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[Q] Windows ADB USB drivers?

After enabling USB debugging on my Nexus 7, I still can't get "adb devices" to list my Nexus 7. I also tried switching its USB connection type from "media" to "camera", to no effect. I have Windows 7; I see a "Nexus" device under Other Devices in my device manager, but when I try to install the Google USB drivers from the Android SDK, Windows refuses to take it.
This is going to make development difficult Anyone know where I can find working USB drivers for Windows 7?

beandog said:
After enabling USB debugging on my Nexus 7, I still can't get "adb devices" to list my Nexus 7. I also tried switching its USB connection type from "media" to "camera", to no effect. I have Windows 7; I see a "Nexus" device under Other Devices in my device manager, but when I try to install the Google USB drivers from the Android SDK, Windows refuses to take it.
This is going to make development difficult Anyone know where I can find working USB drivers for Windows 7?
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If you have updated the drivers from the SDK, then your problem is probably coming from the cable.
PS: Try not to use an extension cable

When I have had this problem in the past I have found that installing PDA net solves it.
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download a sync software,for example,chinese use 360 mobile assistant,it will help you to connected with PC
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i got the problem too,just install 360 mobile assistant ,it worked.but i dont know ,any mobile assistant
used in your city？
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You may try to use device manager to solve the issue.:
Firstly please connect your Nexus 7 to you computer using the USB cable
included in the box.
Then on the tablet,
choose "Settings" -> "Storage" -> open the menu -> choose "USB computer connection" -> choose "MTP" or "PTP".
On your computer,
1. Control Panel -> Hardare and Sound -> View devices and printers
2. Click on Nexus.
3. Click on "Hardware" tab
4. Click on "Properties"
5. Click on "Change settings"
6. Click on "Driver" tab
7. Click on "Update drivers".
I'd suggest that you repeat these steps for both "MTP" and "PTP" connection types mentioned above.
Then on your computer, run "adb devices", the Nexus 7 would be listed in the
output of the adb command.
Enjoy.

Works with PTP mode - MTP mode doesn't
just for future reference...
By default it uses the MTP mode for USB. ADB is not working in this mode, even after i follow all the steps in above post.
Change it to use PTP (Camera mode), and ADB works !! go figure.

driving me crazy too.
First, windows did not recognize the thing in AdB mode. I managed to get around that with PDA net. But in cmd mode running "fastboot oem unlock" it just sits there saying "waiting for device". Also switched to both usb modes under "storage" as well as tried all usb ports on my pc (running Win 7 64bit). Using original cable.
Any other clues on what to do next?

bytecollektr said:
driving me crazy too.
First, windows did not recognize the thing in AdB mode. I managed to get around that with PDA net. But in cmd mode running "fastboot oem unlock" it just sits there saying "waiting for device". Also switched to both usb modes under "storage" as well as tried all usb ports on my pc (running Win 7 64bit). Using original cable.
Any other clues on what to do next?
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ADB and fastboot may have two different drivers, this is the case with most other devices.
Anywho here's a link to the all inclusive driver bundle. Drivers was one of the reasons I only use a linux distro these days.

Unlawful said:
ADB and fastboot have two different drivers.
Anywho here's a link to the all inclusive driver bundle. Drivers was one of the reasons I only use a linux distro these days.
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Still nothing. Deleted the drivers, and it obviously installed the new ones, since the name under the "device manager" changed. I go to the Android sdk and it still says waiting for device. Is there different versions of fastboot? Maybe its the wrong command? (fastboot oem unlock)

reddweb said:
just for future reference...
By default it uses the MTP mode for USB. ADB is not working in this mode, even after i follow all the steps in above post.
Change it to use PTP (Camera mode), and ADB works !! go figure.
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This is how i got my ADB drivers to actuallly work right!! listen to this guy.

Nexcellent said:
This is how i got my ADB drivers to actuallly work right!! listen to this guy.
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I have it in that mode, and it does not do anything, even with the new drivers.

bytecollektr said:
I have it in that mode, and it does not do anything, even with the new drivers.
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Oh and fastboot is not available during normal operations and it has to be booted into the bootloader to use fastboot. Try using adb reboot bootloader and then when it restarts fastboot oem unlock.

I'm in the exact same situation
I'm having the same problem. I'm not exactly sure how to use the Naked Drivers pack. Can someone advise?

Easy as ADB...
Use the step by step instructions in the Nexus Root Toolkit found here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Hope that helps,
-CC

Set it to ptp mode, install updated sdk, and you will find proper adb driver in extras/google/usb-driver directory. After those steps adb started to work in my case' no need for third party downloads.
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I've been having the same issues with all of the new android devices I've tried to use adb on my computer for. I as able to make them work by manually installing the drivers in device manager. When you choose browse for drivers manually you can look through pre installed drivers and select adb interface and manually choose the drivers for adb and fast boot. Only issue I have is that it won't give adb root access and says rot is not available in production builds. Not sue if that's related or not.
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Windows 7 - Nexus 7 ADB Recognition
For me, like others, choosing either MTP or PTP from the Nexus 7's USB computer connection options didn't solve the issue. Updated to the latest version of the Android SDK Tools within Eclipse [version 20.0.1], and even uninstalled and re-installed the Google USB Driver [Revision 6] within the Android SDK manager, but no luck.
What ended up clearing the issue for me was to go to Computer Management, find the Nexus device with the question mark next to it, update the driver by browsing a location on the computer, browse to the location on your computer where you saved the Android SDK [the one with the following directories: add-ons, docs, extras, platforms, platform-tools, etc], and choose that very folder containing those folders I mentioned. It should search for a while then ask you whether or not to install some Asus/Google driver.
After installing that driver, my N7 was recognized by the "adb devices" command.
NOTE: Turns out when I updated the driver, my N7 was in PTP mode, and when I switched it to MTP mode, it was no longer recognized under adb devices. adb kill-server then adb start-server should get it recognized again when you switch between MTP and PTP.
Hope this works for all of you out there, like me, who really didn't want to take the 3rd party software route to overcome this problem.
Cheers.

ADB driver
Try to root toolkit from Wugfresh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
There is a very complete and usable guide to install ADB driver for most version of windows (XP->win 7).
You don't have to unlock or root; just use the interactive guide for driver install.
Good luck
bytecollektr said:
Still nothing. Deleted the drivers, and it obviously installed the new ones, since the name under the "device manager" changed. I go to the Android sdk and it still says waiting for device. Is there different versions of fastboot? Maybe its the wrong command? (fastboot oem unlock)
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rootblock said:
For me, like others, choosing either MTP or PTP from the Nexus 7's USB computer connection options didn't solve the issue. Updated to the latest version of the Android SDK Tools within Eclipse [version 20.0.1], and even uninstalled and re-installed the Google USB Driver [Revision 6] within the Android SDK manager, but no luck.
What ended up clearing the issue for me was to go to Computer Management, find the Nexus device with the question mark next to it, update the driver by browsing a location on the computer, browse to the location on your computer where you saved the Android SDK [the one with the following directories: add-ons, docs, extras, platforms, platform-tools, etc], and choose that very folder containing those folders I mentioned. It should search for a while then ask you whether or not to install some Asus/Google driver.
After installing that driver, my N7 was recognized by the "adb devices" command.
NOTE: Turns out when I updated the driver, my N7 was in PTP mode, and when I switched it to MTP mode, it was no longer recognized under adb devices. adb kill-server then adb start-server should get it recognized again when you switch between MTP and PTP.
Hope this works for all of you out there, like me, who really didn't want to take the 3rd party software route to overcome this problem.
Cheers.
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i'm having the issue with the mtp not being recognized in adb. can you be more specific in the adb kill-server and adb start-server.

[Q] adb Mode/usb developing mode does not work

I'm using the Asus Google Nexus ToolKit V3.8.2 (donated version).
With my first N7 I was able to unlock and root.
Now I exchanged it against the N7 3G (HSPA+). I was able to unlock the device and able to install the bootloader 3.34. But root does not work. I think it is because ADB does not recognize the tablet.
What happens:
1.) the start screen of the ToolKit does not show the serial in the adb device list (If I restart the tablet in fastmode it list the serial in fastmode device list)
2.) if I start the Root and the ToolKit wants to reboot in Fastboot Mode it says "Waiting for adb Mode".
3.) If I restart on my own in Fastboot Mode and start the Root procedure then it reboots the device and says "Procedure will continue in 20 seconds Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled". It does not help to re-activate the usb debugging mode and it doesn't help to re-connect the usb cable.
4.) I started cmd and changed to the "Google Nexus 7 ToolKit" folder to call "adb-toolkit devices". But it does not show any device. adb-toolkit kill-server and start-server doesn't help. usb reconnect doesn't help.
P.S. As I'm a new member I'm not able to post inside the official support thread, sorry.

It could be a driver issue on the pc..
try this
download a pc app called usbdview . Do a google search to find it..
Run the program on the pc without the nexus plugged in. Delete all adb/ usb devices that you do not have physically plugged into your computer.
Plug in the nexus 7 refresh the list . Delete what ever comes up for the nexus 7..
Reboot the computer WITH the nexus not connected..
Install the NEXUS DRIVERS.. plug in the nexus and the computer should find the device as if its the first time used.
Try you tool kit again...
Sometimes when adb is started and stopped if there are several versions Windows can be confused and not stop the right driver but start a older version instead VERY Common windows usb issue. This works with any USB Trouble shooting for devices not just Android...
Good LUCK ..

It's pretty obvious that you need to install the correct drivers for the Nexus 7 HSPA+.
I'm not the lowest of the low, but I am the slowest of the slow.

exglynco said:
It's pretty obvious that you need to install the correct drivers for the Nexus 7 HSPA+.
I'm not the lowest of the low, but I am the slowest of the slow.
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The nexus drives are a One driver for all Nexus Devices... This should only be a issue if there are multiple copies of usb adb in the windows registry . The usb drivers need to be removed then re installed or will just create more conflict. Usb Is NOT SO PLUG AND PLAY as it was intended.. Sometimes just plugging a usb device from one usb port to another in some computers can cause windows to install another copy of the driver. This is mostly on systems with a usb hub then a usb 2.o hub on a different port.. and so on.
I Use my notebook with several android devices . I often have issues with

erica_renee said:
It could be a driver issue on the pc..
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This could it be. But I found a very simple solution:
stackoverflow.com/a/11991653/318765
When the Nexus 7 is plugged in there is a persistent notification that indicates "CONNECT AS / Media Device (MTP)". In this state adb devices will not show the Nexus, or undoubtedly any other device. Not exactly obvious, but if you select the second option "Camera (PTP)" the device is available for debugging (the lesson is ignore the camera, and focus on the protocol PTP).
This choice is persistent, and I'm guessing that with a band new device it will connect as MTP until told otherwise.
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No ADB mode, driver issue?

I'm Italian, sorry for my English.
A few days ago I unlocked the bootloader via Toolkit, rooted and flashed the TWRP recovery _.
But I had hard difficulty:
After driver installed, I unlocked bootloader, enable debugging and then NOTHING!
In practice, the N7 was recognized by windows 7 64bit only in FastReboot mode ..
I tried in every way possible, deleted and reinstalled the driver 50 times, restored windows to a previous point, installed the drivers manually tried without toolkit, but how ADB just do not want to know.
For hours I was still with the bootloader unlocked but without root, until came to my rescue a friend with another notebook but same windows 7 64. Load the Toolkit, install the drivers and everything goes perfectly, I do everything in 5 minutes.
On my laptop there is always the issue driver ADB, in the future I still need my PC recognized the N7 in ADB, how can I do?

One thing that I think is not well understood is that there is no "Generic Class Driver" for ADB nor for fastboot...
... even though the very driver that works for one mode (or phone/tablet device) may be perfectly fine with a different device. The wire protocol for both fastboot and adb are extremely simplistic.
So, what that means is that if the Hardware ID used by the USB device endpoint registers on the bus with a different VendorID/ProductID, Windows will (correctly) not use a previously-installed ADB driver, or previously installed fastboot driver - even though they would probably work just fine.
Here is an example. The Nexus 7 registers the following Hardware ID when ADB debugging is turned on in the OS:
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E42&REV_9999&MI_01
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E42&MI_01
On the other hand, if you are using TWRP, it's adbd daemon shows up on the PC as:
USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001&REV_9999
USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001
This means that you might need to install a different driver for using the ADB with the OS, and a different driver for ADB under TWRP - even though it is exactly the same hardware on the other end of the cable! In the absence of a generic class driver for a given USB endpoint, Windows tries to match drivers in it's local (& internet) database based on this VID/PID pair.
If you have a look at the [ADB/FB/APX Driver] Universal Naked Driver 0.72 thread - and download it and have a look at it's included "android_winusb.inf" file - you will see literally hundred of different VID/PID pairs in the driver's android_winusb.inf file in the installer package, corresponding to many hundreds of phones/tablets. Same driver with hundreds of devices listed as compatible.
In the past I recall taking the Google (SDK) USB driver, and manually editing into place matching VID/PID pairs for a HTC phone into the .inf file. It worked perfectly; I probably flashed that phone hundreds if not thousands of times using the Google Driver (My PC is a Windows 7 Pro x64 machine btw).
Anyhow, I have pulled this stunt twice now - once editing the .inf file for the Google Driver, and I did it once with the Universal Naked driver too. You can choose which driver you want to start with.
If you want to give it a roll, you can start with any of those three drivers:
- Google (SDK) USB driver
- XDA "Universal Naked" driver
- Asus Nexus 7 USB Driver (Look under Download)
Note that since you are using W7 x64, make sure that you add each new entries to the .inf file twice - once in the ".NTx86" section, and duplicated again in the ".NTamd64" section. When editing .INF files, make sure to use an editor which preserves simple text file formatting - use "notepad", not "wordpad"
If you want a reference for what values to use, see the bottom end of this post. You should see exactly these same values in your Device Manager, however.
Note that if you see the device show up in the Device Manager as being correctly identified and marked as "working normally" - but it doesn't work - you should probably remove that driver and re-install from a different driver package.
This would certainly be the case for any drivers you saw associating with VID/PID pairs that look like:
VID_18D1&PID_4E40 bootloader/fastboot
VID_18D1&PID_4E41 single adb
VID_18D1&PID_4E42*&MI_01 composite adb
VID_0955&PID_7330 avx mode
VID_18D1&PID_D001 adb in TWRP (maybe CWM too, I didn't check)
That's a lot to throw at you, especially with Italian <=> English in the mix.
Feel free to ask questions.
bftb0

Hello,
I tried to follow your advice but I have not solved.
I'll explain what I did, so you can correct me.
-Uninstalled previous drivers (from device manager, control panel)
-Restart the PC
-Modified the inf file. Package Asus Nexus 7 USB driver (ntx86 and NTamd64 sections) attach screenshots
-Linked N7 (usb debugging actived)
-Found portable device in device manager, update drivers manually from the Nexus 7 Asus USB drivers
I tried to change also too XDA "Universal Naked" driver by following the same procedure.
I tried to create another account on my pc, but no ADB!
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Did you update to 4.2.2?
The is something to do with adb in that update, needing a password or something. I am not sure but if you did update you might want to check that.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD

stonebear said:
Did you update to 4.2.2?
The is something to do with adb in that update, needing a password or something. I am not sure but if you did update you might want to check that.
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD
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Use "Google USB drivers" you get after you install from here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Its drivers work with 4.2.2
I got 4.2.2. rooted with ADB working now via only this and no other method

No problem with adb in 4.2.2... I tested yesterday (no need psw too...)
stonebear said:
Did you update to 4.2.2?
The is something to do with adb in that update, needing a password or something. I am not sure but if you did update you might want to check that.
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Marco16V said:
-Found portable device in device manager, update drivers manually from the Nexus 7 Asus USB drivers
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Is this the only device which shows up in the device manager? The "Portable Device" is either the MTP or PTP endpoint - not ADB. The latter (adb) should show up elsewhere in the device manager.
You should certainly NOT be trying to install fastboot/adb driver on MTP/PTP endpoints!
I think perhaps I am not understanding because I am guessing at certain details.
Q1) Do the drivers appear to install correctly?
Q2) When you have the N7 in the corresponding mode - whether or not you observe (device manager) "working normally" or "unknown device" - do you see the following Hardware IDs showing up in the device manager?
Bootloader Fastboot Mode:
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E40&REV_0000
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E40
OS adb:
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E42&REV_9999&MI_01
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E42&MI_01
TWRP adb (Possibly also CWM adb, I haven't checked it) :
USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001&REV_9999
USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001
Q3) I presume you went through the same install sequence on your PC that succeeded on the other laptop - in the event the problem is a hardware problem, did you try a different cable or USB port on your PC?
Q4) When you remove drivers, are you requesting that the drivers be removed from the PC?
The 4.2.2 authentication issue might be an issue (although I suspect this is a adb program version issue, not a driver version issue. In any event, it wouldn't effect the behavior of adb in TWRP/CWM.
Sorry for all the questions.

bftb0 said:
Is this the only device which shows up in the device manager? The "Portable Device" is either the MTP or PTP endpoint - not ADB. The latter (adb) should show up elsewhere in the device manager.
You should certainly NOT be trying to install fastboot/adb driver on MTP/PTP endpoints!
I think perhaps I am not understanding because I am guessing at certain details.
Q1) Do the drivers appear to install correctly?
Q2) When you have the N7 in the corresponding mode - whether or not you observe (device manager) "working normally" or "unknown device" - do you see the following Hardware IDs showing up in the device manager?
Bootloader Fastboot Mode:
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E40&REV_0000
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E40
OS adb:
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E42&REV_9999&MI_01
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E42&MI_01
TWRP adb (Possibly also CWM adb, I haven't checked it) :
USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001&REV_9999
USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001
Q3) I presume you went through the same install sequence on your PC that succeeded on the other laptop - in the event the problem is a hardware problem, did you try a different cable or USB port on your PC?
Q4) When you remove drivers, are you requesting that the drivers be removed from the PC?
The 4.2.2 authentication issue might be an issue (although I suspect this is a adb program version issue, not a driver version issue. In any event, it wouldn't effect the behavior of adb in TWRP/CWM.
Sorry for all the questions.
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When the drivers are not installed and I connect to pc N7, is only recognized as a portable device, then later recognized as Google Nexus 7.
To install the drivers (modified as described) I click reinstall driver, then later recognized (if connected to pc in android mode, with usb debugging actived) as Android Device in another voice, ADB interface. But is not recognized by the toolkit under adb devices, and even when I try using cmd.
1-When I install the drivers. seem to be installed correctly.
2-Sorry, where can I find Hardware IDs in Device Manager? What is the difference between OS adb and TRWP adb?
3 - In other pc (with same N7, same cable, same driver, same toolkit) I had no problems. I tried to change only the USB port.
4-I uninstall the driver from device manager (uninstall voice) and ask to be also uninstalled software from the PC
In some Italian forum, I found people with the same problems.
Solved by formatting PC. I would not do that ...
Thanks for your help, sorry for my English and my limited skills

AW: No ADB mode, driver issue?
Try to download the latest Android SDK and try to connect with that adb version. Adb with version < 1.0.31 will not work correctly with Android 4.2.2.
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AndDiSa said:
Try to download the latest Android SDK and try to connect with that adb version. Adb with version < 1.0.31 will not work correctly with Android 4.2.2.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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I tried sdk but I have not solved.
I use Android 4.2.1. I'm having problems with the update! I can not update OTA (N7 stuck under the impending reboot). I also tried to download the zip file to upgrade the memory and flash it from recovery but the installation is not completed (error 7 build.prop).
I also tried to flash the factory image 4.2.1 (keeping userdata) and start again. Nothing, same mistakes!
Too many problems!

Marco16V said:
2-Sorry, where can I find Hardware IDs in Device Manager?
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(Note I attached some pictures below)
From the Device Manager:
- Select the Device in question by right-clicking. Choose "Properties"
- A window with three tabs will appear: General, Driver, and Details. Select Details
- The "Property" combo-box-selector has 20 or 30 items - the 2nd one in the list is Hardware Ids. I attached two pictures from Win7-Pro-x64 (below)
But note as I said before: You should NOT be seeing the ADB endpoint under "Portable Devices" - if ADB Debugging is turned on in the OS, you should see it under "Android Phone" or something similar. In any event, the hardware Ids will identify it exactly
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What is the difference between OS adb and TRWP adb?
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Well, as far as the behavior of the USB driver on the PC, almost nothing. Unfortunately - for better or for worse - both TeamWin (TWRP) and CWM authors put their ADB interface on the bus with the VID/PID pair of USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001, whereas the OS puts all its USB interfaces on 18D1/4Exx.
So, even if you get a driver installed for the OS "adb" mode (say by using the Google SDK USB driver or the Asus Nexus 7 driver), it won't work for the custom recovery... unless you fix up the driver installer package to have the matching VID/PID pairs (18D1/D001) in the .INF file for that driver.
I think folks find this confusing - they think, "wait, I have a ADB driver installed" - why does it not work?
OK, there are a couple more things to try (at least before I give up). Roughly they try to answer these questions:
Q1) Is this a toolkit issue, or a driver issue?
Q2) Is it a prior driver you installed that you are not observing that is causing the problem?
The first one (Q1) is easiest to diagnose: when your PC Device Manager indicates that a device is "working normally" - AND THE VID/PID ID MATCHES WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FOR THE MODE THE TABLET IS IN (regular OS, recovery boot, fastboot mode), can you communicate with the device from the Windows command line? e.g.,
Code:
C:\foo> cd C:\blahblah\sdk-platform-tools-directory
C:\blahblah\sdk-platform-tools-directory> fastboot devices
or
C:\blahblah\sdk-platform-tools-directory> adb devices
If you can communicate with the tablet from the command line - your device ID will be printed by the above commands, then you don't have a driver problem at all - there is something screwy about the way your toolkit is installed.
OK, Q2 -
When Windows installs a driver, it caches it into a kind of database. I suppose it is possible that a prior driver installation might be causing trouble. You can observe - from the device manager - all the drivers that are installed - even for devices that are not currently connected to your computer.
This is done by setting the "devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" environment variable. It can be done semi-permanently this way, or for a single invocation of the device manager this way..
See the third image attached (devmgr-all-devices.jpg ) - it is my computer in that "show all devices" mode. See all that rubbish in there? It's from other Android devices (HTC, Samsung, etc).
You can walk through each one of those - even the devices that are not currently attached - and inspect the VID/PID pair to see if they happen to match the values that you are expecting to see for the different operating modes on the Nexus 7. I'll leave it up to you whether you want to do this or not; it is a bit tedious. Just don't start deleting drivers willy-nilly if you don't know what they are associated with.
Marco16V said:
Thanks for your help, sorry for my English and my limited skills
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I am understanding everything you are saying - and your english is far better than my italian
good luck!

[NEED HELP] Fastboot Issue

nvm ive been an idiot,
AdbWinUsbApi.dll was not present, this makes sense as this would probably describe the USB interface...

And when phone is booted up, with usb debugging connected, adb devices doesnt show anything either, and the task manager is saying that the adb interface is connected...

Update #2:
My locked and unrooted nexus 7 is also not showing up, but the drivers are said to be installed and the device is said to be connected...? Im now wondering if this is a problem with my PC?

Try different usb ports, mainly the ones in the back of your pc. Sometimes the ones on the front cause issues. Also try other usb cables.
Also if your environment variables aren't set up correctly you'll need to CD to the directory in which adb and fastboot are located.

Fix for anyone that has ADB connectivity issues.

Not sure If I missed it with searching or if anyone has made a post about this, sorry for repeating.
I just recently bought the Essential phone and for some reason had issues getting the USB debugging authorization to show up. Nothing seemed to fix it, tried numerous cables, usb ports, removed and reinstalled drivers, still nothing.
I realized that there is a file located in C:\Users\Current User Name(whatever the current user is)\.android called adb_usb.ini. It list device IDs of other android devices and for some reason my phone wasn't listed. After adding my device ID (the file just opens in notepad) and saving, I went back to terminal and sure enough my phone got the allow usb debugging rsa key prompt and my phone finally showed up when typing ADB devices.
The device ID is 0x2e17
Also, even though I downloaded the lasted platform tools from google, in order to issue commands in fastboot I need to type fastboot -i 0x2e17
So for example in order to unlock the bootloader I needed to type fastboot -i 0x2e17 flashing unlock. I modified Essentials flashall.sh file and added the device id to all commands in order to get DP4 installed.

Didn't work for me...however windows just gives me an error when i even connect my phone to the PC.

Update: switching usb-c cables DEFINITELY works.

Try another computer will sure fix this, or just install another system like windows 10 or Ubuntu something like that.

I was having problems when i connected my essential phone to the pc and nothing was showing up. After a lot of frustration i decided to plug my usb cable to a usb 2 port instead of a usb 3.0 and that made everything work.
So if you're having problems connecting to the pc try using a regular usb port and not a 3.0 port.