lol
i had huge problems with drivers too and windows 7 64. Try your drivers on another computer with same os, I was surprised it worked. After hours of threads reading I finished by making a mistake with usbdeview and corrupt some usb files -> format
After that I found that changing of android rom helped a lot too. Now all its working perfectly, I hope you will find a less painful solution ...
So I'm desperately working to get my n1 installed on either of my machines but it needs the USB driver package in order to install the android 1.0 thing it usually does otherwise it will be unsuccessful (Any other ways to install the n1 would be greatly appreciated) ANYWAYS I just completely removed my SDK from my computer and when I went back in I coudn't help but notice on both of my machines (Xp sp3, Windows 7 ult) there was no USB package.
Am i forgetting something? It's been so long since I've had to do this.
When you unzip the sdk, you have to run SDK Manager in the sdk folder. Ignore the "chose packages to install" window, and take a look at the SDK AVD Manager window. Select Available Packages, then expand the Third Party Add-ons, then expand Google Inc. USB Drivers is the next to last option...
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i also recommend trying out the PDANet drivers. Just install the PDANet application on your PC and it should make sure you have the proper drivers set up. Alternatively, use the "USBdeview" utility to delete all USB drivers related to Android/HTC/adb and then install the PDANet drivers.
Good luck.
Well guys I've been trying for hours now, whenever I try to install the USB drivers in order to unlock my bootloader, when I plug in my Nexus it installs the MTP drivers on it's own, if I try to install the google drivers downloaded from ADB all I get is a message saying the best drivers for my device are already installed and it doesn't let me overwrite them.
If I go with the use disk option it doesn't let me choose the usb_drivers folder because it just wants to use a .inf file, whener I follow the instructions the toolkit dictates I read the dead end with the "The best drivers for your device are already installed"
I'm so angry right now.... Please help me.
Are you on a Windows XP operating system by any chance? There are major issues with MTP mounting on WinXP regardless of the service pack you're on. Some people claim they've gotten things working by updating WMP, via a Naked Driver and even by installing the Android SDK. Let me know if you are indeed on WinXP & I'll get you some links
Did you try following Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit to install the drivers? That helped me. I cannot post a link so look around for it.
I'm running Windows 7 64 bit, thanks guys, I just gave up and did it in my sister's laptop, it worked on the first damn attempt, maybe the drivers of my N10 were screwing something up, that's my best guess.
Glad you got that sorted--just for future reference, a common recommendation for people having driver issues with their Nexus devices is to simply go into Win Device Manager, uninstall all your current Nexus & ADB drivers and restart. Then plug your phone in via USB and let the auto installation do its thing. Usually this fixes all issues w conflicting device drivers