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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..
Howdy,
I noticed that when I plugged my N7 into the USB Port on my PC running Win 7 Professional 32-bit w/SP1, that I got a message that the device was not recognized... So I looked around and found this thread offering an ASUS-provided Windows USB Driver:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796165
I downloaded it and went into Device Manager in Windows, found the Unknown device, and attempted to update the driver (note: I've done these steps before for other devices, so this wasn't new to me) but Windows keeps telling me that the driver I have is the one that I want:
"Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date"
Yeah right...
I tried manually installing it by right-clicking on the .INF file and clicking install but get the following message:
"The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation"
So... now I don't know what to do next...
I want to be able to copy files from my computer to the N7 via USB ... and I think I need a driver to enable the connection...
Help!
Hmm, I would grab the nexus 7 all in one toolkit and install drivers from there, see if that works!
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lukems said:
Hmm, I would grab the nexus 7 all in one toolkit and install drivers from there, see if that works!
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Thanks for your reply... I may give that a try ...
I thought that I had read in one thread an advisement to stay away from the toolkit... but it may have been regarding something different (2nd post in thread):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957057
Was the author of the 2nd post talking about something different?
Can you please provide a link to the best thread/site to grab said toolkit...?
Thanks
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Try restarting your windows 7 then plugging in the Nexus while it is fully powered off. When you turn on the Nexus it should be recognized. This worked for me. Maybe some drivers are loaded from the tablet.
Or, just avoid toolkits.
Make sure you enable USB debugging and if it was not enabled, installing the Asus drivers again.
You could also try the Windows USB drivers provided by Google.
As it may help others. here's Google's instructions for Installing a USB Driver. Where the instructions refer to "<sdk>\extras\google\usb_driver\" swap that out with wherever you extracted the USB driver to.
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Thanks for your reply... I may give that a try ...
I thought that I had read in one thread an advisement to stay away from the toolkit... but it may have been regarding something different (2nd post in thread):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957057
Was the author of the 2nd post talking about something different?
Can you please provide a link to the best thread/site to grab said toolkit...?
Thanks
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Sure you have to trust the person who makes the toolkit, but I've used the nexus 7 one for drivers and its been fine. The toolkit was under android development I believe, I can't link it atm as I'm on my phone, but if u want it, pm me and il dig.out the link
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#update - i'm idiot, my problem was when choosing the driver, i clicked sdk->extras->google->->usb_driver->i386 when i should have stopped at the usb_driver folder
I can second jinx100. I had a similar problem where the update driver wizard told me it was unable to find the driver even though i tried pointing it to both the google and asus (same thing?). Anyway in the end I just did a reboot of the laptop, connected the nexus 7 and everything was good to go.
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
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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.
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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!
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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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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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
msilby said:
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!