I'm not able to use fastboot at all on my nexus 4
I always get:
< waiting for device >
adb works fine, I can shell and view all the files etc. and "adb devices" lists my phone there and doesn't say offline. I've done all the normal stuff like changing USB ports (2.0 and 3.0) and I've tried different versions of ADB and the driver, clearing the RSA keys on the device. The phone is totally stock, no root and running 4.3 / JWR66Y and this has been happening before the latest OTA (JWR66Y) update (first OTA of 4.3)
Here's my bootloader info
Command line: console=ttyHSL0,115200,n8 androidboot.hardware=mako lpj=67677 uart
_console=enable lcd_maker_id=primary lge.hreset=off lge.reset=mode_reset gpt=ena
ble lge.kcal=0|0|0|x lge.rev=rev_10 androidboot.emmc=true androidboot.serialno=0
0475fbe14129674 androidboot.bootloader=MAKOZ20i androidboot.baseband=mdm bootrea
son=reboot
and I'm currently using the "Android Composite ADB Interface" Rev8 driver from the SDK on Windows 7 x64 along with the 18.0.1 version of the platform tools.
Did you download the fastboot.zip and place it in platform-tools of the android SDK?
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Try the SDK package ..
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I'm using the fastboot binary from the SDK as stated in the OP
I know this may seem obvious but covering the basics. You installed the fastboot driver? Is phone seen at all via device manager?
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I know this may seem obvious but covering the basics. You installed the fastboot driver? Is phone seen at all via device manager?
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Do you mean the ADB driver or something else, I've tried the naked ADB driver and the SDK ADB driver, both give the same result, ADB.exe connects, I can open a shell and see the files etc., but fastboot.exe just hangs on waiting for device
When you plug in phone and its in fastboot is it recognized by device manager? Do you see an exclamation point next to it. If so you have to click and choose update driver(I used sdks version)
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marsdta said:
When you plug in phone and its in fastboot is it recognized by device manager? Do you see an exclamation point next to it. If so you have to click and choose update driver(I used sdks version)
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No problem there. I don't think ADB would work if the driver weren't working would it?
It would still work. Technically the driver is installed twice even though its the same. Once while phone is booted up and once while in bootloader.
Have you tried reinstalling the driver? after updating to 4.3 I had issues with adb and fast boot. I had to reinstall the drivers and all went back to normal
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Delete.. Dndnt read OP properly.
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It would still work. Technically the driver is installed twice even though its the same. Once while phone is booted up and once while in bootloader.
Have you tried reinstalling the driver? after updating to 4.3 I had issues with adb and fast boot. I had to reinstall the drivers and all went back to normal
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Yes I've reinstalled the driver a few times and tried different drivers. I've tried the universal naked 0.72.the rev8 from the SDK and Koushes, all 3 work with adb and none worked with fastboot
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It would still work. Technically the driver is installed twice even though its the same. Once while phone is booted up and once while in bootloader.
Have you tried reinstalling the driver? after updating to 4.3 I had issues with adb and fast boot. I had to reinstall the drivers and all went back to normal
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Which driver did you use in the end? I've tried just about everything, I even grabbed another nexus 4 and I'm having the same issue with that one (which is on the earlier 4.3 OTA update btw)
Download the fastboot.zip and place it inside platform tools, even though SDK shows fastboot download fastboot again and place it inside
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Cream$ickleHJ said:
Download the fastboot.zip and place it inside platform tools, even though SDK shows fastboot download fastboot again and place it inside
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Download from where? Which files do you suspect are missing?
I used the one from the SDK. When booted up device manager shows adb composite and when in boot loader device manager shows android boot loader interface.
When you are reinstalling the drivers did you uninstall them first. That's what I usually do. Once helped someone who had the driver installed several times, so they were conflicting . I would uninstall drivers and delete any mention of them. Reboot PC. When plug in phone I ignore it trying to search and install boot loader driver. And install it manually
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Hi!
I'm about to put my SNS up where the sun don't shine..
I've followed this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
But when i come to part 2 i have some problems.. The Command Prompt hangs at < Waiting for Device > and nothing happens from here.
All drivers are installed as they should. What would be wrong?
Phones info:
Baseband: I9020XXKD1
Version: GRJ22
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-ge382d80
[email protected] #1
Please help my phone to survive
What operating system are you using? If you're using windows going to device manager and see what it says for android devices.
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What operating system are you using? If you're using windows going to device manager and see what it says for android devices.
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I'm using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate - And it says what it should:
When phone is turned on normally:
Android Composite ADB Interface
Phone in Fast-Boot:
Android Bootloader Interface
Nothing should be wrong there..
i would try another usb cable. they have been know to not work. also make sure that your android sdk has been updated fully before starting step 2
Installing PDAnet had proven time and time again to be the easiest and most foolproof method of getting the correct up to date drivers installed. Please try that. Install PDAnet on your machine and follow the prompts. Then try again.
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matt2053 said:
Installing PDAnet had proven time and time again to be the easiest and most foolproof method of getting the correct up to date drivers installed. Please try that. Install PDAnet on your machine and follow the prompts. Then try again.
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truth!
here is their site http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php install the free version onto your computer then just follow the on screen instructions. itll install the proper driver for you.
Tried another cable, and using PDAnet - still hangs at Waiting for device...
Does ADB work?
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I am having same problem, so I can relate, but not unhappy with stock. I also can not find anything wrong even on device manager everything looks like out ought to work.
I tried adb fastboot devices and my phone is supposed to show up, but didn't. You might try yours as well, probably get same result.
Makes me think still a problem with the driver.
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Does ADB work?
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No idea, i actually don't know what ADB actually is and does?
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No idea, i actually don't know what ADB actually is and does?
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It is a Command Line Interface application that comes packaged with the Android SDK, just like fastboot. ADB is used to interface with your device while it is booted normally, and fastboot interfaces with your device at the bootloader level.
With your phone booted up into Android, plug in USB and do "fastboot devices". What happens?
But before you do that, let me ask: are you sure when you were having trouble with fastboot that you had the phone in bootloader? You have to hold volume up + power until you see a screen that says FASTBOOT MODE at the top with a lot of other text. You can only use fastboot commands such as "fastboot oem unlock" when the phone is in bootloader.
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It is a Command Line Interface application that comes packaged with the Android SDK, just like fastboot. ADB is used to interface with your device while it is booted normally, and fastboot interfaces with your device at the bootloader level.
With your phone booted up into Android, plug in USB and do "fastboot devices". What happens?
But before you do that, let me ask: are you sure when you were having trouble with fastboot that you had the phone in bootloader? You have to hold volume up + power until you see a screen that says FASTBOOT MODE at the top with a lot of other text. You can only use fastboot commands such as "fastboot oem unlock" when the phone is in bootloader.
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I am sure i'm in fastboot, and not Android system
The ADB finds a Device - Screenshot added..
If you are not sure what adb is, I am wondering what method you are using to root?
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If you are not sure what adb is, I am wondering what method you are using to root?
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I am following the guide i'm linking to in first post
Sorry, but using phone and didn't catch the first post after reading few of the others. Since we having same problem I will try it tuesday, which is my next day off work and let you know how out goes.
If you do get this resolved, let me know how you did out.
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Possible problem
So I checked on my device manager and the android device driver says; Android ADB Interface, rather than Android Bootloader Interface.
Anyone that can help me change it to the correct one as I can use ADB to get phone to bootloader but when I type bootloader devices my phone is not found.
Thanks in advance.
Figured it out (maybe lucky guess)
I moved a copy of bootloader from tools folder to platform tools then opened a terminal from that window and it worked.
Bootloader unlocked and on way to full root.
When I plug my wife's phone into my computer it doesn't recognize it as a media device. It does recognize it as an adb device though so I was able to unlock the bootloader and root it. She wants me transfer music and can't, any ideas? Also when I plug in my nexus 4 it appears as a media device.
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Bump. Can anyone help me?
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Anyone?
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Anyone?
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when you first put it in, did it download any drivers? if it didnt then go to lgs website and download them.
I got the same effing problem and haven't been able to figure out how to fix it. Every time I uninstall the phones drivers stupid windows will install it right back as adb device...
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I have a similar problem with my wife's N4. Hers does not recognize as a MTP device nor as an ADB device. In device manager it shows it, but adb devices never lists it and it never shows up in Computer when I disable USB debugging. My N4 has no problems with either. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and can't figure it out!
Weird thing though, it detects it in fastboot mode.
I just got off the phone with Google Play Devices support and explained the issue. They are assisting in getting an exchange.
tutech said:
I have a similar problem with my wife's N4. Hers does not recognize as a MTP device nor as an ADB device. In device manager it shows it, but adb devices never lists it and it never shows up in Computer when I disable USB debugging. My N4 has no problems with either. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and can't figure it out!
Weird thing though, it detects it in fastboot mode.
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I had this same problem, and it was the lack of drivers. Uninstall in device manager what you have, restart, then install the 4.2 Google SDK drivers. This works in Windows 8 without any extra procedures. I have the SDK installed, and directed the 'have disk' driver search to the SDK directory/extras/google. There were three adb drivers, and I installed them all. I really don't know what I'm doing, but that solved the problem.
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I just got off the phone with Google Play Devices support and explained the issue. They are assisting in getting an exchange.
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Dude it's not the phone lol. It's the computer. When I plug my phone into my dad's computer it detects it fine. It happened on mine because I installed those adb drivers
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What worked for me was uninstalling my old Motorola drivers and then using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688 to uninstall the SDK drivers for the Nexus 4 that I had originally installed when I got the phone. Then I installed the drivers provided with the Nexus 4 Toolkit and everything works great. MTP, ADB, Fastboot, and the phone is recognized within CWM/TWRP.
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I had this same problem, and it was the lack of drivers. Uninstall in device manager what you have, restart, then install the 4.2 Google SDK drivers. This works in Windows 8 without any extra procedures. I have the SDK installed, and directed the 'have disk' driver search to the SDK directory/extras/google. There were three adb drivers, and I installed them all. I really don't know what I'm doing, but that solved the problem.
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I can uninstall the drivers just fine but when I plug in the nexus it automatically installs the adb drivers again..
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have kind of a similar problem, but a bit different
my computer was able to detect the phone in mtp, adb and fastboot mode, installed the drivers, unlocked bootloader, and everything was fine
this morning the computer no longer able to detect the phone, but it still charges when i plug in the usb cable to the computer; cant transfer files, adb and fastboot list no devices, even device manager doesnt show the phone being plugged in
UPDATE: just tried on another computer, nothing... not even asking for drivers, and the phone doesnt even show it is connected in MTP mode like before... im screwed
I have a similar problem too..
My Nexus 4 works fine when I plug it into the computer, it shows the device just fine. But, when I plug my brother's Nexus 4 into my computer, it does not recognize it, it installed the drivers but I can't see the device in My Computer. In device manager, it shows up. With my brother's phone, I can mount it as Camera (PTP) and I can go into it, but it cannot detect it as a Media device (MTP)
Girn said:
I can uninstall the drivers just fine but when I plug in the nexus it automatically installs the adb drivers again..
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Perhaps, in device manager, select the adb driver, right click to update, direct the update to have disk....SDK Google extras location?
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Think I tried that before and windows said the drivers are already up to date
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Girn said:
Dude it's not the phone lol. It's the computer. When I plug my phone into my dad's computer it detects it fine. It happened on mine because I installed those adb drivers
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In my case anyway, its definitely not the computer. I have two identical, brand new Nexus 4 16GB phones. One is recognized with the appropriate drivers on my computer and the other is as well, however the second one does not show in My Computer nor get listed with ADB devices - unlike the first. The only difference between the two scenarios is the physical phone that is plugged into the computer.
Same with me, my phone works fine but when I plug my wife's in.. Nothing.
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I haven't been able to fix it by the suggested methods.. When it's on the other mode for camera pics it works fine and in device manager I get under " portable device" nexus 4 showing up.. But when I switch it to MTP all I get is android adb interface in device manager and no nexus 4
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Girn said:
I haven't been able to fix it by the suggested methods.. When it's on the other mode for camera pics it works fine and in device manager I get under " portable device" nexus 4 showing up.. But when I switch it to MTP all I get is android adb interface in device manager and no nexus 4
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Same for me. I did get it to read my wife's phone though by using the nexus 4 toolkit to uninstall then reinstall the drivers. Funny thing, now it reads her phone and not mine. D'oh!
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So I got my n4 last week and I've been trying to unlock and root it to no avail. I've tried using the toolkit as well as using the method indicated in another thread on xda. I keep getting errors when trying to install the drivers.
I've been able to get the adb driver installed on win 7, but not the fastboot driver (using the toolkit).
I've even tried installing the drivers using the toolkit on a VM running xp without any luck.
Could someone please help me out with this? I remember having similar issues when rouoting my captivate, but I was able to use my work laptop to install the drivers (I don't have admin rights anymore).
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A) Proofread.
B) Reboot into recovery and plug the phone into the computer. Go to device manager on your computer, look for the USB device with the yellow exclamation point, update the driver. Reboot your computer.
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A) Proofread.
B) Reboot into recovery and plug the phone into the computer. Go to device manager on your computer, look for the USB device with the yellow exclamation point, update the driver. Reboot your computer.
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A) Wow that was bad, corrected
B) No devices were displayed in device manager when I booted to recovery. By the way, when I tried to update the drivers in fastboot mode, I kept getting errors.
Perhaps an earlier driver needs uninstalled? Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992345
I tried that driver, that is the driver I referenced in the OP, sorry for boy linking.
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I tried that driver, that is the driver I referenced in the OP, sorry for boy linking.
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I was actually referring to the comments in the thread. A ton of people had issues installing. I thought you might try some of their methods.
Hey everyone, thanks in advance for the help. I just got a nexus 4 yesterday, that was already updated to 4.3 when I got it. My problem is when I go to unlock the boot loader, it won't recognize the phone. It says "list of devices attached" but doesn't give a serial number. Also, before this, it was giving a serial number, but was saying it was offline. So I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers. Any help is most appreciated.
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You might need updated adb/fastboot exe/dll's. Grab them from a toolkit, that's what I did.
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You might need updated adb/fastboot exe/dll's. Grab them from a toolkit, that's what I did.
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I completely upgraded the whole SDK. Still no good.
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Try this... When you're connected to the PC , toggle USB debugging off and on.. It might ask for authorisation of ur PC in your phone.. Give yes.. Then do adb devices .. You might fight the offline thing gone
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badhri said:
Try this... When you're connected to the PC , toggle USB debugging off and on.. It might ask for authorisation of ur PC in your phone.. Give yes.. Then do adb devices .. You might fight the offline thing gone
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I did that, got it to boot into boot loader through adb, then my fastboot drivers wouldn't install. So I uninstalled everything and started from scratch and now I can't even get the serial number to come up.
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Enzopreme said:
I did that, got it to boot into boot loader through adb, then my fastboot drivers wouldn't install. So I uninstalled everything and started from scratch and now I can't even get the serial number to come up.
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Hmm.. doesn't it get shown as Android devices under device manager?
I too had a similar kind of problem with adb. I uninstalled the drivers manually and installed it again using Koush's Universal ADB (Android Debug Bridge) Driver for Windows. It has fastboot thing also. It worked for me.
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/BQ5iYJEaaEH
You can also try someone else's PC or something. Install the drivers using the above link and just fastboot. Sorry, if that is of not much help. I'm new, both to this place and to this Nexus 4 device as well. All the best.
i have a stock nexus 4 bought last year from a relative, when they tried to do an OTA update to (i think 4.4) it restarted and gave an error with the android being open in the middle. After restarting the phone it's been stuck in the "X" bootup screen
i tried to clear cache partition and that didn't work.
i got the android sdk and tried to connect it to the computer. it was recognized as an android bootable device in the device manager, but nothing shows up in the file manager, and when i tried to run the "adb device" command no devices show up.
i guess my question is, is there a way for me to pull the data from the phone first before i do the flashing? i heard that if i get rid of the "-w" in the flash-all.sh/flash-all.bat then it'll prevent the data wipe, is that also true?
thanks for the help!
looks like u didnt install the drivers properly... update them first... or reinstall all the drivers... thankyou..
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krishnanmailbox1 said:
looks like u didnt install the drivers properly... update them first... or reinstall all the drivers... thankyou..
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which driver? i also downloaded the google usb driver from android sdk and restarted computer a couple times
thanks
After downloading sdk tools you need to install couple of drivers from sdk... Open sdk and check onece if you have drivers installed properly
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After downloading sdk tools you need to install couple of drivers from sdk... Open sdk and check onece if you have drivers installed properly
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yeah, i did that and installed the usb driver, but it only shows up in device manager as "other device" and i can't access it. I guess i'll just factory reset and lose all my data haha... next time i'll know to always back up
i ended up unlocking the phone with
>>fastboot oem unlock
then ran the flash-all.bat file(on windows) and flashed it to 4.3 and it works now (no problems for now..)