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adb/fastboot ??

Is there any reason that I can't get fastboot commands to work with W7 64bit ?
I've been using them fine for about 2 years but I think it was on a 32bit system.
Just got a new pc which is 64bit.
The drivers install but when I open a command box, in "platform tools", and type "fastboot devices" I don't get the serial number.
It's not the phone that's at fault because I get the serial number when I use a laptop running xp.
Cheers

Check your setup and ADB drivers. Also, when you run an adb command for the first time, you should see it starting the adb daemon. Make sure it is starting correctly, and that it is in the process list.
I will say that it works, because I just got my phone's serial number on my work machine, and last night I updated my N7 and old Galaxy S2, from a Windows 7 64-bit system.

jshamlet said:
Check your setup and ADB drivers. Also, when you run an adb command for the first time, you should see it starting the adb daemon. Make sure it is starting correctly, and that it is in the process list.
I will say that it works, because I just got my phone's serial number on my work machine, and last night I updated my N7 and old Galaxy S2, from a Windows 7 64-bit system.
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Thanks for your reply but I can't work out what you mean in top paragraph. My fault, NOT yours.
Cheers
Edit... I've just remembered in the past seeing the "daemon starting" prompt, but didn't see it tonight.

10rdan said:
Thanks for your reply but I can't work out what you mean in top paragraph. My fault, NOT yours.
Cheers
Edit... I've just remembered in the past seeing the "daemon starting" prompt, but didn't see it tonight.
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Depending on how you installed the adb driver and tools, you may need to ensure that the PATH is correct. For example, I installed my adb tools in the (unimaginatively named) c:\adb folder. I put that in the PATH by adding it to the Path line (My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Advanced (tab) -> Environment Variables -> Path). If this is correct, you can run adb/fastboot from anywhere, which is helpful if you have multiple devices and keep all of their files in separate folders. I am using the "kit" adb file set, not the full developer version, so the only files in the folder are adb.exe, fastboot.exe, and a couple of adb DLLs.
The first time you run adb/fastboot, your system will check to see if the daemon is running. If it isn't, it will start it. If it starts it, you should see a line with the assigned port number. It varies, but is usually ~5000 (Mine was 5037 earlier). After that, it will just return the output of the command. You should be able to launch Task Manager and see adb.exe in the process list if everything is working.

Hi, i have acer e600 i nid help using fastboot ive read that if you try to hard reset using fastboot with command "fastboot -w" or "fastboot erase userdata" it will wipe ur internal storage.. The problem is the system is installed on my internal storage (2.50gb) idk if its the one they called emulated storage but is it safe to wipe my data because i forgot my password and i think it dont have recovery mode partition and usb debugging is unchecked.

Got ONE of the M8s to take fastboot commands.
Windows 7 64bit will only install "Microsoft approved drivers".
Got into "advanced settings" by constantly pressing f8 while pc boots. Selected "install unsigned drivers" or words to that effect.
Connected phone via usb, restarted into bootloader then fastboot. PC installed drivers from phone and got the "fastboot usb" flag.
Could then run fastboot commands and got phones serial number.
The pc will revert back to NOT installing drivers not approved by Microsoft after a reboot.
Problem I have now is that only one of the m8s "can be found", strange.
Edit....constantly pressing f8 on pc reboot takes you to "advanced options". That's where the option to install unsigned drivers is.

CM 11 back to Fire OS but have a question?

I love CM11 but I'm just not having great service anymore like I did with the Fire OS... Now here is the question... I have the At&t version with 464 installed... Then installed the CM11 now is it possible to install 463 OS from the unlocked version so that I can install the play store and Google services... Amazons app store lack a lot of apps I currently use... If so how do I go about doing that?

1. Download the "GSM unlocked" firmware image: http://fire-phone-updates.s3.amazon...update-fire-phone-35.4.6.3_user_463001620.bin
Assuming you are using Windows 7 / 8 / 10, if not, don't bother reading the following wall of text:
2. Connect device to PC & boot in recovery: PWR + VOL. UP (hold both buttons until recovery screen appears)
From the list, choose "Apply update from ADB"
3. In Windows, run the "CMD": adb sideload 'name_of_your_bin_file'
I recommend renaming the the downloaded file to "update.bin" so you can just type in cmd: adb sideload update.bin
4. If you have trouble getting your device recognised after entering recovery / ADB sideloading mode:
If you boot up your phone in recovery mode / ADB mode, you will need additional ADB device drivers for your Windows system.
The regular (Amazon / Kindle) USB driver that is used when you connect your phone to the PC won't work, it's simply not the same method.
That's why your phone "disappears" as soon as you (re)boot into recovery / ADB sideload mode.
Open your "device manager" (assuming, you're using Windows as your main OS) and check for your device with missing drivers.
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Try this tool (& driver) ADB, Fastboot and Drivers
It worked for a few thousand people here on XDA, if it doesn't for you, try this one:
http://adbdriver.com/upload/AdbDriverInstaller.exe
Maybe you need to manually check for the "new" device and update the drivers:
Open the device manager while your phone is connected in recovery mode.
Look for its entry in the device list.
Remove it (Deinstall it).
Then "scan for hardware changes":
The device should appear in list the again, it will install the needed driver automatically (best case scenario)
or
you will have to update the device drivers manually:
If everything worked as planned, it should look like this: next to your device name, it will say "sideload":

Bingo,
Thanks for the guide, but I cannot get my computers to recognize the Phone in recovery ADB mode. It shows the device description as SD4930UR. It only shows as unknown. The hardware IDs are VID_1949&PID_0800. I tried the linked tool (both the 1.4.2 and 1.3 version he had) and the google drivers.
What is the exact driver that works for you?

wats2u said:
What is the exact driver that works for you?
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I used the "15 seconds ADB Installer" v. 1.3, so the OS used the drivers from there (on Win 7 x64). Use a USB 2.0 port, just to be sure.
The drivers that work on my system might not work for your configuration...
Are you using Win 10? If so, have you tried updating the drivers with the integrated update function?
g0tNoodles said:
It seems that on Windows 10 it works/looks different. I updated the driver that was suggested but I had another one, which also needed updating which I have just done and appears to now let the CMD see the device properly and also allowing me to sideload.
Device manager does not see it as an Android device but as a Samsung device. Not sure why this is unless the device drivers used were Samsung ones but I guess that is irrelevant now.
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I can't access my phone from my computer to run the .bin after rebooting it into recovery mode. The download links for that driver installer you linked to don't work. In the device manager my phone shows up as 'SD4930UR' I've tried updating it automatically it returns to that, also after uninstalling.

powerlocked said:
In the device manager my phone shows up as 'SD4930UR' I've tried updating it automatically it returns to that, also after uninstalling.
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If you installed the "15 second ADB" you should have the drivers. You need to right click that SD4930UR and do...
Update Driver Software
Browse My Computer for Driver Software
Let me Pick for a List of Drivers on My Computer
On the left choose manufacturer Google
On the right choose model Android Composite ADB Interface​

powerlocked said:
I can't access my phone from my computer to run the .bin after rebooting it into recovery mode. The download links for that driver installer you linked to don't work. In the device manager my phone shows up as 'SD4930UR' I've tried updating it automatically it returns to that, also after uninstalling.
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DePingus said:
If you installed the "15 second ADB" you should have the drivers. You need to right click that SD4930UR and do...
Update Driver Software
Browse My Computer for Driver Software
Let me Pick for a List of Drivers on My Computer
On the left choose manufacturer Google
On the right choose model Android Composite ADB Interface​
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What DePingus said, regarding the 15 seconds ADB... It worked for a few thousand people here on XDA, if it doesn't for you, try this one:
http://adbdriver.com/upload/AdbDriverInstaller.exe
Not the first time people struggling with it, Windows is just too darn complicated.

Bingo Bronson said:
What DePingus said, regarding the 15 seconds ADB... It worked for a few thousand people here on XDA, if it doesn't for you, try this one:
http://adbdriver.com/upload/AdbDriverInstaller.exe
Not the first time people struggling with it, Windows is just too darn complicated.
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Good lord...tried all of that and more and still not able to get my device to show up in ADB. The last installer gives me the message "[Error] Incompatible with Win8 x64". So two questions...anything else I can try for drivers, or, can I use a method other than ADB, such as Safestrap?
Thanks again for all your insight on this forum
EDIT: For anyone that struggled as much as me to finally get drivers to work, this method ultimately worked as posted by @hijax2001
4) I also grabbed the Kindle Fire ADB drivers from here for convenience in Step 7 (below) https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Z1J6LQic8PQjFjS0FpVGVia2M/edit
7) For me, ADB did not initially detect my phone. I ended up having to go into Control Panel in Windows, to Device Manager, find the Fire phone, choose Update Drivers, then Browse My Computer, Let Me Pick, Show All Devices, Have Disk, then find the folder from Step 4 (above) and add Android Composite ADB Interface by hand. Once I did that, I unplugged and replugged the USB to the phone and then typed "ADB devices" again at the ADB command prompt, like in Step 6. There it is! Ok, next step...

ElQuixote said:
Good lord...tried all of that and more and still not able to get my device to show up in ADB. The last installer gives me the message "[Error] Incompatible with Win8 x64". So two questions...anything else I can try for drivers, or, can I use a method other than ADB, such as Safestrap?
Thanks again for all your insight on this forum
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I'm not familiar with adbdriverinstaller, but which ever you use, make sure you are running the installer as admin (right-click on the installer). Also, if you extract the 15 second installer exe with 7zip you get access to the drivers installers separately. Maybe try manually installing them.

DePingus said:
If you installed the "15 second ADB" you should have the drivers. You need to right click that SD4930UR and do...
Update Driver Software
Browse My Computer for Driver Software
Let me Pick for a List of Drivers on My Computer
On the left choose manufacturer Google
On the right choose model Android Composite ADB Interface​
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Ran 15s ADB. I right clicked SD4930UR in device manager. After selecting update driver, then 'Let me pick from a list..' there is no 'left' or Google listed. It loads a list int he center of the screen of generic hardware devices.. the only one that pertains to a phone is 'mobile' and after selecting that there are no driver options to be found. There is no 'android' to select from that list.
It's doing this on both windows 7 and windows 10.

Bingo Bronson said:
1. Download the "GSM unlocked" firmware image: http://fire-phone-updates.s3.amazon...update-fire-phone-35.4.6.3_user_463001620.bin
Assuming you are using Windows 7 / 8 / 10, if not, don't bother reading the following wall of text:
2. Connect device to PC & boot in recovery: PWR + VOL. UP (hold both buttons until recovery screen appears)
From the list, choose "Apply update from ADB"
3. In Windows, run the "CMD": adb sideload 'name_of_your_bin_file'
I recommend renaming the the downloaded file to "update.bin" so you can just type in cmd: adb sideload update.bin
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I tried this method, to install 4.6.3 unlocked over my ATT (now carrier unlocked) 4.6.4. After I sideloaded, I get the following lines in Recovery, indicating that this didn't work. Any thought? Is there something else I need to do to be able to install the GSM on the ATT version?
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
EDIT: Determined that the file I originally downloaded may not have been complete and sure enough a second version is larger...

powerlocked said:
Ran 15s ADB. I right clicked SD4930UR in device manager. After selecting update driver, then 'Let me pick from a list..' there is no 'left' or Google listed. It loads a list int he center of the screen of generic hardware devices.. the only one that pertains to a phone is 'mobile' and after selecting that there are no driver options to be found. There is no 'android' to select from that list.
It's doing this on both windows 7 and windows 10.
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I think those steps are for Windows XP. For Windows 7, 8, or 10 use the following steps to update the driver:
Those steps are for Google USB driver. For Amazon Kindle Fire USB driver, use the following steps:
1) Right click SD4930UR or the device (Unknown device) that shows up when you plug your phone into the computer.
2) Select Update Driver Software> Browse my computer for driver software> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer> Kindle Fire> Next> Android Composite ADB interface> Next> Yes> Close>.

jack9955 said:
I think those steps are for Windows XP. For Windows 7, 8, or 10 use the following steps to update the driver:
1) Right click SD4930UR or the device (Unknown device) that shows up when you plug your phone into the computer.
2) Select Update Driver Software> Browse my computer for driver software> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer> Kindle Fire> Next> Android Composite ADB interface> Next> Yes> Close>.
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Ohhhh okay thank you for explaining this. After finding KindleFire down the list I was able to update my drivers. I've now installed the update to both of my ATT Fire phones, and both are now 4.6.3 and working great with working playstore options.
Thank you jack9955 and everyone else for the tutorials.. much appreciated!

How to Setup the Fire phone for ADB
An illustrated guide ... 2015-09-15​
Open open Device Manager. This is what my 4.6.3 Fire phone looks like when plugged in normally to my Windows 7 computer. Power it off and boot into the stock recovery using PWR + VOL UP (hold both buttons until recovery screen appears). The Fire device will disappear from Device Manager.
At the phone's recovery menu choose "Apply update from ADB". Back in Device Manager do a Scan for Hardware Changes and you should now see this. Right click on the Fire and choose uninstall.
Grab "15 Seconds ADB Installer" and install it as admin and hit yes for everything. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
Now scan for hardware changes again and you will see this new device. Right Click this device and choose Update Driver Software.
From this window choose "Browse my computer for driver software."
From this window choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer."
From this window choose "Show all devices."
In the section on the left that says Manufacturer find "Google Inc." Then, on the right, choose "Android Composite ADB Interface." Accept through any warnings.
The Device Manager should now show this.
Open up a cmd prompt and test that adb can see your phone with the "adb devices" command. Now you can sideload 4.6.3 or whatever.

DePingus said:
How to Setup the Fire phone for ADB
An illustrated guide ... 2015-09-15​
Open open Device Manager. This is what my 4.6.3 Fire phone looks like when plugged in normally to my Windows 7 computer. Power it off and boot into the stock recovery using PWR + VOL UP (hold both buttons until recovery screen appears). The Fire device will disappear from Device Manager.
At the phone's recovery menu choose "Apply update from ADB". Back in Device Manager do a Scan for Hardware Changes and you should now see this. Right click on the Fire and choose uninstall.
Grab "15 Seconds ADB Installer" and install it as admin and hit yes for everything. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
Now scan for hardware changes again and you will see this new device. Right Click this device and choose Update Driver Software.
From this window choose "Browse my computer for driver software."
From this window choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer."
From this window choose "Show all devices."
In the section on the left that says Manufacturer find "Google Inc." Then, on the right, choose "Android Composite ADB Interface." Accept through any warnings.
The Device Manager should now show this.
Open up a cmd prompt and test that adb can see your phone with the "adb devices" command. Now you can sideload 4.6.3 or whatever.
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I see there are atleast two USB drivers you can use to set up ADB on the Fire Phone. Amazon Kindle Fire USB driver and Google USB driver. If Google USB driver is installed, you should select "Google, Inc." for Manufacturer. For Amazon USB driver, you should select "Amazon.com" for the Manufacturer, Device Manager will show the device as Kindle Fire> Android Composite ADB Interface.

jack9955 said:
I see there are atleast two USB drivers you can use to set up ADB on the Fire Phone. Amazon Kindle Fire USB driver and Google USB driver. If Google USB driver is installed, you should select "Google, Inc." for Manufacturer. For Amazon USB driver, you should select "Amazon.com" for the Manufacturer, Device Manager will show the device as Kindle Fire> Android Composite ADB Interface.
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I've also noticed some people using the Amazon drivers. But they're not included with "15 Seconds ADB".

Works seamlessly too on any linux terminal
Just, so you know, your method works very well too on any linux computer. I had the same issue and now it is fixed. I can write a tutorial complimenting this if needed.

hello lam from china english is very bad thanks for friephone cm l hope you will do cm12 cm12.1 don't abandon our china people have lot's of people hope and camera have better solution official camera and fire os5 Do you have any news thanks

csx21 said:
hello lam from china english is very bad thanks for friephone cm l hope you will do cm12 cm12.1 don't abandon our china people have lot's of people hope and camera have better solution official camera and fire os5 Do you have any news thanks
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We can't do CM12 because the Fire Phone's bootloader is still locked and the current FireOS 4 is based on KitKat. Unless Amazon unlocks the bootloader or releases FireOS 5 for these phones, we are stuck in KitKat (CM11).

Will applying update from adb format the phone..hopefully it will

Can't unlock bootloader, fastboot not detecting device

UPDATE: Got it working on a windows 7 machine.
I've been trying to unlock my bootloader but have been having issues. I have done the following:
- Enabled Developer Options
- Enabled USB Debugging
- Enabled the OEM Unlock in the Developer Options
- Installed drivers via android SDK
I have adb and fastboot installed from the android SDK. Using that, I have been able to see my device with 'adb devices'. I have also been able to reboot it using 'adb reboot bootloader'. However, once the phone is in fastboot, it does not seem to be detected by my machine. I have tried 'fastboot devices' to no avail. Using 'fastboot oem unlock' just stalls at '< waiting for device >'. Am I missing something?
I have also tried:
- Using a different computer
- Using different USB ports
- Using different ADB / fastboot package (the minimal one).
Please assist! I'd really like to unlock my bootloader now for future flexibility.

There do appear to be new fastboot commands. Not sure if "fastboot devices" should work or not, but "fastboot oem unlock" has been replaced with "fastboot flashing unlock"

Try downloading and installing the latest USB drivers with the SDK manager if you have not yet.
Then go into the device manager (win+x -> device manager)
search for something named like android or simmilar (i dont own a n5x so i cant help you with that)
right click -> update driver software -> browse computer -> pick from list -> have a disk -> browse
now you should see an openfile dialog. driver is in: android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver
hit open and select "android adb interface" (not composite)

crachel said:
There do appear to be new fastboot commands. Not sure if "fastboot devices" should work or not, but "fastboot oem unlock" has been replaced with "fastboot flashing unlock"
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For some reason i thought that only applied to the 6p. Regardless, I just tried that command and it does the same ' <waiting for device >'.
amitte said:
Try downloading and installing the latest USB drivers with the SDK manager if you have not yet.
Then go into the device manager (win+x -> device manager)
search for something named like android or simmilar (i dont own a n5x so i cant help you with that)
right click -> update driver software -> browse computer -> pick from list -> have a disk -> browse
now you should see an openfile dialog. driver is in: android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver
hit open and select "android adb interface" (not composite)
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Well, I did previously do that where I selected the drivers from the downloaded directory (from google's website). Looking in the device manager, while the device is booted up (not in the bootloader), I see two entries. One in Portable Devices as Nexus 5x, and one in Android Device as "Android Composite ADB Interface". I can't seem to get it to NOT be composite. That driver keeps reappearing even if i try to uninstall it.

yourbuddypal said:
For some reason i thought that only applied to the 6p. Regardless, I just tried that command and it does the same ' <waiting for device >'.
Well, I did previously do that where I selected the drivers from the downloaded directory (from google's website). Looking in the device manager, while the device is booted up (not in the bootloader), I see two entries. One in Portable Devices as Nexus 5x, and one in Android Device as "Android Composite ADB Interface". I can't seem to get it to NOT be composite. That driver keeps reappearing even if i try to uninstall it.
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The Nexus 5x entry is the MTP interface I guess. The other one would be the ADB interface. For the other one: I had the same problem with a galaxy nexus once when i uses outdated drivers. When you update the dirver there is a checkbox called sth like show only compatible drivers try checking/unchecking that if redular adb interface doesnt show up. Anyhow, i uploaded you the most recent USB drivers just in case. www32.zippyshare(dot)com/v/hloEVk9l/file.html
Install the normal adb interface one while you are in the bootloader and try unlock afterwards with either "fastboot oem unlock" or the new "fastboot flashing unlock"

amitte said:
The Nexus 5x entry is the MTP interface I guess. The other one would be the ADB interface. For the other one: I had the same problem with a galaxy nexus once when i uses outdated drivers. When you update the dirver there is a checkbox called sth like show only compatible drivers try checking/unchecking that if redular adb interface doesnt show up. Anyhow, i uploaded you the most recent USB drivers just in case. www32.zippyshare(dot)com/v/hloEVk9l/file.html
Install the normal adb interface one while you are in the bootloader and try unlock afterwards with either "fastboot oem unlock" or the new "fastboot flashing unlock"
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A few more updates.....
When the USB option is set to "Charging", the device does show up as "Google Nexus ADB Interface". When I select PTP, it shows up as the "Android Composite ADB Interface". I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and that didnt seem to help. When the device is in the bootloader, it shows up in the computer's device manager as "Android". Is that normal? I had windows search for a driver in the drivers folder you uploaded but it didnt find any compatible one.
Still not working

yourbuddypal said:
A few more updates.....
When the USB option is set to "Charging", the device does show up as "Google Nexus ADB Interface". When I select PTP, it shows up as the "Android Composite ADB Interface". I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and that didnt seem to help. When the device is in the bootloader, it shows up in the computer's device manager as "Android". Is that normal? I had windows search for a driver in the drivers folder you uploaded but it didnt find any compatible one.
Still not working
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Yes this is normal. For the bootloader part, do not let windows search automaticly. Do as i described earlier exept use the driver i uploaded for you or search any other nexus usb driver install guide since the process did not change
Same applies to the installation when you are in the system already. Exept do not override any driver that is under portable devices since its the file transfer protocoll driver.

I succeeded! To be honest - I'm not entirely sure how / why it worked. What I did was install ADB and fastboot from Here on a windows 7 desktop. I was able to detect the device in ADB and reboot to the bootloader. The first time I tried to run fastboot oem unlock failed. The fastboot flashing unlock didnt work and didnt seem to be recognized. I was about to give up, but ran fastboot oem unlock again and that time it worked.
Not sure exactly what that was about, but success! Thanks!

yourbuddypal said:
I succeeded! To be honest - I'm not entirely sure how / why it worked. What I did was install ADB and fastboot from Here on a windows 7 desktop. I was able to detect the device in ADB and reboot to the bootloader. The first time I tried to run fastboot oem unlock failed. The fastboot flashing unlock didnt work and didnt seem to be recognized. I was about to give up, but ran fastboot oem unlock again and that time it worked.
Not sure exactly what that was about, but success! Thanks!
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im having the same issue too. fastboot can't see the 5X phone. image attached. how did you resolve this?
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Solution on Linux
I had a similar problem earlier today on one of my linux boxes. Turns out, in order to use fastboot (successfully) under linux, you need to run fastboot with sudo rights.
If I had to guess, I'd guess this is because unlike adb, fastboot doesn't run as a server, so fastboot always needs to get elevated permissions to communicate with a device on a USB port.
Maybe it's possible that Windows wants Administrator rights for similar reasons?

duckxtales said:
im having the same issue too. fastboot can't see the 5X phone. image attached. how did you resolve this?
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Sorry, I really don't have any more feedback to give you. It really did seem like voodoo when it worked. The only thing I can think to explain the "random" aspect is that perhaps it is related to the quality of cable used. I was using these (http://www.amazon.com/Orzly-Type-Cables-Assorted-Colours/dp/B013RMG5WY/ref=cm_rdp_product), which have now been taken down due to cable standards as described in the comments section for that product. I was thinking that maybe the different USB port on the desktop machine was somehow able to get sufficient voltage or something. Voodoo!

I am having the exact same issue with my 6P right now. However it shows when I do adb devices, just not fastboot devices. Weird...
I even uninstalled the Google USB driver and reinstalled it using Android Studio but Still did not work. Then I even went to Device Manager and uninstalled and deleted the driver. Then went manually to file path C:\Users\MyWindowsLoginName\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver and clicked next. It installed successfully, but displays as Android Composite ADB Interface. So I guess that is correct then?
Tried to just sideload the new 6.0.1 OTA update using adb since adb devices was recongizing it but still not found...
C:\Users\Matthew\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb sideload angler-MMB29M-from-MDB08L.zip
loading: 'angler-MMB29M-from-MDB08L.zip'
error: device '(null)' not found
EDIT: I got it after unplugging my phone, killing the adb.exe process in task manager, waiting until in bootloader before plugging phone in, then running fastboot devices shows the serial number now. I hope that helps others!

I am having this same issue of not being able to install the fastboot driver on Nexus 5X in W7. ADB driver installed no problem, but attaching the 5x in fastboot mode results in "android" device appearing in device manager with no driver installed and no way to install drivers. I have tried every solution suggested in this thread ... re-installing Android SDK, direct installing via device manager, different cables/ports, updating java, running fastboot w/ admin rights, and a few others. Any other suggestions?

I had the same trouble on my 64 bit Windows system. I believe it was HTC sync software that threw the monkey wrench. But I uninstalled that software together with all the adb fastboot drivers for my other devices, removed all adb fastboot versions, then installed the 64 bit version of the Minimal adb fastboot tool.
All good now

Garvinr said:
I am having this same issue of not being able to install the fastboot driver on Nexus 5X in W7. ADB driver installed no problem, but attaching the 5x in fastboot mode results in "android" device appearing in device manager with no driver installed and no way to install drivers. I have tried every solution suggested in this thread ... re-installing Android SDK, direct installing via device manager, different cables/ports, updating java, running fastboot w/ admin rights, and a few others. Any other suggestions?
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I think I had the exact same issue. ADB works perfectly fine, but while the phone is in fastboot mode, it shows up in Windows Device Manager as "Android" without a driver. I had to manually "force" install the driver to fix this:
1. right click -> "Update Driver Software..."
2. "Browse my computer for driver software"
3. "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
4. "Android Device"
5. Pick "Android Bootloader Interface Version: 11.0.0.0 [8/28/2014]" (you may get a warning for this from Windows, just OK it)

wangxiangg said:
I think I had the exact same issue. ADB works perfectly fine, but while the phone is in fastboot mode, it shows up in Windows Device Manager as "Android" without a driver. I had to manually "force" install the driver to fix this:
1. right click -> "Update Driver Software..."
2. "Browse my computer for driver software"
3. "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
4. "Android Device"
5. Pick "Android Bootloader Interface Version: 11.0.0.0 [8/28/2014]" (you may get a warning for this from Windows, just OK it)
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Thank you.
I follow this step. now I can use fastboot.

crachel said:
There do appear to be new fastboot commands. Not sure if "fastboot devices" should work or not, but "fastboot oem unlock" has been replaced with "fastboot flashing unlock"
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Thanks man! Worked immediately after updating the drivers!

I too had this issue.
Manually installed drivers using this guide.
(pretty much the same instructions as wangxiangg, but with pics)

wangxiangg said:
I think I had the exact same issue. ADB works perfectly fine, but while the phone is in fastboot mode, it shows up in Windows Device Manager as "Android" without a driver. I had to manually "force" install the driver to fix this:
1. right click -> "Update Driver Software..."
2. "Browse my computer for driver software"
3. "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
4. "Android Device"
5. Pick "Android Bootloader Interface Version: 11.0.0.0 [8/28/2014]" (you may get a warning for this from Windows, just OK it)
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Man. That was it. Worked like a charm. Thank you.
To clarify, you do this while you are in Fastboot Mode and you right-click on "Android" in step 1.
You can go through the steps while you are in Fastboot Mode and with the cable still plugged in.

amitte said:
Try downloading and installing the latest USB drivers with the SDK manager if you have not yet.
Then go into the device manager (win+x -> device manager)
search for something named like android or simmilar (i dont own a n5x so i cant help you with that)
right click -> update driver software -> browse computer -> pick from list -> have a disk -> browse
now you should see an openfile dialog. driver is in: android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver
hit open and select "android adb interface" (not composite)
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Someone give this man a cookie!
it worked!!!!!!!!

Mac doesn't see my pixel 2 xl

TLDR: p2xl won't adb or fastboot on my mac
Lets see if you guys can help, or if my phone is stuck here.
I updated to December 2017 update
Used adb to root with magisk and twrp 3.1.1 beta 2 I believe
I noticed twrp wouldn't work when I would boot into it using the hardware buttons
Did some research and discovered that if you flash a custom kernel it would solve that issue.
When I went to push twrp img to my phone & I noticed my phone's adb stopped connecting to my Mac. I wouldn't get any response from the Mac. It was if I had just plugged my phone into a wall USB to charge. I tried the usb configurations, toggling USB debugging, toggling developer mode, restarting both devices & nothing (I tried on my 2 macs & tried 2 different cables & a micro USB to USB c adapter.)
I let about 4 months pass by and yesterday I decided I would try to fix this issue again.
I selected factory reset & when the phone rebooted into twrp to reset, it asked for a password and twrp started working again. I did a normal reboot & thought the issue was fixed. I booted into twrp again and did the factory reset & flashed flash kernel and twrp was working again.
I decided I would update the phone to the newest update. So I turned on USB debugging and plugged in my phone to my Mac to adb the newest update & still nothing.
So I decided to try to take the ota but it didn't work because of the custom kernel I flashed.
I read somewhere on here that you can flash the boot.img of your current version thru twrp. It would put me back at the stock recovery & kernel. I extracted the boot.img from the zip and flashed it with twrp. And it said it flashed fine. I booted up and checked the kernel and it's was still on the flash kernel. Went back to recovery and now I get the broken Android with the red triangle & I can't get into stock recovery from there by pressing the volume up + power or any other combo.
So now I'm here with a phone that won't adb or fastboot. Doesn't have a working recovery. & Can't take an ota.
Thanks for reading ^_^
What do you think I should do next?

Desert.pro.riders said:
TLDR: p2xl won't adb or fastboot on my mac
Lets see if you guys can help, or if my phone is stuck here.
I updated to December 2017 update
Used adb to root with magisk and twrp 3.1.1 beta 2 I believe
I noticed twrp wouldn't work when I would boot into it using the hardware buttons
Did some research and discovered that if you flash a custom kernel it would solve that issue.
When I went to push twrp img to my phone & I noticed my phone's adb stopped connecting to my Mac. I wouldn't get any response from the Mac. It was if I had just plugged my phone into a wall USB to charge. I tried the usb configurations, toggling USB debugging, toggling developer mode, restarting both devices & nothing (I tried on my 2 macs & tried 2 different cables & a micro USB to USB c adapter.)
I let about 4 months pass by and yesterday I decided I would try to fix this issue again.
I selected factory reset & when the phone rebooted into twrp to reset, it asked for a password and twrp started working again. I did a normal reboot & thought the issue was fixed. I booted into twrp again and did the factory reset & flashed flash kernel and twrp was working again.
I decided I would update the phone to the newest update. So I turned on USB debugging and plugged in my phone to my Mac to adb the newest update & still nothing.
So I decided to try to take the ota but it didn't work because of the custom kernel I flashed.
I read somewhere on here that you can flash the boot.img of your current version thru twrp. It would put me back at the stock recovery & kernel. I extracted the boot.img from the zip and flashed it with twrp. And it said it flashed fine. I booted up and checked the kernel and it's was still on the flash kernel. Went back to recovery and now I get the broken Android with the red triangle & I can't get into stock recovery from there by pressing the volume up + power or any other combo.
So now I'm here with a phone that won't adb or fastboot. Doesn't have a working recovery. & Can't take an ota.
Thanks for reading ^_^
What do you think I should do next?
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The first thing I would do is take a drink!! Wow! Seems you have quite the mess on your hands. Seriously though, you really can't do much until you get fastboot working. Question, when you unlocked the bootloader, did you run BOTH unlocking commands??? Also, is OEM unlocking and USB debugging still enabled from the developer options menu??
Do you have the latest SDK/platform-tools on your pc? Have you tried different USB cables and ports??
Here's a recovery thread you may want to look at to help you along and get you back up and running :good:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...ol-deuces-bootloop-recovery-flashing-t3704761

I believe I only used the unlock critical, but I unlocked the bootloader before I did the December update. Not sure that has anything to do with it?
Oem unlocking is enabled, but it is greyed out in the on position. I'll attach picture. And USB debugging is enabled as well
I updated to the latest platform tools yesterday, I tried on my two macs & swapped ports and tried my two different cables that I had on hand, maybe today I'll see if I can get anything with my buddy's pc. Windows 7 I believe.
And okay I'll look getting the recovery going again
Thanks a lot ?
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I believe I only used the unlock critical, but I unlocked the bootloader before I did the December update. Not sure that has anything to do with it?
Oem unlocking is enabled, but it is greyed out in the on position. I'll attach picture. And USB debugging is enabled as well
I updated to the latest platform tools yesterday, I tried on my two macs & swapped ports and tried my two different cables that I had on hand, maybe today I'll see if I can get anything with my buddy's pc. Windows 7 I believe.
And okay I'll look getting the recovery going again
Thanks a lot
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Desert.pro.riders said:
I believe I only used the unlock critical, but I unlocked the bootloader before I did the December update. Not sure that has anything to do with it?
Oem unlocking is enabled, but it is greyed out in the on position. I'll attach picture. And USB debugging is enabled as well
I updated to the latest platform tools yesterday, I tried on my two macs & swapped ports and tried my two different cables that I had on hand, maybe today I'll see if I can get anything with my buddy's pc. Windows 7 I believe.
And okay I'll look getting the recovery going again
Thanks a lot ?
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Well at least you can still get into your OS apparently, which is good. I'm not a Mac guy, so I can't help much in that regard, just seems a bit more quirky when using fastboot. Be interested to know how it goes on the Windows 7 machine. That's what I use without issues at all :good:

Yes! At least the phone os on the phone works fine
Yeah you're right about the macs. They are pretty cool because it works with removable devices without having to mess with drivers. But it sucks when something goes bad because there are really any device managers or drivers to mess with.
Blessing/curse.
I'm usually a pc dude too, but my ex took my PC ?
Well once I get home from school I'll get to trying to fix this once again

Badger50 said:
Well at least you can still get into your OS apparently, which is good. I'm not a Mac guy, so I can't help much in that regard, just seems a bit more quirky when using fastboot. Be interested to know how it goes on the Windows 7 machine. That's what I use without issues at all :good:
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So the windows PC does detect that something gets plugged in But this the only thing that happens
This sucks
Edit:
I was able to get into stock recovery now. But I don't think you can do much from there.
Adb & fastboot continue to be unresponsive

..

Well couple things about Mac, you don't need any usb drivers for it. To view the file contents of the /sdcard you need Android File Transfer --> https://www.android.com/filetransfer/ plug in your phone then make sure you change it to MTP on the phone. As for adb and fastboot in terminal, download the latest platform tools for mac --> https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools You will get a folder called "platform-tools" put that folder some where you like on your mac. I put mine at /Users/"my username"/platform-tools So to get it working correctly you need to open terminal and run "cd ~/" [no quotes on these commands btw] then run "sudo nano ~/.bash_profile" when nano opens it should be blank, type on the first line export PATH="$PATH:your/path/to/platform-tools" [with the quotes on that one]. In my case mine is export PATH="$PATH:~/platform-tools" or export PATH="$PATH:Users/ericarthurc/platform-tools"
Just make sure you get the right file path and that its writing correctly; then type ctrl + x and then y for yes to save. Then in terminal type source ~/.bash_profile
Quite terminal and relaunch, run the command "adb version" you should now see the correct file path and no errors; run adb device now and it will start the adb server

I never had problems connecting my Pixel to mac, even to other hackintosh...
I have Android File transfer installed and no SDK platform tools.
Usually I just download the package from Google and place it somewhere. Than opening Terminal, going into that folder, which btw contains adb and fastboot...
For example: when typing the " ./ adb devices" for the first time, the message about not running / starting Daemon service pops up. This is normal.
I presume that you are using the "./" before every command in Terminal.... This is obligatory on Mac.

Yes so I've gotten adb, fastboot, and the Android file transfer working before on both of my Macs, so I know they are set up right. The problem was when I updated my pixel to the December version via adb. Adb stopped completely working.
I can have my phone booted up and in usb debugging mode and run the "./adb devices" and it'll show the list of devices empty.
Same thing if I put the phone in fastboot and try running "./fastboot devices" it hangs for about a second then it shows up with an empty device list.
I was able to wipe the phone clean with the stock recovery & got my stock kernel back I think.( I'll attach a picture) but I'm still not able to ota to the April patch, I'm thinking because I used twrp right?
Either way I still cant get fastboot & adb working, I've tried my two Macs one in high Sierra & the other on El capitan. And a Windows 10 pc and a combination of about 6 different us cables.
Has anyone ever seen this happen? I think I might have hit a wall here

,,

Ericarthurc said:
Well couple things about Mac, you don't need any usb drivers for it. To view the file contents of the /sdcard you need Android File Transfer --> https://www.android.com/filetransfer/ plug in your phone then make sure you change it to MTP on the phone. As for adb and fastboot in terminal, download the latest platform tools for mac --> https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools You will get a folder called "platform-tools" put that folder some where you like on your mac. I put mine at /Users/"my username"/platform-tools So to get it working correctly you need to open terminal and run "cd ~/" [no quotes on these commands btw] then run "sudo nano ~/.bash_profile" when nano opens it should be blank, type on the first line export PATH="$PATH:your/path/to/platform-tools" [with the quotes on that one]. In my case mine is export PATH="$PATH:~/platform-tools" or export PATH="$PATH:Users/ericarthurc/platform-tools"
Just make sure you get the right file path and that its writing correctly; then type ctrl + x and then y for yes to save. Then in terminal type source ~/.bash_profile
Quite terminal and relaunch, run the command "adb version" you should now see the correct file path and no errors; run adb device now and it will start the adb server
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The way I do it is
1. Open terminal
2.write "cd "
3. Drag the platform tools folder from the desktop to the terminal window
4. Check adb devices , "./adb devices"
I will try to reinstall adb again your way, as I am out of options so anything helps, thanks

Desert.pro.riders said:
Yes so I've gotten adb, fastboot, and the Android file transfer working before on both of my Macs, so I know they are set up right. The problem was when I updated my pixel to the December version via adb. Adb stopped completely working.
I can have my phone booted up and in usb debugging mode and run the "./adb devices" and it'll show the list of devices empty.
Same thing if I put the phone in fastboot and try running "./fastboot devices" it hangs for about a second then it shows up with an empty device list.
I was able to wipe the phone clean with the stock recovery & got my stock kernel back I think.( I'll attach a picture) but I'm still not able to ota to the April patch, I'm thinking because I used twrp right?
Either way I still cant get fastboot & adb working, I've tried my two Macs one in high Sierra & the other on El capitan. And a Windows 10 pc and a combination of about 6 different us cables.
Has anyone ever seen this happen? I think I might have hit a wall here
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Just outa curiosity, since it appears your stock everything again, do you get any response from Google when you go into....settings/system/system update??

Ericarthurc said:
Well couple things about Mac, you don't need any usb drivers for it. To view the file contents of the /sdcard you need Android File Transfer --> https://www.android.com/filetransfer/ plug in your phone then make sure you change it to MTP on the phone. As for adb and fastboot in terminal, download the latest platform tools for mac --> https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools You will get a folder called "platform-tools" put that folder some where you like on your mac. I put mine at /Users/"my username"/platform-tools So to get it working correctly you need to open terminal and run "cd ~/" [no quotes on these commands btw] then run "sudo nano ~/.bash_profile" when nano opens it should be blank, type on the first line export PATH="$PATH:your/path/to/platform-tools" [with the quotes on that one]. In my case mine is export PATH="$PATH:~/platform-tools" or export PATH="$PATH:Users/ericarthurc/platform-tools"
Just make sure you get the right file path and that its writing correctly; then type ctrl + x and then y for yes to save. Then in terminal type source ~/.bash_profile
Quite terminal and relaunch, run the command "adb version" you should now see the correct file path and no errors; run adb device now and it will start the adb server
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Badger50 said:
Just outa curiosity, since it appears your stock everything again, do you get any response from Google when you go into....settings/system/system update??
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This, stops before it goes into step 2

disconnect your phone from the mac.
reboot the mac
open developer options on the pixel
disable USB debugging
tap on 'revoke USB debugging authorizations'
enable USB debugging
reboot your phone
plug your phone into the mac again
If all goes well, you will need to authorize it on the phone, and adb/fastboot should work correctly
if you wish to easily install adb/fastboot into your PATH, see here.
That will properly install it, as well as the latest version(s) of each.

uicnren said:
disconnect your phone from the mac.
reboot the mac
open developer options on the pixel
disable USB debugging
tap on 'revoke USB debugging authorizations'
enable USB debugging
reboot your phone
plug your phone into the mac again
If all goes well, you will need to authorize it on the phone, and adb/fastboot should work correctly
if you wish to easily install adb/fastboot into your PATH, see here.
That will properly install it, as well as the latest version(s) of each.
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Still nothing I tried this a few times & did the path install too
IDK what else there is trouble try I'm pretty much open to anything

Do you guys think I can do anything thru stock recovery?
I tried adb sideload with no success and I tried the apply update thru sd card and I gave me a error unable to mount message?

Desert.pro.riders said:
Do you guys think I can do anything thru stock recovery?
I tried adb sideload with no success and I tried the apply update thru sd card and I gave me a error unable to mount message?
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You can adb side load from stock recovery as well.

uicnren said:
disconnect your phone from the mac.
reboot the mac
open developer options on the pixel
disable USB debugging
tap on 'revoke USB debugging authorizations'
enable USB debugging
reboot your phone
plug your phone into the mac again
If all goes well, you will need to authorize it on the phone, and adb/fastboot should work correctly
if you wish to easily install adb/fastboot into your PATH, see here.
That will properly install it, as well as the latest version(s) of each.
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Badger50 said:
You can adb side load from stock recovery as well.
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If I'm on adb sideload mode & I type adb devices into the terminal, should the serial number show up in the terminal? Because it's not. I'll try messing with it a lil more once I get home from work

7T Android ADB Fastboot Driver Issue on Windows

Good day everyone. I'm trying to get my bootloader unlocked to install TWRP, but I cannot seem to get the fastboot drivers to recognize my device when I'm in the fastboot bootloader. It works fine when the phone is booted normally, but once it goes to fastboot, it's no longer recognizable.
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My phone is a OnePlus 7T on Andriod 10, any help would be appreciated.

raskulous said:
Good day everyone. I'm trying to get my bootloader unlocked to install TWRP, but I cannot seem to get the fastboot drivers to recognize my device when I'm in the fastboot bootloader. It works fine when the phone is booted normally, but once it goes to fastboot, it's no longer recognizable.
I've tried installing both the oneplus drivers, as well as the google usb_drivers
My phone is a OnePlus 7T on Andriod 10, any help would be appreciated.
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I had a similar issue, yesterday. This was due to me being too excited to unlock my bootloader. I fixed the issue with the below:
https://adb.clockworkmod.com/
After you get your phone up and running, uninstall that ADB driver from Device Manager, then connect your phone to your PC and enable USB debugging. This will fix the MTP issue and install the proper ADB/Fastboot Drivers.

Soapy! said:
I had a similar issue, yesterday. This was due to me being too excited to unlock my bootloader. I fixed the issue with the below:
https://adb.clockworkmod.com/
After you get your phone up and running, uninstall that ADB driver from Device Manager, then connect your phone to your PC and enable USB debugging. This will fix the MTP issue and install the proper ADB/Fastboot Drivers.
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I tried that out, no change.
I have OEM Unlocking enabled, USB debugging on, and the USB mode set to file transfer.

raskulous said:
I tried that out, no change.
I have OEM Unlocking enabled, USB debugging on, and the USB mode set to file transfer.
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Try manually updating the driver with the Nexus 4 ADB driver (should say universal in the description).

Soapy! said:
Try manually updating the driver with the Nexus 4 ADB driver (should say universal in the description).
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I tried that, along with the normal google drivers too, and it takes away the exclamation point in the device manager window, and changes it to a question mark.. but I still can't see the device with 'adb devices'

raskulous said:
I tried that, along with the normal google drivers too, and it takes away the exclamation point in the device manager window, and changes it to a question mark.. but I still can't see the device with 'adb devices'
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When you check the driver properties do they match what's in the attached image?

Soapy! said:
When you check the driver properties do they match what's in the attached image?
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No, this is what I get after installing the "Composite ADB" driver from google.

raskulous said:
No, this is what I get after installing the "Composite ADB" driver from google.
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Have you tried to uninstall AND delete all android/android usb drivers, then reinstall oneplus drivers? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mUz8Y3_WPce1v3IBLOcVi6unFGRztx_o/view?usp=sharing

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Você tentou desinstalar E excluir todos os drivers USB do Android / Android e reinstalar os drivers oneplus? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mUz8Y3_WPce1v3IBLOcVi6unFGRztx_o/view?usp=sharing
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raskulous said:
No, this is what I get after installing the "Composite ADB" driver from google.
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I had the same problem before, with fastboot not recognizing the device and only "waiting for device.." appear when I'm on bootloader mode on the phone. I got it working when I chose bootloader driver (Google USB drivers) on Windows Device manager (under the same screen like your screenshot). Put your phone on bootloader mode, open Device Manager (Windows), plug your phone and Android devices should appear. The Google drivers should come up (assuming you installed them) when you click on Update Driver, then choose bootloader. If successful, device should appear under fastboot devices command. Fastboot should then work.

for "fastboot waiting for devices" problem check solution here https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...owing-up-in-fastboot-mode-windows-10.4194491/

Had the same issue, downloaded the Google USB driver, manually set the device driver to "Android Bootloader Interface" and it worked! Device shows up when running "fastboot devices" now.
Get the Google USB Driver | Android Studio | Android Developers
The Google USB Driver is required to perform adb debugging on Windows with Google devices.
developer.android.com

CheshireShorty said:
Had the same issue, downloaded the Google USB driver, manually set the device driver to "Android Bootloader Interface" and it worked! Device shows up when running "fastboot devices" now.
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This worked for me also! It took me several minutes to understand what it meant to "set the device driver to 'Android Interface'," so let me detail that a little bit. This is what I did.
Put my phone into fastboot:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Loaded Windows 10 Device Manager and verified that my phone was listed under "Other Devices" with a yellow triangle next to it.
Downloaded and unzipped the most recent Google USB Driver, from @CheshireShorty's link.
Right-clicked my phone and chose Update Driver.
Clicked Browse my computer for drivers.
Clicked Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer
Clicked Have Disk...
Browsed to where I had unzipped the Google USB Driver, selected the file android_winusb.inf, and clicked Open.
Chose Android Bootloader Interface, as suggested by @CheshireShorty.
Verified that both fastboot was working:
Code:
fastboot devices
Rebooted the phone into normal mode:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Verified that adb was working:
Code:
adb devices
I hope that I remembered everything, but even if I didn't, maybe this will help somebody. And even though @CheshireShorty's post was over a year old, it sure helped me.

_sky.captain_ said:
This worked for me also! It took me several minutes to understand what it meant to "set the device driver to 'Android Interface'," so let me detail that a little bit. This is what I did.
Put my phone into fastboot:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Loaded Windows 10 Device Manager and verified that my phone was listed under "Other Devices" with a yellow triangle next to it.
Downloaded and unzipped the most recent Google USB Driver, from @CheshireShorty's link.
Right-clicked my phone and chose Update Driver.
Clicked Browse my computer for drivers.
Clicked Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer
Clicked Have Disk...
Browsed to where I had unzipped the Google USB Driver, selected the file android_winusb.inf, and clicked Open.
Chose Android Bootloader Interface, as suggested by @CheshireShorty.
Verified that both fastboot was working:
Code:
fastboot devices
Rebooted the phone into normal mode:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Verified that adb was working:
Code:
adb devices
I hope that I remembered everything, but even if I didn't, maybe this will help somebody. And even though @CheshireShorty's post was over a year old, it sure helped me.
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Or just force a windows update (by clicking "Check for updates"), it will install the fastboot drivers for you when your phone is connected in fastboot mode.

Battled a bit with this one... Just to let others know. I had no change to get it work with Win11. Using Win10 everything worked fine. Luckily I had other PC with Win10 so I got everything working.

ej8989 said:
Or just force a windows update (by clicking "Check for updates"), it will install the fastboot drivers for you when your phone is connected in fastboot mode.
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Thanks! I wasn't able to install the Google drivers manually with the device manager but this worked for me.
Just click on "View All optional updates" after checking for updates, expand driver updates and choose the Google - Android Bootloader Interface. I wasn't aware of that option in Windows update.