no tethering windows Xp - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

just tried tethering my nexus s to my work desk top to be "off grid" but i'm having issues.
I cant for the life of me tether the NS to the computer (running windows xp -32bit).
i was able to do this fine on the n1, but no go on the nexus. the computer just doesn't recognize it.
I've down loaded the tetherxp.inf file, but when point the setupwizard to it, it can't find it.
wth??????
then i start doing to research and read that the NS tethering isn't supported by window xp?? just win7, win vista and linux???
is this true???
what have you guys been experiencing?

predation said:
just tried tethering my nexus s to my work desk top to be "off grid" but i'm having issues.
I cant for the life of me tether the NS to the computer (running windows xp -32bit).
i was able to do this fine on the n1, but no go on the nexus. the computer just doesn't recognize it.
I've down loaded the tetherxp.inf file, but when point the setupwizard to it, it can't find it.
wth??????
then i start doing to research and read that the NS tethering isn't supported by window xp?? just win7, win vista and linux???
is this true???
what have you guys been experiencing?
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download, unrar and just point it at the USB driver folder and not the subfolder
http://rapidshare.com/files/441850739/usb_driver.rar

thanks slow.
can you explain how the file you linked is different from the tetherxp.inf file???

predation said:
thanks slow.
can you explain how the file you linked is different from the tetherxp.inf file???
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honestly i havve zero clue, i just know that the folder i uploaded is right off my SDK

Can you tether through USB with xp computer with activesync installed?

mingkee said:
Can you tether through USB with xp computer with activesync installed?
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there is no active sync for android phone
active sync is a microsoft to windows phones only protocol

still no go on the usb tethering.
i'm updating the driver via device manager and pointing it towards the unzipped file recommended.
am i doing something wrong here?

predation said:
still no go on the usb tethering.
i'm updating the driver via device manager and pointing it towards the unzipped file recommended.
am i doing something wrong here?
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unplug device, uninstall device from device manager plug back in and when it asks to install, point it at the usb driver folder

slowz3r said:
unplug device, uninstall device from device manager plug back in and when it asks to install, point it at the usb driver folder
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arg. just did that.
didn't help. oi!!!
still getting the "the hardware was not installed because the wizard cannot find the necessary software" pop up.
i'm giving up on this.
the tether function is "on" on the phone, but my comp doesn't recognize the connection in the network settings.
sucks as i'm trying this on a fresh XP os installed notebook. so i don't know what could be causing this... (yess all updates have been updated)...
slowz, you're able to tether with your NS to xp?

predation said:
arg. just did that.
didn't help. oi!!!
i'm giving up on this.
the tether function is "on" on the phone, but my comp doesn't recognize the connection in the network settings.
sucks as i'm trying this on a fresh XP os installed notebook. so i don't know what could be causing this... (yess all updates have been updated)...
slowz, you're able to tether with your NS to xp?
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I dont seem to have any problems with it, ...try uninstalling anything associated with as a NS driver

me getting the nexus s on a subsidized price shouldn't matter no?

predation said:
me getting the nexus s on a subsidized price shouldn't matter no?
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nope not at all....

thanks for the help slowzer.
when i get home, i'm going to try this on my laptop.
Let's see what happens and i'll post back later.

predation said:
thanks for the help slowzer.
when i get home, i'm going to try this on my laptop.
Let's see what happens and i'll post back later.
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no problemo

This definitely isn't working with Windows XP.
This worked fine with my Nexus One. I had to install tetherxp.inf for it to work.
With the Nexus S, I removed all devices, uninstalled the drivers and started from scratch. No go with either the tetherxp.inf file or the RAR file posted earlier in this thread.
I can't find any other documentation on the Net that shows that Nexus S can tether with Windows XP.
Has anyone gotten this to work?

try this...
go to the PDAnet website http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php download their software onto your computer(free), then follow the directions on the screen. it will install the latest drivers onto your computer. i had to do that with my work computer too.

Well, I did that and now I just have a copy of PDSNet on my machine
I still can't get XP to recognize my Nexus S. When I plug it in I still get the New Hardware box that asks to find software for USB Device.

What I did was to add entries to tetherxp.inf for Nexus S which matched the signatures in device manager after I connected my phone to xp and turned on usb tether. I then installed the driver from tetherxp.inf.
Bazinga.

t3rabyte said:
Well, I did that and now I just have a copy of PDSNet on my machine
I still can't get XP to recognize my Nexus S. When I plug it in I still get the New Hardware box that asks to find software for USB Device.
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you are on the latest service pack right?

Yep, I'm on XP Pro SP3.

Related

Windows 7 RC + Touch Pro

Hi guys,
I've just installed the Windows 7 ultimate RC on my PC and am now unable to sync my Raphael. I've installed Windows Mobile Device Center, but when I plug in my phone I get a message saying 'USB Device not recognized'.
I've tried both the stock rom and the Energy 3.0 ROM.
Anyone experiencing this also? Any solutions?
Thanks!
Same problem. But I couldnt even install the WDC? Which version did you install?
Weird
I'm using Windows 7 RC 1 (build 7100) and it works flawlessly with my TP. Installed WMDC 6.1 without difficulties.
PROBLEM FIXED for me
zonez said:
Hi guys,
I've just installed the Windows 7 ultimate RC on my PC and am now unable to sync my Raphael. I've installed Windows Mobile Device Center, but when I plug in my phone I get a message saying 'USB Device not recognized'.
I've tried both the stock rom and the Energy 3.0 ROM.
Anyone experiencing this also? Any solutions?
Thanks!
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Try deleting this via regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions
I'm using Windows 7 build 7077 and everything is going fine
Could you specify as to whether that key is located in Windows 7 or your phones OS?
brycestejskal said:
Could you specify as to whether that key is located in Windows 7 or your phones OS?
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Sorry.In Windows 7
uh oh. i'm thinking of wiping vista from my machine and just using rc1. should i hold off on doing this?
Happened to me not 5min ago
1. Find the device in “Device manager” and remove it
2. Re-Plug in the device
3. A windows should try to install the software (Little popup in the task bar)
4. Click on it when it fails and tell it to check windows update to find drivers
I just installed RC1 last night. TP syncing just fine.
running windows 7...wmdc installed fine...
IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS SYNCHING!!
make sure to go into your phone settings
-go to connections
-go to usb to pc
-uncheck enable advanced network functionality
k thanks for the help guys, can't wait to get rc installed!
Thanks for the replies!
I tried all suggestions posted here, but none work.
The funny thing is that even when I put my phone in USB Drive mode, it still isn't recognized.
Updating the driver through windows update still results in 'An unknown device, your drivers are up to date'.
Syncing works without problems on my WindowsXP laptop..
The Muffin Man said:
Happened to me not 5min ago
1. Find the device in “Device manager” and remove it
2. Re-Plug in the device
3. A windows should try to install the software (Little popup in the task bar)
4. Click on it when it fails and tell it to check windows update to find drivers
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This really worded for me. I installed Windows 7 the first day it was available and I was never able to figure it out how to make it worked until today. Thank you "The Muffin Man"
Running windows 7 RC and first few days when plugged phone in nothing happened. Was in no rush to get sync working as dual booting with Vista and was just plugging to charge phone. Other day I got a prompt to install device centre 6.1 and never done anything to initiate this. Wonder if an auto update may have caused this?
Works perfectly for me and tried with both Energy 3.0 and Elite RC4 (WM6.1 and WM6.5 ROMS).
In Vista atm so don't have W7 build number to hand.
I had a similar issue a few weeks back on my xp rig. Turns out I just needed to re seat my micro sd card, worked instantly.
nhshah7 said:
uh oh. i'm thinking of wiping vista from my machine and just using rc1. should i hold off on doing this?
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go for it.. everything works great.. love the device support! plug in ur printer and thats pritty much it
Uninstall the "Windows Mobile Device Center" in your Control Panel, and plug your phone in again
Well i'm one step closer to fixing this..
I went into my bios and disabled USB2 (switching back to USB1).
After reboot my device was recognized and synced without problems.
As soon as I enabled USB2 again the device was undetectable again, even though Legacy USB support was enabled.
All other USB devices work, both in USB2 as USB1 mode.
Needless to say I don't want to run in USB1 mode.
Since I didn't have any of these problems with WinXP I assume it's a windows 7 issue.. Anyone knows where I can report this?
zonez said:
Well i'm one step closer to fixing this..
I went into my bios and disabled USB2 (switching back to USB1).
After reboot my device was recognized and synced without problems.
As soon as I enabled USB2 again the device was undetectable again, even though Legacy USB support was enabled.
All other USB devices work, both in USB2 as USB1 mode.
Needless to say I don't want to run in USB1 mode.
Since I didn't have any of these problems with WinXP I assume it's a windows 7 issue.. Anyone knows where I can report this?
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Sounds like a driver support issue with your USB device (Motherboard).
I just installed WMDC and it worked without any problems.

[Q] usb mounting issue on GB

ok I have searched, read and tried everything but I still can not get my phone to mount on a Windows 7 system. I am currently running 2.3.4 Bamf the newest preview. Can someone please post the drivers I need and a step by step if you have been able to get your to mount. I have been taking the card out and using a card reader to but my music on the phone but this is getting old.
Thanks,
Alan
AlanPototsky said:
ok I have searched, read and tried everything but I still can not get my phone to mount on a Windows 7 system. I am currently running 2.3.4 Bamf the newest preview. Can someone please post the drivers I need and a step by step if you have been able to get your to mount. I have been taking the card out and using a card reader to but my music on the phone but this is getting old.
Thanks,
Alan
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Open your Device Manager on Windows and delete any Thunderbolt related devices that have a yellow exclamation mark. Re-plug in the device.
and or download htcsync off their website for the thunderbolt. that installs all necessary drivers
I have to download the HTC Sync drivers in order to get mine to work in Win7. The other issue is that on GB you can't or may not be able to go from charge to disk drive without first going to internet connection and then disk drive. That is a known issue.
Silvus said:
and or download htcsync off their website for the thunderbolt. that installs all necessary drivers
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I have done this but I still can't get windows to "see" my phone. It worked on Froyo?
dpdurst said:
I have to download the HTC Sync drivers in order to get mine to work in Win7. The other issue is that on GB you can't or may not be able to go from charge to disk drive without first going to internet connection and then disk drive. That is a known issue.
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I have tried this also with no luck.
droidisawesome said:
Open your Device Manager on Windows and delete any Thunderbolt related devices that have a yellow exclamation mark. Re-plug in the device.
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I thought you might be on to something here but alas there where no problems but the only thing listed under Android phone is MyHTC?
OMG I just fixed it. The problem was in Device Manager! Thanks a lot!
I cannot get mine to connect either. Tried the devicemanger route with no luck, Also tried to re-install the HTC drivers, same result.

[Q] Why can I no longer mount usb

I have erased the contents of the phones internal USB storage. Now I notice that I cant mount to my PC.
Anybody know what happening or had same problem
Have you already tried formatting with CWM?
Perhaps this thread contains some useful information for you.
maksymillian said:
I have erased the contents of the phones internal USB storage. Now I notice that I cant mount to my PC.
Anybody know what happening or had same problem
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I know this is a long shot but go to your dialer and input *#*#8778#*#* and make sure it looks like this pic. I fool with QPST and other things and sometimes forget to change the settings back to PDA and it will not mount. Long shot but what the hey...
alnova1 said:
I know this is a long shot but go to your dialer and input *#*#8778#*#* and make sure it looks like this pic. I fool with QPST and other things and sometimes forget to change the settings back to PDA and it will not mount. Long shot but what the hey...
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Typed it in and got nothing. Using the android dialler when I pressed the last * the dialer cleared and did nothing.
Just installed the SDK so I could use (hopefully) ADB. When trying to install the Google driver rev4 windows says that rev 4 is no better than the one currently installed.
Also when I connect to the PC it says that the USB device is not recognised either.
I reckon my next thing to try flashing a new Rom via ROM manager.
well that didnt work in fact it has got considerably worse. I used ROM manager to download and install a new rom but didnt install the Gapps how daft do I feel now cos all I got is version of Blandroid running with no Android Market access to download ROM Manager.
I can access my WiFi network so I thought I would simply visit XDA via the mobile browser and download a fresh version of CM7 and then re-flash via ClockworkMod . However all I get is download fail error. I guess it doesn't know where to save the file.
So to recapp I have the following
a Nexus S (running Blandroid ROM)
a Win XP laptop that does not recognise my Nexus S (therefore cant install the Google driver to use ADB)
The Nexus S recovery is ClockworkMod and accessible.
I cannot accept that it is bricked (not just yet anyway)
I have another Laptop with Ubuntu installed. Will this help me in anyway to find a fix. I am not that experienced in Linux unfortunately.
1
i have the same problem. only thing you can try is.
pull out battery. let something metal touch the usb conecter .conecting the metal to a unload source(for static electricity.)
wait couple of hours,and try again.
if that didnt work.
2
open your nexus.
unplug all cables and screws from the main board.
again touch the usb conecter with something metal that has a ground source.
and try again.
the last step worked for me the 1st time pluging it in after i did that.
after that. usb didnt work again.
it probably has to do something with the usb phone charger and static electricity.
but i havent tested it.
will give that a try when I have a bit more time.
In the meantime I have been setting up ADB on my other laptop running Ubuntu 11.04. But unfortunately the Nexus S didnt register on the OS either. I thought you didnt need additional drivers for Linux only windows! I am really puzzled now as I thought the Linux option would have allowed me to flash a different ROM other than Blandroid (which isnt bad its just I dont have the Gapps installed)
maksymillian said:
will give that a try when I have a bit more time.
In the meantime I have been setting up ADB on my other laptop running Ubuntu 11.04. But unfortunately the Nexus S didnt register on the OS either. I thought you didnt need additional drivers for Linux only windows! I am really puzzled now as I thought the Linux option would have allowed me to flash a different ROM other than Blandroid (which isnt bad its just I dont have the Gapps installed)
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you still have wifi/3G and CWM or bloothoot?
download the Gapps zip. put it on dropbox or any hosting site.download it trough your mobile browser and flash it trug CWM.
or use blutethoot to download it.
might be a short fix.until you get USB to work.
(this is how i do it cuz my usb doesnt work.)
I did try that but for some reason after stating that the download had started - Download Unsuccessful was displayed in the notification area. As useual I open a door only to find a brick wall on the other side.
In the meantime I am back with my HTC Hero.
Thanks for helping anyway!
maksymillian said:
I did try that but for some reason after stating that the download had started - Download Unsuccessful was displayed in the notification area. As useual I open a door only to find a brick wall on the other side.
In the meantime I am back with my HTC Hero.
Thanks for helping anyway!
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try difrent download solutuins.
seeing you have HTC here.why not tranver your zip trug your hero to your Ns?(with bluethoot)
boy, i hope you haven't started tearing your phone apart yet...
since you still have access to cwm: try to format your sdcard with it. looks like you haven't done that yet.
I would try to uninstall all drivers and associated programs on your PC. Then reinstall the drivers. Windows can be very finicky as you know. Also try PDANET drivers.
ghost010 said:
try difrent download solutuins.
seeing you have HTC here.why not tranver your zip trug your hero to your Ns?(with bluethoot)
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10 out of 10 - I just got my market back . downloading rom manager will shortly be back on CM7.
USB connection still not working yet but at least I got my account back on the NS and so the phone is usable
wild1z said:
I would try to uninstall all drivers and associated programs on your PC. Then reinstall the drivers. Windows can be very finicky as you know. Also try PDANET drivers.
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The NS wouldn't connect to laptop with Ubuntu running. I am beginning to think that I have a faulty micro USB port.
Ill try the pdanet drivers later tonight - are they different from the google rev 4 drivers?
maksymillian said:
The NS wouldn't connect to laptop with Ubuntu running. I am beginning to think that I have a faulty micro USB port.
Ill try the pdanet drivers later tonight - are they different from the google rev 4 drivers?
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Same PC with dual boot? Yeah, try another cord and a another PC. The fact that you plugged it in and it's recognized in some way in the tray says something is fubar. I just don't know if it is the phone though. Best of luck.
Nah, different laptop and different cable. Hope that it charges OK. Gonna have to get a WiFi file transfer app working to move files to and from.
glad to help out :3
there are allot of people that have this USB isue and its HW NS related. nothing we actually can do about it.plus it also happens after changing kernels and roms(i supose) overclocking might be 1 of the reasons thus the voltages not being original.
btw,sorry for my half assed english x3
Double check the modem/pda settings mentioned in post #3. Should be set to pda to see the files on the SD.
Moritzio said:
Double check the modem/pda settings mentioned in post #3. Should be set to pda to see the files on the SD.
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Having the same issue. I tried that, no such luck.
My computer *did* connect at one point though... couldn't mount USB storage (wasn't prompted) but it did ask for a driver, and currently has a Samsug USB one installed. It won't accept the SDK driver (not 64-bit capable? Or NS4G? Idk...)
Moritzio said:
Double check the modem/pda settings mentioned in post #3. Should be set to pda to see the files on the SD.
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I got nothing when I entered *#*#8778#*#*. I simply typed it in using the keypad on the dialer. Is there something else I should be doing?

Problem with Nexus S usb drivers on Windows 7

Hello,
My computer is running windows 7 32bit and these days i am continually trying to install Nexus S drivers. I have tried PDAnet, SDK manager, Samsung drivers and others but i still can not connect my nexus s with my computer. In others posts, i realised that i must see my nexus s in device manager but i can not see it too. Please help me! Thank you!
christoscy said:
Hello,
My computer is running windows 7 32bit and these days i am continually trying to install Nexus S drivers. I have tried PDAnet, SDK manager, Samsung drivers and others but i still can not connect my nexus s with my computer. In others posts, i realised that i must see my nexus s in device manager but i can not see it too. Please help me! Thank you!
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hello
eventullay you have a hardware problem cable or usb hub.... because even your drivers are not installed correctly the
device manager on your pc make instead of the phone named: android device 1.0 a yellow sign with eclamation mark if you don't have this, there is an hardware or a bigger ROM error.
S.R.
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christoscy said:
Hello,
My computer is running windows 7 32bit and these days i am continually trying to install Nexus S drivers. I have tried PDAnet, SDK manager, Samsung drivers and others but i still can not connect my nexus s with my computer. In others posts, i realised that i must see my nexus s in device manager but i can not see it too. Please help me! Thank you!
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i had this problem too. but this worked for me, i hope it works for you too.
Open My Computer
Right Click on it and select Properties
Select Device Manager
Right click Android. Click Update Driver Software
Manually locate the drivers and update.
I hope that works
if you can't find "android" maybe it's under USB, or something like that. it should be there.
shivasrage said:
hello
eventullay you have a hardware problem cable or usb hub.... because even your drivers are not installed correctly the
device manager on your pc make instead of the phone named: android device 1.0 a yellow sign with eclamation mark if you don't have this, there is an hardware or a bigger ROM error.
S.R.
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nainna said:
i had this problem too. but this worked for me, i hope it works for you too.
Open My Computer
Right Click on it and select Properties
Select Device Manager
Right click Android. Click Update Driver Software
Manually locate the drivers and update.
I hope that works
if you can't find "android" maybe it's under USB, or something like that. it should be there.
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I will check another usb cable and i hope it will be working!
PdaNetA350x32
bajong said:
PdaNetA350x32
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Have you got a download link?

Please help me! Can't connect my Nexus 5 to USB

I just got my Nexus 5 today, and I am trying to put things on the internal memory of the phone. However everytime I plug it in to install the drivers automatically, it says an error occurred during installation, and kicks me back out, and refuses to work. I use Windows XP still, 32 bit, and it asks me to search the web etc for hardware, and it never finds anything.
Does anyone know how to connect this thing? :'( I tried on my Windows 7 laptop too and same problem, except this time it worked as an SD card, but in the bootloader to root the phone it fails to install?
Google universal naked usb drivers. Try those
Sent from my Nexus 5
jd1639 said:
Google universal naked usb drivers. Try those
Sent from my Nexus 5
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I managed to finally get my USB and camera to "install successfully" but no matter how long I wait, the storage never comes up.
:'( what is the problem?? All other phones they just install and are ready to go. This is my main Windows XP PC btw.
The mtp divers on xp can be a pain.. have a search for a thread that is somewhere on here, it covers most of the problems on xp
snappycg1996 said:
I managed to finally get my USB and camera to "install successfully" but no matter how long I wait, the storage never comes up.
:'( what is the problem?? All other phones they just install and are ready to go. This is my main Windows XP PC btw.
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I have a Windows XP PC too and have MTP working. Try doing the following to get it working - Update windows media player to 10 or higher, install the mtppk12 = MTP porting kit and install the Microsoft user mode drivers for MTP. These should get you going.
That's way too much work. Just search for drivers in the N5 threads. I had the same problem, there's a universal driver like the person above said.
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