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im trying to set up adb, and it wont recognize my mytouch. ive searched and what i found didnt work for me.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

This helped me.

i dont have windows 7

smjfosho said:
im trying to set up adb, and it wont recognize my mytouch. ive searched and what i found didnt work for me.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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First download USBDeview - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip
Unzip it
Run USBDeview.exe as Administrator
You will see all drivers being used on your computer
Highlight and Uninstall all drivers with the description have HTC Android (Should be 3 of them)
Right Click on the driver and press uninstall
Once done, Unplug your phone and plug it back in
You should now get the notification of the ADB device
Follow the steps above to install the drivers
Then, plug your phone in, don't mount it! Pull up a command windows and type:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools (or wherever you have your sdk installed)
adb devices (should see your phones serial number listed if you did it correctly)
adb shell
su (for root access)

sombionix said:
First download USBDeview - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip
Unzip it
Run USBDeview.exe as Administrator
You will see all drivers being used on your computer
Highlight and Uninstall all drivers with the description have HTC Android (Should be 3 of them)
Right Click on the driver and press uninstall
Once done, Unplug your phone and plug it back in
You should now get the notification of the ADB device
Follow the steps above to install the drivers
Then, plug your phone in, don't mount it! Pull up a command windows and type:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools (or wherever you have your sdk installed)
adb devices (should see your phones serial number listed if you did it correctly)
adb shell
su (for root access)
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i tried this method, did work for me

smjfosho said:
i tried this method, did work for me
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did work or didn't?

sombionix said:
did work or didn't?
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sorry, it didnt work for me

Hmmm....worked for me and many others. Strange. You did download SDK with the appropriate drivers, right?

sombionix said:
Hmmm....worked for me and many others. Strange. You did download SDK with the appropriate drivers, right?
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i downloaded the sdk, what drivers are you talking about?
when i setup the sdk, i downloaded those drivers.

It was a long time ago when I downloaded SDK, however, if I'm not mistaken, I believe when it connects to the server and gives you download options, one of those options is USB drivers.

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/how-to-install-android-sdk-v1-0-step-by-step-5749/index3.html
Yeah, there are definitely USB drivers you need to download.

sombionix said:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/how-to-install-android-sdk-v1-0-step-by-step-5749/index3.html
Yeah, there are definitely USB drivers you need to download.
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thats about 64bit windows, im only using a 32bit.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Here are the USB drivers for windows. Also, make sure you have 'debugging' checked in your phoned settings. ADB won't work otherwise. After you install the drivers, follow the steps on the first page. Hope that works!

sombionix said:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Here are the USB drivers for windows. Also, make sure you have 'debugging' checked in your phoned settings. ADB won't work otherwise. After you install the drivers, follow the steps on the first page. Hope that works!
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ive tried this as well, that didnt work either,
i think im missing something

Wish I could offer more help, not sure why it won't work. Everything I told you to try is exactly how I set mine up and it works.

sombionix said:
Wish I could offer more help, not sure why it won't work. Everything I told you to try is exactly how I set mine up and it works.
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when i go into the usbthing i only have one htc and not 3?

smjfosho said:
when i go into the usbthing i only have one htc and not 3?
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You have to make sure you're running USBdeview as admin on your computer. Also, you won't necessarily have 3. Just select which ever ones you do have, right click and delete those files. Then unplug your phone and plug it back in. You computer should automatically install the appropriate drivers, and you should be able to use adb.

sombionix said:
You have to make sure you're running USBdeview as admin on your computer. Also, you won't necessarily have 3. Just select which ever ones you do have, right click and delete those files. Then unplug your phone and plug it back in. You computer should automatically install the appropriate drivers, and you should be able to use adb.
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so i did all of that, typed the commands, and it says list of adb devices:
then there is nothing afterward

smjfosho said:
so i did all of that, typed the commands, and it says list of adb devices:
then there is nothing afterward
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No serial number underneath?

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No serial number underneath?
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nope, nothing

[Problem] Adb won't show up devices whatever I do...

I Tried guides that try to solve this from everywhere, Including here,
I used latest version of the android usb-drivers that comes with the latest Android SDK (downloaded directly from google with the SDK download GUI thinggy).
Tried to uninstall all usb roots,
Tried force removal of driver using external app and re-installations
Tried different drivers from multiple locations,
And still, whatever I try - there is notihng on the "adb devices" list
"List of devices attached"
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C:\.......>
Everything shows up okay, on first run of the adb the 'whatever' service starts and everything is fine
Device DOES appear properly on device manager "Android Composite ADB Interface".
Windows DOES the pnp beep whenever I check or uncheck the "Debugging mode"
This hapnned both on STOCK ROM (first or second software version of the phone released) and on latest Cyanogen 5.0.6
One thing I did noticed, "Android ADB Device" Either appear under "Android" type (usb debugging on) or under USB Controllers (When usb debugging is off).
Ho, I did not mentioned the phone, I'm talking about Nexus One.
Thanks for any help.

Amm, any ideas?

Try using a program named USBDEVIEW, remove the android driver and plug the phone to your PC again and wait to reinstal the drivers.

I take it your on Windows, so I might not be much help as I use Linux strictly but try to run the command prompt as Administrator (right click > run as I think) and then
adb kill-server
adb start-server
Not sure if that will help but I know in Linux you must start the ADB server as root in order to see the attached devices, so I assume in Windows you must start it as Administrator.

I ran into a similar issue with my sapphire. Turns out it was as simple as me having my tethering app on. Once I turned it off (pda net), it worked like a charm. Hope this helps

Beackman said:
Try using a program named USBDEVIEW, remove the android driver and plug the phone to your PC again and wait to reinstal the drivers.
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I Ment just that when I said "Tried force removal of driver using external app and re-installations"
drew630 said:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
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Tried that just now, on windows I'm in the Administrators group, that should work... It doesn't :/
bmxrideher said:
I ran into a similar issue with my sapphire. Turns out it was as simple as me having my tethering app on. Once I turned it off (pda net), it worked like a charm. Hope this helps
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Good idea, but still no salvation :/

Try uninstalling the mass storage driver for the phone, this worked for me

Oh Ehm Gee!!!!
That was perfect! I did that and I got what I needed. Now I'm off to root that som'bish.
+1 to you sir, +1 indeed

Synestr said:
Oh Ehm Gee!!!!
That was perfect! I did that and I got what I needed. Now I'm off to root that som'bish.
+1 to you sir, +1 indeed
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No problem, lol, almost a month later. Glad I could help.

Naemion said:
No problem, lol, almost a month later. Glad I could help.
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Hells to the yea, I now has root and rom and I am a happy boy!
Thanks again

hmm >.< nothing is working for me this laptop is not detecting my (Nexus S) device in ADB
windows sees it fine, drivers are installed (for normal mode and ADB mode), mass storage works,
but ADB Devices list shows up empty
2 other phone works just fine (SGS & XT720)
Update: went to another computer and it shows up properly.... (you just gotta "luv" windows )

Try installing htc sense from htc website even if running vanilla. It will install the driver properly. Then un-install sense and keep drivers. It's the only thing that worked for me.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

Nexus 4 ADB Connection

I am trying to connect my Nexus 4 to my PC and use the ADB commands. I have the following problems:
ADB driver is installed and "USB Debugging" turned on the Nexus 4. Device shows up on Device Manager, however "adb devices" does not list the device and unable to communicate with the attached device.
The Nexus drive, regardless of MTP or PTP disappears from Windows Explorer when "USB Debugging" is turned on, Turning off "USB Debugging" brings back the drive.
USBView shows the device with a RED light, but it appears working on Device Manager.
I do not have this problem with my other laptop and desktop.
Using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and Nexus 4 - Stock 4.2.2
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

akashi said:
I am trying to connect my Nexus 4 to my PC and use the ADB commands. I have the following problems:
ADB driver is installed and "USB Debugging" turned on the Nexus 4. Device shows up on Device Manager, however "adb devices" does not list the device and unable to communicate with the attached device.
The Nexus drive, regardless of MTP or PTP disappears from Windows Explorer when "USB Debugging" is turned on, Turning off "USB Debugging" brings back the drive.
USBView shows the device with a RED light, but it appears working on Device Manager.
I do not have this problem with my other laptop and desktop.
Using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and Nexus 4 - Stock 4.2.2
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I had sort of the same problem, try uninstalling the driver in device manager, then unplug and replug your USB. Then when you plugged in the USB go to device manager and right click on the device and click scan for hardware changes. See if that works.
I'm not sure if this is a problem caused by windows update or the new updated SDK, but it has been a big problem for me.

heat361 said:
I had sort of the same problem, try uninstalling the driver in device manager, then unplug and replug your USB. Then when you plugged in the USB go to device manager and right click on the device and click scan for hardware changes. See if that works.
I'm not sure if this is a problem caused by windows update or the new updated SDK, but it has been a big problem for me.
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I tried your suggestion but it did not solve the problem. After re-plugging the USB, Windows listed the device as "Nexus 4" and did not find any drivers for it. I manually installed the Naked Drivers (proven to work on my laptop and desktop) but still facing the same problem
I really do not want to reinstall Windows!
Thanks.

akashi said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I tried your suggestion but it did not solve the problem. After re-plugging the USB, Windows listed the device as "Nexus 4" and did not find any drivers for it. I manually installed the Naked Drivers (proven to work on my laptop and desktop) but still facing the same problem
I really do not want to reinstall Windows!
Thanks.
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OK try right clicking on the the device in device manager and choose update driver, then Browse my computer, then let me pick From a list of devices. After choose have disk on and find the file where your USB drivers are and click next. It may prompt you that windows can't verify the publisher Just click install this driver software anyway.
See if this works.

heat361 said:
OK try right clicking on the the device in device manager and choose update driver, then Browse my computer, then let me pick From a list of devices. After choose have disk on and find the file where your USB drivers are and click next. It may prompt you that windows can't verify the publisher Just click install this driver software anyway.
See if this works.
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I have tried installing the drivers from the latest SDK and also the "Naked Drivers" found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051
Still have the problem.

akashi said:
I have tried installing the drivers from the latest SDK and also the "Naked Drivers" found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051
Still have the problem.
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Try pointing the path to the Google drivers in the android-sdk in device manager and not the naked drivers.

akashi said:
I have tried installing the drivers from the latest SDK and also the "Naked Drivers" found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051
Still have the problem.
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This is what I did and waited for the PC to install the adb drivers.
I plugged the phone in and with the USB plugged in turned it off while holding the volume up and down keys. This made my nexus 4 go into download mode and the PC automatically installed the adb drivers. After I just unplugged and held the power button to restart the device hope this helped.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

akashi said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I tried your suggestion but it did not solve the problem. After re-plugging the USB, Windows listed the device as "Nexus 4" and did not find any drivers for it. I manually installed the Naked Drivers (proven to work on my laptop and desktop) but still facing the same problem
Thanks.
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When you uninstalled what's there now, you did make sure to check the box that will remove the old drivers from your PC?
Just in case, HERE is another source for the drivers.

dinhume echoes
Thanks to everyone for their help.
Just to confirm I have already tried:
Uninstalling the ADB driver via Device Manager and selecting "Delete the driver software for this device" and rebooting.
After reboot, Windows could not locate any drivers and I manually selected the drivers found inside the SDK (08/27/2012,7.0.0000)
The device shows up on Device Manager as working but does not work with adb commands. However, fastboot commands work!
I tried the above with the Naked Driver and had the exact result.
If I boot into the bootloader, I am able to run fastboot commands perfectly!
I have already ruled out my USB port as it works perfectly on VMware.
I am thinking my Windows 7 is messed up somehow and re-installation is looking like the only solution :crying:

akashi said:
Thanks to everyone for their help.
Just to confirm I have already tried:
Uninstalling the ADB driver via Device Manager and selecting "Delete the driver software for this device" and rebooting.
After reboot, Windows could not locate any drivers and I manually selected the drivers found inside the SDK (08/27/2012,7.0.0000)
The device shows up on Device Manager as working but does not work with adb commands. However, fastboot commands work!
I tried the above with the Naked Driver and had the exact result.
If I boot into the bootloader, I am able to run fastboot commands perfectly!
I have already ruled out my USB port as it works perfectly on VMware.
I am thinking my Windows 7 is messed up somehow and re-installation is looking like the only solution :crying:
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4.2.2 requires updated adb and fastboot. It looks like you have an older version.
Click on the ota help desk link in my signature. The new version is attached to the first post. Replace the old adb and fastboot files with the new ones. Then try again.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

El Daddy said:
4.2.2 requires updated adb and fastboot. It looks like you have an older version.
Click on the ota help desk link in my signature. The new version is attached to the first post. Replace the old adb and fastboot files with the new ones. Then try again.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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Thanks. I tried version 16.01 and still have this problem.
The problem is whenever I uninstall/install the ADB driver or disconnect/reconnect the USB, **ONLY** the "Nexus 4" appears on the Device Manager which I manually install the ADB drivers to. There is not a second "Nexus 4" on the Device Manager for the MTP or PTP.
On my laptop when I remove all drivers and reconnect the USB cable, I always see 2 "Nexus 4" listed on Device Manager. One for the ADB interface and the other for the MTP or PTP.
Please help!

Any ideas please?

Any Solution to ADB connection problems?
Hi was there any solution to this, as I seem to have the same issue.
I have tried different drivers and MTP & PPP modes as well as loading the PDAnet drivers and software.
Each time now I take care to remove all the drivers and also delete the drivers in all modes (Android running and Bootloader running)!
MTP & PPP load different copies of the drivers.
I can get either "Nexus 4" showing up in the device driver or "Google ADB Interface" or Android ADB interface" according to the driver loaded.
I can see the device when Android is running ie "ABD Devices" gives me the serial number and connected, then I can send an ADB command "adb Reboot-bootloader" the Nexus then reboots into the bootloader screen, the device driver changes to the bootloader driver (installs if not installed) however then I loose connection to the Nexus phone! "ADB Devices" returns none connected.:fingers-crossed:
I also tried unplugging and plugging back in the phone in bootloader mode but do not get adb to see the handset or it to react to commands.
I'm just about ready to try a toolkit to see if I can get past this roadblock!!!
Current computer is Win7-x64
This weekend I will try on a different computer.....Win8-X64
All comments appreciated

That's because you cant use adb when in boot loader. You use fastboot
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

I have same problem on my work laptop DELL when my custom desktop machine works just fine with both Nexus 4 and 7. :/

[Solved] Windows unable to install MTP driver

Hello guys!
I have already read some topics on this forum but it is my first message.
As indicated in the title, I cannot connect my Nexus 4 on my computer using MTP. This computer is running Windows 8.1 Update 1. So far I have tried every method I have seen on the web so I am a little bit desperate.
I have tried to plug my device on other computers and it was automatically detected on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 Update 1 and Ubuntu 14.04.
On my computer, as it does not auto-configure MTP I have tried to install ADB drivers, hoping it would help me. Universal ADB drivers, Naked Drivers and drivers from the SDK didn't changed anything. I also tried changing USB port.
It always recognised my phone as a "Nexus 4" in the "Other devices" section of the Device Manager (I do not have "Android Device" section), except in when MTP + debugging are activated. Then I have both "Nexus 4" and "MTP", in "Other devices" section.
It does not work in PTP mode either and I also tried uninstalling/reinstalling the Nexus Root Toolkit, even if I do not see how it can help...
One last point: I have the "connected as multimedia device" notification on my Nexus 4 when MTP is activated, even if it's not recognised by Windows.
Do you have any idea of what I can do?

Have you tried Nexus 4-specific drivers? Try following this guide.

Marvlesz said:
Have you tried Nexus 4-specific drivers? Try following this guide.
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I have already tried to follow this guide, it just helped me to install ADB drivers but I still don't have access to the content of my Nexus from my computer. I just tried it again, just in case. No changes

Bartimoot said:
I have already tried to follow this guide, it just helped me to install ADB drivers but I still don't have access to the content of my Nexus from my computer. I just tried it again, just in case. No changes
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Last time I had such an issue: I uninstalled the drivers using Device Manager, then installed the drivers from that guide, plugged in my phone and it worked..
Here is another post from another forum that has something you could try:
still1 said:
ttwiitch said:
still1 said:
1. make sure Settings ->Storage -> Menu[3 dots on top right] -> USB Computer Connection is MTP
2. USB debugging is disabled (if you ever enabled it)
3. make sure the drivers installed is MTP drivers rather than adb device(you do this when you unlock/root nexus)
point 3 is important. thats the reason why its not getting detected
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2. Where in setting do I check for USB debugging?
3. How do I check this? (I'm not rooted)
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2. developer option.. if you have not enabled developer option then you wouldnt have enabled USB debugging. so skip this
3. Connect your nexus to PC-->Go to Control panel-->device manager
you will see something like Android adb in device manager
Right Click and click "Update device Software"
Click "Browse your Computer for driver Software"
Click "Let me Pick from a list of device drivers on my Computer"
Click Next, for the device list shown.
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Tell us how it goes..

Thank you for spending some of your time to help me Marvlesz, I really appreciate.
Marvlesz said:
Last time I had such an issue: I uninstalled the drivers using Device Manager, then installed the drivers from that guide, plugged in my phone and it worked..
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Yes, I saw it worked for a lot of people, for what I have read, but it seems that I am not that lucky
When picking from the list, I tried from the Android Device section and it displays "Unable to find any drivers for this device". Same Results in “Mobile devices”.
When I try “Show all devices”, I have a lot of possibilities. I just tried “MTP Device” from both “Standard MTP-Compliant Device” and “Standard MTP-Compliant devices” sections, and it displayed “The install class is not present or is invalid”
Am I cursed?
I was wondering, is it possible that the problem is coming from my hardware? Or its drivers? (Those for the motherboard maybe?)
EDIT: I just found this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2493734
I will try it and I will keep you updated when it is done.
EDIT 2:
So I tried the solution... and it worked! :good:
I had the N version of Windows 8.1, mainly to avoid useless software like Windows Media Player, and it was the exact problem.
Sorry for taking a little of your time, and thank you again!

No problems, I'm glad you had it fixed.

MTP connection, windows 10.

Hello all..
I'm havin' a lot of trouble getting windows to recognize my nexus 6p on my home pc. The ONLY way i can get it to work, is i when i restart my nexus before windows will recognize it, and if i unplug my device and plug it back in, windows dosn't recognize it again.. Nothing is happing, not on the phone nor in windows. (only charge, but nothing in swipe down and no windows sound or popup)
The funny thing is, on my laptop with windows 10, i can plug- and unplug 10 times in a row and i gets recognized every single time without me having to restart my device.
Why won't my home pc recognize it, without me havin to restart the device? I've tried on windows 7 and windows 10, same same. I've tried different drivers, guides and more, nothing seems to help.
I'm running stock MHC19I, with usb debug enable.
Sorry for my bad english, and thanks in advance.
//Tuldi.

Tuldi said:
Hello all..
I'm havin' a lot of trouble getting windows to recognize my nexus 6p on my home pc. The ONLY way i can get it to work, is i when i restart my nexus before windows will recognize it, and if i unplug my device and plug it back in, windows dosn't recognize it again.. Nothing is happing, not on the phone nor in windows. (only charge, but nothing in swipe down and no windows sound or popup)
The funny thing is, on my laptop with windows 10, i can plug- and unplug 10 times in a row and i gets recognized every single time without me having to restart my device.
Why won't my home pc recognize it, without me havin to restart the device? I've tried on windows 7 and windows 10, same same. I've tried different drivers, guides and more, nothing seems to help.
I'm running stock MHC19I, with usb debug enable.
Sorry for my bad english, and thanks in advance.
//Tuldi.
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It is the misconfigured drivers that might be causing this issue. Not something that you would have done intentionally. But there is a rather simple fix. To start, do you have Android SDK installed on your machine?

DJBhardwaj said:
It is the misconfigured drivers that might be causing this issue. Not something that you would have done intentionally. But there is a rather simple fix. To start, do you have Android SDK installed on your machine?
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I installed android studio but otherwise i dont think so
** Just installed android SDK manager r24.4.1

Tuldi said:
I installed android studio but otherwise i dont think so
** Just installed android SDK manager r24.4.1
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Open the SDK manager and download Google USB drivers.

DJBhardwaj said:
Open the SDK manager and download Google USB drivers.
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Done loading packages.

Tuldi said:
Done loading packages.
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Connect your phone to the PC, and make sure to enable MTP.
Now, go to Control Panel > Device Manager. Do you see a triangle icon with exclamation mark on your device name?

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Connect your phone to the PC, and make sure to enable MTP.
Now, go to Control Panel > Device Manager. Do you see a triangle icon with exclamation mark on your device name?
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No
See JPG. Should i uninstall everything and start over?

Tuldi said:
No
See JPG. Should i uninstall everything and start over?
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It's weird. Anyways, right now I wouldn't ask you to redo everything.
Right-click on 'Nexus 6P', and then on 'Update Device Software'. Select 'Browse my computer for driver software'. Now, go to the SDK installation > Extras > Google, and select the drivers folder. Once you have done that, click on Next, and the drivers will reinstall.
Reboot the computer and see if it worked.

DJBhardwaj said:
It's weird. Anyways, right now I wouldn't ask you to redo everything.
Right-click on 'Nexus 6P', and then on 'Update Device Software'. Select 'Browse my computer for driver software'. Now, go to the SDK installation > Extras > Google, and select the drivers folder. Once you have done that, click on Next, and the drivers will reinstall.
Reboot the computer and see if it worked.
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Uninstalled everything, deleted nexus + drivers and started over.. But it's the same as before
But thanks for your time!