Howdy everyone!
Without further ado, I humbly present my gift to the community (and the #nookcolor irc channel )
This collection of scripts will automagically install:
NookColor USB ADB Drivers
The necessary adb_usb.ini file for adb to recognize the NookColor
A stripped-down copy of the Android SDK, with just the requirements for adb.exe
adb.exe is added to your %PATH% variable.
Tested on Windows 7 32/64, Windows Vista 32, Windows XP SP2/SP3
Now I realize not everyone wants the do-all end-all script, so there's two versions: one that contains the drivers AND a cut down Android SDK, or the version that only installs the ADB driver and the proper adb_usb.ini file.
Instructions for use with combo pack (please read!):
Download the combo pack
With your NookColor unplugged from your PC, run the nookcolor-easyADB.exe file and allow it to extract to c:\
Follow the on-screen instructions and wait until you see "All done!"
Plug in your NookColor, tell Windows not to use Windows Update, and let it search your computer for the proper drivers.
Once the package has finished installing, and the drivers are installed, you can just open a command prompt window and type:
Code:
adb devices
If you see your device's serial number listed, you're good to go!
Instructions for the driver-only pack:
Download the driver-only pack
Extract it somewhere on your PC (may I recommend c:\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver ?)
Run install.exe in the extracted folder and follow the onscreen prompts.
For those of you that would like, the source of the driver installer is contained in both downloads as install.au3. Driver installation is accomplished using dpinst.exe from the Windows Driver Development Kit.
Also, to avoid any confusion, I am also known as IOMonster on IRC.
Okay now for the good stuff...
DOWNLOADS:
Combo Pack (all in one!): http://legacyschool.us.to/nookdev/nookcolor-easyADB.exe
Driver only pack: http://legacyschool.us.to/nookdev/nook-usb-installer.rar
Update: 0.2 version has been released. Should fix CPU architecture errors when installing. I have also changed the download protection on my server, you should be able to use download managers now.. just keep it to a sane number of concurrent downloads by IP.
Troubleshooting:
Make sure you're rooted
Sounds dumb, but trust me, it's happened.
Make sure you haven't used ADBWireless and forgotten to disable it
Guilty here. I spent a good half hour trying to figure out why it didn't work on one of my Nooks until I realized that I had left ADBWireless on.
Check device manager for a "Nook" device, you may just have to do an "update driver" on it
Just like it says, check for any devices labeled "Nook" or "USB Composite Device" with a VID of 2080
Uninstall ALL Nook-related devices in device manager
Check device manager for any USB devices (usually USB Composite Device or USB Mass Storage) with a VID of 2080 and PID of 0002, uninstall 'em and unplug/replug your Nook.
Please note that this is a VERY initial build. It may not work for you under some circumstances, but on the few machines I've tried it on, it seemed to work for me. If you encounter any weird bugs, please let me know- I'd love to know so I can fix it.
(As a side note, I really need to standardize my nomenclature for my driver pack..)
excellent work, thank you
This is awesome! Thanks!
nice job...I had helped test it in the irc channel for ya. I def think this will be great for the community now we just need something to root and and superuser. Anyway good job
First post. Wanted to let you know it worked on my windows7 x64 machine perfectly fine. so much easier than the long way.
I'm using Windows 7 32bit. I unzipped the driver pack, clicked install.exe, then it said something about not having a correct version of windows and to get windows 7 x86 or x64, then a window popped up saying it successfully installed. Assuming that it didn't and using my extreme deduction skills, I opened DPInst.exe and it did it's thing and installed fine. Don't know what happened with install.exe but it works now. Thanks!
Strange... do you remember the exact text of the error?
My install.exe runs DPInst.exe with the /q (quiet) switch, so it shouldn't have even given an error (even if there was a legit error message thrown by DPInst.exe).
Do you think you had install.exe set for compatibility mode? (check the properties for install.exe and possibly DPInst.exe)
Thanks for the feedback! I sure hope this alleviates most of the headaches associated with installing ADB on Windows.
The links are dead, can someone post them somewhere else?
Fault when I install but it installs fine.
It installed fine even though I got this message.
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Ignore me - I missed uninstalling the USB device...
Worked perfectly THANK YOU!
Rylynmila said:
It installed fine even though I got this message.
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Are you by chance running Windows 7 32-bit?
And as for the links being dead, try disabling your download manager. I see people's download managers trying to do something like 20 concurrent downloads, and my server disallows that.
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It installed fine even though I got this message.
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Hi, I did encounter this similar error as Rylynmila.
BTW, I am running WinXP SP2.
Hm, that's strange.. this worked on my XP SP2 machine, I wonder if it's possible that some machines report the architecture differently..
I'll make a quick script that should let me figure this out easier. It's probably just an error in my script's logic for deciding which version to use.
EDIT: Newly released version has been uploaded. This should fix the CPU architecture problems.
Ah, well, just found the culprit! My AutoIT script checks the architecture of the CPU itself, not the OS you're running.
On the Windows XP machine I tried it on, the CPU itself is only a 32-bit cpu (Athlon XP 3200+), therefore it reported it right.
I should have used @OSArch rather than @CPUArch in AutoIT. Oops.
I'll make an updated version and release it later today.
cant seem to get this working on my 64 bit vista machine.
installed fine, but adb devices shows nothing
DrewLGT said:
cant seem to get this working on my 64 bit vista machine.
installed fine, but adb devices shows nothing
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When the installer came up, did it give you any errors? Check the device manager- you should have an entry for Android Phone -> Android Composite ADB Device.
If you do have that entry, try running
Code:
adb kill-server
then
adb devices
and see what you get.
thecubed said:
When the installer came up, did it give you any errors? Check the device manager- you should have an entry for Android Phone -> Android Composite ADB Device.
If you do have that entry, try running
Code:
adb kill-server
then
adb devices
and see what you get.
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my wife is using the NC right now, so i'll give that a try when shes done.
i have another question though. i already had adb installed for my phone, now i have it twice. can i combine the two?
If you just want the ADB driver, just download the driver only pack.
If you had adb installed already, this will overwrite it if it's installed to c:\android-sdk-windows.
no luck with easy adb
I have xp and followed the directions given in the first post in this thread for the combo pack. I now have a lot of files in c:\android-sdk-windows\ but when I follow these directions (from Nook Devs) I do not get the proper output...
"Start > Run > cmd > Enter
* cd\
* cd android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
* adb kill-server
* adb devices
If you get output that looks like the following you have succeeded:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
[YOUR NOOKCOLOR SN] device"
For my output, I get the first three lines but not the
[YOUR NOOKCOLOR SN] device
I looked in Device manager and do not see anything about Android in there. I am obviously an android noob - can anyone help me? Thanks
Can't wait to try this. Thanks!
I consider myself pretty proficient with electronics and computers but I could never get ADB working on my Win7 64 PC no matter which set of instructions I followed. The benefit of this is that I've learned how to use Root Explorer to accomplish a lot of things.
EDIT: This worked perfectly on my PC, although I wasn't prompted to install any drivers. Guessing I had already done so previously trying to get this to work. Thanks much!!
Related
Hey, I was wondering if anyone had a link to download the HTC Bootloader drivers. It fails when I try and load "something" in Windows.
Thanks.
p.s: This will lead to good things...
The only drivers that I am aware of are the ones that are in the Android SDK Toolbox and in the HTC Sync program. Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as I know, they aren't specific drivers ie "bootloader" drivers. They are just drivers to get your comp to recognize the phone when its attached.
I'm assuming this is something you're expirementing with to get root via the adb in recovery, if so, good luck.
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Hi crax0r,
The folks at Android (aka Google) provide these instructions for installing the drivers. It involves installing their SDK first, and installing Java for that, and an IDE called eclipse.... UGH.
The HTC "Sync" Application that hoovnick is referring to can be found here.
It has been so long ago that I installed drivers (on a WinXp x32 laptop) that I can't remember what order I did things in, whether or not the driver used by HTC sync is sufficient for fastboot but not adb (or vice versa), whether I did the SDK install first, etc etc etc. As a matter of fact, it's been so long ago that the computer that I did it on is now dead, and here I am using a Linux machine.
For all I know, the order you do things in affects the outcome - it sure seems like a lot of folks with Windows 7 complained about driver troubles.
One thing is for sure, though - setting up the entire Android SDK (+ Java + Eclipse + ...) in order to install a device driver has to be the worlds most roundabout way of doing a driver install.
If you are considering using the "fastboot" method to install Amon_RA's recovery boot, you might try just installing HTC Sync first, and see if that is sufficient for getting fastboot talking to the phone. That install is way, way easier than setting up the SDK to get a driver installed.
The other thing which is an option, if you are a little bit Linux-savvy, is to boot one of those "Live CDs" (Ubuntu, SuSe, etc) on your PC - there are no drivers to install in the case of Linux, you just need to be running as "root" on the Live (linux) CD to get fastboot to talk to the phone. The downloads (fastboot for Linux and the Amon_RA recovery image) are small, and they will both easily fit in the /tmp folder of the Linux (Live CD) boot on the PC.
Once you have Amon_RA on the phone, you won't need the SDK any longer, unless you want to start doing dev-like things; that's why a one-time boot into Linux would also work.
bftb0
I <3 Ubuntu. It's amazing!
bftb0, I am trying to install only the driver from the SDK tools, but when I follow the instructions for a fresh install, and point windows to the folder with the driver in it, windows says it can't find a driver there. What am I doing wrong here?
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It's OK. I'm running Ubuntu now.
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Excellent. Just remember to always run fastboot as root, and if using adb, then the first time after you boot (the PC), run adb as root.
The reason is that by default, Ubuntu won't let an unprivileged user access the USB.
Since I have adb and fastboot in my Ubuntu (regular user) PATH, I usually just do a
$ sudo `which adb` blah-blah-blah
or
$ sudo `which fastboot` blah-blah-blah
bftb0
hoovnick said:
bftb0, I am trying to install only the driver from the SDK tools, but when I follow the instructions for a fresh install, and point windows to the folder with the driver in it, windows says it can't find a driver there. What am I doing wrong here?
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I don't know - I've already forgotten everything I did with the driver install in Windows, and I don't currently have a working Windows machine. Sorry I can't be of more help. As I said, the troubles people have been having seem to depend on which version of Windows (Xp/Vista/7), whether its x32 or x64, phase of the moon, etc. Seems like people run into snags on Win7 or x64 versions of Windows more than Xp-32, but I don't know why that is.
Keep plugging away at it. If you are looking for resources to help resolve the problem, I would go look at docs relating to Windows driver install troubleshooting - the driver install problem seems to be a Windows issue, not really anything to do with the SDK.
bftb0
hoovnick said:
bftb0, I am trying to install only the driver from the SDK tools, but when I follow the instructions for a fresh install, and point windows to the folder with the driver in it, windows says it can't find a driver there. What am I doing wrong here?
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Sounds like what happened to me. i had to hit the icon at the top of my phone that showed the usb cable.. i had to switch charge only to disk drive "mount as disk drive"... folder popped right up on my windows machine asking how i wanted to open the file
I have the SDK running and my phone being recognized on my computer with Vista but I have another one running XP 32 bit and windows will NOT recognize the .inf? Any ideas? I deleted all previous HTC drivers and tried that approach but nothing seems to be working.
Hi,
I recently bought my first Android phone, an HTC Hero, from a helpful eBayer here in the UK. When I got the phone, it had already been rooted and had a custom ROM, v4 RC1 of EzHero, installed.
I want to update this custom ROM to v5.1, because there are some problems with the current version that's installed. (For example, the phone doesn't ring because there are no ringtones installed! Also, the camera doesn't work, and the phone crashed and rebooted whilst I was in the middle of a call last night.)
So, after some reading around on these forums, I tried following the instructions on this thread: http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/709220/. The basic first step is to download the SDK from Google and instruct it to download the USB driver. So far so good. (I am using Windows 7 BTW.)
However, I have been unable to get the USB driver installed correctly, such that when I run the command:
Code:
adb devices
I get nothing back. (Not strictly true -- the first time I ran it it said it was starting a daemon, then said something like "devices list", but listed no devices. The second time I ran it, it didn't mention the daemon, but still didn't list my device.)
When I connect the phone to my computer (via USB, and with USB debugging enabled), I basically get a balloon at the bottom right of the screen to say that it is installing drivers, and then it says it had some problems. It lists out several devices, each with a green tick or a red cross against them. Invariably, one of the devices listed is called simply "ADB", and it always has a red cross against it. I am not specifically prompted to point the system towards any drivers for the device.
If I go into Device Manager, I currently see, under "Other devices", three devices:
- ADB
- Multimedia Controller
- Multimedia Video Controller.
The icon for each of these has a little yellow exclamation mark. If I double-click on ADB, I am given the chance to Update driver. Doing this gives me two options, and I choose "Browse my computer for driver software". This prompts me to "search for driver in this location" and I choose "C:\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver". (I have also tried pointing it to the subfolder "i386", but this gives the same result. I am on a 32-bit Intel system.) There is also a checkbox "Include subfolders", again I have tried both options, and both lead to the same outcome.
I then click Next and receive this error message:
Windows was unable to install your ADB
Windows could not find driver software for your device.
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If, instead of clicking Next, I click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" and then select "Mobile devices" and click Next, I am presented with a blank list and a button reading "Have Disk". Clicking on this lets me browse, this time, for an .inf file. But selecting the android_winusb.inf file gives the following error message:
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Select Device
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The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a
driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for 32-bit systems.
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OK
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This is about as far as I have got! I have tried experimenting with a couple of things, but with ultimately the same result:
Running (as administrator) USBDEview and uninstalling anything that starts with HTC, or ADB, or Android, or USB Mass Storage device
Editing the .inf file using the modifications described below:
The first modification I tried is described in comment 44 of issue 1039 on the Android Google Code forum (link removed because I don't have permission to post external links!):
Code:
;HTC Hero
%USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0FFE.DeviceDescRelease%=androidusb.Dev, USB\Vid_0bb4&Pid_0ffe&Rev_0100
You can find / adapt those description with your material manager (look in advanced tabs)
To have a nice name of device, add at the end of file something like
USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0FFE.DeviceDescRelease="HTC Hero rev 0100"
The second modification I tried is described in comment 99:
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[Google.NTx86]
; HTC Hero
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9A
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9A&MI_01
%SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9A
And the third is described in post 2 of a recent Android Developers Google
Groups thread entitled "cannot install USB drivers for HTC Slide, Android 2.1, Windows Vista 32 bit" (link removed because I am not allowed to post external links!). For this one, I consulted the information displayed when I go into Device Manager > ADB > Properties > Details > Hardware Ids, so the actual lines I added to the .inf file are as follows:
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;HTC Hero 2.1
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C98&REV_0100&MI_01
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C98&MI_01
I also tried a slight twist on this:
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;HTC Hero 2.1
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C98
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C98&MI_01
since all the other devices in the .inf file didn't include the &REV_0100&MI_01 parameters for the %SingleAdbInterface% line.
Finally, I also tried various times to uninstall devices from Device Manager, e.g. ADB, the two multimedia controllers with exclamation marks against them, and USB Mass Storage Device (which does indeed have three lines on the Properties > Details > Compatible Ids screen, as advised by a blog post I found on the Android Simplicity blog entitled "How-To #0: How to Install Usb Driver on Your Computer" (link removed because I do not have permission to post external links!).)
I really can't think of much more to try, so would really appreciate any pointers, however small, from the experts!
Another option might be to give up on Windows and try doing the whole process under Ubuntu Linux, which I have installed under dual-boot. However, the instructions for updating ROMs/making backups/recovery/etc. appeared to rely on some Windows executables so I figured that could be a risky approach (especially given I know very little about how to work Linux...!).
Thanks for reading
Michael
Don't need them. Get the latest HTC Sync and install the My HTC driver and adb will work.
Thanks for such a quick reply btdag!
Really? That would certainly make things a lot easier, however dreamersipaq does make a point of reinforcing how important it is not to have HTC Sync installed in his instructions:
At this point, I'm going to ask that you uninstall HTC Sync. Also, please uninstall HTC Driver... (whatever it's called) Nobody likes them (really though, it will mess up a lot of things. You can install them later when all this is done)
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HTC Sync does not like to play nice with the reflash tool
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Ok, at this point, I'm going to ASSUME that you don't have HTC SYNC installed (or uninstalled it)
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Does this not matter after all?
To get adb working I just installed the latest HTC Sync and drivers and then added ;C:\Path\To\SDK\Tools to my Windows Environment Variables as described in this guide:
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1735&sid=d1d70142a6264965b8c370bf1afa64d0
no problems with adb since
As an alternative, if you install "droid explorer" it will automatically download and install the right drivers for you. Plus its a great app. Google it!
Thanks for all the help.
I'm pleased to say I've now managed to install the update, and my phone is now ringing!
In the end I worked out that I did not in fact need ADB at all. Since the phone had already been rooted and had a custom ROM installed, it dawned on me that it must already have the requisite recovery image installed. And indeed it did. So all I had to do was install Titanium Backup, back up my apps and settings, also take a nandroid backup just to be on the safe side, and then factory reset/wipe and install the update. (And then restore apps and settings using Titanium Backup.) Problem solved!
As an aside, I think there is certainly scope for more 'newbie' documentation. (Or would this be on the Wiki, currently down?) I'm certainly very grateful to those who have taken the trouble to set out what they have learnt already, for the benefit of others. For example though, even after spending several hours searching and reading up all the newbie guides I could find, I still had to read between the lines quite a lot to work out what a 'radio' was, what purpose the recovery image serves, how ADB fits into the whole picture, why there are multiple custom ROMs available for the same version of Android and how to choose one, etc. Perhaps one day I will be advanced enough to attempt that myself!
CyberWalrus said:
As an alternative, if you install "droid explorer" it will automatically download and install the right drivers for you. Plus its a great app. Google it!
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Thank you very much! I was reading this trying to get my G1 to work and it did. Windows 7 x64 won't allow me to install the android_winusb.inf driver but droid explorer did.
Phone nor computer will recognize adb/usb
First of all, my is rooted but somehow the superuser.apk file is missing. When trying to activate wifi tethering it asks if the device is rooted. The answer is, yes! I can boot into recovery mode but I do not have a way to get the superuser to open without adb. Can anyone help me?
Unable to Instal ADB Drivers
I'm having similar issues trying to root my MyTouch 4G. I've been following steps on the cyanogen wiki website for this device, which refers you to their site's instructions for setting up SDK & ADB drivers.
I've downloaded the SDK zip file, extracted to the C drive and made sure file paths are all the same as per the instructions. When following the instructions under Windows, I've added to variable values ;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools (and double checked these folders on C drive to be sure they're accurate).
When trying to manually update device drivers for ADB, I select the file android_winusb.inf and get error: "The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems."
My device has USB debugging enabled and is in mass storage mode (I've read on other forums that this can fix).
Not really sure what else to try? Any way I can change the .inf file to make Windows recognize it? Running Windows Vista 64.
A tutorial for how to get ADB and DroidExplorer up and running for your Rhodium in Windows Vista.
All this information exists in bits and pieces of posts throughout this (and other) forums, though I felt it would be helpful to compile it in one place.
If you’re running a different version of windows, the differences should generally be fairly minor. Please let me know if there’s any mistakes or modifications I should make here.
ADB refers to the Android Debug Bridge, a tool put out by google, which lets you access your android device via the USB connection for the purposes of debugging it. One particularly useful component is the ability to access your phone from your PC via a terminal window (similar to a command prompt). While not necessarily intended for this purpose, it may be used for a rudimentary level of USB access to transfer files to and from your device. It will NOT let you have any of the advanced functions that a native driver would.
Optional First Step: Download ADB from Google:
You may choose to install the SDK yourself, but this will be incorporated in your installation of DroidExplorer in step 4 if you don't already have the SDK installed.
ADB is part of the Android SDK (Software Development Kit), which you can download from:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.htmlInstall the most recent version for windows. For simplicity sake, I suggest you extract/install it to the root, so for example, to
C:\android-sdk-windows\
Optional:
To make your life easier, it’s a good idea to add the folder containing adb to your system environment path, so you can use adb from anywhere on your drive.
To do this, right click on My Computer, click ‘Advanced System Settings’, and then click on ‘Environment Variables’.
Choose one of the PATH variables (either for your user, or the system wide one), and add the path containing the adb.exe file. For example, if you extracted the sdk to the root of C drive as I had suggested, the path would be:
[blah blah, preceding path values] ;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\
Make sure you remember to have a semicolon preceding the path you’re adding, so windows knows it is separate from the previous entry.
Second Step: Remove previous drivers:
If you have tried to connect your phone (in android mode) to your PC, you may need to go to the device manager and remove the incorrectly-installed drivers.
Third Step: Install Drivers:
The key obstacle here is that there is no driver made by HTC (or others) specifically to connect the Rhodium in Android mode to a PC. While there may eventually one day be such a driver, we need to resort to a work-around.
Drivers Option #1:
A product called PDANet installs software on your android phone and your windows PC that then functions as a PC and device driver set. (The application has other intended uses, as you can read on their website, but these are secondary to our purpose).
Download and install the latest version of PDANet, on both your android Rhodium (via marketplace) and your PC (via the below link):
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php
You will then need to follow the prompts to connect your phone, select the manufacturer (HTC), and the HTX XDA Driver will be installed. Windows security may require you to approve the installation, as the driver is unsigned. After installing, you will need to restart your computer before the drivers will work.
As part of the install, you will be asked to connect your RHOD phone to your computer via the USB cable. The new hardware wizard should pop up, and you should choose to install the driver automatically (given that you’ve previously placed the driver onto your system with PDANet – if you’ve managed to locate the specific driver file as I’ve heard rumors of, then browse to that file).
USB Debugging needs to be enabled on your device, which it is in the stock builds provided here (Settings->Applications->Development->USB debugging).
Drivers Option #2:
Install the HTC Sync Drivers - this has been described for Windows 7, although there are mixed reports as to the success. Information is in the below links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12705726&postcount=7
http://www.mydigitallife.info/workaround-for-htc-hero-sync-problem-in-windows-7/
Optional:
To check that your phone is working, type ‘adb devices’ into your command prompt. If you see your device, you’re good to go. (if you didn’t set the environment path to include the location of adb.exe, you’ll have to either cd to the directory first, or type
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\adb devices(if you installed the sdk elsewhere, then modify the expression appropriately
What can you do now? To see a list of commands you can use, simply type adb from the command prompt.
To use adb to send a file ‘picture.jpg’ to your sd card, in your command prompt, go to the location of the picture, and then type :
adb push picture.jpg /sdcard/to see the contents of /sdcard , type:
adb shell ls /sdcard/Read more about ADB here: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
And for more details on setting up and using ADB, see this (the source for this workaround):
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
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Fourth Step: Install Droid Explorer
Now that this is working, you may appreciate an application called DroidExplorer, which gives you a GUI that lets you navigate your device in a manner similar to windows explorer. From here, you can copy, move and delete files, as well as install and uninstall applications.
Download and install DroidExplorer from here:
http://de.codeplex.com/
Startup DroidExplorer, and you’re finished. Do read up on ADB and DroidExplorer on their respective pages so that you know both what you can do as well as what you might inadvertently break by blindly playing with options.
As has been said frequently on this website, if you want safe, stick to the default ‘stable’ XDAndroid install for the Rhodium, and keep your windows mobile running as a backup. If you want more, know that you’ll have lots of learning to do, and potentially may loose all the data on your phone and need to spend hours learning and fixing it. You may even brick your phone (make it unusable and unsalvageable – make it about as valuable as a brick).
Helpful Links:
The wiki for ADB on XDAndroid:
http://xdandroid.com/wiki/FAQ#What_is_ADB_.2F_How-To_ADB
Original xda thread on getting USB to work on the rhodium:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849718
If you have any additional comments/changes to suggest, please let me know, and I’ll modify this initial post.
Heh, I always meant to turn that "original XDA thread" into an ADB tutorial for Windows users... but I just never got around to it.
Thanks for putting this together - do you mind if I reference it in the FAQ?
Just skimmed over the how-to - perhaps you should mention that in lieu of the Android SDK, you can simply download Droid Explorer. It usually takes care of the nitty gritty stuff, but pdanet seems to fill in the gaps with driver issues...
I actually found the drivers we needed (XDA in Device Manager)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12705726&postcount=7
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I actually found the drivers we needed (XDA in Device Manager)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12705726&postcount=7
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Droid Explorer took care of all the drivers for me on Windows the first time. The second time, PDA.net took care of them for me. I had issues with a ton of different drivers the second time around; even tried wiping them from the system, etc... PDA.net was the only solution that worked for me, as you can see in the linked thread I started.
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Droid Explorer took care of all the drivers for me on Windows the first time. The second time, PDA.net took care of them for me. I had issues with a ton of different drivers the second time around; even tried wiping them from the system, etc... PDA.net was the only solution that worked for me, as you can see in the linked thread I started.
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I installed Droid Explorer and was left w/ 3 (!) Drivers missing, CDC abstract control model ACM x 2, and XDA. After I installed the HTC Sync drivers, it found the driver for XDA and then that gave the ability to let Droid Explorer install the other two *shrugs*
AkumaX, which version of windows did you get the drivers working with? Had you previously tried to install other versions of drivers, or was this 'fresh'? I haven't tried this route (being happy with my PDANet drivers working) - would you say the instructions are good on: http://www.mydigitallife.info/workaround-for-htc-hero-sync-problem-in-windows-7/
arrrghhh, please go ahead and link to this post. I had included the SDK portion because I had mis-read the droidexplorer main page, where the author stated his intent to stop updating the SDK and default to the pre-installed SDK. I see now that he intends to link to the SDK, and thus facilitate its installation for the user. I'll update that in the first post.
slycker said:
AkumaX, which version of windows did you get the drivers working with? Had you previously tried to install other versions of drivers, or was this 'fresh'? I haven't tried this route (being happy with my PDANet drivers working) - would you say the instructions are good on: http://www.mydigitallife.info/workaround-for-htc-hero-sync-problem-in-windows-7/
arrrghhh, please go ahead and link to this post. I had included the SDK portion because I had mis-read the droidexplorer main page, where the author stated his intent to stop updating the SDK and default to the pre-installed SDK. I see now that he intends to link to the SDK, and thus facilitate its installation for the user. I'll update that in the first post.
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I'm using Win7-64 bit, so I used those drivers. It was a fresh install, and I never even thought to use PDANet, my own searching stumbled upon that thread for the HTC Sync Drivers. It could be better that you install the HTC Sync Drivers before Droid Explorer, but I'd have to find another 'clean' system to try on
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I'm using Win7-64 bit, so I used those drivers. It was a fresh install, and I never even thought to use PDANet, my own searching stumbled upon that thread for the HTC Sync Drivers. It could be better that you install the HTC Sync Drivers before Droid Explorer, but I'd have to find another 'clean' system to try on
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That's what VirtualBox is for! lol.
yes i can install usb drivers thank you !
Thanks to a good link from Vanto to read here is the instructions as to how I got it to work,
This solved it for Winblows 7 64 bit. For others having the same problem on Winblows 7 64 bit (should be the same for 32 bit miuns the X86 Directory)
1. Go into settings on the prime and make sure USB debugging has a check in it in under SYSTEM > Developer options > USB Debugging
2. Plug your prime into your Winblows 7 laptop and let it install its drivers. Open up device manager by going to Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > and click on device manager under devices and printers. If you see at the top of device manager ASUS Android devices and when you expand it you see ASUS Android Composite ADB Interface you already have the ADB drivers installed and can skip down to #6
3. Go to ASUS website and download the USB drivers for the TF201. Download Vipermod Primetime 4.6 here for the ADB drivers http://goo.im/devs/viperboy/Prime/viperMOD_PrimeTime_v4.6.zip then extract the zip file to a normal file. You only need the drivers from the tool.
4. Plug your prime into your Winblows 7 laptop and let it install its drivers. Open up device manager by going to Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > and click on device manager under devices and printers.
5. You should see the prime listed under portable devices. Uninstall the driver then update the driver manually. Browse to the folder you created from the Vipermod primetime zip. Make sure there is a check in check sub folders. Winblows should detect the drivers and then convert the prime to a ASUS Android Device.
6. Go into settings on the prime and make sure there is no check in Launch ASUS Sync under PERSONAL > Accounts & Sync > Launch ASUS Sync
7. Press Control, Shift, Escape at the same time and make sure there are no instances of ASUS Sync or Splashtop runnung in services in Winblows 7.
8. Download and Install the latest Android SDK. I installed all the libraries and such just to be on the safe side. http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
9. DISCONNECT YOUR PRIME FROM THE USB AND REBOOT YOUR PRIME AND YOUR WINBLOWS LAPTOP. After both devices reboot plug in your tablet into your Winblows laptop.
10. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools and click on the ADB file. A command prompt will open and spool up a bunch of stuff then close. All the stuff spooling I am assuming was the ADB server starting.
11. Hold down shift then right click inside platform-tools folder and select open command prompt here. You should be in a command prompt window showing the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
12. type adb devices. You should see your primes serial number pop up.
13. make a test file in the platform-tools directory, i just used a simple text file to test then type:
adb push test.txt /sdcard/
It would be easier to just put the Rom you are going to flash in this directory so when it is time to push the rom it would be:
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/
If SDCARD not recognized try:
adb push nameofrom.zip /system/media/
14. browse to your sdcard and you should see your file there. If you are already in the sdcard folder window on your prime, leave the folder then come back and it should be there.
15. You should be able to push files now after superwiping. You may need to push to /system/media/ if /sdcard/ is not found. Make sure you have all the / in the directory structure when pushing.
16. From inside recovery select install zip from sdcard and browse to the folder you pushed it to then flash away.
If anything seems incorrect or out of order please let me know so I can correct it. If this helps you congrats but if not I'm sorry. This is how I got it to work.
As you have stated that prior to your windows re-install, everything had worked, thus I highly doubt that this could be the issue... but just to double check, you do have usb debugging enabled, right?
If you can, connect your transformer prime, and try executing {install directory}/android/platform-tools/adb.exe -devices and let us know what kind of output you get.
Lostsorrow said:
OK looking for a little help here. I am planning on doing the Super mega wipe in the dev section however ADB has not recognized my prime. I wanted to verify I could push to it a test file before I did the wipe. Under device manager it shows the whole Asus ADB interface device and that the device is "working properly" I also have a listing down in portable media devices where it states Transformer TF201. I have disabled Asus sync and do not have splashtop. When I connect my prime I can explore the internal SD and copy files back and forth over USB. I have also installed and updated the latest Android SDK. I am at a total loss here. I recently did a fresh install of windows and beforehand it used to work. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance :cyclops:
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make sure your adb files are the most updated once,
i had this problem before but thats just cause my adb was not updated
I recently battled with this and concluded that adb just doesn't work on Windows 64bit for the TFP. My advice, try to find an XP pc and do it through that. I posted in Prime_Full_Wipe thread in Dev section about this.
Wasted several hours trying to get adb to see the device. Tried so many device drivers.... Latest adb versions etc....
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I recently battled with this and concluded that adb just doesn't work on Windows 64bit for the TFP. My advice, try to find an XP pc and do it through that. I posted in Prime_Full_Wipe thread in Dev section about this.
Wasted several hours trying to get adb to see the device. Tried so many device drivers.... Latest adb versions etc....
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thats weird... im on window 7 64 bit and it works for me ;o
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thats weird... im on window 7 64 bit and it works for me ;o
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Mine did too when I unlocked but once I had a custom rom on it, it stopped working. I think the driver gets messed up by the custom rom making the pc see the TFP as something different to an Asus TFP.....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28021373 is my post or you can try read the whole thread, it helped me a lot
Just did my Full-Wipe part on a brand new Win7 Ultimate-SP1 x64 machine
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Ok, I'm just going to ask it...
How do I set up SDK and ADB on my 3rd generation HDX 8.9. I find quite a few sets of instructions from 2011 but nothing seems up to date. And android studio is installing the driver in amazon.com which seems weird.
This is the latest I tried--here
I've searched and searched--I've tried several of these with no luck getting the pc to recognize the kindle.
Please no hateful replies--I've been at this for 2 days and I or really wouldn't ask.
Links would be really useful.
Thank you
Unless you are developing, you do not need android studio, jdk, or anything else. All you need to to do is download the sdk.
From here I am going to assume you are on Windows. Probably win 8 or 8.1?
Extract the sdk to a folder where you have write access.
Now find the folder called platform-tools in the sdk folder.
Now, in the Windows explorer bar, select all the text and type cmd
If you do this right, it will open a command window in the platform- tools folder.
If that is confusing, you can go to the sdk folder and then open the command prompt from the start window. Then type cd and drag the platform-tools folder to the command window.
Right now, all the devs are crying, because these are lazy shortcuts, but they work and save you from adding this folder to your path which is better programmatically, but a bit more involved.
Anyway, now you are where you need to be so, type
Code:
adb devices
And you should see your device, but, you probably won't. Stay tuned...
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You don't need to install the whole Android Studio suite — just the SDK Tools will suffice.
As for the Kindle Fire drivers...
https://developer.amazon.com/appsan...ing-up-the-ADB-Driver-for-Kindle-Fire-Devices
So, hopefully you got either a printout of your device, or you got a blank line like...
Code:
List of devices attached...
This is because you do not have the driver installed. If you get another error, either you are in the wrong folder, or you did not enable and on your device.
Code:
To enable adb on your device, click on the serial number in settings>device options 5 times and it will give you the developer options. Enable adb is a toggle there.
Alright, now we need the driver. Go to device manager in your computer and delete anything that looks android or kindle in nature. Unhook your tablet and reboot.
Download the HDX toolkit from the developers error forum and try the install drivers tool in it.
Reboot.
Now, making sure you have enabled adb on your device, open up a command prompt in platform-tools, and try the command again.
Code:
Adb devices
You should see your serial number.
If you have any issues, report back. I may have skipped a step or two as I am giving these directions from memory.
Good luck.
~Leko
Whew! Thank you! Doing this now.
Will update
Did I say thank you?!!!!
Update...After extracting the sdk zip file, platform tools is not showing up.
Downloading the installer file now...
Update2...found platform tools
Oh, my bad, I'm on windows 7...
Update--
The kindle died..thanks for all the input! Greatly appreciated:good:
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So, hopefully you got either a printout of your device, or you got a blank line like...
Code:
List of devices attached...
This is because you do not have the driver installed. If you get another error, either you are in the wrong folder, or you did not enable and on your device.
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To enable adb on your device, click on the serial number in settings>device options 5 times and it will give you the developer options. Enable adb is a toggle there.
Alright, now we need the driver. Go to device manager in your computer and delete anything that looks android or kindle in nature. Unhook your tablet and reboot.
Download the HDX toolkit from the developers error forum and try the install drivers tool in it.
Reboot.
Now, making sure you have enabled adb on your device, open up a command prompt in platform-tools, and try the command again.
Code:
Adb devices
You should see your serial number.
If you have any issues, report back. I may have skipped a step or two as I am giving these directions from memory.
Good luck.
~Leko
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So I am stuck adb devices--the line is blank
--ADB is enabled
--USB debugging is checked
--kindle driver installed
--portable device deleted in device manager
--SDK is set up C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
The driver installed in a separate file in program files as amazon.com which looks odd to me.
Maybe my path is wrong?
Update I've tried the method found here but after 2 tries with reboots, I'm still getting MTP device and portable device->fire. Each time i see the last one I delete it, reboot plug in again and portable device appears.
I've also tried Amazon instructions here
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
It sounds like you are on the right track.
Unplug your kindle, delete the devices again, and try this file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665683
Use it just to install the drivers. (That is all it can do for you).
Then open a command prompt.
And plug your device in.
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If the drivers are installed correctly, the path only matters to get adb to work (which the blank line tells you it is).
Also, there is a chance the devices will show up the same after the correct drivers are used. Mtp is able to run aside adb, but on Win 8 anyway, not fastboot (don't worry about fastboot).