Develop Bugs

ADB Drivers for EVO?

I have been doing Android development for a while on my work laptop that runs Windows Server 2003 64bit. Previously I've used a HTC Magic (AT&T) and a Moto Droid (Verizon) for development. Now I also have a EVO that I am trying to use. The problem is that I cannot get ADB to work with it.
System: Windows Server 2003 64 bit (work laptop, no I cannot put Windows <whatever else> on here).
Phone: EVO
Since I have been doing development for some time I already have the SDK, along with the USB drivers.
Here are things I have tried:
1. Plug in EVO. It wants to install ADB drivers. I choose the USB drivers location. Fails.
2. Delete USB Drivers. Redownload them from the SDK. Plug in, choose drivers, fail.
3. Plug in, allow drivers to fail, I have the ! in device manager for ADB. Unistall the ADB driver. Scan for hardware changes. Install ADB drivers. Fail.
4. Uninstall the Motorola USB Driver package. Try all above steps, fail.
5. Try to install HTC Sycn, Server 2003 not supported, fail.
What else can I try to get ADB working? Seems funny that it would work perfectly with a HTC Magic and a Droid but not this EVO.

Eureka! I found an obscure post on some crappy forum to a link for what someone called HTC Evo 64 bit drivers, so I thought what the hay, lets try them.
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/yd61xorii
The folder of drivers in there was really called Vista x86 but, still worth a shot.
It worked perfectly. The phone doesnt say ADB in device manager now but "My HTC". ADB is working fine.
Hopefully someone in the same boat as me will happen across this and it will save them time.

Thank you! Saved me a BUNCH of time! You're the man!

The file appears to be unavailable on that site now, could someone please re-host this ASAP? I can't get anything else to work and I'd really appreciate it if this turned out to be my fix. Thanks.

weidong said:
The file appears to be unavailable on that site now, could someone please re-host this ASAP? I can't get anything else to work and I'd really appreciate it if this turned out to be my fix. Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just grab HTC Sync from the HTC www site. It will install the drivers you need.

frankenstein\ said:
just grab HTC Sync from the HTC www site. It will install the drivers you need.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
not always. I had to search for drivers for mine too. HTC Sync (latest rev on website) wouldn't work. Android SDK wouldn't work.

Still neeeeed help!
frankenstein\ said:
just grab HTC Sync from the HTC www site. It will install the drivers you need.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
twin001 said:
not always. I had to search for drivers for mine too. HTC Sync (latest rev on website) wouldn't work. Android SDK wouldn't work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
downloadin HTC Sync made it worst. i had some htc evo drivers just not the ADB driver. After downloading now i don't have any drivers with my htc evo.
since i cant connect my evo to pc it will not automatically install the drivers!!!!!!
is there any way i can manually download the htc evo drivers to windows 7!
im back to normal i can read my sd card and i can connect to pc thank you all

bboy_201 said:
downloadin HTC Sync made it worst. i had some htc evo drivers just not the ADB driver. After downloading now i don't have any drivers with my htc evo.
im back to normal i can read my sd card and i can connect to pc thank you all
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't connect on VMWare Fusion and Windows 7. How did you fix your problem? Did you find drivers? Thanks.

wow. never had a problem on windows 7 or ubuntu getting the evo to be recognized. but, head to work, plug it in, and no go. install the sdk and update it, no go. i was baffled, because i've never had a problem before. but, this file did the trick! thanks!

Unfortunately for those of us who are behind a proxy and can't get at the SDK file, going through the stupid SDK to get the driver is very annoying.

pcm2a said:
The folder of drivers in there was really called Vista x86 but, still worth a shot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Didn't work for me. I'm running Deck's 4.0.3 ROM and can't get my device recognized on my computer. I tried to install the driver pack above through device manager and got an "unable to install" message. Any advice?

HTC Sync and Vista 32

Hello everyone
Great forum. Was able to root/nand unlock and flash DC with ease from all of the information here, even with the EVO being my first smartphone. Thank you all.
Now my question is about trying to get the HTC Sync to work with my Windows Vista. I have Home Premium and nothin I have tried is working. The computer sees the HTC and I have tried several drivers, but it will not initialize the driver and HTC Sync won't connect. I can run as a HDD and that works fine, but trying to sync or charge only will not allow me to run CMD tools.
I have the beautiful Scetched Android boot image through using a root file manager, but would like to create a custom splash screen.
And I guess I need to sync to flash.
Any ideas?
Thank you
Criim

Are you running the latest version of the software? Haven't heard any specific issues with Vista 32. Also check that you aren't using any kind of extension cable between your computer and your USB cable. Try another USB port as well.
Here's a link to HTC Sync:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/evo-sprint/downloads/
Edit: Also, just to make sure, you are not using HTC sync to apply a custom boot video right? Cause as far as I know, you don't use it for that. I've never used HTC sync for anything other than the USB drivers for ADB. I thought once you made the video that you applied it via either a ROM image or by uploading it using ADB, HTC SYNC is just a backup/syncing program for the phone.

Sirchuk said:
Are you running the latest version of the software? Haven't heard any specific issues with Vista 32. Also check that you aren't using any kind of extension cable between your computer and your USB cable. Try another USB port as well.
Edit: Also, just to make sure, you are not using HTC sync to apply a custom boot video right? Cause as far as I know, you don't use it for that. I've never used HTC sync for anything other than the USB drivers for ADB. I thought once you made the video that you applied it via either a ROM image or by uploading it using ADB, HTC SYNC is just a backup/syncing program for the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is the USB cable that came with the EVO plugged right into the computer and have tried 2 different slots. I am not really trying for the sync. It is just a good indicator for if the driver is working correctly, which it isn't for some reason.
I just wanted it to connect so I can run commands at the CMD prompt.
I already have the boot video and root/nand unlocked through file managers and the term emu. Now I want to flash a new splash screen, but to do that I think I *have* to flash it from the PC. If you know of a way to do it in some other way, I'd love to hear how.
Going to take a nap, but was thinking about trying to uninstall my AntiVirus, just in case one of the services was screwing with the driver. I had it turned off, but it might have had a service that was still there.
Criim
Edit:
Well I tried unistalling my AVG, rebooting into safe mode to remove any instances of the HTC driver, and then did a fresh install of the above file. Still shows an error in the device manager with my EVO plugged in.
"Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)"
I even tried to plug it into all 8 of my USB slots just in case.
I'm stumped.
Criim

I'm having the same problem. I just rooted my Evo and now I can't connect to HTC Sync at all. Device manager shows "My HTC" installed properly. Evo connects to pc fine but times out when trying to connect to HTC Sync.
I've tried downgrading to HTC Sync 2.0.31. I'm currently trying with 2.0.40 with same results. Nothing.

[Q] Usb tethering a pc

Hey all,
I am having a problem sharing my evos internet with my HP pc using W7 via usb connection. I plug phone in and choose usb tethering than a pop up comes up asking to install drivers. I try but than it asks for the cd that came with the phone (which I dont have). I tried to search for the drivers online but it doesn't work. It won't let me connect to the web. We tried it on my friends pc using my phone and it worked fine even though the same pop up showed up on hers. Chose option to ask me later and it connected to the web right away! Any ideas? Btw my evo is rooted ruining myn's rls5.

Try installing HTC Sync on your computer . . once installed, you can remove the HTC Sync program itself, leaving behind the drivers and driver install program . . . see if that fixes it for you . . .

I'm pretty sure I already had HTC sync installed but but I will check after work today......

luist4498 said:
Hey all,
I am having a problem sharing my evos internet with my HP pc using W7 via usb connection. I plug phone in and choose usb tethering than a pop up comes up asking to install drivers. I try but than it asks for the cd that came with the phone (which I dont have). I tried to search for the drivers online but it doesn't work. It won't let me connect to the web. We tried it on my friends pc using my phone and it worked fine even though the same pop up showed up on hers. Chose option to ask me later and it connected to the web right away! Any ideas? Btw my evo is rooted ruining myn's rls5.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just went thru this 2 days ago trying to setup my laptop.
1.Plug your phone in and turn on USB Tethering
2.Then right click on my computer then manage and see what drivers it is looking for
3.See if it is looking for Remote NDIS Internet Sharing Drivers
4.Go to this webpage and download these drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445436
5.Unzip and update drivers
Hopefully this works for you. The only problem I have had is on AOSP kernels ending in .8 there are no drivers for RNDIS so USB Tethering is a problem.
Secondly if that does not work then download PDANet its free for 30 days and has all the drivers you need. Also works better than stock USB Tethering

Thanks a lot, will try it out.......

playya said:
Just went thru this 2 days ago trying to setup my laptop.
1.Plug your phone in and turn on USB Tethering
2.Then right click on my computer then manage and see what drivers it is looking for
3.See if it is looking for Remote NDIS Internet Sharing Drivers
4.Go to this webpage and download these drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445436
5.Unzip and update drivers
Hopefully this works for you. The only problem I have had is on AOSP kernels ending in .8 there are no drivers for RNDIS so USB Tethering is a problem.
Secondly if that does not work then download PDANet its free for 30 days and has all the drivers you need. Also works better than stock USB Tethering
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Btw, what happens after PDAnet expires after the 30 day trial?

PDAnet works but im having problems with the zip folder. How do i unzip it? And how do i update the drivers? THANKS

Ok, I finally got it to work! Tried so many things that I really dont know which did it but it finally installed the drivers when I plugged up the phone and its working now. THANKS all

[Q] USB Tethering drivers required, WinXP & CM7

Hi all,
I'm after a little help that I simply cannot find anywhere else... all other routes/searches have led me here so i'm afraid my first post is a question that hopefully someone here can help me with.
So... here goes...
I have a UK HTC Desire, running CM7.0.3.
I would like to connect it to my work laptop running Windows XP via the USB cable so that the laptop can use with the phones WiFi connection or the data connection.
The laptop has WiFi, but it's disabled via the bios and I don't have the password.
With the stock ROM, I connected the phone, put into tethering mode, installed a driver (googled off the www) and it all worked wonderfully.
With CM7 installed, the original drivers don't work and I cannot find anywhere new drivers that do.
I removed all drivers to start again on the laptop, so when i plug the phone in, the first it detects is the Android Phone and wants a driver for "My HTC". Everything I've thrown at it, windows says is incorrect
I installed the Android SDK, but my work proxy wont allow it to connect to their servers (it tries to do this automatically when searching for the usb drivers) for any drivers (which was one suggestion that Google informed me about).
I went to the HTC website to look for drivers, but they seem to have forgotten that they built the Desire completely (another fruitless Google search result).
Please can someone offer some suggestions on where I can get the drivers for USB tethering for the desire running CM7?
Much appreciated, thank you.
Regards
JBM2k.

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

JustBiteMe2k said:
Hi all,
I'm after a little help that I simply cannot find anywhere else... all other routes/searches have led me here so i'm afraid my first post is a question that hopefully someone here can help me with.
So... here goes...
I have a UK HTC Desire, running CM7.0.3.
I would like to connect it to my work laptop running Windows XP via the USB cable so that the laptop can use with the phones WiFi connection or the data connection.
The laptop has WiFi, but it's disabled via the bios and I don't have the password.
With the stock ROM, I connected the phone, put into tethering mode, installed a driver (googled off the www) and it all worked wonderfully.
With CM7 installed, the original drivers don't work and I cannot find anywhere new drivers that do.
I removed all drivers to start again on the laptop, so when i plug the phone in, the first it detects is the Android Phone and wants a driver for "My HTC". Everything I've thrown at it, windows says is incorrect
I installed the Android SDK, but my work proxy wont allow it to connect to their servers (it tries to do this automatically when searching for the usb drivers) for any drivers (which was one suggestion that Google informed me about).
I went to the HTC website to look for drivers, but they seem to have forgotten that they built the Desire completely (another fruitless Google search result).
Please can someone offer some suggestions on where I can get the drivers for USB tethering for the desire running CM7?
Much appreciated, thank you.
Regards
JBM2k.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same issues here. Tried the SDK Drivers too, didn't work.
Strange thing is, normal USB connection is ok with the old htc driver, the issues come up when tethering option is activated: it switches to another driver (Android Phone).

Try upgrading things...ur BIOS, ur Windows etc...

[Q] How can I make my HTC Desire Z connect to a PC?

After I bought a new HTC Desire Z, I am completely unable to connect to computer. By "unable to connect" I mean, that I was unable to connect neither as a storage device nor through HTC Sync.
Just to be sure I tried to connect with another cable (stock one failed, after all) and with both Windows 7 (64-bit) and Debian (Wheezy). Meanwhile I could successfully connect with my Nook Color (and my previous phone, Samsung i551 if that matters).
The phose itself works just fine, it works flawlessly in all respect but connecting to PC. It reads from 32GB MicroSD card without problems - but each time I want to access card, I need to pull it out, and that's kind of bother.
My original goal was to root the phone, and install CWM, and then CM9, but since I am unable to connect, I cannot execute ADB commands...
On Debian I tried to acomplish it by installing ADB, and downloading ALL packages - didn't help much. I've got the newest version of JDK and JVM, so that's not the case. And, as I mentioned before, NC connects just fine so HTC should do it as well.
Then I tried with Win7. Just like on Linux I downloaded all ADB packages. Next, I installed HTC Sync, and then tried to connect - with no effect. Then I removed HTC Sync leaving only drivers (I found somewhere, that I should do it this way). Still no use. Turning off antivirus didn't help either.
Each time I also tried both: with and without "USB Debugging" option, with or without MicroSD card, with or without fastboot*.
Trying out a variety of advices, I found on the internet, I found out that:
1) phone displays information that it is connected to the computer only after I reboot it while leaving cable connected - PC still doesn't notices it though (and neither does ADB),
2) mentioned notification comes only with stock cable - any other will only cause phone to reboot and charge without any notification,
3) while following some "USB Brick" tutorial I learned, that I also cannot go into fastboot mode*, because I doesn't have/have invalid pc10diag.zip file (and some others similarly-named files),
4) my phone is S-Off though,
5) as one would expect Unrevoked couldn't help.
Factory reset didn't change a thing. Sending phone back is also not an option, since I bought it in another country (it was sent to me from Singapore).
The only thing I didn't tried is connecting phone to another PC, but I highly doubt that it will change anything.
I already run out of ideas, and I would be glad if anyone could lead me to some solution. If there some way (root/flash from SD card?), I would be really grateful to know it.
* - When I talk about the first one, I mean that option in Settings>Applications>Fast boot, the other one I mean is option in hboot.

Do you have the sync version from the desire z website? I noticed the version on the desireZ page is not the same as the standard version on the htc website. I did have the same problem. After i changed the sync version I was able to connect in sync. After that I used the tools and turtial.pdf of the strawmetal website
Send from my Desire Z

yep, use the drivers in strawetals pdf guide (google search strawmetal pdf g2 root) or cyanogen wiki or xda wiki. you may need to uninstal curent drivers first than manually reinstall them.
the bit about only oem cable works is a bunch of ... but it is true that some ultra cheap pos cables may only work to charge due to poor design, but its very unlikely
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

Thanks for your fast reply!
ineedone said:
Do you have the sync version from the desire z website? I noticed the version on the desireZ page is not the same as the standard version on the htc website.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have had standard version. After your suggestion I tried to check the one on Desire Z page (www . htc . com/www/help/htc-desire-z/#download) but it seems, that now its the same version as the one I had before (URL address is exactly the same). I tried then removing drivers completely, tried this one -> www . theandroidsource . com/g2-desire-z-root-rooting-roms-hacks-overclocking-etc/555-latest-htc-g2-desire-z-sync-driver-download.html, and rebooted - no difference, neither sync nor storage mode works.
demkantor said:
use the drivers in strawetals pdf guide (google search strawmetal pdf g2 root) or cyanogen wiki or xda wiki.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The site with driver referred by both, strawmetal tutorial and xda wiki, no longer exists and instead redirect to general support page. CyanogenMod Desire Z rooting page currently doesn't have any information about drivers... Could you tell me what version number you have? I would google it, and at least check whether it's driver thing or not.
BTW, are you able to see anything Android/HTC related in Device Manager? Apparently, on Vista there should be something like "Android Device"/"Unrecognized Android Device" (depending on whether or not drivers are present). But I don't see anything in Windows 7, no "installing driver", no new position in Device Manager, when I connect the phone. Also no information about failed driver installation or unrecognized devices. That is why I thought, that maybe I got USB bricked phone :/

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728208
this is a thread I made on setting up adb/fastboot for the vision, on about the tird post there is alink to the drivers needed for this, use these.
if you don't getting -new devices found loading drivers- then either you didn't uninstall the old ones properly or there is something wrong with cable, port on phone, or port on computer
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

That driver didn't help. I tried to conect NookColor with stock HTC cable and it connected. I guess it must be something with phone's USB... :/ I'll look into "USB Brick fix" tutorials, maybe they will help.

well if your sure you uninstalled any old drivers than try cleaning the usb port on your phone, maybe compressed air a little electric parts cleaner (battery out) make sure the pins don't looked damaged, etc. also see if any drivers try to pop up and install when plugging in when is in recovery or bootloader
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium