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Manual for how to flash a rom in Vista

O.k. for everyone who's traying to Flash in Vista
Donwload the files from this link: http://rapidshare.com/files/38401715/Manual_and_files.rar.html
and extract them in a new created folder like for example your desktop. Extract the USB Modem Vista in a different folder on your desktop (easy to find)
- put your device in bootloader mode (press and hold power, light and softreset button)
- connect the MDA to your computer.
- open computer management (devicemanager) in vista, rightclick computer in startmenu and select manage (see step 1)
- in computermanager open devicemanager (step 2)
- follow step 3 and 4.
After step 4 browse to the folder where you extracted the USB Modem Vista and choose next.
It will install the active sync drivers to vista and you will be able to flash.
I attached a exit bootloader file to exit bootloader mode (you can also install drivers without flashing the device)
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO EXIT BOOTLOADER MODE!!!! EVEN BEVORE FLASHING!!!!
If you do it properly it will be done in less than 4 minutes.
Good luck.
Duanes
excuse my poor english

hey, the rapidshare link does not work
any alternate location that i can get the file from?
thanks!
San

thanks for your help! i can finally flash through Vista!

dreamtheater39 said:
hey, the rapidshare link does not work
any alternate location that i can get the file from?
thanks!
San
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you can send me your email trough pm and then I can send the files to you!

sstrunks84 said:
thanks for your help! i can finally flash through Vista!
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I know what you mean, I could finally use only vista as o.s.

hey duanes!
I finally got the link to work and downloaded the file!
I could update the drivers and everything worked just fine!
Thanks a million for this, i've been looking around for this for a loooong time!
cheers m8!
San

No thanx, good luck flashing!

nonsense
duanes said:
O.k. for everyone who's traying to Flash in Vista
- put your device in bootloader mode
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It will install the active sync drivers to vista and you will be able to flash.
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Nope. In Vista with current drivers and updates the driver cannot be updated to an older one; neither in bootloader mode (uknown USB device) nor in standard mode (PocketPC).
vjj

Don't hate if you're a noob With Vista
Download my package and see for yourself mate!
I run Vista Business for almost 6 months and I'm flashing trough Vista for quite a long time now. Even now after upgrading the Windows Mobile Device Center.
So as far as I know your post is based on nonsence!!!
As I've said many many times, you have to do it exacly the way I wrote it.

Pro to noob
for your info, I've been using Vista for about two years.
building and flashing ROMs for 3 years now.
I do not argue with possibility to flash ROM in Vista.
I do argue with possibility to use your instruction universaly in all standard Vista installations.
I've seen and tried both possibilities myself.
Universal in boot mode:
"The best driver software for your device is already installed.
Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date.
Uknown Device."
Have you ever seen this message? I doubt.

I've seen that message when you don't do it correctly.
I'm not going to discuss with you if it works or not. And as far as being a pro... been working at microsoft for 6 years. Cheers mate! and good luck flashing building or whatever it is that you do.

Nonesence Again.
vjj said:
for your info, I've been using Vista for about two years.
building and flashing ROMs for 3 years now.
I do not argue with possibility to flash ROM in Vista.
I do argue with possibility to use your instruction universaly in all standard Vista installations.
I've seen and tried both possibilities myself.
Universal in boot mode:
"The best driver software for your device is already installed.
Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date.
Uknown Device."
Have you ever seen this message? I doubt.
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I was using vista since beta1, and i have been using WMDC since its beta stages. And i do have to confirm the method with updating your drivers with AS ones works Perfectly. Try again, but dont search for drivers, update it manualy, AND, dont forget to untick ALLOW USB CONNECTION in WMDC before pluging in a bootloaded device. That really does work a charm.

But what about Vista 64 version? This driver don't want to install on Vista 64...

Mr Groch said:
But what about Vista 64 version? This driver don't want to install on Vista 64...
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use the ones from activesync for XP x64

This isn't working for me? I tried it numerous of times... I'm using Vista Home Premium and it goes through everything- but when I started to install my ROM- the program shuts down at the part where it begins to load

thetruestar said:
This isn't working for me? I tried it numerous of times... I'm using Vista Home Premium and it goes through everything- but when I started to install my ROM- the program shuts down at the part where it begins to load
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Can you please tell me more like, wich Rom and wich MDA or PDA you are using?
Did you trie to rightclick te ROM update and run it as administrator?

I had the Wizard and I was trying to update the Wizard with the Touchflo ROM

thetruestar said:
I had the Wizard and I was trying to update the Wizard with the Touchflo ROM
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Uhh.. is that the right ROM for that device??

duanes said:
Uhh.. is that the right ROM for that device??
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Yes... I uploaded it from my XP computer which I rarely use- but I wanna start uploading with my VISTA...
This is how it looks...
This is the message that pops up

thetruestar said:
Yes... I uploaded it from my XP computer which I rarely use- but I wanna start uploading with my VISTA...
This is how it looks...
This is the message that pops up
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I'll try to find a solotion for this!

Windows 7 and .NET

I'm using windows 7 and wanted to change ROM, i was wondering if the .net 3.5 thats recommended and needed for the HSPLWrapper_Blackstone_156OliNex has any complications or if indeed is need at all?

can't comment on the tool you talk about
but win7 is the first windows that comes
with .net 3.5 installed from the start

I tried to flash my mobile from a Vista PC and I got problems with it.
So I went into the basement and used my old XP Computer.
And it worked flawlessly
Maybe Windows 7 works better, but I don't think so. Just try it and install .NET 3.5 and start RUU.
If it doesn't work, you got to look for a XP Computer

playdo said:
I tried to flash my mobile from a Vista PC and I got problems with it.
So I went into the basement and used my old XP Computer.
And it worked flawlessly
Maybe Windows 7 works better, but I don't think so. Just try it and install .NET 3.5 and start RUU.
If it doesn't work, you got to look for a XP Computer
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Maybe you had to install the cracked drivers (youwe got 64 and 32bit version), sometimes you need to disable the USB connection under WMdevice Center, put the device in bootloader and then run RUU update.

Argh sorry, totally forgot to mention that.
But I had tried (nearly) everything:
Flashing without changes in Vista (just WMDC installed)
disabled/enabled "allow USB connections"
normal/cracked drivers
...
So if somebody know what's wrong, please tell me ^^

If your using USPL you will need to update the HTC USB drivers as it will not detect the device, if you have flashed the hard SLP then you needed worry, it works fine, even in Windows 7, 32 and 64 bit

HSPL didn't work with my 32bit Vista, even not after updating the drivers
But that's Windows: Sometimes it works, most time it doesn't

Put HSPL from friends PC and than @ home just do upgrades via SD card

Thanks guys, some good info there, i'm liking windows 7 at the moment so will keep tryin to find a way to the HSPL, tried that friends option NikPraskaton but he has windows XP and is not detecting the phone anymore

[Q] fastboot no longer works

I have a folder for android stuff like fastboot and adb that I keep for fixing my phone. I keep the minimum files required for fastboot to work... adb.exe, adbwinapi.dll, fastboot.exe and the 64bit usb drivers.
I used to be able to use fastboot even after formatting my computer (and reinstalling the drivers), but it's been a long time and when I tried to do the same again, it no longer works.
Windows says the driver is not compatible with the device. I download Android SDK Tools to download the usb drivers there. They install, but fastboot still doesn't detect the phone.
I tried following tutorials out there to get fastboot to work, but I tried on 2 HTC Dreams and they don't get detected. What am I missing?
Only thing I remember being different is that I'm using Windows 7 x64 SP1 now and before I was using plain Windows 7 x64.

You need to use the usb driver removal tool and install the usb driver from SDK.

yes you've got my same trouble.
this is my thread.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032249
i solved with backtrack 3.. don't ask me why because i don't know.. i just have a try with bt3 because i use bring it with me on my pendrive (it can ever be useful )

BeenAndroidized said:
You need to use the usb driver removal tool and install the usb driver from SDK.
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The old drivers I had were never installed. For some reason, Windows did not recognize a compatible driver. I did download a fresh set of drivers from SDK and windows did install them, but fastboot devices is not listing anything.
P4p3r1n0 said:
yes you've got my same trouble.
this is my thread.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032249
i solved with backtrack 3.. don't ask me why because i don't know.. i just have a try with bt3 because i use bring it with me on my pendrive (it can ever be useful )
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I see no reason why I can't use fastboot on Windows if it worked before. Perhaps if there is no other way, I'll try Linux distros.

It sound like there is no compatible driver for Windows 7 x64 SP1. Check google to see may be they might have an updates.

BeenAndroidized said:
It sound like there is no compatible driver for Windows 7 x64 SP1. Check google to see may be they might have an updates.
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So there is an actual difference between win7 and sp1 in regards to the drivers and not that I set it up wrong?

From my experience on working with Windows. Every version always different. As far as how much different, I can't tell.
If you had it working with W7 before SP1, then there is a change in driver that causing it not to work correctly. Do you required to upgrade to W7 SP1? Or is that your preference?

BeenAndroidized said:
From my experience on working with Windows. Every version always different. As far as how much different, I can't tell.
If you had it working with W7 before SP1, then there is a change in driver that causing it not to work correctly. Do you required to upgrade to W7 SP1? Or is that your preference?
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Well that's all I can think of. Just wanted to know if anyone else had problems with sp1. I think faastboot should work with my winxp vms.. gonna try that next time I try to use fastboot..

Flashtool / SEUS working in Virtualbox (Ubuntu)

Just wanted to post a notice of success story of getting SEUS and Flashtool working under Ubuntu 11.04 with Virtualbox installed from the repository running Windows XP. This means that it IS possible to use both of these tools just fine under Linux (with Windows running as a guest). Looking around the web a few weeks ago led me to believe that it couldn't be done, as some people (Mac users IIRC) were having issues getting Virtualbox to properly handle the X10 when it is in flash mode. Here are the steps that worked for me:
1. Install Virtualbox from Ubuntu Software Center
2. Create a Windows XP virtual machine and install Windows
3. Add your username to the group "vboxusers" in Ubuntu (this will allow the VM to use USB devices) and reboot to apply the change.
4. Create a blank filter under USB in the settings of the main Virtualbox menu so that all USB devices can be picked up automatically.
5. Run SEUS and check for updates, first time doesn't work because it installs the drivers for flash mode, second time worked fine for me.
6. Use Flashtool, etc. as you like - fully functional.
It was just nice to realize I didn't have to look around for a Windows machine to borrow for the amount of time it takes to test out different basebands and custom ROMs/kernels, so I thought I would share here.

Post a link to this thread in the Flashtool thread...
Should be helpful for others...
sent from x10 CM7 (FreeXperia Project)

Amazing how i was told Vbox cannot do this.
Well done.

This is awesome. My SATA connector on the mainboard just broke and the disks attatched to it was my Windows 7 installation. Now that that is gone (until I get it fixed) I'll have to use this method because I had my Linux running on the reserve/backup PATA disk (just in case **** happens, and it came in handy now).
And I really don't want to re-partition those disks, reinstalling Windows, reinstalling Mint (Fixing possible GRUB or MBR issues etc.) So this is gonna come in very very handy.
As I'm writing this I'm installing XP in VirtualBox.

I had to reboot linux after adding the username to the vboxusers group before it could pick up my USB ports.
But else it's working flawlessly...

Original post updated with reboot instructions, thanks! Glad to hear it's working for you too.

Flashtool works in VirtualBox for Mac Users
Hi Everyone,
I confirm that it works in Virtualbox for Mac. The point was: create a blank filter for USB. I did it under the windows machine.
Thank You coverup!

coverup said:
4. Create a blank filter under USB in the settings of the main Virtualbox menu so that all USB devices can be picked up automatically.
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This is the key point
I have been using it for past 2-3 months didn't knew that general opinion was that it doesn't works.
well i don't have a filter coz i use my usb devices on linux most of the time so i manually add device.
confirmed working on both virtualbox and VMWare too.........

anantshri said:
This is the key point
I have been using it for past 2-3 months didn't knew that general opinion was that it doesn't works.
well i don't have a filter coz i use my usb devices on linux most of the time so i manually add device.
confirmed working on both virtualbox and VMWare too.........
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Manually adding doesn't work on mac, but it works on linux.
arkedk said:
I had to reboot linux after adding the username to the vboxusers group before it could pick up my USB ports.
But else it's working flawlessly...
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I suppose reboot is not exactly necessary for linux. You just need to logout and login again to update the granted groups.

I didn't create a blank USB filter, because I don't want to catch every USB device.
Instead I created a filter for all devices with just the VendorId '0fce' to catch all states of my X10.

Amazing great work ,,Well done.

m.maga said:
Hi Everyone,
I confirm that it works in Virtualbox for Mac. The point was: create a blank filter for USB. I did it under the windows machine.
Thank You coverup!
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anantshri said:
This is the key point
I have been using it for past 2-3 months didn't knew that general opinion was that it doesn't works.
well i don't have a filter coz i use my usb devices on linux most of the time so i manually add device.
confirmed working on both virtualbox and VMWare too.........
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Hmm... Not working for me with virtualbox, a mac host and a Win XP guest.
First tried manually adding. Next, I put a blank USB rule at the top of the USB filters. This time, it successfully captured and the hardware install wizard popped up. FlashTool did not recognize the phone.
Soooo.... are drivers from SEUS needed (unclear on that)? Sony pulled SEUS for x10, by the way. If needed, has someone mirrored it somewhere? USB drivers are installed - FT and adb work fine when phone normally booted.

I'm using parallel 7 on osx lion
windows 7 runs very smoothly and it can read my phone's sd card
but x10 is not recognized in flash tool
i thought virtual box and parallel are similar
so how to create a blank filter under USB in the settings ?
m.maga said:
Hi Everyone,
I confirm that it works in Virtualbox for Mac. The point was: create a blank filter for USB. I did it under the windows machine.
Thank You coverup!
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anakinlam95 said:
I'm using parallel 7 on osx lion
windows 7 runs very smoothly and it can read my phone's sd card
but x10 is not recognized in flash tool
i thought virtual box and parallel are similar
so how to create a blank filter under USB in the settings ?
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I figured out my problem. It was just as I expected. A different set of drivers is needed to use flashtool to flash when the phone is in flash mode. It seems that many people take this for granted, since they've had an xperia for a while, it isn't explicitly mentioned in the flashtool posts.
The flashtool folder will something called gordons gate (IIRC). If you didn't install that and try again.

Does it really work? I just found out there is a problem for ADB working under windows 7 as a guest. It is also documented as a bug
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6620
Given problem with that, I am very leery to even want to flash anything with that even though it is using a different driver.

Very good! After a lot of research. I was already trying fastboot, unsuccessfully, when I found this. Worked perfectly on Ubuntu 11.10 32b & VirtualBox.
One point I'd like to mention is that even creating the blank filter, besides flashing worked on first try, adb was not finding the device. I had to manually attach it, and more than once while rooting it. Pretty easy, but was unexpected and I wasn't waiting for something like that. May help others.
I still have to try filtering by verdor ID as suggested by User Name in post #10.
Thanks!

rapchan said:
Very good! After a lot of research. I was already trying fastboot, unsuccessfully, when I found this. Worked perfectly on Ubuntu 11.10 32b & VirtualBox.
One point I'd like to mention is that even creating the blank filter, besides flashing worked on first try, adb was not finding the device. I had to manually attach it, and more than once while rooting it. Pretty easy, but was unexpected and I wasn't waiting for something like that. May help others.
I still have to try filtering by verdor ID as suggested by User Name in post #10.
Thanks!
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Dear all guys,
Does anybody know if is possible to use MTK Flashtool under a windows xp virtual machine (host-linux from virtualbox) in order to flash ROMS ¿?
I have already do this step "4. Create a blank filter under USB in the settings of the main Virtualbox menu so that all USB devices can be picked up automatically". But when i try to flash any ROM nothing happens. The preloader is not detected.. i get an error message similat this: "The usb-device is already in use on Host-linux.."
I would like to use MTK Flashtool on linux under a xp virtual machine
Regards.

m3n3chm0 said:
Dear all guys,
Does anybody know if is possible to use MTK Flashtool under a windows xp virtual machine (host-linux from virtualbox) in order to flash ROMS ¿?
I have already do this step "4. Create a blank filter under USB in the settings of the main Virtualbox menu so that all USB devices can be picked up automatically". But when i try to flash any ROM nothing happens. The preloader is not detected.. i get an error message similat this: "The usb-device is already in use on Host-linux.."
I would like to use MTK Flashtool on linux under a xp virtual machine
Regards.
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I though Flashtool has supported Linux, why u need virtual machine???
Check this out :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746

XtremX10 said:
I though Flashtool has supported Linux, why u need virtual machine???
Check this out :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
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I did not know about linux version of Flashtool. I will check it thanks a lot !!
My phone is a Zopo ZP900 and the win version of Flashtool is 4.0 on Windows. I don't know if the linux version is compatible for my device (MTK 6577).

[HOWTO] Installing HTC Drivers for adb/fastboot on Windows 8

Mod Message: OP's link is down. Please search the comments to find other's mirror. But please remember to use AV software to scan before you proceed to install, in case of malware or virus!
Instructions to installing HTC Drivers on Windows8 64Bit:
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1. Download the Windows7 (64 Bit) drivers here - R[COLOR="Red"]emoved[/COLOR]
2. Unzip to any location you want. Just remember where you put them.
3. Plug in your phone to your USB cable.
4. Open your Device Manager (Windows Key + X and select Device manager) and locate HTC under Other Devices and right click on it and select Update Driver Software
5. Select "Browse my computer for driver software"
6. Click Browse and then select the folder you unzipped with the drivers in it then click next.
7. It should now install your drivers and then in your device manager it will now show up "My HTC" under Android USB Devices.
Hope that helps anyone having troubles getting USB/HTC drivers working on Windows 8 (64bit).
*NOTE* I'm not sure if this will be the same for you guys but I had to plug my phone into USB slot 2. USB slot 3 would not work.
Just a little heads up
All credit for this guide goes to Hippie459MN for the original thread. Be sure to thank him for his work
I'm just posting it in this forum because it works fine and a lot of people aren't aware of this method

Awesome man. Don't even have my One but if I have problem with Windows 8, it's great that you already posted a solution.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

It took me quite a while of searching to actually find that guide but I'm glad I did otherwise I couldn't have unlocked my bootloader or rooted

Been trying to get the driver to work on my W8 laptop for my E3D. This worked for it after spending hours trying all sorts. Thanks a million. I will be sure to go through to the other thread and say thanks too.

If only I saw this before I spent hours last night trying to get adb to recognise my phone. I somehow got there in the end but this would've saved me a good two hours!
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

Yeah, that's the guide I used a couple of weeks ago. Think I might have posted it in the rooting tutorial thread....would have been lost without it.
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cynogenmod jbean cm-10.1-20130411-EXPERIMENTAL-endeavoru-M3
I just lost connection to lappy after installing this rom...though device is getting recognized it wont let me update driver using guide can you help plz
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Bumping up

installed the drivers as instructed below but with win8 / 64-bit i can't get the one to mount the sdcard.
seems to work just fine on my win7 machine. any help with this?

trant01 said:
installed the drivers as instructed below but with win8 / 64-bit i can't get the one to mount the sdcard.
seems to work just fine on my win7 machine. any help with this?
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it should show up as an MTP device when you plug it in

cachookaman said:
it should show up as an MTP device when you plug it in
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i can't install a driver for the MTP device. should it be in that zip? i'm trying to get it to install from that directory and it says it can't find a driver for it....

Tried this technique and it still won't work.
Here's what I'm doing
- Uninstall all current drivers & HTC Sync
- Restart PC
- Your method exactly
- Restart PC
Phone when on normally connects to adb just fine,
but when I put it into the bootloader it takes around 15 seconds to detect it and then says it's unrecognised and gives the error below:
Device doesn't start. (Code 10)
A request for the USB BOS descriptor failed.
Any help would be appreciated. For now, I'm running a copy of W7 on an old 2.5" drive... not ideal.

Tried this technique and it still won't work.
@petedavison93 and the owner of this thread, did you guys find a fix to pete's issue as I'm having the same issue as Pete, please help!

Had the same issue and installed different drivers several times without luck.
It was fixed for me by simply plugging in the phone into an USB port at the motherboard. The front USB and additional USB3 ports at the PC were not working, when the device is booted to the bootloader. They are working with adb only, when the phone is running normal.
I am running Win8x64.

Great Instructions
KidCarter93 said:
Instructions to installing HTC Drivers on Windows8 64Bit:
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1. Download the Windows7 (64 Bit) drivers here - http://d-h.st/23V
2. Unzip to any location you want. Just remember where you put them.
3. Plug in your phone to your USB cable.
4. Open your Device Manager (Windows Key + X and select Device manager) and locate HTC under Other Devices and right click on it and select Update Driver Software
5. Select "Browse my computer for driver software"
6. Click Browse and then select the folder you unzipped with the drivers in it then click next.
7. It should now install your drivers and then in your device manager it will now show up "My HTC" under Android USB Devices.
Hope that helps anyone having troubles getting USB/HTC drivers working on Windows 8 (64bit).
*NOTE* I'm not sure if this will be the same for you guys but I had to plug my phone into USB slot 2. USB slot 3 would not work.
Just a little heads up
All credit for this guide goes to Hippie459MN for the original thread. Be sure to thank him for his work
I'm just posting it in this forum because it works fine and a lot of people aren't aware of this method
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I have the HTC EVO V 4G (Virgin Mobile) The ONLY difference on my installation of the drivers was under Other Devices, instead of HTC mine was listed as EVO. Worked perfect first try..TY

Great post
Great post and link, this worked straight away and allowed direct connection to Eclipse

Thankz I must try this looking for this

I just install HTC sync, done deal.
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Anyone happen to know where I can find some windows 7 32bit drivers. Windows 8 32bit isn't a fan of 64bit software.

It isn't a problem with the HTC drivers. It's the usb drivers from Ms for Intel 3.0 bus. I found a thread that I'm searching again for that give the instructions on replacing the signed ms driver with an unsigned win 7 64bit host controller driver. It's two files and you need to first allow unsigned drivers in windows security. Needless to say it's fine now on my 3 ports.
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