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[Q]Bricked Nexus 7 not recognized on windows Please Help

Hi My nexus 7 was working fine I had a custom rom (paranoidandroid ) tried to upgrade to the latest release and now stays stuck at jelly bean splash screen
ive tried
installing frivers through wugz 1.5
nexus root kit uninstalled reinstalled tried to connect in fastboot mode nothing
I used a windows 7 box and an xp box updated usb drivers on both pcs nothing its like the port on the nexcus 7 was broken or something please help!
The only way I see out is if maybe I can connect through linux but not sure how to I do have a laptop running backtrack I could use

Wrong forum for this but:
Sounds like you tried to install on top of the existing ROM without wiping.
Can you get into fastboot? if so open a command prompt from the folder you have fastboot.exe installed and type "fastboot devices". do you see your serial number? If so you're fine! Flash a custom recovery you can easily wipe/reset and wipe dalvik cache and install a new ROM.

asawoszc said:
Wrong forum for this but:
Sounds like you tried to install on top of the existing ROM without wiping.
Can you get into fastboot? if so open a command prompt from the folder you have fastboot.exe installed and type "fastboot devices". do you see your serial number? If so you're fine! Flash a custom recovery you can easily wipe/reset and wipe dalvik cache and install a new ROM.
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I can get into fastboot and it doesnt recognize it ive tried everything different cables etc
also i was upgrading from 1.9.2 to 1.9.5 so a full wipe was not required
My main problem is i cant connect cant list devices

so if you're in fastboot mode and you type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" nothing happens?
I don't see how installing a ROM would cause these problems.

asawoszc said:
so if you're in fastboot mode and you type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" nothing happens?
I don't see how installing a ROM would cause these problems.
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Nothing at all it doesnt recognize it at all
I dont see either I dont get it and I cant get into recovery if i try that it gets stuck at google screen
if i try to boot then I just get stuck at splash
tried different systems no dice

Put your device in fastboot mode. Do not connect it yet.
Run wugz 1.5.2 (that's the latest I think) and press the "Full Driver Installation guide".
Check the instructions to remove your current drivers. Remove them.
connect your device
Reinstall the drivers manually (not via the toolkit). Use the naked drivers from here.
Download the factory image from here and flash it via the toolkit.
root it, flash cwm do whatever you want to do :silly:
profit

Wont respond or recognize it

snipestech said:
Wont respond or recognize it
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You need to install the drivers. Do you know how to get into your device manager in windows and install drivers for devices connected? You need to dl th wugz that regunus told you about above. After installing you can tell your computer to search in that folder to install drivers. When you open your device manager do you see anything yellow with a question mark. Once you have the drivers installed correctly then follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250 and you will be golden. Been through this a couple times already

Also when you try to manually install drivers for the devices that are not recognized in the device manager make sure to guide the driver install wizzard in the folder Universal_Naked_Driver_0.7 (or wherever you unzipped your drivers) and NOT in a specific directory like "amd64" or "i386".
If all drivers are succesfully installed, your computer will see the device in fastboot mode and your problems are gone ^_^

snipestech said:
Wont respond or recognize it
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You can install the toolkit from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195 then use it to install the drivers, then install temp cwm, then reboot into recovery, do a full wipe and try to install 1.95 again. You can use the toolkit to install a rom as well if you download it to your computer. Hope it helps.You always have to wipe cache and dalvic cache when flashing any rom. No wipe means you don't need to do a data/factory reset.

Vocalshock said:
You need to install the drivers. Do you know how to get into your device manager in windows and install drivers for devices connected? You need to dl th wugz that regunus told you about above. After installing you can tell your computer to search in that folder to install drivers. When you open your device manager do you see anything yellow with a question mark. Once you have the drivers installed correctly then follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250 and you will be golden. Been through this a couple times already
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Its not connecting at all Ive done this before ive had many Android phones when i connect nothing happens. I tried different cables computers etc nothing no connection at all
Would like to try to connect on linux if not Its going on ebay as is

snipestech said:
Its not connecting at all Ive done this before ive had many Android phones when i connect nothing happens. I tried different cables computers etc nothing no connection at all
Would like to try to connect on linux if not Its going on ebay as is
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dude, forget the ebay! Your device is ok!
Check the Device Manager in the control panel to make sure all the drivers have been installed correctly. After that we'll see

I did dalvic and that's it also I already tried that tool kit regunus is connect via teamviewer see if he can help
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

snipestech said:
I did dalvic and that's it also I already tried that tool kit regunus is connect via teamviewer see if he can help
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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I think he should be able to help. If not let me have a go at it..I have Team Viewer.

He would need dubugging mode on wouldnt he
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2

Regunus tried no avail.
I reformatted my laptop dual boot windows 7 32 bit.
Tried all previous suggestions its not recognized, me and Regunus came to the conclusion that the port can't be bad Cuz it charges yet it does not recognize it.
I just finished installing adb fastboot on ubuntu if I go to terminal and list devices nothing if I connect my Galaxy sIII it shows up so again not being recognized while other devices do.
Current state :
Fastboot start goes to paranoid android jelly bean splash
And hangs
Fastboot recovery stays stuck at Google screen
I have reciept and all to bad I can't return may just post on ebay

Same Issue
I'm having the same problem, was this ever resolved?
Edit: I was having the same problem. Downloaded 'Nexus 7 Toolkit' and ran the 'install driver' option again (option 1). Device was recognized again.

No such thing as no way out. Keep find a way to connect and you're all set. Have you tried force reboot to fastboot and then enter recovery? I have similar problem once with my nexus s and i finally find a way after 10 hours of constant googling

I've tried nexus 7 toolkit
I reboot into fastboot mode and select recovery and it goes to Google and hangs I've tried on different post nothing at all
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

When it was recognized what state was it in?
fastboot mode?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

Soft brick? (No ROM installed but can sort of boot into recovery)

howdy y'all,
so im trying to help out my buddy. he currently has no os installed as well, but can boot to bootloader and twrp recovery 2.5. no idea how he has that but I figure I could just mount some zip files and be on my way. Currently whenever we try to do anything in twrp(ie wipe/mount) it is just hung up on unable to mount /radio even when all I have checked is system. I can't use adb or fastboot as far as I'm aware of; I've tried to use the unified android toolkit from skipsoft but its no dice since I was never able to turn on debug mode to begin with? So yeah any help would be much appreciated
oh and I know its not my cable or usb ports since the tablet can still charge.
Also this is the 2012 N7

Hi,
You'll need to get adb and fastboot working, best approach is to wipe and flash factory images through fastboot but may also need to use adb for e2fsck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
See this on getting fastboot working, best of luck!

demkantor said:
Hi,
You'll need to get adb and fastboot working, best approach is to wipe and flash factory images through fastboot but may also need to use adb for e2fsck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
See this on getting fastboot working, best of luck!
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I don't understand how I'm supposed to get fastboot working since I was never able to enable debug mode on the device in the past let alone now that it has nothing installed. And from what I can understand from the instructions I need the drivers to be installed after I plug in while under debug mode for the sdk to work.
I attempted to install the nexus 7 driver from here: http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Nexus+7&os=32
However it looks like I already have the files on my computer from a previous attempt with Skipsoft's Android toolkit?
Because of this I'm unsure of how to move forward with this fastboot business.

fastboot doesn't need debugging on or an os installed, just a functional bootloader
You will probably need to manually update the drivers yo the proper ones

I see, how do I go about manually installing this driver then? I'm assuming I need to go through some sort of windows device tree? Or can I just extract a file somewhere?

You can download usbdview (just search Google for a free download) to see what driver is selected when you plug in your tab easily
Or you will need to go into device manager and select to manually update the drivers, don't allow windows to select but manually choose it
There are loads of instructional videos on YouTube for you if needed

I know this is a super late response, but I never managed to get around to trying to find out how to do a manual install. Just tried today using the Nexus Root Toolkit v.1.9.9. I still can't figure out how to manual install the driver because my issue is that windows doesn't recognize anything is plugged in, and all of these guides do state that I should have had usbdebugging checked. I can't seem to find a specific guide that correlates to setting fastboot up exclusively like you mentioned.
Also, using usbdeview like you said I could see that I have installed a google nexus adb interface, a google galaxy nexus adb interface, as well as the mtp usb driver.
Sorry for all the handholding, but this really is an issue that I've never have encountered and I can't seem to manage.

Hey again
There is a fastboot guide in the first post I linked you to
If you can't get fastboot to recognize device in bootloader mode it is possible the USB port is broken, but more likely an issue with drivers, cord or PC
So try a new USB cable, or a different PC
Try try again with drivers, uninstall and reinstall
Unfortunately this type of trouble shooting is hard to do without device in hand

Huge mistake

Hey guys ,let's get straight. I'm totally dumb.
After flashing Lollipop factory img which reseted my internal storage (made a backup on PC), today I decided to try AOSP. Downloaded with my phone, flashed it. But the file was corrupted (bad download or something). Results : I only had that rom on my internal storage, my phone won't boot. I thought I could use NRT, although it as always worked fine, now it keeps telling me "adb device not found", "no fastboot devices". So, actually I can't do anything and I can't see what can I do.. already tried reinstalling drivers, but windows isn't even showing my nexus 4 on device manager
Looks like I need help, and sleep too..

Pedrau said:
Hey guys ,let's get straight. I'm totally dumb.
After flashing Lollipop factory img which reseted my internal storage (made a backup on PC), today I decided to try AOSP. Downloaded with my phone, flashed it. But the file was corrupted (bad download or something). Results : I only had that rom on my internal storage, my phone won't boot. I thought I could use NRT, although it as always worked fine, now it keeps telling me "adb device not found", "no fastboot devices". So, actually I can't do anything and I can't see what can I do.. already tried reinstalling drivers, but windows isn't even showing my nexus 4 on device manager
Looks like I need help, and sleep too..
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Hmm can you get at least to the bootloader menu. If you can, there's still hope. At this time, you're better off using the manual commands rather than the NRT (the NRT use a set of pre-configured scripts and doesn't always end up where you would like to) Have you tried to also plug your device inside another USB port?

zaclimon said:
Hmm can you get at least to the bootloader menu. If you can, there's still hope. At this time, you're better off using the manual commands rather than the NRT (the NRT use a set of pre-configured scripts and doesn't always end up where you would like to) Have you tried to also plug your device inside another USB port?
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Yes I can acces to bootloader and TRWP. Tried another USB port, another USB cable, using manual commands it says " <waiting for device>" and nothing happen..

What drivers are you using. I use the Google usb driver available here
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
How to install these drivers here
http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html#InstallingDriver
You also need the android platform tools installed on your pc for adb and fast boot commands to work. I use this installer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Make sure you have completed these steps on your PC before you connect it to your nexus.

venu123 said:
What drivers are you using. I use the Google usb driver available here
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
How to install these drivers here
http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html#InstallingDriver
You also need the android platform tools installed on your pc for adb and fast boot commands to work. I use this installer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Make sure you have completed these steps on your PC before you connect it to your nexus.
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Thanks buddy , but my drivers were fine before all this. And now i can't reinstall it that way since my nexus isn't even showing up on device manager, I used another method from NRT. Gonna test on w7..
EDIT: Problem solved using windows 7. There seems to have problem with drivers on windows 8.1

Yes, in windows 8 you need to disable driver signature enforcement. In windows 7 no problem.

venu123 said:
Yes, in windows 8 you need to disable driver signature enforcement. In windows 7 no problem.
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I didn't have to on Windows 8.1.

Need help - OP 6t not recognized in fastboot

Hello, a few weeks ago i got my OP 6t. Due to my positive experience from my previous phones (LG G3 and G5) and what i heard from OP i tried to flash twrp and planned to install magisk. I followed the instructions here on xda to unlock the bootloader, it got recognized as device in adb and i could reboot it into the bootloader, but then it didnt recognized it in fastboot, it looks like im missing some sort of drivers, because when im in fastboot in the win 10 device manager its called "android" with a yellow triangle, i tried multiple guides already, but i had no success. Its the unbranded version with 8 gigs and 128 gig. I can provide more info if needed. Help would be very appreciated.

Did you follow funkwizard's guide in the guides/news/discussion forum? It's stickied at the top.
Anyhow, if you followed the guide, he provides this link (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L7EZGx5mgeQYXO19Vsp9FWu9GXhF45Qs/view?usp=drivesdk) for the OP6T drivers that need it be installed.
He then provides this link (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-uWQn-oHu_ROuDVCzIyrExoRbsSBYTtU/view?usp=drivesdk) to update your ADB/fastboot to the latest version.
Complete both of those steps and your phone SHOULD be recognized in fastboot. Good luck.

I have read his complete thread and im still stuck with the same problem. I deinstalled all phone related driver and only installed the one from the thread, opened the command prompt via admin and under device manager is still the yellow triangle beside the android device. I tried to install the driver manually via the google universal driver, but windows never found any compatible drivers.

And just to be certain, do you have USB Debugging enabled in developer options?

Pain-N-Panic said:
And just to be certain, do you have USB Debugging enabled in developer options?
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Yupp, but i have to say that i had to tap it four to five times until the confirmation window popped up.

I had this problem few hours ago, and this is W10 fault. For me solution was that:
instal drivers from guide,
enter fastboot mode,
remove phone from device manager and unistal drivers,
replug phone,
let windows find drivers automaticly when in fastboot mode.
And that's it, fasboot comands works now.

Bartuc666 said:
I had this problem few hours ago, and this is W10 fault. For me solution was that:
instal drivers from guide,
enter fastboot mode,
remove phone from device manager and unistal drivers,
replug phone,
let windows find drivers automaticly when in fastboot mode.
And that's it, fasboot comands works now.
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Thanks for the try, but still no change.

lubal21 said:
Thanks for the try, but still no change.
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forget all the other tips, install the Google USB drivers with the batch file by entering Y on every question. select install driver in the device manager by selecting manually install. in the list presented select on the left Google Inc and on the right the fastboot driver. finish setup and fastboot should work now

lubal21 said:
Hello, a few weeks ago i got my OP 6t. Due to my positive experience from my previous phones (LG G3 and G5) and what i heard from OP i tried to flash twrp and planned to install magisk. I followed the instructions here on xda to unlock the bootloader, it got recognized as device in adb and i could reboot it into the bootloader, but then it didnt recognized it in fastboot, it looks like im missing some sort of drivers, because when im in fastboot in the win 10 device manager its called "android" with a yellow triangle, i tried multiple guides already, but i had no success. Its the unbranded version with 8 gigs and 128 gig. I can provide more info if needed. Help would be very appreciated.
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Probably this shall help:
How to Fix OnePlus Device not showing in Fastboot Mode
In this detailed guide, we will show you the steps to fix the OnePlus Device not showing in the Fastboot Mode on Windows 10 PC.
www.droidwin.com

Fastboot Not Recognized

I am not able to get Fastboot to reconginze my One Plus 6T. I have reinstalled the drivers numerous times to no avail. I have changed ports to no avail. I have change USB cables to no avail. Is anyone else having a similar problem and if so, any solution?
BTW, I am using a Windows 10 computer.
Also, I was able to install the International Version on my TMO variant One Plus 6T via the MSM tool method, so the drivers appear to be installed correctly.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.

phaino00 said:
I am not able to get Fastboot to reconginze my One Plus 6T. I have reinstalled the drivers numerous times to no avail. I have changed ports to no avail. I have change USB cables to no avail. Is anyone else having a similar problem and if so, any solution?
BTW, I am using a Windows 10 computer.
Also, I was able to install the International Version on my TMO variant One Plus 6T via the MSM tool method, so the drivers appear to be installed correctly.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
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Delete the drivers you have installed, boot into fastboot and have Windows automatically detect and install for you. Have you tried that? What source did you get your fastboot drivers from?

phaino00 said:
I am not able to get Fastboot to reconginze my One Plus 6T. I have reinstalled the drivers numerous times to no avail. I have changed ports to no avail. I have change USB cables to no avail. Is anyone else having a similar problem and if so, any solution?
BTW, I am using a Windows 10 computer.
Also, I was able to install the International Version on my TMO variant One Plus 6T via the MSM tool method, so the drivers appear to be installed correctly.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
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Msmdownload drivers are not the same at all, they are Qualcom drivers. Uninstall your fastboot drivers and let windows install them

phaino00 said:
I am not able to get Fastboot to reconginze my One Plus 6T. I have reinstalled the drivers numerous times to no avail. I have changed ports to no avail. I have change USB cables to no avail. Is anyone else having a similar problem and if so, any solution?
BTW, I am using a Windows 10 computer.
Also, I was able to install the International Version on my TMO variant One Plus 6T via the MSM tool method, so the drivers appear to be installed correctly.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
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Oh man, I had issues getting my 6t to connect to my PC when I first got my 6t. The answer for me was to plug my phone into a USB 2.0 port on the BACK of my PC instead of the front USB ports my PC has. Try using the back USB ports and let me know if that works for you!

Thank you all. I will try these suggestions later today and report back.

I tried the suggestions and still no success in fastboot connecting with my device. Thanks again for the suggestions.

After trying to multiple times reinstall the drivers, manually selecting "Android Bootloader Interface" did the trick for me on win10:
wtfandroid.com/fix-fastboot-device-not-recognised-problem/

Issue resolved. Selected Android Bootloader Interface in Device Manager and fastboot recognized my device. Unlocked Bootloader, installed TWRP and Magisk. Root achieved.
Thank you all!!!

jullev said:
After trying to multiple times reinstall the drivers, manually selecting "Android Bootloader Interface" did the trick for me on win10:
wtfandroid.com/fix-fastboot-device-not-recognised-problem/
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Thank you! I can't believe I didn't think to check that.

it is solved for me oneplus 6t not recognized in fastboot
{ solved for me } hello brother, i got this problem also my head was about to explosing, install/uninstall drivers and adb drivers also, without any success, when the device is on normal mod the adb terminal can recognize it and in fastboot mod not recognize my devie (the list empty).
i was trying to install TWRP, so i have reboot my device to fastboot mod, and i didn't think about List of devices (because it not show my device) i wrote the comand to install TWRP directly so it success to install 100%,
so no need to write : adb devices when your device is in fastboot mod, it will not show you in the list, but you can apply what you want normally
good luck

hichemkanon said:
{ solved for me } hello brother, i got this problem also my head was about to explosing, install/uninstall drivers and adb drivers also, without any success, when the device is on normal mod the adb terminal can recognize it and in fastboot mod not recognize my devie (the list empty).
i was trying to install TWRP, so i have reboot my device to fastboot mod, and i didn't think about List of devices (because it not show my device) i wrote the comand to install TWRP directly so it success to install 100%,
so no need to write : adb devices when your device is in fastboot mod, it will not show you in the list, but you can apply what you want normally
good luck
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Hello. I am having the same issues. But can you provide more steps on how to install TWRP. Can you provide the command/steps used to directly install TWRP?
Thank you.

phaino00 said:
Issue resolved. Selected Android Bootloader Interface in Device Manager and fastboot recognized my device. Unlocked Bootloader, installed TWRP and Magisk. Root achieved.
Thank you all!!!
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Did this and still not able to recognize it in fastboot mode

sonice43 said:
Hello. I am having the same issues. But can you provide more steps on how to install TWRP. Can you provide the command/steps used to directly install TWRP?
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Rijul30 said:
Did this and still not able to recognize it in fastboot mode
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This is why I use Linux in my LOS Install Guide. You can boot Linux from a USB without installing it. Fastboot and ADB just work, without any drivers. Install TWRP, reboot and your PC will be back to windows. My guide covers installing TWRP.

Really need help. I'm going in circles and wasting a lot of time:
I'm attempting to root a OP6T A6013. Its already been unlocked.
My device is recognized when powered up as an ADB device.
But when i boot into the bootloader it isnt recognized as a fastboot device, and my laptop (Win 8.1) shows ""device malfunctioned. USB not recognized". I've also been trying to install the OP driver but I'm not sure its working correctly. But would that cause the problem with recognizing fastboot?
I've root my OP7Pro (twice, actually) and though I had some driver issues then eventually figured it out. But I never had issues with fastboot.
Any tips or direction?

Hey all , replying to share my solution to this exact problem I was having..
My OP6T (T-Mobile converted to international) was not showing in fastboot devices but showed in ADB.. after hours of searching google and XDA , I ended up just plugging my 6T into another computer and it worked! , instantly recognized my device without hassle.
So just a fyi, it could be something simple as switching USB ports or even another computer.
hopefully this helps if someone get's stuck at this point.

I had this issue with a OP8Pro... I went to Windows Update and selected View Optional Updates and found Android Bootloader Device on the list. I selected this to download, and then fastboot worked perfectly.

OhioYJ said:
This is why I use Linux in my LOS Install Guide. You can boot Linux from a USB without installing it. Fastboot and ADB just work, without any drivers. Install TWRP, reboot and your PC will be back to windows. My guide covers installing TWRP.
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sudo fastboot oem unlock worked in linux in first shot while windows was unable to recognize the device.
Thanks a ton.
EDIT : Just to add .. this linux was in VM

OhioYJ said:
This is why I use Linux in my LOS Install Guide. You can boot Linux from a USB without installing it. Fastboot and ADB just work, without any drivers. Install TWRP, reboot and your PC will be back to windows. My guide covers installing TWRP.
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I agree. Linux is far better when flashing android phones

anonymoustl said:
I had this issue with a OP8Pro... I went to Windows Update and selected View Optional Updates and found Android Bootloader Device on the list. I selected this to download, and then fastboot worked perfectly.
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This worked for my OnePlus 9 Pro running Windows 10. Happy modding!