Hello!!
Well, hey guys. I thought I tell you the story, on why I posted this thread.
It started as I was installing Windows 8, on my laptop, and had the same problem, as some others. I just could not install the drivers, for my Droid, so I had a looksee and found that Windows 8 didn't yet have the capability, to download unsigned drivers, unlike Windows 7. So, I found a way of "tricking" Windows, into thinking, that these drivers are legit and it isn't forbidden to use, which is exactly what this tutorial tells Windows, in a way.
So, get going and use the full potential of your Android device!
Tutorial:
I have found a solution, to the following problem;
After installing Windows 8, you cannot install fastboot drivers, but it recognizes the ADB drivers...
Solution:
Open the dev-manager, by typing following, in a command prompt window, or the run dialog. Whichever you prefer... : devmgmt.msc
Now, the dive manager, should pop up.
Install ADB drivers, (If you do not have them present, download them here/
To prevent confusion: When I say install, it can mean unpack, or instal... Quick tip: An installer does nothing, apart from unpacking files, to allocated space, on your computer
Download USB drivers, from here. (Link fixed)
Should you NOT have drivers installed:
Install the USB drivers, and download ADB/fastboot drivers.
Installation of ADB/fastboot drivers:
Open the device manager, and look for "Samsung Mobile Device", or "Unidentified Device". You can make your search easier, by unplugging the phone, whilst in device manager, then plug it back in, and see what's changed...
Once you have found your phone, Perform a right-click, on the device. Select : "Update device drivers", once the dialog has poped up, choose "Browse my computer" and goto your dsktop, where you have installed the files to.
Open just the "drivers" folder, nothing else...
Select OK, then wait for installation to finish.
Once that has been done, you need to reboot your device, into bootloader mode; do this by typing
Code:
path=%userprofile%\Desktop\ADB\adb reboot-bootloader
adb reboot-bootloader
into the command prompt (download & install this, if you want to do it the cmd-way...)
Or, turn off your phone, and reboot i it manually into bootloader-mode, by pressing
Code:
VOL UP +DWM & PWR
together, untill phone vibrates...
Once the phone is in bootloader, go back to the device manager, and look for a device named "android 1.0". Perform a right-click on this and select "Update device drivers". Again, selct "Browse my computer", but, instead of clicking on "Browse" and selecting the folder, again, select "Let me pick, from a list of drivers." Once the menu has popped up, select "Samsung Android ADB interface". Click OK, and wait for the drivers to install . Then, you're done. You have then successfully installed the ADB + fastboot drivers correctly, to test this, open a cmd window, and type following:
Code:
path=%userprofile%\Desktop\ADB\
fastboot devices.
If your device shows up, then you have done it!!
Now type:
Code:
fastboot reboot
adb wait-for-device
adb kill-server
Note: while the phone is booting (If you typed "adb wait-for-device") A cursor will blink, wait for that, to stop blinking, then type the next command
I hope you learned, from this tutorial!! Check my root helper out, if you have enough time
Should you have problems, in recovery, open your dev. manager, and look for following device:
Code:
Full
Select, right-click. Update driver (blah, blah, witter, droan)
Browse my computer -> Let me pick -> Samsung ADB -> Done. You have enabled the ADB drivers, on your SAMUNG GALAXY NEXUS!"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Addition: You can only reboot into bootloader, if you are using a motorola, Google or HTC branded Android device! This will NOT work with Samsung models (i.e. Galaxy S II/III) due to the fact, that they use Odin mode. Should the drivers need updating, for some devices, please let me know!
Motorola Razr
Hello, I was wondering if this would work for the Motorola drivers. I've been trying to install them so that I can fastboot my Razr, but it quits right after it recognizes that I'm on Windows 8.
I guess I might as well just try it in the meantime!
-Jake
Edit: In the ADB drivers link you posted, there's nothing to install. Just .sys files, .dlls, two .cat files, and some .infs. How exactly does one do anything with these files? Also, your second link for USB drivers was removed by mediafire.
thejakenixon said:
Hello, I was wondering if this would work for the Motorola drivers. I've been trying to install them so that I can fastboot my Razr, but it quits right after it recognizes that I'm on Windows 8.
I guess I might as well just try it in the meantime!
-Jake
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Download MotoHelper. Right click the file and run in compatibility mode. It should install the drivers. I used this to run fastboot with my xoom.
It still hangs while running as admin under compatability mode for 7, I'll try as XP momentarily.
Edit: XP compatability didn't work either.
thejakenixon said:
It still hangs while running as admin under compatability mode for 7, I'll try as XP momentarily.
Edit: XP compatability didn't work either.
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Bummer, I just remembered there was a setting to skip os version check in compatibility mode. Did you try that? If that won't work unfortunately I don't know what else to try. Sorry.
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thejakenixon said:
Hello, I was wondering if this would work for the Motorola drivers. I've been trying to install them so that I can fastboot my Razr, but it quits right after it recognizes that I'm on Windows 8.
I guess I might as well just try it in the meantime!
-Jake
Edit: In the ADB drivers link you posted, there's nothing to install. Just .sys files, .dlls, two .cat files, and some .infs. How exactly does one do anything with these files? Also, your second link for USB drivers was removed by mediafire.
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First of all, thanks, for letting me know about the link It's uploading again ^^
Yes, you can do the same for your Motorola. But only with the ADB drivers. Just do the same as with the Samsung. Select your device, form the devman. and right click. Update device drivers -> Browse -> Let me choose from a list... -> Samsnung ADB interface.
They are all provided by Google, inc. so, they are compatible, with every Android device. I've even used my Samsung ADB drivers, for a Sony Ericsson Xperia X8. So I can actually say, for myself, that they work. You then can work, using fastboot... ^^
Have fun fastbooting!
LG familyguy59/Beatsleigher
Well, I'm definitly glad, to see I'm actually helping some people, and they're appreciating it!!
I don't remember mentioning it, but if you Need help, PM me. I'll help you via Team Viewer ^^
will this work on Windows 8 Release Preview also ? are those compatible with x64 version of W8?
iconicpaul said:
will this work on Windows 8 Release Preview also ? are those compatible with x64 version of W8?
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Yes, it works on both x86 and x64 bit architectures of Windows 8, works withRC and with pre-release...
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confirmed, it works, thank you...very fast and easy
thejakenixon said:
Hello, I was wondering if this would work for the Motorola drivers. I've been trying to install them so that I can fastboot my Razr, but it quits right after it recognizes that I'm on Windows 8.
I guess I might as well just try it in the meantime!
-Jake
Edit: In the ADB drivers link you posted, there's nothing to install. Just .sys files, .dlls, two .cat files, and some .infs. How exactly does one do anything with these files? Also, your second link for USB drivers was removed by mediafire.
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To your edit. You have extracted the files. This is also called "installing" because you have extracted NEEDED files. Even when you extract a .zip/.rar/.tar/.tar.gz and so on, because you need files out of them, you are installing, but not to the system, but to yourself
Sorry for bringing up an old post, but this method is not working for me on Windows 8 Consumer Preview. When I'm trying to install the ADB drivers, it says the drivers cannot be installed because it's not digitally signed.
UPDATE: I got it to work by disabling the Digital Signature Enforcement on Windows 8. Steps: Restart Windows > Boot loader Menu > Other Options > Advance Options > *Computer Automatically Restarts* > Press F7 to Disable Digital Signature Enforcement
I cant get odin to work on win8 with my epic touch could this be my solution? Ive tried everything
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2phonejones said:
I cant get odin to work on win8 with my epic touch could this be my solution? Ive tried everything
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Yes, it should work with all Android-modification applications. I have never really had problems, with Odin, with any version of Windows, mainly because this is the first thing I do, on any of my Windows machines, but it is always worth a try Tell us, what you have found out!
If necessary, I'll try to find a solution myself
Sent from some GS III in some country, to a server somewhere in the US...
iconicpaul said:
confirmed, it works, thank you...very fast and easy
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No worries, dude That's what I posted this thread for.
familyguy59 said:
Yes, it should work with all Android-modification applications. I have never really had problems, with Odin, with any version of Windows, mainly because this is the first thing I do, on any of my Windows machines, but it is always worth a try Tell us, what you have found out!
If necessary, I'll try to find a solution myself
Sent from some GS III in some country, to a server somewhere in the US...
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thanks bro i didnt think anyone would repsond lol. Trying now, report back with results i want to flash so bad.:good:
Could someone pls. create a video tutorial, nad post this on Youtube, for me?
My laptop broke a couple of days ago, and my PC is only capable of running 98 - Vista, so, running on XP with 1GB of RAM.
I would appreciate this very much!
If you could do so and send me the link, via PM, I would be glad to pay 5€, via PayPal!
2phonejones said:
thanks bro i didnt think anyone would repsond lol. Trying now, report back with results i want to flash so bad.:good:
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Ok, dude! Have fun!
Didn't work for me.
jorgefcbastos said:
Didn't work for me.
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Did you follow the tutorial COMPLETELY, or did you leave stuff out? If you left something out, it's obviously not going to work
You may have to disable device driver signing, I've had quite a few people notify me about this.
But I'll sign the drivers, ASAP, so you won't have this problem
LG familyguy59/Beatsleigher
Edit: I forgot to mention, you need to tell me what exactly didn't work, otherwise I can't really help you
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Where can I find the latest usb drivers for this phone?
My phone isn't listed when I do the adb devices cmd. I assume it's because I'm missing the drivers. I got the usb_driver.zip from the xda wiki for this phone, but there is no installation, just a bunch of random files...and inf and a bunch of dlls.
So if you know, please tell me and don't tell me to use the search function as I've already tried that and Google.
if you have the usb_driver.zip, just unzip it
plug it your device, and open device manager
try to look for device with a ! next to it
the name should be something "ADB" or something similar
right click and choose update driver
you should have the option to select the folder that you unzipped at the begining
fsrkewd said:
if you have the usb_driver.zip, just unzip it
plug it your device, and open device manager
try to look for device with a ! next to it
the name should be something "ADB" or something similar
right click and choose update driver
you should have the option to select the folder that you unzipped at the begining
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Thanks!! Got it
The best place to get the drivers IMHO is via installing the free HTC Sync software from HTC's website. See the "adb for noobs" guide in the dev forum.
Sent from my HTC Desire Z
Install Linux. :3
blackknightavalon said:
Install Linux. :3
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I tried setting up ADB on my Ubuntu 10.04 box at work, and still have not been able to get it working for some reason. Is here a good guide that goes into detail about it? I believe I saw one here at XDA, and even after performing all the detailed steps I still couldn't get it to work.
Can not in any way get windows 7 to acknowledge my defy in bootloader or USB debugging mode no matter what I try.
Have an old WinXP laptop that I do all my rooting needs on, but I would like to know why the heck the motorola drivers for win7 don´t recognize their own product?
Have recently uninstalled the motorola package and reinstalled, letting the computer restart sufficiently in between, but nothing...
It finds the s flash omap3630 by name, but no driver for it. I have even let it search through the entire windows folder for it but nooo... nooooo!
Annoying to say the least.
Plus the fact that it works like clockwork (!) on the XP computer tells me that there´s something terribly wrong with motos win7 coding attempts.
Well... I'll probably try this for another week or so then give up and stab myself in the heart with a used fork!
...unless anyone wants to chip in!
/J
Which "Motorola package" did you install? You need the USB driver.
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/
Works like a charm for me on Win 7.
Problem Solved:
Had to go into the computer's Device Manager, find the OMAP3630 device, choose update driver and then browse the computer manually.
Pointed it to
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Motorola Shared\Mobile Drivers\Drivers\
-Then it installed correctly in bootloader mode.
Whew... I searched the motorola log file to see where they installed to (the drivers) and finally I cracked this nut! (Takes a nut to crack a nut)
There go! If anyone else has problems with this then here's the solution!
/Jimmy
k1337Ultra said:
Which "Motorola package" did you install? You need the USB driver.
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/
Works like a charm for me on Win 7.
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Just did this and worked a charm for me as well...thanks mate!!
k1337Ultra said:
Which "Motorola package" did you install? You need the USB driver.
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/
Works like a charm for me on Win 7.
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Yep, that is one of the packages I tried... That and 4.8.0 and a whole bunch of others (uninstalling inbetween) but no driver for bootloader or USB debugging in windows 7.
I really had to find the install folder myself and point the omap device to that folder manually.
Why the hell do they leave the device drivers in a "Program Files" folder instead of a "Windows" folder (like the ones drivers are supposed to go)?
And why does the installatiion package work flawless for most people but not for some?
Anyway... I don't care at this point. Problem solved.
If you have this problem, search for the driver manually in the folder I specified above. Then it kicks in!
/J
Hi All.
I'm hoping you can help - I've searched far and wide (including the awesome little "Here are the similar threads we found" box that appears when you create a thread) with no luck.
Basically, my phone is as in my signature, but I can't get ADB to work. I go "adb devices" and it doesn't list anything. adb.exe is working, and I can access it and everything via command prompt, but no dice on actually using it.
Not sure if this is helpful or related, but fastboot works 100% perfectly which is what confuses the heck out of me.
I'm running Win7-64Bit. The only abnormality is that Device Manager lists "Android Phone" as an unknown device, yet I can mount USB storage (both in Recovery and when booted into Android) and access the SD-Card.
Trying to locate drivers for "Android Phone" via Windows Update, as well as looking in "C:\android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver" doesn't assist (drivers are in the directory). Not sure if that is related, but it might be.
Thanks for any and all replies
expza said:
Hi All.
I'm hoping you can help - I've searched far and wide (including the awesome little "Here are the similar threads we found" box that appears when you create a thread) with no luck.
Basically, my phone is as in my signature, but I can't get ADB to work. I go "adb devices" and it doesn't list anything. adb.exe is working, and I can access it and everything via command prompt, but no dice on actually using it.
Not sure if this is helpful or related, but fastboot works 100% perfectly which is what confuses the heck out of me.
I'm running Win7-64Bit. The only abnormality is that Device Manager lists "Android Phone" as an unknown device, yet I can mount USB storage (both in Recovery and when booted into Android) and access the SD-Card.
Trying to locate drivers for "Android Phone" via Windows Update, as well as looking in "C:\android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver" doesn't assist (drivers are in the directory). Not sure if that is related, but it might be.
Thanks for any and all replies
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I'm afraid windows 7-64 bit appears to be the problem. I have the same problem but, as yet, not the solution. If you have access to a computer running a different version of windows you should be able to get it to work on there!
Sorry i can't be any more help.
Windows 7 64-bit IS working - I am using it and it works without problems.
Do you have USB Debugging enabled in Settings > Application > Development?
Also: try this driver & instructions: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
davebugyi said:
Windows 7 64-bit IS working - I am using it and it works without problems.
Do you have USB Debugging enabled in Settings > Application > Development?
Also: try this driver & instructions: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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Hi Dave, thanks for the reply.
I definitely have USB Debugging enabled - I also am 100% sure that I have installed the hboot driver before (I did it when rooting for the first time ages ago), and can confirm this by booting into Bootloader and having "Android Bootloader Interface" appear as a known device.
Also, with the HBOOT-Driver, it lists the phone as "Android 1.0" when Unknown, whereas my situation lists "Android Phone" as the unknown device.
davebugyi said:
Windows 7 64-bit IS working - I am using it and it works without problems.
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Same here.
Have you added the environment variable for the sdk directory? It won't work if you don't.
Also.. install .. HTC Sync.. .and try.. and again uninstall only HTC sync.. and leave the HTC driver and try
I've had issues getting it working too and haven't quite figured out the sequence to get it to work. All I remember is the Android SDK drivers don't work, you need to use the HTC ones. You don't need to uninstall HTC Sync (try re-installing it though). You might then need to run update drivers on the unknown device for it to find them.
I can confirm that it does work with HTC Sync still installed. I sometimes find ADB devices takes a few attempts or restarting ADB to actually work.
vnvman said:
Have you added the environment variable for the sdk directory? It won't work if you don't.
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Hi vnvman.
Thanks for the reply - I have indeed, my "PATH" value is as below:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\XviD MPEG-4 Video Codec 1.2.2 64-BIT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Teleca Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
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However, even if I cd in CMD to the platform-tools folder and run adb from there, no luck. ADB itself works perfectly, but it just doesn't recognize my phone.
bobsie41 said:
I'm afraid windows 7-64 bit appears to be the problem. I have the same problem but, as yet, not the solution. If you have access to a computer running a different version of windows you should be able to get it to work on there!
Sorry i can't be any more help.
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Like some others users posted here, win 7 x64 is working for me without any problems.
expza said:
Hi All.
I'm hoping you can help - I've searched far and wide (including the awesome little "Here are the similar threads we found" box that appears when you create a thread) with no luck.
Basically, my phone is as in my signature, but I can't get ADB to work. I go "adb devices" and it doesn't list anything. adb.exe is working, and I can access it and everything via command prompt, but no dice on actually using it.
Not sure if this is helpful or related, but fastboot works 100% perfectly which is what confuses the heck out of me.
I'm running Win7-64Bit. The only abnormality is that Device Manager lists "Android Phone" as an unknown device, yet I can mount USB storage (both in Recovery and when booted into Android) and access the SD-Card.
Trying to locate drivers for "Android Phone" via Windows Update, as well as looking in "C:\android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver" doesn't assist (drivers are in the directory). Not sure if that is related, but it might be.
Thanks for any and all replies
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Try to reinstall android sdk completely following this guide:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK
Hi MatDrOiD.
Thanks for the reply, I'll give that a shot as well as try jhonybravo4u and Antcodd's ideas.
Appreciate all input. If I get it working, I'll be sure to update this post so that anyone else who might have this problem has a solution
davebugyi said:
Windows 7 64-bit IS working - I am using it and it works without problems.
Do you have USB Debugging enabled in Settings > Application > Development?
Also: try this driver & instructions: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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What i meant is that windows 7 seems 64bit seems to cause more problems than any other windows os. I had a windows 7 64bit computer and after days of pratting about i managed to get it working now, further down the road, and a bit more knowledgable(i think!) i have a new more powerful windows 7 64bit machine and i can't for the life of me get it working.
I know run adb from my wifes vista laptop and had no trouble whatsoever in setting this up.
If u tried "everything", u better don't ask for more ;-p
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It worked for me last time, but then I formatted my drive, and now can't get it to work for the love of god. Actually I can, but I have to change the driver every time Android phone pops up in the device manager using have disk.
So after going through this headache of not being able to fastboot either of my Nexus devices (GNex and N7) I have found the solution to my problems and I am sharing it with you guys.
Windows 8 forces drivers to be digitally signed and checks that signature with it's known driver signatures at home. This is a problem if you are trying to install and use something like fastboot/adb which Redmond may not have drivers for.
I was personally trying to install this as I did before on Windows 7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379875 and in order to install this we need to "Disable driver signature enforcement"
Steps to be taken:
1.) Bring up Charms by mousing over to the right of the screen
2.) Go to Settings
3.) Change PC Settings
4.) General
5.) Scroll down to Advanced Startup > Restart Now
6.) Trouble shoot
7.) Advanced options
8.) Windows startup options
9.) Restart
10.) Choose F7 (I believe) or click on "Disable driver signature enforcement"
11.) Reboot
Install the relevant driver (In my case Universal driver) under Device Management
This allowed me to install the Universal driver for both my Nexus devices. Anyway, hope it helps ya'll.
(Mods if posted before feel free to delete/merge/whatever.)
Or avoid all that by installing drivers from here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I515MSAVZW#
Then you can install the N7 ones as well.
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Nexus+7&p=28&s=2
That way you don't have to deal with a Test Mode watermark and have the latest drivers.
Already posted in the "101" sticky over a week ago.
efrant said:
Already posted in the "101" sticky over a week ago.
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efrant, if you use the official drivers and not ones that someone patched together, there is no need for that step.
adrynalyne said:
efrant, if you use the official drivers and not ones that someone patched together, there is no need for that step.
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Yup, if you use the Verizon_Wireless_I515_Galaxy_Nexus_USB_Driver_v1.4.6.0.exe from Samsung's website, I believe it is signed, so it probably would work.
The issue was that some users (myself included), had problems installing the driver using Samsung's .exe package. 1wayjonny's repack worked flawlessly, and doesn't install anything else...
I am able to isntall just fine BUT i cannot get the drivers to work and its ****ing iritating. I just get something like This unit cannot start (error 10), A request for the USB device descriptor failed.
Nburnes said:
So after going through this headache of not being able to fastboot either of my Nexus devices (GNex and N7) I have found the solution to my problems and I am sharing it with you guys.
Windows 8 forces drivers to be digitally signed and checks that signature with it's known driver signatures at home. This is a problem if you are trying to install and use something like fastboot/adb which Redmond may not have drivers for.
I was personally trying to install this as I did before on Windows 7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379875 and in order to install this we need to "Disable driver signature enforcement"
Steps to be taken:
1.) Bring up Charms by mousing over to the right of the screen
2.) Go to Settings
3.) Change PC Settings
4.) General
5.) Scroll down to Advanced Startup > Restart Now
6.) Trouble shoot
7.) Advanced options
8.) Windows startup options
9.) Restart
10.) Choose F7 (I believe) or click on "Disable driver signature enforcement"
11.) Reboot
Install the relevant driver (In my case Universal driver) under Device Management
This allowed me to install the Universal driver for both my Nexus devices. Anyway, hope it helps ya'll.
(Mods if posted before feel free to delete/merge/whatever.)
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Thanks,, Solved the problem...
thanks!!!
I tried this method and another method. I still can't get the drivers to work correctly. I installed the drivers and now when i connect my phone it is now coming up on device manager as "Andriod bootloader interface" I have a sony xperia S and after about 5 seconds it reboots. Any thoughts?
when i upgraded to windows 8, all i did was plug my phone in, go into device manager and find my phone and uninstall drivers since it wouldn't let me use fastboot even though it recognized my phone. i then installed pdanet and let it install the drivers and rebooted and it worked great.
t1.8matt said:
when i upgraded to windows 8, all i did was plug my phone in, go into device manager and find my phone and uninstall drivers since it wouldn't let me use fastboot even though it recognized my phone. i then installed pdanet and let it install the drivers and rebooted and it worked great.
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I looked up pdanet and its a program to tether my phone. Why would that help with fastboot?
it installs the correct drivers needed to use fastboot for your phone. you can just uninstall the app when it's done, i kept it because sometimes i use the cable to tether my phone to my laptop.
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i'm just telling how i did it, it's up to you how you do it.
t1.8matt said:
when i upgraded to windows 8, all i did was plug my phone in, go into device manager and find my phone and uninstall drivers since it wouldn't let me use fastboot even though it recognized my phone. i then installed pdanet and let it install the drivers and rebooted and it worked great.
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I did what you said it installed the drivers but when i connect my phone in fastboot its still doing the same thing, rebooting after 5 seconds. On device manager the phone comes up as "boot S1 download" I will try installing the fastboot drivers again and report back
did you uninstall any drivers for your phone first?
I'm having an absolute mare with Windows 8, fastboot drivers won't install (with the Samsung package or the naked drivers - just says 'no drivers found') and now the SDK won't install as it doesn't think I've got the Java SDK on my computer (which I have). This is a ballache!
Windows 7 was so much easier...
EDIT: SDK seems to be done following this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1758817
I did do it but think I set the path wrong so need to check it later on!
Nburnes said:
So after going through this headache of not being able to fastboot either of my Nexus devices (GNex and N7) I have found the solution to my problems and I am sharing it with you guys.
Windows 8 forces drivers to be digitally signed and checks that signature with it's known driver signatures at home. This is a problem if you are trying to install and use something like fastboot/adb which Redmond may not have drivers for.
I was personally trying to install this as I did before on Windows 7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379875 and in order to install this we need to "Disable driver signature enforcement"
Steps to be taken:
1.) Bring up Charms by mousing over to the right of the screen
2.) Go to Settings
3.) Change PC Settings
4.) General
5.) Scroll down to Advanced Startup > Restart Now
6.) Trouble shoot
7.) Advanced options
8.) Windows startup options
9.) Restart
10.) Choose F7 (I believe) or click on "Disable driver signature enforcement"
11.) Reboot
Install the relevant driver (In my case Universal driver) under Device Management
This allowed me to install the Universal driver for both my Nexus devices. Anyway, hope it helps ya'll.
(Mods if posted before feel free to delete/merge/whatever.)
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You seriously saved the day. Awesome! Gave thanks!
Can anyone help me?
I'm running windows 8 64-bit, and I have an HTC One from VZW.
The phone is recognized via ADB, but whenever I get into the bootloader, it tells me the device isnt recognized and I can't do any fastboot commands with it. I was able to root and use fastboot on my N7 2013 from the same PC, so this is frustrating because I want to send my One in to sonic but if I can't DO anything when I s-off there's no point in sending it it.
If anyone can help I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
PS - I've only tried this PC, no others. It may work on my macbook but thats away for repair.
crazyg0od33 said:
Can anyone help me?
I'm running windows 8 64-bit, and I have an HTC One from VZW.
The phone is recognized via ADB, but whenever I get into the bootloader, it tells me the device isnt recognized and I can't do any fastboot commands with it. I was able to root and use fastboot on my N7 2013 from the same PC, so this is frustrating because I want to send my One in to sonic but if I can't DO anything when I s-off there's no point in sending it it.
If anyone can help I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
PS - I've only tried this PC, no others. It may work on my macbook but thats away for repair.
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I would just install HTC Sync, sounds like it's a driver issue and HTC Sync will provide those needed new drivers for HTC.
andybones said:
I would just install HTC Sync, sounds like it's a driver issue and HTC Sync will provide those needed new drivers for HTC.
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So just install and plug my phone in and the drivers will be installed?
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EDIT - that didnt do anything
Looks like I need to try something else...
crazyg0od33 said:
EDIT - that didnt do anything
Looks like I need to try something else...
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sorry, thought I read it installed all the new drivers, you could try using Google to find the HTC current drivers, I can give you the numbers I have on mine my cpu is win 7 64bit not sure if it'll help but when in "uninstall or change a program" my HTC BMP USB Driver driver # is 1.0.5375
and my HTC Driver Installer driver # is 4.0.1.001
can't say it this helps at all but this is the CPU I used that I fixed the issue with
Best of luck!
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sorry, thought I read it installed all the new drivers, you could try using Google to find the HTC current drivers, I can give you the numbers I have on mine my cpu is win 7 64bit not sure if it'll help but when in "uninstall or change a program" my HTC BMP USB Driver driver # is 1.0.5375
and my HTC Driver Installer driver # is 4.0.1.001
can't say it this helps at all but this is the CPU I used that I fixed the issue with
Best of luck!
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My BMP is the same but my HTC Driver Installer is 4.0.3.001
Maybe I can find that other one and it will work for me
Here is a previous post I made to another guy having the same problem. Not sure if this will help but this is what I did.
I had this problem too running windows 8 x64. I think my problem was that I installed the sdk first with google's USB driver and not HTC's driver. What I did to make it work is switch computers over to my wifes which at the time I hadn't installed anything on yet. I went to htcdev.com and went to the part of the site where it is step-by-step on how to unlock the bootloader. I installed the Java Runtime Environment on the link provided on the upper right side of the site, then I installed the HTC sync manager on the link provided as well. I had my phone connected to my computer usb 2.0 (not usb 3.0) the whole time and with USB debugging enabled (not in fastboot mode, but with phone normally on). After that I took the three files from the sdk that htc wants you to place in a separate folder and put them in c:\Android. I did not install anything from sdk this go around.. i just took the three files out and put them in a separate folder as instructed by htc. After that I opened cmd and directed it to the folder I placed the files in (cd c:\Android) and ran command "adb reboot bootlader" Once I did that and hit fastboot the "My HTC" in device manager no longer had an exclamation point. So in summary, I couldn't reverse the drivers from my computer that I installed first so I resorted to using my wife's computer that didn't have anything installed yet. I installed JRE, then HTC sync software, and just used the 3 files HTC wants from sdk and placed them into a separate folder. I didn't install anything from sdk. It all worked after that. I don't have instructions on how to reverse the usb drivers you have already installed because I couldn't figure it out... in fact, I formatted windows on my pc and am reinstalling. Hope this helps.
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eL_777 said:
Here is a previous post I made to another guy having the same problem. Not sure if this will help but this is what I did.
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Yeah I'm going to try it out on my roommates laptop that only has samsung drivers and the ADB installed and see what happens. Can't reformat the PC cause it's my School desktop and I've got work on there.
Once my macbook pro comes back from repairs I'll use that though, since I've never had issues running adb commands on my mac
Found a soultion
After I tried almost everything I tried to improvise and try something totally different and it worked!
First uninstall the driver in the Device Manger and then press to update it >> then press Browse my Computer for driver Software >> then press on Let me pick from list.... >> in the list choose the Portable Devices >> choose MPT USB Drive !
And It works...
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gald said:
After I tried almost everything I tried to improvise and try something totally different and it worked!
First uninstall the driver in the Device Manger and then press to update it >> then press Browse my Computer for driver Software >> then press on Let me pick from list.... >> in the list choose the Portable Devices >> choose MPT USB Drive !
And It works...
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MPT USB Drive isnt one of my options
However I've found that it's microsofts USB3 drivers, which override the Intel ones.
I just got my macbook back from repairs and it has USB3 ports as well so I was worried it wouldnt work, but its working fine from there
I'm having this same problem and nothing I do is working. I even tried from another computer but had no luck. adb finds the phone fine but fastboot just won't work. This is keeping me from getting S-Off. Someone please help.
Edit: Nevermind I think the issue is that I'm using Windows 8.1
I'm having the same problem I'm windows 8 64bit...
I have a nagging feeling that it's pda net.. I need to look into it today sometime
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